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		<title>After The Counting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of fuss about the recent election here in The United States. The Democrats, of course, are smug. The Republicans, well, some (not all, but some) are in a positive frenzy of angst, predicting the end &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2008/11/12/after-the-counting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why History Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend mentioned that she wasn&#8217;t very good at history, and I&#8217;m afraid my reply ran a little long. It&#8217;s a subject that has fascinated me almost since I first began to read, oh so many years ago. (Clay tablets &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2009/02/06/why-history-matters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>History Pop Quiz</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extraordinary optimism sustained an orgy of speculation. Books were written to prove that economic crisis was a phase which expanding business organisation and science had at last mastered. [....] In October a sudden and violent tempest swept over Wall Street. &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2009/02/23/history-pop-quiz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Auto Non-Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just sent this to President Obama (or rather, of course, whichever staffer gets to read these things): Regarding the auto-industry bail out. As a long-time General Motors stockholder, I would like to say PLEASE STOP. General Motors are Chrysler &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2009/03/26/auto-non-industry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First They Came for the Smokers&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling other people&#8217;s stuff is a very profitable business. Ask any burglar. It works just as well when the &#8216;stuff&#8217; is intangible. Ask any government. It has become common practice to persuade people to vote for restrictions on activities that &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2009/08/26/first-they-came-for-the-smokers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Points</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;RightNetwork launches on television, web and mobile in the summer of 2010. Mission: To entertain, engage and enlighten Americans who are looking for content that reflects and reinforces their perspective and worldview.&#8221; Wow. Check out that mission statement. &#8220;&#8230;content that &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2010/04/22/thinking-points/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Point #4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does a country have a right to restrict who can come and live there? Or, conversely, does a country have an obligation to accept everyone who wants to come and live there?]]></description>
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		<title>Brown&#8217;s Law of Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any mature political system, no matter what it&#8217;s particular mechanisms, is based on increasing the wealth and power of the wealthy and powerful.]]></description>
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		<title>The Leaky Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a pretty standard course of action these days that when the US economy gets in trouble, the government starts ladling out &#8216;stimulus&#8217; money. This &#8216;stimulus&#8217; (whether in the form of direct payments, tax breaks, or low interest rates) is &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2010/07/25/the-leaky-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Winners and Losers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert M. Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A child who was in 2nd Grade when the 9/11 attacks took place would now be old enough to go fight in Afghanistan. A whole generation of young adults can barely remember a time when America was not at war. &#8230; <a href="http://www.grumpypundit.com/index.php/2010/09/11/winners-and-losers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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