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• And This Is What Thanksgiving Is All About

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  Hat tip to Pastor William Linhart, Calvary United Methodist Church. This shows the mindset of our Founding Fathers in the Continental Congress in the time of their most desperate fears. As our country enters increasingly troubled times, we ought to be mindful of these words.O Lord our Heavenly Father, high [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:46am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Kudos to Keyser Police Department

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  Yesterday afternoon I was walking off some turkey before my next meal by walking around Keyser. I could feel a few drops of rain, so I figured I would walk over through Keyser Square in case it started to rain heavy I could walk under the awning. As I was [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:06am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Happy Thanksgiving

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  On this Thanksgiving Dayit seems more important than everto count our blessings.May the years ahead bringPeace, Good Health andmuch Happiness to you and yours. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:33am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Palin Derangement Syndrome

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  Palin Derangement Syndrome should hit the DSM IV any day now. It refers to the chronic delusion among liberals and left wingers that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is both irrelevant and a major threat. It is closely related to Bush Derangment Syndrome, symptoms of which included the beliefs that [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:14am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Health Care Debate Gets Uglier For Democrats

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  The Democratic Party is nearly as old at the Republic and occasionally it has split. Before the Civil War it divided over the slavery issue; about ninety years later on Communism and segregation. As we approach the election year of 2010 another fundamental issue, again based on freedom, threatens to [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:47am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Obama: Industrial Efficiency Bad!

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  Industrial efficiency is the foundation of our high standard of living. Building more goods with less workers lowers cost and raises the standard of living for all. It allows more people to purchase the same good increasing demand, requiring more product to be built thus increasing employment. The President needs [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:28am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Thankful For Wal Mart

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  You get thoughts at the strangest times. This morning's thought came as I made my sone a grilled ham and cheese sandwich before taking him to basketball practice. It centered on how good kids have got it these days.I cannot get across to my children how things have changed in [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:17am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Republicans Stand Up For Taxpayers : Democrats Stand Up For Tax-Hikes

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  Republican Delegates Block Democrat Speaker Thompson's Attempt to Ram Through 15 Million Dollar Tax Increase on Working West VirginiansYesterday evening Republicans in the House of Delegates successfully used a parliamentary maneuver to fend off, for at least one more day, a proposed Democrat gas-tax bill that if passed will cost [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:12am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Capito Opposes House Effort to Blow Another $210 Billion Hole in Budget

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  Congresswoman Criticizes Democrat’s ‘Doc Fix’ as Latest Example of Budget-Busting PoliciesWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement today as the House of Representatives considered the so-called ‘doc-fix’ which will add yet another $210 billion to the deficit:“In what’s becoming an incredibly troubling pattern, the House today [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:05am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Capito Statement on Meeting With EPA Administrator Jackson

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  Congresswoman: “The bottom line from today’s meeting is that Administrator Jackson and the EPA believe they have no obligation to take economic factors or jobs into account when it comes to mine permits.”WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore, R-W.Va., released the following statement today after meeting with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:03am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Another Stupid Attack on Property Rights: Now You Cannot Even Hang Your Laundry Outside

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  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/us_nm/us_usa_laundryThis link may or may not take you to an AP story about various local governments either using social pressure or legislation to prevent people from hanging up their laundry putside to dry.What's the problem? Neighbors complain that they don't like the sight of it. Some say the whole practice' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:10am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Mammogram Study Highlights Perils of Government-Run Care, Capito Says

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  As Most Push for Early Detection, Government Panel Considers Saving Lives to be InconvenientWASHINGTON – A government panel’s recommendation would turn back the clock in the fight against breast cancer and cast a troubling shadow over the prospect of government-run health care. That was Rep. Shelley Moore Capito’s, R-W.Va., message [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:58pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• Bill Stewart and Sarah Palin

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  Republicans in West Virginia have found that Governor Joe Manchin is a much more difficult target than Democrats at the national level. His competence and common sense in office have far outstripped anything seen from Obama, Pelosi, and Reid. Manchin gives us details to criticize, not a completely flawed vision. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:19am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Taylor County Republican Executive Committee will host their annual Christmas dinner

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  The Taylor County Republican Executive Committee will host their annual Christmas dinner on December 22, 2009, beginning at 5:00 p.m. for our gathering. We will eat at 6:00 p.m. The menu will be Chicken or ham, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Green beans, Salad, Drinks of Coffee or tea. Desert and gratuity will [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• Capito Applauds Passage of Fire Grant Reauthorization

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  Program Benefits Dozens of West Virginia Fire Departments Each YearWASHINGTON – A federal program designed to provide support for community fire departments got a lift today with passage of the HR 3791, the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., praised House passage of the measure, [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:21pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - Help Stop Obamacare Now!

