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		<title>The Best of 2009, The Worst of 2009, Top News of 2009</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/the-best-of-2009-the-worst-of-2009-top-news-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/the-best-of-2009-the-worst-of-2009-top-news-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Lighten UP!!!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://conservativeoasis.com/the-best-of-2009-the-worst-of-2009-top-news-of-2009/" title="The Best of 2009, The Worst of 2009, Top News of 2009"><img src="http://conservativeoasis.com/wp-content/uploads/yapb_cache/2009list.4y0ulr5otu04k0w8csw8wsoks.a9sxxja1njksswcs400wcc4cg.th.jpeg" width="150" height="150" alt="The Best of 2009, The Worst of 2009, Top News of 2009" style="float:left;padding:0 10px 10px 0;" ></a>The Best, Worst, Dumbest, Biggest, Stupidest &#8212; everything of 2009 Much like every year since the start of this blog, I&#8217;m gonna vamp for you on some of the biggest stories of 2009. Some funny, some serious, many political. Barry has his share, trust me. You can&#8217;t stumble through a year as president like he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Correctness or Idiotic Semantics?</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/political-correctness-or-idiotic-semantics/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/political-correctness-or-idiotic-semantics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration seems to be taking a different tack on the &#8220;global war on terror&#8221;. Our world has run amok with the idiocy of watering down the truth with kinder, gentler, more &#8220;fair&#8221; words and terminology. These hyper-sensitivities have permeated nearly every aspect of our lives, to the extent that they now seem to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking- Obama Approval Rating: Doing Great Job</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/breaking-obama-approval-rating-doing-great-job/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/breaking-obama-approval-rating-doing-great-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativeoasis.com/?p=1164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Real Clear politics is reporting that Barry&#8217;s approval rating is at 60.2% right now. They also are reporting that 56.8% of the country is feeling we are on the wrong track. One can conclude that Obama is going a great job taking us the wrong direction.   I would concur. &#169;2012 Conservative Oasis. All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Obama Pick His Dog</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/help-obama-pick-his-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/help-obama-pick-his-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What dog will Obama pick for the White House? We have some suggestions... maybe you should vote and help him decide.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Inauguration</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/obamas-inauguration/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/obamas-inauguration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My video diary of the inauguration...]]></description>
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		<title>GITMO GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE!!!</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/gitmo-going-out-of-business-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/gitmo-going-out-of-business-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Vince, from Sham WOW! Have WE got a DEAL for YOU! It&#8217;s the GITMO GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE! Everything MUST GO! Look at this&#8230;  148 waterfront Condos! Ok, they&#8217;re not really waterfront, but they&#8217;re water &#8220;close&#8221;. And heck, you can&#8217;t beat this deal cause Castro is on his way out, and who KNOWS!!!??? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presidential Tradition- Bush&#8217;s Note to Obama</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/presidential-tradition-bushs-note-to-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/presidential-tradition-bushs-note-to-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our great country is steeped in tradition. In fact, one of my most treasured principles is that we need to cherish and preserve our traditions, wherever they enhance our enjoyment of life, and where they do far more good than harm, collectively. Well, there is a tradition that many are unaware of on inauguration day, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: Swearing in the Carnival Pitchman</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/obama-swearing-in-the-carnival-pitchman/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/obama-swearing-in-the-carnival-pitchman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lighten UP!!!]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativeoasis.com/?p=555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, walking along the Washington Mall today, I could just feel the emotion. Feel the swelling of the coming event. An event which many feel will transform a nation into the kumbaya, arm waving, hug your neighbor and cry and kiss a baby, sobbing idiots. The reflection pond will part, the sky will open up, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Appointment to Obama&#8217;s Cabinet</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/my-appointment-to-obamas-cabinet/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/my-appointment-to-obamas-cabinet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I had a dream&#8230; one of those weird, &#8220;Where did that come from?&#8221; kind of dreams. This should not be surprising, considering how weird some of my dreams get. I mean, we all have weird dreams, right? The kind of Timothy Leary, Wizard of Oz flighty weird transformational make no sense kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of America</title>
		<link>http://conservativeoasis.com/the-future-of-america/</link>
		<comments>http://conservativeoasis.com/the-future-of-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>COasis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://conservativeoasis.com/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s in YOUR Crystal Ball? Bush-Gore, 2000. Gregoire-Rossi, 2004. Bush-Kerry (Ohio), 2004. Franken-Coleman, 2008. Blagojevich, Burris, on and on and on&#8230; It would appear the future of American politics is headed more for the courtroom than the ballot box. And what appears to be at the root of all of it is the Democrat strategy [...]]]></description>
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