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	<title>My Random Tangents &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>My Thoughs on Clemency For Former IL Governor George Ryan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), joined by other politicians, has asked President George Bush to commute the sentence of former IL Governor George Ryan.  My thoughts: To put it simply, I believe that George Ryan&#8217;s sentence should not be commuted, and that he should serve his prison sentence just like all of the non-politically-connected people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Thoughts on Labor Unions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article addresses my thoughts on the issue of labor unions Although I agree with many of the changes that labor unions brought about during the the last century, I am generally opposed to the labor unions of today.  This is because of the way that many unions extract substantial dues from their members, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Thoughs on Capital Punishment (the Death Penalty)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am ardently opposed to capital punishment for a variety of reasons, as discussed below: 1. It is morally wrong to kill a human, except in self defense First and foremost, i believe it is wrong to kill a human except for in self defense. Given that belief, it seems to me that capital punishment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Thoughs on Free Public Education</title>
		<link>http://www.myrandomtangents.com/2008/06/09/my-thoughs-on-free-public-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I am generally in favor of a smaller government that intervenes less in the daily lives of its citizens, I am in favor of having well funded public schools, that all citizens pay to support. I explain my reasons for this below: We Can Build and Fund Schools or Jails Empirical data collected over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Thoughts on Abortion</title>
		<link>http://www.myrandomtangents.com/2008/06/04/my-thoughts-on-abortion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that a woman has the right to have an abortion during the early phases of pregnancy, if she so chooses. At the same time, I personally dislike abortion outside of a few narrow circumstances, and hope that a girlfriend/wife of mine is never in the position of choosing to have an abortion. Additional [...]]]></description>
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