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		<title>Our President</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/our-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Obama has made history and been elected president. I didn&#8217;t vote for him nor support him, but I have supported every US president in my lifetime and President Obama will be no different. I am going to disagree with &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/05/our-president/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Against Galt</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/against-galt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Synova wrote a little post that gets halfway to where I would come down on this perennial parlor game of  the John Galt general strike. Sy recognized that to be successful, such a revolt would realistically be a miserable experience &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/30/against-galt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Trying too Hard</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: dgeuzen) John Riley at Newsday is criticizing John McCain&#8217;s &#8220;Celeb&#8221; ad on the grounds that &#8220;anyone knows&#8221; Britney Spears and Paris Hilton just aren&#8217;t celebrity enough. Points for novelty at least. To reinforce his argument, he cites the Forbes &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/the-art-of-trying-too-hard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Left, McCain And The War</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/18/the-left-mccain-and-the-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The inestimable Oliver Kamm provides a glimpse at the value our British friends find in a potential John McCain presidency: Two points about McCain stand out. He&#8217;s not a conservative and he&#8217;s been right all along about Iraq. These are &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/18/the-left-mccain-and-the-war/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You grew up in freedom, and you can spit on freedom, because you don&#8217;t know what it is not to have it.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/you-grew-up-in-freedom-and-you-can-spit-on-freedom-because-you-dont-know-what-it-is-not-to-have-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For your viewing pleasure, watch Ayaan Hirsi Ali effortlessly dismantle the typical leftist tropes thrown at her in an interview with Avi Lewis (Naomi Klein&#8217;s husband). The quote serving as the title comes across as venomously pointed when read, but &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/you-grew-up-in-freedom-and-you-can-spit-on-freedom-because-you-dont-know-what-it-is-not-to-have-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unfortunate cultural dominance</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/22/unfortunate-cultural-dominance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[youtube zYwlRH7R6DE&#38;feature] 18 years ago when I was in the Philippines a somewhat similar song was popular. The song advised, &#8220;Not all the World is America.&#8221; Well, I figured then that the point made was a good one. It&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/22/unfortunate-cultural-dominance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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