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	<title>Metaphors for Life -- And Living! &#187; Politics</title>
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		<title>A Progressive&#8217;s Prayer for Her Conservative Cousins</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2009/03/13/progressives_prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this quote this morning and it seemed to speak aptly to what I would see as core conservative ideology: The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past. &#8211;Robertson Davies Doesn&#8217;t that sound like modern political conservatives? Never look to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And The World Rejoices With Us</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/11/05/and-the-world-rejoices-with-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meta4Life</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not just us -- this euphoric feeling of release, of joy, and of hope is blooming all over the world today:]]></description>
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		<title>Which Palin will be the VP anyway?</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/09/03/which-palin-will-be-the-vp-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meta4Life</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While we here at Metaphors For Life aren't succumbing to the "dominionist conspiracy theories" about Ms. Palin, we surely have a variety of reason to be concerned about her nomination and acceptance for the second slot on the Republican ticket  at this very evening's convention.]]></description>
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		<title>On a More Recently Funny Note&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2008/08/26/on-a-more-recently-funny-note/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meta4Life</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be careful what you pray for!]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking Gun at the Fed! Who Cares?</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/12/31/bureau-of-labor-statistics-quits-publishing-m3/</link>
		<comments>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/12/31/bureau-of-labor-statistics-quits-publishing-m3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/12/31/bureau-of-labor-statistics-quits-publishing-m3/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the American Government starts hiding things, it&#8217;s time to get concerned. And when the major news media doesn&#8217;t cry foul, it&#8217;s really time to start worrying. But on March 23rd of 2006 the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) very quietly decided it will no longer publish M3 money supply data, and nobody said boo! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to the 2008 Presidential Candidates</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/12/23/an-open-letter-to-the-2008-presidential-candidates-about-corporate-taxes-and-the-working-poor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 02:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/12/23/an-open-letter-to-the-2008-presidential-candidates-about-corporate-taxes-and-the-working-poor/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To: Obama, Clinton, Huckabee, Giuliani, Edwards, Romney, and all the other candidates. For the last several presidential elections I have wondered something. Now, I&#8217;m going to ask: Every presidential election cycle those of you running for office talk about tax relief. You talk about improving the living standards of Americans. And so it is again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reprise: Victimizing Fat America</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/11/17/reprise-victimizing-fat-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meta4Life</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m not fat. I&#8217;m suffering from the disease of obesity.&#8221; These were the words that went through my head this morning as I read this headline at Yahoo: Obesity must be treated as disease -expert. And while I may admire the intentions of the physicians, researchers, and others involved with the 14th European Congress on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reprise: Valuing Life</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/11/11/reprise-valuing-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meta4Life</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally written and published in May 2005. On stem cells, roses, and the fallacies inherent in the &#8220;culture of life&#8221; philosophy. All life has intrinsic value. I was inspecting our new roses this weekend, removing pests, fertilizing the soil after this month&#8217;s nearly incessant rains, removing any weeds lest the beautiful, fragrant flowering hedge in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On &#8220;The Politics of God, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/10/18/on-the-politics-of-god-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/10/18/on-the-politics-of-god-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meta4Life</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humans, thinking, and consciousness all evolve &#8212; and our religion and politics must evolve with it. Time to examine the other side of the &#8220;political theology&#8221; debate and check in with Rousseau and The Savoyard Vicar. Section III: The Inner Light. My favorite quote from this section of Professor Lilla&#8217;s essay goes like this: &#8220;There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On &#8220;The Politics of God,&#8221; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/08/26/on-the-politics-of-god-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://metaphorsforlife.com/2007/08/26/on-the-politics-of-god-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meta4Life</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this next section on the essay adapted from “The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West,” by Professor Mark Lilla of Columbia University, we examine the impulses that separated man from God, and secular politics from religion. Section II: The Great Separation. For those who study the evolution of human consciousness, this could [...]]]></description>
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