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		<title>By: Ree</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ree</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RN,

&lt;i&gt;Die agreeing with my belief and you will discover that this is the best ride of all the rides in Disneyland.&lt;/i&gt;

Poor translation.  For, &quot;You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe--and tremble!&quot;

Saving faith is manifested in active trust, not passive belief.  But, obviously, believing in the triune God is a prerequisite for actively trusting Him.  And, of course, Christianity doesn&#039;t teach that eternal fellowship with God is the best ride in Disneyland, in contrast to the mediocre rides other religions offer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RN,</p>
<p><i>Die agreeing with my belief and you will discover that this is the best ride of all the rides in Disneyland.</i></p>
<p>Poor translation.  For, &#8220;You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe&#8211;and tremble!&#8221;</p>
<p>Saving faith is manifested in active trust, not passive belief.  But, obviously, believing in the triune God is a prerequisite for actively trusting Him.  And, of course, Christianity doesn&#8217;t teach that eternal fellowship with God is the best ride in Disneyland, in contrast to the mediocre rides other religions offer.
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		<title>By: GodLumps</title>
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		<dc:creator>GodLumps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/09/ST2008060900950.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution,&lt;/a&gt; Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama&#039;s plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy.

There is a great graphical representation at the link above. Looks like McCain wants to cut his and heiress Cindy&#039;s own taxes more than he wants to help us in the middle class.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/06/09/ST2008060900950.html" rel="nofollow">Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution,</a> Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama&#8217;s plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy.</p>
<p>There is a great graphical representation at the link above. Looks like McCain wants to cut his and heiress Cindy&#8217;s own taxes more than he wants to help us in the middle class.
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		<title>By: GodLumps</title>
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		<dc:creator>GodLumps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hard times for the McCain&#039;s.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://nitpicker.blogspot.com/2008/08/who-says-john-mccain-is-out-of-touch.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;The McCains increased their budget for household employees from $184,000 in 2006 to $273,000 in 2007, according to John McCain&#8217;s tax returns.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hard times for the McCain&#8217;s.</p>
<p><a href="http://nitpicker.blogspot.com/2008/08/who-says-john-mccain-is-out-of-touch.html" rel="nofollow">&#8220;The McCains increased their budget for household employees from $184,000 in 2006 to $273,000 in 2007, according to John McCain&#8217;s tax returns.&#8221;</a>
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		<title>By: GodLumps</title>
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		<dc:creator>GodLumps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As an esteemed member of the McCain Action Team, I would like to direct you to &lt;a href=&quot;http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid1747186547&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a new McCain Ad.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an esteemed member of the McCain Action Team, I would like to direct you to <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid1747186547" rel="nofollow">a new McCain Ad.</a>
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		<title>By: GodLumps</title>
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		<dc:creator>GodLumps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/08/21/barr_mccain_wants_me_off_the_b.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Barr: &#8216;McCain wants me off the ballot in Pennsylvania&#8217;&lt;/a&gt;

Thursday, August 21, 2008, 05:50 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr says GOP rival John McCain is behind an attempt in Pennsylvania to drive him off the ballot.

&#8220;This move is certainly one of the more brazen attempts to lock me out of the political process,&#8221; Barr said in a press release this evening. &#8220;I challenge Senator McCain to forcefully and publicly instruct his agents to drop the lawsuit.&#8221;

Here&#8217;s the one of more detailed accounts of the challenge against Barr&#8217;s candidacy.

Recent polls in Pennsylvania, which place Barack Obama in the lead, may help explain GOP motivation.

Barr pointed out that McCain himself fought similar attempts to force him from the New York ballot in 2000, and pulled out a quote that the Republican used eight years ago:

&lt;b&gt;&#8220;Let&#8217;s not have the kind of Stalinist politics that the state of New York, the Republican Party, has been practicing.&#8221;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/08/21/barr_mccain_wants_me_off_the_b.html" rel="nofollow">Barr: &#8216;McCain wants me off the ballot in Pennsylvania&#8217;</a></p>
<p>Thursday, August 21, 2008, 05:50 PM</p>
<p>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</p>
<p>Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr says GOP rival John McCain is behind an attempt in Pennsylvania to drive him off the ballot.</p>
<p>&#8220;This move is certainly one of the more brazen attempts to lock me out of the political process,&#8221; Barr said in a press release this evening. &#8220;I challenge Senator McCain to forcefully and publicly instruct his agents to drop the lawsuit.&#8221;</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the one of more detailed accounts of the challenge against Barr&#8217;s candidacy.</p>
<p>Recent polls in Pennsylvania, which place Barack Obama in the lead, may help explain GOP motivation.</p>
<p>Barr pointed out that McCain himself fought similar attempts to force him from the New York ballot in 2000, and pulled out a quote that the Republican used eight years ago:</p>
<p><b>&#8220;Let&#8217;s not have the kind of Stalinist politics that the state of New York, the Republican Party, has been practicing.&#8221;
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		<title>By: Victoria</title>
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		<dc:creator>Victoria</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JBH - 35 :lol:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JBH &#8211; 35 <img src='http://online.worldmag.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' />
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		<title>By: Thorn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thorn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;your carbon footprint has fourteen electoral votes&quot;

Thats pretty funny.

