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	<title>Comments on: PUNDIT ALERT! Obama and Predatory Credit Card Interest Rates</title>
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		<title>By: Mason Votes &#187; Obama-Hood and his Merry Obamanomics [or] Obama Hearts Socialism.</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-742223</link>
		<dc:creator>Mason Votes &#187; Obama-Hood and his Merry Obamanomics [or] Obama Hearts Socialism.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] on a bill that would freeze credit card rates at no higher than 30%. (Really interesting article here that addresses Obamaâ€™s credit card hypocrisy and shows that, as of when it was published in [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Nellie</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109350</link>
		<dc:creator>Nellie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Susan, I ditto that. Your posts are always terrific and well documented. 

How do you ever find the time and energy to keep up with everything?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Susan, I ditto that. Your posts are always terrific and well documented. </p>
<p>How do you ever find the time and energy to keep up with everything?</p>
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		<title>By: Nellie</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109345</link>
		<dc:creator>Nellie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love the 'snake oil salesman' phrase. I haven't heard that since my grandfather passed away.

Speaking of snake oil - There was a diary - briefly at Kos before it slid into oblivion, that does a great job explaining the birth of Obama's presidential ambitions, 2 years ago, using a 'power point pitch' to the heavy donors in the Financial Industries. Did anyone else catch it?

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/14/0410/60782</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love the &#8217;snake oil salesman&#8217; phrase. I haven&#8217;t heard that since my grandfather passed away.</p>
<p>Speaking of snake oil - There was a diary - briefly at Kos before it slid into oblivion, that does a great job explaining the birth of Obama&#8217;s presidential ambitions, 2 years ago, using a &#8216;power point pitch&#8217; to the heavy donors in the Financial Industries. Did anyone else catch it?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/14/0410/60782" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/14/0410/60782</a></p>
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		<title>By: Nellie</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109328</link>
		<dc:creator>Nellie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I took the average annual salary of $169, 300 - add premiums for their Cadillac Health care plan (My neighbor pays $638/mo for Tufts Health Plan for one person, which requires a $250 co-pay for each separate procedure approved, but not included in an 'average' annual physical exam) add the 'free air travel' back and forth to their home districts plus other educational or otherwise trips, add franking privileges and all other 'benefits', such as â€˜free gym membershipâ€™,  It really does average out to about 1/2 million a year.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa031200a.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I took the average annual salary of $169, 300 - add premiums for their Cadillac Health care plan (My neighbor pays $638/mo for Tufts Health Plan for one person, which requires a $250 co-pay for each separate procedure approved, but not included in an &#8216;average&#8217; annual physical exam) add the &#8216;free air travel&#8217; back and forth to their home districts plus other educational or otherwise trips, add franking privileges and all other &#8216;benefits&#8217;, such as â€˜free gym membershipâ€™,  It really does average out to about 1/2 million a year.</p>
<p><a href="http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa031200a.htm" rel="nofollow">http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa031200a.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: TeakWoodKite</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109148</link>
		<dc:creator>TeakWoodKite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Watching MSNBC for Michigans primary Kieth O stated that the was a problem with counting the vote due a "machine glich"... Turned to CNN and they had the numbers...I agree with you 100%</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watching MSNBC for Michigans primary Kieth O stated that the was a problem with counting the vote due a &#8220;machine glich&#8221;&#8230; Turned to CNN and they had the numbers&#8230;I agree with you 100%</p>
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		<title>By: Cee</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109135</link>
		<dc:creator>Cee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No thanks needed. :D 

The Ron Paul folks are reporting that the funds have been released. Complaining must have helped.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No thanks needed. <img src='http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>The Ron Paul folks are reporting that the funds have been released. Complaining must have helped.</p>
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		<title>By: 1950democrat</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109134</link>
		<dc:creator>1950democrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As for PayPal freezing accounts, a lot of people have been complaining about that for a long time: see http://paypalsucks.com/

No conspiracy required here.

