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		<title>My thoughts on the race for the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my last blog post, many things have happened in the GOP nominating process. It is pretty amazing to watch the ebbs and flows of the race continue, even though polls have shown that most Republicans are satisfied with the choices that they have in the race. One thing has become very evident to me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1603&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s been a while&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell y&#8217;all something: Ph.D. programs are NOT conducive to regular upkeep of a blog. I am in my first semester here at The University of Alabama, and sometimes I feel like the guy from the Lending Tree commercials, except it is homework that I am in up to my eyeballs. Anyway, this post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1600&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today is September 11th&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.and I feel numb. Not sad, not angry, not anything. Just numb. Everybody has their &#8220;where were you when this happened?&#8221; story, and I am no different. I was in the 12th grade at Tallwood High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and I was sitting in Ms. Hilker&#8217;s Trigonometry class. Before class even gets started, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1590&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Principle, party, or person? A progressive&#8217;s struggle with President Obama.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a very staunch defender of President Obama, both on this blog and in person. It has been only on the rare monumental screw-ups where I have upbraided his poor decision making (see Shirley Sherrod). But lately, I have faced a really big struggle within myself because this Administration has undertaken some actions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1578&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The first day of college&#8230;..at 26.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to be honest&#8230;..this feels a little weird. Today, I started my studies at The University of Alabama. These studies will eventually lead to my earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, with focuses in American Politics, Comparative Politics, and Public Administration. I really could not wait to start them, since it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1574&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Importance to Civics</title>
		<link>http://myprogressivelife.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/importance-to-civics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigs2040</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being an educated citizen is probably one of the most important things that a resident of the United States should be. A high school diploma is commendable, a college degree admirable, but being knowledgeable and fluent in civics and current events. By civics, I mean the basic understanding the rights and duties of citizens. For this post, I will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1572&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>why meeting carl wilkens made me geek out.</title>
		<link>http://myprogressivelife.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/why-meeting-carl-wilkens-made-me-geek-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Weldy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[World Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow Progressive Life-rs: I am currently working out of San Diego, as a &#8220;roadie&#8221; intern for Invisible Children. The experience has been, thus far, indescribably amazing. There have been beautiful moments, heartbreaking ones, and times when I have questioned the sanity of the world around me. I feel constantly reaffirmed in what I am doing, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1552&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bachmann garners narrow win in Ames Straw poll, Perry surprises and Pawlety is Toast!</title>
		<link>http://myprogressivelife.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/bachmann-garners-narrow-win-in-ames-straw-poll-perry-surprises-and-pawlety-is-toast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zebeilkemcc1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the results from the Iowa GOP are in. . . 1. Michele Bachmann 4823 votes  2. Ron Paul 4671, votes  3. Tim Pawlenty 2293 votes  4. Rick Santorum 1657 votes  5. Herman Cain 1456 votes  6. Rick Perry 718 write-in votes  7. Mitt Romney 567 votes  8. Newt Gingrich 385 votes  9. Jon Huntsman 69 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1559&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ames Straw poll picks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zebeilkemcc1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a little over an hour we will be getting the results of the Ames straw poll. But for those of you planning to watch preseason football tonight and who therefore can&#8217;t be distracted by hitting the refresh button for the next hour, I have the results early for you! Please remember this straw poll is democracy GOP style. . . [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1557&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The road trip musings of a young Black man.</title>
		<link>http://myprogressivelife.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/the-road-trip-musings-of-a-young-black-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I drove from my new home in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (roll tide) to Virginia Beach, Virginia, which is where my mother lives. This is a semi-ritualistic trip (semi because there are occasional gaps, and this is my first time back in Virginia in two years) as it always occurs around the time of my mother&#8217;s family reunion, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=myprogressivelife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10315137&amp;post=1534&amp;subd=myprogressivelife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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