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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; Obama</title>
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	<description>Thinking about Liberty</description>
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		<title>Resolving Any Doubts&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/resolving-any-doubts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 20:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone seriously doubt the persistence of racism in America? Or the influence of that racism on our politics? Phyllis Schlafly&#8211;never a subtle communicator&#8211;responded to news that minority births in the US had outnumbered Caucasian ones by explaining that this is a calamity because &#8220;those people&#8221; don&#8217;t &#8220;share our values.&#8221;   I devoutly hope they don&#8217;t share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Marketplace of Ideas</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/the-marketplace-of-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The theory behind freedom of speech was pretty simple: a robust consideration and debate of all ideas will lead to adoption of the better ones. When all points of view can be examined, people will opt for those that are best for that society. The history of civil rights in the U.S. would seem to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking of Gushers&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/speaking-of-gushers/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/speaking-of-gushers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[big oil]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American taxpayers subsidize the giant oil companies to the tune of 4 billion dollars a year. The American tax code contains a variety of provisions that make oil production one of the most heavily subsidized businesses in the country, with tax breaks available at virtually every stage of the exploration and extraction process. According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Fictional President</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/our-fictional-president/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/our-fictional-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fictional President]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday, I opened my IBJ to read a truly paranoid rant from Greg Morris, the publisher, who has a weekly opinion column. Mr. Morris is clearly one of those Second Amendment folks who views his right to bear arms with religious fervor, and his embrace of &#8220;one nation, armed to the teeth&#8221; was unsettling enough. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New &#8220;N&#8221; Word</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/the-new-n-word/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/03/the-new-n-word/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslim]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I learn a lot from my friends on Facebook. Yesterday, a couple of people linked to a Slate Magazine report of a poll of Republican electorates in Mississippi and Alabama. The results were eye-opening, in more respects than one: by considerable margins, GOP voters in both states rejected evolution (66% in Mississippi, 60% in Alabama), and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Difference Between Children and Adults</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/the-difference-between-children-and-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/the-difference-between-children-and-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gingrich]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The facts are relatively straightforward: In Afghanistan, American soldiers inadvertently burned several copies of the Koran. Apparently, it was an honest mistake; however&#8211;predictably&#8211;it infuriated many Muslims. Some of them have responded violently, and a recent attack that killed two Americans may have been prompted by the incident. President Obama apologized for the burning of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Girls&#8221; of All Ages</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/girls-of-all-ages/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/02/girls-of-all-ages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religious Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contraception]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve watched the recent insurance/contraception controversy play out with an increasing sense of unreality. The GOP attack on the HHS rules seemed so transparently political&#8211;after all, some 26 states have had similar rules for years, and somehow religiously-affiliated hospitals and universities have lived with them. I chalked it up to the same partisan frenzy that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What He Said</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/01/what-he-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Policy and Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A relatively simple statement from the President&#8217;s State of the Union speech last night deserves emphasis. After reminding Americans of the economic situation when he assumed office, when the country was bleeding jobs and reeling from the collapse of the housing bubble, Obama reported &#8220;In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong is Wrong</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/wrong-is-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/wrong-is-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[indefinite detention]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the election of Barack Obama, the GOP&#8211;aka &#8220;the party of no&#8221;&#8211;has shown impressive discipline, putting party orthodoxy ahead of both the common good and, frequently, sanity. The Democrats, on the other hand, have happily confirmed Will Rogers&#8217; great line: &#8220;I&#8217;m not a member of any organized political party; I&#8217;m a Democrat.&#8221; The left wing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luck of the Draw</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/luck-of-the-draw/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/12/luck-of-the-draw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine used to have a saying to the effect that he&#8217;d rather be lucky than smart. While I think President Obama is pretty darn smart, if current trends continue, he may also prove to be very, very lucky. Conventional wisdom&#8211;which is conventional because it tends to be right fairly often&#8211;is that Presidents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Talk Back</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/time-to-talk-back/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/10/time-to-talk-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine emailed me this morning to share one of those internet &#8220;jokes&#8221; that make the rounds. He was astonished&#8211;and disheartened&#8211;to think that the relative who&#8217;d forwarded it evidently agreed with what might loosely be called its &#8220;message.&#8221; On opening the attachment, the first thing I saw in large letters was &#8220;What a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They All Count the Same in the Win/Loss Column</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/09/they-all-count-the-same-in-the-winloss-column/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/09/they-all-count-the-same-in-the-winloss-column/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private sector jobs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Numbers don&#8217;t lie, but you do have to ask them the right questions. The most recent jobs report-as we all know by now&#8211;was awful. Totally flat. There were no net jobs added in August. If we ask &#8220;how many more people are working&#8221; the answer we get from these numbers is grim. The natural conclusion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Obama, Stupid</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/05/its-the-obama-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/05/its-the-obama-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 18:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["doofus"]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at Political Animal, Steve Benen joined the discussion over Tim Pawlenty&#8217;s recent remark that &#8220;Any doofus can go to Washington.&#8221; (There has been a good deal of mirth in the wake of that remark, actually&#8211;since one interpretation is that Pawlenty himself is something of a &#8220;doofus.&#8221; ) But viewed in context, Pawlenty seemed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Even Eat Their Own</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/05/they-even-eat-their-own/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/05/they-even-eat-their-own/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 12:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels considers whether to run for President, I can think of lots of reasons not to support him. Despite his focus on fiscal responsibility, he presided over the Bush Administration&#8217;s profligacy, helping fritter away the healthy economy left by Bill Clinton. While he&#8217;s never been a &#8220;hater,&#8221; neither has he demonstrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Will We Ever Learn?</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/04/when-will-we-ever-learn-2/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2011/04/when-will-we-ever-learn-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education / Youth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=1493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t one of those people who believed the election of Barack Obama was a sign we&#8217;d entered a &#8220;post-racial&#8221; society. But I also failed to appreciate the extent of racism that still festers in this country. The unremitting attacks on Obama personally&#8211;attacks utterly unconnected to any policy disputes and clearly motivated by outrage over [...]]]></description>
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