(Personally I'd love to see as many states recounted as possible before November -- system tests.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As for PayPal freezing accounts, a lot of people have been complaining about that for a long time: see <a href="http://paypalsucks.com/" rel="nofollow">http://paypalsucks.com/</a></p>
<p>No conspiracy required here.</p>
<p>(Personally I&#8217;d love to see as many states recounted as possible before November &#8212; system tests.)</p>
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		<title>By: 1950democrat</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109132</link>
		<dc:creator>1950democrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here is more detail about Obama's vote against capping credit card interest, at a site with lots of interesting stuff.  I've verified this; they are quoting a Chicago Tribune profile last summer (not the recently sanitized version).
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:pYgQc-uyol0J:prorev.com/obama.htm+Chicago+Tribune+interest+rate+30+%22random+number%22+Obama&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=5&amp;gl=us&amp;client=opera
&lt;i&gt;To some liberals, the proposal was a no-brainer: a ceiling of 30 percent on interest rates for credit cards and other consumer debt. And as he left his office to vote on it, Obama planned to support the measure, which was being considered as an amendment to a major overhaul of the nation's bankruptcy laws.
But when the amendment came up for a vote, Obama was standing next to Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.), the senior Democrat on the banking committee and the leader of those opposing the landmark bill, which would make it harder for Americans to get rid of debt.
"You know, this is probably not a smart amendment for us to vote for," Obama recalled Sarbanes telling him. "Thirty percent is sort of a random number."
Obama joined Sarbanes in voting against the amendment [....] There remains no federal ceiling on credit card interest rates.&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is more detail about Obama&#8217;s vote against capping credit card interest, at a site with lots of interesting stuff.  I&#8217;ve verified this; they are quoting a Chicago Tribune profile last summer (not the recently sanitized version).<br />
<a href="http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:pYgQc-uyol0J:prorev.com/obama.htm+Chicago+Tribune+interest+rate+30+%22random+number%22+Obama&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=5&amp;gl=us&amp;client=opera" rel="nofollow">http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:pYgQc-uyol0J:prorev.com/obama.htm+Chicago+Tribune+interest+rate+30+%22random+number%22+Obama&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=5&amp;gl=us&amp;client=opera</a><br />
<i>To some liberals, the proposal was a no-brainer: a ceiling of 30 percent on interest rates for credit cards and other consumer debt. And as he left his office to vote on it, Obama planned to support the measure, which was being considered as an amendment to a major overhaul of the nation&#8217;s bankruptcy laws.<br />
But when the amendment came up for a vote, Obama was standing next to Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.), the senior Democrat on the banking committee and the leader of those opposing the landmark bill, which would make it harder for Americans to get rid of debt.<br />
&#8220;You know, this is probably not a smart amendment for us to vote for,&#8221; Obama recalled Sarbanes telling him. &#8220;Thirty percent is sort of a random number.&#8221;<br />
Obama joined Sarbanes in voting against the amendment [....] There remains no federal ceiling on credit card interest rates.</i></p>
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		<title>By: SusanUnPC</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109103</link>
		<dc:creator>SusanUnPC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Other than the delays, I haven't had any problems with them.  ALSO of note, and this impressed me:  A man at PayPal called me up to see who I was.  In other words, he was checking me out. Who was this woman who was getting donations?  Was this legit?  I assured him it was, and I didn't volunteer a lot of information, but he seemed satisfied. I thought it was pretty cool, actually, that they wanted to make sure I wasn't operating a scam on the 'net.

CEE!  Thank you so very much.  I wrote to everyone who helped me -- that is, I &lt;em&gt;hope&lt;/em&gt; I wrote to everyone.  My lists that I kept got mixed up, and it got confused.  Plus I was going back and forth to Seattle, and didn't have access to a computer half the time and was in the most excruciating pain.  

I still worry that I didn't thank each person. Tried to write each one a thank you note -- spent two full days doing that, and just hope I got to all.

One thing is sure: I'd have never have been able to have the surgery had I not had help.  The expenses were enormous -- besides all the pre-op procedures not covered by insurance, there were all the travel costs. And I'd just gotten new insurance that was costing me $350+/month, etc., etc.

