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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Warped View of the Role of Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was struck by how differently liberals look at the world.  In a press conference regarding raising the debt ceiling, President Obama made the statement: And I do not want, and I will not accept, a deal in which I am asked to do nothing, in fact, I’m able to keep hundreds of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=298&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Christie for President?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Voters Take Note&#8211;Democrats Raise Taxes&#8211;Republicans Lower Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the rubber meets the road, let&#8217;s be clear about precisely who the party of higher taxes is&#8211;Democrats.  If you had any doubt, and you shouldn&#8217;t have, let the numbers do the talking.  Feast your eyes upon the tax increases Democrats are putting on the backs of &#8220;wealthy&#8221; American families.    If your family income [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=280&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran’s Ahmadinejad—Picking-Up Where Hitler Left Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us were not born when Adolph Hitler slaughtered millions of the world’s Jews, yet we wonder how the world could have remained silent and allowed such a monster to gain the power to kill millions of innocent men, women and children.  Unfortunately, some have not learned from history and seem doomed to repeat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=227&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We’re Not in New Jersey or Virginia Anymore Dorothy—or are We?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If President Obama’s campaign visit to Massachusetts does for Martha Coakley what his similar visits did in New Jersey and Virginia for Jon Corzine and Creigh Deeds, Democrats will lose their veto-proof majority in the U.S. Senate with Coakley’s defeat Tuesday.  Democrats’ insistence on ramming healthcare down the throats of American voters, combined with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=223&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama to America—Read My Lips, No Transparency</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Americans were looking forward to the promise of change extolled by candidate Barack Obama on the presidential campaign trail.  “Change” was printed on every campaign sign, button, bumper sticker and placard, and it served as the background in many of candidate Obama’s televised speeches and campaign rallies. The politically convenient and rewarding cornerstone of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=206&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Enviros Like Watermelons&#8211;Green on the Outside, Red on the Inside?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One week ago, on the same day 193 nations converged on the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, America’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drove a stake into the ground, declaring carbon emissions its dominion and an “endangerment” to human health.   The coordination of the EPA’s announcement with the opening of the conference was transparent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=190&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Americans Must Demand Secure Borders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of President Obama’s announcement Tuesday that he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the discovery Wednesday of a large cross-border tunnel, extending from Mexico 860 feet into San Diego, reminded America how critical it is to secure its borders if it wants security from terrorist acts on American soil. The discovered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=183&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pusillanimous Lack of Leadership by President Obama at West Point</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday night at West Point, President Obama had a golden opportunity to demonstrate that the world’s only superpower is lead by a tough, determined, world leader, able to make difficult decisions.  Instead, President Obama chose to take a hedged, triangulated position between those in America that support the war in Afghanistan and those that oppose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=176&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unfit to Serve—the Arrogance of Governor Mark Sanford</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In American politics, there is a long list of ethical scandals at all levels of government and on both sides of the aisle.  These breaches stretch back to the founding of this nation and seem to be growing at an alarming rate.  They serve as a reminder to voters and arrogant lawmakers of the fallibility [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=145&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Middle America Deserves Thoughtful Deliberation on Healthcare Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the healthcare debate is coming to a procedural head on the floor of the U.S. Senate tonight, news this week that the U.S. Postal Service lost money for the third year in a row—a staggering $3.8 billion, versus a loss of $2.8 billion last year—should give Middle America real concerns about government’s ability to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=105&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Palin Fills the Vacuum of Frustration in Middle America for Left &amp; Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America’s elite and Palin-haters everywhere should not be so quick to dismiss or disregard the future of Sarah Palin.  No other national political figure so completely fills Middle America’s vacuum of frustration for the left and right as Sarah Palin. Middle America has been abandoned by the left and right, who have saddled it with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=65&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Trade Center Bombers to be Tried in New York Civilian Courts?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us in Middle America are scratching our heads with the announcement that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four of his alleged underlings will be tried in New York civilian courts.  After watching and listening to President Obama and Attorney General Holder justify the decision, the reasonable person is left with a very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=46&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Politicians Have Filled the Pipeline with Pain for Middle America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The announcement of financial overhaul legislation in the U.S. Senate this week smacked of irony as its author, Senator Chris Dodd—the recipient of a sweetheart rate on his home mortgage—announced a sweeping 1,136 page piece of legislation to “protect consumers.”  It appears at this point that the protection consumers really need is from this nation’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=38&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Middle America is Disillusioned with Left and Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Disillusioned” is the word that best describes how many Americans feel after eight years of George Bush and the election of Barack Obama a year ago.  Republicans had a majority in Congress and the Presidency, yet achieved little for Middle America.  They betrayed voters by inflating the deficit and growing government, sending men and women [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=americanmuser.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10322552&amp;post=3&amp;subd=americanmuser&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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