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		<title>Cornhusker&#8217;s Revenge?</title>
		<link>http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1842</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alpipkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nebraska held its 2012 Primary Election yesterday. Not surprisingly, the Republican races were well represented in both the number of candidates running for National office and the number of votes cast for those candidates. As expected, Obama and Romney won &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1842">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Defining Marriage</title>
		<link>http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1814</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 20:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure that last Wednesday afternoon you were waiting with bated breath as I was for the President to announce his latest &#8230; errr final &#8230; uhh current &#8230; ehhhh position political distraction on the definition of marriage. I&#8217;m also &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1814">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>If I wanted America to fail &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1798</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The video below says it all: The producers of this video have captured the essence of the liberal&#8217;s agenda in just a little less than five minutes. If Liberty loving Americans don&#8217;t defeat Barack Obama and his America-hating fellow socialists, &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1798">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Liberalism&#8217;s Blind Spot</title>
		<link>http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1729</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alpipkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to the unprecedented Supreme Court hearing on President Obama’s signature accomplishment, the Orwellian named Patient Protection and Affordable Care for America Act,  several learned and scholarly experts provided their early analysis of the likelihood of Obamacare surviving a challenge &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1729">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Sir Mitt The Inevitable</title>
		<link>http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1670</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alpipkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Electric (GE) CEO Jeffrey Immelt used &#8220;sources&#8221; earlier this week to let it be known that he was now backing Mitt Romney for POTUS in the November election. If true, this is a real feather in Romney&#8217;s cap and &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1670">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Afghanistan &#8230; the Last Straw &#8211; UPDATED</title>
		<link>http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1651</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alpipkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States&#8217; involvement in Afghanistan has become, literally, the proverbial quagmire &#8230; more-so than Vietnam. The Obama administration has sent so many opposing messages that the military must feel like it&#8217;s being lead by a schizophrenic. The message seems to &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1651">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Who Wants an Algae Powered Navy? UPDATED</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hoover Institute posted a 30 minute video yesterday, showing a March 7, 2012 presentation of Hoover national security affairs fellow Lieutenant Commander Manuel Hernandez. Commander Hernandez hosted a forum with Stanford University students to discuss US naval strategy. The &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1617">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Don Quixote Rides Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Charlie Brown making another attempt to kick the football being held yet again by Lucy, Republicans and conservatives have spent the last few days chasing and battling another contrived controversy. The Democrats have again changed the national argument into &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1608">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Delusion as a Mode of Governing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) calls House Republican Leaders &#8220;demons:&#8221; &#8220;I saw pictures of Boehner and Cantor on our screens (at the convention). Don&#8217;t ever let me see again, in life, those Republicans in our hall, on our screens, talking about &#8230; <a href="http://alpipkin.com/blog/?p=1590">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Failure as CIC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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