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	<title>Republican Party of Olmsted County, Minnesota</title>
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	<description>Limited government. Rule of law. Property rights. Equal opportunity. Free markets.</description>
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		<title>News from Mike Benson, May 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello from St. Paul, I am extremely disappointed with Governor Dayton’s veto of the Legislature’s Tax Relief and Job Creation Act.  This is Dayton’s second veto in as many weeks of a proposal that would put thousands of Minnesotans to work, assist struggling Main Street  businesses, and give tens of thousands of Minnesotans needed tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No flag allowed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reportedly, someone was told they were not allowed to display the American flag on their property. Neighborhood covenants? So, the house got a paint job. Thanks Terry.]]></description>
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		<title>Our IRS at work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Indiana TV station reports on a federal tax loophole (plus fraud?) used by illegal immigrants to receive big tax refunds. Thanks Nancy.]]></description>
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		<title>Debunking the latest from the New York Times on “smaller” government spending</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5265&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=debunking-the-latest-from-the-new-york-times-on-smaller-government-spending</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morgan Richmond explains how the New York Times was able to claim that the Obama Administration has shrunk the government. Hint: Biased statistics.]]></description>
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		<title>Life of Julia</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5263&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=life-of-julia</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama campaign has provided its story for Julia, a fictional female going through life with Obamaesque opportunities. The Heritage Foundation has provided an alternative view; a better life for Julia.]]></description>
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		<title>SD26 Endorsements</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5260&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sd26-endorsements</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Senate District 26 held it endorsing convention last night. Our endorsed candidates are: Carla Nelson for Senate Breanna Bly for House district 26A Mike Benson for House district 26B In addition, Jim Schumann and Jim VanderHeiden were elected our delegate and alternate representatives to the First Congressional District’s Executive committee. Senate district 26 covers all of Olmsted county except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SD25 Endorsements</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5256&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sd25-endorsements</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Senate District 25 held it endorsing convention last night. Our endorsed candidates are: Dave Senjem for Senate Duane Quam for House district 25A Melissa Valeriano for House district 25B In addition, Greg Opdahl and Richard Zeller were elected our delegate and alternate representatives to the First Congressional District&#8217;s Executive committee. Senate district 25 covers the east side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans: Black America’s True Friend</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5248&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=republicans-black-americas-true-friend</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama explicitly seeks the black vote but Lloyd Marcus starts to explain why Democratic policies are the wrong answer. The comment is good, too.]]></description>
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		<title>If I wanted America to fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[4 minutes. Thanks Phil.]]></description>
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		<title>Quist going to primary</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5241&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=quist-going-to-primary</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allen Quist has announced his intention to go to a primary in his contest with Mike Parry to be the Republican running against Tim Walz. No word yet on CD1&#8242;s plans for a Central committee meeting to consider a convention but it now seems moot.]]></description>
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		<title>2012 SD25 and SD26 endorsing conventions</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5232&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2012-sd25-and-sd26-endorsing-conventions</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copies of the official calls, agenda, and rules for the endorsing conventions are now available on the convention page.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama bypasses Congress, funds Palestinian Authority</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5219&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=obama-bypasses-congress-funds-palestinian-authority</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember last Fall when the Palestinian Authority (PA) sought statehood in the United Nations? The United States told the PA that if they persisted in their request, we would drop their financial aid. The PA persisted. Congress passed a law to drop aid. Last Friday, without a change in status or law, President Obama reinstated their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Racism and George Zimmerman</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5215&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=racism-and-george-zimmerman</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Sowell at National Review, observing the George Zimmerman case.]]></description>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s &#8216;Alpha Jackass&#8217; award</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5209&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=this-weeks-alpha-jackass-award</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from the Patriot Post&#8230; Barack Obama has taken to misquoting Republican House members on the student loan issue to distort and misrepresent their statements. Predictably, the Leftmedia are largely abetting his effort. Obama told a North Carolina crowd, &#8220;One Republican congresswoman &#8230; said she had &#8216;very little tolerance for people who tell me they graduate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Duluth Speech</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5206&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-duluth-speech</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal subsidies for rail lines to Duluth? Congress debated it in 1871 and a Kentucky representative&#8217;s ideas about it were recorded. The subsidy legislation died.]]></description>
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		<title>The Lie Called Judicial Retention Elections</title>
		<link>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5202&#038;utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-lie-called-judicial-retention-elections</link>
		<comments>http://olmstedgop.org/wp/?p=5202#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Kaskubar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney Greg Wersal, the first-ever judicial candidate in Minnesota endorsed by a political party, analyzes the desire for judicial retention elections. Mr. Wersal identifies six lies in the retention election mantra and recommends alternative reforms to address the problems supposedly addressed by retention elections.]]></description>
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