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	<title>Smooth Harold, The Blog of Blake Snow &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>Life, liberty, and hope: 6 ways to make American government more &#8220;hell yeah!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve been thinking lately how we can make America great again. And all these shallow thoughts are causing me to overstate things like how the oppressed, poor, and innocent abroad no longer want to come here. Or how the current president is taking the country to hell in a hand basket, just like the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America quick to invent green technology but slow to adopt it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you listen only to Chicken Little environmentalists, you might think America has done little to help save the planet for future generations.
On the contrary, the country has contributed quite a bit, experts say. In the last 20 years, U.S. engineers have either improved less sustainable technologies or helped revive previously impotent ones such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My reaction to yesterday&#8217;s defeating news on U.S. military</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My heart sank when I read the print edition of this story yesterday. In short, $360 million of U.S. taxpayer money, intended to fund the military, was outsourced to Middle East criminals, terrorists, and even the Taliban, the very organization that money aimed to disrupt.
Here&#8217;s how I processed the news.

I&#8217;m thankful to live in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delusional &#8220;No Child Left Behind&#8221; encourages bad behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/delusional-no-child-left-behind-encourages-bad-behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/delusional-no-child-left-behind-encourages-bad-behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
See.
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		<title>What the federal budget would look like if it were a typical American household</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/what-the-federal-budget-would-look-like-if-it-were-a-typical-american-household/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/what-the-federal-budget-would-look-like-if-it-were-a-typical-american-household/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 17:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via The Atlantic:
If The Federal Government&#8217;s household income was $55,000 per year, they&#8217;d actually be spending $96,500&#8211;$41,500 more than they made! That means they&#8217;re spending 175% of their annual income! So, in 2011 they&#8217;d add $41,500 of debt to their current credit card debt of $366,000!
Yup, it&#8217;s as bad as you thought.
Would be interesting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatives vs. liberals: Before you indoctrinate your kids, read this</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/conservatives-vs-liberals-before-you-indoctrinate-your-kids-read-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great essay by Michael Laser on the importance of opposing political viewpoints:
To my amazement, I&#8217;ve found that some of my political opposites&#8217; ideas make sense. This doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;ve reversed my thinking, but it&#8217;s eye-­opening. If you shut out the noise of talk radio and your own unshakable faith, you can find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: History, big government, and democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/qa-history-big-government-and-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/qa-history-big-government-and-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often use vark.com to impatiently satisfy the many questions in my head. At least the ones I&#8217;m too lazy to Google myself. Yesterday&#8217;s question was as follows:
Are there historical examples of modern democracies successfully reducing the size of their governments, either on a federal, state, or local level?
One guy named New Zealand and &#8220;a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans react to congressional passage of unpopular healthcare bill</title>
		<link>http://www.smoothharold.com/americans-react-to-congressional-passage-of-unpopular-healthcare-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smoothharold.com/americans-react-to-congressional-passage-of-unpopular-healthcare-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats in the House of Representatives last night approved a controversial healthcare bill, written and approved by Senate democrats in December. The president is expected to sign the bill into law on Tuesday, &#8220;then hit the road to sell it to a reluctant public,&#8221; reports the Associated Press. Here&#8217;s how those in favor of reform [...]]]></description>
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