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		<title>Taxpayers Are Speaking Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All across the country, the &#8220;Tea Party&#8221; protests are moving from outrage at federal spending, to outrage over local governments not making spending cuts in light of the current economic crisis.  Here are a few protests to consider: In Tuscon, Arizona &#8211; when city council were considering a 2% tax on renters, 1000 people showed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from My Senator</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a note to Senator Dick Durbin from Illinois, since Nan &#38; the kids still live their and I own a house there.  It was right before the "stimulus bill" was voted on in the senate.  I finally received a response a few days ago, here's his answer to my plea to NOT pass the bill:]]></description>
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		<title>“There’s A Wall There” &#8211; Kronk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Left versus Right, Liberal versus Conservative, West Coast versus Mid-west, North East versus South – it doesn’t matter how you label it, the reality is there is a wall between blue state and red state mentalities in our country. Most online “discussions” are no more than name calling and a throwing up of hands with a final declaration the other side is brain dead at best and evil at worst. Ann Coulter wrote “How To Talk To A Liberal”, an interesting title but a book I haven’t read so I’d just be guessing at its contents. A friend told me Ms. Coulter basically says liberals speak from a perspective of feelings and the conservatives from facts.

I’m of the conservative persuasion and recently participated in my local “Tea Party” protest. This was way outside my comfort zone; I’ve never participated in a public protest. My version of protesting is to never shop at a store that’s done me wrong – my wife says “His ticket’s been stamped”. She picked up that line from when we used to be members of Sam’s Club and they have someone who looks at your ticket and then your cart and supposedly confirms you didn’t steal anything by placing a highlighting mark on your ticket. Since I’d just spent over $300 at a register not 6 feet from this person, I was not pleased. The final straw was to walk into the Walmart store next door and they did the same thing. I don’t go to that Walmart anymore and I cancelled my Sam’s membership long ago – I prefer to shop at places that don’t treat me like a criminal after spending large sums of money on their products. So, whenever I’m getting the short end of the stick and my wife notices, she says – “Uh oh, his ticket’s been stamped!” Usually she’s right.]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fear is powerful; a powerful word, powerful emotion, powerful weapon, a powerful enemy.  I've been spending several weekends working on house renovations with many of the projects being "firsts" for me.  For instance, I installed wood laminate flooring in the kitchen which was my first experience with wood flooring besides walking on it somewhere else.  It seemed simple in the store, in the box, stacked in columns with a smiling salesman standing next to them with all the answers.  It's alter ego quickly showed itself when freed from the confines of it's plastic protected world.

I jumped into the project with some quick progress, placing several rows out.  It soon became increasingly difficult to get new boards to snap in across board boundaries, finally getting to a point where I threw up my hands in frustration not sure where to go next or what to make of the situation or how to fix it.  My thoughts, my words, my actions all yelled "I can't do this."  Sitting on the front stairs I resolved to find someone and pay them to fix what I was sure was a total mess.  Honestly I was in way over my head and the only wisdom I found was in admitting my inabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Invitation</title>
		<link>http://www.trahan.us/?p=1</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administrative]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well this is my first post on the &#8220;Trahan Odyssey&#8221; blog.  I used Trahan because, well it&#8217;s my name &#8211; no anonymous entries here.  The term Odyssey is a type of journey and in my mind an Odyssey is a journey of discovery.  One of my passions is learning and I find myself constantly exploring [...]]]></description>
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