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          <title>Don&#8217;t muzzle working dogs too</title>
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The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors is mulling expansion of the barking dog ordinance and will receive public input on July 8. If indeed the ordinance is expanded to include property greater than five acres, it may very well have unintended consequences for the rural way of life in Albemarle County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>New water rates are ridiculous</title>
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We have now seen the rollout of the new Albemarle County water rates, with their sharp increase for greater water usage.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:01:45 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Contrasting liberty and its lack</title>
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The extent of President Obama&#8217;s leadership during the Iran crisis consisted of a statement that the U.S. did not want to be accused of &#8220;meddling.&#8220;            ]]></description>
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          <title>Chalkboard fails to hit lofty goals</title>
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The free speech chalkboard is intended to be an educational, interactive monument to free expression but it is amazingly counterproductive.            ]]></description>
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          <title>UVa baseball is a fresh&#45;air breeze</title>
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The rise of University of Virginia baseball: what a breeze of fresh air to the Charlottesville sports scene. It&#8217;s been liberating.
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          <title>Washington failed us on economy</title>
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How can anyone fail to be in complete shock over the government involvement in our free market?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:53:50 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Government often does dumb things</title>
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Reading the newspaper and watching the evening news has certainly made me realize there are some stupid people in local government.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:47:22 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>New health&#45;care paradigm needed</title>
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The U.S. Senate is creating a bill that will guarantee everyone has access to quality, affordable health care. It can&#8217;t happen fast enough.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:58:39 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Jefferson would stand up for science</title>
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Jefferson did not seek to banish God from schools in his day. But it is difficult indeed to believe he would support creationism masquerading as science.
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          <title>Cap&#45;and&#45;trade is harmful scheme</title>
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Apparently, House Democrats have repealed all laws of economics, and their cap-and-trade scheme will not lead to economic distress, or so they assure us.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:53:15 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Schools need more blacks on staff</title>
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I agree : The Albemarle school division&#8217;s failing to make adequate progress toward remedying the problem of inequity in diversity in hiring is &#8220;ridiculous.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:42:36 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Small schools, not &#8216;small&#8217; education</title>
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I would proudly stack Scottsville Elementary School up against any other elementary school in Albemarle County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hoyer, Perriello are hypocritical</title>
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How hypocritical can Rep. Steny Hoyer and Rep. Tom Perriello get?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:01:44 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Diet is best prevention to cancer</title>
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 I think many of us, and certainly most cancer survivors, would be willing to make those changes if we only knew what to do. 
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          <title>Dominion needs to stop spraying</title>
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Traveling west on Fontaine Avenue, one cannot help but notice the unsightly herbicide spraying along the power line adjacent to Piedmont Housing, home to a number of families with young children. 
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          <title>Monuments need to honor blacks</title>
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I can only wonder when Charlottesville will see fit to correct an equally egregious historical distortion, and add to the existing monuments to Confederate nostalgia downtown (the statues of Lee, Jackson, and the Confederate soldier).            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:52 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Check details in health&#45;care bill</title>
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David Murphy

Albemarle County           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:01:21 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Team great this year, but wait ...</title>
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It is especially appropriate that Coach Brian O&#8217;Connor was selected as the coach of the year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:57:19 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Reform would set health care right</title>
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As Congress considers a critical health-care reform bill, there is growing support among the people for a single-payer system.&nbsp; 
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          <title>Happy, human British medicine</title>
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With all the negative comments about the consequences of going to socialized medicine, I&#8217;d like to relate a recent experience of my English sister.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:43:34 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>History holds economic warnings</title>
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We may expect our current recession to turn into a depression if Mr. Obama&#8217;s policies of change are not opposed.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:15:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Happy, human British medicine</title>
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With all the negative comments about the consequences of going to socialized medicine, I&#8217;d like to relate a recent experience of my English sister.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:13:07 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>We need better health care now</title>
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The American health-care system is broken, and my family and business are tired of waiting for the long-needed overhaul. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:45:19 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>President right to exercise caution</title>
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We are already engaged in two wars; with North Korea&#8217;s moves to further intimidate, we cannot be more aggressive in our response in Iran.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:06:05 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>We need better health care now</title>
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The American health-care system is broken, and my family and business are tired of waiting for the long-needed overhaul. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:05:19 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>All children deserve good music education</title>
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We recommend coordinating middle and high schools schedules to build full-time music positions that guarantee oversight over our music offerings.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:09:21 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Green benefits are overrated</title>
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President Obama has praised Spain as a successful example of generating new green jobs and &#8220;clean energy.&#8221; The reality is starkly sobering. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:06:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Keep music disciplines separate</title>
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I have become aware of and increasingly alarmed by the marginalization of choir programs at the middle- and high-school levels.            ]]></description>
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President Obama recently requested $85 million to close the Guantanamo detention facility. Congress rejected his request until he presented a plan. 
