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		<title>By: Jason P</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason P]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exactly ... no bailouts. Bailouts keep crony capitalists from having to produce and compete. Prudent small companies step in when the foolish giants fail ... in a free market.


The opposite happens with bailouts. When the mortgage market went belly-up in &#039;07-&#039;08, sound smaller banks like &quot;Hudson City&quot; were doing just fine (see Hudson City on wikipedia). Hudson City made loans to worthy homeowners with good credit. It kept these loans in its portfolio. Jim Crammer gave Hudson City the &quot;George Bailly banker award&quot; for being old school. Hudson City look poised to expand.


The government stepped in and bailed out Citigroup, J. P. Morgan, Fannie and Freddie. The Fed subsidized the mortgages by buying all of Fannie and Freddie&#039;s output. It forced mortgage rates below a level at which private banks could compete. Currently Hudson City, after surviving for 100 years plus, can&#039;t stay in business. It should have been the survivor expanding share while the big guys went the way of the dinosaur. But it isn&#039;t a crony ... just hold school. Bailouts kill the little guy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Exactly &#8230; no bailouts. Bailouts keep crony capitalists from having to produce and compete. Prudent small companies step in when the foolish giants fail &#8230; in a free market.</p>
<p>The opposite happens with bailouts. When the mortgage market went belly-up in &#8217;07-&#8217;08, sound smaller banks like &#8220;Hudson City&#8221; were doing just fine (see Hudson City on wikipedia). Hudson City made loans to worthy homeowners with good credit. It kept these loans in its portfolio. Jim Crammer gave Hudson City the &#8220;George Bailly banker award&#8221; for being old school. Hudson City look poised to expand.</p>
<p>The government stepped in and bailed out Citigroup, J. P. Morgan, Fannie and Freddie. The Fed subsidized the mortgages by buying all of Fannie and Freddie&#8217;s output. It forced mortgage rates below a level at which private banks could compete. Currently Hudson City, after surviving for 100 years plus, can&#8217;t stay in business. It should have been the survivor expanding share while the big guys went the way of the dinosaur. But it isn&#8217;t a crony &#8230; just hold school. Bailouts kill the little guy.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2014 13:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surely that would only work if there were no bail-outs nor safety nets for these gamblers.

How does the small business fare in the free for all you advocate?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Surely that would only work if there were no bail-outs nor safety nets for these gamblers.</p>
<p>How does the small business fare in the free for all you advocate?</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2014 13:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see the goal as communism for the people and fascism for the 10%.  In other words, the way it&#039;s always been,  except for those few mid-20th century decades when the educated poor aspired to become a &#039;middle&#039; class society.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see the goal as communism for the people and fascism for the 10%.  In other words, the way it&#8217;s always been,  except for those few mid-20th century decades when the educated poor aspired to become a &#8216;middle&#8217; class society.</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The way you made it sound is that they were going to dump mine tailings around the reef.

This is a non-story.  They are widening a shipping channel.  It will take some of the reef.  Now if you would support something like the ITER project instead of pining away for windmills and solar, we might be beyond coal by now.  

Are you one of those British, who section off their house in the winter because you cannot afford to heat your whole domicile?

If you want to do away with coal you had better prepare for war.  they use a lot of coal around the world.  Have you ever been to China? They use a lot of coal. they are not going to let a bunch of GreenWar activists stand in their way.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/06/great-barrier-reef-mining-boom]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The way you made it sound is that they were going to dump mine tailings around the reef.</p>
<p>This is a non-story.  They are widening a shipping channel.  It will take some of the reef.  Now if you would support something like the ITER project instead of pining away for windmills and solar, we might be beyond coal by now.  </p>
<p>Are you one of those British, who section off their house in the winter because you cannot afford to heat your whole domicile?</p>
<p>If you want to do away with coal you had better prepare for war.  they use a lot of coal around the world.  Have you ever been to China? They use a lot of coal. they are not going to let a bunch of GreenWar activists stand in their way.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/06/great-barrier-reef-mining-boom" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/06/great-barrier-reef-mining-boom</a></p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes I can do better.

I never said we should give up.

What I stand for is nuclear (fission &amp; fusion (ITER)), more drilling, use of coal, geothermal, wind and solar.

I am not for shuttering coal plants, oil refineries nuke plants and putting a windmill on every hill like the so called environmentalists.

You did not link the article on the Great Barrier Reef.
Where exactly are the dumping it. Between the mainland and the reef, on the reef, or beyond the reef.

