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		<title>Mind Fuzz: U.S. Wants a Theocracy?</title>
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Are you freaking kidding me? This country is screeching over contraception, what the Catholic Church wants, and upholding values that would throw us back into the Middle Ages! Are we going to listen to Bishops and Cardinals and whatshisname Santorum tell us how to get our morals back? I am sick unto death over people blathering on about issues of churches that have NO business in our Democracy.
You want a good history lesson? Rent the series &#8220;The Borgias&#8221; starring Jeremy Irons. Somewhat fiction, but a whole lotta truth, and you ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/mind-fuzz-u-s-wants-a-theocracy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Tea Party Will Crash and Burn With Santorum</title>
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During this particular time in the primary &#8220;election cycle&#8221;, the Republican and Democratic Party front-runners usually step forward to stake a claim to their  party&#8217;s presidential nomination.  This time around, however, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are both claiming to be the Republican candidate best suited to take on Barack Obama in the November election.  The battle for supremacy between Romney and Santorum is shaping up to be  a classic struggle between the far-right (i.e. the Tea Party) wing of the Party, and the more moderate-leaning wing of the Party.  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/tea-party-will-crash-and-burn-with-santorum/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>The National Review Endorses Santorum</title>
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In this highly political environment there are no lack of conservative publications, radio talk shows,  and television stations attempting to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of the Republican presidential candidates.  The most influential, perhaps, of all the conservative publications in the country is The National Review.  This is a publication  written by staunch conservatives (many of whom are Republican leadership figures), and  intended for the far-right, Republican Party faithful.  To a certain extent, The National Review deserves  credit for understanding the political leanings of its readership, and rarely fails to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/the-national-review-endorses-santorum/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Characters in My Life-Collage: Chops</title>
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Preface:
I grew up in a community with people who drank Martinis, owned small planes, had in-ground swimming pools,  their own interior decorators, proffered lavishly catered dinners, never served sandwiches with crust, and seemed to work very hard at being boring. This may account for the fact that once I left home, having been made to parade around the house with five books on my head to learn proper posture, I became enchanted by people who were far different than those in my limited and painfully dull realm.
Many of my friends ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/characters-in-my-life-collage-chops/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Republicans Feast on &#8220;Economic&#8221; Sour Grapes</title>
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Over the course of the last three years, Americans have very consistently told pollsters that the &#8220;number 1&#8243;  issue facing the country is how to improve the domestic economy.  In fact, most of the woes being experienced by  Americans, such as unemployment, mortgage foreclosure, and loss of pension funds, are due to an economy that went into a tailspin in 2008, and never quite recovered.  Other issues, like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the burgeoning national debt, and the dependence on foreign oil, have paled in comparison to the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/republicans-feast-on-economic-sour-grapes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Tea Party Will Anoint Santorum as Standard Bearer</title>
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The upcoming Republican caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota, along with the non-binding primary in Missouri should determine once and for all who will be anointed as the front-running, &#8220;non-Romney&#8221; candidate in the GOP.  This is not a small issue among the ultra-conservative &#8220;Tea Party&#8221; wing, who view Romney as a betrayer of  core Republican values, and an opportunist that is  willing to compromise with the Democrats when politically expedient.  The dilemma for the Tea Party  has always been whom to choose among the rather pathetic group of  conservative presidential aspirants.  ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/tea-party-will-anoint-santorum-as-standard-bearer/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Khamenei&#8217;s Aggressive Delusion of Power</title>
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Once again, the &#8220;winds of war&#8221; are beginning to gain strength, as  international relationships between Iran and the West (including Israel) continue to deteriorate at a rapid pace.   There is little doubt that the volatile and vociferous  leadership of  Iran has made a decision to develop and strengthen their military capabilities, and to pursue an aggressive course of action against  neighboring countries.   The imposition of economic sanctions against the Iranians by Western nations has done nothing to weaken the Iranian&#8217;s resolve to develop nuclear weapons capabilities, and have failed to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/khameneis-agressive-delusion-of-power/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Tom Waits Sings, &#8220;You Can Never Hold Back Spring&#8221;</title>
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This time of year in Pennsylvania is usually dark, snowy, and somewhat foreboding-looking. This year, however, has been a mild and surprising winter. The sky is bluer and the temperatures are moderate. Snow has only been a light blanket that quickly melted. Perhaps Al Gore was right about global warming. But when it comes to the seasons, I cannot help making analogies to life.
We have all heard about the Springtime of our lives and how quickly that becomes the Autumn of our years. I have never been one to hold ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/tom-waits-sings-you-can-never-hold-back-spring/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Gingrich Proposes Moon Colony for Middle Class</title>
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As a young Navy man, serving duty aboard the U.S.S. Ticonderoga off the coast of Viet Nam in 1969, I&#8217;ll never forget the  feelings of pride and awe I experienced when told about the landing of two American astronauts on the surface of the Moon.  At that time, very few of us questioned why our nation would so feverishly pursue such an expensive and dangerous endeavor.  We simply knew that America had to beat the Soviets to the Moon in order to prove the superiority of American technology and  capitalism, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/gingrich-proposes-moon-colony-for-middle-class/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Republicans &#8220;Eat Crow&#8221; on Economic Recovery</title>
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Earlier this week President Obama delivered his third State of The Union address to Congress  since becoming President  in 2009.   To his credit, the President&#8217;s speech was an upbeat assessment of how much conditions have improved in America since the waning days of the Bush Administration; when the U.S. economy was losing 500,000 jobs per month, and the country was teetering on the precipice of total collapse.  Obama reminded his listeners that the U.S. economy has shown increases in employment for the last twenty-two months in a row, that the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/republicans-eat-crow-on-economic-recovery/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>GOP Flounders in Mediocracy</title>
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After watching the four Republican presidential candidates &#8220;duke it out&#8221; on stage last night in Tampa, I finally came to the conclusion that a vote for &#8220;none of the above&#8221; was probably the best course of action.  I realize, of course, that primary voters will not really be given the option of selecting &#8220;none of the above&#8221; on their ballots, but perhaps they should.  How else can the Republican Party get the message that none of the four remaining  candidates are presidential material, and that none of the candidates have ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/gop-flounders-in-mediocracy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>The Issue of Immigration: Interview with Lecia Brooks, SPLC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HB56 empowers law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of individuals, which subject residents of Alabama – including countless U.S. citizens and non-citizens with permission to be in the United States – to racial profiling as well as unlawful interrogations, searches, seizures and arrests that violate the Fourth Amendment.

