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		<title>Earl Cooley, One Of First Two Smoke-Jumpers, Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another interesting obituary.
Mr. Cooley died at 98 on Monday in Missoula, Mont., said his wife, Irene. He was one of the last links to the beginnings of a program that became famed for both efficiency and audacity.
The men who jumped and battled flames — and for many years they were all men — were called [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12041&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best Paragraphs In Sunday Newspaper</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between a rock and a hard place.  These are some tough paragraphs to read, regardless of where you come down on the question of more troops for Afghanistan. The choices are tough, and regardless of which path is taken there will be long-term consequences both politically, and from a policy point of view.  This is what presidential leadership [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12036&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NYT: Sarah Palin Book Is About Payback And Vehement Barbs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is one theme over and over in the press about Sarah Palin and her book.  Palin wants payback for the slights she has taken as a national candidate, and will use barbs in her book to get even.  
The most sustained and vehement barbs in this book are directed not at Democrats or liberals or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12032&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Echoes: The Three Stooges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am always surprised when I talk with someone in their twenties or younger and find they have never seen any of The Three Stooges on video.    Recently while at a restaurant the waitress came by and asked, &#8220;What can I get for you gentlemen?&#8217;  I looked around in a perplexed  fashion, and replied, &#8220;who&#8230;..us&#8230;.oh yes&#8230;..&#8217;  When I saw she [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12029&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Impressive Leonid Meteor Showers Expected Nov. 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This should be fun, if the clouds can be kept away.
Circle Nov. 17 on your calendar, for early that morning a moderate to possibly very strong showing of annual Leonid meteor shower is likely.
A potentially enjoyable display of a few dozen Leonid meteors per hour is expected to favor North America. In the United States [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12027&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guantanamo Prisoners May Head To Illinois</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no problem with this.  In fact, I encourage this type of process to underscore to the world that our legal system works, and that we will not be cowed into actions, such as military tribunals, that run counter to our ideals.  This action serves our world-wide needs to a large degree, and should be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12025&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston Disagree About Sex In Alaska Governor&#8217;s Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bristol Palin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is so much to discuss about the Sarah Palin book I am not sure where to start.  One of the nuggets thrown out by Palin who wishes to sound so moral is this claim.
Former Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin dropped a bombshell on Barbara Walters in an interview that will air next week [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12023&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain Campaign Staff Calls Sarah Palin Book &#8220;Fiction&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most are just calling the book toilet paper.
Sarah Palin now knows she can&#8217;t just write a book that pokes the eye of John McCain&#8217;s campaign staff without getting slapped back.  After all, the professionals in the business are not going to let her smear their images without taking her down a peg or two.  This is getting fun.
Top aides to Sen. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12020&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin Book Wrong On Facts</title>
		<link>http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/sarah-palin-book-wrong-on-facts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who is shocked that Sarah Palin has her facts wrong?   I said yesterday that this was going to be the week of blunders, gaffes, and Republican remorse when it comes to Sarah Palin and her book. 
Let&#8217;s roll.
PALIN: Says she made frugality a point when traveling on state business as Alaska governor, asking &#8220;only&#8221; for reasonably [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12017&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday Song: Charlie Louvin &#8220;Precious Jewel&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/saturday-song-charlie-louvin-precious-jewel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the stage of the Grand Ole Opry comes the classic sounds of Charlie Louvin.

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		<title>Sarah Palin Book Week Will Be Rough Ride, With Gaffes, Blunders, Republican Remorse</title>
		<link>http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/sarah-palin-book-week-will-be-rough-ride-with-gaffes-blunders-republican-remorse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When famed political reporter and writer Teddy White was crafting books about &#8216;The Making Of The President&#8217;, he could never have imagined the following line being written for prime time.
(She goes easy on Levi Johnston, and Levi thinks he knows why: &#8220;She knows what I got on her. It&#8217;s a smart move on her part,&#8221; Johnston said [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12012&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>9/11 Conspiracy Trials To Be Held In New York, Guantanamo Detainees Will Be Transferred</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civilian courts are the place these trials should be held. The road of justice for the detainees at Guantanamo, and for those possibly impacted by the detainees runs through the United States criminal justice system.    I think all those detained at Guantanamo should face the same legal hurdles in civilian courts, as the military commissions are, simply put, an affront to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12010&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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