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		<title>change the policy</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2007/08/07/change-the-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With YouTube now participating in presidential primaries and digital media poised to overtake traditional sources of news and information, it isn&#8217;t surprising that virtual political action now poses a serious threat to democratic nationalism. As human rights align across borders and the distance between the world&#8217;s poor and basic information technology shrinks, digital advocacy like this &#8220;Change the Policy&#8221; video is bound to increase &#8212; and with dramatic political effect &#8212; in what might become the first truly global evolution of human values. Stay tuned&#8230;

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		<title>to kill a mockingbird</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2007/06/27/to-kill-a-mockingbird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sober words from one of this primary&#8217;s lesser known Democratic candidates, on the benefits of bipartisan, international negotiation with Iran and the power of assertive compromise. As Atticus Finch might suggest, reconciling &#8220;The Axis&#8221; and &#8220;The Great Satan&#8221; may take little more than stepping inside the other guy&#8217;s skin and &#8220;walk[ing] around for a little&#8221;, and as Governor Richardson himself asserts, the taboo of Persian engagement must be overcome before any meaningful progress will ever take place&#8230;
Iran– No Preconditions, No Illusions
Speaker: New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson at the Center for National Policy.
Two months ago, I returned from a trip to North Korea that represented a bipartisan effort to achieve two major goals – to bring home the remains of American ...]]></description>
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		<title>elephants</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2006/09/20/elephants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Nationalist Manifesto
There are too many elephants in the room. During our teens it was understandable, but this country is almost 140 years old. It&#8217;s time to stop ignoring the obvious. The 21st century might be filled with promise, but not if we don&#8217;t change course.
As it stands, we are far too dependant on natural resources, and they&#8217;re far too dependant on us. Our Prime Minister, under a majority mandate, is  essentially a dictator. Our immigrants are both our biggest asset and our biggest liability. China is real. So is Afghanistan. We spend nearly $150 billion a year on a crippled healthcare system and throwing more money at the problem will not make it work. Our best and brightest are quick ...]]></description>
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		<title>1701</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2006/08/12/1701/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With ink still drying on the UN Security Council&#8217;s draft resolution, Nusrullah has finally agreed to a cessation of hostilities, but insists that the fight will continue as long as Israeli troops are still on the ground. This, at a time when Israel itself has just voted to triple the size of its current military operation and continues to airlift troops into Southern Lebanon. Only time will tell if this latest in a long series of diplomatic efforts will succeed where the others have so catastrophically failed&#8230;

UNSC DRAFT RESOLUTION LEBANON 1701
The Security Council,
PP1. Recalling all its previous resolutions on Lebanon, in particular resolutions 425 (1978), 426 (1978), 520 (1982), 1559 (2004), 1655 (2006) 1680 (2006) and 1697 (2006), as well ...]]></description>
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		<title>charlie rose</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2006/08/04/charlie-rose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a transcript of the Charlie Rose interview with Rami Khoury, Editor-at-Large of The Daily Star, a leading English-language newspaper in Beirut. In the Middle East it&#8217;s been difficult to find a convincing argument against continued Israeli engagment in a non-Arab tongue, but this exchange, filmed on July 19th, cuts as close to the heart of the conflict as I&#8217;ve seen from a Palestinian commentator. 
Charlie then followed up yesterday with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who summarized the situation in his typical, pragmatic prose, sucessfully bringing Iran and nuclear arms into the discussion and accepting America&#8217;s share of the blame for mishandling the meltdown from the start. I&#8217;ve yet to find a transcript of the interview, but ...]]></description>
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		<title>no better way</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2006/05/09/no-better-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 02:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Described  as the first direct communication from an Iranian leader to an American  president since 1979, Ahmadinajad’s recent letter to President Bush touched on a  broad array of socio-political matters that strike at the very heart of the  current standoff between Tehran and Washington. Below is an exerpt of that letter &#8212; originally translated from Farsi&#8230;
Mr George Bush, President of the United States of America
For sometime now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international arena &#8212; which are being constantly debated, specially in political forums and amongst university students. Many questions remain unanswered. These have prompted me to discuss some of the contradictions and questions, in the ...]]></description>
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		<title>war and peace</title>
		<link>http://www.freedom24.org/rationalpost/2006/04/18/war-and-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 04:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A trans-Pacific dialogue on the current state of Palestine, in reverse chronological order&#8230;
On 4/19/06 11:20 AM, editor@rationalpost.com wrote:
In my mind, it’s a poverty problem (and a blame problem). As much as it  pains me to say it, neither Arabs and Jews, nor Russians and Chechens, nor  Greeks and Macedonians, nor Iraqis and Kurds, nor Hutus and Tutsis (etc.) will  ever resolve their conflicting land and resource claims without war (or  extremely enlightened diplomacy). That much I’m sure about. The only relevant  questions are who (soldiers, senators or civilians?), how (guns, bombs or  arbitration?), where (fields, streets or courthouses?), and how long (minutes,  months or millennia?). It’s an unfortunate but natural consequence  of ...]]></description>
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