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            <title>USA is in recession | PERIOD</title>
            <description>To many times this year I said the economy is in CONTRACTION.&lt;br /&gt;
On March 27 I published one post with the following name: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/karin/CcR3&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;It looks like the Titanic&#039;s History! The Economy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Everywhere outside the inner circles of Washington are talking about the economy is in recession, economists around the country are talking with data in hand and statistical methods and models, sustaining the economy is in recession.&lt;br /&gt;
But only the lurid government of George W Bush and his political puppets of both parties won’t to acknowledge this irrefutable reality.&lt;br /&gt;
One main principle in economy is the fact first and foremost recognize the crisis in the exactly magnitude where is it, with this data you can structure a plan capable to reverse this economics behaviors, otherwise any false analyze could worsened the crisis.&lt;br /&gt;
At this point here is is the majuscule irresponsibility of the government and the political statement of both parties, when they do not want to recognize the economy is in recession. As Germany did few weeks ago.&lt;br /&gt;
Now the &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_bi_ge/recession;_ylt=Apoxkzloe.Wedq65ggcvcSSs0NUE&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;National Bureau of Economic Research &lt;/a&gt; is recognizing the economy is in recession.&lt;br /&gt;
Yes the economy is in recession heading very fast to the worst depression ever, as a consequences of this stupid behaviors of not admit the reality and try to hidden the true of the crisis.&lt;br /&gt;
Nothing could be very worst than the lack of admit the realities in economic terms.&lt;br /&gt;
These entire politicians in charge are sinking this country in to the most catastrophic economic downturn; they are playing and buying time instead made structural correction to the economy. &lt;br /&gt;
They irresponsible bailout and send billion of inorganic and unproductive money to the markets.&lt;br /&gt;
All are accomplices of this charade of print inorganic money and send it to the market in the most regretfully method of bailing out institutions who are per se out of business.&lt;br /&gt;
Here is now the new reality, banks are failing, big manufactures are failing, small businesses are failing, the construction industry is failing long time ago,&lt;br /&gt;
Means, two of the biggest employers of this country are failing (Construction &amp; Smalls business).&lt;br /&gt;
Yes, if you think the automakers or the business associates with the markets are the biggest employers you are dead wrong and this is exactly this politician of the status want to sell in order to continue putting inorganic money at the expense of the taxpayer.&lt;br /&gt;
These actions now are compromising at least the next two generation of Americans and they are going to pay huge for this government irresponsibility.&lt;br /&gt;
No one can assume this crisis is going to be resolved by any means in the next ten or fifteen years if “only if” the next administration took the necessary structural steps of corrections. &lt;br /&gt;
In terms of UNDO this economic crisis:  “the fail of one year represent 10 years of setting back”&lt;br /&gt;
With this equation, President Elect Barack Obama has to deal. He has no choice! And there are not excuses about the world are in crisis or so on.&lt;br /&gt;
Yes, the world is in crisis, and this crisis is the failure of this ECONOMIC MODEL.&lt;br /&gt;
The new realignment if underway, now depend of each government how to handle the situation to prevail or to fail.&lt;br /&gt;
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Percy H Florez</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:42:29 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>RED ALERT | something stinking is behind the MARCH (LA MARCHA) on DAY ONE</title>
            <description>Since the last weekend just am participating in the fiercest battle against those groups who are trying to organize a big Rally on day ONE against Barack Obama in the issue about immigration.&lt;br /&gt;
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The list serve of many Hispanic groups in the Barack Obama web site is flooding profusely in message about this MARCH!&lt;br /&gt;
The organizer has nothing to say about it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Suspicious:&lt;br /&gt;
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I just am wondering why suddenly too many born American citizen are behind this March and are pushing our community to do so.&lt;br /&gt;
The answer for many Hispanic people in this group is prudence and organization before doing something like that. 85 percent or more of the participants in this discussion are Hispanic people talking and pressing for measure and organization, the others (few) are in favor of the MARCH and these unknowns born American citizens are vehemently pushing for the MARCH against BARACK OBAMA.&lt;br /&gt;
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My questions are:&lt;br /&gt;
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Why this MARCH on day ONE?&lt;br /&gt;
Why this fellow Americans are very interesting in this action against Obama?&lt;br /&gt;
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Why they are pushing our community to do something like that on day ONE?&lt;br /&gt;
