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		<title>Pets of congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian parliamentary elections are long over. They are no longer in the public discussions and verdict has been accepted by parties and people. I saw the election results with detachment because I feel they still don&#8217;t represent voice of the awakened educated middle class of the country. Media pandits have determined BJP lost because it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=86&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>As expected Conan O&#8217;Brien dumbed it down</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if it is just me but I really liked Leno style mild non-abrasive but intelligent humor. Conan ruined it for me, he might be funny in some weird sense with forced humor in his jokes but seriously NBC expected him to take Leno&#8217;s position?? I want a show with light humor but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=83&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should Blagojevich get Electric Chair??</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor This guy is shamelessly gluing himself to his governor&#8217;s chair after such blatant act of corruption. He can get 20 year and 10 year sentences for two corruption charges. Do you think that is enough? after the behavior demonstrated by him. This idiot really believes he is above law. Why waste tax-payer money to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=75&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>India Ready FOR WAR?</title>
		<link>http://thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/india-ready-for-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public sentiment in India indicates it is as ready for WAR as US was after 9/11. Political party in power has an opportunity to use this public sentiment and take decisive action. India is ready for war Financially. Indian ARMY is superior and ready. Indian public sentiment and support is with decisive action from Government. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=65&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IS Rahul Bose a Terrorist?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is time for Indian population to be more aware and active, we can not tolerate individuals who voice their opinion to trivialize events as important as 26/11. http://outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20081208&#38;fname=Bombay+Blast+32%2D39%28F%29&#38;sid=11 We need free speech but we must not tolerate voices coming from bollywood which have vested interest and are benefiting from others misery. In this article [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=56&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kerala chief minister, demented??</title>
		<link>http://thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/kerala-chief-minister-demented/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised and amused by the sequence of events that took place with Kerala chief minister. Why did he think he has a right to just show up at martyr Major Sandeep Unnikrisnan&#8217;s house. Regardless of circumstances would you like an uninvited guest showing up at your home and before he comes police shows up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=54&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ratan Tata &#8211; calling for lower rates</title>
		<link>http://thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/ratan-tata-calling-for-lower-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ratan Tata in self admitted uneducated view called for lower rates and tolerance for inflation in the wake of slowing Indian Economy. India has seen in bygone era of license raj intolerable levels of inflation and pathetic attempts to circumvent it by populist measures. Inflation in Indian economy is already at astronomical levels. Indian economy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=43&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan Can not Exist in its current form</title>
		<link>http://thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/pakistan-can-not-exist-in-its-current-form/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Thank you for the show &#8211; Fareed Zakaria GPS</title>
		<link>http://thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/thank-you-for-the-show-fareed-zakaria-gps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Fareed, I want to thank you for your show today. It was the first US media analysis of the events unfolding in Mumbai which I believe was so packed and concise with mature discussion I can not imagine a better one. Thanks for your candor with which you began the show by saying it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=38&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Response to &#8211; Being Muslim in India</title>
		<link>http://thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/response-to-being-muslim-in-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://alaiwah.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/being-muslim-in-india-today/   Hi Samina, hope you will not take an offense to my attempt to directly contact you and communicate with you about your article.   It is very obvious a religious minority with starkly different customs and ritual will stand out and considering India&#8217;s past, Moghul invasion of India and later on partition of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thoughtfulcitizens.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5670011&amp;post=21&amp;subd=thoughtfulcitizens&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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