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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This Looks Like the Start of a Second Great Depression
By Paul Krugman, The New York Times. Posted January 7, 2009.
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		<title>The End of the Financial World as We Know It</title>
		<link>http://politicsorpoppycock.com/2009/01/06/the-end-of-the-financial-world-as-we-know-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[*Economy]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[financial system]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Lewis and David Einhorn, The New York Times. Posted January 6, 2009.
American capitalism is in a state of pure madness &#8212; here’s how we can bring the financial system to a saner place.
We enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Congress, a new year means a new pay hike</title>
		<link>http://politicsorpoppycock.com/2009/01/05/for-congress-a-new-year-means-a-new-pay-hike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Globe
by Jeff Jacoby January 4, 2009

http://www.jeffjacoby.com/1635/congress-new-year-new-pay-hike
UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT its highest level in 15 years. Housing prices won’t stop falling. The stock market has suffered its most punishing collapse since 1931, and shareholders have lost $7 trillion in wealth. Millions of workers have lost their jobs; millions more are worried about losing theirs. IRAs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Stimulus Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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Obama&#8217;s Stimulus Plan
Today, President-elect Obama is moving forward with what he has billed as his top priority: an economic stimulus package called the &#8220;American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.&#8221; He is scheduled to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and possibly the Republican leaders in both chambers. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheney Calls Iraq &#8216;Significant Success, Masterfully Done&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Blue Texan, Firedoglake at 2:11 PM on January 4, 2009.
In a classic example of a Dick who likes to place blame on others, Cheney blames the lengthy, bloody occupation on lack of Iraqi &#8220;get up and go.&#8221;
Not only does Dick want everyone to know how proud he is of BushCo&#8217;s signature policy, he&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Things That Must Happen Now to Salvage the Economy &#8212; and the Country</title>
		<link>http://politicsorpoppycock.com/2009/01/04/8-things-that-must-happen-now-to-salvage-the-economy-and-the-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeff Madrick, The Nation. Posted December 30, 2008.
The U.S. is no longer merely in crisis; it is in a state of emergency. And it will take more than re-regulating Wall Street to fix it.
Every time I read about a solution to the economic crisis these days, I invariably find an underlying assumption that once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Send the Next Bailout Check to Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com 
By Mark Gerzon
Friday, January 2, 2009; Page A15
In recent weeks, my family and I have carefully observed the bailouts that have been provided to, or requested by, various companies since the financial crisis began. After much deliberation with our accountants and financial advisers, we have concluded that, in order to prevent a deeper recession and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Up Bush’s Damage</title>
		<link>http://politicsorpoppycock.com/2009/01/03/adding-up-bush%e2%80%99s-damage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bob Herbert, The New York Times. Posted January 2, 2009.
Bush’s catalog of his transgressions against the nation’s interests would keep him in a confessional for the rest of his life.
Does anyone know where George W. Bush is?
You don’t hear much from him anymore. The last image most of us remember is of the president [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Reasons To Be Hopeful About 2009 &#8212; and 3 Reasons To Be Terrified</title>
		<link>http://politicsorpoppycock.com/2009/01/03/10-reasons-to-be-hopeful-about-2009-and-3-reasons-to-be-terrified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. Posted January 2, 2009.
Corporate power is waning, health reform is gaining ground and a climate-friendly economy is on the horizon. Will change finally happen?
We’re entering a new year at a time unlike any other in recent memory. Here are 10 reasons I’m filled with hope as I look ahead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSNBC Host: It Wouldn’t Be ‘Funny’ If Someone Called Me ‘Tamron Hall the Magic Negro Anchor Lady’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Ben Armbruster, Think Progress at 4:36 PM on December 29, 2008.
Tamron Hall slams Kate Obenshain for defending Chip Saltman’s controversial Christmas greeting.
Today on MSNBC, anchor Tamron Hall hosted a segment discussing RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas greeting this year that contained a CD with the song “Barack the Magic Negro” on it. [...]]]></description>
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