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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; Random Blogging</title>
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		<title>Settling Scores and Legislating Badly</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/settling-scores-and-legislating-badly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crazy cousin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grand juries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Delph]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To this day, despite my aging memory, I can still vividly recall my law school Income Tax class&#8211;and not just because it was taught by the legendary Larry Jegen. The class was my first introduction to the phenomenon of laws like the one Jegen called &#8220;the crazy cousin rule.&#8221; This otherwise inexplicable provision, written in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Couldn&#8217;t Have Said It Better</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-couldnt-have-said-it-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norman Ornstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often, someone will come across my first book&#8211;&#8221;What&#8217;s a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing at the ACLU?&#8221;&#8211;and will express surprise that I was once a Republican. That happened the other day, and I tried to explain how different the party I belonged to for so long&#8211;35 years!&#8211;was from the party they see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Kind of Polarization?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/another-kind-of-polarization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white voters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a column justt before the South Carolina primary, David Brooks relayed a number of conversations with Republican primary voters. His treatment of them was what one might expect of the always civil Brooks&#8211;sympathetic and respectful. But one line in particular struck me.  After commenting on the nostalgia expressed by several voters, Brooks noted that such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polarization as Strategy</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/polarization-as-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/polarization-as-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Yglesias had a very interesting post yesterday about the recent SOPA debate, and the success of opponents to that legislation. He made five points, and it would be hard to argue with any of them: money counts, but once you have enough resources to communicate, having more money doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean you&#8217;ll win the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raining on Indianapolis&#8217; Parade</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/raining-on-indianapolis-parade/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/raining-on-indianapolis-parade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SuperBowl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t care for sports&#8211;especially football&#8211;and I wasn&#8217;t all that thrilled when Indianapolis won the right to host the Super Bowl. But you would have to be even more testosterone-challenged than I am not to recognize the benefits to our City that come with the selection: the local infrastructure improvements, the civic spirit, the amount [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rooting for Santorum</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/rooting-for-santorum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP base]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santorum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the interminable GOP Presidential contests proceeds, I’m rooting for Rick Santorum. Now, I realize that statement requires some explanation. With the probable exception of Ron Paul, all the other candidates can be counted on to moderate their current positions if and when they cinch the nomination—to pivot from the shameless pandering to the nut-job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short and Sweet</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/short-and-sweet/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/short-and-sweet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Animal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Benen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In lieu of my usual morning fulminations, this morning I&#8217;m turning the task over to Steve Benen, at Political Animal, who chronicles&#8211;and refutes&#8211;some of the many &#8220;misstatements&#8221; (aka lies) of Mitt Romney. Maybe there&#8217;s some truth to the claim that you can&#8217;t trust a man who would drive for hours with his terrified dog strapped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crying Wolf</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/crying-wolf/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/crying-wolf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crying wolf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not being a fan of right-wing conspiracy blogs/commentators, it was only a couple of days ago that I became aware of the latest &#8220;outrage&#8221; perpetrated by the Obama Administration&#8211;a Halloween party kept secret until now, where liberal Hollywood stars mixed with costumed members of the First Family and Staff in an expensive, decadent party paid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can We Spell Clueless&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/can-we-spell-clueless/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/can-we-spell-clueless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigotry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial insensitivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[third-grade math teachers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The persistence of bigotry in society is widely acknowledged, and there are plenty of examples of people who are just plain hateful. There&#8217;s a robust literature that tries to explain the roots of prejudice, and a lively debate about what constitutes an appropriate response to its expression. But how should we react to behavior that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pollyanna versus Gloomy Gus</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/pollyanna-versus-gloomy-gus/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/pollyanna-versus-gloomy-gus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Right to Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homophobia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since I so often fill this space with depressing observations, I&#8217;m going to begin this week by indulging my inner Pollyanna. My (non-scientific) theory is that the rash of efforts we are seeing around the country to break the backs of unions, ensconce anti-gay laws in state constitutions, and weaken government oversight of everything from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear Factor?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/fear-factor/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/fear-factor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amygdala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Santorum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Julius Caesar, Shakespeare has Cassius deliver the immortal line  &#8221;The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars..&#8221; But what if our faults are &#8221;in our stars&#8221;? What if the age-old debate about how much of who we are is determined by nature, and how much by nurture, is gradually being decided, and the answer is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Puritans versus the Modernists&#8211;Now in Technicolor</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/the-puritans-versus-the-modernists-now-in-technicolor/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/the-puritans-versus-the-modernists-now-in-technicolor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God and Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modernists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puritans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his column in this morning&#8217;s Star, E.J. Dionne made the observation that Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman represent the two strands of Republicanism currently at war with each other. Santorum represents the social conservatives and Huntsman the economic conservatives&#8211;or, as Dionne puts it&#8211;the &#8220;modernists.&#8221; (No one knows what Romney represents&#8211;he&#8217;s pandered so long and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Iowa</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/out-of-iowa/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/out-of-iowa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa Caucuses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santorum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At least the Iowa caucuses are over. The attention Iowa gets has long been a mystery to me. Sure, they&#8217;re first, but it would be hard to imagine an electorate less representative of America as a whole than this rural, virtually all-white state. And history confirms that Iowa&#8217;s choice of nominee (except when that choice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Guess Their Safety Doesn&#8217;t Count&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-guess-their-safety-doesnt-count/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/i-guess-their-safety-doesnt-count/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indiana government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statehouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to this morning&#8217;s Indianapolis Star, &#8220;A prayer group is getting special access to the Statehouse for the opening day of the 2012 session. People attending Capitol Commission Indiana&#8217;s prayer day at the Statehouse can show a copy of an email message to skirt an expected large crowd of union members protesting the so-called &#8220;right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persistent Paranoia</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/persistent-paranoia/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/persistent-paranoia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Klayman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paranoia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our daughter called me the other day, horrified. She&#8217;d somehow gotten on the mailing list of one of the crazy organizations that seem to thrive in our country&#8211;a group called &#8220;Freedom Watch,&#8221; headed by one &#8220;Larry Klayman, Attorney.&#8221; The letter was, as she said, vile; among other things in its overheated diatribe, it accused President [...]]]></description>
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