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		<title>How do you say &#8216;I give up&#8217;? Ask President Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/08/31/how-do-you-say-i-give-up-ask-president-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listening to President Obama&#8217;s speech about the retreat that he has insisted on for years, there was one consistent thought that rang through my mind. America is weak, we won&#8217;t stand up to anything. Not that I agree with such a thought, but that&#8217;s what the flat, bored, deadpan speech President Obama projected in droves.
If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory laps are only for political agendas</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/08/31/victory-laps-are-only-for-political-agendas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shocking news form D.C. President Obama has stated that his speech later today will not be a &#8220;victory lap&#8221; nor celebration. How humble of him.
As if the news of America retreating from Iraq could be construed in any manner other than a loss and defeat. A defeat that President Obama, Vice president Biden, and many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is attacking Arizona now?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/08/30/who-is-attacking-arizona-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[America is always a nation under assault. It&#8217;s part and parcel of the foundation of the nation as well as our current history. It is the price the nation pays for being Free, powerful, and rich all at the same time. But rarely has assaults come not only from within the nation, but from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wag the dog Mr. President</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/08/24/wag-the-dog-mr-president/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no problem stating that I believe President Obama is an intelligent and accomplished man. In terms of his politics, that is another matter. But I believe that credit must be given to the President for what he has done this summer.
The summer of 2010 was set up to be a shining example of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After a year and a half, what have you got?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/06/22/after-a-year-and-a-half-what-have-you-got/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What else can go wrong? Following the Obama Administration over the past year and a half the answer to the question becomes terrifying.
Since the election America has fallen into a long, unyielding, recession that has no exit except if you can understand Government mathematics. The U.S. military campaigns in Iraq are shabby, while those in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rolling Stone, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and President Obama &#8211; everyone loses</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/06/22/rolling-stone-gen-stanley-mcchrystal-and-president-obama-everyone-loses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most problems in the Obama Administration, the President is central in the fiasco that is the Rolling Stone article featuring Gen. Stanley McChrystal. The article, written in unflattering terms and a sense of dislike towards the Afghanistan War, shows the depth of the problem long understood about President Obama and the military. Neither understands, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vice President Biden and North Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/26/vice-president-biden-and-north-korea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 06:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea. A nation that has never stopped preparing to finish the Korean War, 57 years after the ceasefire. A war that cost some 36,000 American lives, left 92,000 wounded, 15,000 as P.O.W./M.I.A., and over 2,000,000 Koreans dead. A war that requires the upkeep of roughly 30,000 U.S. troops and tens of thousands of mines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bailing out teachers, but didn&#8217;t the Stimulus take care of that?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/15/bailing-out-teachers-but-didnt-the-stimulus-take-care-of-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/15/bailing-out-teachers-but-didnt-the-stimulus-take-care-of-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 19:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=1226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama is seeking to add $26 billion to an Afghanistan/Iraq war funding Bill for a total of $59 billion. The reason for this added money is to bail out teachers in States across the nation that are in trouble. $23 billion is targeted to education and teachers that are facing lay-offs due to these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you remember&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/13/can-you-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 07:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With less than 6 months to go until the 2010 mid-term elections every politician is ramping up their campaigns. Every politician that is looking to get voted back to Congress or elected office is coming up with a plan. In essence they are all saying the following:
I was responsible for X
X is great because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sneak preview: Central New York Business Journal &#8211; Financial Quarterly edition</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/10/sneak-preview-central-new-york-business-journal-financial-quarterly-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/10/sneak-preview-central-new-york-business-journal-financial-quarterly-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 20:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are in the Central New York area, you may want to pick up the May 14th Financial Quarterly edition of the Central New York Business Journal. In that edition will be found the views and projections of this writer. It is a proud addition to the citations this blog and writer have gained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson learned?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/04/lesson-learned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/05/04/lesson-learned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 06:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=1190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration is not dumb. From the President down, there is not a single member of the Administration that can be called unintelligent. Thus we can see the difference with the recent car bomb attempt in New York City as compared to the Christmas airplane bomb attempt.
Just 48 hours ago an insane and likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 strikes you&#8217;re&#8230; re-elected?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/04/23/3-strikes-youre-re-elected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/04/23/3-strikes-youre-re-elected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the Obama Administration is in charge, the buck stops with it. Along with it goes the fate of the Democrat Party in Novemeber. Thus the question is how has the Administration done so far?
The major actions of the Obama Administration start with the Obama Stimulus. Passed in what is lightspeed for politics, the Stimulus [...]]]></description>
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