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		<title>Crawford Admits His Plan Would Violate Tax Pledge, But &#8216;Would Be Worth It&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got off the phone with Congressman Rick Crawford. Apparently he caught word that I was upset about his millionaire surtax proposal. I asked him some pretty tough questions and to his credit, he responded politely, although we vehemently disagree on this issue. My main issue with Crawford&#8217;s proposal is that it violates the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkansaspatriot.us&#038;blog=9491330&#038;post=3461&#038;subd=arpatriot&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the &#8216;Constitutional Carry Act&#8217; Constitutional?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have contemplated this post for over a week now because I know some nut is going to try to use my comments to portray me as anti-2nd Amendment.  So I ask that as we have a conversation about this sensitive issue that everyone have an open mind &#38; remember that my only objective is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkansaspatriot.us&#038;blog=9491330&#038;post=3210&#038;subd=arpatriot&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Griffin Taking &#8216;Second Look&#8217; at SOPA</title>
		<link>http://arkansaspatriot.us/2012/01/18/griffin-taking-second-look-at-sopa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update on a story I posted earlier: Rep. Tim Griffin (AR-2) now says he is taking a &#8216;second look&#8217; at his co-sponsorship of SOPA. From Rep. Griffin&#8217;s Facebook page: Stopping theft of American intellectual property by foreign rogue web sites is critical to protect ideas and jobs. I welcome input on SOPA from all sides, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkansaspatriot.us&#038;blog=9491330&#038;post=2681&#038;subd=arpatriot&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Ross Announces Retirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I awoke this morning to some very happy birthday news:  Congressman Mike Ross (AR-4) was calling a news conference &#38; it was expected that he would announce his retirement from Congress.  He did. Around 8:35 a.m., state senator Steve Harrelson tweeted that Congressman Ross would make a &#8220;major announcement&#8221; at 10:00 a.m. at the Holiday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkansaspatriot.us&#038;blog=9491330&#038;post=1766&#038;subd=arpatriot&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>$1,400 Tax Increase Is On The Way, Arkansas</title>
		<link>http://arkansaspatriot.us/2010/08/09/1400-tax-increase-is-on-the-way-arkansas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress letting Bush-era tax cuts expire at year’s end will literally hit home Instead of downsizing government to deal with our country’s budget woes, President Obama and the Democrat-led Congress seem poised to downsize families instead. A new report from the Arkansas Economist—a publication of UALR’s Institute for Economic Advancement—reveals some unsettling information. Michael Pakko [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arkansaspatriot.us&#038;blog=9491330&#038;post=888&#038;subd=arpatriot&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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