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		<title>&#8220;In God We Trust&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In God We Trust&#8221; &#8211; so the money says. If I trust my wife, I do what she asks of me &#8211; even if I don&#8217;t agree with her or understand why she wants me to do it.  It is the fact that I know she is worth trusting.  I bet my life on my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=205&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Liberal Assumption of Governance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It must be understood of our liberal kinsmen who desire for a central leader to control all our affairs that they presume that they MUST lead because they know more than any other individual can. Their thinking is centered to emphasize that they can know what we cannot know, and that all we can and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=179&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And the Winner of the GOP debate is&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Knotts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So who won the Republican debate tonight in Iowa on Fox News?  This is the question that will be asked countless times tonight and tomorrow.  Given the fact that Rick Perry will soon enter the race, it really doesn&#8217;t matter.  Yet, it is important to better understand what a candidate is saying and why they are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=194&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Men at Work v. God at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Knotts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happens at – what seems like – the most unfortunate times. You are rushed, driving down the road, trying to get somewhere, as fast as you possibly can, and when you least expect it, standing in the middle of the road, clothed in bright yellow and orange is the man with the stop sign [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=187&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Knotts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more our nation is in need of laws, the more it represents our failure to care for ourselves, others, and that which God has entrusted us with. If we see our neighbor hurting themselves and do nothing to correct them, it is just as good as saying the behavior is okay. The point is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=177&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lacking Hope, Faith, and Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Knotts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although there are many people who would strive for people to live their life controlled by the feelings that are provoked by their circumstances, it is a doomed mindset for living. What must become common knowledge to all people is that feelings and circumstances cannot be the primary motivators for their actions – because circumstances [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=174&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taxes, Tanning, and Abortion</title>
		<link>http://theamericanassembly.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/taxes-tanning-and-abortion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Knotts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend who works in a tanning salon, and they have made me aware of how the tanning tax is effecting their business and the health of those who use tanning beds.  Recently, the Obama administration spoke of a need to tax tanning beds to discourage people from using them so people would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=168&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tragedy as the Basis to Restrain Freedom of Speech</title>
		<link>http://theamericanassembly.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/tragedy-as-the-basis-to-restrain-freedom-of-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Knotts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The value and freedoms of individuals are always restrained by their negative effects on others. The Founding Fathers said that “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created and endowed by their Creator, certain inalienable rights and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The government was established [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=93&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jared Loughner, Carolyn McCarthy, and Gun Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Knotts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿ It has almost been two days since the now infamous Jarred Loughner shot up an Arizona “Town Hall” murdering 6 and seriously wounding 14 others.   And, up until now, there has been little politicization of the incident. Save for an ignorant sheriff and an overzealous blogger, the incident has been reserved as the actions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=145&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Various Expressions of the Culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 07:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Knotts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the culture of entertainment provide anything of value to mankind? Commonly, those who feel that they know more about the world, God, and such will commonly reiterate how valueless and evil the culture is. I have begun to have a bone to pick with that, not because I don’t believe there is some pointless [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theamericanassembly.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11062417&amp;post=82&amp;subd=theamericanassembly&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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