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	<title>Barron of Blog &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>Jobs Progression</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2012/01/13/jobs-progression/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received the first three images in a chain e-mail then added the fourth panel myself. I love political season and so far 2012 is not disappointing!]]></description>
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<p>I received the first three images in a chain e-mail then added the fourth panel myself.  I love political season and so far 2012 is not disappointing!</p>
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		<title>Occupy Wall Street: In Graph Form</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few graphs and charts showing issues that those who are "occupying wall street" seem interested in discussing. The severity of income inequality that has grown over the past decade certainly deserved some serious conversation: (via reddit)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few graphs and charts showing issues that those who are "occupying wall street" seem interested in discussing.  The severity of income inequality that has grown over the past decade certainly deserved some serious conversation:<br />

<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/corporate_cash/' title='corporate_cash'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/corporate_cash-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="corporate_cash" title="corporate_cash" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/corporate_tax_cuts/' title='corporate_tax_cuts'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/corporate_tax_cuts-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="corporate_tax_cuts" title="corporate_tax_cuts" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/debt_to_income_ratio/' title='debt_to_income_ratio'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/debt_to_income_ratio-200x300.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="debt_to_income_ratio" title="debt_to_income_ratio" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/effective_tax_rate/' title='effective_tax_rate'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/effective_tax_rate-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="effective_tax_rate" title="effective_tax_rate" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/financial_deregulation_precipitates_rising_income_inequality/' title='financial_deregulation_precipitates_rising_income_inequality'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/financial_deregulation_precipitates_rising_income_inequality-200x300.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="financial_deregulation_precipitates_rising_income_inequality" title="financial_deregulation_precipitates_rising_income_inequality" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/great_prosperity_vs_great_regression/' title='great_prosperity_vs_great_regression'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/great_prosperity_vs_great_regression-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="great_prosperity_vs_great_regression" title="great_prosperity_vs_great_regression" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/income_groups/' title='income_groups'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/income_groups-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="income_groups" title="income_groups" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/income_growth_who_gains/' title='income_growth_who_gains'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/income_growth_who_gains-200x300.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="income_growth_who_gains" title="income_growth_who_gains" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/income_growth_who_gains_2/' title='income_growth_who_gains_2'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/income_growth_who_gains_2-200x300.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="income_growth_who_gains_2" title="income_growth_who_gains_2" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/job_creation_vs_abroad/' title='job_creation_vs_abroad'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/job_creation_vs_abroad-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="job_creation_vs_abroad" title="job_creation_vs_abroad" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/middlw_class_incomes_fall/' title='middlw_class_incomes_fall'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/middlw_class_incomes_fall-200x300.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="middlw_class_incomes_fall" title="middlw_class_incomes_fall" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/percent_change_in_distribution/' title='percent_change_in_distribution'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/percent_change_in_distribution-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="percent_change_in_distribution" title="percent_change_in_distribution" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/plutocracy/' title='plutocracy'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/plutocracy-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="plutocracy" title="plutocracy" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/share_of_capital_income_earned/' title='share_of_capital_income_earned'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/share_of_capital_income_earned-200x300.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="share_of_capital_income_earned" title="share_of_capital_income_earned" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/share_of_income/' title='share_of_income'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/share_of_income-200x300.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="share_of_income" title="share_of_income" /></a>
<a href='http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/10/19/occupy-wall-street-in-graph-form/the_american_dream/' title='the_american_dream'><img width="200" height="300" src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/the_american_dream-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="the_american_dream" title="the_american_dream" /></a>
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<p>(via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lexz2/here_is_what_occupy_wall_street_is_about_and_the/">reddit</a>)</p>
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		<title>During the Osama Operation</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/05/02/moments-after-the-osama-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 02:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Incredible White House photo of Obama and his national security team following events in the Bin Laden operation:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Incredible White House photo of Obama and his national security team following events in the Bin Laden operation:<br />
<a href="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/immediately-after-osama-news.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/immediately-after-osama-news-625x416.jpg" alt="" title="White House photo of Obama and his national security team following events in the Bin Laden operation" width="625" height="416" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-6001" /></a></p>
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		<title>Sorry It Took So Long&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/05/02/sorry-it-took-so-long/</link>
		<comments>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/05/02/sorry-it-took-so-long/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 01:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take that! Though truthfully, this is more in line with my sentiments on the death of that psychopathic asshole: "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already [...]]]></description>
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<p>Take that!  Though truthfully, this is more in line with my sentiments on the death of that psychopathic asshole:</p>
<blockquote><p>"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Federal Receipts vs. Expenditures, 1981-2011</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/04/12/federal-receipts-vs-expenditures-1981-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/04/12/federal-receipts-vs-expenditures-1981-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(via stlouisfed.org)]]></description>
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(via <a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=9b">stlouisfed.org</a>)</p>
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		<title>Jon Stewart on GE Corporate Taxes</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/03/31/jon-stewart-on-ge-corporate-taxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Show - I Give Up - Pay Anything...Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor &#038; Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><b><a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-march-28-2011/i-give-up---pay-anything---">The Daily Show - I Give Up - Pay Anything...</a></b><br/>Tags: <a href='http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/'>Daily Show Full Episodes</a>,<a href='http://www.indecisionforever.com/'>Political Humor &#038; Satire Blog</a>,<a href='http://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow'>The Daily Show on Facebook</a></p>
