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          <title>The Christian basis for voting</title>
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These were some of the online reader reactions to Cletis E. Neal&#8217;s Oct. 4 letter, which said the following:

&#8220;If you are a true Christian and believe that abortion and same sex marriage is a sin you will be held accountable before God himself on how you vote in November. This election is about good verses evil. 

Christians, wake up and do the right thing and vote for McCain and Palin.&#8221; 
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          <title>The Simpson health care plan</title>
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Simpson for president!
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          <title>Paper&#8217;s bias for Obama is clear</title>
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Once again, I am disappointed in this paper&#8217;s obvious bias in the current presidential campaign.&nbsp;
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          <title>Bring back the lost art of counting change</title>
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Retail managers! Whatever happened to the fine art of counting change? I&#8217;m tired of having change thrown at me.&nbsp;
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          <title>Ideology trumps qualifications for GOP</title>
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Delegate Lingamfelter highlights a curious shift in Republican strategies in his recent letter supporting Sarah (on a clear day I can see Russia, darn, you betcha, wink, wink) Palin. Evidently Republicans are selecting right-wing ideologues over qualified moderates.&nbsp; 
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          <title>&#8216;Made in America&#8217; should not be a memory</title>
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Now we are seeing the baby formula coming out of China with poison. Just like the dog food scare of last year and and the lead in the toys that small children stick in their mouths.&nbsp;
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          <title>Towers</title>
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The towers are coming!
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          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The maverick is wrong when it comes to the Dulles corridor</title>
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Sometimes politicians box themselves into little corners of self-imposed patterns of &#8220;acceptable behavior&#8221; that eventually could make it increasingly hard for them to break free of their own restrictions &#8212; even when they want to.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>&#8216;Intelligent people&#8217; should learn the truth</title>
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This is in response to Ellen Guillen and her letter &#8220;Intelligent people for Obama and Biden.&#8221;


