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		<title>Candidate, Inc.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Incoherent Raving]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t it be interesting if you could invest in candidates the same way we can in stocks? Long positions, short sells, the whole thing.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s The Job About?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just came across this post about Authenticity in politics. Potter makes some good points, but I think there&#8217;s something he&#8217;s missing. &#8220;Authenticity&#8221; is one of those political buzzwords; it doesn&#8217;t actually mean anything. Voters don&#8217;t want a politician who is &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2012/01/24/whats-the-job-about/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Buy The Bullshit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Incoherent Raving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be brief. PIPA/SOPA isn&#8217;t about &#8216;protecting intellectual property rights.&#8217; It&#8217;s about censorship, and giving big media companies (through the efforts of their paid mouthpieces in Congress), the ability to control what people see on the wild Internet. So, you &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2012/01/17/dont-buy-the-bullshit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Coincidence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t a nice little war with Iran be a great antidote to all this crazy talk about cutting the military budget?]]></description>
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		<title>Could This Be&#8230;Good News?</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2012/01/06/could-this-be-good-news/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=could-this-be-good-news</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Defense has issued a new Defense Strategic Guidance statement, coincidentally just a few days after I sent the White House my suggestions for cutting the budget. I&#8217;ve read the document and, rather to my surprise, it makes &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2012/01/06/could-this-be-good-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Point 9: Sponsorships</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nascar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a thought: Make politicians wear the logos of their corporate sponsors.]]></description>
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		<title>Who Owes Who</title>
		<link>http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2012/01/03/who-owes-who/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=who-owes-who</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Krugman is right in that national debt isn&#8217;t necessarily a terrible thing. It isn&#8217;t good, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be terrible, especially when, as he says, the money is owed internally. Cutting government spending is useful, but spending &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2012/01/03/who-owes-who/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Security Are We Spending For?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a start. Not a very good start, but a start. Panetta is talking about cutting back some of the unnecessary increases of the last decade, not actually reducing military spending to a reasonable level. The looming cuts inevitably &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2012/01/03/whose-security-are-we-spending-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It Was The Worst Of Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brown's Laws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brown&#8217;s Law of History: History doesn&#8217;t repeat itself. It just gives pop quizzes to see if you were paying attention. This article by Dominic Sandbrook is perhaps a bit alarmist, but it&#8217;s not outside the realm of possibility. Anyone who &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2011/12/30/it-was-the-worst-of-times/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, They Are</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are indeed as bad as you think. Inept, indecisive, corrupt, out of touch.]]></description>
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