This law has devastated the immigrant community in Alabama. Under the provisions that are currently in effect, undocumented persons are unable to interact with the government—in any way and for any purpose. It has turned a significant class of people, effectively, into legal non-persons, subjecting them to a kind of legal exile. It has destroyed lives, ripped apart families, devastated communities, and left our economy in shatters.]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/the-issue-of-immigration-interview-with-lecia-brooks-splc/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>The Terrible Case of Jordan Brown and a Murder</title>
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“All things truly wicked start from an innocence.”~~Ernest Hemingway
In 2009 eleven year old Jordan Brown, of Lawrence County, PA, was accused of shooting his father’s pregnant finance’ with a shotgun while she slept. Both Kenzie Houk and the child she was carrying died and Jordan Brown was charged with two counts of homicide, because Kenzie Houk was eight and a half months pregnant. Since that day, questions have arisen about Jordan Brown. What could have driven a child to such an act? Should he be tried as an adult or ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/the-terrible-case-of-jordan-brown-and-a-murder/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>A 2012 Voter’s Guide</title>
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**The following is a guest post from our friend Tony, better known as Bluzdude, at Darwinfish2 . Bloggers make terrific friends, and we are honored to count Tony among ours. Thanks, Bluz, for this terrific post! Oh and the remotes, all five of them, are on the end table.**
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Right off, I’d like to thank Rich and Cher for inviting me to invade some of their space. (I promise I’ll move out once I get back on my feet. It should only take a couple weeks. Seriously! Now where’s the remote?)
Cher ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/a-2012-voter%e2%80%99s-guide/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Racist Homework in GA Elementary School</title>
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We know that No Child Left Behind has been shown to be a failure in our schools. In June of 2008 I wrote an article in which I stated, “Teachers who have traditionally been able to imbue their students with a love of learning have been thwarted. The ramification is that tens of thousands of teachers are dropping out of the profession or opting for an early retirement. They have been demoralized and de-skilled. When teaching methods are mandated to be standardized, the impact on creative and innovative instruction is ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/racist-homework-in-ga-elementary-school/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Golan Heights May Become Another Gaza Strip</title>
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Over the last year the very small, but militarily powerful nation of Israel has watched cautiously as its neighbors have struggled with internal rebellions and regime changes.  Located in a region of the world that has been known for decades for  political instability and volatility, Israel has recently witnessed an unprecedented shuffling of the political deck of cards.  As a matter of national policy, the Israeli government has largely refrained from making public comments about the political affairs of its neighbors, and has avoided any kind of direct involvement in ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/golan-heights-may-become-another-gaza-strip/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Romney is Undisputed Republican Heir Apparent</title>
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It  just seems as if watching the parade of Republican circus clowns, each trying desperately to be more extreme than the other, is rapidly becoming tiresome.  There is Mitt Romney, who wants to turn back to the clock to the  days of unregulated and unfettered capitalism; then there is Rick Santorum, who wants to turn the country into a theocracy while denying that racial discrimination is a problem in America; then there is Newt Gingrich, who thinks that the best way to do away with all progressive legislation is to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/romney-is-undisputed-republican-heir-apparent/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>The Anomaly of Rick Santorum and the Iowa Caucuses</title>
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There were so many shenanigans going on in Iowa that my head was reeling. Who would have thought former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum would play leap-frog over Newt Gingrich? I live in PA and I can tell you, we didn’t like Santorum that much when he was here.
There were questions regarding his residency. Did he live in Penn Hills, PA, Mt. Lebanon, PA or was he actually residing in Virginia for most of the time he represented Pennsylvania? The questions were never satisfactorily answered by Santorum, who was defeated by ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/the-anomaly-of-rick-santorum-and-the-iowa-caucuses/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Back is Against The Wall</title>
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As the first few days of 2012 slide by, there is very little indication that the new year will bring much relief from the political tensions and turmoils that embroil humanity from one side of the globe to the other.   The simmering tensions between the religious sects in Iraq continue to  heat up, the war between the Taliban and the government forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan continue to be  more explosive and destructive than ever, the much sought-after political reforms in Egypt, Libya and Bahrain continue to be elusive, and ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/irans-back-is-against-the-wall/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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		<title>Women as Enemy: A Film About Brutality Toward Our Global Sisters</title>
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For far too long in history, women have been perceived as chattel, disposable and expendable. This past year we witnessed uprisings in the Middle East during their Arab Spring. Women often fought along side men to oust oppressive regimes. In Bahrain, however, women are still at risk of torture and rape. Yemen women played activists roles in toppling President Saleh, yet still fight vigorously to keep demands for their rights. Libyan women face a multitude of challenges in the face of change so that they may have access to education ...]]></description>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/01/women-as-enemy-a-film-about-brutality-toward-our-global-sisters/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss</link>
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