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		<title>Reagan Wasn&#8217;t Reagan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan&#8217;s name is going to come up a lot &#8211; a lo-hot-hot-hot-hot &#8211; in the next few weeks as the Republican primary heats up. But really, the Reagan we fondly think of isn&#8217;t who he really was. He deserves &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/reagan-wasnt-reagan-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=332&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan&#8217;s name is going to come up a lot &#8211; a lo-hot-hot-hot-hot &#8211; in the next few weeks as the Republican primary heats up. But really, the Reagan we fondly think of isn&#8217;t who he really was. He deserves &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/reagan-wasnt-reagan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=331&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim Feelings More Important Than American Lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Dycus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the country, the debate roars on. It&#8217;s not Team Edward vs. Team Jacob, nor is it &#8220;To McRib or not to McRib?&#8221; It&#8217;s whether airline passengers should subject themselves to an AIT (Advanced Imaging Technology) scan, or get an &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/muslim-feelings-more-important-than-american-lives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=307&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obamateurism, Go!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to hand it to the current administration&#8230; they keep coming up with ways to embarrass America and diminish its standing on the world stage. In the past week: the President&#8217;s kowtowing to dictators and terrorism-supporting states has allowed &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2010/11/09/obamateurism-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=301&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The November 3rd Hangover</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November of 1994, I was knee-deep in midterms during my second year at Virginia Tech.  Kurt Cobain had killed himself earlier in the year, but Pearl Jam was keeping Grunge alive.  The economy was slowly improving, and the internet &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/the-november-3rd-hangover/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=298&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PAYGO? What’s PAYGO?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So once again, Democrats have cherry-picked a few of the same gullible Republicans &#8212; the &#8220;Usual Suspects,&#8221; as it were &#8212; and managed to avoid a filibuster and force a vote this evening on extending jobless benefits without cutting spending &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/paygo-whats-paygo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=196&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red Dogs Outnumber Blue Dogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The house.gov website for the Blue Dog Coalition, a 54-member contingent of House Democrats, describes the Coalition thusly: “As independent voices for fiscal responsibility and accountability, the Blue Dogs have a proven track record of offering bipartisan, commonsense solutions to some &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/red-dogs-outnumber-blue-dogs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=127&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has become easy to get distracted over the past few months when it comes to politics. We had the long run-up to the Senate passing their version of healthcare reform on Christmas Eve and Scott Brown&#8217;s upset win in &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=100&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Right a Wrong, Stimulate the Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States has the second-highest corporate income tax in the industrialized world. In FY2009, total Federal Government revenue via taxation was $2.105 trillion. Quickly:  How much of that revenue did the Federal Government collect from corporate income tax? No &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/right-a-wrong-stimulate-the-economy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=91&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Reid: Still Clueless</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, there&#8217;s this little gem floating around the internet this morning after the jobs report came out, in which Harry Reid says, &#8220;Today is a big day in America.  Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really good.&#8221;: &#8230; <a href="http://mattdycus.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/harry-reid-still-clueless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattdycus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=12321588&amp;post=68&amp;subd=mattdycus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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