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Who they are?&lt;br /&gt;
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Why this March against a government who don’t address the immigration issue at this time and the Hispanic community don’t know exactly wish one is the real position of the new administration?&lt;br /&gt;
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Why the RUSH of this organizer for this so called “LA MARCHA”&lt;br /&gt;
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Who’s behind scene?&lt;br /&gt;
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It’s something planned by the groups anti immigrants like the MINUTEMAN group?&lt;br /&gt;
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Or it’s something planned by THE REPUBLICANS?&lt;br /&gt;
After all the only beneficiary of the negative consequences of this extemporary pressure against the new administration in our community could be the Republican Party and the anti immigrants groups, like the MINUTEMAN!&lt;br /&gt;
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Percy H Florez</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:48:28 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Please sign this petition to eliminate tax exemptions for churches that lobby for state propositions...</title>
            <description>Sign this petition to support the legal effort to amend our tax laws such that the Mormon Church, and other transgressing churches, would lose tax-exempt status if they continue lobbying for state propositions.&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.mormonsstoleourrights.com/#petition</description>
            <link>http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/gretchenweisselliot/C88</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:15:23 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>BAILOUT the VETERAN’S ADMINISTRATION (VA) | URGENTLY |</title>
            <description>On Wednesday I receive one of the most heartbreak emails ever. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/karin/CzX&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Heart Break E-mail&lt;/a&gt; and I posted the entirely email as it, as a proof of what is happen in the VETERNAS ADMINISTRATION (VA).&lt;br /&gt;
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VA literally is broken in his finances and the bureaucracy in this department follow a steady course, those facts are the principals cause of dissatisfaction for many VETERANS who are rightfully entitle to receive the assistance they deserve from the VA.&lt;br /&gt;
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This soldiers practically are begging to the VA for solutions,  THE ONLY THINK THEY WANT is receive a respectfully treatment, They want his payments on time and the necessary medical assistance they need, They want to be loved by his country as they much loved it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Not enough was the discovering of the disastrous mistreatment they suffer in the Walter Reid Hospital, they receive promises and some improvement, just the necessary actions to calm down the media, but the really true is nobody is talking about the continue injustice this proudly HEROS receiving every single day from the VA.&lt;br /&gt;
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If there is some institution in this country need a BAILOUT is the VA, they has the great responsibility of taking care of all VETERANS?&lt;br /&gt;
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Of course at this point there are not EXTRAORDINARY session of the CONGRESSMAN favoring any solution in this mess of the VA, NOT special declarations of the Speaker of the House, or the Majority Leader calling for immediate and expedite solutions of the  SOLDIERS problems dealing with the VA, as they did easily  in FAVOR of the corrupted institutions in wall street.........NO, there are NOT prefabricated NEWS CONFERENCE voicing for a quickly and smart solutions for the VETERANS ADMINISTRATION , there are NOT RUSH to solve his problems, NO  pressure to the people and fancy explanations to secure VOTES.&lt;br /&gt;
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At the end of the day nothing is going to happen, may be they think …….. THEY ARE TOO LITTLE AND TOO POOR.&lt;br /&gt;
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It’s incredible and hard to believe, these two young soldiers practically begin for money because the VA unwariness’. &lt;br /&gt;
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I can&#039;t visualize how this kind of differences could happen in this country?&lt;br /&gt;
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Lawmakers know what happen in the VETERAN ADMINISTRATION, this is nothing new, this problem coming from years before. But always they couldn&#039;t find out the right solution, only promises and long time lapses and debates, until something special come out trough the media like this issue of the Walter Reid. I just wondering if someone of these busy lawmakers of Washington are going to read this:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/karin/CzX&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Heart Break E-mail&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Why does the Congress ISSUE a rush and fair “BAILOUT” to the VETERANS ADMINISTRATION (VA) solving definitively and permanently all the PROEBLEMS THEY SURELLY HAS, as a real signal of gratitude for all what this soldiers did, after all is his responsibility&#039;s to do so.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just am calling for some justice and sensibility to the attention of the President-Elected Barack Obama, I do not expect nothing being solve by the Bush Administration.&lt;br /&gt;
