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		<title>Comment on J D Hayworth Arizona Election Guide to Judges and Propositions by Sandra Oxedine</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sandra Oxedine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the NOv. 19, edition of the Peoria Republic  it says,
"More than 200,000 provisional and early ballots were outstanding county-wide after Election Day. As of Friday, fewer than 10,000 early ballots remained. There are still more than 100,000 provisional ballots that need to be verified and counted."
My husband and I voted by mail early. Can we find out if our votes were counted? Also, two neighbors who have lived in the neighborhood 14 and 15 years, and who were registered and had previously voted, were told they would have to have a provisional ballot.
It seems that the large amount of votes that have not been counted would have had an effect on the election. 
We don't understand how this could happen and WHY it happened. This makes us wonder if our early vote had any effect on the election. Thanks, David and Sandra Oxedine,Peoria
Can you help us understand this??
Thanks, and we appreciate your conservative views and service to our country.
David and Sandra Oxedine
Peoria, AZ</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the NOv. 19, edition of the Peoria Republic  it says,<br />
&#8220;More than 200,000 provisional and early ballots were outstanding county-wide after Election Day. As of Friday, fewer than 10,000 early ballots remained. There are still more than 100,000 provisional ballots that need to be verified and counted.&#8221;<br />
My husband and I voted by mail early. Can we find out if our votes were counted? Also, two neighbors who have lived in the neighborhood 14 and 15 years, and who were registered and had previously voted, were told they would have to have a provisional ballot.<br />
It seems that the large amount of votes that have not been counted would have had an effect on the election.<br />
We don&#8217;t understand how this could happen and WHY it happened. This makes us wonder if our early vote had any effect on the election. Thanks, David and Sandra Oxedine,Peoria<br />
Can you help us understand this??<br />
Thanks, and we appreciate your conservative views and service to our country.<br />
David and Sandra Oxedine<br />
Peoria, AZ</p>
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		<title>Comment on phpBB php Bulletin Board integration into Wordpress by RodaRokyAdomo</title>
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		<dc:creator>RodaRokyAdomo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello. It is test.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Obamas National Socialist Civil Defense Force by Freemon SandleWould</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freemon SandleWould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike - does not surprise me you are baffled.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike - does not surprise me you are baffled.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Obamas National Socialist Civil Defense Force by Michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It baffles my mind that you would still argue this point? This type of RADICAL overreacting was the right-wing's only mode of defense throughout the entire campaign. Take a 16 second clip, blow it entriely out of proportion, thow in the word "socialist" and watch the fireworks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It baffles my mind that you would still argue this point? This type of RADICAL overreacting was the right-wing&#8217;s only mode of defense throughout the entire campaign. Take a 16 second clip, blow it entriely out of proportion, thow in the word &#8220;socialist&#8221; and watch the fireworks.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Obamas National Socialist Civil Defense Force by Freemon SandleWould</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freemon SandleWould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spoken like a true believer.  I thought all lefties were atheist?!   National service?  How about just getting a job and being honest?  oops liberals have trouble with that one!    

Save the planet? - You lefties are a bunch of drama queens without a doubt.   What if I do not care to partake in your religion of "public service" ?   The liberals natural reflex is coercion.

And finally - how else could his statement about a civil defense force be construed?  We need a force at least as powerful as our armed forces?  Pretty iffy if you ask me.  The problem with you liberals is you believe in coercion.  You want to coerce me into paying for your made up calamity called global warming.  You coerce coerce coerce and talk all high and mighty.  The holier than thou athiests.   I'm athiest but coercion is wrong.   Quite ironic as coercion is the first thing you accuse conservatives of.    Coercion seems to be a liberals best friend.  You all seem to have this Stalinist streak that runs to your cores.   Your ideas are weak.  How else would you ever convince anyone?  You need peer pressure for the mentally weak and coercion for those who are not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spoken like a true believer.  I thought all lefties were atheist?!   National service?  How about just getting a job and being honest?  oops liberals have trouble with that one!    </p>
<p>Save the planet? - You lefties are a bunch of drama queens without a doubt.   What if I do not care to partake in your religion of &#8220;public service&#8221; ?   The liberals natural reflex is coercion.</p>
<p>And finally - how else could his statement about a civil defense force be construed?  We need a force at least as powerful as our armed forces?  Pretty iffy if you ask me.  The problem with you liberals is you believe in coercion.  You want to coerce me into paying for your made up calamity called global warming.  You coerce coerce coerce and talk all high and mighty.  The holier than thou athiests.   I&#8217;m athiest but coercion is wrong.   Quite ironic as coercion is the first thing you accuse conservatives of.    Coercion seems to be a liberals best friend.  You all seem to have this Stalinist streak that runs to your cores.   Your ideas are weak.  How else would you ever convince anyone?  You need peer pressure for the mentally weak and coercion for those who are not.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Obamas National Socialist Civil Defense Force by ryan R</title>
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		<dc:creator>ryan R</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>not quite, why not show the whole thing? Fearmonger