I am not sure I am for this, but the environmentalists have cried wolf too many times especially in regards to the reefs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes I can do better.</p>
<p>I never said we should give up.</p>
<p>What I stand for is nuclear (fission &amp; fusion (ITER)), more drilling, use of coal, geothermal, wind and solar.</p>
<p>I am not for shuttering coal plants, oil refineries nuke plants and putting a windmill on every hill like the so called environmentalists.</p>
<p>You did not link the article on the Great Barrier Reef.<br />
Where exactly are the dumping it. Between the mainland and the reef, on the reef, or beyond the reef.</p>
<p>I am not sure I am for this, but the environmentalists have cried wolf too many times especially in regards to the reefs.</p>
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		<title>By: WW4</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[WW4]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s not what I meant. Obviously if you work, you are owed compensation. What you are not necessarily &quot;owed&quot; is a higher education, health care, and a comfortable retirement. Now, if you&#039;ve paid for these things--yes, you have a &quot;right&quot; to them. And we may as a society decide it is in our interest to provide these things, or support these things. But I fear we are looking on too many things as &quot;rights&quot; that are not so.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s not what I meant. Obviously if you work, you are owed compensation. What you are not necessarily &#8220;owed&#8221; is a higher education, health care, and a comfortable retirement. Now, if you&#8217;ve paid for these things&#8211;yes, you have a &#8220;right&#8221; to them. And we may as a society decide it is in our interest to provide these things, or support these things. But I fear we are looking on too many things as &#8220;rights&#8221; that are not so.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No I can do no better and nor can you.  Should we give up because we have no power?  

I see today that the Australian government has given the go-ahead for mining companies to dump their tons of excrement/sludge onto the Great Barrier Reef.  

If we have globalisation in trade, surely we should have globalisation in decision making too.  The Great Barrier Reef is part of our shrinking common wealth and everyone, regardless of wealth,  should have a say when it comes to its demise.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No I can do no better and nor can you.  Should we give up because we have no power?  </p>
<p>I see today that the Australian government has given the go-ahead for mining companies to dump their tons of excrement/sludge onto the Great Barrier Reef.  </p>
<p>If we have globalisation in trade, surely we should have globalisation in decision making too.  The Great Barrier Reef is part of our shrinking common wealth and everyone, regardless of wealth,  should have a say when it comes to its demise.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyberspace by dear.  Cyberspace.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cyberspace by dear.  Cyberspace.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/thomas-sowell/the-inequality-boogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-5357598</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting.  I was about to go look up the political meaning of &#039;progressives&#039;.  You have to admit that, on the face of it, &#039;progressive&#039; sounds like a sensible way forward but no, according to you, &#039;progressive&#039; actually means &#039;regressive&#039;. 

If I&#039;m to be labelled &#039;progressive&#039; then I&#039;ll go for the sun as the  cleanest, cheapest source of energy every time.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting.  I was about to go look up the political meaning of &#8216;progressives&#8217;.  You have to admit that, on the face of it, &#8216;progressive&#8217; sounds like a sensible way forward but no, according to you, &#8216;progressive&#8217; actually means &#8216;regressive&#8217;. </p>
<p>If I&#8217;m to be labelled &#8216;progressive&#8217; then I&#8217;ll go for the sun as the  cleanest, cheapest source of energy every time.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again. Pigeon-holing.  You really need to ponder this aspect of &#039;fast-lane&#039; life. 

I am trying to find a logical link between the biological act of sex/procreation and opposition to abortion along political lines, as though a &#039;right&#039; leaning woman is affected differently by the news of the &#039;happy event&#039; than one from the &#039;left&#039;.

We are not at odds with  anything you say after that.

