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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Domestic Politics</title>
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		<title>Heh</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/25/heh-4/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/25/heh-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dilbert]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=6834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dilbert]]></description>
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		<title>BOHICA</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/06/bohica/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/06/bohica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crap sandwich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus bill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot that can be said about the &#8220;stimulus bill&#8221; winding it&#8217;s way through our legislative process, but nothing compares with just seeing what&#8217;s in the bill. McQ over at QandO does a good job of breaking it down &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/06/bohica/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Priority of the Estate</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/08/priority-of-the-estate/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/08/priority-of-the-estate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Cochran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counter-terrorism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[journalists]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pamela Geller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satah Palin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Cochran reports that some media organizations he&#8217;s familiar with have reassigned terrorism specialists to investigate Sarah Palin. Andrew sees this as part of a long-term decline of media interest in the threat of transnational terrorism and US counterterrorism policy, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/08/priority-of-the-estate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dinosaur, The Dodo</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/the-dinosaur-the-dodo/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/the-dinosaur-the-dodo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peg's Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beverly Hilton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadcsat news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media bias]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[political journalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rielle Hunter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And now?  The end of the mainstream media as we know it. Edwards, 55, now admits that he had an affair with Hunter, now 44,in 2006, but denies that he is the father of the child she had in February. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/the-dinosaur-the-dodo/">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>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ted Stevens]]></category>
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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>Saakashvili has a Future</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/12/saakashvili-has-a-future/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/12/saakashvili-has-a-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ballot box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joshua Foust]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night Joshua argued that Saakashvili, having quite obviously failed to recapture his renegade territories, is certain to be finished one way or the other. Either overthrown by the Russian army, or by the Georgian people at the ballot box. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/12/saakashvili-has-a-future/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elect Phil Gramm!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From an interview by Stephen Moore (HT: GR): So what if a President Barack Obama were to impose 50% or 60% tax rates on these CEOs and other big earners? Mr. Gramm pounces: &#8220;When you help a company raise capital, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/28/elect-phil-gramm/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bumper Sticker Politics</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/17/bumper-sticker-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/17/bumper-sticker-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bumper stickers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to social psychologist William Szlemko, people who adorn their cars with bumper stickers are far more likely to engage in road rage. Seems like a perfectly sensible conclusion to me. Anyone who would in effect vandalize their own car &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/17/bumper-sticker-politics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking:  Tim Russert Dies Of Heart Attack</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/breaking-tim-russert-dies-of-heart-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/breaking-tim-russert-dies-of-heart-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[R.I.P. Tim Russert: Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58. Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/13/breaking-tim-russert-dies-of-heart-attack/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Restructure State to Save It</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/30/restructure-state-to-save-it/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/30/restructure-state-to-save-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 03:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developmental economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-posted from Registan.net, your one-stop shop for news and analysis of going on in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Thirteen months ago, I noted the problems caused by the U.S. State Department having dramatically different divisions than the military COCOMs. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/30/restructure-state-to-save-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who Would You Rather Drink With?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/10/who-would-you-rather-drink-with/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/10/who-would-you-rather-drink-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no idea who&#8217;s going to win the election this year, but as I attempt to handicap the race I&#8217;m drawn to the old saw that the person with whom most people would rather sit down at a local &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/10/who-would-you-rather-drink-with/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>On The Man of System</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/18/on-the-man-of-system/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/18/on-the-man-of-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asecondhandconjecture.com/?p=2552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Man of System…is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government, that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/18/on-the-man-of-system/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Demographic Conquest</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/13/obamas-demographic-conquest/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/13/obamas-demographic-conquest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo: Talatu-Carmen Tony Harnden: &#8220;Initially, it was said just young people voted for Obama. Then it was young people and affluent white. Then it was young people, affluent whites and black people. Then it was young people, affluent whites, black &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/13/obamas-demographic-conquest/">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>
		<comments>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/#comments</comments>
		<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>You Get What You Pay For</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/31/you-get-what-you-pay-for/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/31/you-get-what-you-pay-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; (Cross posted at What if?) Did Rudy lose because the purportedly &#8220;ruthless&#8221; candidate was too nice? Most critical in the closing days of the contest, when he desperately needed to reinsert himself into the narrative, was Giuliani’s inexplicable refusal &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/31/you-get-what-you-pay-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change First, Explain Later</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/20/change-first-explain-later/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has Barack Obama run out of ideas before he&#8217;s even had one? This might be an indication that Barack&#8217;s shallow and vague message of &#8220;change&#8221; is dying for a definition: &#8220;Radio stations in New England are broadcasting a ski-area ad &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/20/change-first-explain-later/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/08/liberal-fascism-the-secret-history-of-the-american-left-from-mussolini-to-the-politics-of-meaning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Echoing a wonderful discussion we had in the fall of 2006 on the nature of Fascism (see here, here and here) Jonah Goldberg writes a book which bristles at the use of the term by the contemporary left. I would &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/08/liberal-fascism-the-secret-history-of-the-american-left-from-mussolini-to-the-politics-of-meaning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Eyes Opened</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2006/07/25/my-eyes-opened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late in the eighties I was taking a course in American history after 1945. One of my fellow students was a bright, interesting Palestinian. <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2006/07/25/my-eyes-opened/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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