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		<title>News That Matters &#8211; February 19, 2010 &#8211; Things To Do Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Friday Morning,
Quick Poll Results:
In this unscientific poll with a margin of error exceeding 130%, we asked who your preference would be for County Executive. The names that appeared were either those who have been talked about or came in via your nominations and each voter saw them in a random order. Here are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News That Matters &#8211; January 29, 2010 &#8211; Things To Do Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of my Democratic Party friends were enthused by the President's speech the other night. But we're still in Afghanistan, gays still cannot serve openly in the military and are being discharged at an alarming rate, and health care "reform" has turned into a trillion dollar handout to insurance companies who are already making millions. They say, "be patient". I say, "Don't blame me. I voted for Nader"]]></description>
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		<title>News That Matters &#8211; January 23, 2010 &#8211; Things To Do Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hudson Valley Congressman Maurice Hinchey has been working on a bill that would add protections to historic and environmental sites in the Valley through the creation of a new National Park. Not only would this benefit the environmental concerns we have but would also be a huge boost to tourism and thus sustainable job creation. You can read his comments here. The first step in this process is a Federal feasibility study to which the Congressman addresses his remarks and is concerned with HR4003.]]></description>
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		<title>News That Matters &#8211; December 30, 2009 &#8211; Last Word of the Year Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 will be remembered for a lot of things but mostly for the overt racism that exploded across the nation with the inauguration of the US's first Black president.

    Along with the racism came a resurgence in anti-intellectualism. "Tea Baggers" and "Birthers" don't seem to understand the difference between political philosophies and equate Communism and Socialism and Fascism, conflating them all into as single philosophy. This either reflects our national education system or... I don't know what. But when the likes of Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and the Aile's and Gannett and Murdock empires are doing the educating the outcome has been, as we've seen, deleterious to the social, moral and political health of our nation.

    I don't know what the solution is but when we raise a generation of children as the one pictured below, we need to stop what we're doing and take a hard look at ourselves. Have we made the sacrifices necessary to maintain and protect the Constitution? Have we worked hard enough to counter the lies and misinformation that passes as news? Have we looked beyond political loyalties and placed our faith in our communities instead? When we can answer those questions with honesty and altruism we may begin to repair the damage done our nation this past decade.

    But you have to act and you have to act now. ]]></description>
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		<title>News That Matters &#8211; November 6, 2009 &#8211; Things To Do Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon insists the United States is slated to create history by being the first to win a war with Afghanistan. In other news, Apollo moon landing shots faked, Sri Lanka develops nuclear arsenal, Jimmy Hoffa found pumping gas with Elvis in Hamilton, Ontario.]]></description>
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