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	<description>The freedom to reason.  The reason for freedom.</description>
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		<title>Why big business loves big government</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/why-big-business-loves-big-government/707/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		This is in addition to an article titled &#8220;How the left was won&#8221;
We are presented with visions of big government beating down big business and helping the small businessman and laborer.  Government tells us that it will protect us by putting reins on Wall Street, requiring expensive drug testing, and regulating hedge funds.  Why then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the left was won</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/how-the-left-was-won/704/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		I, like many of you, have always wondered why it is that liberal economics dominate the ranks of well-educated, intelligent, financially well-off people.  Why people that would benefit from welfare and other transfers of wealth would vote democrat is self-explanatory.  However, the reasoning behind a wealthy businessman, an educated and well paid college professor, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The morality of free markets</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/the-morality-of-free-markets/683/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		When I debate my points regarding free markets and free societies I often find myself being criticized by my more left-leaning rival debater for being “heartless” and having no compassion for my fellow man.  If I may be so blunt, I find my positions to hold the highest possible moral ground.  Allow me to explain.
Many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who did the Robber Barons rob?</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/who-did-the-robber-barons-rob/679/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/who-did-the-robber-barons-rob/679/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		It sounds like such an ugly term, “Robber Baron.”  The phrase brings to mind thoughts of abuse and theft.  But who and what exactly did these so called Robber Barons rob?
The most famous Robber Barons were John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.  Each of these men built up remarkable wealth – each would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers&#8217; unions are ruining education</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/teachers-unions-are-ruining-education/661/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/teachers-unions-are-ruining-education/661/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		I remember being told on sports teams that it was not winning that mattered, but having a good time.  Well, damn it, I have a good time winning!  Competition is bad.  That&#8217;s what our nation is teaching children; it is also what the nation&#8217;s teachers&#8217; unions are pushing on our public school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The simple solution to immigration</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/the-simple-solution-to-immigration/533/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		“America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.”
James Madison
One thing I’ve noticed, particularly among members of the Republican Party, is an immense dislike for illegal immigrants.  They view such immigrants as coming to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: GM (Government&#8217;s Mistake)</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/rants-gm-governments-mistake/516/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/rants-gm-governments-mistake/516/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J.P. Arendt</dc:creator>
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		Over the weekend the Obama Administration effectively fired the CEO of GM, Rick Wagoner, and much of the GM board.  This would not be much to report had the common stockholders of GM voted to replace members of the board and those new members then voted to terminate Mr. Wagoner; it would actually be almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win the War On Drugs by Ending It</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/win-the-war-on-drugs-by-ending-it/492/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/win-the-war-on-drugs-by-ending-it/492/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Moody</dc:creator>
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		In an article entitled “A War You Can Stop”, David Frum a resident at the American Enterprise Institute argues that drug users are to blame for gang violence and the devastation that is currently ongoing in Mexico and in border states such as Arizona, whose capital city, Phoenix, was second in the world last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Nixon still matters</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/why-nixon-matters/117/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/why-nixon-matters/117/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler B Harvey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.riseofreason.com/?p=117</guid>
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		&#8220;Economics isn&#8217;t chemistry. You can take any theory you&#8217;ve got. If people think it&#8217;s going to work, it will work. If they don&#8217;t, it won&#8217;t.&#8221; &#8211; Anonymous
While the American people deal with a present-day waltz of government intervention with the wealth they generate, it might be a good time to take a look at when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take action before helplessness sets in</title>
		<link>http://blog.riseofreason.com/take-action-before-helplessness-sets-in/134/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.riseofreason.com/take-action-before-helplessness-sets-in/134/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nichole Adrian</dc:creator>
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		The recent dramatic and sudden intervention actions of our government to “rescue” the economy come with terrible consequences. The severity of the state of our country cannot be stressed enough: the freedom of the people of the United States of America is rapidly diminishing. America has quickly moved from operating with the efficiency of the [...]]]></description>
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