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<description><![CDATA[
In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain makes a stinging observation on the  overtly religious.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></source><link>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/11/7063584-republican-preachers-believing-what-you-know-aint-true</link><guid>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/11/7063584-republican-preachers-believing-what-you-know-aint-true</guid><category>epa</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>climate</category><category>republican-party</category><category>capitalism</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:58:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Pointed Budget message Hits the Mark</title>
<description><![CDATA[Then along came Kelley McDaniel of Portland -- No. 48 on the day's speaker list.

She's a part-time librarian at King Middle School -- and a very good one at that.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></source><link>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/13/6259678-a-pointed-budget-message-hits-the-mark</link><guid>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/13/6259678-a-pointed-budget-message-hits-the-mark</guid><category>taxes</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>teachers</category><category>maine</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>liberals</category><category>appropriations</category><category>librarians</category><category>teachable-moment</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:29:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Indiana's experiment with Medicaid a flop</title>
<description><![CDATA[The health policy world is in a tizzy. Texas is thinking about dropping Medicaid. Gov. Rick Perry thinks a private solution can work better. Several other states are paying close attention and considering doing the same.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></source><link>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/20/5887017-indianas-experiment-with-medicaid-a-flop</link><guid>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/20/5887017-indianas-experiment-with-medicaid-a-flop</guid><category>texas</category><category>arizona</category><category>disabled</category><category>florida</category><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>medicaid</category><category>nevada</category><category>indiana</category><category>residents</category><category>low-income-families</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:09:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Starke County man says dog boiled alive</title>
<description><![CDATA[Do you know what is in that ditch along side the road?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></source><link>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/12/4876475-starke-county-man-says-dog-boiled-alive</link><guid>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/12/4876475-starke-county-man-says-dog-boiled-alive</guid><category>water</category><category>pollution</category><category>environment</category><category>pets</category><category>idem</category><category>drainage-ditch</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:40:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Group files to get Tea Party on Michigan ballot; GOP Cries Foul</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Michigan secretary of state's office received 59,400 signatures Wednesday to place the Tea Party on the state's November ballot, but Michigan Republican Chairman Ron Weiser said the move is a trick by GOP opponents to confuse voters.

 ----- KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></source><link>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4684627-group-files-to-get-tea-party-on-michigan-ballot-gop-cries-foul</link><guid>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4684627-group-files-to-get-tea-party-on-michigan-ballot-gop-cries-foul</guid><category>us</category><category>elections</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>michigan</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>ballot</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:55:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Washington Blasts Political Parties - Politicans Shocked: Demand Noses to be Cleaned (Update)</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The general discussions of many articles on the vine got me to thinking.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A Wadsworth]]></source><link>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4671080-washington-blasts-political-parties-politicans-shocked-demand-noses-to-be-cleaned-update</link><guid>http://a-wadsworth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4671080-washington-blasts-political-parties-politicans-shocked-demand-noses-to-be-cleaned-update</guid><category>washington</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republican</category><category>george-washington</category><category>opinion</category><category>corporations</category><category>farewell</category><category>tyranny</category><category>political-parties</category><category>tea-party</category><category>plutonomy</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:38:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Beck: Make Your Point and Draw the Line</title>
<description><![CDATA[ At airport today an individual, later discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule, and a calculator.]]></description>
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