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		<title>Monsoon</title>
		<link>http://therationalmiddle.com/2013/05/18/monsoon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 03:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Chase</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been 40 years since a president was pushed out of office for (among other things) ordering a break-in at the offices of political opponents (he got out of trouble by quitting.) It has been some 30 years since a president escaped prosecution for selling both anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles to the Islamist Iranian government and using the proceeds to finance a civil war in Nicaragua (he got out of trouble by saying he had no recollection). A decade and a half has passed since a president was impeached for lying about the willful abuse of a cigar in the Oval Office (he got out of trouble by asking for both sex and is to be defined.)]]></description>
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		<title>A Daunting Challenge</title>
		<link>http://therationalmiddle.com/2013/05/16/a-daunting-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Chase</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[and the NFL have in common?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Now and forever known as the "worst disaster" in Dick Cheney's lifetime (his words), in any other time (or with a Republican in the White House) it would have been just a normal, if tragic, cost of doing business. The United States believes in an international presence, a presence that asks us to routinely deploy good people in dangerous places. Dozens (yes conservative friends, dozens) of diplomatic targets have been attacked by various forces regardless of the party affiliation of the White House during the last three decades. Many of these diplomatic targets were CIA fronts which demanded both secrecy and deniability. So where again is the scandal?]]></description>
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		<title>An Inconvenient Meme</title>
		<link>http://therationalmiddle.com/2013/04/11/an-inconvenient-meme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Chase</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point in the last year I realized that age had caught up with me in most superficially hurtful way; I left the key demographic. What I value, like, want, and need is no longer relevant to mass marketers. All of the music I like is relegated to classical and oldies stations. A solid majority of the people I interact with on a daily basis aren't completely sure what I mean when I say "roll up the window." A frighteningly large minority of the people I interact with believe that "dial up" is charming relic of my advancing years.]]></description>
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		<title>Memo To All Good Christians</title>
		<link>http://therationalmiddle.com/2013/03/27/memo-to-all-good-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Chase</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Legislation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To follow on the enlightened views of the supporters of California Proposition 8, and the Godly statements of Focus on the Family, the following memo has been written to ensure that no good Christians burn for their ignorance of the consequences of sex. Marriage is for procreation only&#8230;so all good Christians widowed or divorced who [...]]]></description>
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