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		<title>Ridin&#8217; Judas&#8217; Herd</title>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/03/24/ridin-judas-herd</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NM Gov. Bill Richardson is Judas? Spitzer-Swallows may have political taints. No jokes, please. Matt Yglesias is worried about incompetence. I say he has nothing to fear. But, of course, the incompetent nit-wits running the insane asylum. WTF is up with the Pope and George Bush on Easter? In his effort to be all-dumbasses to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>NM Gov. <a href="http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=13518" target="_blank">Bill Richardson is Judas</a>?  </p>
<p>Spitzer-Swallows may have <a href="http://www.fatmixx.com/2008/03/23/this-is-what-i-meant/" target="_blank">political taints</a>.  No jokes, please.</p>
<p>Matt Yglesias is <a href="http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/incompetence.php" target="_blank">worried about incompetence</a>.  I say he has <a href="http://blog.nj.com/njv_thurman_hart/2008/03/five_years_four_thousand_ameri.html#more" target="_blank">nothing to fear</a>.  But, of course, the incompetent nit-wits running the insane asylum.</p>
<p>WTF is up with <a href="http://allspinzone.com/wp/2008/03/23/a-contemplation-on-easter-sunday-from-baptism-to-waterboarding/" target="_blank">the Pope and George Bush</a> on Easter?</p>
<p>In his effort to be all-dumbasses to all jackasses, John McCain is now saying he will out-Bush Bush.  And by that I mean &#8220;screw the country if given the chance&#8221;.  But as a consolation, he&#8217;ll give us <a href="http://www.backupbrain.com/2008_03_16_archive.html#a005145" target="_blank">shitty healthcare</a>.  As if we didn&#8217;t have that already.</p>
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		<title>Stuff of note</title>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/03/18/stuff-of-note</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look &#8211; it can&#8217;t hurt: Peter Laarman looks at the prophets of Neoliberalism. Salman Ahmad discusses the difficulties of being a Muslim rock-star. The Southern Baptist Climate Initiative was started by Jonathan Merritt &#8211; check out what he has to say. Jews on First looks at John Hagee&#8216;s visit to the Holy Land. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Take a look &#8211; it can&#8217;t hurt:</p>
<p>Peter Laarman looks at <a href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/Gui/Content.aspx?Page=AR&#038;Id=134">the prophets of Neoliberalism</a>.</p>
<p>Salman Ahmad discusses the difficulties of being a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/03/13/VI2008031302097.html">Muslim rock-star</a>.</p>
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<p>The Southern Baptist Climate Initiative was started by Jonathan Merritt &#8211; <a href="http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/2008/03/exclusive_interview_with_the_m.html">check out what he has to say</a>.</p>
<p>Jews on First looks at John Hagee&#8216;s <a href="http://www.jewsonfirst.org/08a/hagee_wise.html">visit to the Holy Land</a>.</p>
<p>Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Peter+Laarman" rel="tag">Peter Laarman</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Neoliberalism" rel="tag">Neoliberalism</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Salman+Ahmad" rel="tag">Salman Ahmad</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Southern+Baptist+Climate+Initiative" rel="tag">Southern Baptist Climate Initiative</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Jonathan+Merritt" rel="tag">Jonathan Merritt</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/John+Hagee" rel="tag">John Hagee</a></p><!-- sphereit end --><span style="margin-bottom:40px; border-bottom:none;"><a class="iconsphere" title="Sphere: Related Content" onclick="return Sphere.Widget.search('http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/03/18/stuff-of-note')" href="http://www.sphere.com/search?q=sphereit:http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/03/18/stuff-of-note">Sphere: Related Content</a></span><br/><br/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bottom of the Afternoon</title>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/03/13/bottom-of-the-afternoon</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton, as I&#8217;ve said many times, has support among Democrats, but not among liberals. She&#8217;d do well to keep her mouth shut about electability. How many times does &#8220;Just say no&#8221; have to be shown that it doesn&#8217;t work &#8211; on any issue. I&#8217;m not the only one that thinks Mamet is a tool. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Hillary Clinton, as I&#8217;ve said many times, has support among Democrats, but <a href="http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=3029">not among liberals</a>.  She&#8217;d do well to keep her mouth shut <a href="http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/obama_camp_challenges_clinton.php">about electability</a>.</p>
<p>How many times does <a href="http://www.thoughttheater.com/2008/03/the_sex_as_sin_scam_one_in_fourand_then_some_more.php">&#8220;Just say no&#8221;</a> have to be shown that it doesn&#8217;t work &#8211; on any issue.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not the only one that <a href="http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/shock-mamet.html">thinks Mamet is a tool</a>.  </p>
<p>Oh, and there&#8217;s a lot about Spitzer&#8217;s Zipper problem.  Who cares?  Not me.</p>
