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		<title>We Need Not Be Bullies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jeff Block The scariest part of the recent Amendment One debacle is that most of the supporters of this legalized discrimination seem so normal when you pass them in the street or the aisles of the grocery store. They don’t present as the bullies they are. Bullies? Well, obviously! Finding a weaker person or <a href='http://wataugadems.com/757'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Take Back the Tea” Rally for Democratic Candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are invited to a “Take Back the Tea” party and rally for Watauga County’s Democratic Party candidates who will be on the November ballot: NC House candidate Cullie Tarleton; NC Senate candidate Roy Carter; County Commission candidates John Welch, Virginia Roseman, and Billy Kennedy; and School Board candidates Brenda Reese, Barbara Kinsey, and Jay <a href='http://wataugadems.com/755'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Connect the Dots&#8221; About Climate Change This Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climate Impacts Day &#8230; Connect the Dots, which is allied with 350.org, will be observed in Boone on Saturday, May 5th, starting at noon with a free cookout at Boone Park on Horn in the West Drive. Connect the Dots&#8217; only purpose is to educate the public about the slow-motion catastrophe of climate change. The <a href='http://wataugadems.com/747'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Faith-Based Perspective on Amendment One</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marjory Holder On May 8th, North Carolinians will be asked to vote on an amendment to our state constitution. If you read the amendment on the ballot, it looks like a vote “yes” is a simple vote against gay marriage. It is nothing of the kind and, as a person of faith, I am <a href='http://wataugadems.com/741'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Etheridge Will Be in Boone Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Congressman and current Democratic candidate for governor Bob Etheridge will hold a meet-and-greet at Café Portofino on Sunday afternoon, April 22, from 7 – 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Etheridge is a former county commissioner, state representative, and state superintendent of public education. He served in the U.S. <a href='http://wataugadems.com/738'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Plant List for the June 23rd Plant Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a partial list, and plants are being added on a daily basis. This list is organized mainly by common name, and it has not yet been alphabetized. Details about the Sale: One day only! June 23, 2012, starting at 7 a.m. (sorry, no early sales). Prices start at $1 and range upward, depending <a href='http://wataugadems.com/735'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Compassionate Politics: Oxymoron or not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remarks made at the April 12, 2012, Watauga County Democratic Party Convention, by Rev. Marcia M. Cham: First, I must apologize that the title of my keynote address might bring up George Bush’s Compassionate Conservatism. My Compassionate Politics begins with listening to the underlying messages, anxieties, fears, and humiliations of your constituents. It exhibits empathy, <a href='http://wataugadems.com/732'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats mobilize for 2012 elections</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anna Oakes, in the Watauga Democrat: The impending May 8 referendum on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina was chief among the issues discussed at the annual Watauga County Democratic Convention Saturday. The Rev. Marcia Cham, a retired United Church of Christ minister and vocal opponent of the amendment, <a href='http://wataugadems.com/729'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Virginia Foxx has &#8216;little tolerance&#8217; for student loans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By &#8220;Hunter,&#8221; on Daily Kos: Ladies and gentlemen, the deep thoughts and abiding wisdom of Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), complaining to G. Gordon Liddy (yeah, I know) about the young kids today and how they should all just get a job, hippie: I went through school, I worked my way through, it took me seven years, <a href='http://wataugadems.com/724'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>County Convention This Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Anna Oakes, in the Watauga Democrat: The Watauga County Democratic Party will hold its annual convention Saturday, April 14, at the Watauga County Courthouse. Registration and a potluck luncheon will begin at noon in the top floor lobby outside of Courtroom No. 1. The convention will begin at 1 p.m. inside the courtroom. Delivering <a href='http://wataugadems.com/721'>[more]</a>]]></description>
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