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		<title>Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Siekierski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Skojec over at Inside Catholic made an interesting point in an article a couple of days ago.  The estimates for the number of people expected (at the time) to attend the inauguration of (then) President-Elect Obama was 1.5 million people (I haven&#8217;t seen &#8220;official&#8221; estimates of the actual number yet).  This is really close [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steve Skojec over at <a title="Inside Catholic" href="http://insidecatholic.com" target="_blank">Inside Catholic</a> made an interesting point in an <a title="The Difference Two Days Makes" href="http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=5264&amp;Itemid=48" target="_blank">article</a> a couple of days ago.  The estimates for the number of people expected (at the time) to attend the inauguration of (then) President-Elect Obama was 1.5 million people (I haven&#8217;t seen &#8220;official&#8221; estimates of the actual number yet).  This is really close to the number of unborn babies killed each year through abortion.</p>
<p>Go look at <a title="Photos" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10146314-39.html" target="_blank">pictures</a> of how crowded the Mall was.  That&#8217;s how many babies were killed last year.</p>
<p>For another perspective of what abortion has done since 1973, look at the total.  Say there have been around 50 million abortions since unrestricted access to abortion was discovered in the Constitution (it&#8217;s hard to know for sure, since reporting is sketchy at best).  That&#8217;s the population of the west coast of the US.  Eliminate all of the people in California, Oregon, and Washington.  Or it&#8217;s the entire population of Canada one and a half times.  Or it&#8217;s half of Mexico.  Or it&#8217;s more than the populations of the 50 most populous cities in the US combined.  And that&#8217;s just abortions performed in the US.</p>
<p>This country has said for the past 36 years that it&#8217;s ok that we&#8217;ve killed about 25% of our children each year.</p>
<p>Pray for an end to this horror.</p>
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		<title>Things I&#8217;ve Done</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Siekierski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick and easy meme.  I&#8217;ve done the ones in bold.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower 
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A quick and easy meme.  I&#8217;ve done the ones in bold.</p>
<p><strong>1. Started your own blog<br />
</strong><strong>2. Slept under the stars<br />
</strong><strong>3. Played in a band<br />
</strong>4. Visited Hawaii<br />
<span><strong>5. Watched a meteor shower </strong></span><strong><br />
</strong><span>6. Given more than you can afford to charity</span><br />
<strong>7. Been to Disneyland<br />
</strong>8. Climbed a mountain<br />
<strong>9. Held a praying mantis<br />
</strong><span><strong>10. Sang a solo</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong>11. Bungee jumped<br />
12. Visited Paris<br />
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea<br />
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch<br />
15. Adopted a child<br />
<strong>16. Had food poisoning<br />
</strong>17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty<br />
<strong>18. Grown your own vegetables<br />
</strong>19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France<br />
20. Slept on an overnight train<br />
<strong>21. Had a pillow fight<br />
</strong>22. Hitch hiked<br />
<strong>23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill<br />
</strong><strong>24. Built a snow fort<br />
</strong>25. Held a lamb<br />
26. Gone skinny dipping<br />
27. Run a Marathon<br />
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice<br />
29. Seen a total eclipse<br />
<strong>30. Watched a sunrise or sunset<br />
</strong>31. Hit a home run<br />
32. Been on a cruise<br />
<strong>33. Seen Niagara Falls in person<br />
</strong>34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors<br />
<span><strong>35. Seen an Amish community</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong><span>36. Taught yourself a new language </span><br />
<span>37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied </span><br />
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person<br />
39. Gone rock climbing<br />
40. Seen Michelangelo&#8217;s David<br />
<span><strong>41. Sung karaoke</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong>42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt<br />
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant<br />
44. Visited Africa<br />
<strong>45. Walked on a beach by moonlight<br />
</strong>46. Been transported in an ambulance<br />
47. Had your portrait painted<br />
48. Gone deep sea fishing<br />
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person<br />
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris<br />
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling<br />
<strong>52. Kissed in the rain<br />
</strong><span><strong>53. Played in the mud</strong></span><strong><br />
</strong><strong>54. Gone to a drive-in theater<br />
</strong>55. Been in a movie<br />
56. Visited the Great Wall of China<br />
57. Started a business<br />
58. Taken a martial arts class<br />
59. Visited Russia<br />
<strong>60. Served at a soup kitchen<br />
</strong><span>61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies</span><br />
62. Gone whale watching<br />
63. Got flowers for no reason<br />
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma<br />
65. Gone sky diving<br />
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp<br />
<strong>67. Bounced a check<br />
</strong>68. Flown in a helicopter<br />
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy<br />
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial<br />
<strong>71. Eaten Caviar<br />
</strong>72. Pieced a quilt<br />
<strong>73. Stood in Times Square<br />
</strong>74. Toured the Everglades<br />
75. Been fired from a job<br />
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London<br />
77. Broken a bone<br />
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle<br />
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person<br />
80. Published a book<br />
81. Visited the Vatican<br />
<span><strong>82. Bought a brand new car </strong></span><strong><br />
</strong>83. Walked in Jerusalem<br />
<span>84. Had your picture in the newspaper</span><br />
<strong>85. Read the entire Bible<br />
</strong>86. Visited the White House<br />
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating<br />
<strong>88. Had chickenpox<br />
</strong>89. Saved someone’s life<br />
90. Sat on a jury<br />
<strong>91. Met someone famous<br />
</strong><strong>92. Joined a book club<br />
</strong><strong>93. Lost a loved one<br />
</strong><strong>94. Had a baby<br />
</strong>95. Seen the Alamo in person<br />
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake<br />
97. Been involved in a law suit<br />
<strong>98. Owned a cell phone<br />
</strong><span>99. Been stung by a bee</span><br />
<strong>100. Read an entire book in one day</strong></p>
<p>Consider yourself tagged if you have a blog and still bother reading this rarely-updated blog that&#8217;ll probably change again in 6 months.</p>
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		<title>Gas Prices</title>
		<link>http://catholic.siekierski.com/2008/10/30/gas-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Siekierski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my way home from work today, I took note of the gas price.
$2.15 (I round that extra $0.009 up)
It seems to me that during the summer, there were times I paid twice that.  $4.30
So what caused the price of gas to drop by 50%?  It wasn&#8217;t any government program that I&#8217;m aware of.  For [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On my way home from work today, I took note of the gas price.</p>
<p>$2.15 (I round that extra $0.009 up)</p>
<p>It seems to me that during the summer, there were times I paid twice that.  $4.30</p>
<p>So what caused the price of gas to drop by 50%?  It wasn&#8217;t any government program that I&#8217;m aware of.  For all the talking they did during the summer, for all of the concern they expressed, and even that time during the summer recess when Republicans stayed after Speaker Pelosi turned off the lights, our government did nothing that changed the price.</p>
<p>It seems that while the government is ineffectual, the market took care of things all on its own.</p>
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