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	<title>The Desert of the Real</title>
	<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog</link>
	<description>Classical Liberalism, Calvinism, and all things Geek</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A soldier dies in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=238</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=238#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	How many of you, seeing that title, passed over it without a moments reaction?  I would dare say that by now, there are very few Americans who even bother paying attention to the number of men dying over there anymore.  If they still read the numbers, I doubt many are impacted by them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Iowa</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=235</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=235#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	Basically, no big surprise.

	Despite how prideful they are about their early caucus and their high opinion of their influence on the overall primary process they are bound and determined to cement themselves as irrelevant to it.  Neither Obama nor Huckabee is going to get the nod from their respective parties.  So all they&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Randy Alcorn on Ron Paul</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=234</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=234#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[	One other (at least) has already said it well in the comments for Randy&#8217;s post.  But I want to add my voice, ignored though it will likely be.

	The values voters debate was a setup.  The people commenting after the debate (one of whom you quoted) were clearly already set on Mike from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economics debate</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=231</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=231#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	Unbelievable!  This is definitely the debate everyone should see!

	I&#8217;m only a part of the way through and I&#8217;ve been skipping through it and I&#8217;ve heard the most incredible things already.  I&#8217;ll have more detail and exact quotes later, but so far I&#8217;ve heard McCain actually suggest that Ron should read The Wealth of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: James Dobson</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=230</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=230#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	As usual, I want to be fair to the people I discuss on this blog.   While Dr Dobson still doesn&#8217;t seem any closer to understanding the value of federalism, I am not so sure he&#8217;ll be supporting any of the so-called &#8220;first tier&#8221; candidates.  In fact, he may not support a republican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Hagee and Israel</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=229</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=229#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	I have not as yet been able to confirm this but I have heard that John Hagee has endorsed (or stated he could endorse, it&#8217;s not clear) Rudy Giuliani for president.

	Now there is a clear display of what an unbalanced and unbiblical eschatology will bring you.  Rudy&#8217;s pro-Israel position is apparently sufficient (for Hagee) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Raid in Dallas Frightens Children</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=228</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=228#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	Some of my favorite excerpts from this article:
&#8220;The kids saw everything, guns drawn [and] masks on the face,&#8221; said Kristen Hendrix, the school&#8217;s director.  &#8220;That&#8217;s pretty traumatic for four, five and six-year-olds.&#8221;
For four, five and six-year-olds?  I&#8217;m 33 and it&#8217;s traumatic for me!
&#8220;What they saw they perceived as a high risk, high dangerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Paey Pardoned!!</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=227</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=227#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	Given the general tenor of posts on this blog, I couldn&#8217;t resist posting some great news.  Richard Paeye has received a full pardon!  This is incredible!  Frankly, I had lost hope that there was enough enough sense left within our government on these issues to even commute his sentence.  Giving him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ignorance of Civics and History</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=226</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=226#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	USA Today has a story out about ISI&#8217;s study of test results for a quiz they give to college students over History and Civics.

	You can take the quiz yourself.  (My results below)

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		<title>General Wesley Clark on Iraq</title>
		<link>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=225</link>
		<comments>http://mark.firinn.org/blog/?p=225#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shamgar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[	

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