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Just am calling to the leaders of the Congress for an EQUAL TREATMENT for these citizens, who with his WATCHS and exposures in dangerous way are granting the LIBERTY AND SECURITY of his countryman and them as congressmen’s they fully enjoyed.&lt;br /&gt;
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This proudly man’s and women’s of the United States Armed Forces, HERO’S of the past and present wars, deserved nothing less than EQUAL TREATMENT, quickly and expedites solutions for the VETRANS ADMINISTRATION (VA), as others entitlements or institutions recently receive from the United State Congress.&lt;br /&gt;
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Percy H Florez</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:12:36 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>If President-Elect Barack Obama.....</title>
            <description>Succumb to the immense pressure of the lobbyist companies in favor of the automakers he probably loose the great opportunity he has now to reshape the country and all this mess in to successfully and productive economy.&lt;br /&gt;
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When I see Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and all this lawmakers make pressure in favor of this incense policy instead have measure due to the big failure of the previous bailout they craft in the most irresponsible act of congress since the great depression. I have not doubt how much power this industries have.&lt;br /&gt;
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In conclusion is time for real change instead throwing the money to the trash using this money for companies who already are dead because they fail to be competitive and productive.&lt;br /&gt;
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I am not against these companies, I like the GMC Subaru, but in terms of competitiveness they are out of the market; they can’t compete in any way with his close competitors like Toyota or Honda. These two foreign automakers as an example invest a lot of money in this country, building lines of production that send to the market products made by Americans hard workers full of competitiveness among of quality and price. &lt;br /&gt;
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By the way I just heard today this automaker from Detroit who are begin for government bailout using the taxpayer money, have a huge investment in the markets; they are bankers too, and they profited for a lot in this business, then now this is one of the reasons they are in troubles. They want easy money and they playing hard in the game of taking risk instead of made real changes in his line of production and adequate his products according to the new reality.&lt;br /&gt;
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I just wondered if the new administration can resist such behavior and temptation instead made structural correction to the economy.&lt;br /&gt;
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I hope Barack Obama don&#039;t loose the great opportunity he receive clearly form the people of this country and don&#039;t defraud the next generation of Americans who are watching very close what his going to do.&lt;br /&gt;
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It&#039;s about time, let&#039;s see what happens&lt;br /&gt;
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Percy H Florez</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:08:52 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>The Name&#039;s of The Fallen / Part 18 / Total Count as a today @ 6:03 PM 11/6/2008 4192 Soldiers are Dead / Names In Reverse order from:  4177 to 4192</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/candle.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless You All&quot; width=&quot;64&quot; height=&quot;178&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/usa.gif&quot; alt=&quot;God Bless America&quot; width=&quot;68&quot; height=&quot;50&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Name&#039;s of The Fallen / Part 18 / Total Count as a today @ 6:03 PM 11/6/2008 4192 Soldiers are Dead / Names In Reverse order from:  4177 to 4192&lt;br /&gt;
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4192 29-Oct-08 Private 1st Class Bradley S. Coleman 24 Martinsville VA&lt;br /&gt;
4191 29-Oct-08 Sergeant Scott J Metcalf 36 Framingham MA&lt;br /&gt;
4190 24-Oct-08 Private 1st Class Cody J Eggleston 21 Eugene OR&lt;br /&gt;
4189 23-Oct-08 Staff Sergeant	Brian P Hause 29 Stoystown PA&lt;br /&gt;
4188 19-Oct-08 Lance Corporal Stacy A Dryden 22 North Canton OH&lt;br /&gt;
4187 16-Oct-08 Specialist Heath K Pickard 21 Palestine TX&lt;br /&gt;
4186 15-Oct-08 Specialist Justin A Saint 22 Albertville AL&lt;br /&gt;
4185 14-Oct-08 Specialist Christopher A McCraw 23 Columbia MS&lt;br /&gt;
4184 07-Oct-08 Sergeant Michael K Clark 24 Sacramento CA&lt;br /&gt;
4183 12-Oct-08 Specialist Geoffrey G Johnson 28 Lubbock TX&lt;br /&gt;
4182 11-Oct-08 Sergeant Reuben M Fernandez III 22 Abeline TX&lt;br /&gt;
4181 05-Oct-08 Colonel Michael R Stahlman 45 Chevy Chase MD&lt;br /&gt;
4180 05-Oct-08 Sergeant William P Rudd 27 Madisonville KY&lt;br /&gt;
