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		<title>Hey! Teacher! Leave the Economy Alone.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one is arguing that when the federal government confiscates money from one sector of the economy and gives it  to another, re: stimulus, there may be a temporary result. Cash for Clunkers was herald as an immense success by the liberal media, yet they did not mention that during the following fiscal quarter car sales dipped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Obama Implosion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blind fervor and national maelstrom that was the lead-up to Obama&#8217;s historic inauguration promised not just Hope and Change, but there also existed a profound, vitriolic, in-your-face righteousness from the rabid left that, finally!, a smart man would be in charge of governing this great country; an educated intellectual would finally put us on track [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Government is a Small Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of our current political issues boil down to one question: What is the role of government?
It is the persistent and instructive Locke vs. Rousseau question: Do our rights come from God and celebrate the individual, or do they come from the State and celebrate the group? Locke argued the former, formidably. Rousseau argued the latter, with brilliant intellect.
However, speaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Beat Obama in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.thepersistentconservative.com/858/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What many pundits miss when considering the 2012 election cycle  is the 800-pound elephant in the room: Obama now has a resume.
What made Obama so special, his aura of invincibility and the great message of Hope and Change that he repeated at every whistle stop on his two-year campaign for the presidency, has been pierced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Patriots Must do Next</title>
		<link>http://www.thepersistentconservative.com/847/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clear, decisive ideological lines have been drawn across the American political landscape since the election of President Obama. Something about our current President has caused more public dissent and agitation than any election I can recall.
At first these lines in the sand knit themselves together with the organic yarn of concerned neighbors holding small rallies. Those modest but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obamacare Vs. the Constitution &#8211; Video</title>
		<link>http://www.thepersistentconservative.com/841/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ted Poe (R-Texas), attempts to defend the ideals and intent of the United States Constitution despite the rhetoric.

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		<title>A Liberal Guide to Debating Conservatives</title>
		<link>http://www.thepersistentconservative.com/822/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<title>New Conservative Podcast Getting Traction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff Writer
Podcasting has quickly grown to become a highly competitive info-market. Busy people want information, but need it on demand, on their terms, and podcast listener-ship has grown exponentially due to advances in do-it-yourself technology and enormous access provided by iTunes and others.
At the top of the podcast kingdom are a couple hundred top-rated shows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative Brian Reilly for FL-20 vs Pelosi-Clone Wasserman Schultz</title>
		<link>http://www.thepersistentconservative.com/807/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ladylibertas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Libertas is pleased to announce my all out Endorsement for Brian Reilly for US Congress in Florida District 20.
Readers of Lady Libertas will remember me mentioning Brian Reilly last summer when I met him at the Tea Party Rally in Fort Lauderdale on July 4. ( See original post here )
Lady Libertas was impressed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Times They are a Changing</title>
		<link>http://www.thepersistentconservative.com/803/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scot Cerullo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by scot cerullo
With his first year as President under his belt, many initial Obama supporters have become disillusioned over the unrealized Hope and Change that drove the 2008 campaign like nitrous oxide.
Obama supporters, independents and a great number of Democrats are scratching their heads because, having climbed this historic political mountain together, having signed on [...]]]></description>
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