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		<title>A bad idea made worse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama is now saying that he wants to expand President Bush&#8217;s horrific &#8220;faith-based initiative&#8221; program.    In case that sentence isn&#8217;t clear enough for you, I&#8217;m against the very idea of the government supporting faith-based anything.
From the New York Times:
[Obama]  thus embraced the heart of a program, established early in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/07/01/a-bad-idea-made-worse</link>
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		<title>Schismatics, by any other name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times has an article by Diana Kraft and Laurie Goodstein that discusses a &#8220;wider split&#8221; between conservatives and the rest of the Episcopal Church.  I wonder how long it will be before everyone finally acknowledges that the real purpose of this group is not to &#8220;widen a rift&#8221; but to split [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/30/schismatics-by-any-other-name</link>
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		<title>Failure and Imagination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hat tip:
JK ROWLING&#8217;S COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT HARVARD
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of
Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all,
graduates.
The first thing I would like to say is &#8216;thank you.&#8217; Not only has Harvard given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I&#8217;ve experienced at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/27/failure-and-imagination</link>
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		<title>So long, George</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a day or two late on this, but I couldn&#8217;t figure out what I should say.  I should have known that the Maestro would have already said it:
There was an illustration on the panel that showed a triptych. On the left panel, there were these names of artistic pursuits. There were poets, painter, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/24/so-long-george</link>
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		<title>Well, the weather is nice in the winter&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve finally figured out what it is about John McCain&#8217;s &#8220;100 year&#8221; statement concerning Iraq.  Here&#8217;s the video of the comment, in case you&#8217;re just lost about what I mean.
As McCain&#8217;s defenders rightly point out, he isn&#8217;t calling for a hundred years of war in Iraq.  No, he only wants to stay in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/24/well-the-weather-is-nice-in-the-winter</link>
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		<title>Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus - and he&#8217;s gonna get you!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So Don Imus is at it again - maybe.  The man with the face tailor-made for radio is in trouble for wondering if a football player in the NFL is black.  That, of course, is racist because we all know that only black men play in the NFL.   
I really don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/24/yes-virginia-there-is-a-santa-claus-and-hes-gonna-get-you</link>
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		<title>Simplicity?  What could be simpler?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reverend Mother is questioning the simplicity of simple living.  Her question is worth pondering - what can communities of faith do to make it easier for members to consider all of creation in their actions?
The first thing I have to do is say that I think a lot of the sound and the fury [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/19/simplicity-what-could-be-simpler</link>
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		<title>Stray thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having grown up in a part of the country that sees a lot of violent thunderstorms and tornados, I&#8217;ve always pondered this:
If threatened by lightning, you are advised not to stand under a tree.  You are also advised not to be in an open area.  What do you do if you are in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/19/stray-thoughts</link>
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		<title>Down the River</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the last two Presidential elections, we heard a lot about &#8220;swing states&#8221;.  Florida and Ohio were the two big ones, but Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania made it in the consideration, along with a few others.  But I think the winner may actually be decided in the states along the Mississippi-Ohio River.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/18/down-the-river</link>
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		<title>Is this the pcture that ends McCain&#8217;s campaign?</title>
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Feel free to add a caption of your own.
&#8220;I am here today with my friend, Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, and Harvey, a six-foot tall invisible rabbit.&#8221;
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		<link>http://xpatriatedtexan.com/blog/2008/06/18/is-this-the-pcture-that-ends-mccains-campaign</link>
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