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	<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Yellowstone bison victims of indiscriminate slaughter]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Idaho State Journal Editorial

        A government report released Wednesday has confirmed the obvious about wildlife management practices surrounding Yellowstone National Park: Indiscriminately slaughtering bison by the hundreds from the last wild herd is bad policy. 
	The report, requested by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., and Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., takes an interagency bison management team to task for failing to expand the area outside of the park where bison can roam freely, as mandated by a 2000 agreement. 
	Following a year-long investigation, the report also criticizes the management team for having no goals, no objectives, no timelines, little accountability to the public and for failing to adapt to new information or to use the best available science.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4161</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Idaho Legislature needs to embrace lobbying reform  ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Idaho State Journal Editorial

In the halls of government, even the most well-intentioned, badly needed reform efforts can go down in defeat. 

Such is the case with this legislative session's lobbying reform effort by Idaho Senate Democrats to keep lawmakers from leaving politics and heading straight into lobbying. This bill was right on target, but for reasons that say the worst about our government it never received the courtesy of a committee hearing.

It's a shame Senate Republicans were so opposed to a bill that would have simply required departing legislators or executive officials to wait one year before working as lobbyists.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4160</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Presidential politics and the economy]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[By Jodeane Albright

	Usually, discussion of the economy is deadly dull. But not in a presidential election year. So when the candidates speak up about it, everybody listens.
	And as usual, the Democratic candidates have better ideas on the subject than the Republican candidate does. At the very least, Obama and Hillary are trying to come up with workable solutions, while McCain sidesteps what needs to be done. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4159</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Idaho needs to show that it cares about kids]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Idaho State Journal Editorial

	We all want our children to be safe and well-cared for, whether in our homes, at a neighbor’s house or in a day care center. 
	It’s time we told our state Legislature. 
	For the fourth consecutive year, state lawmakers have killed legislation to improve day care regulations in Idaho. Currently, day care centers with more than a dozen children must provide background checks, but Idaho day care facilities with six children or less have no state requirements. That means no background checks for workers and no assurances that basic safety and health needs are being met. 

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      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4158</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why the left loves Castro, Guevara and Chavez]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[By Richard Larsen

	Those we look to as heroes speak volumes about who we are and our character. Most of us identify as heroes those who exhibit qualities of character that we admire and we desire to emulate ourselves. Such character is manifest by actions, and what our heroes do to deserve such respect and veneration.
	The recent passing of the dictatorial baton in Cuba from Fidel Castro to his equally totalitarian brother Raul provides a case study in hero worship. Fidel was the revolutionary who deposed Cuba’s corrupt dictator, Fulgencio Batista. Yet Castro became much worse than the ruler he led a revolution against, torturing and executing more than five times as many Cubans as his predecessor. He nationalized business interests in the country, abolished freedom of religion, took over the media, erased free speech, and turned the tropical island into a totalitarian “paradise” stripped of human rights and freedom. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Cuba trails only China in the number of journalists and reporters behind bars.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4156</link>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[The elevation of victimhood]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[By Eniko Jordan

Our society is health-crazy right now, isn’t it? Everybody’s trying to lose weight. 
They’re hitting the gym, reading grocery labels, cutting back on salt, fat, carbs, sugar and getting more fiber by eating strange-sounding grains. Nothing wrong with that. 
But there is an unhealthy trend going on. It’s not new, but it effects our health as individuals and as a society. I don’t mean our physical health, but rather our mental and emotional health.
The trend I’m referring to is our society’s propensity toward perpetuating victimhood. What, you say? Who would want to be a victim? ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4155</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[The sad truth about ethanol ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[By Martin Hackworth

&quot;See the glory of the royal scam&quot; – Steely Dan

	It's no secret that the administration of George W. Bush has been oblivious to science in crafting policy on issues such as energy and climate change. Nowhere is this more apparent than the Bush administration's push to replace 15 percent of domestic gasoline use with biofuels (corn-based ethanol and biodiesel) during the next 10 years. It's a plan that fails both scientifically and economically. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4154</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama is only candidate who can heal our country]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[By Jennie Lou Winter

Over the past weeks people have questioned  Barack Obama’s patriotism, his true Christianity, his judgment and his motives and qualifications for pursuing the Democratic nomination for president because of his association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.   

Well, after all, the Rev. Wright did say that America &quot;Got what it deserved on 9/11.&quot;  And he also said that Black people should be singing &quot;God **** America.&quot;  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4152</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[A soldier's song]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[By Mark Balzer

I was going to write on a different topic this weekend. I have several in the mix, one on domestic energy production; I am currently reading a biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, a truly interesting historical figure. But Richard Larson e-mailed me a link to a song written by a couple of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4151</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is charisma more important than experience?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[By Joe Evans

The only constant in this life is change.  We change addresses, we change jobs and we change our life circumstances.  The exciting aspect of change is that we believe change will bring happiness.  My experience suggests that this is often true.  Change does create happier circumstances.  Once we have grown tired of where we live or what we do, we desire change.  ]]></description>
      <link>http://www.pocatelloshops.com/blogs/Journal_Politics.php?id=4150</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>General</category>
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