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	<title>The Exquisite Contrarian &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>Everybody loves Dicky!</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2011/08/everybody-loves-dicky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colin Powell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condoleeza Rice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lines have been drawn.  On this side we have the well-respected Bush 43 Secretary of State Colin Powell, his chief of staff and decades-long Cheney colleague Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, and Powell&#8217;s replacement at State, Condoleeza Rice. And on the other side we have, weighing in at God-only-knows-what, Dick &#8220;The Heartless One&#8221; Cheney. (We&#8217;d have Bush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guvnuh Perry Launches This Here Internet Bucks Thingy</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2011/08/guvnuh-perry-launches-this-here-internet-bucks-thingy/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2011/08/guvnuh-perry-launches-this-here-internet-bucks-thingy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the guvnah: &#8220;I hates me some DC but man that Capital dome thingy sure does look purdy behind my Planet of the Apes hairdo!&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>In case you&#8217;re on MSNBC&#8217;s website wondering what the he** a w&#8212;- is, we have an answer.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/10/in-case-youre-on-msnbcs-website-wondering-what-the-he-a-w-is-we-have-an-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/10/in-case-youre-on-msnbcs-website-wondering-what-the-he-a-w-is-we-have-an-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meg Whitman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What's a w----?  Thanks for censoring this one, MSNBC.  No what is this report about?]]></description>
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		<title>AZ Senator Jon Kyl says President Obama told him he&#8217;s holding off securing border for political gain.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/06/az-senator-jon-kyl-says-president-obama-told-him-hes-holding-off-securing-border-for-political-gain/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/06/az-senator-jon-kyl-says-president-obama-told-him-hes-holding-off-securing-border-for-political-gain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border control]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Kyl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While attending a Tea Party town hall meeting in North Tempe, Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl told the audience at a that during a private, one-on-one meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office, Obama and he discussed securing the Mexican Border. Kyle quoted the president as claiming as problematic “If we secure the border, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Gingrich, Carlson, the gulf oil crisis address, and the use of God in the speech.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/06/obama-gingrich-carlson-the-gulf-oil-crisis-address-and-the-use-of-god-in-the-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/06/obama-gingrich-carlson-the-gulf-oil-crisis-address-and-the-use-of-god-in-the-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gretchen Carlson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gulf oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gretchen Carlson of Fox thinks it&#8217;s &#8220;disingenuous&#8221; when the President references God in a speech when he doesn&#8217;t go to church every week. We think it&#8217;s disingenuous when Gretchen Carlson decides her Fox and Friends role entitles to play God by judging the actions of others while brainwashing her TV followers. More from Mediaite.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay marriage: another reason Elena Kagan&#8217;s left right wingers with no line of attack.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/06/gay-marriage-another-reason-elena-kagans-left-ring-wingers-with-no-line-of-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/06/gay-marriage-another-reason-elena-kagans-left-ring-wingers-with-no-line-of-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[confirmation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re really enjoying the Elena Kagan interview process.  It&#8217;s almost like getting interrogated by hundreds of overly confident questioners for a crime you didn&#8217;t commit (and frankly for a crime which doesn&#8217;t exist.  Each member seems to think they&#8217;re going to be the one blowing the doors open to some new revelation that makes Kagan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan supports the Taliban directly, says report.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/06/pakistan-supports-the-taliban-directly-says-report/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/06/pakistan-supports-the-taliban-directly-says-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistani military intelligence not only funds and trains Taliban fighters in Afghanistan but is officially represented on the movement’s leadership council, giving it significant influence over operations, a report said. More.]]></description>
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		<title>Saudis clear Israel to bomb Iran? &#8211; Iran- msnbc.com</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/06/saudis-clear-israel-to-bomb-iran-iran-msnbc-com/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/06/saudis-clear-israel-to-bomb-iran-iran-msnbc-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Riyadh opens air space for run on nuke facilities, paper says: more.]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana Rep. Mark Souder has affair with staffer who appears with him in sex abstinence video.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/05/indiana-rep-mark-souder-has-affair-with-staffer-who-appears-with-him-in-sex-abstinence-video/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/05/indiana-rep-mark-souder-has-affair-with-staffer-who-appears-with-him-in-sex-abstinence-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[resign]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tracy Jackson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it seems like you couldn&#8217;t write a better script if you tried, doesn&#8217;t it? And here they are, presumably making beautiful music together.]]></description>
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		<title>Former First Lady Laura Bush is a stronger supporter of gay marriage than Barack Obama.</title>
		<link>http://excontra.com/2010/05/former-first-lady-laura-bush-is-a-stronger-supporter-of-gay-marriage-than-barack-obama-3/</link>
		<comments>http://excontra.com/2010/05/former-first-lady-laura-bush-is-a-stronger-supporter-of-gay-marriage-than-barack-obama-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 14:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Appanage</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George W Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lura Bush]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://excontra.com/?p=232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First Ladies are allowed to disagree with their husbands, you know.  Though the timing of the statement sure helps sell more books.]]></description>
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