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		<title>Progressive Faith Blogosphere</title>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/03/11/progressive-faith-blogosphere</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eileen notes that the Catholic Church has a new list of sins &#8211; and hypocrisy didn&#8217;t make the list! What do moral wild cards and the hermeneutic of love have in common? Once you find out &#8211; take a poll. A slightly scary question: What do you do if you find yourself in an illiterate [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Eileen notes that the Catholic Church has a <a href="http://episcopalifem.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/new-deadly-sins-and-jesus-and-mo/">new list of sins</a> &#8211; and hypocrisy didn&#8217;t make the list!</p>
<p>What do moral wild cards and the hermeneutic of love <a href="http://experimentaltheology.blogspot.com/2008/03/sex-and-single-savior-on-reading_11.html">have in common</a>?  Once you find out &#8211; take a poll.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://www.hereticslikeus.com/2008/03/boethius-is-there-consolation-to-be.html">slightly scary question</a>:<br />
<blockquote>What do you do if you find yourself in an illiterate culture with no memory, which values action and strength, and has the vanity to assume that because it has economic, military, and political ascendancy over the remnants of older cultures, that therefore they have nothing to learn from those others?</p></blockquote>
<p>If Jesus loves you, why does <a href="http://liberaljesus.blogspot.com/2008/03/some-grey-bloke.html">he want to send you to hell</a>?</p>
<p><a href="http://momtotheleft.blogspot.com/2008/03/29th-day-of-lent.html">40 days without coffee</a>? Oh. My. FREAKING. God.</p>
<p>Declining church?  <a href="http://reclaimingthefword.typepad.com/reclaiming_the_f_word/2008/03/are-you-down-wi.html">It&#8217;s all demographic</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ridin&#8217; Herd 2/26/08</title>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/02/26/ridin-herd-22608</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it smart strategy to not talk about abortion? Well, the Senate is cutting funding for the Indian Health Service to perform them. The amendment was offered by David Vitter. So he&#8217;s hoping it works for him, I guess. So far, Obama is withstanding attacks from both McCain and Clinton &#8211; so who says he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Is it smart strategy to <a href="http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2008/2/26/16156/9835">not talk about abortion</a>?  Well, the Senate is cutting funding for the <a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2008/02/26/realtime-senate-to-restrict-abortion-funding-for-ihs">Indian Health Service to perform them</a>.  The amendment was offered by <a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2007/07/how_david_vitter_got_nabbed_in.html">David Vitter</a>.  So he&#8217;s hoping it works for him, I guess.</p>
<p>So far, Obama is withstanding <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/obamagram_polls_changing_fast.php">attacks from both McCain and Clinton</a> &#8211; so who says he isn&#8217;t tough enough?  Of course, John McCain is trying to prove <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/mccain-repudiates-hussein-obama-remarks/">he can be a decent person</a> at times.</p>
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		<title>Just not nice people</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only are House Republicans in a snit because someone wants to hold President Bush to the letter of the law, but they are callous cretins as well. The Texas sex toy ban has been overturned. &#8220;Praise the Lord and pass the AA batteries.&#8221; Can Hillary Clinton win in Wisconsin? And Texas is no longer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Not only are House Republicans in a snit because someone wants to hold President Bush to the letter of the law, but <a href="http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/">they are callous cretins as well</a>.  </p>
<p>The Texas <a href="http://feministing.com/archives/008613.html">sex toy ban has been overturned</a>.  &#8220;Praise the Lord and <a href="http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/02/13/texans-set-your-vibrators-to-go/">pass the AA batteries</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p>Can Hillary Clinton <a href="http://prairieweather.typepad.com/big_blue_stem/2008/02/chance-of-clint.html">win in Wisconsin</a>?  And <a href="http://prairieweather.typepad.com/big_blue_stem/2008/02/facing-possible.html">Texas is no longer a sure bet</a>.</p>
<p>Divided government <a href="http://www.mycatharsis.com/2008/02/14/argh-senate-passes-telco-immunity/">is no match for the King Baby President</a>.</p>
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		<title>Meanwhile, away from the Potomac</title>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/02/12/meanwhile-away-from-the-potomac</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DC, Md, and Va are holding their primaries today &#8211; so I&#8217;m not updating the counters until the voting is done. Still, other things are happening. Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell isn&#8217;t afraid to talk about bigotry, though he doesn&#8217;t seem bothered by it. . &#8220;I believe, looking at the returns in my election, that had [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>DC, Md, and Va are holding their primaries today &#8211; so I&#8217;m not updating the counters until the voting is done.  Still, other things are happening.</p>
