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		<title>Nobody&#8217;s Buying Into Buying</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/11/14/nobodys-buying-into-buying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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Consumer spending was down sharply in October, which in turn forced retail sales down by a record level.&#160; Of course, they could all be saving up for a big holiday buying frenzy&#8211;at least that&#8217;s what those retail executives believe, along with how their trophy wives will still love them even without all the money&#8230;
President-elect Barack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Very Debatable Town Hall Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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John McCain and Barack Obama took to the debate stage for the second time Tuesday night in Nashville, and more or less took turns taking shots at one another.&#160; Basically, we learned that each of them plan to do exactly what all of us want them to do, and the other guy is responsible for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush Bails and Wails</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/09/25/bush-bails-and-wails/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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President Bush spoke to the nation Wednesday night, telling Americans and lawmakers that the failure to pass his $700 billion financial rescue plan could wipe out retirement savings, increase foreclosures, cost us jobs and businesses and even, &#34;a long and painful recession&#34;.&#160; But what happens when we sink our government into unprecedented&#160;debt to aid a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A One-Oracle Bail-Out Plan</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/09/24/a-one-oracle-bail-out-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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Super-investor Warren Buffet will sink $5 billion of his Berkshire-Hathaway money into Wall Street&#8217;s Goldman Sachs in an effort to keep it afloat.&#160; If only there were another 139 like Buffet&#8211;that would be an American bailout&#8230;
As Congress works to pass the president&#8217;s $700 billion government bailout plan, both Democrats and Republicans are pressing to limit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wall Street Bronco Just Keeps Bucking&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/09/23/the-wall-street-bronco-just-keeps-bucking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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Wall Street started out this Monday the way it did the last one&#8211;with major losses, as the Dow fell over 375 after investors who originally thought the White House bailout plan was great news decided it wasn&#8217;t all that great.&#160; Unfortunately, it&#8217;s taken them about 8 years longer than most of us to figure that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia On Putin&#8217;s Mind</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/08/11/georgia-on-putins-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/08/11/georgia-on-putins-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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Russia continues to bomb targets in Georgia after it defended a breakaway region, causing leaders there to plead for a cease fire and ask Western leaders for help.&#160;&#160; President Bush expressed his unhappiness to Russian prime minister Vladamir Putin during Friday&#8217;s Summer Olympics opening ceremonies&#8211;then had to be convinced by aides later&#160;to not challenge Putin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dems Don&#8217;t Give Bush Gas</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/07/31/dems-dont-give-bush-gas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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President Bush said Thursday that Congress is letting down the American people over their refusal to allow the opening of off-shore waters to oil drilling.&#160; Bush acknowledged that results from any drilling would be years away, but called it an even more compelling reason to begin now&#8211;he figures it&#8217;ll be just in time for Jeb&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Boldly Covers Its Behind</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/07/17/congress-boldly-covers-its-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/07/17/congress-boldly-covers-its-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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As expected, Congress has overridden President Bush&#8217;s veto of legislation that protected doctors from a 10.6% cut in Medicare fees.&#160; When you&#8217;re up for re-election,&#160;&#34;Medicare&#34; and &#34;cuts&#34; are never in the same sentence&#8230;
Over 100,000 pilgrims from around the world have arrived in Sydney in anticipation of a Mass by Pope Benedict XVI to open the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Model Streaks Airliner?</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/07/08/model-streaks-airliner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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The FAA and FBI are investigating whether a model rocket whizzed by a Continental flight that had just taken off from Houston.&#160; It&#8217;s a matter of aircraft safety and security, plus they&#8217;re dying to get hold of that fuel&#8230;
Reports say that other than some fatigue, Senator Ted Kennedy is doing well after 6 weeks of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey Kids&#8211;Who Wants Their Lipitor Jr.?</title>
		<link>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/07/07/hey-kids-who-wants-their-lipitor-jr/</link>
		<comments>http://bigjimdonovan.com/2008/07/07/hey-kids-who-wants-their-lipitor-jr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Big Jim</dc:creator>
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The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholerterol-fighting drugs to help fight future heart problems.&#160; Physicians would make the determination based on family history, current levels of both &#34;good&#34; and &#34;bad&#34; chloresterol, and the child&#8217;s daily intake of bacon-and-bacon sandwiches&#8230;
Cooler, more humid air Sunday gave firefighters [...]]]></description>
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