I still have a lot of pain but it is so much better than it was.  NEXT UP: My back.  Will go to Seattle soon to tackle that one.  The therapy pool is helping me so much -- still can't believe how fancy that pool is.  The bottom of the pool is a treadmill, and the therapist keeps speeding it up.  I nearly fell over the other day trying to keep up with the speed / the therapist is also trying to help me regain my balance.  There's so much left to do.  But it's exhilirating.  I feel so good after every session.

THANK YOU!

If the Republicans had their way, I'd be bedridden in a nursing home.  Thank god for some progressive Democratic administrations along the way -- like Lyndon Johnson.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Other than the delays, I haven&#8217;t had any problems with them.  ALSO of note, and this impressed me:  A man at PayPal called me up to see who I was.  In other words, he was checking me out. Who was this woman who was getting donations?  Was this legit?  I assured him it was, and I didn&#8217;t volunteer a lot of information, but he seemed satisfied. I thought it was pretty cool, actually, that they wanted to make sure I wasn&#8217;t operating a scam on the &#8216;net.</p>
<p>CEE!  Thank you so very much.  I wrote to everyone who helped me &#8212; that is, I <em>hope</em> I wrote to everyone.  My lists that I kept got mixed up, and it got confused.  Plus I was going back and forth to Seattle, and didn&#8217;t have access to a computer half the time and was in the most excruciating pain.  </p>
<p>I still worry that I didn&#8217;t thank each person. Tried to write each one a thank you note &#8212; spent two full days doing that, and just hope I got to all.</p>
<p>One thing is sure: I&#8217;d have never have been able to have the surgery had I not had help.  The expenses were enormous &#8212; besides all the pre-op procedures not covered by insurance, there were all the travel costs. And I&#8217;d just gotten new insurance that was costing me $350+/month, etc., etc.</p>
<p>I still have a lot of pain but it is so much better than it was.  NEXT UP: My back.  Will go to Seattle soon to tackle that one.  The therapy pool is helping me so much &#8212; still can&#8217;t believe how fancy that pool is.  The bottom of the pool is a treadmill, and the therapist keeps speeding it up.  I nearly fell over the other day trying to keep up with the speed / the therapist is also trying to help me regain my balance.  There&#8217;s so much left to do.  But it&#8217;s exhilirating.  I feel so good after every session.</p>
<p>THANK YOU!</p>
<p>If the Republicans had their way, I&#8217;d be bedridden in a nursing home.  Thank god for some progressive Democratic administrations along the way &#8212; like Lyndon Johnson.</p>
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		<title>By: SusanUnPC</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109094</link>
		<dc:creator>SusanUnPC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Because they're still smitten.

And -- this is hard to describe properly but I'll try -- I fear that they're hamstrung by an upper-class white-guilt thing that disables them from viewing his candidacy critically and rationally.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because they&#8217;re still smitten.</p>
<p>And &#8212; this is hard to describe properly but I&#8217;ll try &#8212; I fear that they&#8217;re hamstrung by an upper-class white-guilt thing that disables them from viewing his candidacy critically and rationally.</p>
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		<title>By: TeakWoodKite</title>
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		<dc:creator>TeakWoodKite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A few years back, wasn't that the US was funding this guy?

&lt;blockquote&gt;"The indictment charges IARA with sending approximately $130,000 to help Gulbuddin Hekmatyar"&lt;/blockquote&gt;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few years back, wasn&#8217;t that the US was funding this guy?</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The indictment charges IARA with sending approximately $130,000 to help Gulbuddin Hekmatyar&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulbuddin_Hekmatyar</a></p>
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		<title>By: shoephone</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/16/fess-up-sen-obama-about-those-predatory-credit-card-interest-rates/#comment-109070</link>
		<dc:creator>shoephone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where did you hear the half-million $ figure? It's way off the mark. As of 2006, the average yearly salary of a senator was $165,200 (which is a bit better than the $6 a year they started out with in 1789).