Although it would also imply that Al Gore should have had enough electoral votes originally...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;your carbon footprint has fourteen electoral votes&#8221;</p>
<p>Thats pretty funny.</p>
<p>Although it would also imply that Al Gore should have had enough electoral votes originally&#8230;
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		<title>By: KI</title>
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		<dc:creator>KI</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also miss EYG, but I can understand her point. Life is so short and goes by so quickly that one must decide the most important way to spend one&#039;s time. That is different for each one of us and different at various times in our lives.

TL: It certainly is important to keep the most important things in mind. I join you in your praise for God and the hope He gives us!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also miss EYG, but I can understand her point. Life is so short and goes by so quickly that one must decide the most important way to spend one&#8217;s time. That is different for each one of us and different at various times in our lives.</p>
<p>TL: It certainly is important to keep the most important things in mind. I join you in your praise for God and the hope He gives us!
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		<title>By: TL</title>
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		<dc:creator>TL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who cares how many homes McCain has?  I fail to see why that&#039;s relevant to his ability to be president.  I also fail to see why it&#039;s a bad thing that he has so many homes.  He has money.  So what?  Is this against some code, now?  Oh, I forgot - liberals don&#039;t like people having money.  They would rather take it away from those who have it, and give it to those who don&#039;t.  

As I studied a little bit of Revelation the past couple weeks, it occured to me that none of this matters.  All the silly, nit-picky arguments people get into about small doctrinal differences - it doesn&#039;t really matter in the end.  All this political garbage - doesn&#039;t matter when Christ returns.  How wonderful to have hope that we will have an amazing place to live in the future - free of all this craziness!  I hope all of you will be joining us there.  It&#039;s free, easy and available to you at any time.  Just don&#039;t let it be too late.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who cares how many homes McCain has?  I fail to see why that&#8217;s relevant to his ability to be president.  I also fail to see why it&#8217;s a bad thing that he has so many homes.  He has money.  So what?  Is this against some code, now?  Oh, I forgot &#8211; liberals don&#8217;t like people having money.  They would rather take it away from those who have it, and give it to those who don&#8217;t.  </p>
<p>As I studied a little bit of Revelation the past couple weeks, it occured to me that none of this matters.  All the silly, nit-picky arguments people get into about small doctrinal differences &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t really matter in the end.  All this political garbage &#8211; doesn&#8217;t matter when Christ returns.  How wonderful to have hope that we will have an amazing place to live in the future &#8211; free of all this craziness!  I hope all of you will be joining us there.  It&#8217;s free, easy and available to you at any time.  Just don&#8217;t let it be too late.
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		<title>By: GodLumps</title>
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		<dc:creator>GodLumps</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A humorous ditty I stumbled across this morning :lol:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://ristocrats.blogspot.com/2008/08/clues-that-you-might-own-few-too-many.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;clues that you might own a few too many homes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

you refer to them collectively as &quot;our properties&quot;

you can&#039;t quite put your finger on a solid number

you direct inquires about the number to your &quot;staff&quot;

several major news organizations release an &quot;estimate&quot; of the number

at last count you owned 846 spatulas

you can go a year without [using] the same toilet twice

your &#039;replacement window&#039; salesman conducts business from his yacht

properties are wired so that your &quot;honey I&#039;m home&quot; is heard in all of them simultaneously

vacuum cleaner sale ads get you excited

you host dinner parties via satellite

you call your political opponent an elitist, then die laughing

you&#039;ve bankrupted dozens of friends from the house warming gifts

you hire Bill Gates to program your universal remote

your carbon footprint has fourteen electoral votes

you&#039;re surprised to discover that you own several fully fitted enhanced interrogation rooms</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A humorous ditty I stumbled across this morning <img src='http://online.worldmag.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><a href="http://ristocrats.blogspot.com/2008/08/clues-that-you-might-own-few-too-many.html" rel="nofollow"><b>clues that you might own a few too many homes</b></a></p>
<p>you refer to them collectively as &#8220;our properties&#8221;</p>
<p>you can&#8217;t quite put your finger on a solid number</p>
<p>you direct inquires about the number to your &#8220;staff&#8221;</p>
<p>several major news organizations release an &#8220;estimate&#8221; of the number</p>
<p>at last count you owned 846 spatulas</p>
<p>you can go a year without [using] the same toilet twice</p>
<p>your &#8216;replacement window&#8217; salesman conducts business from his yacht</p>
<p>properties are wired so that your &#8220;honey I&#8217;m home&#8221; is heard in all of them simultaneously</p>
<p>vacuum cleaner sale ads get you excited</p>
<p>you host dinner parties via satellite</p>
<p>you call your political opponent an elitist, then die laughing</p>
<p>you&#8217;ve bankrupted dozens of friends from the house warming gifts</p>
<p>you hire Bill Gates to program your universal remote</p>
<p>your carbon footprint has fourteen electoral votes</p>
<p>you&#8217;re surprised to discover that you own several fully fitted enhanced interrogation rooms
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