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	<title>Rife's Torch</title>
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	<description>Sean Rife blathers on about politics, philosophy, and other randomness</description>
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		<title>A Reply to John Lewis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an official member of the baby-eating, puppy-kicking, minority-hating, Oppressor Class, I was struck by Rep. John Lewis&#8217; recent remarks on the House floor regarding the continuation of unemployment benefits (or, rather, the lack thereof). On June 30th, Rep. Lewis stated: It is a shame and a disgrace that we did not extend unemployment insurance. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2010/06/30/a-reply-to-john-lewis/</link>
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		<title>Whose Land is it, Anyway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I mean Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recently asked a question regarding “Arab lands” in Israel. The PM’s response was that there was no such thing because, “It’s our land”. People much smarter than me have rendered up answers to the question and I was particularly careful to ignore all of them – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/11/03/whose-land-is-it-anyway/</link>
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		<title>Ending Poverty</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE POVERTY: FROM THE NATIONAL WELFARE RIGHTS UNION. At a recent retreat/conference of the NWRU, the following eight position points were drafted and unanimously voted upon. We respectfully submit them to the Presidential Candidates as the foundation on which to start dismantling poverty in the U.S. The National Welfare Rights Union also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/08/24/ending-poverty/</link>
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		<title>Sotomayor’s “fidelity to the law”?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I normally hold to a strict policy of &#8220;if everyone else is saying it [or will be saying it], don&#8217;t add to the cacophony.&#8221; However, today I am making an exception. This is Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s now well-known comment that appellate courts are &#8220;where policy is made:&#8221; Apologists for the Honorable Justice insist that the full [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/07/13/sotomayors-fidelity-to-the-law/</link>
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		<title>Not a Pervert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Jackson, that is. At least, I find it unlikely. Nevertheless, New York Representative Peter King wants to know if I would let my (hypothetical) child spend time in a room alone with Jackson. The answer is certainly no, but that is due to a general policy I have about not allowing my future progeny [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/07/06/not-a-pervert/</link>
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		<title>Popular Music is Trash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(And why the Beatles will be forgotten by 2064) I hate popular music. Since I met and married Rachel – the Center Of My Universe and the Reason For My Existence – I have been subjected to a particular genre of popular music each morning as she and I drive to some useless location in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/06/18/popular-music-is-trash/</link>
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		<title>Everything You Think You Know [About Same-Sex Marriage] is Wrong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I support same-sex marriage. Actually, I would be even happier to see the government abandon recognition of marriage as a specific legal status, and simply recognize contractual obligations between individuals, regardless of their sex. But I&#8217;m a realist, and am not holding out for my libertarian utopia to come to fruition. However, the tactics devised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/06/13/everything-you-think-you-know-about-same-sex-marriage-is-wrong/</link>
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		<title>Racial Relations and High School Football</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2000, Walt Disney Studios released “Remember the Titans”, the story of  Coach Herman Boone (played by Denzel Washington) and his first year as head football coach at T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia.  One of the things that makes this a great movie is that it never overtly states the movie&#8217;s theme:  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/03/11/racial-relations-and-high-school-football/</link>
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		<title>The Matrix:  Greed, Power and Fear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, columnist Jay Bookman praised greed the way I am going to praise Jay Bookman.  Mr. Bookman is an artful wordsmith; his prose is always a pleasure to read, marred only by the fact that his ideas are usually rubbish.  I believe that I have complimented Mr. Bookman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/03/06/the-matrix-greed-power-and-fear/</link>
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		<title>Innauguration 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where politics is involved, I have strict standards of exposure to which I rigidly adhere. DIRECT MAIL DURING PRIMARIES:  Democratic candidate submittals are trashed without review.  Republican offerings are scrutinized with great care. TELEVISION ADS AT ANY TIME IN THE PROCESS:  Like most American males, the television&#8217;s remote control is my scepter.  It is always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rifestorch.com/index.php/2009/01/26/innauguration-2009/</link>
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