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		<title>comment of the day: elections and governing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=8026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I saw this comment in The Guardian: The French elections lasted for what? A month and a half, now they have a new President. Our elections begin 2 years in advance and don&#8217;t end until super tuesday which sounds like a sporting event. Our leaders cannot function because they are always fighting for their jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>et le gagnant est</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a socialist candidate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=7815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#60;and the winner is&#62; Ok. Let’s say the people won today. If I were to tell you over 81% of all adults actually voted … and at least 4 candidates had over 11% of the votes (and the 4 of them had about 85% of all votes) you would tend to believe the process is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>manifesto book end thinking (a series of two)</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/manifesto-book-end-thinking-a-series-of-two</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/manifesto-book-end-thinking-a-series-of-two#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=7084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This is going to be a 2 part series discussing 2 incredibly well written and often misunderstood documents. These two documents are a reflection of two of the most important and influential political theories ever created. Both documents continue to influence and provoke discussion on ideology, capitalism and government. And mostly I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bookend 1: american constitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land – nor, perhaps, the sun and stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. The chart is the Constitution.” – Daniel Webster Ok. I begin the two part series with the American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>bookend 2: manifesto of the communist party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last of my “manifesto” series. But it was maybe the first that I thought about. Because as I watch the news and see the pictures in Egypt and Sudan and the middle east &#60;and everything else associated with a populace driven revolution&#62; I thought about the manifesto of the communist party (more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>water water everywhere … but nary a drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. &#8211; Coleridge (the Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Nope. This isn’t going to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>message to those who will repair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We are many, many people and yet we are one. What we do today with our thinking, what we do tomorrow with our thoughts, what we do with our actions and our interactions with people determines the course of the universe itself. You are not powerless. You are not without power.” &#8211; Little Crow This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>repairing your faults</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.&#8221; – Alexis de Tocqueville Similar to Alexis lately I am keenly aware of America’s faults … but just as much of its virtues. I also find that many of my friends are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>how an arms race begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. I am not a pacifist. And while I do believe having a viable military, and using it properly, has a role I am constantly reminded of what Hemingway said .. &#8220;Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.&#8221; Regardless. I do wonder how arms races (which inevitably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the debate(s) is over</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well. The Republican Presidential candidate tv debates in the USA are over (we hope) … but the debate in general will range over the next several months. So. That last republican TV debate Wednesday night. Whew … boy oh boy.  We surely better hope that no one in any other country watched the debate. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>imbalance creating global unrest</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/imbalance-creating-global-unrest</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok. This was a complicated one to write. Partially my own issue in that I study cyclical history (the study of the fact we are doomed to make the same errors because of generational experience … or lack of experience depending on where we are in the cycle). As well as I see how attitudes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. I am not a middle east expert by any stretch of the imagination. But a lot of stuff is happening which includes the word “Iran” a lot. And, frankly, not a lot of good stuff. Foreign Affairs magazine had an interesting article or two (they always do a nice job of sharing opposing points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>its all about the balance sheet, baby</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/its-all-about-the-balance-sheet-baby</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. This is about the American economy and a plea for all of us to quit bitching about how the government is the fault for all our economic woes. Yeah, sure, the government could (and should) take some actions to help … and improve their own balance sheet. But. The combination of the US population [...]]]></description>
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		<title>poverty redefined?</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/poverty-redefined</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. The US Census Bureau has redefined poverty in the USA. Its kind of like having someone give you a new report card for a past semester. Whoa. (I am certain this was a West Wing episode … it was) It&#8217;s from a Season 3 episode called &#8220;Indians in the Lobby&#8221; where two White House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the appeal of ron paul</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/the-appeal-of-ron-paul</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=6375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. I typically don&#8217;t write about politics because, well, I typically believe if you don&#8217;t have anything nice to say don&#8217;t say anything at all. In addition politics-speak makes my head hurt.  Its kind of like listening to a new business guy called the ‘king of Babble-on” (Babylon so you get the full reference). It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>economic center of gravity</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/economic-center-of-gravity</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an awesome study completed in late 2010 called “Global Economy’s Shifting Centre of Gravity.” Ok. Maybe not awesome to some people … but to me? Fascinating reading (I actually read it over my vacation which included some cocktails while reading &#38; making notes). Here is the net: -          In 1980 the global economy’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pravda, Putin &amp; Poverty in the USofA</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/pravda-putin-poverty-in-the-usofa</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Economist has Putin on its cover and it made me think about checking out what the Pravda had to say. God almighty I love taking a couple of minutes and reading the Russian paper Pravda online every once in awhile. As a reminder. Pravda is kind of like russia’s version of USA Today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>getting different points of view</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/getting-different-points-of-view</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=5852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whew. If you ever want to get a really different point of view go read the Pravda (a Russian newspaper. http://english.pravda.ru/). The newspaper was originally the voice of communism and while it currently claims to have no resemblance to the original communist Pravda its mission remains &#8220;to report the truth and nothing but the truth&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>different point of view part 2</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/different-point-of-view-part-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<title>story of 2 americas part 1 – the haves</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. This is a story about 2 Americas and the recession. This is a story about the haves and the have nots. PewResearch calls this the story of the “One Recession, 2 Americas.” And this article focuses on the ‘haves.’ Ok. Let me begin with the fact that a lot of people are making a [...]]]></description>
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