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	Gallup Finds Significant Drop in Unemployment During October
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	http://www.gallup.com/poll/150365/Gallup-Finds-Significant-Drop-Unemployment-During-October.aspx?ref=image<br />
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<br />
October 27, 2011<br />
Gallup Finds Significant Drop in Unemployment During October<br />
Unemployment, without seasonal adjustment, fell to 8.3% in the 30 days ending Oct. 23<br />
by Dennis Jacobe, Chi...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/267
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	Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:24:34
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	Cain must not be being bought off....because Rove is out to get him
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	http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66698.html<br />
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Karl Rove sticks a fork in Herman Cain<br />
<br />
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 10/24/11 10:01 AM EDT<br />
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The Republican super-strategist pulls out a whiteboard on Fox News to tick off Herman Cain's self-destructive mistakes, concluding: &quot;I think it has created ...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/266
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:47:33
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	Christie
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	Watched him last night on C-SPAN.   I can see why Republicans and maybe Indies would like him.   He seems intelligent and<br />
well spoken. He doesn't talk specifics - but he does have an air of honesty, straight-forwardness completely lacking in W2 and Mittens.<br />
<br />
I am glad he isn't running because I t...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/265
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	Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:13:11
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	Has anyone gotten the &quot;Search.Conduit&quot; virus?
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	<description>
	This is a virus where Conduit.com takes over a search engine.  It attaches to it<br />
and redirects all actions.   I use Google Chrome.  When I open<br />
and begin a search in Google, I am redirected to Bing.  I hate Bing.<br />
<br />
The virus also slows computer response time and f's up page scrolling.<br />
<br />
I have d...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/264
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:06:27
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	Tweety just zapped Perry
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	<description>
	&quot;We know he had a 2.2 at A&amp;M&quot;  (out of 4)...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/263
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:08:48
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	3/4 of US Business have no employees??
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	<description>
	http://web.sba.gov/faqs/faqindex.cfm?areaID=24<br />
<br />
In 2009,there were 27.5 million businesses in the United States, according to Office of Advocacy estimates.The lastest available Census data show that there were [b]6.0 million firms with employees in 2007 and 21.4 million without employees in 2008[/...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/262
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:35:23
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	help..oenophiles
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	<description>
	going to a private vineyard in Napa for a wine tasting<br />
with the owner.   I would put us at somewhere on the<br />
very lower end of intermediate wine connoisseurs.<br />
<br />
What do we say?  What do we ask?...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/261
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:08:56
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	If I ruled the world, I would have two wars only
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	<description>
	One against cancer and one against Alzheimer's.<br />
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My uncle died on Sunday.  He thought the busy street in front of his house was the ocean.<br />
<br />
My dad, after 16 years of gradual memory loss, is on the verge of advanced Alzheimer's.  He still<br />
drives to the store and to the barber. He still goes bowl...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/260
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	Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:20:33
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	Halliburton to hire 11,000 people
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	<description>
	http://www.cnbc.com/id/44255523<br />
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Jim Brown, president of Western Hemisphere, said many of the new hires will be sent to North Dakota's oil-rich Bakken shale, which is one of the largest oil finds in U.S. history and where Cramer broadcast a special episode of &quot;Mad Money&quot; on Wednesday. Brown said H...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/259
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:18:16
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	Has anyone had to deal with a hyper-defensive person?
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	I am now and it's exhausting<br />
<br />
I have read that it stems from insecurity in childhood.<br />
<br />
Example:  &quot;My steak is overdone&quot;  <br />
Defensive Answer:  &quot;I didn't pick this restaurant...I wanted to go to X restaurant..You picked this place&quot;<br />
Normal Response:  &quot;Oh no, let's call the waiter to the table.&quot;...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/258
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:59:55
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	Texas is 
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	Dying.<br />
<br />
A 100+ year old pecan tree in my mother-in-law's lawn has died<br />
<br />
Lawn's are now hay<br />
<br />
Herb's are frying in the heat, even with twice a day watering<br />
<br />
The temp has been over ONE HUNDRED for 47 Plus days<br />
<br />
Cattle ranchers are depleting their herds -- literally no water to feed them<br />
<br />
ht...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/257
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:58:32
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	Texas is 
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	<description>
	Dying.<br />
<br />
A 100+ year old pecan tree in my mother-in-law's lawn has died<br />
<br />
Lawn's are now hay<br />
<br />
Herb's are frying in the heat, even with twice a day watering<br />
<br />
The temp has been over ONE HUNDRED for 47 Plus days<br />
<br />
Cattle ranchers are depleting their herds -- literally no water to feed them<br />
<br />
ht...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/256
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:58:30
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	Is voting in a Republican Primary Unethical????