4179 02-Oct-08 Private 1st Class Tavarus D Setzler 23 Jacksinville FL&lt;br /&gt;
4178 30-Sep-08 Private 1st Class Christopher A Bartkiewicz 25 Dunfermline IL&lt;br /&gt;
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Total Count as a today @ 6:03 PM 11/6/2008 : : 4192 soldiers are dead&lt;br /&gt;
More Information please visit our data base: : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/newsticker/thefallen.asp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Name&#039;s of the Fallen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Or you can visit the DoD web site: : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;US DoD News Release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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S T O P  T H E  W A R&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.atlatinos.net/upload/RT.gif&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; alt=&quot;STOP THE WAR&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; height=&quot;48&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Stop the War &amp; Bring Troops Home&lt;br /&gt;
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Percy H Florez</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:04:58 EST</pubDate>
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            <title>Will be in D.C. for Inauguration Day!!</title>
            <description>I booked my tickets and hotel for January 19-25th-- Am taking my daughter! Would love to meet up with others from my PB &quot;family&quot;... &lt;br /&gt;
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I knew it was going to be a LANDSLIDE!!! Now let us CELEBRATE!!!!</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:18:55 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Barack Obama | President</title>
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Congratulation to everybody&lt;br /&gt;
God Bless America&lt;br /&gt;
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Percy H Florez</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:24:55 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Percy H Florez</dc:creator>
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            <title>Palin is going to donate her campaign clothes to charity after the election...</title>
            <description>Does that mean that the Republicans don&#039;t think that she is going to need her new wardrobe because she won&#039;t be in the White House and have a need for them once she goes back to Alaska?? &lt;br /&gt;
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If they are saying that she will donate them to charity after the election doesn&#039;t that mean they don&#039;t have confidence in the McCain/Palin ticket???</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:43:03 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Palin is an insult to pitbulls....</title>
            <description>One more Palin video-- It really tells it like it is...&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDdhvR1sdpg</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:23:39 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Obama&#039;s 30 minute Infomercial... Get out your kleenex... as it is Obama at his best...</title>
            <description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtREqAmLsoA</description>
            <link>http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/gretchenweisselliot/Crg</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:04:51 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Elizabeth Dole uses McCain&#039;s ad writer and calls opponent &quot;godless&quot;</title>
            <description>Elizabeth Dole calls her opponent, former Sunday school teacher,  Kay Haggen &quot;godless&quot; CNN says that the Dole campaign contacted the person who is in charge of McCain&#039;s advertising in desperation.  This is the ad they came up with:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/29/dole-ad-fabricates-audio_n_138874.html&lt;br /&gt;
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Shame on you Elizabeth!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:07:42 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>109 year old woman, daughter of a slave votes</title>
            <description>for Obama!! She has lived through 3 centuries... This is a remarkable and heartwarming story:  http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/10/27/1027jones.html</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:58:55 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Great laugh-- The vet who did not vet!!!</title>
            <description>I about fell off my chair... IT is so true and very funny...&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03fcGelz8Hw</description>
            <link>http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/gretchenweisselliot/CSh</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:12:16 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Sarah believes that it is the VP&#039;s job to &quot;run&quot; the Senate...</title>
            <description>Has she read the job description????  She told a group of 3rd graders that it was the job of the VP to run the Senate and to really get in there with the Senators and make a lot of policy changes... HUH????  Like the Senators would bow down to this ignorant woman as their leader... HAHAHAHA!!!&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/palin_VP_runs_senate/2008/10/22/142949.html?s=al&amp;promo_code=6DD4-1</description>