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  Today in Charleston, Joe Manchin, Democrat members of the Legislature, Democrat staffers and Democrat congressional aides will gather to celebrate Senator Byrd becoming the longest serving Congressional member in U.S. history. It is also widely rumored that Senator Byrd himself is planning on attending. But while Democrats party under the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:03am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Reporting In From the GPSA Conference.

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  Last week I had the honor of chairing a panel on gender and politics at the Georgia Political Science Association's annual conference. If some folks' ears were burning last Friday in West Virginia, it is because I spent some time informally and on my panel discussing some of the efforts' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:22am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Congratulations Anti-Smoking Crusaders. You Made Smoking Cool Again.

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  All the laws you had passed by non elected boards, all the millions in taxpayer dollars spent in education programs, posters and commercials have led to one result. For the first time in fifteen years Americans smoked more than they had the year before.Smoking received a huge boost in the [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:56am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• The Changing Political Map of West Virginia

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  This is the current political look of the of the state by county. Between 1996 and 2006 the Democratic Party in West Virginia went down from having 63.48% to 57.05% of registered voters, while Republican gained from 29.69% to 30.15% in the same time frame.If current trends continue, next election [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:39am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Lone American distrupts a major Obamacare Rally

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 12:09am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Swine Flu (H1N1) vs Seasonal Flu Statistics

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  Seasonal Flu * 5 to 20 percent of the population get the flu (15 to 60 million people)* More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu-related complications* About 36,000 people die from flu-related causesSwine Flu* 7.3 percent of the population has gotten the Swine Flu (22 million people)* About 98,000 [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:17am EST
  by Gary Howell

• As Nation Honors Veterans, Capito Announces Legislation to Improve Veterans TBI Care

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  Capito Re-Introduces Bill to Increase Access to Care for Rural Veterans Suffering from Traumatic Brain InjuryCHARLESTON – As the nation honors America’s military men and women, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., today announced that she has re-introduced legislation designed to improve access to care for rural veterans suffering from traumatic [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 12:31am EST
  by Gary Howell

• To the Active and Veteran US Armed Forces

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  THANK YOU! [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:22am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Don't Jump to Conclusions?

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  The newest revelations concerning the Fort Hood shooter are now nothing short of outrageous.Recent information released to the media proves that the Army psychiatrist currently held for opening fire at an Army processing center, killing several, had active and open contacts with Al Quaeda related Islamofascist groups. You remember these [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:30am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Conservative

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  November 2009's off year elections have kicked off what promises to be a fascinating and intense time of campaigning. These may be the most important congressional elections of our time because the result will in one way or another change our nation.A fork in the road lies ahead. In one [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:20am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Martin's Food Evacuated, Explosion Feared

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  UPDATE: 1:10 All Clear GivenMartins Food in Keyser, WV was evacuated because of a natural gas smell. Local Police and Fire responded and detection equipment detected explosive levels of gas in the structure. As of 11:40 Mountaineer Gas confirmed that the levels were dangerously high but had not located the [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:54am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Capito Joins Bipartisan House Coalition to Oppose Speaker Pelosi’s Trillion Dollar Health Plan

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  West Virginians Deserve Meaningful Health Reform, Not a Government Over-Reach That Will Raise Taxes and Slash Billions of Dollars From MedicareWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement this evening as the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2,000-page, trillion-dollar health reform plan that [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:03am EST
  by Gary Howell

• 11/7/2009 - Rep. Capito Discusses Health Care During Debate on Pelosi Health Bill

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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:59am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Capito Asks W.Va. Health and Human Resources for Estimate of How Speaker’s Medicaid Changes Will Impact State Budgets

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  WASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., released the following statement this afternoon regarding her letter to West Virginia’s Department of Health and Human Resources seeking clarification on the impact Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s health bill will have on the state budget:“States across our nation are facing the prospect of budget [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:40pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• Fort Hood Shooter Served on President Transition Team

