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		<title>THE CRUMBLING U.S. ECONOMY: PUTTING IT INTO PERSPECTIVE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Y&#8217;know, sometimes life is all about putting things into perspective. I&#8217;m reminded of a scene in one of my favorite books, The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. In this book, Arthur Dent has been rescued from Earth, by his friend who turns out to be an alien, just before the planet is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=118&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE OBAMESSIAH COMPLEX</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.R. LeMar</dc:creator>
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This blog was partially inspired by some other recent blogs
that I have read.
MULATTO OF THE MONTH
AN HISTORIC INAUGURATION&#8230;NOW WHAT?
OBAMA IS MY ACE, BUT, SERIOUSLY, GET OFF THE MAN&#8217;S DICK
I&#8217;ve always found the constant cries of &#8220;messiah,&#8221;
&#8220;celebrity,&#8221; &#8220;savior,&#8221; etc. to be both amusing and
annoying. First, it&#8217;s insulting in that it implies that
everyone who voted for him [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=107&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>REPOST: SENATOR IRAQ OSAMA FOR PRESIDENT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.R. LeMar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1/20/09 UPDATE: This is the blog that I originally wrote on 12/23/06 &#38; posted on my Myspace page. It&#8217;s interesting to see how certain I was that I was right (love the part where I wrote &#8220;Ni**a please!&#8221;). Yet, as we can see, I was WRONG (although I was correct about the enhanced expectations he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=102&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE PLANET OF THE APES!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angry monkeys in China give trainer a beating
Reported 12/18/2008 by Guardian Unlimited 


Angry monkeys turned on their trainer in a market in Sizhou, China, after he handed out a vicious beating to one of the trio during a performance of them riding mini bicycles.
 
 


While one twisted his ears, another pulled his hair out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=70&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>KEEP YOUR STINKIN’ SHOES ON, DUMBASS!</title>
		<link>http://jrlemar.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/keep-your-stinkin%e2%80%99-shoes-on-dumbass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.R. LeMar</dc:creator>
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Ha ha, very funny.
I hate that this is my 3rd straight blog that deals with politics in some way, but I just have to say this. I&#8217;m sure that, by now, most everyone has seen or heard of this incident, where some Iraqi journalist threw his shoes @ President Bush. I wasn&#8217;t going to talk [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=62&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SO WE’VE ELECTED OUR FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT&#8230;NOW WHAT?</title>
		<link>http://jrlemar.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/so-we%e2%80%99ve-elected-our-first-black-presidentnow-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.R. LeMar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harold Ford Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jindal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking about the election of Barack Hussein Obama,
and what a historical event this is. I&#8217;ve even had conservative
friends (yes, I do have some), whom did not vote for him,
admit that this is a pretty historic achievement in U.S. history.
And now I&#8217;m wondering what&#8217;s next?
There are certain other &#8220;firsts&#8221; that haven&#8217;t happened, some
that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=55&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE OBAMAS CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING</title>
		<link>http://jrlemar.wordpress.com/2008/11/28/the-obamas-celebrate-thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.R. LeMar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Malia Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Abdon Pallasch
Sun-Times Political Writer
CHICAGO&#8211;President-elect Barack Obama and his family spent an hour handing out chickens, potatoes, bread and other Thanksgiving food to poor families on Chicago&#8217;s South Side Wednesday morning after Obama introduced his latest economic advisors. Then he shook hands with Catholic grade school students ecstatic to see him.
Many of the poor and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=46&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA</title>
		<link>http://jrlemar.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/president-barack-hussein-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people didn&#8217;t think it could be done.
And I was one of them.
I said it online, in my own blog, and other friend&#8217;s blogs. As
well as other online message boards. I said that Amerca
would never elect a Black man who&#8217;s middle name
is Hussein and who&#8217;s last name rhymes with Osama. I said
no chance in Hell.
And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=41&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE U.S GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11!!!</title>
		<link>http://jrlemar.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/the-us-government-was-responsible-for-911/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.R. LeMar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, that&#8217;s what SOME people think. But I don&#8217;t believe
so. And I&#8217;m going to tell you why. 
Generally speaking, I have a natural distrust of all authority,
be it political, capitalistic, or religious. I consider myself a
skeptic, but I&#8217;m also a realist. I follow the principle known as
&#8220;Occum&#8217;s Razor,&#8221; which basically states that &#8220;All things being
equal, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jrlemar.wordpress.com&blog=4015711&post=14&subd=jrlemar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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