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		<title>Obama Pays The Price For Impotence</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/01/20/obama-pays-the-price-for-impotence</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2010/01/20/obama-pays-the-price-for-impotence#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The upset results of the Massachusetts US Senate special election are being widely dissected by pundits looking for explanations and ramifications coming out of this election. The obvious culprit  is &#8220;Obamacare&#8221; but as with most things in life, the explanation is not so singular. However, make no mistake: President Obama bears nearly full blame for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Health Care Dilemma</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/07/13/the-health-care-dilemma</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/07/13/the-health-care-dilemma#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A follow-up on last week&#8217;s post on the myth of American overconsumption, the Wall Street Journal has two extended articles which illustrate some of the depth of the US health care crisis. Readers will recall Michael Santoli&#8217;s assertion that most of the growth in consumer spending over the last few decades was due to rising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise! Sarah Palin Is A Quitter</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/07/06/surprise-sarah-palin-is-a-quitter</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/07/06/surprise-sarah-palin-is-a-quitter#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sarah palin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s call it like it is: Palin is now a proven quitter. The woman whom supporters affectionately referred to as Sarah Barracuda and a pitbull with lipstick (OK, she put that tag on herself), ostensibly because she is so tenacious, has announced that she is quitting as governor of Alaska on the flimsiest of grounds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet The New President, Same As The Last</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/06/22/meet-the-new-president-same-as-the-last</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/06/22/meet-the-new-president-same-as-the-last#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=367</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what Barry Ritholtz over at the Big Picture is calling our President: Barack W. Obama. Ritholtz sees little difference between Obama&#8217;s financial sector polices and those of his predecessor. Speaking as a supporter of Obama during the election campaign, I must agree with Ritholtz. The Obama administration has neutered every attempt at serious reform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Bureaucrats Cloak Themselves in Entrepreneurial Banner</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/04/14/corporate-bureaucrats-cloak-themselves-in-entrepreneurial-banner</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/04/14/corporate-bureaucrats-cloak-themselves-in-entrepreneurial-banner#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Times released results of a new FT/Harris poll: Sharp Divide In Public Opinion On Bonus Culture How Business Turned Into The Bogeyman Thus continues the corporate class&#8217; continued propoganda campaign, with the complicity of mainstream financial media, to promote themselves as the engine that makes the world turn. Notice how often these corporate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNBC&#8217;s Propaganda</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/02/26/cnbcs-propoganda</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2009/02/26/cnbcs-propoganda#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Market Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CNBC&#8217;s coverage this morning in the wake of Obama&#8217;s budget plan is laughable and pathetic. Obama&#8217;s &#8220;War On Wealth&#8221;? Are they presenting news and analysis or is simply a monied version of conservative talk radio? On Obama&#8217;s budget plan, I confess ignorance to the fine details. Not only that but I paraphrase Seth Klarman&#8217;s wise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Enemy No. 1: Unions</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/12/12/public-enemy-no-1-unions</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/12/12/public-enemy-no-1-unions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Motors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Gettelfinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UAW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whirlpool]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ideological bias (and at times, hypocrisy) inherent in the financial markets and media can be suffocating during moments like the recently concluded UAW press conference on the heels of the auto bailout failure. Watching allegedly knowledgeable people come on CNBC or Bloomberg and just spout talking-point nonsense is disappointing. For background, I have worked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O Barack, Where Art Thou?</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/20/o-barack-where-art-thou</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/20/o-barack-where-art-thou#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers are aware that I supported Barack Obama in the last election. Because I based my decision not on ideological grounds but on competency, I have no problem criticizing him for ineptitude. While it may seem a bit premature to criticize the man before he&#8217;s even taken office, I feel it is fair.  President-elect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s First Failure</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/12/obamas-first-failure</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/12/obamas-first-failure#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Market Commentary]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am mostly a fan of Fareed Zarkaria, a foreign-affairs oriented journalist with his own show on CNN and columns in Newsweek. He&#8217;s also written a new book, The Post-American World, which I have not read.  While I don&#8217;t agree with him all of the time, I do find him insightful once you discount some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only A Chance, Nothing More</title>
		<link>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/05/only-a-chance-nothing-more</link>
		<comments>http://enlightened-american.com/2008/11/05/only-a-chance-nothing-more#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://enlightened-american.com/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if yesterday was the happiest day of my political life.  Two other memories stand sharper in memory: Sometime during my college years (1998, I&#8217;m guessing), I went absolutely ballistic, skipping class upon hearing that Jesse &#8220;The Body&#8221; Ventura had won the governor&#8217;s race in MN.  I was completely apathetic then but had [...]]]></description>
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