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	<title>The Lair of the Cubelodyte &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>Sad But True</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2010/01/25/sad-but-true/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
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		<title>The C+ Valedictorian</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/10/09/the-c-valedictorian/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/10/09/the-c-valedictorian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubelodyte.com/?p=1045</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though I&#8217;m a huge liberal pinko and support most of the Obama administration&#8217;s foreign policy goals, I can&#8217;t shake the feeling he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize simply for not being a feckless idiot George W. Bush. 
The utterance of sane words from a seat of power is both refreshing and welcome, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DPRK: STFU</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/05/27/dprk-stfu/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/05/27/dprk-stfu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I admit I don&#8217;t recall the North Koreans specifically making noise specifically about tearing up the armistice in recent memory, but I have to admit that I&#8217;m rather exasperated that the DPRK&#8217;s saber rattling gets as much press as it does. 
Granted, when a nation-state starts issuing threats of war, it is newsworthy. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strong Medicine</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/05/05/strong-medicine/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/05/05/strong-medicine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 23:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Use as directed.

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		<title>Stone Cold Killa</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/04/16/stone-cold-killa/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/04/16/stone-cold-killa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fulminations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is, of course, common knowledge that our current President is a horrible man. A foreigner, raised in a radical madrasa by Communists, his sole purpose in life is to oversee the utter desecration and ruin of our fair republic and Christendom in general. Thank goodness we have staunch patriots like Rush Limbaugh to expose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intemperance</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/02/26/intemperance/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/02/26/intemperance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fulminations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubelodyte.com/?p=810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After having suffered through a few weeks of public wrangling over the federal economic stimulus package, I&#8217;d just like to say that although it is a good and useful thing for the party in opposition to attempt to point out and rein in waste, the GOP&#8217;s recent posturing is laughable. I mean, suddenly the Republicans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/01/20/hope/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2009/01/20/hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was in the middle of composing a polemic against the last inhabitant of the White House, something along the lines of the &#8220;good riddance&#8221; variety, when I was hauled into a conference room to watch President Obama&#8217;s inaugural speech, which proceeded to take the wind right out of my sails. 
I liked what Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Apt Metaphor</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/12/05/an-apt-metaphor/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/12/05/an-apt-metaphor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<title>I&#8217;m Palin At The Thought</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/10/16/palin-at-the-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/10/16/palin-at-the-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ladies, gentlemen, and other assorted folks and denizens of the web: today it is my humble duty to present you with a terrifying glimpse of a possible future.
Vote wisely, citizens.
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		<title>Mark to Market and the Funky Bunch</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/10/02/mark-to-market-and-the-funky-bunch/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/10/02/mark-to-market-and-the-funky-bunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubelodyte.com/?p=609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A rule of business accounting known as &#8220;mark to market&#8221; holds that the value of an asset on a company&#8217;s books must reflect its current market price. If you bought, say, 100,000 lava lamps that would reasonably fetch $15 apiece, your books are marked as holding $1,500,000 in assets. This is information that investors and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smooth Move</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/09/18/smooth-move/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/09/18/smooth-move/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubelodyte.com/?p=585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s see. You&#8217;re a politician accused of abusing the powers of your office to pursue a personal vendetta. A group of legislators, including members of your own party, agrees it bears looking into, and you agree to cooperate with the investigation. After all, you&#8217;re innocent, right? You&#8217;ve nothing to fear from an inquiry.
A little while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misdirection</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/09/08/misdirection/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/09/08/misdirection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fulminations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has George Will&#8217;s necktie reduced the supply of oxygen to his brain? That might explain his recent column, in which he bemoans politicians&#8217; focus on things like employment, inflation, and the viability of one&#8217;s retirement account. How myopic! After all, he notes, look at all the things money can&#8217;t buy: love, the satisfaction of reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symbolism</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/09/05/symbolism/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/09/05/symbolism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubelodyte.com/?p=578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American elections are always gravid with patriotic imagery. National flags are everywhere in abundance, anything and everything that be colored red, white, or blue has gotten the full treatment. Both major parties hire small armies of consultants to go over every last little image, inflection, word, and symbol they can to ensure that everything is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Size Matters</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/09/04/size-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/09/04/size-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Or so some particularly brain-dead Republicans would have us believe. Three times now I&#8217;ve heard GOP functionaries blather on about how Governor Palin is a solid pick for the veep slot because she&#8217;s been &#8220;governor of the largest state&#8221;.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Largest state? Oh please. Did elections suddenly stop being about demographics and start being about geography? Demographically, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal Conservatism</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/08/11/fiscal-conservatism/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/08/11/fiscal-conservatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubelodyte.com/?p=571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While watching the Olympics this weekend I was subjected to an ad warning that an Obama Presidency would bring higher unemployment. &#8220;Higher taxes, more government spending, so, fewer jobs&#8221;, according to the voiceover. 
While I understand the logic about higher taxes resulting in fewer jobs (i.e., those poor rich folks are ruthlessly prevented from selflessly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deal With It</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/08/07/deal-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/08/07/deal-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubelodyte.com/?p=569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you but I&#8217;m pretty tired of Beijing&#8217;s prediliction for throwing little hissy fits whenever anybody calls them out on their bullshit. President Bush recently voiced a respectfully muted opposition to the Communist government&#8217;s authoritarian practices, and what was the Communist response to the President&#8217;s politely-worded disapproval? &#8220;How dare you meddle in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial Integrity</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/08/04/editorial-integrity/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/08/04/editorial-integrity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when Rupert Murdoch bought the Wall Street Journal and made some nondescript noise about maintaining its journalistic integrity? If you&#8217;re still buying the lie that he wouldn&#8217;t simply turn the respected, conservative Journal into another innuendo-spewing tabloid, you might wish to consider this recent WSJ negative puff piece (which was then dutifully echoed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/04/30/obama/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/04/30/obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubelodyte.com/?p=541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll just come out and say it: I&#8217;m for Obama. Why? For change. For inspirational leadership, instead of selecting yet another center-left apparatchik or center-right corporate tool. America needs a breath of fresh air, which neither McCain nor Clinton can provide.
Clinton&#8217;s supporters extol her &#8220;experience&#8221; and &#8220;electability&#8221; as the qualities which, they say, make her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play Nice, Boys</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/04/02/play-nice-boys/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/04/02/play-nice-boys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t too long ago that the U.S. Navy was in the news after a number of antipiracy operations off the Horn of Africa.  Cruising the high seas off distant continents! Dispensing justice and steel to lawless pirates! Defending the innocent! Pow! Bam! Neat stuff. Go Navy!
Apart from a dim harkening back to romanticized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tortured Legacy</title>
		<link>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/03/09/bush-tortured-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://cubelodyte.com/2008/03/09/bush-tortured-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Cubelodyte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though there are still months left to come up with some stupid, arrogant topper, it seems fitting that President Bush has chosen to veto a bill banning waterboarding as one of the last major policy decisions of his incompetent, malicious career.
Fitting, because Bush has been torturing this country (and several choice foreign locations) throughout his [...]]]></description>
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