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		<title>The 2008 Republican National Convention can choose CHANGE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Labor Day, Sept. 1, individual members of the Republican Party will congregate in St. Paul, Minn&#8230;By choosing Ron Paul as the Republican nominee for president of the United States, the delegates to the Republican National Convention will give the American voter the opportunity to choose what the vast majority of Americans want &#8211; real [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=154&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Labor Day, Sept. 1, individual members of the Republican Party will congregate in St. Paul, Minn&#8230;By choosing Ron Paul as the Republican nominee for president of the United States, the delegates to the Republican National Convention will give the American voter the opportunity to choose what the vast majority of Americans want &#8211; real  change!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/individual_43652___article.html/choose_president.html?referrer=digg">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/The_2008_Republican_National_Convention_can_choose_CHANGE">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Buy A Gateway From Gateway Anymore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when many people would have bet on Gateway to become the largest direct retailer of computers in America instead of Dell. They had a funky vibe going with their black and white cow-spotted boxes, and the future seemed very bright indeed. That future never materialized, and Gateway was acquired by Acer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=153&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a time when  many people would have bet on Gateway to become the largest direct retailer of computers in America instead of Dell. They had a funky vibe going with their black and white cow-spotted boxes, and the future seemed very bright indeed. That future never materialized, and Gateway was acquired by Acer last year for a comparatively</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hothardware.com/News/You-Cant-Buy-A-Gateway-From-Gateway-Anymore/">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/hardware/You_Can_t_Buy_A_Gateway_From_Gateway_Anymore">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>Digg Troll JCM267 Whines About People Sharing Digg Articles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digg is a website with many members from all walks of life, and it is normal that Digg articles are shared on forums outside of Digg. However JCM267 is the Digg Grinch and doesn&#8217;t want to promote anything. All he does is try to tear down what he doesn&#8217;t like. http://digg.com/people/ JCM267_Story_Does_a_troll_looking_in_the_mirror_see_a_troll read more &#124; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=152&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Digg is a website with many members from all walks of life, and it is normal that Digg articles are shared on forums outside of Digg.  However JCM267 is the Digg Grinch and doesn&#8217;t want to promote anything.  All he does is try to tear down what he doesn&#8217;t like.</p>
<p>http://digg.com/people/<br />
JCM267_Story_Does_a_troll_looking_in_the_mirror_see_a_troll</p>
<p><a href="http://s103.photobucket.com/albums/m124/jcm267/RonPaulForums%20used%20to%20game%20digg/">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/people/Digg_Troll_JCM267_Whines_About_People_Sharing_Digg_Articles">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>Communist Party Endorses Pres. Candidate.  Guess who!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The struggle to defeat the ultra-right and turn our country on a positive path will not end with Obama ’s election. But that step will shift the ground for successful struggles going forward. One thing is clear. None of the people’s struggles — from peace to universal health care to an economy that puts Main [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=151&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The struggle to defeat the ultra-right and turn our country on a positive path will not end with Obama<br />
’s election. But that step will shift the ground for successful struggles going forward.  One thing is clear. None of the people’s struggles — from peace to universal health care to an economy that puts Main Street before Wall Street &#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleprint/975/">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Communist_Party_Endorses_Pres_Candidate_Guess_who">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>US Federal Reserve Praised by Zimbabwe Central Bankers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The same folks responsible for billion dollar bills are now praising the US Federal Reserve for &#8220;sound&#8221; monetary policy! &#8220;The USA Central Bank again responded by injecting over US$160 billion between &#8230;to provide impetus to the American economy and prevent a worse crisis from happening.&#8221; read more &#124; digg story<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=150&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The same folks responsible for billion dollar bills are now praising the US Federal Reserve for &#8220;sound&#8221; monetary policy! &#8220;The USA Central Bank again responded by injecting over US$160 billion between &#8230;to provide impetus to the American economy and prevent a worse crisis from happening.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rbz.co.zw/pdfs/2008%20MPS/AprilMPS2008.pdf">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/business_finance/US_Federal_Reserve_Praised_by_Zimbabwe_Central_Bankers">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>Digg and the N Word or &#8220;When political arguments get ugly.