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	<title>Musings of a Banana</title>
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		<title>The nerve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As Arizona is trying to do what Washington, DC is suppose to be doing which is secure the border, our illustrious president and secretary of state have included Arizona S.B. 1070 in the Universal Periodic Review report submitted to the United Nations  Human Rights Council.  This is an outrage.  The federal government has already sued [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=254</link>
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		<title>Not there</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of  Latter-day Saints I understand the importance of being able to build a sacred place.  Temples are an important part of my religion and there have been many times over the years when a temple is announced that the community does not want it there.  Since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=251</link>
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		<title>Let them eat cake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Obama recently took her youngest daughter to Spain.  The trip is getting a lot of attention especially with the economy not doing so well.  When I first heard this story I didn&#8217;t really think too much about it. Yes, it did bother me that it cost $146,000 to fly the Air Force 757 that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=249</link>
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		<title>Senior Citizen?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I get a lot of things in the mail that are politically connected. I get surveys asking for my opinion on different things like health care, cap and trade and other hot topic issues.  Imagine my surprise when I got a survey from the Senior Citizens Council.  The letter began &#8220;As a senior citizen, you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=246</link>
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		<title>Stop staring at us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have two very rambunctious boys.  They can be good and sit still, but when confronted with a huge tree house inside of a McDonald&#8217;s they get a little wild.  Today this scenario happened,  a huge tree house inside a McDonald&#8217;s.  We went to breakfast with my mom before we started our drive home.  When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=243</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on Patriotism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.&#8221;  &#8211; Calvin Coolidge &#8220;Patriotism is is our obligation to those who have gone before us, to those who follow us, and to those who have died for us.&#8221; &#8211; George W. Bush &#8220;No matter the nationality, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=241</link>
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		<title>BH &amp; AH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since having surgery in April I have found myself referring to before I was in the hospital (BH) and after I was in the hospital.  It&#8217;s funny to me that I refer to things in those terms.  I so wanted to get out of the hospital and now it has become a huge part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=239</link>
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		<title>There are more important things to do&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, the White House is going to sue Arizona over it&#8217;s impending immigration law that will go into effect in July.  Remember that when asked in a congressional hearing if he had read the law, Eric Holder said no.  Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, also had not read the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=236</link>
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		<title>Lost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When is the last time you saw a pay phone? I bet it&#8217;s been awhile.  Today, I had one of those days when I needed one. I left my cell phone at home.  We were down in Albuquerque for swim lessons. I had made plans with Bill to meet him for lunch.  He said I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=233</link>
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		<title>Girl Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The primary for the 2010 election were held in New Mexico today.  The biggest race was for the republican candidate for governor. Susanna Martinez won the nomination and will face off against Diane Denish, the current lieutenant governor.  Talk about girl power.  This will be the first time in New Mexico where two women will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.williewhiskers.com/janabanana/?p=230</link>
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