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		<title>Just answer one simple question&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;why does Obamas &#8220;brith certificate&#8221; have the certificate number blacked out?
The only purpose that number serves is a serial indicator of issue. In other words, no data can be obtained using that number that is not already present on the certificate itself.
The only two logical reasons to black it out are&#8230;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>&#8230;why does Obamas &#8220;brith certificate&#8221; have the certificate number blacked out?</p>
<p>The only purpose that number serves is a serial indicator of issue. In other words, no data can be obtained using that number that is not already present on the certificate itself.</p>
<p>The only two logical reasons to black it out are&#8230;</p>
<p>1. It does not exist and putting a fake number on it runs the risk that someone who has a certificate with the fake number could come forward.</p>
<p>2. You can legally obtain confirmation of data from the Hawaii health records people that would prove/disprove this certificate is real if you have that number.</p>
<p>Sorry to say it folks but unless team Obama can give an answer to this, he is not qualified to occupy the Office of the Presidency and may be open to charges of using false documents to obtain a U.S. Passport.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE: THE Certificate of Live Birth is a FAKE</strong></p>
<p><strong>An actual professional document forensics specialist lays it out step by step. </strong><a href="http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/techdude-obama-colb-is-a-forgery/#more-771" target="_blank"><strong>here is the link.</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Somebody in the US Attourneys office needs to investigate this. Barrak Censored Obamma has provided a manipulated image and passed it off as an official document.</strong></p>
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		<title>Gore Hipocrisy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American thinker has the video
Al Gore brought a fleet of two Lincoln Town Cars and a Chevy Suburban SUV!  Even worse, the driver of the Town Car that eventually whisked away Gore&#8217;s wife and daughter left the engine idling and the AC cranking for 20 minutes before they finally left!
Do as I say peasamt
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/07/post_97.html" target="_blank">American thinker has the video</a></p>
<p>Al Gore <span style="font-size:small;font-family:times new roman,times;">brought a fleet of two Lincoln Town Cars and a Chevy Suburban SUV!  Even worse, the driver of the Town Car that eventually whisked away Gore&#8217;s wife and daughter left the engine idling and the AC cranking for 20 minutes before they finally left!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Times New Roman;">Do as I say peasamt</span></p>
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		<title>Real men vote for McCain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The top 10 list is here.
My 3 favorites&#8230;
1. Barack Obama spent 20 years sitting in church while his preacher and others bad-mouthed the United States of America. Navy pilot John McCain spent five years being tortured in the Hanoi Hilton, and refused a chance to walk out ahead of fellow POWs with more seniority.
7. Obama [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carrickbend.wordpress.com&blog=162706&post=384&subd=carrickbend&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTkyNTJkNDY1ZDdjMzBjNTA0NmJlMDNhZWQ2ZmZiOWY=">The top 10 list is here.</a></p>
<p>My 3 favorites&#8230;</p>
<p>1. Barack Obama spent 20 years sitting in church while his preacher and others bad-mouthed the United States of America. Navy pilot John McCain spent five years being tortured in the Hanoi Hilton, and refused a chance to walk out ahead of fellow POWs with more seniority.</p>
<p>7. Obama is married to a bitter, angry lawyer who became “proud” of her country for the first time this year. McCain’s wife is a beer heiress who founded an organization to provide MASH-style units to disaster-torn world regions. Did I mention that she’s a beer heiress?</p>
<p>10. McCain is endorsed by Clint Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Obama gets support from Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, and every weenie in Hollywood. Plus, Susan Sarandon has vowed to leave the country if McCain gets elected. Case closed.</p>
<p>Good job Mr. Aguilar</p>
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		<title>What is wrong with Democrats in the Senate?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are calling for a probe to determine if the State Department helped American Oil companies win contracts in the Iraqi oil industry?
Are they truly so blinded by Bush Derangement Syndrome that they actually are opposed to American commerce? WTF?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1823450,00.html" target="_blank">They are calling for a probe to determine if the State Department helped American Oil companies win contracts in the Iraqi oil industry?</a></p>
<p>Are they truly so blinded by Bush Derangement Syndrome that they actually are opposed to American commerce? WTF?</p>
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		<title>Another banned word or phrase?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How about Black Hole? Why stop there? I mean there are a lot of phrases that the perpetually ignorant should want us to stop using.
Black Market. I mean come on, associating the selling of stolen goods with black poeple is so racist.
Black Balled. We all know you mean get rid of the black man with that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carrickbend.wordpress.com&blog=162706&post=381&subd=carrickbend&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><a href="http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/07/dallas-county-meeting-turns-ra.html" target="_blank">How about Black Hole?</a> Why stop there? I mean there are a lot of phrases that the perpetually ignorant should want us to stop using.</p>
<p><strong>Black Market</strong>. I mean come on, associating the selling of stolen goods with black poeple is so racist.</p>
<p><strong>Black Balled</strong>. We all know you mean get rid of the black man with that racist phrase.</p>
<p><strong>Pot calling the Kettle Black</strong>. Excuse me? Why are you repeating a kitchen ware racist conversation at me?</p>
<p><strong>Black Belt </strong>Oh sure, someone can be violent you want to throw a reference to blacks in there dont you.</p>
<p><strong>Black Eye</strong> Once again violence=black. You damn racist!</p>
<p><strong>Black Jack</strong> Yep. Put limits on a man and punish him if he goes above a number huh? Pue symbolism of your racist attitudes.</p>
<p><strong>Black List</strong> You have a list of people or things you dont want to see and what do you call it?</p>
<p><strong>Black Sheep</strong> Now this one is so obvious I KNOW you stopped using it in the 60&#8217;s. Right whitey?</p>
<p><strong>Black Widow</strong> Uh huh. You have alittle pest who is unwanted in your home and violent. What do you call it? Don&#8217;t even get me started on Brown Recluse. You frickin racist asshats.</p>
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		<title>JSonline Newswatch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an article from today&#8230;
&#8220;Packers Chemical moving plant to state
A chemical company that supplies products to beef slaughterhouses will receive $65,000 in tax credits for moving a manufacturing plant from Missouri to Grant County.
