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		<title>Health Care Bill Passes, 220-215; Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn Win Big One For Obama (Kratovil Votes No)</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/obama-wins-health-care-bill-passes-220-215/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Whip James Clyburn, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
We saw democracy in action tonight. Democracy is not a sure thing. How small is the margin between success and failure.  Between victory and defeat. Progress and regression. How many votes to change history? Whose effort turns the battle? Whose vote moves [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1326&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Message to Rep. Frank Kratovil Regarding Health Care</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/message-to-rep-frank-kratovil-regarding-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a message I sent to Rep. Frank Kratovil today through his Web site, http://kratovil.house.gov/index.html.
Rep. Kratovil
Thank you for releasing a statement explaining your position on the health care bill.   The reasons you give for opposing the bill ring hollow to me: i.e. the bill doesn&#8217;t reduce health costs enough, and the bill [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1323&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil to Vote &#8216;No&#8217; on Health Care</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/maryland-rep-frank-kratovil-to-vote-no-on-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Frank Kratovil, Democratic congressman representing the Maryland Eastern Shore (and portions of Anne Arundel, Harford and Baltimore Counties on the Western Shore), has released the following statement on the health care bill pending in the House of Representatives this weekend.
“We need health care reform that reduces long-term health care spending and expands coverage, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1317&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Is The Peace Movement?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For days, I guess for weeks, President Barack Obama has been studying the question: How many more thousands of American soldiers to send to war in Afghanistan? Will the President decide how many thousands next week, or will he struggle with the decision until the week after? The question is not whether to have a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1308&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Public Option Vote Set For Saturday</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/change-and-fear-congress-prepares-to-vote-on-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BJH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Saturday on a health-care bill, including the provision for a &#8220;public option&#8221; to offer health insurance in the marketplace in competition with private insurance companies.
This is said to be a hard vote for members of Congress representing close districts, including Maryland&#8217;s Eastern Shore congressman, Rep. Frank Kratovil, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1297&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Election 2010: Frank Kratovil vs. Andy Harris</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/maryland-election-2010-frank-kratovil-vs-andy-harris/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BJH</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s election results in Virginia and New Jersey have focused my mind on the 2010 Maryland District 1 congressional race on the Eastern Shore (and parts of Harford, Baltimore, and Anne Arundel counties on the Wester Shore).
Freshman Rep. Frank Kratovil, a Democrat, will have a rematch with the Republican he defeated two years ago, State Sen. Andy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1293&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Schaefer Statue Unveiled on Governor&#8217;s Birthday</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/schaefer-statue-unveiled-on-governors-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Gov. William Donald Schaefer turned 88 yesterday. In addition to being governor of Maryland, Mr. Schaefer  was also Baltimore mayor, City Council president, Maryland comptroller. It&#8217;s not that the man couldn&#8217;t hold a job. It&#8217;s more like no one job was big enough to hold the man.  The occasion was marked with the unveiling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1288&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chesapeake Bay &#8212; Is Maryland A &#8216;Political Dead Zone&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/chesapeake-bay-is-maryland-a-political-dead-zone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an environmental book with a feisty message: &#8220;Fight for the Bay: Why a Dark Green Environmental Awakening is Needed to Save the Chesapeake Bay,&#8221; by Howard R. Ernst, political science professor at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Ernst also wrote &#8220;Chesapeake Bay Blues.&#8221;
Here&#8217;s a high-profile endorsement:
“Professor Ernst&#8217;s new concept — the political dead zone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1270&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Dempsey and Deanna Bogart Release Christmas CD</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/rick-dempsey-and-deanna-bogart-release-christmas-cd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Dempsey and the Deanna Bogart Band have teamed up to make a new Christmas CD, &#8220;Home Run Holiday.&#8221;
Rick Dempsey is the former Baltimore Orioles catcher and 1983 World Series MVP,  and Deanna Bogart is a multi-talented saxophone and piano player. Her band has performed at Maryland dances and concerts for years. I don&#8217;t know [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=marylandonmymind.wordpress.com&blog=1845576&post=1253&subd=marylandonmymind&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>America Has The Best Health Care In The World! Right?</title>
		<link>http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/america-has-the-best-health-care-in-the-world-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have pretty good health care in American.  Right?  We do, don&#8217;t we?

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