            <link>http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/gretchenweisselliot/CNz</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:46:42 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>The Republicans pay 150 thousand dollars to &quot;dress-up&quot; Sarah Palin...</title>
            <description>Oh, I am sure Joe the plumber&#039;s wife can relate to having this as a clothing allowance... http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14805.html</description>
            <link>http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/gretchenweisselliot/CgH</link>
            <comments>http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/gretchenweisselliot/CgH/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:58:01 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>My prayers are with Madelyn Duham, Barack&#039;s Grandmother...</title>
            <description>Barack takes time off from his campaign to be with his Grandmother, Madelyn Dunham.  This woman was one of Barack&#039;s inspirations... She was became one of Hawaii&#039;s first woman vice-president.  She was describe as a drill sergeant... http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-04-07-obamagrandma_N.htm&lt;br /&gt;
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Barack has cancelled many events to go to Hawaii and spend time with her.&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/20/politics/fromtheroad/entry4535097.shtml&lt;br /&gt;
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Please join me in sending good thoughts and prayers Madelyn&#039;s way... Get well soon Mrs Dunham, we all want to see you on January 20th when Barack is sworn in!!!</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:15:07 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Dead Bear found wrapped in Obama signs in North Carolina...</title>
            <description>This was sent to me from my Twit friends...  I think the word of this incident needs to get out so that the North Carolina police don&#039;t just sweep this under the carpet.... These people need to be prosecuted for hate crimes-- People need to know that this WILL NOT be tolerated in OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!  &lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.wyff4.com/cnn-news/17764161/detail.html&lt;br /&gt;
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sad... Those that feel that racism doesn&#039;t exist... live in Egypt... the land of DE-NILE!!</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:15:42 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Please, Sarah, please don&#039;t undue all that our mothers and grandmothers have fought for...</title>
            <description>Powerful video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6OsGjelmbo</description>
            <link>http://www.democrats.org/page/community/post/gretchenweisselliot/CxM</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:19:19 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Join me in donating to Minnesota&#039;s Congressional candidate E. Tinklenberg. (I am from Wa State)</title>
            <description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESdA52S4Dbg&lt;br /&gt;
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Watch the video of Michelle Bachmann&#039;s interview on Hardball as she calls Senator Obama &quot;Anti-American&quot; and links &quot;liberal left-wing politicians&quot; to &quot;anti American&quot; activities...&lt;br /&gt;
She basically says that if you aren&#039;t republican than you are &quot;anti American&quot;...  I just donated to her opponents campaign... I was so appalled at this woman&#039;s comments that I just couldn&#039;t just sit there-- I had to open up my empty wallet and give another $20.00 to help rid the congress of this piece of trash!!! She will do NOTHING to unite this country during these hard times when we all need to work together... She needs to ride off on her broom to the land of congressional members with NO ethics!!  Below is my letter to her opponent: &lt;br /&gt;
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Dear Mr. Elwyn Tinklenberg,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My name is Gretchen and I am a Certified Nurse-Midwife, mother of 5 and grandmother, from Washington State.  I just donated to your campaign.  I just listened to your opponent’s terrible comments about Barack Obama and felt the need to contribute to your campaign.  We don&#039;t need politicians in Washington D.C. that illicit this type of hate.  We need people who will address the issues that we all are facing in these difficult times.  A Republican, Colin Powell said it best today, when he stated how disappointed he was with this type of campaign-- one that distracts us from the real issues that hard-working Americans are facing on a daily basis.  We will ALL need to work hard to restore our country back to the strong nation it once was-- Your opponent’s words/beliefs will prevent this from happening. Best wishes to you and to the people of Minnesota from Washington State!!!  Gretchen&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is Mr Tinklenberg&#039;s web site:&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.tinklenberg08.com/home.html</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:38:18 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Gretchen</dc:creator>
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