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          <title>Candidate&#8217;s histories, seen side by side</title>
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I read an article today announcing that John McCain plans to go negative against Barack Obama in the last month before the election.&nbsp;
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          <title>McCain in Prince William County</title>
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John McCain opens new offices in Prince William County
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          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>No apologies</title>
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Councilwoman Dorothea Barr owes the town of Dumfries and the citizens she is supposed to represent an apology. But she has not given one.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Connolly showed that he is the best choice</title>
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Thanks to Prince William&#8217;s Committee of 100 for sponsoring the Sept. 18, 11th Congressional District debate in Montclair between Gerry Connolly and Keith Fimian.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lighten up. It&#8217;s only a joke</title>
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Presidential elections are an important business with sometimes dramatic consequences, so people can be forgiven for taking themselves a little too seriously.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Memories of a fateful September day</title>
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This past September brought back many sad memories to this old soldier. I though about the 11 a.m. appointment that I had on 9/11/01 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Washington, D.C., and how slow the traffic had seemed to move, almost bumper to bumper, along I-395.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Intelligent people for Obama and Biden</title>
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Our economy is in big trouble.&nbsp; There were 84,000 jobs lost in August. Those with jobs find that their income has been stagnant since Mr. Bush took office.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Palin recovers from gotcha journalism</title>
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Interestingly enough, the &#8220;nails in Sarah Palin&#8217;s coffin were driven there as a result of Charles Gibson and Katie Couric&#8217;s interviews.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>High time for term limits in Congress</title>
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After looking at the futility of our Congress to get anything done, whether it being Republican or Democrat, I truly believe that one major problem with our Congress are career politicians.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Felons</title>
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Your rights are restored&#8230; vote for my candidate!
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          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pay the government what it is due</title>
          <link>http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/opinion/article/pay_the_government_what_it_is_due/22254/</link>
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Prince William County police are proposing harsher penalties for parking ticket violators and we say go get them!
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Get your affairs in order</title>
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I have bad news and good news for you. The bad news is that you will die. The good news is that if you are reading this you still have time to get your affairs in order.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A store expressing the American way</title>
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Mark Elliott, son of Tom and Karen Elliott and brother of Timothy Elliott of Alexandria, and our grandson, is currently serving in Afghanistan.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Of Christianity and the war in Iraq</title>
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In the letter from Mr. Cletis Neal, we are led to believe that our vote for president is a matter of Christian discipline: to follow good versus evil and to deny a woman&#8217;s right to choose and same-sex marriage.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>An issue with the lies of Barack Obama</title>
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While I am not surprised when I hear Barack Obama continually say he will meet with terrorist &#8220;potentates&#8221; around the world without &#8220;precondition,&#8221; an approach no one should be surprised by given his documented connections to the terrorist Bill Ayers and the radical anti-American commentator Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., it is the lying and backtracking by him I personally take the most concern with.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Republican voting for Barack Obama</title>
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I have been a Republican since I was old enough to vote and that has been 57 years. After this past eight years, I am now an independent.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Re&#45;enactor</title>
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A re-enactment gone wrong.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Pulling the nails from the coffin</title>
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The one and only vice presidential debate is over, and while some in the media have called it for Joseph Biden, and others for Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate is the winner.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>At local gas stations, gas is king</title>
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I am sure you&#8217;ve all seen the signs at gas stations here in Prince William County that say:&nbsp; Gas $3.60 per gallon or $3.45, cash only.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The facts on FDR and the depression</title>
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&#8220;FDR&#8217;s Bad Deal&#8221;, first published in The (Waynesboro) News Virginian, lacks factual balance.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Reader concerned about paper&#8217;s merger</title>
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I&#8217;ve subscribed to the Manassas Journal Messenger since I went to college in 1971. I&#8217;m very concerned with the merger that is about to occur and the coverage of events in Manassas. My concern was accentuated with the Sept. 13 paper.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Maverick McCain no longer exists</title>
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As a political independent, well-educated, active duty military officer with service both in the U.S. Army (enlisted) and the U.S. Coast Guard totaling 20 years, I honor and respect Senator McCain for the sacrifices he has made throughout military and political life. However, the buck stops there!&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>McCain/Palin wants what is best for country</title>
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A recent Washington Post (Free for All) column reminded me of a quote by Johann Wolf-gang Goethe (1749-1832), &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing more frightening than ignorance in action.&#8221;  
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          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A faithful decision to help the less fortunate</title>
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Religion can be one of the most influential things in a person&#8217;s life. And religious leaders have the power to effect change when they want.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Debate</title>
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The great debate is over who won it!
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The candidates who will deliver</title>
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Allen says choose McCain for real change.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A vote for real reform</title>
          <link>http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/opinion/columns/article/a_vote_for_real_reform/22179/</link>
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Tim Kaine shows why Barack Obama is the reform candidate.
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I remember some nine years ago, then governor Bush ran on a platform of bipartisanship and touted the fact that both he and the Democrats had worked together to make the government of Texas successful.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Gas prices must be further reduced by a commitment to drilling as well as alternative energy.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>An inspiration to all Americans</title>
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Great front page story about the 81- year-old man traveling across the country, promoting his choice for president.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Horace says that Americans don&#8217;t have the write stuff</title>
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Normally, I pay little attention to who wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. With my English major days far behind me, I rarely seek out any book that &#8220;uncovers the precipice of everyday prattle in the quest for the melancholic soul of the female experience,&#8221; a description constructed entirely from the one-sentence blurbs about the last three winners at nobelprize.org.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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If you are a true Christian and believe that abortion and same sex marriage is a sin you will be held accountable before God himself on how you vote in November.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The real definition of &#8216;swiftboating&#8217;</title>
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Reading one of John Merli&#8217;s columns (&#8220;For swift boats in &#8216;08, rough seas,&#8221; from Sept. 18), I kept waiting for the payoff.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>There is no such thing as unselfish concern</title>
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Generally speaking, human beings don&#8217;t have the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others or altruistic behavior.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The newspaper&#8217;s letter to the editor section had a letter by Terrence D. Lekites entitled &#8220;Write-in candidate gives his platform.&#8221;  


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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Regarding Sandi Teets&#8217; comment in her Oct. 2 letter to the editor, I would point out that when Senator Obama said &#8220;Jim&#8221; during the presidential debate, he was speaking to Jim Lehrer, the moderator; and the word &#8220;orgy&#8221; can also be interpreted to mean: &#8220;Excessive indulgence in a specific activity.&#8221;


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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Financial crisis &#8212; Dems poker game</title>
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It is clear that the Democrats are making a calculated political gambit in the period running up to the presidential election.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Mark Warner goes to Dixie Bones in Woodbridge
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Neverending government waste</title>
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The government just can&#8217;t seem to help itself. Even when faced with one of the greatest emergencies in American history, it still feels like it has to thrown some nonsense into a $700 billion bill.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Liberal media bias and Barack Obama</title>
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These are some of the online reader reactions to an Oct. 1 letter to the editor by Mike Munnis. The letter accuses the Potomac News and Manassas Journal Messenger of a bias toward Barack Obama and praises John McCain. 


