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		<title>The Super Committee Failure &#8211; The Real Mistakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The second mistake that Congress made was forming a super committee that was comprised of Democrats and Republicans.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2011/11/the-super-committee-failure-the-real-mistakes/</link>
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		<title>Congress Should Work on a Commission Basis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What I propose is that we cut Congress’s base salary to 50% of its current amount and pay them a portion or all of the additional 50% based upon their ability to meet clearly defined objectives.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2011/10/congress-should-work-on-a-commission-basis/</link>
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		<title>US Congress Makes al Qaeda Obsolete</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your first reaction to the title of this article may be – “what the heck are you talking about?” Or “are you the same person who, a few days before the 2008 election, wrote that it was time to clean House… and Senate?” Hear me out. al Qaeda wants to destroy America. Congress IS destroying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2011/07/us-congress-makes-al-qaeda-obsolete/</link>
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		<title>Doesn’t Anybody Have the Guts to Lower The Debt in this Way?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why can’t we charge all parties who benefit from our military?
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		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2011/06/doesn%e2%80%99t-anybody-have-the-guts-to-lower-the-debt-in-this-way/</link>
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		<title>Nuclear Reaction of the Knee Jerk Kind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the nuclear catastrophe in Japan still fresh and ongoing, the anti-nuke voices are getting louder and increasing in number. I don&#8217;t mean to minimize the problems that Japan is facing. But I do want to put the dangers of energy in perspective. Although I don&#8217;t have all the answers, I do have a number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2011/03/nuclear-reaction-of-the-knee-jerk-kind/</link>
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		<title>The Truth About the Tax on the Wealthy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those who support the continuation of the Bush tax break for the wealthy have something that they don’t want us to know or think about. They would have us believe that the tax on the wealthy is unfair. They would even have us feel bad for the wealthy. What these people are conveniently glossing over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2010/09/the-truth-about-the-tax-on-the-wealthy/</link>
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		<title>The Annual Migration of the Shoobies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the story goes, the term shoebie comes from years past when people brought everything they needed to take to the beach in a shoe box. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2010/06/the-annual-migration-of-the-shoobies/</link>
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		<title>Democracy 1, Partisan Politics 0</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In passing Proposition 14, Californians have dealt a blow to politics as usual. Proposition 14 combines the partisan primary elections into a single election. A voter’s party affiliation no longer matters. Independent voters now have a voice in primary elections, as it should be. Californians are hoping that this move will give more strength to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2010/06/democracy-1-partisan-politics-0/</link>
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		<title>Using a Game of Chance to Select Politicians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress is broken. So, what else is new? To most members of congress, partisanship and special interests have long since taken precedence over the interests of the American people. They would rather vote against their political opponents rather than enact bipartisan legislation that benefits the American people. Yes, we have the power of the vote, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2010/03/a-game-of-chance-to-select-politicians/</link>
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		<title>Prejudice or Political Analysis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let’s talk about Harry Reid’s controversial comment about President Obama. In discussing Obama’s chances to be elected president, Reid was quoted as saying that Obama is “light-skinned with no Negro dialect, unless he wants one.” In the context spoken, what makes this offensive? Reid’s statement is a reflection of prejudice that still exists in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.scottsreflections.com/2010/01/prejudice-or-political-analysis/</link>
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