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		<title>BCS Bowls Announcement &amp; Legislation</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/12/bcs-bowls-announcement-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BCS selections came out this last Sunday.  Here are the BCS bowl matchups: Championship: Alabama (1) v. Texas (2) Sugar Bowl: Cincinnati (3) v. Florida (5) Rose Bowl: Oregon (7) v. Ohio State (8) Fiesta Bowl: TCU (4) v. Boise State (6) Orange Bowl: Iowa (10) v. Georgia Tech (9) Interesting that even ESPN&#8217;s Pat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Interview with George Stephanopoulos</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/09/obamas-interview-with-george-stephanopoulos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched Obama&#8217;s interview with George Stephanopoulos, part of Sunday morning&#8217;s talk show blitz (he went on five talk shows on Sunday morning), in which he made some incredibly revealing statements about health care and other issues he is currently facing. In the campaign, Obama famously promised not to raise taxes on families making less [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Flip-flop on Offshore Drilling</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/08/obamas-flip-flop-on-offshore-drilling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the recent announcement that the Obama administration has committed to financing $2 billion dollars worth of drilling for oil off the coast of Brazil, a few questions come to mind. It&#8217;s interesting that in last year&#8217;s campaign, when McCain was proposing a multi-faceted energy program that included nuclear, clean coal, and increased domestic oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Budget Cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/07/obamas-budget-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stumbled across this great video with a visual demonstration of the U.S. budget.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: America Is Not A Christian Nation</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/04/obama-america-is-not-a-christian-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/04/obama-america-is-not-a-christian-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>College Football Playoffs</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/03/college-football-playoffs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rgisraelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s call for a college playoff seems to have gotten some serious attention in Congress.  Joe Barton, R-Texas has been talking about a playoff in NCAA Division 1 FBS football for some time, but Orrin Hatch, R-Utah is now holding anti-trust hearings about the BCS in the Senate after Utah&#8217;s perfect record last season still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Real Bi-partisan Stimulus</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2009/01/a-real-bi-partisan-stimulus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here it is, as proposed by Rush Limbaugh. Legislators&#8217; reactions are indicative of the change Obama is bringing.]]></description>
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		<title>Write Your Congressman</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2008/12/write-your-congressman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2008/12/write-your-congressman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rgisraelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November, Mitt Romney, who for years has helped failing businesses turn around and become profitable, called for supporting the free market and allowing the auto companies to go bankrupt. On Monday an article hinted at labeling the bailout in a way that Washington refuses to acknowledge: nationalization. I read two articles this morning about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change In Illinois</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2008/12/change-in-illinois/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2008/12/change-in-illinois/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rgisraelsen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.gregisraelsen.com/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reading an article tonight about Blagojevich&#8217;s scandal that erupted today.  One part of the article quoted his election night speech in which, after having won the election for the Illinois governor in 2002, Blagojevich said, Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, Illinois has voted for change. I couldn&#8217;t help but think of another speech, given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Liberal Media&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2008/11/the-liberal-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gregisraelsen.com/2008/11/the-liberal-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rgisraelsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In reading a (clearly biased) editorial this morning, I came across this statement: The Republican base already seems to be gearing up to regard defeat not as a verdict on conservative policies, but as the result of an evil conspiracy. A recent Democracy Corps poll found that Republicans, by a margin of more than two [...]]]></description>
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