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	[text size =3]I say, hell no, they did it to us in the 2008 Dem primary.  <br />
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The way I see it, a T-bagger will win Iowa (closed caucus)<br />
<br />
But New Hampshire is a state where we could have a major impact if we were<br />
truly organized and got the word out.  Romney thinks he's got NH in the bag.<br />
<br />
The ...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/255
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:13:46
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	Don't count on Perry trash-talking Romney
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	<description>
	He didn't do it last year against White, his democratic opponent - he aimed higher - campaigning against Obama.<br />
<br />
A Perry strategist was interviewed by The Atlantic and spoke about a Perry campaign strategy..<br />
<br />
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/06/rick-perrys-presidential-strategy/2...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/254
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:41:05
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	If you like Joy Behar....
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	<description>
	she just tweeted:<br />
<br />
I hear Harry Reid got so excited over a possible debt limit deal that his blood pressure went all the way up to 11 over 6...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/253
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:26:16
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	Has anyone actually tasted Swanson's chicken broth lately?
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	<description>
	I have used it for years.  It monopolizes the broth aisle.<br />
<br />
Yesterday, I tasted it because my soup had a funny flavor.<br />
<br />
YIKES...this broth tastes and smells [b]NOTHING[/b] like real chicken broth<br />
<br />
...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/252
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:38:43
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	Please O, Don't make them make you prove a negative
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	<description>
	Again<br />
<br />
You did it with the stimulus, whether you truly saved the country....or<br />
<br />
Fell into their ploy of raising the debt and letting you own it...it doesn't matter<br />
<br />
No one can ever prove a negative.<br />
<br />
Let them block the debt ceiling raise.<br />
<br />
Let it happen.<br />
<br />
Watch the chaos, and then coming...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/251
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:26:59
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	Mr President, Please give this woman a job !
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	[B][FONT SIZE =5]<br />
ON YOUR 2012 CAMPAIGN....SHE'D BE GREAT<br />
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/69king/MariaShriver.jpg...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/250
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 10 May 2011 14:52:44
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	Provocative Piece on OBL by  Dick Cavett 
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	<description>
	http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/the-week-that-was/?hp#preview<br />
<br />
The Week That Was<br />
By DICK CAVETT<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
This is not the column I was going to write, but because of the recent days of relentless saturation — and I don’t mean by or about the Missouri River — whatever I try to type, m...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/249
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	<pubDate>
	Sat, 07 May 2011 07:23:28
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	Freebee Prototype Ad for Dems Running for House in 2012
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	<description>
	http://nationaljournal.com/columns/cook-report/7-senate-democrats-20-house-republicans-will-face-tough-races-in-2012-20101216<br />
<br />
Based on what little we know at this point, The Cook Political Report’s initial 2012 House ratings show six GOP seats as toss-ups and 14 in the “Lean Republican” column, f...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/248
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:20:55
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	My pix from Grand Isle Louisiana
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	<description>
	Grand Isle,Louisiana...June 2010<br />
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/69king/noindy610066.jpg<br />
<br />
<br />
The berm - we were told if we stepped beyond it to the water we would be arrested <br />
in order for them to decontaminate us.  Cleanup on the distant horizon...<br />
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/247
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:29:46
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	Greetings from Nola:  They capped one leak last night
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	<description>
	Just heard on local news in Nola:<br />
<br />
They capped one of the leaks last night using an ROV.  There are two more.  They expect the first dome to arrive on Thursday.  It will take them a couple days to level the ocean bed and get it set up.  They have only used the dome in shallow water - so it may be ...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/246
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 05 May 2010 08:18:17
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	The FYI on Lieberman
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	<description>
	He's voting with the Dems...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/245
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:01:07
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	Call me dense. but what's on McCain's face?
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	<description>
	http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7979/ad0st1sz171sq0v0id11492.jpg...
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/244
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	<pubDate>
	Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:15:55
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	If any Repuke's thinking about flipping parties...
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	<description>
	I can't think of a better day to do it than today! Wouldn't it be the coolest turn of events ever?<br />
<br />
Surely there is someone vulnerable and concerned enough to perpetuate their tenure......
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Laura PackYourBags/243
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:26:49
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