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		<title>The ABC Dilemma of Health Reform</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2009/10/17/the-abc-dilemma-of-health-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal has two columns regarding the state of health care reform, here and here. The second link discusses health care &#8216;reforms&#8217; in New York, and how the concepts of community rating and guaranteed issue, while noble in intent, distort the marketplace. Further distortions arise when states mandate fringe coverages that are [...]]]></description>
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Today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal has two columns regarding the state of health care reform, here and here. The second link discusses health care &#8216;reforms&#8217; in New York, and how the concepts of community rating and guaranteed issue, while noble in intent, distort the marketplace. Further distortions arise when states mandate fringe coverages that are neither [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Two Pages In The Wall Street Journal</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2009/10/07/two-pages-in-the-wall-street-journal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two pages in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal encapsulate, for this observer, the dilemma our politicians face as federal spending spins out of control.&#160; Page A4: Jobless Rate is Key to Fate of Democrats in 2010 &#8230;But one item may prove key: the national unemployment rate, which hit a 26-year high last month at 9.8% &#8230;President [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two pages in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal encapsulate, for this observer, the dilemma our politicians face as  federal spending spins out of control.&nbsp;
Page A4:
Jobless Rate is Key to Fate of Democrats in 2010

&#8230;But one item may prove key: the national unemployment rate, which hit a 26-year high last month at 9.8%
&#8230;President Obama and the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Using the Constitution When It Suits</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2009/04/01/using-the-constitution-when-it-suits/</link>
		<comments>http://thusagricola.com/2009/04/01/using-the-constitution-when-it-suits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henry McMaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Clyburn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mark Sanford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s safe to say that Jim Clyburn is not very happy with Governor Sanford and those that support the governor&#8217;s position on the stimulus funds. In fact, sometimes, it sounds like Mr. Clyburn is pretty damn mad that he cannot reach down into his carefully drawn district and make things happen the way he would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s safe to say that Jim Clyburn is not very happy with Governor Sanford and those that support the governor&#8217;s position on the stimulus funds. In fact, sometimes, it sounds like Mr. Clyburn is pretty damn mad that he cannot reach down into his carefully drawn district and make things happen the way he would [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Why the Democrats are in Trouble</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2009/03/09/why-the-democrats-are-in-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://thusagricola.com/2009/03/09/why-the-democrats-are-in-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Recently my fellow blogger Xark put up a post that passed along a purported comment on a righty blog. I tried to alert him of my suspicion that he had plucked some low-hanging fruit that likely was meant as bait for the progressive elements. So, in the spirit of sharing political stupidity, please consider [...]]]></description>
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Recently my fellow blogger Xark put up a post that passed along a purported comment on a righty blog. I tried to alert him of my suspicion that he had plucked some low-hanging fruit that likely was meant as bait for the progressive elements. 
So, in the spirit of sharing political stupidity, please consider the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Hope and Change We Can&#8217;t Believe In</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2009/03/04/hope-and-change-we-cant-believe-in/</link>
		<comments>http://thusagricola.com/2009/03/04/hope-and-change-we-cant-believe-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From an question by Jake Tapper of ABC News: TAPPER:&#160; Secretary Vilsack a few moments ago spoke about saving $18 million in savings by modernizing financial systems, $400,000 by canceling a consulting contract.&#160; And he spoke very movingly about everybody&#8217;s tightening their belts in this nation, therefore, the government needs to do so.&#160; You probably [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[From an question by Jake Tapper of ABC News:

TAPPER:&nbsp; Secretary Vilsack a few moments ago spoke about saving $18 million in savings by modernizing financial systems, $400,000 by canceling a consulting contract.&nbsp; And he spoke very movingly about everybody&#8217;s tightening their belts in this nation, therefore, the government needs to do so.&nbsp; You probably know [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Change We Can Believe In&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2009/03/04/change-we-can-believe-in/</link>
		<comments>http://thusagricola.com/2009/03/04/change-we-can-believe-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Evan Bayh, D-Indiana writing in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal, makes the following points: This week, the United States Senate will vote on a spending package to fund the federal government for the remainder of this fiscal year. The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 is a sprawling, $410 billion compilation of nine spending measures that [...]]]></description>
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Evan Bayh, D-Indiana writing in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal, makes the following points:

This week, the United States Senate will vote on a spending package to fund the federal government for the remainder of this fiscal year. The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 is a sprawling, $410 billion compilation of nine spending measures that lacks the [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bush-Hilter Yields to the Obama Nation</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2009/02/09/bush-hilter-yields-to-the-obama-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://thusagricola.com/2009/02/09/bush-hilter-yields-to-the-obama-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judd Gregg]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thusagricola.com/?p=531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Revolution has wasted little time taking control of the state organs. Hilary watches as her promised perch on the world stage is reduced by a succession of &#8220;Special Envoys&#8221; who take their instructions from a committee of factotums working deep in the bowels of the OEOB. Never mind that they didn&#8217;t need Congressional [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Obama Revolution has wasted little time taking control of the state organs. Hilary watches as her promised perch on the world stage is reduced by a succession of &#8220;Special Envoys&#8221; who take their instructions from a committee of factotums working deep in the bowels of the OEOB. Never mind that they didn&#8217;t need Congressional [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Where&#8217;d Tom Daschle Go?</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2009/02/03/whered-tom-daschle-go/</link>
		<comments>http://thusagricola.com/2009/02/03/whered-tom-daschle-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happened to this Tom Daschle?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What happened to this Tom Daschle?

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		<title>Politics and Politicians</title>
		<link>http://thusagricola.com/2008/05/15/politics-and-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://thusagricola.com/2008/05/15/politics-and-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 13:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agricola</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[From the pen of P.J. O&#8217;Rourke:
After all my time covering politics, I
know a lot of politicians. They’re intelligent.
They’re diligent. They’re talented.
I like them. I count them as friends.
But when these friends of mine take
their intelligence, their diligence, and
their talent and they put these into the
service of politics, ladies and gentlemen,
when they do that, they turn [...]]]></content:encoded>
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