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		<title>By: Earthlings</title>
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		<dc:creator>Earthlings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle:

I would like to inform your fans that George Washington never considered himself as the first President of the country. He was preceded by 14 other men who held that title.  

The Colonies became sovereign states in July of 1774.  We formed a government called the Continental Congress in September of 1774. Peyton Randolph of Virginia was chosen as our first President. He was followed by others who served as President until March of 1781.

We adopted the Articles of Confederation in March of 1781. We changed the name of our new Nation to the &quot;United States in Congress Assembled.&quot; John Hanson of Maryland was unanimously elected as our first President. 

Although he was the head of the government and presided over the Congress, he did not have executive powers. As much as I fought it at the time, I could not get enough States to give up their sovereignty for the sake of a strong Nation. So the executive branch&#039;s power as you know it was exercised by the Congress as a whole. 

Seven other Presidents followed, including John Hancock, he was a very funny man because he took himself too seriously. He was well liked though. He had also served a term as President of the Continental Congress. In all, seven other Presidents served after John Hansen. Each served an average of one year. 

After I returned from abroad, I insisted that even with the finances that I had brought back to enable our new country to have a line of credit so that we could bargain as  Nation with the european powers occupying territories in the New World, we needed a central government that was empowered to act as one authority for all of us. 

I gave a speech that convinced the States representatives that our present government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to defend itself from the encroaching european powers. My argument was that the States had to give up some of their power to enable the Nation to form its own army to protect the whole. I argued that we needed a central currency to go with the banking system I had set up. 

My banking system lasted and protected this Nation until you silly people elected an actor who promptly dismantled it. Now you have a banking system that serves not the people but a select few who know how to exploit it for their own personal gain. Mr. Anonz being one of the most skilled I have discovered. I digress. 

George helped me put together a coalition that the majority of the States would listen to. As a result, the Constitutional Convention met in 1787 and we drafted the document you know as the Constitution of the United States. 

Sometime I will tell you how we went about it. You can not imagine the arguments that ensued during the drafting.The arguments, and resulting compromises were more that just exhausting for me and a few others. They were the selling of our souls for the sake of a Nation.  We believed we could make our new Nation work for all despite our reluctance to deprive some of our Nation&#039;s citizens their due rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I digress, again.

The point I wanted to make was it was at that convention that George Washington was named as President.  Even he would be amused that he was considered the First President of our Nation. After all he was preceded by 14 other men for that title. 

as Your servant 

Alexander Hamilton]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michelle:</p>
<p>I would like to inform your fans that George Washington never considered himself as the first President of the country. He was preceded by 14 other men who held that title.  </p>
<p>The Colonies became sovereign states in July of 1774.  We formed a government called the Continental Congress in September of 1774. Peyton Randolph of Virginia was chosen as our first President. He was followed by others who served as President until March of 1781.</p>
<p>We adopted the Articles of Confederation in March of 1781. We changed the name of our new Nation to the &#8220;United States in Congress Assembled.&#8221; John Hanson of Maryland was unanimously elected as our first President. </p>
<p>Although he was the head of the government and presided over the Congress, he did not have executive powers. As much as I fought it at the time, I could not get enough States to give up their sovereignty for the sake of a strong Nation. So the executive branch&#8217;s power as you know it was exercised by the Congress as a whole. </p>
<p>Seven other Presidents followed, including John Hancock, he was a very funny man because he took himself too seriously. He was well liked though. He had also served a term as President of the Continental Congress. In all, seven other Presidents served after John Hansen. Each served an average of one year. </p>
<p>After I returned from abroad, I insisted that even with the finances that I had brought back to enable our new country to have a line of credit so that we could bargain as  Nation with the european powers occupying territories in the New World, we needed a central government that was empowered to act as one authority for all of us. </p>
<p>I gave a speech that convinced the States representatives that our present government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to defend itself from the encroaching european powers. My argument was that the States had to give up some of their power to enable the Nation to form its own army to protect the whole. I argued that we needed a central currency to go with the banking system I had set up. </p>
<p>My banking system lasted and protected this Nation until you silly people elected an actor who promptly dismantled it. Now you have a banking system that serves not the people but a select few who know how to exploit it for their own personal gain. Mr. Anonz being one of the most skilled I have discovered. I digress. </p>
<p>George helped me put together a coalition that the majority of the States would listen to. As a result, the Constitutional Convention met in 1787 and we drafted the document you know as the Constitution of the United States. </p>
<p>Sometime I will tell you how we went about it. You can not imagine the arguments that ensued during the drafting.The arguments, and resulting compromises were more that just exhausting for me and a few others. They were the selling of our souls for the sake of a Nation.  We believed we could make our new Nation work for all despite our reluctance to deprive some of our Nation&#8217;s citizens their due rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I digress, again.</p>
<p>The point I wanted to make was it was at that convention that George Washington was named as President.  Even he would be amused that he was considered the First President of our Nation. After all he was preceded by 14 other men for that title. </p>
<p>as Your servant </p>
<p>Alexander Hamilton</p>
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		<title>By: General Info</title>
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		<dc:creator>General Info</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: I&#039;ve owned a house as an investment property for several years. It has declined in value and I wonder if I can do better by donating it to a charity instead of selling it.

