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		<title>The Downfall of the Proud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 03:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know too many people around who don&#8217;t want to live a happy and joy-filled life. One of the biggest disparities exists, however, in the way some pursue it. I have found that I am happiest when I learn to reflect and appreciate the little things. The most abundant source of unhappiness in this [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2537&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gosnel Avoids the Death Penalty &#8211; My Take</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We face an incredible force of evil in this world. The explanation for it is simple, man fell and therefore man has a proclivity towards sin. Morality isn&#8217;t exactly going to wind up in the middle of some pop culture revival anytime soon. The truth of the matter is that innocent life in this country [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2535&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unfailing Hope in an Increasingly Hopeless World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 00:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today one of my long time regular customers, an older man, came in for the first time ever without his wife. He didn&#8217;t have to say a word to me, I just knew why, and he&#8217;s going to need a lot of prayers. Marriage and even relationships have never been something I&#8217;ve understood. Overtime I&#8217;ve [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2525&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patriots Day in Boston: Love on Display</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There aren&#8217;t too many people or moments in the world that make me smile. It&#8217;s not because I&#8217;m a stoic person or that I have a negative world view. I choose to be happy on my own despite a lot of the negative things I encounter because it&#8217;s just a healthy way to live. However, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2519&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love in the Context of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Love. It&#8217;s an extraordinary word, an incredibly unifying concept and used widely in our society today. The question remains: what is it? Websters dictionary defines it as &#8220;a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.&#8221; In life love takes many forms but above all love isn&#8217;t just friendship, it is sacrifice. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2509&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Newtown &#8211; Six Weeks Later</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an awful lot that goes on in life that we lose track of. Time moves very fast when we&#8217;re not paying attention to it. The world however becomes a very different place in the face of tragedy. There are some life difficulties we will never be able to relate to, and hope never to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2500&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor Bloomberg&#8217;s Large Soda Ban Disproportionally Hurts Small Bussinesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you thought Mayor Bloomberg had the power to ban the sales of all large sodas within the limits of New York City. Well you were wrong. A recent article from CNN points out that this ban will only be forced on small businesses within the city: 7-Eleven &#8212; manufacturer of perhaps the most [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2497&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conversation: It&#8217;s The American Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have found over the years that I look with higher favorability on those who have substantive disagreements with me than those who simply agree with everything I say. Maybe that makes me strange, but the honest truth is that simple agreement by itself I find very unflattering if people don&#8217;t understand why they think [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2493&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>May God Bless You in the New Year</title>
		<link>http://theamericanbeacon.com/2013/01/02/may-god-bless-you-in-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are milestones throughout the human journey that we have in place because mentally we just need it. Life is difficult enough as it is, and we desperately need some interruptions in the monotony. Just like our brain needs sleep so it can process what we&#8217;ve done during the course of a day, we ourselves [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2488&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Election Spells A New Tone For Conservatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan G</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government exists for a fundamental purpose: The Protection of life, The Preservation of liberty, and the Promise of opportunity. If any one of these is deficient, then it ceases to be just in the eyes of God. Freedom is the central fiber of our moral being. It so valuable because gives us the ability to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanbeacon.com&#038;blog=6551237&#038;post=2483&#038;subd=conservativetalker&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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