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The Democrats are succeeding where the &#8220;Socialist Party USA&#8221; and &#8220;Communist Party USA&#8221; have failed.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The news from Lake Montclairva</title>
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It&#8217;s been a quiet month in Lake Montclairva.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>In defense of  Barack Obama</title>
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About 25 or 30 years ago my car stalled in flash flood waters from the Potomac River near the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. After a few minutes, water came into the passenger compartment of my vehicle.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>The real truth about who will raise taxes</title>
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I have never written a letter to editor but I felt that this issue was too important to stay quiet.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Off with its head!</title>
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Education gets a reprieve.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>A solution to our financial mess</title>
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Here is my solution to the crisis we find ourselves in.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:01 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Good police work</title>
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In 2006, the number of robberies in Prince William County rose by 40 percent. This was despite an overall decrease in crime.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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One of the key political facts of life that separate the House from the Senate in Congress are the brief two-year terms in the larger chamber.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Ethics, not Catholic bashing</title>
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With the economy in turmoil, partly because of practices at companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it is as important as ever to ensure companies do business ethically. Rules and regulations are not enough &#8212; with bad leaders, businesses will break rules and subvert regulations.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Observations on a presidential debate</title>
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Like many Americans I tuned in last Friday night to watch the presidential debate.&nbsp; 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Bailout on the backs of babes.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Business is the economic engine that spurs the development of any commonwealth, city or town, and Dumfries is no different.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The origin of Democratic economic policies lies in the writings of English aristocrats who wished to prevent the collapse of capitalism in the 1930&#8217;s.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Enough of paper&#8217;s bias for Obama</title>
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Unless I missed it, the Potomac News and MJM should go ahead and endorse Obama/Biden; be open with your liberal bias.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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On Sept. 18, Gerry Connolly and Keith Fimian, candidates for the House of Representatives from the 11th Congressional District, held a debate at the Montclair Country Club under the auspices of the Committee of 100.&nbsp; Gerry Connolly won.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Rep. Tom Davis, R-11th District, voted in favor of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package on Monday.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Early. That is the best time to teach proper behavior to children if we want it to stick.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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In spite of the anti-Hispanic policies that local elected officials have pushed during the past year, our community remains diverse and, for the most part, a desirable place to live. Contrary to the desires of the politicians, businesses, government offices and private individuals throughout Prince William County have made worthwhile efforts to ensure that everyone is welcome.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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It is admirable that Joan Howell and her daughters are proud that a  woman is on the national Republican ticket (Letter to editor  Saturday, Sept. 27).
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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I must offer a strong rebuttal to the Sept. 28 letter from Robert Lang, who suggested that Congressional candidate and Fairfax County Board Chairman Gerry Connolly is running with the wrong priorities.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Liberal supporting only her goals</title>
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Liberal activist Elena Schlossberg-Kunkel was described as &#8220;an opponent of illegal immigration enforcement&#8221; by the Washington Post (Immigration Law&#8217;s Drafter Named to County Panel, 9/18).
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>No escape for House leaders</title>
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As Congressional negotiators work through a tragic financial crisis fueled by corporate greed, they also suggest eliminating the golden parachutes for CEO&#8217;s that take money right out of the stockholders pocket. I support this.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>FDR&#8217;s Bad Deal gaining new life</title>
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Legends and lore are the survivors of wars and cataclysms, and so perhaps Hank Paulson will endure in the manner of other socialists before him, Roosevelt and Lenin.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Using religion to win votes subverts the Constitution</title>
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What began in January with Mike Huckabee&#8217;s &#8220;Christian Leader&#8221; ads in Iowa and subterranean attacks on Mitt Romney&#8217;s Mormon faith has further degenerated into false rumors about Barack Obama&#8217;s faith and ugly stories about a &#8220;witch-hunting&#8221; pastor who once blessed Sarah Palin.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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As a lipstick sunset painted the hills of the Piedmont, Joyce Tyree sold tickets to the junior varsity football game at Eastern View High School.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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What is the federal government doing bailing out banks that made questionable loans? How is bad debt now going to be &#8220;good&#8221; in a few years?
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&#8220;I am a conservative. I could never vote for the most liberal Democrat in Congress.&#8221; I&#8217;ve heard this said over and again. Let me show you why it is precisely the liberal Democrat you need to vote for if you truly espouse conservative principles.&nbsp;
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His acceptance speech notwithstanding, McCain&#8217;s campaign to date has demonstrated little to ensure that he has any chance or intention of limiting the partisan rancor that has plagued Washington (and America) for the last eight years.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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While our shared taste in homes or jobs brings us together, I sometimes think it is odd how neighbors can be so different.
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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I&#8217;d been away and was eager to get home, you know, so I could catch up on things needing to be, well, caught up on. Like checking the junk mail. I wasn&#8217;t disappointed, I&#8217;d received 10 slick and glossy, full color, super-sized postcards from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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One night, I listened to two talk show hosts discussing the election and where candidates stood on the economy, the war, abortion, taxes and other burning issues.
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Mass transportation riders of Northern Virginia unite! Let your voices be heard!&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s that time of year again. The time when residents of Manassas, Manassas Park and Prince William County have another opportunity to experience the charm that is inherent to this area.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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I was waiting in line at the truck stop along with every other knucklehead swept up in the panic of the Great Southeastern Gas Shortage of Early Fall 2008 when my mind wandered, as it often does, and I flashed forward 30 or 40 years.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Potomac News and the Manassas Journal Messenger continue to prove that the media is so biased in their support of the liberal agenda.&nbsp;
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Ok, let me get the rules straight. A woman who is successful, whether in business or politics is a great thing, but only if she is a liberal Democrat. Do I have that right?
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The recent article published in the Potomac News &amp; Manassas Journal titled &#8220;Dumfries&#8217; councilwoman&#8217;s taxing problem&#8221; (Sept. 20) was an eye opener.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Lingamfelter corrects misperceptions</title>
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In response to Kenneth L. Denton&#8217;s letter (Sept. 11) accusing me of trying to suggest that I was &#8220;privy to the workings&#8221; of Senator McCain&#8217;s selection of Governor Sarah Plain, I have never claimed to have such access nor have I sought it.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The mentally ill have a place to go in Virginia.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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These are some of the online reader reactions to a Sept. 20 article about Dumfries Town Council member Dorothea Barr.

