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		<title>Why are Democrats voting yes on Health Care Reform?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/19/why-are-democrats-voting-yes-on-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/19/why-are-democrats-voting-yes-on-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Majority Leader Harry Reid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Kucinich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Gillibrand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Harry Reid, Rep. Kucinich, Senator Gillibrand, oh the list could go on and on. What reason do they all have in common to vote yes?

It seems that not much has changed since 1940.
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		<title>Here come the Republicans</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/18/here-come-the-republicans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/18/here-come-the-republicans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce A. Blakeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Malpass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph J. DioGuardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. New York]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So far coverage of the Senate race for the junior seat held by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has focused on the lack of competition that has been engineered by the Democrat Party. That lack of competition may have meant to imply that the re-election campaign faces no opposition, but such a thought would be erroneous. Already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How good is it?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/18/how-good-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/18/how-good-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deem and pass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Hinchey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Schumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Gillibrand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slaughter Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we see that President Obama has canceled his trip overseas, because of the Health Care Reform Bill. It&#8217;s the same reason that a visably irritated President Obama was interviewed by Fox News Brett Baier on Wednesday. Because even as calls for a vote on Sunday race through the pundits and news media, the House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spring collection from Alchemy of England</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/16/the-spring-collection-from-alchemy-of-england/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/16/the-spring-collection-from-alchemy-of-england/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alchemy of England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alchemy.vassconsult.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M V Consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mens clothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[t-shirts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's fashion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes it has just arrived! The latest additions to the Alchemy of England collection available at Alchemy at World of VASS.
The latest collection features the Rose of Passion collection



In addition you can also find new T-shirts, pendants, rings, and a great new tankard too.
Here is a quick preview of some of the new items
 
