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		<title>Next up: The No-Jobs Bill</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/03/07/next-up-the-no-jobs-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Tex Norton
Last July while many of us were in Vancouver attending the Agora Financial Symposium, the Congress of the USA passed yet another increase in the mandatory Minimum Wage. I wrote about it at the time (see Why Minimum Wage Means Maximum Slavery http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/why-minimum-wage-means-maximum-slavery/).
In that article, I pointed-out that as the government-required minimum wage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Conversation With The Great Wonk on Prepping</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/03/07/a-conversation-with-the-great-wonk-on-preppin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Linda Brady Traynham
WONK:  We were without power for 8 days in January 2009. Although we had a generator, we had no water during the January ice storm because the generator was not wired in to the house, and we are not on city water. Once I wired it into the house, my furnace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/03/07/the-rich-get-richer-and-the-poor-get-poorer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Tony DeMaio
Everybody wants to be rich!  Some say they just want to be “comfortable”&#8211;but they really mean “rich”.  To some, being “rich” means a mansion, luxury cars, servants, fine restaurants, etc.  To others, being “rich” means having enough to eat.
Some people think I’m rich.  I am.  I define rich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Red School House</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/03/01/the-little-red-school-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Tony DeMaio
Once upon a time there was a peaceful valley.  In this valley, the people worked hard.  They believed in thrift, hard work, and hard play.  The people valued education, and were very proud of their school district, which they supported through their taxes—though their taxes were not very high.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CONVERTING CHAOS INTO ORDER Part Three</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/03/01/converting-chaos-into-order-part-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Essie Feldhacher]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Essie Feldhacher
I love plastic, airtight, snap-lock tubs. And I remember when they were ‘invented’. But then, being born in the 4th year of the Baby Boom Generation, (1946-1964) I recall when a lot of items people take for granted today came into existence. For Yours Truly, among the most appreciated &#8211; the vast selection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stick Close to Your Desks</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/03/01/stick-close-to-your-desks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Linda Brady Traynham
Stick Close to Your Desks and never go to sea and you all may become rulers of the Queen&#8217;s Naaavvvvvy.&#8221;  Gilbert and Sullivan are timeless.
Consider Admiral Mike Mullen, current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a prime example of G&#038;S, although it is improbable that he is surrounded by his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Always RE-active; Never PRO-active</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/03/01/it%e2%80%99s-always-re-active-never-pro-active/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Tex Norton
A story buried on page 16 of the Thursday, February 11, 2010 Financial Times once again confirms that our “regulation” process simply doesn’t work. The article entitled US Safety Watchdog Under Attack reports that the United States car safety watchdog is under attack from Congress and consumer advocates for not being aggressive enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is A Liberal?</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/02/22/what-is-a-liberal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Tony Demaio
For many years, I had no idea what “liberal” or “conservative” meant.  I had even less of a clue as to the meaning of “left wing” or “right wing”.  I DID know my beliefs, though.  I believed one should keep their word (contract), let others have their say (free speech), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CONVERTING CHAOS INTO ORDER Part Two</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/02/22/converting-order-into-chaos-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://thetexasring.com/2010/02/22/converting-order-into-chaos-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Essie Fedhacher
Before zealously discarding material goods, it is important to preface such heavy-lifting activities, by working to “clear the junk from our own minds” the better to apply sound judgments, rather than emotionally and mentally  “doing the same thing and expecting change” – which in 12 Step parlance is the essence of “insanity”.
Sound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inept Terrorists, Wasted Lives, and Fuzzy Thinking</title>
		<link>http://thetexasring.com/2010/02/22/inept-terrorists-wasted-lives-and-fuzzy-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://thetexasring.com/2010/02/22/inept-terrorists-wasted-lives-and-fuzzy-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Brady Traynham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author Linda Brady Traynham
I never heard of Joseph A. Stack until yesterday, despite the fact that he lived about a hundred miles South and West of me.  I would have preferred never to hear of Joseph A. Stack.
Asia&#8211;our segundo, not the continent&#8211;came in to say he had heard of the crash on the radio, [...]]]></description>
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