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	<title>organized chaos</title>
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	<description>possibly fair. never balanced.</description>
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		<title>what I saw in the Nevada debate</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/10/24/what-i-saw-in-the-nevada-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/10/24/what-i-saw-in-the-nevada-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herman Cain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Bachmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Santorum]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the overview of what I saw in this debate: 9-9-9 needs a better explanation / sales pitch to answer objections All the second tier / third tier candidates brought some interesting ideas to the table and I appreciated their contribution because that&#8217;s not something we would get without these important voices. It&#8217;s not clear [...]]]></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>a little more unserious</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/07/27/a-little-more-unserious/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/07/27/a-little-more-unserious/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite movies is Dave. It is a movie where an average citizen (Dave) impersonates the President of the United States for a living, and is thrown into the real job due to some really shady political operatives.  (Quick aside &#8211; Kevin Kline is awesome in that role!) There&#8217;s a scene in that movie  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>motives</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/07/12/motives/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/07/12/motives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/2011/07/12/motives/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally there appears to be some agreement that we must reduce spending.   Unfortunately, the mindset of those who wish to do this is all wrong. I guess I shouldn&#8217;t care about the motives of the Democrats and Republicans here, as long as they do what we all want them to do. But it does [...]]]></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>egypt and the way forward</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/02/14/egypt-and-the-way-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2011/02/14/egypt-and-the-way-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a book that I read that I highly recommend to all interested political observers - The Case For Democracy by Natan Sharansky.  The emphasis is on free societies, not simply a system of government in which the people elect their leaders by their votes.   It&#8217;s important to disconnect democracy from freedom, because these two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the earmark myth</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/11/17/the-earmark-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/11/17/the-earmark-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This was posted on NRO&#8217;s The Corner blog, and I thought that it was worthy of discussion &#8211; the concept that a ban on earmarks (some know this as &#8220;pork&#8221;)would be a bad idea. Now, keep in mind, I&#8217;m a huge Jim DeMint fan. I think he&#8217;s generally right on as far as the condemnation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>about last night</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/11/03/about-last-night/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/11/03/about-last-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Random: Much credit should be given to RNC Chairman Michael Steele for shutting up and not saying anything stupid during this election cycle that could have doomed the Republicans to certain failure. Well done. Marco Rubio is a star and future president material. Loved his speech. More on that later. Congratulations to our next governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>something new</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/25/something-new/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/25/something-new/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio State Buckeyes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Now I know how SEC fans feel when their teams pound sad non-conference opponents. And I like that feeling. A lot. This is something new for Ohio State. I don&#8217;t think the Buckeyes have ever scored over 70 points in their history, or at least as long as I&#8217;ve been watching OSU football. Scary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>more on the ground zero imam</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/15/more-on-the-ground-zero-imam/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/15/more-on-the-ground-zero-imam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on Terror]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, we are dealing with the present, not the past.   It&#8217;s becoming more clear every day that this imam is not a bridge-building type, nor is he someone who practices tolerance toward those who are not followers of Islam. Claudia Rosett says the following about Feisal Abdul Rauf: If Rauf ever had the smallest [...]]]></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>and so it begins</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/07/and-so-it-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/07/and-so-it-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ohio State Buckeyes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This could be the year that Ohio State surprises the heck out of most of the national media, and beats the expected SEC opponent in the title game.  A more successful return to the national championship game would be a welcome change for Buckeye fans, and the team looks good so far.  *Yes, I know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>my thoughts on the ground zero mosque</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/07/my-thoughts-on-the-ground-zero-mosque/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/09/07/my-thoughts-on-the-ground-zero-mosque/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=1003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My thoughts on the Ground Zero mosque (in bullet form and in no particular order) Tolerance should go both ways. The skepticism over this project is justified. Several questions need to be asked and answered before we should allow this to move forward. The person we want representing Islam should not be someone who hasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>careful what you wish for</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/06/09/careful-what-you-wish-for/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/06/09/careful-what-you-wish-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an uncomfortable position conservatives find themselves in as a result of last night&#8217;s election results &#8211; between electability and the raw passion of the tea party candidates. Not every conservative should be considered electable. For every Nikki Haley &#8211; who has shown incredible message discipline and restraint in the face of scurrilous accusations [...]]]></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>elena kagan &#8211; it could be worse</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/05/11/elena-kagan-it-could-be-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/05/11/elena-kagan-it-could-be-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 23:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elena Kagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCOTUS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How does it add anything to a SCOTUS nominee’s qualifications when it is noted that a nominee’s life story is inspirational, a real American rags-to-riches success story, and so forth and so on?  While the life experiences of Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor are certainly a made-for-TV movie waiting to happen, they have nothing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the beginning and the end</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/05/10/the-beginning-and-the-end/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/05/10/the-beginning-and-the-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 02:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Blair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=983</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It all started out so well for Gordon Brown.  After years of being the eternal bridesmaid, he was finally able to don the dress and have his day when Tony Blair handed over the keys to Number 10.  Ok&#8230;maybe that&#8217;s imagery you don&#8217;t need.  But that&#8217;s kind of what happened in 2007.  Now-former British PM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>good stuff other people wrote</title>
		<link>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/04/14/good-stuff-other-people-wrote/</link>
		<comments>http://chaos-blog.net/2010/04/14/good-stuff-other-people-wrote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[British Conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chaos-blog.net/?p=976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What I&#8217;m currently reading: The fallacy that continues to dog Project Cameron &#8211; John Rentoul (who wrote this killer Tony Blair bio I totally loved) says that David Cameron&#8217;s ideas are just as flawed as Gordon Brown&#8217;s. Sad part is that in this battle between the Conservative Party (Cameron) and Labour Party(Brown) one of these [...]]]></description>
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