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		<title>John Carter – Profile in Hypocrisy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Lone Star Project, comes this tidbit about Republican Congressman John Carter:
Texas Republican leads partisan attack while hiding over a quarter million dollars in personal profits
Texas Republican John Carter (TX31 – Round Rock) is the lead Republican attack dog in a harshly partisan effort to vilify a senior Democratic member for reporting errors on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1918</link>
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		<title>Kay: please run for governor and quit your day job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I sent an email to KayBee asking her to support the Hate Crimes bill, her response is classic Republican:
Hate Crimes Legislation: I oppose attempts by some in the Senate to attach legislation that is not germane to these defense measures. One such example is the Hate Crimes Amendment that was introduced by Senate Democrats. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1916</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your contribution going to be?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event:
The story of America isn’t about people who quit when things got tough. It’s about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best.
It’s the story of students who sat where you sit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1909</link>
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		<title>Keeping the kids home?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m kind of amazed at all the chatter about keeping the kids at home for Obama&#8217;s televised speech to all school children next week. Where was the feigned outrage when George W Bush or Ronald Reagan spoke to school kids? What&#8217;s driving the outrage anyway, could it be that maybe they&#8217;re afraid that their children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1906</link>
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		<title>The Sheep and the Goats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m certainly not what anyone would refer to as religious, but I was raised Catholic by my parents. I&#8217;ve heard this Gospel before, it&#8217;s a common choice to be read at Catholic funerals, and as I was watching the funeral mass for Ted Kennedy yesterday, I thought this reading was really appropriate considering what Kennedy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1904</link>
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		<title>Fully Inclusive ENDA Likely This Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Representative Carter, didja see this? Autumn over at Pam&#8217;s House Blend calls your attention to this New York Times article:
New Impetus for Bill Banning Anti-Gay Bias at Work
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 27, 2009
Filed at 2:59 p.m. ET
Momentum is building for Congress to pass the first major civil rights act protecting gays and transsexuals, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1902</link>
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		<title>Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 29 states, it&#8217;s still legal to fire someone because they&#8217;re gay; in 38 states it is legal to fire someone for being transgender.
Thousands of hardworking lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans have lost their livelihoods simply because of who they are. HRC is working to end this bitter injustice by passing a fully inclusive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1900</link>
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		<title>Wrong answer, John</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Representative John Carter (R-TX) came to a town hall meeting at IBM in Austin yesterday, and I had the opportunity to ask him about why he voted NO on ENDA (employee non discrimination act). His answer was along the lines of he believed that being gay wasn&#8217;t an attribute that deserved protection from discrimination. So, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1898</link>
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		<title>Innovation matters&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama: Innovation key to improving the economy
As recession winds down, &#8217;spirit of innovation&#8217; essential to future prosperity
By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer
On Saturday August 1, 2009, 10:34 pm EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; Future economic prosperity depends on building a new, stronger foundation and recapturing the &#8220;spirit of innovation,&#8221; President Barack Obama says.
&#8220;Innovation has been essential to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1896</link>
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		<title>July 3, 2009: Avery Ranch Golf Tournament and Fireworks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Avery Ranch Golf Tournament will start in the afternoon on July 3, more info at the Avery Ranch Golf website.
Avery Ranch will be hosting Fireworks again this year on July 3, after Dark, viewable from the Avery Ranch Golf Course and the Avery Ranch Main Amenity Center. 
This year the live music at the Main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://steviouscam.homelinux.com/blog/?p=1894</link>
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