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		<title>The Dawn of a New America&#8230;I Hope.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that hate and fear filled republicans have been resoundingly defeated perhaps many of them may wake up to the fact that they have been used and abused by the &#8220;power elite&#8221; in this country.  Perhaps all the &#8220;hockey moms&#8221; and &#8220;Joe the plumbers&#8221; will wake up and finally look at who has actually been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hlmencken.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703758&amp;post=78&amp;subd=hlmencken&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now that hate and fear filled republicans have been resoundingly defeated perhaps many of them may wake up to the fact that they have been used and abused by the &#8220;power elite&#8221; in this country.  Perhaps all the &#8220;hockey moms&#8221; and &#8220;Joe the plumbers&#8221; will wake up and finally look at who has actually been hitting them on the head all these years!</p>
<p>Evangelicals will hopefully wake up and quit worrying about people <em>&#8220;saying&#8221;</em> Merry Christmas and actually do something for their fellow travelers on this journey called life.  Perhaps they will wake up and realize that God loves everybody, not just them.</p>
<p>Hopefully we have seen the end of politics that try to divide us and make us fear and suspect of anyone who looks different than ourselves, and we can begin to realize that everyone has a story and something to teach one another.</p>
<p>But, I realize that hate and fear do not go gently away.  I realize there are people who are terrified that somebody else is going to get something they imagine they are not getting.  America has sunk into an abyss of fear filled people who feel compelled to &#8220;label&#8221; that which they do not understand. But, they have not done this on their own. They have been led to it by power brokers and fake news organizations who believed strongly in &#8220;divide and conquer&#8221;!</p>
<p>Obscenely wealthy people have controlled republicans for too long! It is time for average Americans to be less concerned about other people&#8217;s &#8220;values&#8221; and more concerned about their own &#8220;values&#8221;.</p>
<p>Someone has been hitting you ALL on the head for far too long&#8230;perhaps it is time to look up and really see who has been hitting you all. Trust me&#8230;it has not been the &#8220;liberals&#8221;!</p>
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