Packers Chemical Inc. will receive the Community Development Zone tax credits for building a $3.4 million factory in Kieler and creating [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carrickbend.wordpress.com&blog=162706&post=380&subd=carrickbend&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Here is an article from today&#8230;</p>
<h1>&#8220;Packers Chemical moving plant to state</h1>
<p>A chemical company that supplies products to beef slaughterhouses will receive $65,000 in tax credits for moving a manufacturing plant from Missouri to Grant County.</p>
<p>Packers Chemical Inc. will receive the Community Development Zone tax credits for building a $3.4 million factory in Kieler and creating 27 jobs, according to the state Department of Commerce.</p>
<p>The company, established in 1983 to make specialty products for the beef industry, has since expanded its product lineup to include soaps and sanitizers, inks and denaturants, defoamers and customized chemical dispensing equipment.&#8221;</p>
<p>Corporate welfare leads to a company relocating to Wisconsin.</p>
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		<title>Is B Hussain Obama&#8217;s Birth certificate a fake???</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polarik at TownHall thinks so. ANd he does some analysis.
Something fishy and Kos is in the thick of it.
 Updated: New page is here
UPDATED AGAIN: Looks like the Hawaii authority quoted as displelling this has started to waver
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><a href="http://polarik.blogtownhall.com/2008/06/20/was_obamas_certificate_of_birth_manufactured.thtml" target="_blank">Polarik at TownHall thinks so. ANd he does some analysis.</a></p>
<p>Something fishy and Kos is in the thick of it.</p>
<p> Updated: New page is <a href="http://polarik.blogtownhall.com/" target="_blank">here</a></p>
<p>UPDATED AGAIN: Looks like the Hawaii authority quoted as displelling this <a href="http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12944.htm" target="_blank">has started to waver</a></p>
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		<title>Looking forward to 2012 elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that the 2008 elections have not even occured but for conservatives we should be concentrating on 2012.
Why? The Republican party has done massive damage to its reputation among conservatives and there is little it can do to fix it in the short term. There is no way that the current Senators spending and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=carrickbend.wordpress.com&blog=162706&post=378&subd=carrickbend&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I know that the 2008 elections have not even occured but for conservatives we should be concentrating on 2012.</p>
<p>Why? The Republican party has done massive damage to its reputation among conservatives and there is little it can do to fix it in the short term. There is no way that the current Senators spending and lack of guts with dealing with the Democrats can be offset in 5 months. What they can do is start laying the groundwork for securing their base by 2012.</p>
<p>If I was to be asked, and I will not but hey I can hope, I would demand the following.</p>
<p>1. End earmarks. It is impossible to hammer the Democrats on reckless earmarks when our own members do it as well. Earmarks effect fund raising, not votes. A Senator or Congressman who gets 10 Million for a Bus station may be able to squeeze some juice out of construction companies in return but it will not give him a single vote among conservatives.</p>
<p>2. Consistant Energy policy. The policy HAS to be a party platform. Agreed to by all. It has to address more than just the cost of oil. A consistant policy will work for both the short, and long term well being of the US of A and it HAS to be logical. Most importantly, no energy policy should be supported that is not grounded in scientific fact. Ethanol hurts fuel economy. That is a fact. People can argue about the impact on food prices till they are blue in the face but they can NOT be allowed to push for something that is bad for us.</p>
<p>3. No more compromise candidates. There is perhaps nothing more destructive to a party base than when national party members influence state party race selections. Picking people from podunk counties to stand in State wide elections is one of the surest ways to political defeat. Picking members who can pull tens or hundreds of thousands of votes from their home territory is the only sensible approach to state wide elections. Had the Wisconsin GOP done what was right, we would not have 2 Democratic Senotors right now. We would also not have a Democratic Governor. For the greatest example of this look at how the National GOP referred to Russ Darrow in the Senate race. He was referred to as &#8220;A car dealer&#8221;. Referring to Russ Darrow as a car dealer is like calling Bill Gates a &#8220;computer guy&#8221;. Just plain dumb.</p>
<p>In 2012 the Democrats will be defending 24 of 33 Senate seats. That is the point in time that a strategic offensive would be most effective. That is the point in time when a national party should be able to look back at 4 proven years of policies that they can pont to with pride. It will be politaclly ineffective for an attack ad to highlight spending or policy issues from prior to 2008 since the Republican candidates will have a full presidential term of good, solid, bedrock prinicpled votes to put before the public.</p>
<p>If only the national party could look ahead.</p>
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		<title>Tribute to the Scouts who died in the Iowa tornado</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is from NPR. Scott Simon does a fantastic job of honoring these young men by simply telling us about them, and what they did. God Bless the Boy Scouts of America.
He also includes a subtle reminder to those elitests who dismiss people by using the term &#8220;boy scout&#8221;. You must hear this.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91514659">This is from NPR. Scott Simon does a fantastic job of honoring these young men by simply telling us about them, and what they did.</a> God Bless the Boy Scouts of America.</p>
<p>He also includes a subtle reminder to those elitests who dismiss people by using the term &#8220;boy scout&#8221;. You must hear this.</p>
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		<title>Swiped from Lucianne.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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