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		<title>The New Independents</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/09/the-new-independents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webcommoner.com/?p=1165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One day after FOX News released their latest findings inferring that "Americans" do not want Barack Obama's healthcare plan, FOX News figureheads, Bill O'Reilly and Chris Wallace, jumped on the air to do some usual fact-twisting, spin-laden analysis, asking why the White House might be snubbing their network in its latest press junket to promote the president's proposals ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>The Erratic Experience of Following Fox News Polls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webcommoner.com/?p=1137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spending a good portion of my day tracking an erroneous article about a new Fox News poll is not my idea of a good time, but sometimes a person has to bite the bullet and endure a little self-induced torture from time to time, simply to get the necessary results that they're so desperately seeking. Yesterday, I found myself halted half-way through a daily ritual of scanning the latest headlines on Google News after coming across a new poll indicating, "Americans Prefer Current System to Obama's Health Care Plan." This should be interesting, I thought, and rashly clicked the link.<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Profiling Race in America</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/07/profiling-race-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webcommoner.com/?p=1061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That's right, folks. It would appear that our president is human after all ... not a superman, not a robot, and not a deity. Just a complex, interdependent, and structured mass of flesh and bone. In a moment of bold and sincere honesty, he let his guard down and revealed himself in a manner that might seem shocking to some Americans:<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>The Supreme Court Nomination Process and Judicial Activism</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/07/the-supreme-court-nomination-process-and-judicial-activism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webcommoner.com/?p=750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What exactly is "judicial activism" anyway? Contextually speaking, it's a rhetorical catch phrase used by the political right to counter years of judicial precedence. The phrase picked up great momentum during the Bush and Cheney years and, today, Republicans use it when referencing high court nominees who, they claim, will not "legislate from the bench." Behind closed doors, though, operatives within the party use it as a tool to foster change for their base, which sets in motion a concept that conservative court appointees will ignore traditional objectivism and actively seek to reverse ill-favored decisions made in the past. These cases, which set precedence spanning the history of the United States, embody a slew of rulings that touch on issues of civil rights, church and state, gun control, corporate litigation, states rights, right-to-privacy, and abortion ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Uncle Walter&#8217;s Legacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webcommoner.com/?p=887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was only four years old when Walter Cronkite relinquished his post as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," and it would be many years into his retirement before I would understand and appreciate the true value of his character, or the full weight of his worth in terms of contributions that he made to the world of journalism and the respect he received from a nation of millions. My memories of Cronkite's most popular moments are not unique, just recorded glimpses of the man's stern yet warm delivery of the news as captured in time for the history books to later relay. Many in the baby boomer generation held him in such high regard that he earned the nickname, "Uncle Walter," a testament to his ability to invade their living rooms each night with the sense of a beloved family member. They welcomed him with open arms, sometimes to receive some of the most disheartening news to hit the nation in the last half-century ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Shared Influence and the Human Experience</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/07/shared-influence-and-the-human-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New evidence of Michael Jackson's influence is popping up throughout the Internet in the form of tributes to the deceased entertainer. Friends and fans alike are passing along links to websites like Eternal Moonwalk, where a continuous loop of home videos shows people performing Jackson's signature move. Other homages highlight his artistic genius, and one particular YouTube user is publishing video mash-ups that combine Jackson's music with old footage of song-and-dance icons perceived to be his artistic inspirations from entertainment's past. Check out the following series of clips that chronicle evidence of a historical evolution behind what eventually came to be Michael Jackson's "Moonwalk." ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Editing Sarah Palin&#8217;s Washington Post Op-Ed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webcommoner.com/?p=679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Side-stepping the urge to fulfill my role as a member of the "chattering class," I thought it might be more constructive to provide Sarah Palin with an annotated analysis of her writing, which specifically focuses on the op-ed piece she wrote for the The Washington Post yesterday.

