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		<title>Attack of the Coopers; Time for a Regime Change</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2010/04/19/attack-of-the-coopers-time-for-a-regime-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updated and bumped: I&#8217;ve been informed that there is another candidate for TN-05 whose name is David Hall. Please follow the link made from his name and check him out.
In spite of its passage over the protests of the majority of Americans, the health care debate rages on in the states. The number of states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Cooper, Conservative Democrat?</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/11/09/jim-cooper-conservative-democrat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[



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Eh, not so much. This is Cooper.
On November 7, 2009:
Nevertheless, the Nashville Democrat planned to vote in favor of the $1.1 trillion package.
&#8220;My vote is not an endorsement of all the provisions of the bill because I find much of the bill to be deeply flawed,&#8221; Cooper said in a written statement issued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Firsts You Don&#8217;t Want to Experience</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/08/30/some-firsts-you-dont-want-to-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next Sunday is my 51st birthday. I won&#8217;t be here on that day so I&#8217;m &#8220;celebrating&#8221; a bit early. For the first time in my life I&#8217;m scared of my government. That&#8217;s a first I never wanted to experience.
In every life there is always some uncertainty and insecurities. We can get angry at some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The King is Dead&#8230;Long Live the King</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/08/26/776/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not nor have I ever been a friend or admirer of, now the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. I hope before his death he came to know the Lord.
But I find the liberal Democrats, with the drive-by media&#8217;s help, use of his passing as a way to shove socialized healthcare down our throats very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Independence Day</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/08/12/independence-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday, New York Times columnist Charles Blow wrote quite an incendiary op-ed about people who oppose Barack Obama’s health care proposals and about Republicans in general.  I have pasted an excerpt of the last half of his column below&#8211;oh, and I must warn you that it really blows (pun intended).
“Not only are anti-reformists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Waste</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/07/20/government-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StephC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember back in the 80s the griping about government waste, such as $2,000 for a toilet seat, $500 for a hammer, and so on. Obviously, since that was the Reagan era, the Democrats have resolved to do government waste better (via Drudge ):
SPENDING SCARED: WHITE HOUSE PUTS OFF RELEASE OF BUDGET UPDATE&#8230;
RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TN, aided by the Feds, engage in revenue killing and an assault on yet another industry</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/07/01/tn-aided-by-the-feds-engage-in-revenue-killing-and-an-assault-on-yet-another-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StephC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one is a little near and dear to my heart since it directly concerns the well-being of my husband and our financial future. When the construction industry died because of bad federal policies and the financial meltdown with the banks, hubby sat up all night one night and realized that he had to change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislating Away American Ingenuity and Enterprise</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/06/29/legislating-away-american-ingeniuty-and-enterprise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StephC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what I think of what happened Friday. I watched the debate myself on C-Span. It has taken me this long to get past the fury engendered by the shenanigans. The Democrats pulled every card from their sleeves they could whip out, including the race card. Another thing that really bothered me was the voting on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opposite Land (Random Thoughts)</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/05/28/opposite-land-random-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 13:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StephC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one of the stupider comments coming from the media to congratulate Americans for now owning car companies. We don&#8217;t and won&#8217;t. The government owns them which is, and has been for awhile now, a totally separate entity from the people it&#8217;s supposed to be serving. If there is money made, which is doubtful, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right wing extremists</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/04/15/right-wing-extremists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>StephC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Tennessean  estimates 2,800 to 3,000 people attended the rally, according to Metro spokeswoman Kris Mumford. The highest estimate is 7500.  Only once was it tense during the entire 2+ hours I was there. I don&#8217;t know who was speaking at the time because I couldn&#8217;t see or recognize the voice but the announcer mentioned [...]]]></description>
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