A: If you want to make a charitable donation, sell the house first and donate the sale proceeds. If you donate it to charity, you&#039;ll receive a charity deduction only for its market value, which has a cash value equal to the amount of the deduction times your marginal tax rate, and no loss deduction.

Example: If the house that cost $150,000 is worth $100,000, and you are in the top 35% tax bracket, a sale nets $100,000 cash plus a $50,000 capital loss deduction (deductible either in the current year or in subsequent years, depending on other capital gains transactions). But a donation obtains just a $100,000 charity deduction, worth only $35,000 cash (subject to adjusted gross income limitations).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Q: I&#8217;ve owned a house as an investment property for several years. It has declined in value and I wonder if I can do better by donating it to a charity instead of selling it.</p>
<p>A: If you want to make a charitable donation, sell the house first and donate the sale proceeds. If you donate it to charity, you&#8217;ll receive a charity deduction only for its market value, which has a cash value equal to the amount of the deduction times your marginal tax rate, and no loss deduction.</p>
<p>Example: If the house that cost $150,000 is worth $100,000, and you are in the top 35% tax bracket, a sale nets $100,000 cash plus a $50,000 capital loss deduction (deductible either in the current year or in subsequent years, depending on other capital gains transactions). But a donation obtains just a $100,000 charity deduction, worth only $35,000 cash (subject to adjusted gross income limitations).</p>
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		<title>By: Howell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Howell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know about you but I am so tired of the news media fixating on the white firefighters who may have been discriminated against. OHHHHH woe is me. The world is coming to an end. We are discriminating against white men.  God will surely return to rectify this horrendous injustice immediately. 

Of course, the god will be the one the Mormons invented. You know the god that started out a jew but somewhere along his journey to Utah he became white. I think that was about the time that god decided that only whites could worship him.  It was only recently that the Mormon church allowed blacks and other races to become members. 

No hypocrisy there, just a bit of a correction so their members could run for elective office in a time where the vote of OTWs will be counted. No, no hypocrisy, since their presence is just a sham. 

After all why respect the house niggers, wets, slopes and mud people who venture where they are not wanted. Wannbe whites all.

Howell]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know about you but I am so tired of the news media fixating on the white firefighters who may have been discriminated against. OHHHHH woe is me. The world is coming to an end. We are discriminating against white men.  God will surely return to rectify this horrendous injustice immediately. </p>
<p>Of course, the god will be the one the Mormons invented. You know the god that started out a jew but somewhere along his journey to Utah he became white. I think that was about the time that god decided that only whites could worship him.  It was only recently that the Mormon church allowed blacks and other races to become members. </p>
<p>No hypocrisy there, just a bit of a correction so their members could run for elective office in a time where the vote of OTWs will be counted. No, no hypocrisy, since their presence is just a sham. </p>
<p>After all why respect the house niggers, wets, slopes and mud people who venture where they are not wanted. Wannbe whites all.</p>
<p>Howell</p>
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		<title>By: Mary </title>
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		<dc:creator>Mary </dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN just said that the republican party is 89% white and 11% OTWs. 49% of the whites say they are highly religious. ( If they are the highly religious type my family claimed to be then the fathers are probably molesting his daughters. Mine did)

Mary]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CNN just said that the republican party is 89% white and 11% OTWs. 49% of the whites say they are highly religious. ( If they are the highly religious type my family claimed to be then the fathers are probably molesting his daughters. Mine did)</p>
<p>Mary</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a tragic irony that we are calling on Cuba to release Political Prisoners before we move US/Cuba Relations forward, when we are now in fact creating a class of Political Prisoner of our own. By definition a Political Prisoner is someone who is held with or without trial because the State believes that this person is somehow a threat to State Security. I applaud our Presidents attempts to clean up the Bush-Cheney mess that is Gitmo. But I have to agree with John Turley on Countdown last night, that we cannot just hold people indefinitly just in case they will be found not guilty at trial and released. This article clearly points out that in our &quot;normal&quot; justice system, prisoners are released after serving their time who will reoffend. Well done on such a clear article.
Ian]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a tragic irony that we are calling on Cuba to release Political Prisoners before we move US/Cuba Relations forward, when we are now in fact creating a class of Political Prisoner of our own. By definition a Political Prisoner is someone who is held with or without trial because the State believes that this person is somehow a threat to State Security. I applaud our Presidents attempts to clean up the Bush-Cheney mess that is Gitmo. But I have to agree with John Turley on Countdown last night, that we cannot just hold people indefinitly just in case they will be found not guilty at trial and released. This article clearly points out that in our &#8220;normal&#8221; justice system, prisoners are released after serving their time who will reoffend. Well done on such a clear article.<br />
Ian</p>
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