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		<title>Beat me so I&#8217;ll be good&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/04/beat-me-so-ill-be-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caraleisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You’re at work, and your boss just found you surfing the net. He (or she) calls you to his office, and orders you to face the wall. He brings out a plank of wood, perhaps 24 inches long, 5 inches wide and half an inch thick, and proceeds to whack you with it, hard –]]></description>
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		<title>Just what does the Separation of church and state really mean?</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/04/just-what-does-the-separation-of-church-and-state-really-mean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we switch the terms for color with faith, it becomes very apparent just how ‘wrong’ it is. Imagine government run Christian-only bathrooms. Christian-only restaurants. What happens? Well, whoops – it’s not that Christians get to hang together and everyone else goes about their business happily… no. What happens is that now, these Christians are placed in a position of ENFORCING compliance. ]]></description>
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		<title>Rachel Corrie</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/03/rachel-corrie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standing there in front of the house, with a bright red jacket on and a megaphone in her hand, the Bulldozer operator simply pushed her back, ran over her, crushed her and left her to die. ]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, I CAN say I KNOW there is no god. So can you.  An open letter to Atheists.</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/02/yes-i-can-say-i-know-there-is-no-god-so-can-you-an-open-letter-to-atheists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caraleisa</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/?p=209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I frequently run into atheists who spout the politically correct dictum that we cannot KNOW there is no god; we see no evidence for one, so we believe that no gods exist &#8212; but we remain agnostic to the possiblity because we have integrity and are openminded to true evidence, should it arise. Well, I]]></description>
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		<title>Joe Bageant on What Socialism really is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/01/joe-bageant-on-what-socialism-really-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/01/joe-bageant-on-what-socialism-really-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caraleisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the typical crankiness of aging Southerners given to drink, I have taken to calling things as I see them. Or smell them, as the case may be. And these days with the political climate reeking like a whorehouse after the fleet pulls out, the olfactory bulbs reign triumphant.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Martin&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/01/happy-birthday-martin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caraleisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we celebrate the birthday of one of America&#8217;s true visionaries, Dr. Martin Luther King. There is so much to be joyful about today &#8211; so much progress which is a direct result of his work &#8211; not the least of which is that America elected its first black president in 2008. But there&#8217;s also]]></description>
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		<title>24 Questions for Elementary Physics by Sean Carroll</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/01/24-questions-for-elementary-physics-by-sean-carroll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2010/01/24-questions-for-elementary-physics-by-sean-carroll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caraleisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theoretical physicist and author of the newly released book &#8220;From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time&#8221; also writes a wonderful Science Blog called COSMIC VARIANCE which you can read here. Sean&#8217;s blog today offers up 24 questions which expose topics physicists are now delving into to provide a greater understanding]]></description>
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		<title>In the new year&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2009/12/in-the-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2009/12/in-the-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caraleisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are, finishing up the first decade of the twenty-first century. How have we fared?]]></description>
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		<title>Creationist Kent Hovind&#8217;s PhD thesis is a jumble of juvenile jabber&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2009/12/creationist-kent-hovinds-phd-thesis-is-a-jumble-of-juvenile-jabber/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caraleisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Kent Hovind's PhD thesis:[pdf page 11]:<em> "I would like to trace the history of evolution from the fall of Satan from heaven, through the last six thousand years, to modern day evolution, and explain what those teaching this doctrine have planned for the future.  To really understand the history of evolution, we have to understand the author. Satan is the master-mind behind this false doctrine."</em>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Specter opposes Afghanistan surge</title>
		<link>http://www.caraleisa.com/blog1/2009/12/163/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>caraleisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'M OPPOSED to sending 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan because I don't believe they are indispensable in our fight against al Qaeda.]]></description>
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