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	<title>shyspeak.net &#187; Politics</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Automaker CEOs Leverage Worker&#8217;s Jobs in Bailout Bid</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/11/19/automaker-ceos-leverage-workers-jobs-in-bailout-bid/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/11/19/automaker-ceos-leverage-workers-jobs-in-bailout-bid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In a shameful display of corporate greed and ineptitude, the &#8220;Big 3&#8243; Automaker CEOs warned Congress of a &#8220;national catastrophe&#8221; and &#8220;millions of layoffs&#8221; if they don&#8217;t receive $25 billion in bailout cash from the American taxpayer!  Singing in unison, GM CEO Rick Wagoner begins by begging for bridge loan to &#8220;span the financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the &#8216;Fairness Doctrine&#8217; Rearing its Ugly Head&#8230;Again?</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/11/08/is-the-fairness-doctrine-rearing-its-ugly-headagain/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/11/08/is-the-fairness-doctrine-rearing-its-ugly-headagain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Brad O'Leary]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Fairness Doctrine]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President-elect Obama is expected to appoint democratic lawyer Henry Rivera, to lead his FCC transition team.  Rivera served on the FCC from 1981 to 1985, and is a proponent of the &#8220;Fairness Doctrine&#8221; that was repealed in 1987.  The Fairness Doctrine was the law of the land for 40 years and was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Elected 44th President</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/11/05/obama-elected-44th-president/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/11/05/obama-elected-44th-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[African American]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Election '08]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has been elected president in a landslide victory over Senator John McCain.  However, listening to the pundits, commentators and citizenry today, this is an aside compared to the history-making of the assention of the first &#8220;African-American&#8221; to the highest office in the land.  To me, this begs the question, &#8220;Did we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain Played Vital Roll in Bailout Plan</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/09/29/mccains-played-vital-roll-in-bailout-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/09/29/mccains-played-vital-roll-in-bailout-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[democrat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street bailout]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although the bailout plan in its current state does not eliminate taxpayer risk, it certainly provides more protection than the Paulson plan the Democrats were originally trying to force down the throats of the American taxpayer.  I asked in a previous post, &#8220;What did McCain do?&#8221;  As it turns out, he did a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working for the Taxpayer</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/09/26/working-for-the-taxpayer/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/09/26/working-for-the-taxpayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the President&#8217;s &#8220;Doomsday Message&#8221;, Democratic finger-pointing and a ridiculous &#8220;on my knees&#8221; gesture by Secretary Paulson, John McCain and Senate Republicans have thwarted, at least temporarily, the government bailout of Wall Street. Wanting to give the American taxpayer a better deal, the Republicans are pushing
&#8220;an alternative plan that, instead of relying heavily on taxpayer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 21st-Century &#8220;New Deal&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/09/25/the-21st-century-new-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/09/25/the-21st-century-new-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[market economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paulson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like the government is going to bailout Wall Street to the tune of $700 billion.  To the chagrin of Treasury Secretary Paulson, Congress is injecting some prudence into the process by breaking payouts into installments.  The WSJ explains that 
&#8220;Treasury would have access to $250 billion immediately, with another $100 billion to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Discusses His Military Record&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/09/08/obama-discusses-his-military-record/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/09/08/obama-discusses-his-military-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;because he once thought (albeit briefly, I&#8217;m certain) about joining the military (h/t: Beltway Snark).  Speaking on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221;, Obama said,
&#8220;You know, I had to sign up for Selective Service when I graduated from high school. And I was growing up in Hawaii, and I have friends whose parents were in the military. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Picks Insider Over Change</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/08/23/obama-picks-insider-over-change/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/08/23/obama-picks-insider-over-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The long anticipated democratic VP selection has been made as Obama chooses Washington insider, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, over others who could have echoed his message of change.  Of course, Biden, a 30-year senator and Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, will give Obama some foreign policy clout in the election.  Still, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Has Visited 57 States (with one more to go)</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/05/10/obama-has-visited-57-states-with-one-more-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/05/10/obama-has-visited-57-states-with-one-more-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 23:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine BHO on Fox&#8217;s Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? &#8230;
Jeff Foxworthy:  &#8220;So, Mr. Obama, you&#8217;ve chosen 1st Grade Geography as your category and here&#8217;s your question:  How many states are there in the continental United States?&#8221;
Barack Obama:  &#8220;Well, Jeff, I&#8217;ve visited 57 states with one more to go, so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Based on Obama&#8217;s Foreign Policy Experience, I Could be President</title>
		<link>http://shyspeak.net/2008/04/11/based-on-obamas-foreign-policy-experience-i-could-be-president/</link>
		<comments>http://shyspeak.net/2008/04/11/based-on-obamas-foreign-policy-experience-i-could-be-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JOS</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://shyspeak.net/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senator Barack Obama, campaigning for President in Levittown, PA, claims his foreign policy credentials stem from &#8220;real-life&#8221; experiences abroad.  Apparently growing up in Indonesia, spending three weeks in Pakistan with a side trip to India and having ties to relatives in Kenya gives one the requisite foreign policy experience to be President of the [...]]]></description>
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