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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:14:26 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Rational Politicking</title><subtitle>Articles</subtitle><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-07-20T23:44:13Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>National Debt</title><category term="Economics"/><category term="economics"/><category term="federal deficit"/><category term="national debt"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/5/4/national-debt.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/5/4/national-debt.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-05-05T00:50:49Z</published><updated>2010-05-05T00:50:49Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The federal debt: More than an abstract number.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Comcast v. FCC</title><category term="Comcast v. FCC"/><category term="National Broadband"/><category term="Net Neutrality"/><category term="Net Neutrality"/><category term="court ruling"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/4/12/comcast-v-fcc.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/4/12/comcast-v-fcc.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-04-13T01:51:51Z</published><updated>2010-04-13T01:51:51Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The DoJ ruling against the FCC may jeopardize the National Broadband Plan. Congress can fix the issue...if they want to.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>State of Rage</title><category term="Absurdities"/><category term="Random Musings"/><category term="bricks through windows"/><category term="health care response"/><category term="legislators targeted"/><category term="violence"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/3/29/state-of-rage.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/3/29/state-of-rage.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-03-30T02:08:58Z</published><updated>2010-03-30T02:08:58Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Nonviolence doesn't always work - but violence never does.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>American History Tex</title><category term="Absurdities"/><category term="American History"/><category term="Education"/><category term="Language"/><category term="Texas Board of Education"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/3/15/american-history-tex.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/3/15/american-history-tex.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-03-16T02:38:57Z</published><updated>2010-03-16T02:38:57Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[What did Thomas Jefferson ever do anyway?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Repo 105 Ensured Lehman's Demise</title><category term="Accounting Regulations"/><category term="Economics"/><category term="Lehman Brothers"/><category term="Repo 105"/><category term="Videos"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/3/13/repo-105-ensured-lehmans-demise.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/3/13/repo-105-ensured-lehmans-demise.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-03-13T18:08:13Z</published><updated>2010-03-13T18:08:13Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[The Repo 105 accounting technique utilized by Lehman Brothers which resulted in it's collapse.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Great Divide</title><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/3/2/the-great-divide.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/3/2/the-great-divide.html"/><author><name>Reasoned Voice</name></author><published>2010-03-02T17:45:36Z</published><updated>2010-03-02T17:45:36Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Republicans and Democrats are so ideologically opposite today that efforts to bring the country together on key issues seem pointless, especially when people are so steadfast in their positions. At the same time, congressional representation seems to ignore the fault line. It is time for an honest assessment.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>$1.1 Billion And Counting</title><category term="2010 election"/><category term="Campaign Financing"/><category term="Elections"/><category term="House race"/><category term="Senate race"/><category term="midterm"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/2/25/11-billion-and-counting.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/2/25/11-billion-and-counting.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-02-25T22:54:48Z</published><updated>2010-02-25T22:54:48Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[One of the many broken pieces of government.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Reclamation of the Lecturn</title><category term="Absurdities"/><category term="Health Care"/><category term="International Relations"/><category term="Sarah Palin"/><category term="Tea Party"/><category term="Videos"/><category term="keynote"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/2/8/the-reclamation-of-the-lecturn.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/2/8/the-reclamation-of-the-lecturn.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-02-08T16:40:55Z</published><updated>2010-02-08T16:40:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Palin speaks...again.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Economic Remix</title><category term="Economics"/><category term="Hayek"/><category term="Keynes"/><category term="Videos"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/2/4/the-economic-remix.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/2/4/the-economic-remix.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-02-05T00:59:28Z</published><updated>2010-02-05T00:59:28Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Two dead economists walk into a conference...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Prognosis</title><category term="Random Musings"/><id>http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/2/2/prognosis.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.rationalpoliticking.com/articles/2010/2/2/prognosis.html"/><author><name>The Rationalist</name></author><published>2010-02-03T02:55:34Z</published><updated>2010-02-03T02:55:34Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[A citizens perspective.]]></summary></entry></feed>