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	<title>Change West Virginia</title>
	<link>http://www.changewv.com</link>
	<description>Commentary by Vic Sprouse</description>
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		<title>Redistricting will be bad for Democrats, Southern West Virginia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(reissued by request from November 18, 2008.)
 
The freight train is coming.
Yet, no one on the Democratic side can hear it yet.
What is it?
The 2010 Census.
Well, not the people coming to knock on your door, but the redistricting that will have to occur because of it.
And, no matter what way you slice it, even the crafty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2010/redistricting-will-be-bad-for-democrats-southern-west-virginia</link>
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		<title>My Dad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I put up this commentary twice a year, once on my Dad&#8217;s birthday and once again on the day he passed away - now five years ago, and this was the commentary I wrote as a tribute to him.   And, of course, the post rings as true today as it did in 2006.
See below&#8230;
Originally published August 19, 2006
If my Dad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/my-dad</link>
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		<title>Who knew?  Lady Hendershot was also in on the act</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eric Eyre of the Charleston Gazette keeps busting the COMAR fraud story wide open.  Up until this point, only convicted felon Martin Bowling and Big Al Hendershot were the ones ripping off taxpayers to the tune of $100,000+.
Had Eric not broken open the story, COMAR was in line for a cool $1,000,000 federal grant hand-delivered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/who-knew-lady-hendershot-was-also-in-on-the-act</link>
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		<title>Do we really want Canadian health care?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent a portion of last week in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
And, I came away with one simple question.
Do we really want Canadian-style health care?
First though, it often saddens me to see cities and areas like Calgary.
It is bustling.  It is vibrant.  Despite the weak economy (Calgary is very dependent on oil prices because of their massive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/do-we-really-want-canadian-health-care</link>
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		<title>Byrd staff now clearly the de facto Senator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Fidel Castro would go for long stints in the hospital, his staff  and the state run TV would run broadcast after broadcast of a vibrant  Castro and show his governement out supposedly helping the people of  Cuba.
That&#8217;s exactly the mode that the Robert C. Byrd staff is running into right now.
It is clear to everyone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/byrd-staff-now-clearly-the-de-facto-senator</link>
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		<title>Tomblin candidacy changes everything</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I never would have thunk it, but it sounds more and more like Earl Ray Tomblin will run for Governor in 2012. 
 
This changes the game on the Democratic side and it may brighten the hopes of those business conservative Democrats who always hold out hope that they might be able to take control of their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/tomblin-candidacy-changes-the-game</link>
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		<title>CAG: 35 Years of Irrelevancy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that the local Citizens&#8217; Action Group has marked it&#8217;s 35 year anniversary.

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Never has so much publicity been given to so few who have done so little with so much out of state money.
  износилование порно  Look, all the Citizens Action Group people are nice people.  They all WANT [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/cag-35-years-of-irrelevancy</link>
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		<title>What&#039;s wrong with checking old comp claims?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.!.
Paul Nyden had a article in the Sunday Gazette-Mail about how Sedgewick (the folks handling the Old Fund Workers&#8217; Comp claims) is denying some Workers&#8217; Comp recipients disability benefits.
What&#8217;s the big deal?
Actually, I would be MORE shocked if they weren&#8217;t checking claimants to insure that they are in fact still disabled?  Somehow Paul has made Sedgewick out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/whats-wrong-with-checking-old-comp-claims</link>
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		<title>Greenbrier union leadership about three years too late</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess the union leadership at the Greenbrier finally got the message. жесткий трах 
    Sadly, it was about three years too late.
But, the union leaders&#8217; comments in the Sunday Gazette-Mail were priceless.
&#8220;The employees voted for this contract to make sure this grand old lady survives,&#8221; said Peter Bostic, associate director of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/greenbrier-union-leadership-about-three-years-too-late</link>
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		<title>GM goes under&#8230;  even after taxpayers bailed them out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a great story on what will be today&#8217;s biggest news - the bankruptcy of one of America&#8217;s industrial giants, General Motors.
Now, I know there are many Obama supporters who read this blog, but is this not an &#8220;I told you so&#8221; moment for Republicans?
Republicans who fought against the bailout made this very point.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.changewv.com/2009/gm-goes-under-even-after-taxpayers-bailed-them-out</link>
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