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		<title>Mr. Gingrich</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/27/mr-gingrich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes Newt Gingrich electable? While Mr. Gingrich is known, and has proven that he still is, as a great debater, being able to deflect rhetoric and talk in a controlled environment does not indicate someone who is able to govern a country. Gingrich would respond with the fact that he did govern when he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=6397&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moderation</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/26/moderation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Schieffer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, January 22, Bob Schieffer did a commentary on definitions during his 30 minute Face the Nation program. Earlier in the program, he spoke at length with South Carolina primary winner Newt Gingrich. The commentary did not reflect on Speaker Gingrich but was about politics. Schieffer discussed the labels used in politics: moderate, liberal, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=6391&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 GOP Primary</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/17/2012-gop-primary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been watching the GOP presidential primaries and caucuses with interest. I am not a registered Republican. I do find the primary/caucus/nomination process amazing, though. I am particularly interested in this year’s GOP as there is an incumbent president of the opposing party who is running for reelection. I realize that as a country [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=6378&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September 22nd, 2011</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2011/09/26/september-22nd-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death penalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Troy Davis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was hoping to go to bed. I was attempting to be ignorant of news and world events. The area I live in had just been through a 100 year flood, the second time in five years. I was happy to be ignorant.  Unfortunately, I turned on CNN or MSNBC or some other 24 hour [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=6034&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disillusionment: A Political Commentary</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2011/09/12/disillusionment-a-political-commentary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broome County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nys]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tioga County]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a political junkie since I was young. I stuffed envelopes for my first presidential campaign at the age of 12.  Yes, that qualifies me as a junkie.  Imagine my dismay when I realized that tomorrow is primary day in New York State and the recent flooding had totally put it out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=6024&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Selling Personal Information</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2011/07/22/selling-personal-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just what are you willing to do to help your state remain solvent? You may wonder why I ask. The state of Florida DMV is selling registered drivers’ information. This information is not being sold to blanket companies. It is being sold to insurance companies, towing companies, car manufacturers. The state made over $60 million [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=5924&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>January Regents a Thing of the Past</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2011/06/20/january-regents-a-thing-of-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2011/06/20/january-regents-a-thing-of-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[changes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[january]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back during the making of the New York State budget, the Board of Regents requested $15 million dollars to develop and administer NYS Regents.  A regents is a test that is given in high school, statewide, at the same time and day everywhere in the state.  These tests include a Global History regents (given at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=5895&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is Community?</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2011/05/02/what-is-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 15:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Community! We all live in one but do we have other communities that we are a part of?  I know I belong to many different communities.  I frequently wonder what makes community and how hard it is to keep a community together. I am a member of the &#8220;running&#8221; community.  A lot of the runners [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=5758&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NYS Budget</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2011/02/01/nys-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Cuomo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school aid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a difference a year makes!  Last year&#8217;s State of the State address was around this time.  Now, a new governor and I am watching the executive budget presentation on February 1st.  Better than that, the entire event &#8211; comments by Lieutenant Governor Duffy and Budget Director Megna and the presentation itself from Governor Andrew [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=5647&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Not the Environmentalist I Once Was</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2010/12/02/im-not-the-environmentalist-i-once-was/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2010/12/02/im-not-the-environmentalist-i-once-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marcellus shale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I say this &#8211; I&#8217;m not the environmentalist I once was &#8211; with great trepidation.  Unfortunately, I have to admit this situation to myself because I am reminded of it every day I run on the roads in my area. &#160; In the past, I have been known to stack recycling up until it would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=5531&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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