From Factcheck.org

This false claim is a badly distorted version of Obama's call for doubling the Peace Corps, creating volunteer networks and increasing the size of the Foreign Service.
This question stems from an interview that Republican Rep. Broun of Georgia gave to The Associated Press Nov. 10. The story carried a headline, "Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship." It said that Broun "fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship." And it quoted him this way:

    Rep. Paul Broun, Nov. 10: It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's [Obama's] the one who proposed this national security force. ... That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did.

Similar claims have been circulating in right-leaning blogs and conservative Web sites ever since July, when Obama made a single reference to a "civilian national security force" in a campaign speech in Colorado. Obama's detractors make much of his expansive (and exaggerated) description of such a force as being "just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded" as the U.S. military. They also ignore the context.

Obama was not talking about a "security force" with guns or police powers. He was talking specifically about expanding AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps and the USA Freedom Corps, which is the volunteer initiative launched by the Bush administration after the attacks of 9/11, and about increasing the number of trained Foreign Service officers who populate U.S. embassies overseas.

Here is the relevant portion of what Obama actually said, with the sentences quoted selectively by Broun and others in bold.

    Obama, July 2, Colorado Springs, CO: [As] president I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots [from 75,000] and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their effort connected to a common purpose.

    People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer. So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We'll call on Americans to join an energy corps, to conduct renewable energy and environmental clean-up projects in their neighborhoods all across the country.

    We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, and to be there for our military families. And we're going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set.

    We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. We need to use technology to connect people to service. We'll expand USA Freedom Corps to create online networks where American can browse opportunities to volunteer. You'll be able to search by category, time commitment and skill sets. You'll be able to rate service opportunities, build service networks, and create your own service pages to track your hours and activities.

    This will empower more Americans to craft their own service agenda and make their own change from the bottom up.

Does that sound like a force that could kick down your door in the middle of the night and haul you off to a Gulag or concentration camp? You decide.