Barr had not paid her town trash bill on time since 1995, including a six-year period during which she did not pay it at all resulting in a civil lawsuit filed against her by the town in 2003. She was also late paying her town property taxes in 2005, 2006 and the first half of this year.&nbsp;
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We truly have a crisis in this country now. To be more exact, in regards to the mortgage industry failure, what we are experiencing is a crisis of responsibility.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Legal status nonsense from the supervisors</title>
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Recently, I received a letter from the Prince William County Real Estate Assessment Division saying I must provide &#8220;Proof of Legal Presence&#8221; in the United States, if I want to continue qualifying for the Tax Relief Program for &#8220;Elderly and Disabled Persons.&#8221; 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Speaking the same with different meanings</title>
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I agreed totally with Leonard Pitts&#8217; article about how language has lost all meaning in our political discourse. And, how dangerous that is. He nailed that.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>Finding the holiday spirit with a bell</title>
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In serving with The Salvation Army for over 25 years, I have found that the best way to experience the Holiday Spirit is by &#8220;Ringing The Bells&#8221; at Christmas time.&nbsp; 
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By now we have all heard about the Bush Administration&#8217;s proposal of $700 billion that would take bad debt from banks and financial companies, hopefully staving off national economic calamity. 

By &#8220;hear of,&#8221; we don&#8217;t mean to imply that we know what this bailout would do. We don&#8217;t. All we know is that the administration wants $700 billion to buy up all this debt, and that is pretty much all the detail we are getting.&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Ms. Dorothea Barr, the Dumfries Council member, and Congressman Charlie Rangel (D) from New York apparently have the same opinion when it comes to paying taxes!&nbsp;
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:01 EDT</pubDate>
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If it&#8217;s true the distance between Northern Virginia and Richmond is &#8220;about 100 years,&#8221; then it&#8217;s also probably true that both presidential campaigns have been forced to adopt a sort of two-state mentality as each side tries to carve out enough votes to put Virginia in their column by election night on Nov. 4.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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          <title>How this whole mess started</title>
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It all started with neighbors borrowing from neighbors at the local banks which acted as intermediaries.&nbsp;
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Not so long ago, many national and local Democrats were telling us the Iraqi war was lost and a dead end.
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John McCain has a plan for America. That plan is change.
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I would like Virginia citizens to know that they may be eligible for a refund for the illegally collected taxes that they might have paid to the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) in January and February of 2008.
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