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		<title>Smokestack Lightning &#124; Howlin&#8217; Wolf</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 &#8211; January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin&#8217; Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, with a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among the all-time greatest performers in electric blues.]]></description>
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		<title>Halt the presses, Pope Francis got it right: Do Good!</title>
		<link>http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10500</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 02:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might want to mark the date on your calendar, because what I&#8217;m about to tell you has never happened before, nor is it likely to ever happen again in our lifetimes. On May 22, 2013, Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic church, that skeevy nest of gold hoarding, child molesting&#8230; yes, that Roman church, said something that I completely agree with. During his morning homily, which is the Catholic word for sermon, in case, like me, you &#8230; <a href="http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10500">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Funding federal anti-hunger programs: what would Jesus do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I&#8217;ve had discussions with many friends and relatives of the conservative Christian persuasion regarding their Lord&#8217;s admonition to feed the hungry, feed the sick, and generally be their brother or sister&#8217;s keeper. It seems to me that most of them misunderstand what Jesus really meant in this regard. Most conservatives Christians are ideologically opposed to any expansion of social programs to help the poor, and 99 times in 100 they tend to fall back on religious beliefs to justify their actions &#8230; <a href="http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10493">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Goodwill Industries: providing opportunities for the disabled at rock bottom wages.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fairness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charity is a thriving and lucrative business to be in it seems. Nationwide, Goodwill executives receive over $50 million dollars in salary and other perks every year. Hourly employees in Goodwill collection centers and retail stores don&#8217;t do nearly as well, with most receiving state or federally mandated minimum wages, but some don&#8217;t even receive that paltry amount for their time and effort. According to John Hrabe at Watchdog.org:  According to data obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, &#8230; <a href="http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10488">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sick and tired of being sick and tired.</title>
		<link>http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10483</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 18:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been away from my post here on the soapbox for a while now. It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;ve been too busy, though I have had a lot on the plate recently, and it&#8217;s had nothing to do with a lack of interest; I&#8217;ve wanted to post quite often. The problem seems to be that every time I sit down at my computer all I find is bad news, followed by more bad news, exacerbated by even more bad news, and &#8230; <a href="http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10483">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>If I could own only one Rush album, this would be it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget everything you&#8217;ve ever heard by these guys, this is my favorite album of them all (by Rush). They&#8217;re all good, but I believe this record captured them at their best. Nothing over played here. Just simple yet intricate songs, played by three men as comfortable with their instruments as they are competent; full of emotion most people only casually acquainted with the group wouldn&#8217;t associate with them. I can&#8217;t decide if the first tune, &#8220;Animate&#8221; is a love song &#8230; <a href="http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10481">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taxed enough already? I&#8217;m thinking the IRS got it right this time.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money & Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted here in ages. Don&#8217;t really have anything new or enlightening to say these days, and honestly, it wouldn&#8217;t do any good if I did. We&#8217;re screwed folks, as is our nation and our climate. If my children live out their natural lifespans they&#8217;ll be lucky, or incredibly inventive. There, I said it. Didn&#8217;t want to, but I had to. We&#8217;ve been duped into sowing the seeds of our own destruction by a political process that was co-opted several generations ago. Our &#8230; <a href="http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10478">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina needs a fair income tax structure, not zero income taxes.</title>
		<link>http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10467</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlueNC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend James recently decided to step up and offer himself for sacrifice at the alter of the NC electoral politics, as a candidate for governor, and I believe he&#8217;s serious. I&#8217;ve known James, through his work at BlueNC and other writing, for several years now and I believe we could do far worse than to elect this citizen to our state&#8217;s highest office. In fact, I believe we are doing far worse right now, with Art Pope and Duke &#8230; <a href="http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10467">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We are life in human form, the offspring of a thousand stars, siblings to a galaxy.</title>
		<link>http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10464</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
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		<title>Exxon doesn&#8217;t want you to see this.</title>
		<link>http://thurmanhubbard.com/?p=10461</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thurman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pegasus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pipeline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exxon is pressuring several Arkansas television stations not to run this ad. You can read the full story here. If Exxon doesn&#8217;t want us to see it, you can bet I&#8217;ll do whatever I can to make sure you have that opportunity.]]></description>
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