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		<title>Economic Illiteracy &#8211; Why Most Americans Shouldn&#8217;t Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.brokenman.com/2011/economic-illiteracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic illiteracy is frightening. How can we possibly expect our elected officials to pass laws that make economic sense, when the electorate can&#8217;t tell the difference between a tax and a fee-for-service? Between charges levied by the government, and charges invoiced by a private company, directly tied to services you&#8217;ve contracted for? David Pogue published [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Bailout Success? A Free Market Verdict</title>
		<link>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/gm-bailout-success-a-free-market-verdict/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/gm-bailout-success-a-free-market-verdict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Uncle Sam is (ostensibly) getting out of the car business, and reducing its stake in GM to a mere 33%, it's worth asking: "Were the bailouts a success?"]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation Can&#8217;t Change Economic Reality</title>
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		<comments>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/legislation-cant-change-economic-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the best efforts (and intentions?) of the Left, passing legislation, without first addressing the economic reality on the ground, will not (CAN NOT) solve problems.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberalism Defined In One Sentence</title>
		<link>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/liberalism-defined-in-one-sentence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One sentence clearly spells out where liberalism - including the "Religious Left" - begins to stray off course…What matters most is having a heart, and only those who support creating and sustaining dependency have one.]]></description>
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		<title>Entitlement, Defined</title>
		<link>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/entitlement-defined/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/entitlement-defined/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The very essence of an entitlement is a claim by those who lack a value against those who have earned it.]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#039;m A South Park Fan Today</title>
		<link>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/why-im-a-south-park-fan-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/why-im-a-south-park-fan-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brokenman.com/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The media loves stories of courage. Kudos to Matt Parker and Trey Stone for living it.

The media loves stories of courageous journalists. Shame on Comedy Central and Jon Stewart for NOT living it.]]></description>
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		<title>Apple and Economic Ignorance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brokenman.com/?p=217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a US American can't distinguish between a private company and the US government, bound by the Constitution, we are in trouble. BIG trouble.]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T Shows Markets Work; Feds Still Don&#039;t Get It</title>
		<link>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/att-shows-markets-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/att-shows-markets-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, competition proves a benefit to consumers, while the Federal government howls about &#8220;fixing&#8221; a &#8220;problem&#8221; that&#8217;s none of its business. Exhibit #1: The author of this AP story about the advertising wars between AT&#38;T and Verizon inadvertently praised free markets: The ad war even prompted lawsuits, although the two agreed late last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Principles at work re: mountaintop removal (Response from ESA)</title>
		<link>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/principles-and-mountaintop-removal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/principles-and-mountaintop-removal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brokenman.com/?p=207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rusty at Evangelicals for Social Action was gracious enough to respond to me and to print my letter in their publication. Here is his response: Hi Christian, It was very good of you to write, and to cause me to rethink the way I wrote that article. I did find myself allied more with the poor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two things learned about freedom this morning</title>
		<link>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/two-things-learned-about-freedom-this-morning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brokenman.com/2010/two-things-learned-about-freedom-this-morning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brokenman.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So what did I learn this morning over my vanilla latte? 1. It is wrong for health insurance companies to raise premiums (or, as the AP describes it, &#8220;[under the President's plan] the government [can] deny or roll back egregious insurance premium increases that infuriated consumers.&#8221; Just the increases that infuriate customers, mind you. Not [...]]]></description>
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