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		<title>France delivers cutting edge warship to Russia</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/france-delivers-cutting-edge-warship-to-russia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jason

When the Soviet Union collapsed it took with it its robust navy. For the republic the immediate years that followed, teetered on disintegration. Russia has climbed it way towards stability since then and has long coveted a deep water warship capable of amphibious assaults with state of the art naval fire power. The French [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4586&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The war in Afghanistan could be moving in a much, much different direction</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-war-in-afghanistan-could-be-moving-in-a-much-much-different-direction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghan troop surge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jason
There is no way to confirm any of this as of now, but the contents and dangerous possibilities of a supposed quid pro quo with the Taliban, and the Obama administration, in Afghanistan, are nearly unspeakable.
Threats Watch &#124; Whispers of Surrender in Afghanistan?
It comes to our attention that the MEMRI Blog highlights an article [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4575&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama represented our economic failures in Asia</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/president-obama-represented-our-economic-failures-in-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese-American relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[national debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Jason
And it is because of that glaring fact that he was unable to do anything in China as an American President. Bruce Nussbaum explains why.
Business Week &#124; President Obama&#8217;s Asia Failure
Obama came home empty-handed. He made little headway in his single most important mission—China’s revaluation of its currency, the yuan. A higher value for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4571&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The World President becomes a struggling president</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-world-president-becomes-a-struggling-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American-China relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Asian trip]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama poll numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama popularity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jason
Some argue it may have started with the olympics or the bow. Others say the beer summit that followed the &#8220;stupidly&#8221; comment may have started the Obama slide. Whatever case and for whatever reasons the world&#8217;s president, the American superstateman, Lincoln-TR-FDR and &#8216;nem all rolled into one, is turning out, instead, to be just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4569&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Manhattan Declaration: Christians make their stand</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/the-manhatten-declaration-christians-makes-their-stand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Colson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jason
I suspect close to half who will read this title, or have read already about the Manhattan Declaration, will roll their eyes. Some will quickly dismiss it as Christians imagining persecution and a government hostile to the Christian faith. That is not entirely true. The Christian community, like any focused community, in this particular [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4559&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate gets 60&#8230;Debate on health care reform opens up.</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/senate-gets-60-debate-on-health-care-reform-opens-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blanche Lincoln]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mike
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) have given their votes, allowing Democrats to reach the required sixty to open up the floor for debate on the Senate&#8217;s version of health care reform.  
The Politico-Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a yes for debating health reform, but a no for the public option, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4556&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Warming: The Hack and Beyond&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/global-warming-the-hack-and-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CRU Hack]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mike
The CRU hack, as it is being called, was first brought to my attention by Jason and with the assistance of South Park, he humorously covered its beginnings here.
Before I continue there are a few things I would like to clear up. For the record, here at the WE, I think it is safe [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4530&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Graham sends AG Holder back to law school</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/senator-graham-sends-ag-holder-back-to-law-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitutional Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Holder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Khalid Sheik Mohammed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Jason
Slightly old news at this point but this video is worth watching. All of it. Sen. Graham easily exposes the fallacy and the potentially dangerous steps by Holder and President Obama to try KSM in a federal court under the U.S. Constitution for obvious reason as Graham spells out.

Charles Krauthammer is good for any [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4524&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ManBearPig strikes again: Climate change turns to climategate</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/meanbearpig-strikes-again-climate-change-turns-to-climategate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthropogenic Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Uni]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Jason
I&#8217;m super serial! It seems that hackers (or a whistle blowing insider) may have saved the sane part of the world that was skeptical of global warming claims, from the very insane &#8220;warmers&#8221; (we already have truthers and birthers) that preached imminent doom if we all didn&#8217;t start walking to work and store our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4515&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>H.R. 3590: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</title>
		<link>http://westernexperience.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/h-r-3590-the-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mike
The Senate finally released its version of the House health care reform bill titled, &#8220;The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,&#8221; last night. After scoring was done by the CBO (Congressional Budgetary Office) and the JCT (Joint Committee on Taxation) some interesting numbers started to appear.
First off let&#8217;s take a look and see if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westernexperience.wordpress.com&blog=5892674&post=4506&subd=westernexperience&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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