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		<title>A Toast to the New Year</title>
		<link>http://nolossforwords.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/a-toast-to-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Happy New Year]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As 2011 comes to an end I can’t help but look back and wonder where it went.  It seems like just last month that we started the year anew, and like last week that football season started.  And yet, both are about over with neither ending particularly well. I’ve come to the conclusion that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=876&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This President has Never been about Jobs, but what?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama often talks about how everyone needs to pay their fair share and then points to successful citizens as taking advantage of the system; but in a negative way, rather than using their example of success as encouragement for others to be successful as well.  At a time when many Americans are struggling, Obama [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=868&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Slashing Defense our Best Choice?</title>
		<link>http://nolossforwords.wordpress.com/2011/11/27/is-slashing-defense-our-best-choice-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partisan Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Dana Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Defense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing the possibility of seriously cutting the Defense Budget, maybe we should think about withdrawing our military forces from bases located in foreign countries? Wouldn’t we save a bundle if we didn’t have our forces spread around the world? Considering the way many of them feel about us, pulling out seems like a win/win for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=864&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sequestration or Castration; You Pick!</title>
		<link>http://nolossforwords.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/sequestration-or-castration-you-pick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Budget Control Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have just under a week for the “Super Committee” to complete the work outlined in the Budget Control Act of August 2011 and the progress reports are not encouraging.  Characterizing the committee as “Super” may have been a mistake considering every aspect of their work plan has been anything but super. In my view, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=841&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Super Committee Agonizes about 3.2% Cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partisan Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Budgets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever wonder why when the government decides to increase spending it happens next week but when they talk about reducing spending it’s always in budget cycles five to ten years out?  Does that really make any sense? I really only care about what they will cut in their next budget and the one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=832&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Write the Rules, Take the Credit?</title>
		<link>http://nolossforwords.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/write-the-rules-take-the-credit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been no shortage of media coverage for the expanding “Occupy Wall Street” protest movement across the country.  When it started in New York, you could tell that folks were angry, but interviews showed that many were gathered, but not to protest a common grudge.  Everyone seemed to have a beef, but more often than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=817&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Rock &#8211; Obama Second Term Gangsta Sh &#8211; - !</title>
		<link>http://nolossforwords.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/chris-rock-obama-second-term-gangsta-sh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Partisan Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard celebrity comedian Chris Rock express his opinion the other day about the prospects of a second Obama term.  His comments were surprisingly accurate.  So much so that the rest of us better take notice. Some celebrities may have soured a bit on President Barack Obama, but not Chris Rock. The comedian and actor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=808&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue!</title>
		<link>http://nolossforwords.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/occupy-pennsylvania-avenue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Student Debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After watching the Occupy Wall Street protests for a couple weeks I really hoped the protester would do their thing for a while and then go home.  Not so surprisingly the protesters are still at it. Since I’ve confessed before to listening to Glenn Beck, I look for George Soros under every rock.  And since [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=800&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flat Tax &#8211; No Chance</title>
		<link>http://nolossforwords.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/flat-tax-no-chance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partisan Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flat tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If 51% of our population is currently not paying Federal Income Tax, what reason would they have for supporting a flat tax candidate? If you are not currently paying Federal Income Tax because of the quirks of the code, why would you support a candidate espousing a plan for a flat tax that would suddenly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=794&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MIKE HOPE Without Reservations!</title>
		<link>http://nolossforwords.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/mike-hope-without-reservations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Dana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Snohomish County Political Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snohomish County Executive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To start with, let me say I’m not surprised the Herald editorial board endorsed Aaron Reardon for County Executive.  They couldn’t abandon their guy after making excuses for him and fawning over him his whole &#8221;career&#8221; even after citing a lengthy list of his weaknesses and failures in their endorsement editorial.  After all, next to Scoop Jackson, Aaron [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nolossforwords.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3946219&amp;post=782&amp;subd=nolossforwords&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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