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		<title>Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/18/let-not-your-heart-be-troubled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember it so clearly — a memory you can only remember so clearly when it is from sadness. You can&#8217;t let it go. I was sitting in the mud by the rear passenger side tire of my old Acura cradling my one year old in the steady, driving rain. I was sobbing doing my best not to fall apart in front of my little &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/18/let-not-your-heart-be-troubled/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>We Win. They Lose.  The 2nd Amendment is Safe.</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/17/we-win-they-lose-the-2nd-amendment-is-safe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in the Senate, a funny thing happened. We fought on principle, and we won on principle. You know why? Because 3 U.S. Senators didn&#8217;t listen to the &#8220;do something&#8221; caucus and the hand-wringers parading as leaders in Washington. Instead, Senators Cruz, Lee and Paul circulated a warning prior to the last recess saying they would (gasp) filibuster any legislation that would undermine our God-given, &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/17/we-win-they-lose-the-2nd-amendment-is-safe/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prayers and Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We do not know who did it. We will have time to be angry at the person or persons who placed bombs in Boston, turned happy memories to tragedy, and took lives all for some cause about which we as of yet know nothing. We can speculate. We can call it terrorism. But for now we really do not know who or why or even &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/16/prayers-and-boston/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gun Advocate Alan Gottlieb Supports Toomey-Manchin Based on Bad Information [updated]</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/15/gun-advocate-alan-gottlieb-supports-toomey-manchin-based-on-bad-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A prominent gun rights activist and board member of the American Conservative Union said this weekend he supports the Manchin-Toomey compromise, even telling associates that he believed &#8220;the gun grabbers have stepped into our trap.&#8221; Alan Gottlieb, the chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and a power player within the conservative ACU, emailed nearly four dozen gun activists &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/15/gun-advocate-alan-gottlieb-supports-toomey-manchin-based-on-bad-information/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Imagine the Coverage If It Were Dogs?</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/12/can-you-imagine-the-coverage-if-it-were-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Had Kermit Gosnell killed dogs, HLN would be giving it wall to wall coverage as they do all sorts of sensational trials. Nancy Grace would be in full outrage mode every night.&#8221; Last night on twitter, Dave Weigel of Slate noted he was just hearing from twitterers about the gruesome trial of Kermit Gosnell. Those who care about the story owe a tremendous debt to &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/12/can-you-imagine-the-coverage-if-it-were-dogs/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Busch League Campaign of Elizabeth COLBERT!!!!! Busch Goes Straight to Race Baiting</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/10/the-busch-league-campaign-of-elizabeth-colbert-busch-goes-straight-to-race-baiting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth COLBERT Busch, who if you must know is like OMG Becky she&#8217;s Stephen Colbert&#8217;s sister!!!!!!!!!!!!!, is taking money from groups who are opposed to Boeing making the 787 in South Carolina. That&#8217;s not playing well. She tried to deflect it by pointing out Mark Sanford got contributions from the same unions. Except . . . well . . . it was actually Sanford Bishop &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/10/the-busch-league-campaign-of-elizabeth-colbert-busch-goes-straight-to-race-baiting/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Toomey-Manchin Proposal Will Allow Doctors to Block Your Right to Guns</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/10/the-toomey-manchin-proposal-will-allow-doctors-to-block-your-right-to-guns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just talked to someone familiar with the Toomey-Manchin proposal who raises a serious concern based on his understanding of the legislation. Everyone on all sides agrees that we need better help for those with mental health problems who need treatment. Unfortunately, the person I talked with is concerned that the Toomey-Manchin proposal could discourage people from getting help. The proposal will allow a doctor &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/10/the-toomey-manchin-proposal-will-allow-doctors-to-block-your-right-to-guns/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Toomey-Manchin Compromise Would Not Stop Another Newtown or Columbine</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/10/the-toomey-manchin-compromise-would-not-stop-another-newtown-or-columbine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin are going to release their compromise at 11:00 a.m. Arlen Specter would be so proud of Pat Toomey giving the Republicans cover to go left. Toomey and Manchin will spend some time making sure everyone knows what their proposal will not do. For example, they are going to be pushing hard that the proposal won&#8217;t ban any guns, won&#8217;t take &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/10/the-toomey-manchin-compromise-would-not-stop-another-newtown-or-columbine/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING: Sources Report Senate Republicans Caving on Guns</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/09/breaking-sources-confirm-senate-republicans-set-to-cave-on-guns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sources inside the Senate tell me that the Republican Conference is scared to death of the tactics of Senators Lee, Cruz and Paul &#8211; that it is supposedly putting them in a tough spot. Several of the Republicans are using the Manchin-Toomey compromise plan as an excuse to cave on the gun filibuster. They claim that Senators Lee, Cruz, and Paul are running ahead of &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/09/breaking-sources-confirm-senate-republicans-set-to-cave-on-guns/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>[UPDATED] Florida State Senate President Don Gaetz Snatches Defeat From Jaws of Victory</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/09/florida-state-senate-president-don-gaetz-snatches-defeat-from-jaws-of-victory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Suddenly the Florida Senate President declares this bill will move forward and the Florida Senate Press shop asks that I make a note of it. Done. