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	<title>Return to Common Sense &#187; Government</title>
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		<title>Please Stop Using The &#8220;D&#8221; Word</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/03/24/please-stop-using-the-d-word/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Repeatedly, in this blog, I have tried to make the point that the United States of America was established as a Constitutional Republic, not a Democracy.  Obviously the talking heads around the country do not read my blog because it seems that I hear the D word with ever increasing frequency.  Last evening, I heard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Is Time For The Party To Be Over</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/03/23/it-is-time-for-the-party-to-be-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As everyone knows, in America we have 2 prominent political parties: The Democrat Party (a.k.a. &#8220;Dems&#8221;) and the Republican Party (a.k.a. &#8220;GOP&#8221;).
Particularly in recent years, both these parties have let us down.  By not doing what they promised and by doing what they promised not to do.  And, by presenting us with second-rate candidates, often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Am Prompted To Tell You This</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/03/20/i-am-prompted-to-tell-you-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The various talking heads and commentators are having a great time over the teleprompter mishap that happened a few days ago when Brian Cowen, the Prime Minister of Ireland and Barack Obama, the alleged President of the United States got their teleprompted wires crossed and gave parts of each others intended speeches.
Now I am the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes More Is Less</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/03/16/sometimes-more-is-less/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/?p=339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the essay I’ve Looked At Money From Both Sides Now http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/02/14/ive-looked-at-money-from-both-sides-now/  I mentioned my theory, mostly plagiarized from Ayn Rand, that money represents productivity.  Clearly a topic of little interest, given its low hit count.  But, I persist because I am convinced that the proper understanding of money and its relationship to productivity is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights Is Rights &#8211; Right?</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/03/14/rights-is-rights-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many Americans, my first introduction to the concept of rights was in the 60&#8217;s, when the word, and the notion, seemed to dominate everything.  Indeed, the notion of rights, in my opinion, has been taken far beyond reason, such that rights can now be &#8220;created&#8221;, seemingly out of thin air, causing me to wonder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dictatorship &#8211; Would You Know It If You Saw It?</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/03/11/dictatorship-would-you-know-it-if-you-saw-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In many of my rants, I have justified distasteful actions based on the notion that we are headed directly toward a form of socialist dictatorship.  Now I must ask, do we all really know what that means?  Indeed, do I even know what it means?  You decide.
I suspect that, when most of us think of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting The General Welfare</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/02/20/promoting-the-general-welfare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;promote the general welfare&#8221; has been used (successfully) to justify creation of a welfare state and the constant march toward socialism we see accelerating today.  But, what does &#8220;promote the general welfare&#8221; really mean?  Let us analyze&#8230;
The phrase comes from Article I, Section 8 of our Constitution. Article I, Section 8 is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Off To A Fine Start</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/02/19/off-to-a-fine-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here we are, almost a month since the inauguration and the new administration is off to a really fine start.  It seems a good time to review some of the Obama campaign promises and activities then translate them from &#8220;campaignspeak&#8221; to everyday English so that we can analyze them.  You no doubt have caught [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please Don&#8217;t Limit My Term</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/02/17/please-dont-limit-my-term/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems the notion of term limitations is back in play &#8211; at least on the radio talk shows and probably among a growing number of the electorate.  One can&#8217;t be surprised, given the blatant criminality and outright stupidity exhibited by many elected officials.  And, given the fact that so many of our elected &#8220;representatives&#8221; no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Could Cost Our Legs Then Our Arms</title>
		<link>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/02/10/it-could-cost-our-legs-then-our-arms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.troy.thoughtsaloud.com/2009/02/10/it-could-cost-our-legs-then-our-arms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as the Democrat spending machine gets past round one of stimulating us by wasting our hard-earned money, one can rest assured they will renew their assault on the Second Amendment to the U. S.  Constitution.  So, I thought, why not try to get ahead of the curve?
I will begin my rant by reviewing [...]]]></description>
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