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		<title>Attention Madison City Council&#8230;Do Not Give In To Mayor Cieslewicz&#8217;s Whims</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a great deal of anger and disgust over the attempt by Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and his developer friends to ram through, one way or the other, the Edgewater Hotel fiasco.   No matter where I have traveled over the past week in Madison the way Cieslewicz has undermined the Landmarks Commission has been Topic One&#8230;&#8230;(second if the topic was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12642&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Joe Lieberman Is A Dirty Little Hypocrite</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Chicago Reader
Here’s some video of Joe Lieberman only three months ago appearing to endorse the Medicare buy-in idea — in seeming contradiction of his decision to bail on the Senate deal.
Lieberman discussed the Medicare buy-in a meeting with the Connecticut Post in September, according to an article in the paper at the time, as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12640&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time For Senate Democrats To Use Reconciliation To Pass Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an American who has waited decades for my nation to catch up to the rest of the industrialized world in regards to health care I want to see action in the United States Senate.  And now!!
As a Democrat who worked to see a majority party take power that professed a committment to health care, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12636&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Politico Reports: WH Urges Senate To Cut Deal With Joe Lieberman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is where pragmatism reeks.
The bitter Senator from Connecticut needs a swift kick in the butt, not some compromising cuteness to sway his vote.  I really think the Robert Caro set on LBJ needs to be sent to the White House for prompt reading!
The White House is encouraging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to cut a deal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12633&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Time Person Of The Year To Be Revealed Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a new way to release the name of the person or thing that will grace the final edition of Time as Person of The Year.  My prediction here.
Time editor Richard Stengel appeared on the “Today” show Monday to tease the magazine’s most marketable franchise: its Person of the Year issue. 
The magazine will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12631&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>P.E.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caffeinated Politics is more than just a blog about politics in Madison and around the world.  If that were not clear before, than this post will certainly make my point.  
After reading this article today in the newspaper I am now fully aware that there are things I am not up-to-date on.  I  am also reminded that a daily paper is still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12622&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Obey And The War Sur-Tax To Pay For Troops In Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://dekerivers.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/congressman-obey-and-the-war-sur-tax-to-pay-for-troops-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a strong supporter of the increased troop deployment to Afghanistan, and the smarter fight against the Taliban as proposed by President Obama.   I am also honest with understanding that we need to pay for the war.  (Unlike President Bush who never thought Americans should do anything more than go shopping to support the economy.)  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12618&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Owns Electronic Rights Of E-Books For Backlist Titles?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I posted that new book releases from publishers would be delayed by several months for e-book readers in an attempt to stem the loss of money to authors and companies in the age of Kindle wireless readers.  But also noted in the article I posted was about money to be made from the older titles that can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12615&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Proof That Our Nation Has Lots Of Uneducated Boobs (Rednecks)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure if it is the gun culture, the stupid sports fan, the southern drawl, the redneck quality, or the combination of them all, but this is about as much white-trash gathered all in one place I have ever seen on one video. 
A Louisiana man who bet against the New Orleans Saints has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12612&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Echoes &#8220;A Christmas Story&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The film  &#8220;A Christmas Story&#8221; has become one of the holiday classics in this country.  Among the favorite scenes for many is this one&#8230;..not to be copied by younger folks&#8230;..

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		<title>Why Does Tiger Woods Story Fascinate Me? Shoddy PR Work Is Why</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tiger Woods story continues to fascinate me.  Not because he is &#8216;Tiger Woods&#8217; the golf legend, nor because of the sleazy sex sandal that undermines what we all thought we knew about him. (The latter point about who he really is being why this story continues to lure readers and viewers.) No, what fascinates me, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12606&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Queen (Elizabeth) To Hand Over Substantial Part Of Public Duties To Prince William&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Son Charles sidelined?&#8230;.always a bridesmaid&#8230;.
The Queen is to hand over a substantial part of her public duties to Prince William to help him prepare for the day when he becomes King, according to a confidential document obtained by The Mail on Sunday.
Secret papers reveal that plans to ease the strain on the 83-year-old monarch and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dekerivers.wordpress.com&blog=302436&post=12600&subd=dekerivers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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