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	<description>Progressive Politics Writ LARGE</description>
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		<title>SHAMELESS: DA Refuses to Prosecute Animal Cruelty Case; Pennsylvania Only State to Permit Live Pigeon Shoots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Walter Brasch

A Pennsylvania district attorney took campaign funds from an organization which promotes killing live pigeons in contests, and then refused to allow the prosecution of animal cruelty charges against a gun club that hosts pigeon shooting contests.
DA John T. Adams of Berks County accepted $500 campaign contributions from the Flyers Victory Fund in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2010/03/15/shameless-da-refuses-to-prosecute-animal-cruelty-case-pennsylvania-only-state-to-permit-live-pigeon-shoots/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Snow News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It would be nice if local TV news would spend as much time as it does delivering semi-accurate weather reports to discuss significant governmental and social issues along with its diet of car crashes, fires, and the latest Pickle Festival.
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		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2010/03/02/its-snow-news/</link>
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		<title>FOUND: U.S. Constitution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Walter Brasch
	Sarah Palin stood before an audience of 600 at the first Tea Party convention and in her twinkly home-spun rhetoric, declared we don&#8217;t need a professor of law but a commander-in-chief. As expected, she received roaring applause. And, as expected, she was wrong.
	After Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, aided by a compliant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2010/02/15/found-us-constitution/</link>
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		<title>Err-America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Air America died not because of the conservative talk radio shows, but because it committed journalistic suicide.]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2010/01/24/err-america/</link>
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		<title>The Producers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Violence and noise have become a driving force in TV and movies. Poet Mark Soifer offers an interesting look at the media--and Americans]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2010/01/16/the-producers/</link>
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		<title>Stories We Prefer Not to Write&#8211;But Will</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SUMMARY: The hope we and this nation had for change we could believe in, and which we still hope will not die, has been diminished by the reality of petty politics, with the "Party of No" and its raucous Teabagger mutation blocking social change for America's improvement
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		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2010/01/12/stories-we-prefer-not-to-write-but-will/</link>
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		<title>Pennsylvania Borough Gives Homeless the &#8216;Cold Shoulder&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Walter Brasch
Spectrum Features Syndicate
	SUGAR NOTCH, Pa.&#8211;A regional advocate for the rights of the homeless says actions by Sugar Notch officials to deny shelter to homeless men may be based upon fear and a lack of knowledge.
	About 40 homeless men were scheduled to receive temporary shelter at the Holy Family Roman Catholic church in Sugar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2010/01/05/pennsylvania-borough-gives-homeless-the-cold-shoulder/</link>
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		<title>As Lawrence Welk would say&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehn...]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2010/01/02/as-lawrence-welk-would-say/</link>
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		<title>The Courage of Michael Vick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Walter and Rosemary Brasch
	The Philadelphia Eagles honored reserve quarterback and admitted dog-killer Michael Vick with an award for courage. Yes, you read that right. &#8220;Michael Vick&#8221; and &#8220;courage&#8221; are in the same sentence. 
	Each of the 32 NFL teams annually honors one of its own with an Ed Block award, named for the Baltimore [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/12/27/the-courage-of-michael-vick/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Walter Brasch
	Dick Wolf, who created &#8220;Law &#38; Order&#8221; and its two successful spin-offs, &#8220;Law &#38; Order: SVU&#8221; and &#8220;Law &#38; Order: Criminal Intent,&#8221; should probably consider establishing a branch office in Pennsylvania.
	It seems that whenever any of the New York City cops take a road trip to find a fugitive or track down a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/12/21/9929/</link>
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		<title>The No-News, No-Column Column</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	I don&#8217;t have a column this week.
	You see, I analyze and interpret the news, trying to find something that others haven&#8217;t touched. When there&#8217;s lots of news, I have a playground of riches. But during the past week, there were only two stories, and every reporter, columnist, commentator, pundit, bloviator, and blogger weighed in on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/12/06/the-no-news-no-column-column/</link>
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		<title>Rush to Judgment: Talk Radio&#8217;s &#8220;Truth Detector&#8221; Blows a Fuse—Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Walter Brasch
	It wasn&#8217;t unusual that Rush Limbaugh went ballistic on his show, Nov. 13. He does that several times a day.
	It wasn&#8217;t unusual that he mixed a few facts with opinion and outright lies in his three-hour daily show. Fact checking for the man who calls himself &#8220;America&#8217;s Truth Detector&#8221; is as rare as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/11/16/rush-to-judgment-talk-radios-truth-detector-blows-a-fuse%e2%80%94again/</link>
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		<title>LAWSUIT ACCUSES WSU&#8217;S MURROW COLLEGE OF VIOLATING JOURNALISM PROFESSOR&#8217;S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Wash. (Spectrum Features Syndicate)— A Washington State University journalism professor filed a federal lawsuit against four administrators at his university who, he says, violated his First Amendment rights when they punished him for proposing a &#8220;7-Step Plan&#8221; to improve the quality of the unaccredited undergraduate mass communication programs in the Edward R. Murrow College [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/11/14/lawsuit-accuses-wsus-murrow-college-of-violating-journalism-professors-first-amendment-rights/</link>
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		<title>Will Phillips is a Fine Example for my Son, for the Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will Phillips, just ten years old, is standing up to his school and his peers to protest for the rights and lives of gay and lesbian citizens.  Meanwhile, the Catholic Church is throwing a tantrum in DC, threatening to hold back human services and other good works if the DC Council respects gay and lesbian rights.  A child shall lead them, eh?  ]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/11/12/will-phillips-is-a-fine-example-for-my-son-for-the-nation/</link>
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		<title>A Veterans Day Embarrassment to Veterans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A marine reservist attacks a Greek Orthodox priest in a parking deck with a tire iron, evidently thinking the priest was a terrorist.  Now he's put forth numerous whiney excuses, including that he was attacked first by the sex-crazed priest.  I'm betting this guy will be Glenn Beck's next hero.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://allspinzone.com/wp/2009/11/11/a-veterans-day-embarrassment-to-veterans/</link>
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