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		<title>Say it ain&#8217;t so, Mel.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now most everyone has found out about the present administration's decision to change the way how we deal with Cuba... But what does all this have to do with Senator Mel Martinez (R, FL)?  Plenty.]]></description>
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		<title>A funny thing happened on the way to your inauguration, Mr. Obama.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few observations and thoughts hours away from high noon, 20 January 2009 - what will be the beginning of a new American executive quadrennial period.]]></description>
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