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	<title>Scrutiny Hooligans &#187; Health Care</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>Trans-Vaginal Carolina</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/24/trans-vaginal-carolina/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/24/trans-vaginal-carolina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a new state tech school, but a North Carolina bill like Virginia&#8217;s that, I admit, went right by me. Just heard about this one this morning. 
WRAL, February 27:
North Carolina’s ultrasound law, passed last year over the governor’s veto, didn’t provoke the same level of controversy. It doesn&#8217;t include the words &#8220;trans-vaginal probe,&#8221; either. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affordable Care Act.</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/23/affordable-care-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ascend of Asheville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is mainly an open thread with a theme. I&#8217;d like to hear what the hooligans out there have to say in support of or criticizing Obama Care and the looming Supreme Court main event next week, when 26 states get to have their arguments brought before the court in a scheduled six hours of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona&#8217;s barefoot and pregnant law</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/19/arizonas-barefoot-and-pregnant-law/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/03/19/arizonas-barefoot-and-pregnant-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;[T]hey’ve been this crazy for a long time,&#8221; argues Rick Perlstein in Rolling Stone&#160;. Perlestein, who has built a career on chronicling the conservative movement since Goldwater, explains, &#8220;The crazy things they believed and wanted were obscured by their lack of power, but they were always there – if you knew where to look. What&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Left: What Needs to Change</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/27/what-needs-to-change/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/27/what-needs-to-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among&#160; the things that need changing in American politics is for liberals to start playing offense instead of letting the right wing set the terms and conditions of debate in this country. Meanwhile, lacking sane candidates and sane policies to run with in 2012, the right wing is throwing every social issue in its arsenal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Incredible Shrinking Government</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/24/the-incredible-shrinking-government/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/24/the-incredible-shrinking-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Small-government conservatives have principles &#8230; and holding them firmly once in office makes all the blood rush to their heads. Commenting on a proposed law in Virginia, the crew at the Stephanie Miller radio show observes how principled conservatives now want to shrink government down to the size that it will fit inside a woman&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polling Supports Narrative: Economic Sabotage By GOP</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/07/polling-supports-narrative-economic-sabotage-by-gop/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/07/polling-supports-narrative-economic-sabotage-by-gop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From TPM: Polls Show Voters Believe GOP Intentionally Stalling Economic Recovery. Polls by Suffolk University, Washington Post/ABC News and PPP (commissioned by Daily Kos) show an economic sabotage narrative taking hold. 
The new data suggests that about half the country, including a majority of self-identified independents, believe that congressional Republicans are using their political power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Having It Both Ways</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/03/having-it-both-ways/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2012/02/03/having-it-both-ways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans want to fall in line, the saying goes, and Ann Coulter is falling in line now that Gov. Mitt Romney is back as Republican front runner. She even likes his healthcare plan: Three cheers for Romneycare &#8212; &#8220;a massive triumph for conservative free-market principles.&#8221; After paragraphs gushing about the individual mandate&#8217;s conservative roots in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crucial Conversation Full House</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/17/crucial-conversation-full-house/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/17/crucial-conversation-full-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rob Schofield and Chris Fitzsimon came to Asheville this past week to provide a briefing on how policies out of Raleigh are affecting us all. The duo write for NC Policy Watch, a project of the NC Justice Center, who held last week&#8217;s budget symposium at AB Tech. There were over 80 attendees at this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Backs of Children and the Poor</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/12/on-the-backs-of-children-and-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/12/on-the-backs-of-children-and-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You saw the poverty facts that came out last week. Behind the rising percentages are real people struggling to meet their basic needs. Without a stable platform from which to operate, there is no time and there are no resources to utilize for purposes of escaping the poverty trap.
