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		<title>Moral Compass?  The Market Bombings in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moral Compass? We assume that the world turns on a moral compass – that somewhere within all human beings lies a certain morality that allows us to distinguish ourselves from the rest of the animal kingdom.  However, today I am more deeply disheartened than ever before to see the depths to which some will fall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texann.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2666240&amp;post=6&amp;subd=texann&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman">We assume that the world turns on a moral compass – that somewhere within all human beings lies a certain morality that allows us to distinguish ourselves from the rest of the animal kingdom.<span>  </span>However, today I am more deeply disheartened than ever before to see the depths to which some will fall in the name of religious fervor.<span>  </span><b>The women who were detonated by remote control at the bazaar in </b><b>Iraq</b><b> were innocents who paid with their lives the price of living in a country where zealots will do anything to achieve their religious ambitions.<span>  </span></b>In reaction to this event, Muslims everywhere should ban together to fight <b>against</b> such zealotry. Don’t leave the search of justice to the occupying forces who are trying to help Iraq repair itself after the removal of Saddam Hussein. The fight for justice, here, should be led by Muslims who believe their country deserves civility and morality, not murder and terrorism. These terrorists have lost their morality and have sunk to the level of wild animals fighting over fresh kill. How could anyone with one iota of civilized blood condone such an action?<span>  </span>This abhorrent behavior demands a reaction from the Muslim world – a reaction that underscores morality and justice and reviles such inhumane and despicable actions.</font></p>
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		<title>The Democratic Ticket</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hillary and Barack &#8212; Barack and Hillary &#8212; The ticket sounds great whichever way it goes, though I must say that I am leaning toward the first.  I appreciate candor and humor and having the good sense not to play all of your cards on the first hand. This &#8220;debate&#8221; showed us the senators&#8217; polite [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texann.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2666240&amp;post=5&amp;subd=texann&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hillary and Barack &#8212; Barack and Hillary &#8212; The ticket sounds great whichever way it goes, though I must say that I am leaning toward the first.  I appreciate candor and humor and having the good sense not to play all of your cards on the first hand. This &#8220;debate&#8221; showed us the senators&#8217; polite personalities.  I hope they continue to behave.  The possiblity of this ticket enlivens us and makes us believe again in the American Dream &#8212; that we can achieve whatever we aspire &#8212; that can do attitude that makes us uniquely American.  Bravo to both of these candidates &#8212; to Mrs. Clinton for not reacting negatively to Wolf Blitzer&#8217;s comment about her naivete in believing that President Bush would allow the investigators to search out WMD&#8217;s and that he would rely on their findings &#8212; and to Mr. Obama for not showing his hand in answering the question about an Obama / Clinton or Clinton /Obama ticket.  One gives us seasoned realism, the other gives us the opportunity to hope and dream again!</p>
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		<title>10:15 and the Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re sitting on the edge of our seats today, wondering what the markets are going to do &#8211; wondering what Mr. Bernanke and the Feds will do with the interest rates.  I read an article about stagflagration &#8211; that reports suggest that while overall production is slowing down (becoming stagnant), prices for consumer goods are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texann.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2666240&amp;post=4&amp;subd=texann&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;re sitting on the edge of our seats today, wondering what the markets are going to do &#8211; wondering what Mr. Bernanke and the Feds will do with the interest rates.  I read an article about stagflagration &#8211; that reports suggest that while overall production is slowing down (becoming stagnant), prices for consumer goods are rapidly increasing (inflation). If the Feds lower the rate significantly, we consumers cannot make money on savings and cannot afford to buy goods that are already produced.  By the same token, manufacturing cannot continue to produce what the public cannot buy.</p>
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		<title>Politics: State of the Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m curious about the note that Nancy Pelosi received during the first ten minutes of the speech last night &#8212; her expression went from enjoying the moment to being red nosed and stressed.  I wonder what happened. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texann.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2666240&amp;post=3&amp;subd=texann&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m curious about the note that Nancy Pelosi received during the first ten minutes of the speech last night &#8212; her expression went from enjoying the moment to being red nosed and stressed.  I wonder what happened. </p>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome. My interests include books, politics, world affairs, the economy and CSI.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texann.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2666240&amp;post=1&amp;subd=texann&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome. My interests include books, politics, world affairs, the economy and CSI.  </p>
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