I like to give kids 100% credit for their accomplishments, irrespective of genetic/financial advantages.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we go again. Pigeon-holing.  You really need to ponder this aspect of &#8216;fast-lane&#8217; life. </p>
<p>I am trying to find a logical link between the biological act of sex/procreation and opposition to abortion along political lines, as though a &#8216;right&#8217; leaning woman is affected differently by the news of the &#8216;happy event&#8217; than one from the &#8216;left&#8217;.</p>
<p>We are not at odds with  anything you say after that.</p>
<p>I like to give kids 100% credit for their accomplishments, irrespective of genetic/financial advantages.</p>
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		<title>By: American1969</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American1969]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 07:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Sowell nails it again.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Sowell nails it again.</p>
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		<title>By: joe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[joe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If liberals truly believed their &quot;existence&quot; is owed to the biological act of their parents, then surely they would be measurably less opposed to abortion. However, our cognitive existence often rises meteorically in spite of those parents. Where you went astray is with the words, &quot;and there I was thinking.&quot; You liberals want, but can&#039;t have it both ways. Either parents are impediments to the socialization of the mind as proposed by liberals, or parents are the individuals who point children in the direction of learning and understanding - growing as unique individuals. In either event, it is the individual who does the learning or is hobbled by collectivization. Many successful men and women have had absolute clods for parents. In all likelihood, were it not for the individual greatness of men and women throughout the sweep of history that preceded you, your parents would never have had a shot at implanting your beginning in the womb of a free mom and dad.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If liberals truly believed their &#8220;existence&#8221; is owed to the biological act of their parents, then surely they would be measurably less opposed to abortion. However, our cognitive existence often rises meteorically in spite of those parents. Where you went astray is with the words, &#8220;and there I was thinking.&#8221; You liberals want, but can&#8217;t have it both ways. Either parents are impediments to the socialization of the mind as proposed by liberals, or parents are the individuals who point children in the direction of learning and understanding &#8211; growing as unique individuals. In either event, it is the individual who does the learning or is hobbled by collectivization. Many successful men and women have had absolute clods for parents. In all likelihood, were it not for the individual greatness of men and women throughout the sweep of history that preceded you, your parents would never have had a shot at implanting your beginning in the womb of a free mom and dad.</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/thomas-sowell/the-inequality-boogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-5357252</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And the link did not work. I think not is a server problem.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the link did not work. I think not is a server problem.</p>
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		<title>By: A Z</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Z]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know all about the land enclosures.  It is where feudal lords or their descendants decided it was more profitable to graze sheep than collect rents from tenant farmers.  So they ran people off the land and shipped them to America, Canada or Australia.

You can equate feudal rank with the rank of politicians.  You see people like Rep Nancy Pelosi (Princess) was the daughter of the Mayor Baltimore (Baron). she has a very nice set up. Cesar Chavez&#039;s old union gave her an award for union support.  She and her husband own a hotel, small restaurant chain, and winery which are non-unionized.  Pretty nice huh?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know all about the land enclosures.  It is where feudal lords or their descendants decided it was more profitable to graze sheep than collect rents from tenant farmers.  So they ran people off the land and shipped them to America, Canada or Australia.</p>
<p>You can equate feudal rank with the rank of politicians.  You see people like Rep Nancy Pelosi (Princess) was the daughter of the Mayor Baltimore (Baron). she has a very nice set up. Cesar Chavez&#8217;s old union gave her an award for union support.  She and her husband own a hotel, small restaurant chain, and winery which are non-unionized.  Pretty nice huh?</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pleased to see you enjoy research, AZ.  I do too. Today I meandered into the history of land acquisition over the ages and the question of &#039;common wealth&#039; (for example:  fish and the air we breath).  Since we seem  incapable of changing course, due to our limited brain functions, history gives a good idea of the trajectory we are on and I found this paper very instructive.  I was particularly looking for the reasons for depopulation of rural areas whilst, at the same time, the over population and consequent slum conditions in urban areas. 

http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/short-history-enclosure-britain]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pleased to see you enjoy research, AZ.  I do too. Today I meandered into the history of land acquisition over the ages and the question of &#8216;common wealth&#8217; (for example:  fish and the air we breath).  Since we seem  incapable of changing course, due to our limited brain functions, history gives a good idea of the trajectory we are on and I found this paper very instructive.  I was particularly looking for the reasons for depopulation of rural areas whilst, at the same time, the over population and consequent slum conditions in urban areas. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/short-history-enclosure-britain" rel="nofollow">http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/short-history-enclosure-britain</a></p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, neither.  I would prefer that we put more emphasis on productive research rather than the current system of destruction  first because of some imaginary enemy that&#039;s coming to get you, and corporate interests coming a close second.  

You give two examples of dirty fuel when so much clean power exists.  Y&#039;all seem to believe in God but don&#039;t  believe  he has provided for you without having to destroy the  planet. The sun or should I say Sun,  to give it it&#039;s rightful deference,  is THE most powerful source of clean energy but is probably too damn cheap to utilize,  that power companies stick to the dirt. Where there&#039;s muck there&#039;s money.

If you want to know what it was like &quot;back then&quot;  read Ragged Trousered Philanthropists [Robert Tressell].  Yes, I know, he was a Socialist when none existed but be not afraid. Believe me when I say that considering things from a different perspective never hurt anyone.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, neither.  I would prefer that we put more emphasis on productive research rather than the current system of destruction  first because of some imaginary enemy that&#8217;s coming to get you, and corporate interests coming a close second.  </p>
<p>You give two examples of dirty fuel when so much clean power exists.  Y&#8217;all seem to believe in God but don&#8217;t  believe  he has provided for you without having to destroy the  planet. The sun or should I say Sun,  to give it it&#8217;s rightful deference,  is THE most powerful source of clean energy but is probably too damn cheap to utilize,  that power companies stick to the dirt. Where there&#8217;s muck there&#8217;s money.</p>
<p>If you want to know what it was like &#8220;back then&#8221;  read Ragged Trousered Philanthropists [Robert Tressell].  Yes, I know, he was a Socialist when none existed but be not afraid. Believe me when I say that considering things from a different perspective never hurt anyone.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mindless trolls like you, with zero connection to reality and whose very
 existence is owed to the creativity and innovative capabilities of &quot;the
 few&quot; 



and there I was thinking my existence was due to the creative and innovative capabilities of my parents!  If you get my drift, darlin&#039; wink wink.