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  In a report from George Washington University, Thinking Anew—Security Priorities for the Next Administration, on page 32, Nidal Hasan (the accused Fort Hood Shooter) is listed as one of the participants in the Presidential Transition. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:53pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• Capito: Rising Unemployment Demands Real Focus on Jobs

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  Capito: Rising Unemployment Demands Real Focus on Jobs, As Congress Prepares to Vote on a Trillion Dollar Health Bill, West Virginians Ask How Exploding Spending and Tax Hikes Will Create JobsWASHINGTON – Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., made the following statement today after the U.S. Labor Department reported that another [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:54am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Potomac Highlands Conservative interviews Mike Huckabee

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  I had a short interview with Mike Huckabee last night as he traveled from Harrisburg, PA to Allentown, PA. Here are a few of his thoughts on recent events, his new book and West Virginia.On the New York 23rd District race, Huckabee confirms he was asked not to endorse any [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:59am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Alan Mollohan's last term in Congress?

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  As Congressman Alan Mollohan’s problems continue to mount many are speculating that this me be his last term as West Virginia’s Congressman from the 1st Congressional District. Last week the U.S. Justice Department told the US House ethics panel to stop its investigation of Congressman Mollohan. Federal investigators had also [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:36am EST
  by Gary Howell

• WV First Congressional District on French TV 24

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  French TV 24's English language broadcast covers West Virginia's First Congressional District race and interviews GOP candidate Tom Stark, that seat is currently held by Alan Mollohan. They also interview several West Virginia residents on their feelings of Obama and his qualifications for President. They also cover the New Jersey [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:41pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• Government-Run Healthcare at Your Fingertips?

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:28pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• Government Claims That Stimulus Created 2,500 Jobs, Mostly in Government

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  http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x165320108/W-Va-stimulus-spending-credited-for-2-400-jobsThis article from the Herald Dispatch in Huntington describes a federal claim that stimulus spending created or saved over 2500 jobs. It admits, however, that most of those jobs lay in education.So all those millions spent and almost zero private sector growth. That is not stimulus. Private [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:12am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• Harry Reid Doesn't Like Smelly Tourists

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  Don't you love the fact that Harry Reid doesn't like to smell the American people like me and you when we come to visit the capital. Imagine that, he doesn't like the smell of his bosses.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:12pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• GOP Storms to Victory in Two of Three Key Races

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  Yesterday New Jersey and Virginia held their gubernatorial races. Both states saw Obama post major victories in 2008 and had liberal tax and spend governors. Obama put a great deal of face time into both races towards the end, staking his personal popularity. At the end of the day the [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:14am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• New Keyser Bridge Traffic Patterns

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  If your coming from the Fountain area on Rt 46 and want to go North on US 220, then your going to see some major changes in the traffic patterns. The blue lines are where the new roads and bridge will be.You will no longer be able to turn onto [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:45am EST
  by Gary Howell

• GOP Takes New Jersey

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  Chris Christie (R) takes New Jersey from incumbant Democrat [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:27pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• GOP Sweeps Virginia Elections

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  GOP Sweeps Virginia. Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General all taken by GOP with heavy margin of 2 to 1! [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:03pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• Job Numbers Contradict Claims of Stimulus Success: Where are the jobs?

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  WASHINGTON – As the Administration pats itself on the back for supposedly “creating or saving” 2,400 jobs in West Virginia at the hand of economic stimulus legislation, count Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., among those who are a bit more skeptical.“For the 35,000 West Virginians who’ve lost their job since [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 2:36pm EST
  by Gary Howell

• "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."

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  Thank you Mrs.Thornton, wherever you are. In eighth grade you assigned Fahrenheit 451 and changed my life.The little line that serves as the title of this piece was used by Ray Bradbury to introduce this book, written by him in a college typing lab. I thought of it today while [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:10am EST
  by Stephen Smoot

• WVGOP Launches New Underwood Institute Initiative

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  Republican Party Program Seeks to Circumvent Democrat Majority's Stranglehold on West Virginia GovernmentToday the West Virginia Republican Party is announcing the launch of a new initiative by the Underwood Institute. The Cecil Underwood Fellows Program is designed to honor our former governor, as well as encourage participation in the political [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:59am EST
  by Gary Howell

• Time For a Political Sit Down

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  I have said it before and I will repeat it until it happens. The Republican Party at the state and national level needs to sit down with at least some sectors of organized labor and corporate America to save our industrial sector.Left wing Democrats are the enemy of business and [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 12:40am EST
  by Stephen Smoot