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			<title><![CDATA[Stand with Obama against pork]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=431177</link>
			<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama is taking a stand against pork-barrel politics.Wisconsin&#39;s congressional delegation -- Democrats and Republicans -- should stand with him.Obama pledged Tuesday to ban earmarks from the giant economic stimulus package he plans to unveil soon.The package of federal spending and tax cuts designed to help the faltering economy could cost an estimated $775 billion. And that&#39;s on top of an existing federal budget deficit that&#39;s on pace ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wisconsin State Journal editorial]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:41:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mission impossible for schools]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=430926</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Spend more with less money.That&#39;s the impossible demand Democrats who run the state Capitol seem anxious to make on local school boards across Wisconsin.Democrats who control the governor&#39;s office and the Legislature suggest they&#39;re going to repeal a long-standing law that effectively caps annual pay raises for public school teachers. Democrats have been promising to remove the cap for more than a decade and now have the political power to do ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wisconsin State Journal editorial]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:16:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weigh in on state transport plan]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=430840</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When the state Department of Transportation developed its blueprint to guide transportation policies over the next two decades, it correctly identified a challenge that looms over all others:How is Wisconsin going to pay for all that needs to be done to maintain a competitive transportation system in the 21st century? But then the department made a mistake. It closed the door on a funding option that has been recommended by ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wisconsin State Journal editorial]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:42:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leadership test: Who passed?]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=430550</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An adage declares: When the going gets tough, the tough get going.So, with the economy in tough shape, whom should Wisconsin look to for leadership?A. Russ Decker, powerful Democratic state senator from Weston.B. Linda and Marvin DeGarmo, who run the Tippy Toe Inn in Chaseburg.You might assume the answer would be Decker. After all, his title contains the word &quot;leader,&quot; as in Senate Majority Leader Decker.<br ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wisconsin State Journal editorial]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:15:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Please, GOP, don&#39;t isolate yourself]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=430551</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dear Republican state lawmakers: Welcome back to Madison from your holiday break. After your drubbing in the fall elections, you probably needed time to recuperate. Here&#39;s some friendly advice as you&#39;re sworn into office&nbsp;in the coming&nbsp;week as the minority party in both the Senate and the Assembly for the first time in more than a decade:Don&#39;t isolate yourselves.Instead, try to isolate the far left by working with ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wisconsin State Journal editorial]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:04:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Let state&#39;s watchdog speak]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=430469</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The state panel guarding against misbehavior in government is forced to keep secret too much information about its investigations.State lawmakers should respond by making it a top priority this spring to free up the watchdog Government Accountability Board to explain more about its probes into potential violations. At stake is not only the public&#39;s ability to evaluate the board&#39;s work but also the ability of lobbyists, fundraisers and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wisconsin State Journal editorial]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:16:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Headlines we would like to see in 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=430262</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Click here to see a collection of the headlines we&#39;re hoping for in the coming year.   A few examples: &quot;Farve wants back,&quot; &quot;Doyle signs statewide smoking ban,&quot; &quot;Wisconsin firms hiring,&quot; &quot;Van Hollen eliminates backlog.&quot;   ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Wisconsin State Journal editorial]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:53:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reader Views: Braille, drunken driving]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=430556</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Observe bicentennial of Braille  Today marks a milestone for blind readers and writers around the world. Today is the bicentennial of the birth of Louis Braille.Blinded by an accident in his father&#39;s workshop at the age of 3, Braille later became a student and teacher in the world&#39;s first school for blind children. He devised a system for reading and writing using raised embossed dots, opening a whole new world of possibility for the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:14:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reader Views: Fog, resolutions, potholes]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/opinion//index.php?ntid=430256</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Fog demands careful driving Last Saturday while taking Interstate 90-94 to LaCrosse in what amounted to dense fog, I was amazed at the number of cars that flew by me, their drivers having no idea what was even 50 feet ahead. There was no way they could see any problems.It is easy to understand how tremendous pile-ups can occur with idiots like that on our roads. If you want to kill yourselves, please ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:06:00 CST</pubDate>
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