(aside)  Strangely, twice today I have posted a copy of the Urban Dictionary definition of Troll in response to posts like Joe&#039;s and both times they have been whisked off to &#039;arbitration&#039;.  I have to laugh. I consider  the site to be totally gloves-off freedom of speech with each man/woman holding their own (just the way I like it) and then, out of the blue, I get sent to the naughty corner for something totally innocuous and it defies logic.   Perhaps it was the word in the first line that said &quot;p***k that got my post banned.  

Daniel&#039;s an insider, perhaps he could explain.   

Maybe I&#039;m being paranoid and the Moderator is a random computer program that picks on you --like my bank does -- randomly.  I can think of no other explanations.  Can you?

Try it yourself.  Go to the Urban dictionary and get  the definition of Troll.  If nothing else it may dissuade one or two of you from continuing this childish practice and thus ruining an open forum.  Sadly, throughout history we can see the result of total freedom:  ABUSE, because some just can&#039;t take the responsibility of self-regulation.  There are some good writers on this site, biased though they may be.  At least give them the respect of thoughtful responses, however, misguided, without resorting to personal insults and Twitter one-liners. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mindless trolls like you, with zero connection to reality and whose very<br />
 existence is owed to the creativity and innovative capabilities of &#8220;the<br />
 few&#8221; </p>
<p>and there I was thinking my existence was due to the creative and innovative capabilities of my parents!  If you get my drift, darlin&#8217; wink wink.</p>
<p>(aside)  Strangely, twice today I have posted a copy of the Urban Dictionary definition of Troll in response to posts like Joe&#8217;s and both times they have been whisked off to &#8216;arbitration&#8217;.  I have to laugh. I consider  the site to be totally gloves-off freedom of speech with each man/woman holding their own (just the way I like it) and then, out of the blue, I get sent to the naughty corner for something totally innocuous and it defies logic.   Perhaps it was the word in the first line that said &#8220;p***k that got my post banned.  </p>
<p>Daniel&#8217;s an insider, perhaps he could explain.   </p>
<p>Maybe I&#8217;m being paranoid and the Moderator is a random computer program that picks on you &#8211;like my bank does &#8212; randomly.  I can think of no other explanations.  Can you?</p>
<p>Try it yourself.  Go to the Urban dictionary and get  the definition of Troll.  If nothing else it may dissuade one or two of you from continuing this childish practice and thus ruining an open forum.  Sadly, throughout history we can see the result of total freedom:  ABUSE, because some just can&#8217;t take the responsibility of self-regulation.  There are some good writers on this site, biased though they may be.  At least give them the respect of thoughtful responses, however, misguided, without resorting to personal insults and Twitter one-liners. </p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[you see the things that were once &quot;available&quot; to the middle class 
(health care, higher education, comfortable retirement) becoming much 
harder to attain. Even this is not necessarily &quot;bad&quot; ( no one is owed a 
living)


Er, excuse me.  If I roll out of bed at 5 am to catch a train in -20 deg to get to my desk where I toil til dark 5 days per week for 30 years, someone most definitely owes me a living.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you see the things that were once &#8220;available&#8221; to the middle class<br />
(health care, higher education, comfortable retirement) becoming much<br />
harder to attain. Even this is not necessarily &#8220;bad&#8221; ( no one is owed a<br />
living)</p>
<p>Er, excuse me.  If I roll out of bed at 5 am to catch a train in -20 deg to get to my desk where I toil til dark 5 days per week for 30 years, someone most definitely owes me a living.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason P</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason P]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Encourage recklessness ... usually asset bubbles. Haven&#039;t we had enough of these in the last 20 years? Add to that the $17 trillion that the federal government borrowed ... Franklin must be rolling in his grave.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Encourage recklessness &#8230; usually asset bubbles. Haven&#8217;t we had enough of these in the last 20 years? Add to that the $17 trillion that the federal government borrowed &#8230; Franklin must be rolling in his grave.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But Flamby is too busy with his Ooh La La to care and anyway, he hates the rich.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But Flamby is too busy with his Ooh La La to care and anyway, he hates the rich.</p>
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