In light of these facts and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Loss Ratio Bites Insurers</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/05/medical-loss-ratio-bites-insurers-2/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/12/05/medical-loss-ratio-bites-insurers-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 2, the Department of Health and Human Services released its rule on how health insurers comply with the Affordable Care Act&#8217;s medical loss ratio (MLR) provision. The rule is effective on January 1, 2012. Before you flip over to YouTube to watch the latest in cat cuteness, consider this headline from a contributor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Declaration from Occupy NYC</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/05/declaration-from-occupy-nyc/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/10/05/declaration-from-occupy-nyc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been watching the Occupy Events grow across the country and waiting to find out what it&#8217;s all about. As with so many left-leaning political efforts, there&#8217;s an air of everything-but-the-kitchen-sink to the issues raised. When I attended the protests against invading Iraq, I saw &#8220;Free Mumia&#8221;, &#8220;Keep Abortion Legal&#8221;, &#8220;End the Death Penalty&#8221;, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbit Punch</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/09/08/rabbit-punch-3/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/09/08/rabbit-punch-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow! That’s terrific bunny &#8230;
Wanted: Patriotic CEOs to stop corporate moochers
They&#8217;re like the guy who shows up at your Labor Day picnic empty-handed. He drinks all your beer, eats four helpings of barbecue and leaves a huge mess for everyone else to clean up. Then he asks you for 20 bucks in gas money to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Nation, Largely Poor</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/08/19/one-nation-largely-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/08/19/one-nation-largely-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<title>That&#8217;s What I&#8217;m Talking About</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/08/05/thats-what-im-talking-about/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/08/05/thats-what-im-talking-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just heard this Medicare for All ad running during Thom Hartmann&#8217;s show (via iHeart Radio). My wife says it&#8217;s also running on our local progressive AM station. It&#8217;s more issue-based than values-based (my preference), but it&#8217;s progressive, upbeat, catchy and not preachy, and it plants the kind of seeds we need planted if we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Dental Clinic Aug. 5-6 At AB Tech</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/08/01/free-dental-clinic-aug-4-6-at-ab-tech/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/08/01/free-dental-clinic-aug-4-6-at-ab-tech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Eblen Charities:


NC Dental Society Teams With Charity to Offer Free Clinic
June 19, 2011 


By DrBicuspid Staff
June 14, 2011 — The North Carolina Dental Society and the Eblen Charities  will partner again to provide free dental care this summer during a Mission of  Mercy event in Asheville, NC, the organizations announced.
The Asheville Mission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Health Clinic Need Persists Along With Recession</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/07/26/free-health-clinic-need-persists-along-with-recession/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/07/26/free-health-clinic-need-persists-along-with-recession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WISE, VA:  A pregnant woman’s water broke as she awaited free dental care at the Wise County, VA fairgrounds on Saturday. She had stood in line in hot and muggy weather with over a thousand others to get a numbered ticket at the 12th annual Remote Area Medical (RAM) Health Expedition. According to RAM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YWCA Needs Your Help</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/06/23/ywca-needs-your-help/</link>
		<comments>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/06/23/ywca-needs-your-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was diagnosed with diabetes early this year. No family history. Not obese. But nonetheless, here I am with The Sugar. I&#8217;m privileged to have a good health care plan that&#8217;s led me through the process of being educated. Through that education process I made changes in my diet and got into some wicked good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Damage Done</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/06/15/the-damage-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TimesUnion.com:
&#8220;The North Carolina House voted early Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue&#8217;s historic veto of the state government budget for the next two years, completing the key step needed for the Republican majority to cancel her objections and enact the plan.&#8221;
[...]
&#8220;It clears the path for the Republican-penned bill to be enacted later Wednesday, despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ghosts Of Crises Past</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/05/30/the-ghosts-of-crises-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 11:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digby points to a Chicago Tribune&#160; column that catalogs the decades-old history of Medicare crises. 
Chicago Tribune July 2, 1969:  The Medicare hospital trust fund faces bankruptcy by 1976 and taxes must either be raised or benefits reduced the senate finance committee was told today.
New York Times July 7, 1981: Medicare payroll taxes already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dining Out For Life</title>
		<link>http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2011/04/28/dining-out-for-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Muller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today you will have a unique opportunity to help the nearly 800 people who are living with HIV &#038; AIDS in Western North Carolina — because today is Dining Out For Life. By dining at any one of the nearly 100 fine local establishments participating in the event, 20% of your check will be donated [...]]]></description>
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