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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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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>If you believe in a magnanimous government this won&#8217;t matter to you.</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/11/03/if-you-believe-in-a-magnanimous-government-this-wont-matter-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Individual freedom is being assaulted from so many different directions the sheer weight of the assaults can cause the hardiest of us to buckle. Yet, there are still some who believe the government has only our best interests at heart. I find that sentiment mind-blowing in the face of what the government is doing.
Accessing records [...]]]></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>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>TN, aided by the Feds, engage in revenue killing and an assault on yet another industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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>About That Tax Break&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/05/01/about-that-tax-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers to Get Rude Surprise Next Spring
Friday, May 01, 2009
By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press
Washington (AP) &#8211; Millions of Americans enjoying their small windfall from President Barack Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Making Work Pay&#8221; tax credit are in for an unpleasant surprise next spring.
The government is going to want some of that money back.
The tax credit is supposed to [...]]]></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>
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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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		<title>Good News</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who opposes the tax, spend, and borrow policies  of Washington is now a right wing extremist. That includes anybody who didn&#8217;t vote for Obama last November, veterans who may or may not have voted for him but are now disillusioned, all the tea party protestors and any other assorted voters who may or may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Today</title>
		<link>http://hillbillypolitics.com/2009/04/07/us-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Sowell has a great article this morning over at Townhall. But then, Thomas Sowell almost always has great articles. I suggest you read the entire thing without conservative or liberal ideological blinders on.
Fifth paragraph in:
We seem to be moving steadily in the direction of a society where no one is responsible for what he [...]]]></description>
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