-Brooks Jackson</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>not quite, why not show the whole thing? Fearmonger</p>
<p>From Factcheck.org</p>
<p>This false claim is a badly distorted version of Obama&#8217;s call for doubling the Peace Corps, creating volunteer networks and increasing the size of the Foreign Service.<br />
This question stems from an interview that Republican Rep. Broun of Georgia gave to The Associated Press Nov. 10. The story carried a headline, &#8220;Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship.&#8221; It said that Broun &#8220;fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.&#8221; And it quoted him this way:</p>
<p>    Rep. Paul Broun, Nov. 10: It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he&#8217;s [Obama's] the one who proposed this national security force. &#8230; That&#8217;s exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it&#8217;s exactly what the Soviet Union did.</p>
<p>Similar claims have been circulating in right-leaning blogs and conservative Web sites ever since July, when Obama made a single reference to a &#8220;civilian national security force&#8221; in a campaign speech in Colorado. Obama&#8217;s detractors make much of his expansive (and exaggerated) description of such a force as being &#8220;just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded&#8221; as the U.S. military. They also ignore the context.</p>
<p>Obama was not talking about a &#8220;security force&#8221; with guns or police powers. He was talking specifically about expanding AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps and the USA Freedom Corps, which is the volunteer initiative launched by the Bush administration after the attacks of 9/11, and about increasing the number of trained Foreign Service officers who populate U.S. embassies overseas.</p>
<p>Here is the relevant portion of what Obama actually said, with the sentences quoted selectively by Broun and others in bold.</p>
<p>    Obama, July 2, Colorado Springs, CO: [As] president I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots [from 75,000] and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their effort connected to a common purpose.</p>
<p>    People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer. So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We&#8217;ll call on Americans to join an energy corps, to conduct renewable energy and environmental clean-up projects in their neighborhoods all across the country.</p>
<p>    We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, and to be there for our military families. And we&#8217;re going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we&#8217;ve set.</p>
<p>    We&#8217;ve got to have a civilian national security force that&#8217;s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. We need to use technology to connect people to service. We&#8217;ll expand USA Freedom Corps to create online networks where American can browse opportunities to volunteer. You&#8217;ll be able to search by category, time commitment and skill sets. You&#8217;ll be able to rate service opportunities, build service networks, and create your own service pages to track your hours and activities.</p>
<p>    This will empower more Americans to craft their own service agenda and make their own change from the bottom up.</p>
<p>Does that sound like a force that could kick down your door in the middle of the night and haul you off to a Gulag or concentration camp? You decide.</p>
<p>-Brooks Jackson</p>
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		<title>Comment on The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. by Freemon SandleWould</title>
		<link>http://www.amarketplaceofideas.com/the-budget-should-be-balanced-the-treasury-should-be-refilled-public-debt-should-be-reduced-the-arrogance-of-officialdom-should-be-tempered-and-controlled-and-the-assistance-to-foreign-lands-shoul.htm#comment-21981</link>
		<dc:creator>Freemon SandleWould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good one and all.  As our economy plunges into the atmosphere of the sun because of politicians intent on maintaining their and cronies power with bailouts that will strip ever last bit of value out of the system before its done unless we stop them.  We are watching Rome fail all over again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good one and all.  As our economy plunges into the atmosphere of the sun because of politicians intent on maintaining their and cronies power with bailouts that will strip ever last bit of value out of the system before its done unless we stop them.  We are watching Rome fail all over again.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. by Pete</title>
		<link>http://www.amarketplaceofideas.com/the-budget-should-be-balanced-the-treasury-should-be-refilled-public-debt-should-be-reduced-the-arrogance-of-officialdom-should-be-tempered-and-controlled-and-the-assistance-to-foreign-lands-shoul.htm#comment-21803</link>
		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The actual quote was:
 "The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall." 
Cicero</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The actual quote was:<br />
 &#8220;The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.&#8221;<br />
Cicero</p>
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		<title>Comment on All this talk about Sarah Palin does not add up to a single fake greek temple-Who dunnit? Candidate X by Palin in a Towel? Clueless on Africa? Wasilla Hillbillies? &#171; Whassup, Peoples?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Palin in a Towel? Clueless on Africa? Wasilla Hillbillies? &#171; Whassup, Peoples?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Nicolle Wallace, who would know, defends Sarah Palin and&#8211;get this!&#8211;does it publically, and uses her real name and everything. Unlike the &#8220;anonymous&#8221; staffers who are throwing rocks at Palin&#8217;s care from the bridge, the running away as fast as their fat little legs can carry them. Campbell Brown on the falseness of the Palin smears. The Provocateur knows the Sarah Palin smears are bunk. More good points from a Marketplace of Ideas. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Nicolle Wallace, who would know, defends Sarah Palin and&#8211;get this!&#8211;does it publically, and uses her real name and everything. Unlike the &#8220;anonymous&#8221; staffers who are throwing rocks at Palin&#8217;s care from the bridge, the running away as fast as their fat little legs can carry them. Campbell Brown on the falseness of the Palin smears. The Provocateur knows the Sarah Palin smears are bunk. More good points from a Marketplace of Ideas. [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Ebay and PayPal Appear to Cover Up Fraud by Freemon SandleWould</title>
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		<dc:creator>Freemon SandleWould</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These types of scammers are going big time now using dupes in the USA and else where to do the reception of payments.  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/08/ebay_victims_track_their_mules/     

Ebay made a big big big mistake changing feedback so that you can not leave negative for these are buyer accounts that are used.  They removed the ability to warn others.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These types of scammers are going big time now using dupes in the USA and else where to do the reception of payments.  <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/08/ebay_victims_track_their_mules/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/08/ebay_victims_track_their_mules/</a>     </p>
<p>Ebay made a big big big mistake changing feedback so that you can not leave negative for these are buyer accounts that are used.  They removed the ability to warn others.</p>
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