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		<title>In defense of the people celebrating bin Laden&#8217;s death</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/03/in-defense-of-the-people-celebrating-bin-ladens-death/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/03/in-defense-of-the-people-celebrating-bin-ladens-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 20:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sub4:Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osama Bin Laden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bin Laden's death is a victory in the struggle between good and evil. That's something to celebrate.]]></description>
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		<title>The Legend of Colin Kelly</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/10/the-legend-of-colin-kelly/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/10/the-legend-of-colin-kelly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pearl Harbor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Francisco, California, United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott G. Erickson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Philippines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The vestiges of American heroism and sacrifice exist all around us, even on lonely street signs in the middle of a city.]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi&#8217;s ethics failure</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/18/pelosis-ethics-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/18/pelosis-ethics-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles B. Rangel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Rangel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Ensign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Sanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine Waters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott G. Erickson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years after Nancy Pelosi became speaker, the swamp has yet to be drained.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Earmark moratorium is the right move</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/15/earmark-moratorium-is-the-right-move/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/15/earmark-moratorium-is-the-right-move/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business and Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earmark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim DeMint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott G. Erickson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An earmark moratorium would be largely symbolic, but it would help distinguish fiscally responsible Republicans from big spending Democrats.]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi, Obama, and the politics of delusion</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/11/pelosi-obama-and-the-politics-of-delusion/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/11/pelosi-obama-and-the-politics-of-delusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[111th United States Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scott G. Erickson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unmoved by the obvious sentiment conveyed by the American people last Tuesday, Democrats choose to continue pursuing the politics of delusion.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Homegrown terror: Revisiting the path to domestic radicalization</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/14/homegrown-terror-revisiting-the-path-to-domestic-radicalization/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/14/homegrown-terror-revisiting-the-path-to-domestic-radicalization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law enforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott G. Erickson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September 11 attacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The four steps on the road to radicalization.]]></description>
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		<title>If pot is legalized, government will distort the market for it</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/07/if-pot-is-legalized-government-will-distort-the-market-for-it/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/07/if-pot-is-legalized-government-will-distort-the-market-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cannabis in the United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prohibition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott G. Erickson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Proponents of legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana have too much faith in the power of government to alleviate social ills.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Evolving terror threat requires evolving countermeasures</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/16/evolving-terror-threat-requires-evolving-countermeasures/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/16/evolving-terror-threat-requires-evolving-countermeasures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[War on Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Homegrown terrorism is an increasing threat. We need to adapt our counter-terrorism strategies accordingly.]]></description>
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		<title>Quds Day protests foreshadow difficult Mideast peace process</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/07/quds-day-protests-foreshadow-difficult-mideast-peace-process/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/07/quds-day-protests-foreshadow-difficult-mideast-peace-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Zionism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hizballah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iranian government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scott G. Erickson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iran’s provocative Quds Day protests are a reminder of the threat that a nuclear Iran would pose.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Blago joins the crooked conga line of Illinois corruption</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/19/blago-joins-the-crooked-conga-line-of-illinois-corruption/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/19/blago-joins-the-crooked-conga-line-of-illinois-corruption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago,Illinois,United States]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governor of Illinois]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rod Blagojevich]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on one count of lying to federal agents, he joined a long line of Illinois governors and politicos whose misdeeds bound them to fates ranging from mere social rebuke to extended stays in a variety of penal institutions]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wikileaks revelations an act of brazen irresponsibility</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/03/wikileaks-revelations-an-act-of-brazen-irresponsibility/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/03/wikileaks-revelations-an-act-of-brazen-irresponsibility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rationale for many who support the circulation of the Wikileaks documents has been a desire to promote “transparency.” Proper governance requires a well-informed electorate and government alone cannot be entrusted to determine what information should be kept from public view]]></description>
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		<title>John Kerry, Isabel, and the expiration of the Bush tax cuts</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/28/john-kerry-isabel-and-the-expiration-of-the-bush-tax-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/28/john-kerry-isabel-and-the-expiration-of-the-bush-tax-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business and Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts, United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama administration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator John Kerry’s recent attempt to avoid the high boat-use tax rates of the Bay State shows that when a legislative body aims to alleviate its fiscal morass by imposing ever-higher tax rates on its people they often only succeed in producing unintended consequences]]></description>
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		<title>Rangel inquiry portends difficult midterm for Democrats</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/27/rangel-inquiry-portends-difficult-midterm-for-democrats/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/27/rangel-inquiry-portends-difficult-midterm-for-democrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles B. Rangel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Rangel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ethics inquiry into Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) should come as no surprise to congressional watchers]]></description>
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		<title>Absence of integrity characterized Journolist scandal</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/22/absence-of-integrity-characterized-journolist-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/22/absence-of-integrity-characterized-journolist-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JournoList]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journolist - Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surprising, however, was the extent to which acrimony toward conservatives and outright enthusiasm for liberals distinguished the online correspondence to which many participants within the discussion group known as Journolist engaged]]></description>
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		<title>A retrospective on the Cambridge police incident and Obama&#8217;s response: One year later</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/14/a-retrospective-on-the-cambridge-police-incident-and-obama%e2%80%99s-response-one-year-later/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/14/a-retrospective-on-the-cambridge-police-incident-and-obama%e2%80%99s-response-one-year-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the past year much has made over how the event in Cambridge bespoke of inequitable policing practices in America]]></description>
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		<title>Americans lament Obama&#8217;s leadership vacuum</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/25/americans-lament-obamas-leadership-vaccum/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/25/americans-lament-obamas-leadership-vaccum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans need their president to step forward and lead them in times of great difficulty. If President Obama can find within himself the ability to offer that leadership then perhaps his competence will increase within the eyes of the American people as well]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and the politicization of a moral panic</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/18/obama-and-the-politicization-of-a-moral-panic/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/18/obama-and-the-politicization-of-a-moral-panic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailycaller.com/?p=1225971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his address from the oval office on Tuesday, President Obama used his pulpit not to assuage the concerns of those suffering in the Gulf region but instead to take advantage of the situation and make the case for his own policy agenda]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea and the nuclear trump card</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/10/north-korea-and-the-nuclear-trump-card/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/10/north-korea-and-the-nuclear-trump-card/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Zionism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-Moon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Levant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma Zhaoxu]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailycaller.com/?p=1178212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kim can wield this leverage over his more powerful neighbors simply because they fear the repercussions of provocation more than they fear the underlying acts of aggression itself]]></description>
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		<title>Calderon&#8217;s misguided criticisms</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/27/calderons-misguided-criticisms/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/27/calderons-misguided-criticisms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime in Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Felipe Calderon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailycaller.com/?p=1087987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rather than using his visit to Washington as a forum for criticizing his host country, President Calderon would have been better served emphasizing his understanding of the frustrations consuming the American people]]></description>
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		<title>The consequences of diplomacy</title>
		<link>http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/21/the-consequences-of-diplomacy/</link>
		<comments>http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/21/the-consequences-of-diplomacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 04:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Erickson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dailycaller.com/?p=1050518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While diplomatic unity and a cohesive, global approach toward the Iranian nuclear threat are desirable they should not supplant the very real and tangible safety net offered by a comprehensive missile defense system]]></description>
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