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	<title>American Civilization</title>
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		<title>Theory vs. Practice:How a bill becomes a law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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According to any civics class in America, a bill becomes a law after a majority in Congress votes for the piece of legislation.  Then, the bill is sent to the president for his signature &#8211; or, in some cases, his veto.
However, that doesn&#8217;t seem to be really the way it works.  Especially right now in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Was Montesquieu wrong?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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American students learn that Baron de Montequieu helped to shape the government of the United States.  Key to the U.S. system is Montesquieu&#8217;s idea of different governmental branches to provide a separation of powers.  The U.S. government has these three branches of government:  the executive, the legislative, and the judicial branches.
Now I&#8217;m beginning to think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does your blog say about you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevan</dc:creator>
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Here&#8217;s a site which is designed to tell you about your personality.  Click here.  Then place the URL of your blob into the box to get the analysis.
Do you think it&#8217;s accurate or not?
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		<title>Guernsey?</title>
		<link>http://lewebpedagogique.com/american_civilization/guernsey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just finished the book The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.  The book takes place during World War II on the island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands.

The story unfolds through a series of letters.  In the words of English literature, that&#8217;s called the epistolary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who will claim Ted Kennedy&#8217;s Senate seat?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special election will be held this coming Tuesday in Massachusetts to elect the replacement for the seat Ted Kennedy held in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy was a member of the Democratic Party, and, given the state&#8217;s long Democratic tradition, it would should have been a shoe-in for the candidate from the Democratic Party.  NOT!
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What will happen to Califonia?</title>
		<link>http://lewebpedagogique.com/american_civilization/what-will-happen-to-califonia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevan</dc:creator>
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This new year, 2010, promises to be an important one for California.  In the November 2010 election, the state will select a new governor and decide on a U.S. senator.  In addition, there will be most likely  a number of initiatives on the ballot for voters to consider.  One possible area of the voter initiative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s health care, stupid!</title>
		<link>http://lewebpedagogique.com/american_civilization/its-health-care-stupid/</link>
		<comments>http://lewebpedagogique.com/american_civilization/its-health-care-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevan</dc:creator>
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When Bill Clinton first ran for president, the mantra of his  campaign was &#8220;It&#8217;s the economy, stupid.&#8221;  It almost seems to me that the mantra of this first Obama administration will be defined by its pursuit of health care.  That&#8217;s not to say that there are not many other very important issues  &#8211; from Afghanistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traffic Disaster in the Bay Area</title>
		<link>http://lewebpedagogique.com/american_civilization/traffic-disaster-in-the-bay-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday  the San Francisco Bay Bridge was closed.  A 5,000-pound steel beam
and two steel tie-rods crashed down on the upper level of the bridge.  These parts
had been holding together a key support structure for the bridge.  Fortunately, only
3 vehicles were damaged and no one was hurt.  But, the commute between San
Francisco and the East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Okay, so that was a complete surprise to me; was it to you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I awoke this morning and heard the report that Barack Obama had been awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize.  First I thought that maybe I wasn&#8217;t quite awake and that
I hadn&#8217;t heard the name correctly.  But, of course, I had.  I continued to be stunned
for most of the day.  And I guess I wasn&#8217;t alone.
That&#8217;s not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Future?</title>
		<link>http://lewebpedagogique.com/american_civilization/obamas-future/</link>
		<comments>http://lewebpedagogique.com/american_civilization/obamas-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bevan</dc:creator>
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I read recently that Obama has a  88% approval rate in France.
However, that doesn&#8217;t seem to be the case in the United States at the moment. Many
accounts that I&#8217;ve read or heard recently seem to suggest that he&#8217;s losing support.
And, I&#8217;m not simply referring to those who are still questioning whether he&#8217;s
really a U.S. citizen!
A [...]]]></description>
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