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		<title>It&#8217;s Complicated</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Facebook you are allowed to state your political leanings in your profile. A friend of mine has &#8220;It&#8217;s complicated&#8221; as his. It doesn&#8217;t have to be. The root of all problems in politics stems from the misunderstanding of the role and purpose of government. It&#8217;s actually very simple. The role of government is to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=108&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bless My Homeland Forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t blogged here in months. With all that&#8217;s been going on in our county, I guess I&#8217;ve been shell shocked. My values haven&#8217;t changed nor have my convictions. However, I suppose I have been disillusioned by the sheer audacity of the political class in Washington, D.C. However, tonight I was watching a movie with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=96&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Never Forget 9/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never forget those innocent souls lost at the hand of a ruthless enemy. Never forget that our country was attacked by those who desire to destroy us. Never forget that our country has enemies within as well as without. Never forget those who shed their blood and their lives for the freedom and security we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=92&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Constitutional Ignorance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My ten-year-old daughter asked me to help her study for a U.S. history test. Her teacher gave her a list of 100 questions to study. The teacher had been going over the list with the students for several class periods, giving, and I suppose discussing the answers. We came to question 43 &#8211; &#8220;Who is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=67&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why our government is the way it is&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you look at all the active amendments to the United States Constitution (I&#8217;ll discuss the Eighteenth below), they all deal with procedural matters, clarifying or extending individual rights, or clarifying or extending states&#8217; rights. The Eighteenth is an interesting case study in how the U.S. Constitution is &#8220;supposed&#8221; to work. &#8220;We&#8221; (the people and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=62&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why the Second Amendment Matters</title>
		<link>http://dixiegeek.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/why-the-second-amendment-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video speaks for itself.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=56&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be a Fool</title>
		<link>http://dixiegeek.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/dont-be-a-fool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I confess. I&#8217;m a news junkie. Much to the chagrin of my wife, I have the TV or radio tuned to news or political talk shows all during my waking hours. When I get up, the first thing I do is turn on the TV to watch the news. I usually fall asleep to, you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=46&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Politician&#8217;s Contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its time to turn the tables on our elected politicians. Instead of the usual campaign promises, I propose that we choose a candidate who is willing to sign the following &#8220;Politicians Contract&#8221; before being elected or appointed to ANY elected position in the Federal Government. Here it is: &#8220;Upon signing this document, I agree to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=32&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Money in Your Pocket</title>
		<link>http://dixiegeek.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/money-in-your-pocket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished watching the daily press briefing by Whitehouse Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. In his discussion with reporters, he made the statement that the adminstration wanted to put more money in the pockets of Americans. How about this idea. Instead of putting money in taxpayers pockets, why don&#8217;t you just leave it there to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=21&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Honeymoon is Over&#8230;Its Business as Usual for the Obama Administration</title>
		<link>http://dixiegeek.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/the-honeymoon-is-overits-business-as-usual-for-the-obama-administration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campaigning with the promise of  &#8220;clean break from business as usual&#8221;, it seems that President Obama&#8217;s adminstration will be likely be more of the same. Several of his nominees have been plagued with tax problems, the latest being notorious former Senator turned pseudo-lobbyist Tom Daschle. Daschle has subsequently withdrawn his nomination, however, tax problems aside, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dixiegeek.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5439948&amp;post=12&amp;subd=dixiegeek&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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