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	<description>I&#039;ve been workin&#039; on a cocktail called Grounds for Divorce.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Husband off the bandwagon, I&#8217;m back on by Becky</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/real-food/2010/husband-off-the-bandwagon-im-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-160</link>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LoL, yes, I mean I &lt;i&gt;don&#039;t&lt;/i&gt; buy it for that reason. There&#039;s a diet for people who do want it, though. The Standard American Diet. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LoL, yes, I mean I <i>don&#8217;t</i> buy it for that reason. There&#8217;s a diet for people who do want it, though. The Standard American Diet. <img src='http://rebeccamastey.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Husband off the bandwagon, I&#8217;m back on by HS Schulte</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/real-food/2010/husband-off-the-bandwagon-im-back-on/comment-page-1/#comment-159</link>
		<dc:creator>HS Schulte</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The idea of eating something because it has a ConAgra (Monsanto) logo scares the hell out of me. I still think maybe I read that wrong.

Is there a diet for people who WANT genetically modified food?

All the dieting stuff is easy-peasy. Eat what god gave us, a little meat, but mostly fruits, veggies, and grain which he calls the staff of life. Don&#039;t eat what man made MSG snuck into food, GMO food, processed and reconstructed food made into shapes...gross. You&#039;ll rid your body of toxins and lose weight on accident.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idea of eating something because it has a ConAgra (Monsanto) logo scares the hell out of me. I still think maybe I read that wrong.</p>
<p>Is there a diet for people who WANT genetically modified food?</p>
<p>All the dieting stuff is easy-peasy. Eat what god gave us, a little meat, but mostly fruits, veggies, and grain which he calls the staff of life. Don&#8217;t eat what man made MSG snuck into food, GMO food, processed and reconstructed food made into shapes&#8230;gross. You&#8217;ll rid your body of toxins and lose weight on accident.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Guest Appearance by Piotr Krzyzek</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/writing/2010/guest-appearance/comment-page-1/#comment-154</link>
		<dc:creator>Piotr Krzyzek</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the post Becky! We&#039;ll get to work on pronunciation soon.

The article is pretty good and performing rather well! Thanks! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the post Becky! We&#8217;ll get to work on pronunciation soon.</p>
<p>The article is pretty good and performing rather well! Thanks! <img src='http://rebeccamastey.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Local: District 158 less than honest (surprise!) by Becky</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/local/2010/local-district-158-less-than-honest-surprise/comment-page-1/#comment-151</link>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jack, that&#039;s all well and good. We can discuss the budget, as presented, most recently. However, we can also reference a document from a January 21, 2010 meeting, a full 6 days after Chris Krug wrote his article. In this addendum document, the school board addresses the &lt;i&gt;deficit&lt;/i&gt; in the proposed FY2011 budget. The document can be viewed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.district158.org/boe/BOE%2009-10%20Packets/BOE%20REG%2001.21.10%20Addendum.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.

The addendum corrects a &quot;cell reference error,&quot; which resulted in the FY2011 budget (presented to the BoE on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.district158.org/boe/BOE%20COTW%20Packet%2009-10/BOE%20COTW%20MTG%201-7-10%20Part%202%20Finance.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;January 7, 2010&lt;/a&gt; - approximate starting page 230) containing a deficit in excess of $740,000. With the corrected &quot;cell reference,&quot; the budget now carries a surplus in excess of $705,000, assuming correct property tax revenues. The deficit document was available to Chris Krug prior to writing his column and is, ostensibly, how he garnered information on the budget cuts. The linked document contains information on various cuts, including text books.

The BoE should, ideally, have contacted Krug for a correction, citing the &quot;cell reference error&quot; as stated in the addendum. However, it instead entered a public forum and presented an argument that does not agree with its internal documents. According to the column writer, this deficit was the result of a &quot;necessary accounting shift,&quot; yet, according to the internal document, it was the result of a &quot;cell reference error&quot; due to improperly considered tax revenue. In this case, it cannot be both.

