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		<title>Comment on Obama at Notre Dame by LarryD1965</title>
		<link>http://catholic.siekierski.com/2009/03/24/obama-at-notre-dame/#comment-14</link>
		<dc:creator>LarryD1965</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Matthew - we had a short back and forth in the combox at Creative Minority Report earlier this week - I asked if you were still in metro Detroit.

I&#039;m in sales, all around metro Detroit - I can&#039;t promise anything, but I could keep my ears open around my customer base for any possibilities.  Email me at lgd0708 (at) aol.com if you&#039;re open to having a complete (but totally Catholic!) stranger help you out.  Like I said, it&#039;s not a guarantee of success, but I sell to a lot of different industries, some of whom actually might be hiring.  

Peace!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Matthew &#8211; we had a short back and forth in the combox at Creative Minority Report earlier this week &#8211; I asked if you were still in metro Detroit.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m in sales, all around metro Detroit &#8211; I can&#8217;t promise anything, but I could keep my ears open around my customer base for any possibilities.  Email me at lgd0708 (at) aol.com if you&#8217;re open to having a complete (but totally Catholic!) stranger help you out.  Like I said, it&#8217;s not a guarantee of success, but I sell to a lot of different industries, some of whom actually might be hiring.  </p>
<p>Peace!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Bailout Bonuses by clamrampant</title>
		<link>http://catholic.siekierski.com/2009/03/19/bailout-bonuses/#comment-13</link>
		<dc:creator>clamrampant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s my go:

It&#039;s like a direct violation of Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution:

&lt;i&gt;No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.,&lt;/i&gt;

Was it legal when they did it? Yes? Then penalizing them for having done it, whether via a retroactive criminal law (outright unconstitutional) or a retroactive tax penalty (which may have more flexibility in practice, though it shouldn&#039;t in theory), is a violation of one of the first principles of the rule of law: that the law should be KNOWABLE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my go:</p>
<p>It&#8217;s like a direct violation of Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution:</p>
<p><i>No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.,</i></p>
<p>Was it legal when they did it? Yes? Then penalizing them for having done it, whether via a retroactive criminal law (outright unconstitutional) or a retroactive tax penalty (which may have more flexibility in practice, though it shouldn&#8217;t in theory), is a violation of one of the first principles of the rule of law: that the law should be KNOWABLE.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Bailout Bonuses by Kevin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s my go:

A guy buys a house that is crumbling down, but he wants to save it.  So he goes out and tries to find some people to fix the house.  Trouble is, no one really wants to fix it.  The house is falling apart and it would be cheaper to let it fall down and build up whatever is left standing.  But the guy is adamant and wants to prop up the house, so he hires you to fix it.  You&#039;ll get paid, of course, and given a blank check - spend as much as you want.  Also, if you do a good job, you&#039;ll get a ham sandwich - it&#039;s part of the contract.  After six months and billions of dollars, the guy turns around and wants to know what you did with the ham sandwich.  He&#039;s mad that he gave you a ham sandwich.  He&#039;s going to charge you for that damn sandwich.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my go:</p>
<p>A guy buys a house that is crumbling down, but he wants to save it.  So he goes out and tries to find some people to fix the house.  Trouble is, no one really wants to fix it.  The house is falling apart and it would be cheaper to let it fall down and build up whatever is left standing.  But the guy is adamant and wants to prop up the house, so he hires you to fix it.  You&#8217;ll get paid, of course, and given a blank check &#8211; spend as much as you want.  Also, if you do a good job, you&#8217;ll get a ham sandwich &#8211; it&#8217;s part of the contract.  After six months and billions of dollars, the guy turns around and wants to know what you did with the ham sandwich.  He&#8217;s mad that he gave you a ham sandwich.  He&#8217;s going to charge you for that damn sandwich.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Normal Times by Matthew Siekierski</title>
		<link>http://catholic.siekierski.com/2009/01/27/normal-times/#comment-10</link>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Siekierski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A politician was lying?  I&#039;m shocked!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A politician was lying?  I&#8217;m shocked!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Normal Times by Kevin</title>
		<link>http://catholic.siekierski.com/2009/01/27/normal-times/#comment-9</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Conrad was lying.  They confirmed Geithner&#039;s nomination because he&#039;s one of them and they want to appear to be all one big happy (Democratic) family.  And, as you said, they&#039;re using the current economic crisis as an excuse.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Conrad was lying.  They confirmed Geithner&#8217;s nomination because he&#8217;s one of them and they want to appear to be all one big happy (Democratic) family.  And, as you said, they&#8217;re using the current economic crisis as an excuse.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Normal Times by Matthew Siekierski</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matthew Siekierski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Declaring times to be not &quot;normal&quot; allows them to excuse anything.

Times are always normal, there are just different sets of circumstances with which we are dealing.

And I just now noticed that the end of my post got cut.  I&#039;ll have to fix that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Declaring times to be not &#8220;normal&#8221; allows them to excuse anything.</p>
<p>Times are always normal, there are just different sets of circumstances with which we are dealing.</p>
<p>And I just now noticed that the end of my post got cut.  I&#8217;ll have to fix that.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Normal Times by Kevin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In &#039;normal times&#039; this guy would have been convicted of tax evasion and fined and/or jailed.  But we do have a class war going on - the ruling class vs. the rest of us.  It really doesn&#039;t matter if he has a D or an R next to his name, they protect their own.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In &#8216;normal times&#8217; this guy would have been convicted of tax evasion and fined and/or jailed.  But we do have a class war going on &#8211; the ruling class vs. the rest of us.  It really doesn&#8217;t matter if he has a D or an R next to his name, they protect their own.</p>
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