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		<title>Controlling Leviathan: The Battle for Limited Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not a fight that pits Democrats against Republicans, it is a fight that pits the European style, mind-numbing socialist system against the American style mind-expanding private enterprise system. There are few people I know of who are better equipped to explain this fight for human freedom than Dan Mitchell. Watch this video and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>This is not a fight that pits <a class="zem_slink" title="Democratic Party (United States)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.democrats.org">Democrats</a> against <a class="zem_slink" title="Republican Party (United States)" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gop.com">Republicans</a>, it is a fight that pits the European style, mind-numbing <a class="zem_slink" title="Socialism" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism">socialist</a> system against the <a class="zem_slink" title="United States" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667%20%28United%20States%29&amp;t=h">American</a> style mind-expanding <a class="zem_slink" title="Privately-owned enterprise" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privately-owned_enterprise">private enterprise</a> system. There are few people I know of who are better equipped to explain this fight for <a class="zem_slink" title="Liberty" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty">human freedom</a> than Dan Mitchell. Watch this video and see what he has to say.</p>
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<h2>Question and Answer Session: The Fight Against Big Government</h2>
<p>In this Q&amp;A session Dan expands on what he said in the preceding video. More than a simple follow up, this is an enlightening follow through.</p>
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		<title>Hey, Stupid! Have We Got a Deal for You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["What we are not doing -- what I have no interest in doing -- is running GM," says the president [Barak Obama, a.k.a. Barakbarous Obabomination] who, when not firing GM's CEO, purging its board of directors and picking new members, is designing new products  Apparently he has overcome his professed reluctance to run GM.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>From the <em>How Not To</em> section of the <a id="aptureLink_s21Owev453" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380715228?tag=lawsmilmyperi-20"><em><span class="zem_slink">Pursuit of Happiness</span></em> </a>files comes this quote:</p>
<p>&#8220;What we are not doing &#8212; what I have no interest in doing &#8212; is running <a class="zem_slink" title="General Motors" rel="homepage" href="http://www.gm.com">GM</a>,&#8221; says the president [<a id="aptureLink_FpYVYN0b6k" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFdAJRVm94">Barak Obama</a> , a.k.a. Barakbarous Obabomination] who, when not firing GM&#8217;s CEO, purging its <a class="zem_slink" title="Board of directors" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_directors">board of directors</a> and picking new members, is designing new products (imposing fuel economy requirements that will control size, weight, passenger capacity and safety). The president, overcoming his professed reluctance to run GM, resembles the<a id="aptureLink_HTmYRstZWd" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Marquis"> <span class="zem_slink">journalist</span> <span class="zem_slink">Don Marquis</span> </a>when, after a month on the wagon, he ordered a <a class="zem_slink" title="Cocktail glass" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_glass">double martini</a> and exclaimed: &#8220;I&#8217;ve conquered my goddam willpower.&#8221;</p>
<p>See the full story <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060502835.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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