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	<title>Scrutiny Hooligans &#187; Michael Muller</title>
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	<description>If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. â€” Samuel Adams</description>
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		<title>The Queen of Disco is Gone</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/05/17/the-queen-of-disco-is-gone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Passing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, Donna Summer passed away today at age 63. She will be remembered by many of us fondly forever — or at least those of us old enough to remember polyester shirts and platform shoes, like Tom Sullivan.
Now, here&#8217;s Miss Donna Summer with one of the greatest songs of all time, Hot Stuff from 1979:
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		<title>Sunday Morning Music</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/05/06/sunday-morning-music-130/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 12:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Music]]></category>

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		<title>A gay conservative speaks out on Amendment One</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/05/03/a-gay-conservative-speaks-out-on-amendment-one/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/05/03/a-gay-conservative-speaks-out-on-amendment-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An excellent post from my friend Chris Barron, co-founder of GOProud (Cross-posted from Pam&#8217;s House Blend):
My North Carolina ties are deep. I grew up in Goldsboro, North Carolina. I attended undergrad at UNC-Greensboro and East Carolina University and got my law degree from Wake Forest. Both of my brothers still live in North Carolina with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payday lenders fund Rogers&#8217; NC-11 campaign</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/05/02/payday-lenders-fund-rogers-nc-11-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/05/02/payday-lenders-fund-rogers-nc-11-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC-11 Congressional Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We received the following press release this morning from 11th District congressional candidate and our friend Cecil Bothwell, reprinted in its entirety (I take responsibility for the funny picture over there on the right).
It&#8217;s fascinating stuff. Follow the money, as they say&#8230;
From Bothwell for Congress:
For immediate release: May 2, 2012
What: Payday lenders fund Rogers&#8217; NC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delicious Tort Reform</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/04/17/delicious-tort-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/04/17/delicious-tort-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tort Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shifting gears a little, I read this story yesterday and thought it was interesting despite the fact it had nothing to do with The Gays or the water system. I don&#8217;t fully understand it all but thought I would bring it forward for some discussion here in the public square. So many smart people on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Morning Music</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/04/15/sunday-morning-music-126/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board of Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Men wearing articles of women's clothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Moffitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[And now, for your Sunday Morning Music pleasure&#8230; here&#8217;s Councilman Gordon Smith (and the Barry Summers Trio) with that delightful Bossa Nova standard, Água de Beber.
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		<title>Poll Dancing</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/04/10/poll-dancing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Men wearing articles of women's clothing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The latest polling numbers confirm what many of us already knew about Amendment One: it has overwhelming support here in North Carolina (57% strongly support, 6% somewhat support, 5% somewhat oppose and 24% strongly oppose). Civitas recently asked the question:
&#8220;Do you support or oppose a constitutional amendment that says: Marriage between one man and one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meanwhile, out in the county&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/24/meanwhile-out-in-the-county/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/24/meanwhile-out-in-the-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

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		<title>Jimmy Carter likes The Gays</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/23/jimmy-carter-likes-the-gays/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/23/jimmy-carter-likes-the-gays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Men wearing articles of women's clothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Because we haven&#8217;t really been Gay around here enough lately (and with Gordon all busy with boring City Council stuff) I thought I&#8217;d post this tidbit from former President and devout Baptist Jimmy Carter:
“Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday Morning Music</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/21/wednesday-morning-music-2/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/21/wednesday-morning-music-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loveletter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning to a carpet of freshly bloomed purple phlox off my front porch — just in time for the first day of Spring. It&#8217;s wonderful here in Asheville in the Spring — spectacular, really. Full of hope, promise, and gratitude. And it made me think of this song&#8230;I hope you enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whither The Gays?</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/20/whither-the-gays/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/20/whither-the-gays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board of Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Equality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Primary Day just seven weeks from today — and with it a referendum to amend the North Carolina State Constitution defining marriage — our esteemed Asheville City Council is poised to pass a resolution opposing the measure (called the Defense of Marriage Act).
Given the makeup of the current Council, I&#8217;d think such a measure [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>47</slash:comments>
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		<title>Angelic Troublemaker</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/18/angelic-troublemaker/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/18/angelic-troublemaker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers. Our power is in our ability to make things unworkable.&#8221; — Bayard Rustin
Yesterday marked what would have been the 100th Birthday of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. He was a political strategist extraordinaire, remembered chiefly for organizing the 1963 March on Washington. He was also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Morning Music</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/11/sunday-morning-music-122/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/11/sunday-morning-music-122/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It sure is a beautiful day in Western North Carolina — I hope everyone enjoys it. And thanks to my friend Jon Elliston for the inspiration.
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		<title>Ron Paul&#8217;s Drag Race</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/09/ron-pauls-drag-race/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/09/ron-pauls-drag-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Libertarians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Men wearing articles of women's clothing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Presidential Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From The Advocate:
@RonPaulDragRace, a new satirical Twitter account, pokes fun at current events and brings the seemingly opposing realms of politics and drag queens into one hysterical feed.
Join the fun here.
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Invisible Children</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/08/invisible-children/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/08/invisible-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to loyal reader Diogenes for bringing our attention to this powerful video. In his words, &#8220;It makes some of the issues we deal with here seem frivolous in comparison.&#8221; He&#8217;s right. Watch it to the end — you&#8217;ll be moved.
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Cutest Endorsement Ever!</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/07/the-cutest-endorsement-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/07/the-cutest-endorsement-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Register of Deeds]]></category>

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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sunday Morning Music</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/04/sunday-morning-music-121/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/04/sunday-morning-music-121/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Music]]></category>

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		<title>Your county commission candidates</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/02/your-county-commision-candidates/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/02/your-county-commision-candidates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Board of Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buncombe County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC-10 Congressional race]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the roster of candidates has been finalized (the filing deadline was noon on Wednesday), I&#8217;ll be offering up some preliminary political analysis of this cycle&#8217;s races in two separate posts. The first (this one) will discuss the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners and Register of Deeds races; the second, which I hope to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is fun</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/01/this-is-fun/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/01/this-is-fun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC-11 Congressional Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poems]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the Filing Deadline having finally passed like a jagged kidney stone through a scabbed urethra, we here at Scrutiny Hooligans (and by we I mean me) thought we&#8217;d resurrect this little dilly. Fun fun fun!
Whenever someone gets around to it (hey Ascend — I&#8217;m looking at you) we&#8217;ll provide a complete list of candidates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome To Our House</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/22/welcome-to-our-house/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/22/welcome-to-our-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBT issues]]></category>

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