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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; congress</title>
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		<title>Words in Congress</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/19/words-in-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congressional record]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Sessions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past sixty days, Harry Reid has been the most vocal person in the congressional record. The top two words he has used are &#8220;Republican&#8221; and &#8220;Republicans.&#8221; Republican Jeff Sessions has been the second most vocal person, using the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/19/words-in-congress/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Sacrifice and Sacrificial Punditry</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/07/animal-sacrifice-and-sacrificial-punditry/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/07/animal-sacrifice-and-sacrificial-punditry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delighted with the American election result for whatever reason, Kurdish villagers in Cavustepe, Turkey have sacrificed 44 sheep to honor Barack Obama. They also smeared the blood of the offering on Obama campaign posters, purportedly for good luck. Now there&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/07/animal-sacrifice-and-sacrificial-punditry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cocktail Politics, Rio Rancho Office Space and Truman Republicans</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/03/cocktail-politics-rio-rancho-office-space-and-truman-republicans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me that the sequence of cocktails is the best political indicator I know of on election night. In 2004 I was attending a Democratic election party and early on everyone was drinking wine and martinis in stemware, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/03/cocktail-politics-rio-rancho-office-space-and-truman-republicans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Trinity of Republican Decline</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/31/a-trinity-of-republican-decline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 01:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=5972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Could a liberal lesbian rights activist actually win South Carolina&#8217;s 1st congressional district? Sure looks possible, as Linda Ketner has closed to within 5 in her aggressive challenge to incumbent Rep. Henry Brown. Of interest, Ketner is also a member &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/31/a-trinity-of-republican-decline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We are led by little men and women</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was not in favor of the Paulson plan if you haven&#8217;t caught that yet. Still, the pitiful display from our congress today set a recent low. First, faced with an unpopular and contentious bill which she feels for the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/we-are-led-by-little-men-and-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Bailout&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/the-bailout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[doesn&#8217;t look like it&#8217;s going to pass the House floor. Update: It failed. The vote was 207-226 against the measure, with one member not voting, half an hour after voting began. Voting remains open even though the &#8220;official&#8221; time has &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/29/the-bailout/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Need to Relax</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/democrats-need-to-relax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=5618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Panic grips the Hill, with Democrats planning to distance themselves from Obama and/or abandon criticism of McCain. Geez. Snap out of it guys. You have the most compelling presidential candidate you&#8217;ve had since perhaps John F. Kennedy. Almost every conditional &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/11/democrats-need-to-relax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Graphics Retrospective</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/blog-graphics-retrospective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=4864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was searching for an image on my backup drive today and came across a cache of header graphics I&#8217;d thrown together for posts over the years. The diversity of subjects was kind of interesting as a gallery. Here&#8217;s a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/31/blog-graphics-retrospective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medifraud</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/21/medifraud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael F. Cannon at Cato blogs about a NYTimes article on the rife fraud found and covered up at Medicare. A confidential draft of a federal inspector general’s report claimed that the behavior they found at the Medicare Administration was &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/21/medifraud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Humpty Dumpty Language</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re Speaker of the House, I guess that, in addition to all your other powers, you can make language mean whatever you wish it to mean. PELOSI: I’m never certain of anything. Today, I would be certain. I just &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Priorities</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/priorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money in a freezer.  Sex scandals on either side of the aisle.  Cozy relations with developers, lobbyists and businessmen.  Someone call the Ethics Committee! Done. Here&#8217;s why. No wonder it&#8217;s difficult to find almost any profession with ratings lower than &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/priorities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pay Any Price</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/06/pay-any-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Club for Growth has a clip of Mitch McConnell&#8217;s struggles to find a price for gasoline which is high enough to persuade congressional Democrats to authorize expanded oil drilling. A bit of a theatrical exercise of course, but there &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/06/pay-any-price/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Lights are Out and Somebody&#8217;s Home</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/the-lights-are-out-and-somebodys-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=3507</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that Lance is back with a vengeance I&#8217;m almost motivated to not be such a deadbeat. So here&#8217;s a neat little story I found. It&#8217;s apparently been a long tough few months of 3-4 day work weeks for Congress &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/the-lights-are-out-and-somebodys-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How big a mess are we in?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/how-big-a-mess-are-we-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certainly not one our Congress can&#8217;t make worse. We have a market where housing prices are in free fall, where the last thing we want shaky institutions to have more exposure to is mortgages that are almost guaranteed to be &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/how-big-a-mess-are-we-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From the Horse&#8217;s Mouth, So To Speak</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/from-the-horses-mouth-so-to-speak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight heard testimony from Sheikh Khalaf al-Ulayyan of the Sunni Accordance Front and Nadim al-Jaberi of the Shiite (and anti-Moqtada, anti-Maliki) Fadhila Party. Both oppose a long-term presence &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/04/from-the-horses-mouth-so-to-speak/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Critters</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/22/congress-critters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 16:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buy a second house in Sacramento with no money down for 535k even as housing is going down in price. Run for congress. Need money for campaign, but can&#8217;t do that and make mortgage payments on a house losing value. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/22/congress-critters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do Most of Our Problems Come From?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/where-do-most-of-our-problems-come-from/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/where-do-most-of-our-problems-come-from/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Congress and the unintended consequences of their actions. Bruce over at QandO has a post discussing an excellent piece by Walter Williams. Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/where-do-most-of-our-problems-come-from/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Those poor school kids didn&#8217;t hire the right lobbyist.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/06/those-poor-school-kids-didnt-hire-the-right-lobbyist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress is behaving atrociously: cutting assistance to hungry children abroad right when food prices are spiking, and preventing competition amongst our sugar producers. There&#8217;s more, of course. I normally scoff at the talk of &#8220;lobbyists&#8221; and &#8220;special interest groups.&#8221; I &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/06/those-poor-school-kids-didnt-hire-the-right-lobbyist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fed Games</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/15/fed-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a couple of years now, Porkbusters has been on the warpath against wasteful spending in Congress, and although it has had some notable successes (e.g. the &#8220;Bridge to Nowhere&#8221;), it&#8217;s mostly been treading water. The latest battle, dubbed a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/15/fed-games/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Belichick = Cheater!!!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/14/belichick-cheater/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Arlen Specter says so. Though, why the US Senate is investigating the NFL about this is beyond me. I&#8217;m willing to forgo that discussion because the Patriots are evil. Evil cheaters! I&#8217;m just glad the country doesn&#8217;t have more &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/14/belichick-cheater/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>â€œSmall-Government Libertarianâ€</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2006/08/07/%e2%80%9csmall-government-libertarian%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have caused some confusion with my previous post, â€œPutting the Question to the Bishop,â€ by an inartful use of the term â€œsmall-government libertarian.â€ The more I think about, the clearer it becomes to me that this term &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2006/08/07/%e2%80%9csmall-government-libertarian%e2%80%9d/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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