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		<title>Cooperation over competition</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2011/01/cooperation-over-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2011/01/cooperation-over-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=1151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In another thread I am having a conversation with &#8220;carter&#8221;, who seems to be a smart and thoughtful person, and a fellow rocketeer, by the look of it. The following is a response to one of his comments that I felt deserved the spotlight of its own post, especially considering how rare I blog these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hate begets violence</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2011/01/hate-begets-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2011/01/hate-begets-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 06:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shooting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tucson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the assassination attempt of a United States congresswoman we must reflect on what separates the United States from places like Iraq and Columbia, to name just a couple, that cross the line from politics to violence. The difference of course it that we don&#8217;t kill each other or each other&#8217;s representatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geithner nails it</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2010/09/geithner-nails-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2010/09/geithner-nails-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=1125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How short the memories of the electorate. When the president took office, the American economy, the envy of the world, was falling off the cliff. Growth was declining at an annual rate of about 6 percent. We were losing three-quarters-of-a-million jobs every month. The American financial system was in freefall. People were wondering whether they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A rejection of extremes</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2010/02/a-rejection-of-extremes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2010/02/a-rejection-of-extremes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=1083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is an amazing thing to watch your generation take over the world. The President of the United States is 4 years older than me. The positions of power in industry, government and culture are being occupied by people my age. It makes you think &#8212; what are our responsibilities to future generations. What are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural America has its head up its ass</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/11/rural-america-has-its-head-up-its-ass/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/11/rural-america-has-its-head-up-its-ass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=1076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every once in awhile these revelations hit me. Once they do they are here for good, the bell can&#8217;t be un-rung. Rural America is killing America. Rural America is the Taliban of rational thought. There is a class war going on but its not between the rich and the poor, nor is it between red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The hysteria on the Right is manufactured</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/10/the-hysteria-on-the-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/10/the-hysteria-on-the-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=1059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(This was going to be a comment on this post.) What if, and I realize it is a big if, Obama&#8217;s health insurance reforms work. What if we all do measurably better under a cooperative approach legislated by the Democrats. Would conservatives be OK with it? I deplore double-standards and I ask myself &#8212; what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micheal Olauson of Valley City is a fucking retard</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/09/micheal-olauson-of-valley-city-is-a-fucking-retard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/09/micheal-olauson-of-valley-city-is-a-fucking-retard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=1053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I present as evidence: Need to respond to Joe DeMasi’s letter in the Times-Record (“Obama on education: Superintendent should have stood up to bullies,” Monday). We were some of the “objectioning” parents to our good dictator’s speech on Sept. 8. We are very glad that our school administrators had enough sense to recognize propaganda for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lolife Podcast No. 76</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/08/the-lolife-podcast-no-76/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/08/the-lolife-podcast-no-76/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=1044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hell froze, pigs flew and I recorded a new podcast! You can listen to it here or perhaps you want to subscribe (or iTunes)? It&#8217;s my usual profanity-ridden chatter about politics. It&#8217;s called Taxes and the Nanny State. Take a listen and post a comment with your thoughts.]]></description>
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		<title>What is a racist?</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/05/what-is-a-racist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/05/what-is-a-racist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 23:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=1001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of attention being given to this quote by Sonia Sotomayor: A wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn&#8217;t lived that life. Do you think this is a racist quote? What is your definition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonia Sotomayor</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/05/sonia-sotomayor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/05/sonia-sotomayor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 23:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supreme court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to say this before I know more. Let&#8217;s evaluate her the same way we do everybody else. It&#8217;s gonna get rough. It should get rough. Hopefully people will be respectful and to the extent they are not, they should be ignored. If you search back on this blog, I was respectful to both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats, quit trying to legislate everything</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/05/democrats-quit-trying-to-legislate-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/05/democrats-quit-trying-to-legislate-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 02:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=996</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is well known that I find the Republican party detestable. Any party with the support of Coulter, Hannity, Limbaugh and Glen Beck will never get my support. So don&#8217;t get too excited, Righties. But I am seriously getting bummed out with the inept notion that any problem has a legislative solution. It effects me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama stand-up</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/05/obama-stand-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/05/obama-stand-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=991</guid>
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		<title>The Right: we&#8217;re fine with torture</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/the-right-were-fine-with-torture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/the-right-were-fine-with-torture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t think of any other explanation. If you listen to Cheney or the guys at Powerline, the only impression you can be left with is, if torture works, we should use it. Obama may be criticized for trying to thread the needle on this one. He doesn&#8217;t want to start a witch hunt on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I hate micadelic</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/why-i-hate-micadelic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/why-i-hate-micadelic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First let me say that micadelic, the Right-leaning commenter on this blog, is someone I know in real life and he is a very nice person. I don&#8217;t hate him in real life. But I HATE him in &#8220;cyberspace&#8221;. Here is why. There are people I almost instantly like and respect and I&#8217;ve been thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The age of dissent under Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/the-age-of-dissent-under-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/the-age-of-dissent-under-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My opinion on dissent has not changed &#8212; it is a good thing. Actual debate is always good. And right now some actual debate is occurring. For example, Krugman, who I like, doesn&#8217;t like Obama&#8217;s bail-out plan. Neither do some other economists I read and listen to. I think Obama has gotten a wide range [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OMG Obama smiled at Chavez!</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/omg-obama-smiled-at-chavez/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/omg-obama-smiled-at-chavez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I think that if Obama is kind and respectful to the leaders of Venezuela, North Korea and Iran it will be a good thing. Diplomacy is an art. The Bush foreign policy doctrine was a joke. Call them names, ignore them, demonize them &#8212; WTF did that get us? Obama is obviously going for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What would the world look like if the Right had their way?</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/what-would-the-world-look-like-if-the-right-had-their-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/04/what-would-the-world-look-like-if-the-right-had-their-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[JUST LIKE IT DID FOR THE LAST 8 FUCKING YEARS UNDER THE WORST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. It is fucking ridiculous that the goddamn Right Wing thinks we are going to forget the last 8 fucking years. If you disagree with the approach Obama is taking &#8212; GOOD! That means we might be on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama on a roll already</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/01/obama-on-a-roll-already/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/01/obama-on-a-roll-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am proud of Obama already. He is closing Gitmo and he is unreservedly renouncing torture. Good on ya!]]></description>
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		<title>The Obama Years</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/01/the-obama-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/01/the-obama-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cheney]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am, of course, very, very happy that Barack Obama is taking office. I think he is going to be a great President. He is smart and shown excellent judgment so far. I think we elected a very good man and I am optimistic that he will point us back in the right direction. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ATF hates rocketeers</title>
		<link>http://www.lolife.com/2009/01/the-atf-hates-rocketeers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lolife.com/2009/01/the-atf-hates-rocketeers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lolife</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rocket]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lolife.com/?p=889</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ATF, let&#8217;s just say, does not strike one as the most reasonable organization in the world. They are oh-so-serious and important and protecting us all from something or other THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS. Like, you know, me. I&#8217;m an amateur scientist who enjoys launching high-power model rockets. The ATF, in their infinite wisdom, treats [...]]]></description>
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