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		<title>Another open letter to Artur Davis</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/07/18/another-open-letter-to-artur-davis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G. Brock</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Artur Davis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Courtney Haden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[FISA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[surveillance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[War on Terror]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Further questions on the Alabama congressman's support of FISA]]></description>
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		<title>Commentary: Davis on the defense</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/07/08/commentary-davis-on-the-defense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>G. Brock</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[civil liberties]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, Birmingham Weekly columnist Courtney Haden made plain his disappointment with the way Rep. Artur Davis voted on the FISA Amendments Act, the latest re-tooling of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. In a letter to the editor dated July 2, Davis defended his position as follows:
I was disappointed that a recent column [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON THE STUMP: Split Decision, Obama&#8217;s Rust Belt Problem, The Kennedy Effect</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/21/on-the-stump-split-decision-obamas-rust-belt-problem-the-kennedy-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/21/on-the-stump-split-decision-obamas-rust-belt-problem-the-kennedy-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 17:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Hooper</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[News &amp; Views]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[2008 Presidential election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky primary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon primary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rust Belt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ted Kennedy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ANOTHER SPLIT DECISION
Perhaps NBC&#8217;s Chuck Todd best characterized the 2008 Democratic primary last night when he claimed that demographics, not votes, were the key to identifying which states would fall for either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. The latest round of primaries were no exception.
In states with either dramatically large or dramatically small populations of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON THE STUMP: Oregon/Kentucky Vote, Byrd Endorses Obama, 2008 is 1980</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/20/on-the-stump-oregonkentucky-vote-byrd-endorses-obama-2008-is-1980/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/20/on-the-stump-oregonkentucky-vote-byrd-endorses-obama-2008-is-1980/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 21:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Hooper</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[1980 election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[primary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ted Kennedy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ ANOTHER DAY OF PRIMARIES
Today the nexus of the political universe is split between east and west as Oregon and Kentucky become the latest in a seemingly unending series of states, provinces, commonwealths, island nations and Districts of Columbia to cast their lot for the nominees of the Democratic and Republican primaries.
This go-around, much like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham columnists on WBHM</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/09/birmingham-columnists-on-wbhm/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/09/birmingham-columnists-on-wbhm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham News]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County bankruptcy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mass transit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bhamweekly.com/blog/?p=1281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If WBHM&#8217;s recent shift away from classical music baroque your heart, then there&#8217;s not much we can do for you (except maybe suggest Pandora). In the meantime, Birmingham&#8217;s public radio station is taking a greater interest in local news, even bringing newspaper people on the air.
And, they let us sit on the good furniture.
Beginning this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council questions morning-after transit vote</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/01/council-questions-self-transit-authority-and-mayor-on-free-summer-bus-rides-program/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/05/01/council-questions-self-transit-authority-and-mayor-on-free-summer-bus-rides-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 04:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>M. Underwood</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[BJTCA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Hill]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Magic City Math]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MAX]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[transit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Birmingham City Council approved a plan from Mayor Larry Langford to make bus fares free for the summer, but in a special-called meeting Wednesday night, many of them expressed second thoughts.
Councilors Steven Hoyt, Carole Smitherman, Valerie Abbott and Carol Duncan said that the council passed the mayor&#8217;s proposal too quickly, without having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Langford legal woes: First shoe drops</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/langford-legal-woes-first-shoe-drops/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/langford-legal-woes-first-shoe-drops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bond swaps]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County bankruptcy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As expected, the SEC has filed a lawsuit in federal court here against Mayor Larry Langford, Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount and lobbyist Al LaPierre.]]></description>
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		<title>Proclamation of the Hypocalypse</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/proclamation-of-the-hypocalypse/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/30/proclamation-of-the-hypocalypse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[church and state]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DOJ]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[FBI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life on Earth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sackcloth and ashes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bhamweekly.com/blog/?p=1253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As revealed by Saint Larry the Divine: I looked and there in City Hall a door stood open. And I heard a voice say, "It's time to do something." ]]></description>
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		<title>Artur Davis bats for Team Obama</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/27/artur-davis-bats-for-team-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/27/artur-davis-bats-for-team-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[primaries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sunday morning talks shows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On This Week, Davis warned that, by questioning Obama’s electability, the Clintons were damaging their reputations in the South and among racial progressives.

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		<title>Langford sports sackcloth, ashes, Rolex</title>
		<link>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/25/langford-sports-sackcloth-ashes-rolex/</link>
		<comments>http://bhamweekly.com/blog/2008/04/25/langford-sports-sackcloth-ashes-rolex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Whitmire</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[sackcloths and ashes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[True Crime]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 people gathered at Boutwell Auditorium for a prayer rally hosted by Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford.]]></description>
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