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		<title>O&#8217;Reilly Does His Research</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2011/02/13/oreilly-does-his-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If by "research" you mean "stating something completely false as if it were completely true, and then claiming to have thorough research to prove it": Seriously... how can anyone believe a word that comes out of this guys mouth?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If by "research" you mean "stating something completely false as if it were completely true, and then claiming to have thorough research to prove it":</p>
<div><iframe src="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/video/video_2324.html?1271360625" width="465" height="395" noresize="noresize" frameborder="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="border:0px;overflow: hidden;"></iframe></div>
<p>Seriously... how can anyone believe a word that comes out of this guys mouth? </p>
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		<title>Solve Our Budget</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/11/23/solve-our-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Try your hand at solving our nation's budget - just click on the cuts/changes you wish to make and watch the money pile up. It's comforting to know that, if we have the political will, it's possible to balance our budget again. Yeah, yeah - I know the article is ten days old; I'm slowing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Try your hand at <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html">solving our nation's budget</a> - just click on the cuts/changes you wish to make and watch the money pile up.  It's comforting to know that, if we have the political will, it's possible to balance our budget again.<br />
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html"><img src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/budget_puzzle.png" alt="" title="Budget Puzzle: A Solution" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5450" style="display: block; padding: 3px; margin: 3px auto 0 auto; border: 1px solid black;" /></a></p>
<p>Yeah, yeah - I know the article is ten days old; I'm slowing down in my old age.  There's a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/weekinreview/21leonhardt.html">follow-up story</a> that reports on what the more and less popular choices are.  Divisions are what I would expect given the rhetoric on each side - some want only cuts, others want a mix of cuts and tax increases.</p>
<p>(originally via k wray)</p>
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		<title>Tea Party Approved</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/10/12/tea-party-approved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go go gadget POLITICS! It's almost election day... perhaps I should be posting more political stuff? (via reddit)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go go gadget POLITICS!<br />
<img src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/big-government-liberal-democrats.jpg" alt="" title="big government liberal democrats" width="422" height="324" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5290" /><br />
It's almost election day... perhaps I should be posting more political stuff?</p>
<p>(via <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/dq5p2/who_are_you_guys_comic/">reddit</a>)</p>
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		<title>In-Person Conferences are Silly</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/09/29/in-person-conferences-are-silly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FYI: Just found this post in my drafts - not sure why I didn't push the "publish" button way back in July when I wrote it (and when the G20 was actually going on).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FYI: Just found this post in my drafts - not sure why I didn't push the "publish" button way back in July when I wrote it (and when the G20 was actually going on).<br />
<a href="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/telephonies.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/telephonies.jpg" alt="" title="G20 Cancelled! Top 20 economic powers figure out how to USE TELEPHONES." width="500" height="667" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4887" /></a></p>
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		<title>I Miss Candidate Obama</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/06/18/i-miss-candidate-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I miss candidate Obama:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I miss candidate Obama:<br />
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		<title>Arizona Crayons</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/05/01/4682/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 01:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(via canucklehead)]]></description>
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<br style="clear:both;">(via <a href="http://www.canucklehead.ca/look/arian-zone-a.html">canucklehead</a>)</p>
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		<title>The Roots of Arizona&#8217;s New Law</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/04/28/the-roots-of-arizonas-new-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at the writers and supporters of the recently passed immigration law in Arizona - it's worse that I imagined (and that's pretty bad): I have a feeling that people will look back at this point in history and just shake their heads in disbelief. (via Beth)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking at the writers and supporters of the recently passed immigration law in Arizona - it's worse that I imagined (and that's pretty bad):<br />
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<p>I have a feeling that people will look back at this point in history and just shake their heads in disbelief.</p>
<p>(via Beth)</p>
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		<title>Fox News Ignoring Reality&#8230; Again</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/04/10/fox-news-ignoring-reality-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don't understand how people watch Fox news and think they are getting unbiased information. Hannity and Gingrich are lying; there is simply no other word for it. It's malicious and wrong.]]></description>
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<p>I don't understand how people watch Fox news and think they are getting unbiased information.  Hannity and Gingrich are lying; there is simply no other word for it.  It's malicious and wrong.</p>
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		<title>Damn Government!</title>
		<link>http://mike.shannonandmike.net/2010/03/25/damn-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike B.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not originally by me, but I found it amusing/interesting: This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that I turned [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/socialismbutterfly.png" rel="lightbox"><img src="http://mike.shannonandmike.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/socialismbutterfly-150x240.png" alt="" title="socialismbutterfly" width="150" height="240" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4601" /></a>This is not originally by me, but I found it amusing/interesting:</p>
<blockquote><p>This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy.  I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility.  After that I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the National Weather Service of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration determined the weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.  I watched this while eating my breakfast of US Department of Agriculture inspected food and taking drugs which have been determined safe by the Food and Drug Administration.</p>
<p>At the appropriate time, as regulated by the US Congress and kept accurate by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Naval Observatory, I get into my National Highway Traffic Safety Administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads built by the local, state, and federal Departments of Transportation.  I might stop to purchase additional fuel of a quality level determined by the Environmental Protection Agency, using legal tender issued by the Federal Reserve Bank.  On the way out the door I deposit mail I have to any number of available postboxes serviced by the US Postal Service that will deliver my mail across the nation for a few dimes.  I then drop the kids off at the public school.</p>
<p>After work I drive my NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to a house which has not burned down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and fire marshal's inspection, and which has not been plundered of it's valuables thanks to the local police department.</p>
<p>I then log on to the internet, which was developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration and post on freerepublic.com and Fox News forums complaining about how SOCIALISM in medicine is bad because the government can't do anything right.
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