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		<title>The 7 Billionth Person</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/11/01/the-7-billionth-person/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the United Nations, the 7 billionth person came into the world the other day.
I was wondering why it felt kind of crowded around here.
The 1 billionth person arrived when Thomas Jefferson was president. No. 2 billion came when Calvin Coolidge was president, the 3 billionth when Dwight Eisenhower was president, the 4 billionth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rich Are Different</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/27/the-rich-are-different/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the Koch brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Mars family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The rich]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/?p=3678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The rich are different than you and me.
And it isn’t only that they have more money.
The rich have come under attack recently, so I decided to take a look at who is really, really rich.
And what I found was a group of people who have changed our world profoundly.
Think of the Walton family, responsible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubio and the Hispanic Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/21/rubio-and-the-hispanic-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/21/rubio-and-the-hispanic-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/?p=3657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris Matthews thought he would get me with his question on Marco Rubio.  He asked me, breaking news style, what I thought about the revelations that Rubio’s family fled Cuba two whole years before Castro came to power.
I didn’t scratch my head on camera, but I did so in my mind.
What the hell is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Private Sector Doing Just Fine?</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/20/is-the-private-sector-doing-just-fine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/20/is-the-private-sector-doing-just-fine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday:  &#8220;It&#8217;s very clear that private sector jobs have been doing just fine, it&#8217;s the public sector jobs where we&#8217;ve lost huge numbers, and that&#8217;s what this legislation is all about.”
He was talking about his plan to give more money to states so they can give more money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BTW, BHO Could Still Win</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/14/btw-bho-could-still-win/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/14/btw-bho-could-still-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/?p=3629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Never assume.
I usually get in trouble when I make assumptions and then challenge them.
I have been assuming for some time that the Republicans will easily beat Barack Hussein Obama.
I have been assuming that for some very good reasons.
For example, Obama is just not a very good President.  He doesn’t have a clue how the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/13/quick-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, that was quick.
Yesterday, as I drove through Washington’s streets, all I saw was a bunch of traffic, made worse by the 30 rabble-rousers who occupied a half-block in downtown D.C.
Today, dozens of South Korean flags were fluttering in the pouring rain.
The President of South Korea is in town, meeting with Barack Obama and addressing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walk the Stairs</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/12/walk-the-stairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/12/walk-the-stairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dana Milbank had a funny story in the Post today about the pathetic protest movement that has gripped (well, gripped might be a strong word), Washington:
Attempting to emulate the Occupy Wall Street protests, Washington activists and some out-of-town guests set themselves the lofty goal of occupying the Hart Senate Office Building. “We are there to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxing the Rich Won’t Help</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/11/taxing-the-rich-won%e2%80%99t-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/11/taxing-the-rich-won%e2%80%99t-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has made taxing the rich the centerpiece of his  reelection campaign. He talks incessantly about it. It is a key part of  his jobs package. So far, an apt summary of the Obama presidency might  very well be: “He killed Osama bin Laden and he really, really wanted to  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dilatory Motions</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/07/dilatory-motions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/07/dilatory-motions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate majority leader moved last night to cut off republican amendments to a Chinese currency bill, calling the amendments dilatory.  In doing so, he changed Senate rules and caused a firestorm in the halls of the world&#8217;s greatest debating society (or so it thinks of itself).
I was in the Senate press gallery as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Ideas</title>
		<link>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/06/washington-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefeeherytheory.com/2011/10/06/washington-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Feehery</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a chance lunch with the founder of Crate and Barrel yesterday at the Washington Ideas Forum.    Gordon Segal asked if the empty seat at my small table was open, and me, having no idea who Gordon Segal is, said sure.
He told me if he was from Chicago, and I immediately [...]]]></description>
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