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          <title>A vision for a lively McIntire</title>
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With all due respect to the McIntire golf course, much of that space could be opened up to Frisbees, kites, picnickers, cross-country skiers, sledders, etc.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Creator deserves place in schools</title>
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Those who do not believe in a Creator God or in intelligent design, as well as those who believe public schools should not mention religion, may not have read (as I had not read) what Thomas Jefferson said:           ]]></description>
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I&#8217;m tired of dark destinies.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello ignoring Constitution</title>
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One question that we asked concerned the congressman&#8217;s views on HR 450, the Enumerate Powers Act.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Del. Bell cares for community</title>
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I was delighted when Del. Rob Bell made an appearance           ]]></description>
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          <title>Stop &#8216;helping,&#8216; just reduce taxes</title>
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Forty million people need health care           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:05:57 EDT</pubDate>
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We are regularly warned that alternative medicines do not undergo the rigorous testing required for conventional medicine           ]]></description>
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Virginia needs Rob Bell.           ]]></description>
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I&#8217;m very concerned about the lack of community in neighborhoods, especially neighborhoods of the wealthy.           ]]></description>
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In our town, a frequent aid to view current events is to ask, &#8220;What would have Thomas Jefferson thought (or done) in this case?&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:11 EDT</pubDate>
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I am writing today in support of a single-carrier health-care plan for our country and all of its citizens. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:05:46 EDT</pubDate>
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There is no better time than the present to reintroduce Ayn Rand&#8217;s work           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:04:23 EDT</pubDate>
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Interestingly, at Monticello High School graduation there was no speech from the class valedictorian; there was also no speech from the salutatorian.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:01:53 EDT</pubDate>
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I am commenting on &#8220;County mulls expanding law on barking dogs&#8221; and &#8220;Board explores ways to rescue Hatton Ferry&#8221; Tthe Daily Progress, June 4).           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:20:14 EDT</pubDate>
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Nowhere in the law did I find language supporting the conclusion of the author of &#8220;Judge&#8217;s decision was logical, legal&#8221; (The Daily Progress, June 11).
