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	<title>organized chaos &#187; Random Musings</title>
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	<description>possibly fair. never balanced.</description>
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		<title>on a personal note</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/10/24/on-a-personal-note/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/10/24/on-a-personal-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1090</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m back with some debate thoughts.  I have been busy with some other blogs, so I can&#8217;t promise consistent posting here anymore.  I&#8217;ll do my best to keep up with the politics, since the 2012 election is critical to deciding our nation&#8217;s future going forward. But this isn&#8217;t where my heart and energy is right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>america</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/07/06/america/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/07/06/america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4th of July]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patriotism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple days late&#8230;.but I just love this quote from The Economist from someone named Bernard DeVoto. (I have no idea who that is, but I love what he said.) Here&#8217;s the quote: [American history] is the most romantic of all histories. It began in myth and has developed through centuries of fairy stories. Whatever the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the why candidate</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/06/24/1054/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/06/24/1054/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Huntsman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jon Huntsman. Why is he running for President?  The groups of voters he would appeal to already have several candidates who would satisfy their requirements. Are there enough of those Republican voters who would choose him over the other moderates in the field?  I don&#8217;t see how he manages to get the attention of primary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>good questions</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/03/24/good-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/03/24/good-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Will]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[George Will on Libya: But if Khadafy can&#8217;t be beaten by the rebels, are we prepared to supply their military deficiencies? If the decapitation of his regime produces what the removal of Saddam Hussein did &#8212; bloody chaos &#8212; what then are our responsibilities regarding the tribal vendettas we may have unleashed? How long are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>two wrongs don&#8217;t make a right</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/08/two-wrongs-dont-make-a-right/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/08/two-wrongs-dont-make-a-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ground Zero Mosque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ground Zero Mosque &#8211; bad idea Burning Korans &#8211; extremely bad idea This goes beyond 1st Amendment rights and the legal arguments. There&#8217;s certainly a more reasonable legal argument to be made for the Ground Zero Mosque than there would be for a church burning copies of the Koran.  What&#8217;s allowable as a result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>cut the spending</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/05/17/cut-the-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/05/17/cut-the-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 01:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entitlements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Krugman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spending]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Paul Krugman says that the emphasis on tax cuts and “starving the beast” is not producing the intended result of reducing spending.  He’s right about that. Tax cuts are important, but they are only half of the equation. We really need to emphasize this more; because as valuable and useful as tax cuts are to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the state of the middle ground</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/03/29/the-pyramid/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/03/29/the-pyramid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[America was not designed to be run by elitists &#8211; nor was it designed for pure mob rule.  What we need to find here is some middle ground &#8211; a government that will be responsive to the needs of the people without being subject to the whims of daily polling and public opinion that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>more depressing news</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/03/19/more-depressing-news/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/03/19/more-depressing-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Vartan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaughn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Female Alias fans &#8211; join me in a moment of silence as we mourn the recent passage of our own Vaughn from the single life. Michael Vartan&#8217;s getting hitched, and in an interesting Alias-related side note &#8212; to a woman named Lauren.  Guess it had to happen eventually.  In all seriousness,  I wish the guy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>dirty tricks</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/03/17/dirty-tricks/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/03/17/dirty-tricks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deem and pass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is wrong, unethical &#8211; and somewhat boneheaded.  But enough about what I think about the Dems&#8217;  new (old) trick to pass the health care bill. Let&#8217;s read what the Washington Post had to say about it (bold text my addition). Pelosi (D-Calif.) would rely on a procedural sleight of hand: The House would vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>i don&#8217;t get it</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/02/15/i-dont-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/02/15/i-dont-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moderates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Evan Bayh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) won&#8217;t seek re-election to the Senate. Looks like the Democrat juggernaut is running into a few problems on its way to liberal utopia.  It&#8217;s not just Republican obstructionists or tea partiers getting in the way of the Democrat agenda.  Some Democrats, like Evan Bayh, object to the focus of this administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>things to be happy about</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/01/21/things-to-be-happy-about/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/01/21/things-to-be-happy-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Air America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ObamaCare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Brown]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a new Republican Senator from Massachusetts. ObamaCare is in jeopardy, and blue state Democrat Senators / Congressmen could be in danger of losing their jobs in 2010. Air America pulls the plug. Not a bad few developments this week.  Let&#8217;s keep going in this direction.]]></description>
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		<title>brown wins</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/01/19/brown-wins/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/01/19/brown-wins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Brown]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/2010/01/19/brown-wins/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Senator-elect Brown.  Nice win in one of the bluest of blue states in the nation.  Who would have thought that Massachusetts of all states would possibly save us from ObamaCare?  Amazing. With that said,  this is another case of a generally unappealing Democratic candidate, who demonstrated how out of touch she was with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>non- political slightly deep thoughts</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/01/13/non-political-slightly-deep-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/01/13/non-political-slightly-deep-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conan O'Brien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Leno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lane Kiffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee Vols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/2010/01/13/non-political-slightly-deep-thoughts/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1) Jay Leno must have incriminating pics of NBC execs. I can think of no other reason why NBC is picking Leno over Conan, especially because they were the ones who chose Leno&#8217;s successor in the first place. And BTW, I think Conan is an obnoxious frat boy with annoying hair, but once NBC picked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>solutions part 2</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/09/01/solutions-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/09/01/solutions-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 1 Private insurance plans aren&#8217;t perfect either, since they also help insulate the patient from the price of the services they are receiving. But there are things we can do to make health care insurance more affordable for the average person and at the same time reduce the cost of services. Here&#8217;s some solutions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>solutions part 1</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/08/31/solutions-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/08/31/solutions-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=880</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While I certainly agree with the left that conservative Republicans need to do a better job of promoting what health care policy alternatives they may have, I don&#8217;t believe that there are compromises that could be made with H.R. 3200.  If we are serious about health care reform, then we must tear up this particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>greenpeace piles on</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/06/26/greenpeace-piles-on/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/06/26/greenpeace-piles-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenpeace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waxman-Markey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They oppose Waxman-Markey too&#8230;because it&#8217;s not tough enough.]]></description>
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		<title>betrayal</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/06/24/betrayal/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/06/24/betrayal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Sanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infidelity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll get the joke out of the way early &#8211; Governor Sanford is still saving me and my fellow conservatives money. He has now saved us money on Sanford &#8217;12 buttons, hats, and T-shirts.  I guess I have to pick another horse.  But let&#8217;s be honest here.   Does anyone seriously believe he could have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>created or saved</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/06/09/created-or-saved/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/06/09/created-or-saved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More on the country&#8217;s impending doom later. Until then, enjoy this post from IMAO.]]></description>
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		<title>patriotic dissent?</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/06/04/patriotic-dissent/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/06/04/patriotic-dissent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First, I am going to do something unusual and explain why I haven&#8217;t been blogging as much as I was before.  It&#8217;s quite simple &#8212; there&#8217;s just too much wrong with what&#8217;s been going on in this country under the Obama administration and I just don&#8217;t have the energy to fight all those bad ideas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>being the opposition</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/05/28/being-the-opposition/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2009/05/28/being-the-opposition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Sonia Sotomayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure there are many good reasons to oppose President Obama&#8217;s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.  What concerns me is the decision-making process that produced this nominee.  We seem to be more interested in a candidate&#8217;s personal story or appeal to important minority groups than his or her ability to, you [...]]]></description>
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