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; It never ceases to amaze me how Republicans can play politics so badly. The latest example is State Senate President Don Gaetz in Florida who will not move publicly supported bipartisan legislation forward that has caused headache &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/09/florida-state-senate-president-don-gaetz-snatches-defeat-from-jaws-of-victory/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>When the Right Decided to Go Left, Thatcher Went Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Ben Domenech has a must read post on the passing of Margaret Thatcher. I would consider it necessary reading for Republicans and conservatives in America right now. In the 70&#8242;s the British Conservative Party had lost its way. Like in the United States, the left was on the rise, Soviets were on the march, and people began to accept the decline of their &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/09/when-the-right-decided-to-go-left-thatcher-went-right/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>All Your Kids Are Belong to Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is profoundly unbelievable. Professor Melissa Harris-Perry of Tulane and MSNBC fame wants us to start treating children as property of the state. In an MSNBC promo spot — a promo spot for a supposed news channel — Melissa Harris-Perry says: “We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we’ve always had a private notion of children, your kid &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/08/all-your-kids-are-belong-to-us/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>About That RNC Declaration of War on Conservative Grassroots</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A whole lot of people have sent me this Breitbart story asking for my comment on it. I&#8217;m not exactly known for being friendly with the establishment these days and it comports with everything I think about them. I&#8217;m not surprised by it at all. But a bunch of people who attended the meeting are defending Mike Shields. They tell me he was mischaracterized. They &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/08/about-that-rnc-declaration-of-war-on-conservative-grassroots/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>She Did Not Go Wobbly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is sad news to learn as the sun rises today that Margaret Thatcher has passed away. She was the first politician I ever met. As a kid, I had the opportunity to, in passing, meet her. She was charming. History brought us Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and John Paul II at the same time to battle communism. She was the last of the three &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/08/she-did-not-go-wobbly/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Perry&#8217;s Freedom Agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s post on Texas generated a lot of commentary. I&#8217;ve talked to people close to Governor Perry and want to give some information from their perspective. Yesterday, the Texas House voted to begin the expansion of medicaid under Obamacare. Later in the evening, they rescinded the effort. Several reporters and others I talked with explained that while Governor Perry is &#8220;rock solid&#8221; on the &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/05/rick-perrys-freedom-agenda/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Perry&#8217;s Failure to Lead Leads Texas Closer to Obamacare</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/05/rick-perrys-failure-to-lead-leads-texas-closer-to-obamacare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late Thursday afternoon, the Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives took the first step toward capitulation on the Obamacare Medicaid expansion. A few hours later, the amendment directing the Texas state healthcare bureaucracy to start preparing for the expansion was reconsidered and rescinded after a handful of conservatives scrambled to rescue the situation &#8212; but the fact that it passed at all is a wake-up call. &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/05/rick-perrys-failure-to-lead-leads-texas-closer-to-obamacare/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Not Incest?</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/05/why-not-incest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Irons is making headlines for his hesitancy on gay marriage and whether it might lead to incestuous marital relationships if only to avoid estate taxes. Irons says, Could a father not marry his son? … It’s not incest between men. Incest is there to protect us from inbreeding, but men don’t breed… If that were so, then if I wanted to pass on my &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/05/why-not-incest/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Penley Paintings on T-Shirts</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/03/steve-penley-painitings-on-t-shirts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes I&#8217;m putting this on the front page. And yes, I&#8217;m putting this as a featured story. I get requests all the time for information on Steve Penley&#8217;s paintings. I have two of them myself. Steve is a dear friend and each year at the RedState Gathering we&#8217;ve used his paintings as backdrops for the event. They are gorgeous. You&#8217;ve probably also seen them on &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/03/steve-penley-painitings-on-t-shirts/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Considering Immigration</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/02/considering-immigration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Addington of the Heritage Foundation published a Backgrounder on immigration late last week while I was on vacation. As Congress picks back up the issue, it is worth noting that Addington provides probably the most detailed definition of &#8220;amnesty&#8221; that I have seen. The term “amnesty” is often used loosely with reference to aliens unlawfully in the United States. Sometimes it refers to converting &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/02/considering-immigration/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, Let&#8217;s Keep Government Out of Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/01/yes-lets-keep-government-out-of-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><a href="/users/erick/">Erick Erickson</a> (<a href="/erick/">Diary</a>)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week at RedState, we spent a lot of time focusing on politics from a faith perspective because it was Holy Week. Throughout the week, many people who support gay marriage lambasted me and others that Christians were just trying to use government to legislate marriage or morality. But I agree that we should keep the government out of marriage. Last I checked, George and &#124; <a class="moretext" href="http://www.redstate.com/2013/04/01/yes-lets-keep-government-out-of-marriage/">Read More &#187;</a>]]></description>
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