Edits, notes, and suggestions to Mrs. Palin are visible in red or bold typeface ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>A Party of Sinners</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/07/a-party-of-sinners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webcommoner.com/?p=258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[outh Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's news of adultery sent shock waves throughout the political establishment and, more specifically, the Republican party. In a recent interview on MSNBC's Meet The Press, David Gregory asked South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham if his party remains one of values. Graham responded with a hesitant "yes" and added that the group is also a "party of sinners," connecting the dots between the Republican party and the religious right, and acknowledging its strong ties to the Christian faith ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Run Sarah, Run!</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/07/run-sarah-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://webcommoner.com/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While nervously stumbling through a nearly 20 minute speech at a press conference in Alaska last week, Sarah Palin officially announced that she will resign from her post as governor in the coming weeks. Despite spewing a hodgepodge of approximately 3,000 words at a news media tasked with deciphering her language, I am hard-pressed to find a coherent quote from Palin that successfully summarizes her reasoning behind the decision ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Michael&#8217;s Bittersweet Demise</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/06/michaels-bittersweet-demise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some, Michael Jackson's sudden death at 50 was sweet in the sense that it fostered a tremendous sense of love around the globe. He was such a beloved figure by so many people, and that love is reciprocating itself tenfold in their remembrance of a man who inspired and encouraged them to be better human beings. For others, it was bitter because he led such a tragic and tortured existence, one that was oftentimes difficult to witness and even harder to understand. For me, it was both. Many years ago, I let go of a person so incredibly admired throughout my childhood, not because of the legal accusations filed against him or the media crucifixion that followed, but simply because I no longer recognized him ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Strengthening Capitalism By Granting Health Care A Public Option</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webcommoner.com/?p=363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Listening to Robert Reich converse with Bill Moyers on his show recently about the prospect of a public health care option, it suddenly dawned on me that this might actually be what saves American capitalism. After witnessing Wall Street crumble before our very eyes and the banks peel back decades of corruption, unjustified speculation, and unethical lending practices, nobody seems to doubt that the very idea of capitalism took a low blow to the gut last year. It seems to invite a direct comparison to the disastrous policies of the Bush administration, with lack of oversight in the form of government deregulation leading the financial industry to take advantage of its market the same way Bush used the American people to sew the seeds of war ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Test</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/06/obamas-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican talking points seem ablaze after the weekend brought news of the Iranian government's violent attempts to curb protests ten days after a presidential election left voters questioning the validity of their recently cast ballots. Today, Arizona senator and former presidential rival, John McCain, took advantage of an opportunity granted to him, ironically, by Barack Obama's veep during last year's campaign when Joe Biden told a group of donors, "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy." ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Guns Don&#8217;t Kill People, but Crazy People With Guns Do</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/06/guns-dont-kill-people-but-people-with-guns-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webcommoner.com/?p=307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, authorities in Nevada arrested a Utah man after he bragged to bank tellers while clearing his account that he planned to kill the president. This week, a madman strolled into the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC and opened fire on a security guard, killing him before other guards successfully took him down. Shortly after police apprehended and identified the suspect, the press picked up on his predictable ties to prominent Neo-Nazi and white supremacist hate groups. Apparently, he identified most with the cause of people who proudly deny the Holocaust and likely spend a significant portion of their days finding ways to justify their ignorance through the hatred of minorities or, more specifically, African Americans and Jews ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>A Heartfelt Plea To Apple</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/06/a-heartfelt-plea-to-apple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.webcommoner.com/?p=295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love you guys. I really do. I'm one of those PC converts who, over the years, went from having two Windows-based desktop computers in the house to a MacBook Pro, Mac Mini in the living room, Time Capsule to back it all up, and three iPods for non-stop entertainment on the go. While Microsoft's XP efforts were appreciated, I simply got tired of weaving through the cobweb-like process of organizing a library of digital media that seemed to grow exponentially by the minute. OS X not only makes it easy, but stimulates creativity at the same time and actually invokes fun. So, after a lifetime of recording my own beloved music mixes to analog tape or burning 15 or so select songs to a compact disc, I cannot put in words how vamped I was to discover smart playlists in iTunes. This was the turning point when I finally chose a side, and it seemed as if my feelings on the matter were so strong that there would be no turning back. Mac for life, right? ...<hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Digital Transference of Industry In The 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://webcommoner.com/2009/05/digital-transference-of-industry-in-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's digital age, the Internet's near open exchange of information never ceases to amaze, and I feel fortunate to be a member of the generation that stood front and center as the web progressed from infancy into adulthood. As a teenager, I remember feeling stunned the first time a friend messaged me in real time using a desktop computer. Now, we carry the computer in our pocket and rely heavily on the Internet to communicate, conduct business, educate, and entertain. In hind sight, it isn't shocking to know that entire industries would be forced into an evolutionary state of emergency as they struggled to stay afloat in a rapidly changing environment, and the two we hear about most are music and print ...<hr />]]></description>
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