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/senate_salaries.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where did you hear the half-million $ figure? It&#8217;s way off the mark. As of 2006, the average yearly salary of a senator was $165,200 (which is a bit better than the $6 a year they started out with in 1789).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/senate_salaries.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/senate_salaries.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: longwalksinparis.blogspot.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>longwalksinparis.blogspot.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dems don't get ahead of yourselves, there is no real populist in this troika... you could use a wm jennings bryan hammering away at wallstreet and the cross of gold that the middle class has been crucified upon. Instead you get obama, dragonlady, and the breck girl... all decidely better than the gop whack pack but a far cry from what this country really needs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dems don&#8217;t get ahead of yourselves, there is no real populist in this troika&#8230; you could use a wm jennings bryan hammering away at wallstreet and the cross of gold that the middle class has been crucified upon. Instead you get obama, dragonlady, and the breck girl&#8230; all decidely better than the gop whack pack but a far cry from what this country really needs.</p>
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		<title>By: ybnormal</title>
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		<dc:creator>ybnormal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thoughts:
"...OBAMA: I opposed them both" [the '01 &amp; '05 bankruptcy bills]
vs
nay on the Dayton Ammendment
- NOW who's triangulating?

Meanwhile, Norris Morris asks above, "Why is he still teflon??"
Never underestimate the power of promise for a better future, to persuade people.  Evangelical preachers and snake oil salesmen have been doing it since the beginning of time.  And don't think the non-thinking are the only takers.

Veteran reporter Robert Parry, who I respect and read often, says in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/010808.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Logic of Obama-mania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;;

"Given Obamaâ€™s relatively thin rÃ©sumÃ©, his candidacy may require a leap of faith. But it is at least a leap toward something new and untested, rather than something old and failed."

It's like when Bob Barker asks if you want the display full of familiar appliances, or whatever's behind curtain #2.  Barker can always count on a percentage of takers for the unknown.</description>
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&#8220;&#8230;OBAMA: I opposed them both&#8221; [the '01 &amp; '05 bankruptcy bills]<br />
vs<br />
nay on the Dayton Ammendment<br />
- NOW who&#8217;s triangulating?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Norris Morris asks above, &#8220;Why is he still teflon??&#8221;<br />
Never underestimate the power of promise for a better future, to persuade people.  Evangelical preachers and snake oil salesmen have been doing it since the beginning of time.  And don&#8217;t think the non-thinking are the only takers.</p>
<p>Veteran reporter Robert Parry, who I respect and read often, says in <strong><a href="http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/010808.html" rel="nofollow">The Logic of Obama-mania</a></strong>;</p>
<p>&#8220;Given Obamaâ€™s relatively thin rÃ©sumÃ©, his candidacy may require a leap of faith. But it is at least a leap toward something new and untested, rather than something old and failed.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s like when Bob Barker asks if you want the display full of familiar appliances, or whatever&#8217;s behind curtain #2.  Barker can always count on a percentage of takers for the unknown.</p>
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		<title>By: Nellie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nellie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yuck on his groups - Seems like we need anti-fascist laws similar to the Anti-Nazi laws they have in Europe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yuck on his groups - Seems like we need anti-fascist laws similar to the Anti-Nazi laws they have in Europe.</p>
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		<title>By: Cee</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Back to Siljaner...is Hekmatyar in the photo on this site


http://www.thought-criminal.org/article/node/981

I can't wait to hear his defense on the charges.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back to Siljaner&#8230;is Hekmatyar in the photo on this site</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thought-criminal.org/article/node/981" rel="nofollow">http://www.thought-criminal.org/article/node/981</a></p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait to hear his defense on the charges.</p>
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		<title>By: Nellie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nellie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw that also - amazing isn't it? Exactly what do we pay them for in DC? Sounds like a terrific job - 1/2 Million in Salary plus benefits and do whatever you want even if it has nothing to do with your job.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw that also - amazing isn&#8217;t it? Exactly what do we pay them for in DC? Sounds like a terrific job - 1/2 Million in Salary plus benefits and do whatever you want even if it has nothing to do with your job.</p>
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