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:17:04 EDT</pubDate>
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SOL and No Child Left Behind assessment programs may have begun with the best of intentions but at this point both programs are hurting kids.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:18:32 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Torture defense does not work</title>
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In a June 9 letter to the editor, the attempt to justify torture doesn&#8217;t work, because the author&#8217;s argument rests on a fantasy premise.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:16:44 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Thanks to Bell, rules are better</title>
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Del. Bell worked with the Virginia Division of Licensing Programs to change regulations affecting patient health at assisted-living facilities.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:11:48 EDT</pubDate>
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I have never met a single Christian who believes that the murder of abortionists is justified.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:09:26 EDT</pubDate>
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After calling herself a First Amendment absolutist, Ellen Goodman goes on to criticize the exercise of that right of free speech by pro-lifers.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:56:49 EDT</pubDate>
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Complementary and alternative medicine therapies are sought for assisting with quality-of-life issues and for health promotion and disease prevention. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:53:49 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Stay home and save our money</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/stay_home_and_save_our_money/42266/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
I have no idea how costly it is for President Obama to fly to Green Bay, Wis., to promote his health-care plan.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:52:57 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Discovering support for museum</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/discovering_support_for_museum/41960/</link>
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May 23 was a glorious day for the 19th annual Discovery Dash, an important fundraising event for the Virginia Discovery Museum. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:45:46 EDT</pubDate>
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A remarkable event occurred recently in Charlottesville. Jackson-Via Elementary School received the Panasonic National School Change Award on May 28. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:43:07 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Voters should first research candidates</title>
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I am imploring the electorate to become well informed.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:16:37 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Law protects cyclists and drivers</title>
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Drivers and cyclists can travel the same road at the same time. To coexist safely, each must observe the law, use common sense and show some civility.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:10:38 EDT</pubDate>
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For water, Albemarle residents pay 2.5 times what Fairfax residents pay, twice what Roanoke residents pay, twice what Harrisonburg residents pay.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:08:18 EDT</pubDate>
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          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/judges_decision_was_logical_legal/41526/</link>
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Many people are critical that Judge Sonia Sotomayor and fellow jurists agreed to reject results of a firefighters promotion test. But the law has to govern.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:05:21 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Spending costs us our Security</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/spending_costs_us_our_security/41355/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Do you want to distribute your wealth or leave it to the politicians to distribute?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:19:30 EDT</pubDate>
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The death of Chad Carr, a member of the Greene County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, is a great loss. He was fine human being.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:18:43 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Arts education deserves support</title>
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I would like to write in support of continued (even increased) funding for the arts and specifically music programs in Albemarle County schools. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:16:36 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Forest protection earns gratitude</title>
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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsak recently announced an interim memorandum halting any development in roadless forest areas. I, for one, am thankful.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:43:55 EDT</pubDate>
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          <description><![CDATA[
I am confused on this water boarding/torture debate.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:41:10 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Appearance sent wrong message</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[
 I am sorry to see Rutherford Institute showcase Randall Terry and his demented views about abortion.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:39:58 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama nominee will redefine law</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/obama_nominee_will_redefine_law/41190/</link>
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The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court justice is a perfect reflection of President Obama&#8217;s view of America and how he wants to redefine justice in the eyes of the law.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:01:36 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Some reasons to reduce our taxes</title>
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Why our taxes should be reduced.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:01:29 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Liberals teach free thinking</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/liberals_teach_free_thinking/41189/</link>
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The American Heritage Dictionary that sits on the desk in my classroom defines &#8220;liberal&#8221; as &#8220;not limited to or by traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes or dogmas; free from bigotry.&#8221;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:01:23 EDT</pubDate>
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Re: Rob Schilling&#8217;s comments regarding Margie Shepherd&#8217;s civics class: my children always felt free to express their opinions in class and in their work.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:48:36 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Perriello superior</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/perriello_superior/41294/</link>
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Congressman Tom Perriello has done more in four months than Virgil Goode did in six or more years.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:47:22 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Veterinary pair helps people, too</title>
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Kudos to Kathleen and John Grussof the Earlysville Animal Hospital for their annual support of the Albemarle High School senior internship program.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:26:11 EDT</pubDate>
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One of the joys of Charlottesville-Albemarle is the number of people of great accomplishment who live modestly among us. One such person is Bob O&#8217;Connell.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:24:40 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A wonderful surprise</title>
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It is very rare to find anyone these days doing good deeds. Ed Shifflett of Charlottesville Barbering did a wonderful deed. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:22:11 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Gratitude from another daughter</title>
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ed Shifflett of Charlottesville Barbering for an act of kindness that I will never forget. 