<p>Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell isn&#8217;t <a href="http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/016957.php">afraid to talk about bigotry</a>, though he doesn&#8217;t seem bothered by it.<br />
<blockquote>. &#8220;I believe, looking at the returns in my election, that had Lynn Swann [2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate] been the identical candidate that he was &#8211;well-spoken [note: Mr. Rendell did not call the brother "articulate"], charismatic, good-looking &#8212; but white instead of black, instead of winning by 22 points, I would have won by 17 or so.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>  My, my, my.  Shall we get into the (very obvious) implication that Lynn Swann is not Barack Obama?  Nah, that&#8217;s too easy.</p>
<p>Senate Democrats voted to <a href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2008/02/day-of-infamy-in-senate-why-we-need.html">trod on the Constitution</a>.  It&#8217;s just a piece of paper, after all.</p>
<p><a href="http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/2008/02/hell-on-earth.html">Whatever happened to Christianity?</a></p>
<p>And, of course, there&#8217;s the <a href="http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2008/02/if-conservatives-really-really-hate_11.html">quacking like a duck</a> thing&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Early Mornin&#8217; Herd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, thanks to everyone who stopped by yesterday. My busiest day ever. 248 visitors logged 388 page loads. Most of them looking for &#8220;delegate totals&#8221;. Now on to the herd. Hillary should be worried. Get out the cigars &#8211; democracy is dead in the Democratic Party. Joe Lieberman is one more step closer to being [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>First, thanks to everyone who stopped by yesterday.  My busiest day ever.  248 visitors logged 388 page loads.  Most of them looking for &#8220;delegate totals&#8221;.  Now on to the herd.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8363.html">Hillary should be worried</a>.</p>
<p>Get out the cigars &#8211; <a href="http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/02/06/smoke-filled-room/">democracy is dead in the Democratic Party</a>.</p>
<p>Joe Lieberman is one more step closer to being <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/06/lieberman-has-superdelegate-status-stripped-because-of-mccain-endorsement/">thrown out of the Democratic Party</a>.</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s people are saying he <a href="http://d-day.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-camp-basically-saying-they-cant.html">can&#8217;t win Ohio or Texas</a> &#8211; which would make it impossible for him to win before the convention.</p>
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		<title>A-buzz after Super-Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s see what the blogosphere has to say today: The USA Today blew it by calling Missouri for Clinton. Here&#8217;s some evidence that parts of America might not be ready for a black President. Politico credits big state wins with making Hillary Clinton the front-runner. The truth is, it&#8217;s her super-delegates. It is her institutional [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p>Let&#8217;s see what the blogosphere has to say today:</p>
<p>The <i>USA Today</i> blew it <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2008/02/06/usats-super-tuesday-dewey-beats-truman-moment">by calling Missouri for Clinton</a>.  </p>
<p><a href="http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/02/a_patchwork_of.html">Here&#8217;s some evidence</a> that parts of America might not be ready for a black President.</p>
<p>Politico credits <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8354.html">big state wins</a> with making Hillary Clinton the front-runner.  The truth is, it&#8217;s her super-delegates.  It is her institutional support that has put her ahead early and has put Obama in the position that he must win overwhelming victories to just catch up.  Or, as Jerome Armstrong puts it, <a href="http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/2/6/33419/04243">a tie goes to Clinton</a>.</p>
<p>A <a href="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=02&#038;year=2008&#038;base_name=the_democratic_race_from_here">look ahead</a> from TAPPED.</p>
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		<title>Non-election herd</title>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/02/05/non-election-herd</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pay it forward, Mr. Bush. Iraq is still a failure and a tragedy. Bob Dole says Rush Limbaugh is an asshat. Bob Dole isn&#8217;t afraid to say what Bob Dole thinks. The government international online gambling pact isn&#8217;t for the likes of you to see. Technorati Tags: Iraq, Bob Dole, Rush Limbaugh Sphere: Related Content]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- sphereit start --><p><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/pay-it-forward/">Pay it forward</a>, Mr. Bush.<br />
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<p>Iraq is <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080205_iraqs_tragic_future/">still a failure and a tragedy</a>.</p>
<p>Bob Dole says Rush Limbaugh <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8314.html">is an asshat</a>.  Bob Dole isn&#8217;t afraid to say what Bob Dole thinks.</p>
<p>The government international online gambling pact <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2008/02/government_gambling_pact_is_cl.php">isn&#8217;t for the likes of you</a> to see.</p>
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