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		<title>True American Heroes: Me and John McCain</title>
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Leon Walker is a TNTalk! contributing writer. You can look for his columns at least every Saturday &#8220;write here on TNTalk!&#8221; To find out more about Leon, check out our writers page.
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Senator John McCain is a true American hero.  That&#8217;s a good thing. Me, too. That is not exactly what initially came to mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tennessee Republicians and Patriotic Cleansing</title>
		<link>http://tntalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/tennessee-and-patriotic-cleansing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pride in America is becoming the latest focus as simple-minded politicians and mindless flag wavers try to pretend that everything in America is always great. Michelle Obama has recently come under fire by Tennessee Republicans for stating that she was “proud of America for the first time in her life” in election coverage from Madison, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impatience and Pundits</title>
		<link>http://tntalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/impatience-and-pundits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton&#8217;s victory in West Virginia has anchored her resolve to stay in the presidential race. Yet, as far as the presidential nomination, she is a woman without a hope. There is not a clear legal path with her nomination for president in the Democratic Party. She has been putting a large amount of her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tornadoes in Life</title>
		<link>http://tntalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/tornadoes-in-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tornadoes in life can come from many sources: sometimes even from the skies themselves. As we have discussed, life changing events are often dealt &#8220;as acts of God&#8221; and other times are far less godly. I receive lots of mail from people in all kinds of circumstances and perhaps, not so strangely, the weather has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Libertarians and Constitutionalists Compare With John McCain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, John McCain was almost poetic as he recounted the importance of the Constitution. Many of McCain’s words were beautiful to hear where civil rights and constitutional anchors were concerned. Many came away from the speech with the main idea that he was discussing activist judges. While activist judges have been a reality in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hypocrites and the Big Oil Holiday Ham</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 17:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The political world is keeping an eye on oil profits like an enormously juicy glazed Christmas ham. The government versus the free market debate rages on as everyone in the public eye fights over who is going to decide future energy choices and costs.
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		<title>“Within This America”</title>
		<link>http://tntalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/within-this-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 07:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Leon Walker is a TNTalk! contributing writer. You can look for his columns at least every Saturday &#8220;write here on TNTalk!&#8221; To find out more about Leon, check out our writers page.
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We are in the midst of observing something incred- ibly thrilling and of mammoth historic significance in this country. I predict that future generations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Land of Humanitarianism</title>
		<link>http://tntalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/golden-land-of-humanitarianism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Myanmar is advertised as a tourist paradise, a golden land of sights, people and ancient traditions. For the last fifteen years, the country has suffered with the curious effects of a seemingly suspicious and paranoid government.
America has faced hurricanes before and know the power that hurricanes hold. The people of Burma have been dealt a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fight over Torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 12:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri Senator Kit Bond is tired of human rights abuses. For the second year in a row, Bond has sponsored legislation that would limit the CIA to using only 19 techniques approved by the military in the Army Field Manual.
The 2008 version of his bill was vetoed by President Bush, so Senator Bond is seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Food Crisis and Global Politics</title>
		<link>http://tntalk.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/the-food-crisis-and-global-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the United States has been frolicking with election antics and high gas prices, much of the third-world is battling the high price of food and inflationary economic pressures that are putting pressure on governmental stability in countries around the world.
The United Nations has wisely planned to establish a task force to tackle the global [...]]]></description>
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