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          <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:20:40 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Dems should pick Deeds</title>
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I implore all undecided voters to strongly consider state Sen. Creigh Deeds in the June 9 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:41:14 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Marriage traditions: Love, fidelity</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/marriage_traditions_love_fidelity/41088/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Marriage is about love and commitment, and we heterosexuals don&#8217;t have a monopoly on those virtues. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:58:13 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Loss of freedom imperils nation</title>
          <link>http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/article/loss_of_freedom_imperils_nation/41087/</link>
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Any law prohibiting people from choosing how they want to live their private lives, using the liberty given by our Creator, is unconstitutional.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:54:51 EDT</pubDate>
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What would mean for a Republican senator to support Judge Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s nomination? It would represent upholding Republican Party-voiced principles.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:52:02 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Break oil&#8217;s hold on U.S. economy</title>
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Our nation&#8217;s economy is held hostage by an oil cartel.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:09:08 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama is getting things done at such a rapid pace, according to him, that he will complete his second 100 days in office in just 72 days. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:07:23 EDT</pubDate>
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My government acknowledging my civil marriage has nothing to do with someone else&#8217;s religion (my Christian church supports it).           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:06:09 EDT</pubDate>
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Political correctness is a danger to constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech. The same threat to freedom of religion lies at the heart of this controversy. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:56:49 EDT</pubDate>
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I was most disheartened by the University of Virginia&#8217;s exclusion from the list of NCAA baseball regional host sites. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:54:18 EDT</pubDate>
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Thank God for Dick Cheney.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:42:17 EDT</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m as much in favor of saving the planet as the next guy. It&#8217;s the proposals from our nation&#8217;s leaders that concern me.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:40:18 EDT</pubDate>
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The Alzheimer&#8217;s Association Central and Western Virginia Chapter thanks the committee members involved with the Bill Howard Tournament, Gala, Auction.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:23:13 EDT</pubDate>
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With African-Americans as president, U.S. attorney general and NASA administrator, Americans have demonstrated that they are committed to creating &#8220;a more perfect union.&#8221; This fellow American salutes them.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:01:34 EDT</pubDate>
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Passenger vehicles are the nation&#8217;s second-largest producer of global warming emissions, and the Obama administration should be applauded for taking this important step toward breaking our addiction to fossil fuels and reducing our global warming emissions.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:01:16 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama expresses outrage about employing enhanced interrogation techniques against a few sworn enemies of the United States, but he is relatively complacent about the freedom to choose to end the life of an unborn child through abortion, suggesting that both sides try to reach &#8220;common ground.&#8221;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:01:10 EDT</pubDate>
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Seeing the item about the staff and citizens of Toledo, Ohio, doing yard work themselves, because the city budget was tight brought back memories for me.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 16:27:29 EDT</pubDate>
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Thanks to The Daily Progress for including good coverage of tennis in the Sports section.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 16:25:37 EDT</pubDate>
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What a piece of work is &#8220;Hamlet&#8221; at Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 16:21:38 EDT</pubDate>
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I I am terribly disappointed to discover that the Ash Lawn Opera Festival now plans to move the musical and opera performances to the Paramount Theater. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:09:06 EDT</pubDate>
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It was my privilege to be able to watch on television the 2009 Memorial Day eve celebration from the National Mall in Washington, D.C. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:03:40 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Auto standards can, will be met</title>
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When Kennedy called for a man on the moon, America beat the deadline. The same type of thing will happen with the new fuel efficiency standards. 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:59:42 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Bring back the UVa Pep Band!</title>
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Pots of money were flushed down the toilet for the academically inconsequential and unproductive University of Virginia Marching Band.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:57:29 EDT</pubDate>
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I am tired of hearing this constant debate about torture; what it is, what it is not.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:08:59 EDT</pubDate>
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Obama still blames the Bush administration for all sorts of harsh treatment of &#8220;detainees&#8221; (terrorists) during the past eight years.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 17:07:49 EDT</pubDate>
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Maybe it&#8217;s about time Virginia brought its unemployment insurance program into the 21st century.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 17:01:59 EDT</pubDate>
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I would like to express my appreciation to the Nelson County courts for their deliberations in the case of my son, Moriah Robin Tolton. 
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          <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 16:56:34 EDT</pubDate>
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Made-up definitions aside, I was taken aback at the letter &#8220;Look at future, not just today&#8221; (The Daily Progress, May 18), which so drastically misrepresented the debate at hand regarding the General Assembly&#8217;s rejection of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine&#8217;s proposals for unemployment insurance.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 00:01:21 EDT</pubDate>
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I want to extend my sincere thanks to the entire faculty and staff of the school for their creation of the Cale Engineering Fair.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 16:53:15 EDT</pubDate>
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