You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where does your Congressman stand?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/16/where-does-your-congressman-stand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/16/where-does-your-congressman-stand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bart Stupak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Arcuri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike McMahon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we again reach the edge of the precipice, the House of Representatives are lining up on the Health Care Reform. While all Republicans are lined up for a no vote, the question remains with the Democrats. Up until this year Democrats had a supermajority and could not pass the Health Care Reform. Now with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PSA: internet scams</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/15/psa-internet-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/15/psa-internet-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet scam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Service Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know that everyone is familiar with all the scams that proliferate across the net. Every day dozens of fake emails hit my inbox and spam filters, just like they do to everyone. But not long ago I was made aware of a friend&#8217;s older family member that actually believed they might have qualified for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you don&#8217;t succeed try again</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/15/if-you-dont-succeed-try-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/15/if-you-dont-succeed-try-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Hannity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today President Obama is in Ohio, again proclaiming the virtues of his Health Care Reform Bill that he wants pushed through Congress. This is one of 40 such speeches that he had made on the subject since 2009. In each he has stated that it is vital to the economy and American workers tht this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The to-do list: Jobs &#8211; it&#8217;s in there</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/12/the-to-do-list-jobs-its-in-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/12/the-to-do-list-jobs-its-in-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cap and Trade Bill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universal voter registration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=850</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During the State of the Union President Obama said he got the message from voters. The economy and jobs were the 2 items all Americans were concerned about and wanted the Government to focus on. President Obama promised to do what the people wanted.
Then President Obama went back to the White House and did what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential donation is less than charitable</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/12/presidential-donation-is-less-than-charitable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/12/presidential-donation-is-less-than-charitable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AfriCare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charitable donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fisher House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hispanic Scholarship Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Prize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Negro College Fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year President Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize for his future efforts towards peace. Another first for the President, whether or not you may believe he deserved the award. But along with the Nobel the President was given $1.4 million. At the time I questioned why the President, already a millionaire, didn&#8217;t give the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What we can expect from Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/10/what-we-can-expect-from-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/10/what-we-can-expect-from-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off the cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking a moment to step back from the political philosophies that are in favor or opposed to the Health Care Reform Bill that is currently being moved through Congress, what is it we can envision if it becomes reality?
It&#8217;s a hard question. There is no absolute answer that can be formulated. But if we look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Massa &#8211; the bluster and the let down</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/10/eric-massa-the-bluster-and-the-let-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/10/eric-massa-the-bluster-and-the-let-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So why are you here?&#8221; &#8211; Glenn Beck to Eric Massa
It was a question that many were asking during and after the interview between Glenn Beck and Eric Massa. The former NY Representative Massa had set the stage before appearing on the Glenn Beck show, declaring that he was forced out and that manipulation from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Gillibrand on voter concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/senator-gillibrand-on-voter-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/senator-gillibrand-on-voter-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Vass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Kirsten Gillibrand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=837</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The race for the New York junior Senate seat is considered likely to go to a Republican in November. Part of that is due to the lack of knowledge about the appointed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand among voters in New York State. But there are other reasons that are even more the cause.
In August of 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Kirsten Gillibrand responds to VASS letter on Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/senator-kirsten-gillibrand-responds-to-vass-letter-on-health-care-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/senator-kirsten-gillibrand-responds-to-vass-letter-on-health-care-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is the VERBATIM response received on March 8, 2010 from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand via Senator@Gillibrand.senate.gov. This letter was in response to a letter sent to Senator Gillibrand and Senator Schumer on Febrary 20, 2010.
I want to point out that this letter from Senator Gillibrand is a VERBATIM COPY of the letter sent by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional term limits</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/congressional-term-limits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/congressional-term-limits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congressional term limits is a subject that rarely ever gets discussed. Obviously Congress and the 2 major political Parties are less inclined to alter their power bases to any substatial degree. But it is a subject I have discussed before. I believe it is an issue well past due. It is something we can alter.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Rep. Eric Massa</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/former-rep-eric-massa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/09/former-rep-eric-massa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no lack of buzz in the political world right now over the resignation of Eric Massa from the House of Representatives. But the main questions that should be asked are generally avoided at this moment.
Eric Massa was a freshman to the House of Representatives. He was also opposed to the Health Care Reform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did President Obama &#8220;get it&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/08/did-president-obama-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/08/did-president-obama-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you recall the State of the Union Address? You might remember President Obama mentioning that he got it. That the American people wanted to have the Government focus on the economy and jobs.
Since that time, the White House has pushed forward efforts to pass the Health Care Reform under any and all means. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing the most with the least</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/08/doing-the-most-with-the-least/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Race relations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an old saying, that I am probably getting only partially right, that goes
&#8220;Blacks can do more with less, because we have to.&#8221;
I recall that saying from way back, maybe the 70&#8217;s or 80&#8217;s. There is no question of how true it was then. But in a &#8220;post-racial America&#8221; is that still a true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Gillibrand on New York State economy</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/06/senator-gillibrand-on-new-york-state-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Broome County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cap and Trade]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was in Binghamton to discuss that small businesses might survive in the current economic downturn. There were several ideas that Sen. Gillibrand suggested
&#8220;When it comes manufacturing, when you have manufacturing here you can innovate better here when manufacturing is divorced the next generation of innovation is going to be done where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does a trillion really mean to you?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/06/what-does-a-trillion-really-mean-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[American economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Congress debates the positives and negatives of the Health Care Reform, and insits on spending even more money on yet another Obama Stimulus, amounts of money in billions and trillions are being tossed about. The numbers are so large that a mere 10 years ago the only people using such a term was predominantly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Binghamton unemployment reflects the nation</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/04/binghamton-unemployment-reflects-the-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/04/binghamton-unemployment-reflects-the-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christian Harris]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mid-term elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senator Gillibrand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TARP funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Binghamton, New York is my home. It is a central hub for New York State, has one of the major State colleges, and one of the larger cities. In many ways it reflects life across the nation in areas outside of major metropolitan areas like New York City. As such the question is how effective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing it all Rangel</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/03/doing-it-all-rangel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/03/doing-it-all-rangel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[House Committee on Ways and Means]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Charles Rangel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=819</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In politics there are a few ways to get things done. You could be like Mr. Smith &#8211; if you happen to live in a world of movies. You could be like most politicians and pander to specialty groups, public polls, and the whims of your Party. And then there is the way Representative Charles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Census</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/03/2010-census/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/03/2010-census/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACORN]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Communities for Change]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not more than 8 months ago there was a lot of talk about the 2010 Census. People across the nation were horrified to hear the news that ACORN and the White House would be in charge of data collection in this once a decade event. In addition, the very nature of many of the questions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s best for New York?</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/01/whats-best-for-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/01/whats-best-for-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harold Ford Jr.]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The concept of a representative government is that a small group of people are elected into office to govern, while reflecting the wishes of their constituents. That&#8217;s the ideal. That&#8217;s what we are supposed to have.
In New York State, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to office via the selection of an appointed Governor of New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nancy Pelosi needs to go to school</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/01/nancy-pelosi-needs-to-go-to-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/01/nancy-pelosi-needs-to-go-to-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mvass.com/?p=813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps when I was in school some 25 years ago there was a different way to grade. Back then an A meant a score of 90% or better. Today it would seem that the number is far less dependant on your accomplishment and more on your ideology. Thus the Democrat leadership, first with President Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment &#8211; are we asking the right questions</title>
		<link>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/01/unemployment-are-we-asking-the-right-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mvass.com/2010/03/01/unemployment-are-we-asking-the-right-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vass</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Great Depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you thought about the status of unemployment in the nation right now? I know that people receiving unemployment are glad to know that they can get roughly 72 weeks of pay as they search for a new job. I know that many small business owners continue to be upset about the fact that they [...]]]></description>
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