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post pokes fun at those who resort to name calling when they don&#8217;t agree with something posted on Digg. &#8220;Nigg has been biased &#8230; before, including banning me for a while for my political views, and that&#8217;s why there&#8217;s a tradition of taking steps to hide the HTTP_REFERER of the Nigg visitors coming from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=149&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post pokes fun at those who resort to name calling when they don&#8217;t agree with something posted on Digg.  &#8220;Nigg has been biased &#8230; before, including banning me for a while for my political views, and that&#8217;s why there&#8217;s a tradition of taking steps to hide the HTTP_REFERER of the Nigg visitors coming from that site.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://bbs.freetalklive.com/index.php?topic=22678.0">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/comedy/Digg_and_the_N_Word_or_When_political_arguments_get_ugly">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Rally for the Republic&#8221; Event threatens Establishment</title>
		<link>http://vikingotj.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/rally-for-the-republic-event-threatens-establishment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Rally for the Republic&#8221; Event in MN Threatens Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Ron Paul, Jesse Ventura and more bring Jeffersonian Classic Liberalism back into the American Political Scene. Taken from Barry Donegan&#8217;s Today&#8217;s Dangerous Truth election year series at thegauntlet.com read more &#124; digg story<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=148&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Rally for the Republic&#8221; Event in MN Threatens Republican and Democratic National Conventions.  Ron Paul, Jesse Ventura and more bring Jeffersonian Classic Liberalism back into the American Political Scene.</p>
<p>Taken from Barry Donegan&#8217;s Today&#8217;s Dangerous Truth election year series at thegauntlet.com</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thegauntlet.com/dangeroustruths/article.php?id=23">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/political_opinion/Rally_for_the_Republic_Event_threatens_Establishment">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>Bank Bailouts Pushing United States Towards Zimbabwe Debacle</title>
		<link>http://vikingotj.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/bank-bailouts-pushing-united-states-towards-zimbabwe-debacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Fannie and Freddie bailouts, the national debt limit was increased in the United States by $800 billion. These translates into almost certain increased further massive debasement of the value of the U.S. dollar. read more &#124; digg story<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=147&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With the Fannie and Freddie bailouts, the national debt limit was increased in the United States by $800 billion. These translates into almost certain increased further massive debasement of the value of the U.S. dollar.</p>
<p><a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/87593-the-housing-bill-one-step-closer-to-the-united-states-of-zimbabwe">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/business_finance/Bank_Bailouts_Pushing_United_States_Towards_Zimbabwe_Debacle">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>IRS Loses in Court</title>
		<link>http://vikingotj.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/irs-loses-in-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If I charge you $500 to fix your toilet, what part of that is profit or capital gain? The answer: You cannot decipher. Therefore, you cannot tax something that is considered an equal exchange on labor. You fix my toilet, I give you $500. It is quite simple.&#8221; ROCK ON read more &#124; digg story<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=146&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If I charge you $500 to fix your toilet, what part of that is profit or capital gain? The answer: You cannot decipher. Therefore, you cannot tax something that is considered an equal exchange on labor. You fix my toilet, I give you $500. It is quite simple.&#8221; ROCK ON</p>
<p><a href="http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56855">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/politics/IRS_Loses_in_Court">digg story</a></p>
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		<title>Democratic Convention Protesters Barred from Throwing FECES</title>
		<link>http://vikingotj.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/democratic-convention-protesters-barred-from-throwing-feces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Denver City Council has passed an ordinance barring protesters from carrying buckets of feces during the Democratic National Convention. Three protest groups say they&#8217;ve already promised not to toss, smear or spray feces, and they call the new ordinance insulting and excessive. read more &#124; digg story<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vikingotj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2867382&amp;post=145&amp;subd=vikingotj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Denver City Council has passed an ordinance barring protesters from carrying buckets of feces during the Democratic National Convention.<br />
Three protest groups say they&#8217;ve already promised not to toss, smear or spray feces, and they call the new ordinance insulting and excessive.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-05-denver-poop_N.htm#uslPageReturn">read more</a> | <a href="http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Democratic_Convention_Protesters_Barred_from_Throwing_FECES">digg story</a></p>
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