I would like to take this moment to remind you that the purpose of this post is not, in fact, to comment on the finalized budget of Consolidated School District 158. It is to address the lies presented in a public forum from a district representative. BoE documents did, in fact, reflect a potential $7.1 million dollar deficit. Whether it is a &quot;working document&quot; or not, this document was presented to the Board as a &quot;scenario,&quot; suggesting, if not implying, this was an expected outcome for the FY.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jack, that&#8217;s all well and good. We can discuss the budget, as presented, most recently. However, we can also reference a document from a January 21, 2010 meeting, a full 6 days after Chris Krug wrote his article. In this addendum document, the school board addresses the <i>deficit</i> in the proposed FY2011 budget. The document can be viewed <a href="http://www.district158.org/boe/BOE%2009-10%20Packets/BOE%20REG%2001.21.10%20Addendum.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<p>The addendum corrects a &#8220;cell reference error,&#8221; which resulted in the FY2011 budget (presented to the BoE on <a href="http://www.district158.org/boe/BOE%20COTW%20Packet%2009-10/BOE%20COTW%20MTG%201-7-10%20Part%202%20Finance.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">January 7, 2010</a> &#8211; approximate starting page 230) containing a deficit in excess of $740,000. With the corrected &#8220;cell reference,&#8221; the budget now carries a surplus in excess of $705,000, assuming correct property tax revenues. The deficit document was available to Chris Krug prior to writing his column and is, ostensibly, how he garnered information on the budget cuts. The linked document contains information on various cuts, including text books.</p>
<p>The BoE should, ideally, have contacted Krug for a correction, citing the &#8220;cell reference error&#8221; as stated in the addendum. However, it instead entered a public forum and presented an argument that does not agree with its internal documents. According to the column writer, this deficit was the result of a &#8220;necessary accounting shift,&#8221; yet, according to the internal document, it was the result of a &#8220;cell reference error&#8221; due to improperly considered tax revenue. In this case, it cannot be both.</p>
<p>I would like to take this moment to remind you that the purpose of this post is not, in fact, to comment on the finalized budget of Consolidated School District 158. It is to address the lies presented in a public forum from a district representative. BoE documents did, in fact, reflect a potential $7.1 million dollar deficit. Whether it is a &#8220;working document&#8221; or not, this document was presented to the Board as a &#8220;scenario,&#8221; suggesting, if not implying, this was an expected outcome for the FY.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Local: District 158 less than honest (surprise!) by Jack Sprat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jack Sprat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rebecca, maybe you should understand the facts or research before you comment on situations.

The document Cal Skinner posted in his blog was not a budget, but a planning tool for determining when capital project could be scheduled.  It was presented for information purposes to the Board of Education a month before the first of five drafts of the 2010-2011 budget was presented for approval.  That first budget draft presented to the board didn&#039;t have a $7M deficit.

Yes, Larry Snow was insidious in D158.  That&#039;s why the voters got rid of him.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rebecca, maybe you should understand the facts or research before you comment on situations.</p>
<p>The document Cal Skinner posted in his blog was not a budget, but a planning tool for determining when capital project could be scheduled.  It was presented for information purposes to the Board of Education a month before the first of five drafts of the 2010-2011 budget was presented for approval.  That first budget draft presented to the board didn&#8217;t have a $7M deficit.</p>
<p>Yes, Larry Snow was insidious in D158.  That&#8217;s why the voters got rid of him.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Fat&#8217;s not gonna kill you by Rebecca Mastey&#39;s Blog &#187; Real Food &#187; Husband off the bandwagon, I&#8217;m back on</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rebecca Mastey&#39;s Blog &#187; Real Food &#187; Husband off the bandwagon, I&#8217;m back on</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] my energy comes in the form of fat from dairy, meat/fish/foul and nuts such as macadamias. Since science has already established that fat isn&#8217;t going to kill you, I&#8217;m not too worried about [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] my energy comes in the form of fat from dairy, meat/fish/foul and nuts such as macadamias. Since science has already established that fat isn&#8217;t going to kill you, I&#8217;m not too worried about [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Bill of Rights and Limitations by Milton F</title>
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		<dc:creator>Milton F</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well stated. One could also question where the authority of the United-State Military to enforce border rules in Pakistan comes from. Further (without a declaration of war from the United-State Congress) where does the authority to send armed people into a country come from?

This &quot;war&quot; is a racket, and it must be stopped now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well stated. One could also question where the authority of the United-State Military to enforce border rules in Pakistan comes from. Further (without a declaration of war from the United-State Congress) where does the authority to send armed people into a country come from?</p>
<p>This &#8220;war&#8221; is a racket, and it must be stopped now.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Second Civil War by Milton F</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/politics/2009/second-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-103</link>
		<dc:creator>Milton F</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Found this quote to be especially relevant:

And for anyone who whines about the current dialogue being &quot;uncivil&quot;, what with people speaking frankly and displaying a willingness to resist: remember, these are the people who want to talk. These are the nice guys. It might be prudent not to shut them down, lest others start to pop up. Anyone who thinks that won&#039;t happen is, as the saying goes, whistling past the graveyard of history.

In the comments section here:
http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/statists-fear-and-loathing-of-oath.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Found this quote to be especially relevant:</p>
<p>And for anyone who whines about the current dialogue being &#8220;uncivil&#8221;, what with people speaking frankly and displaying a willingness to resist: remember, these are the people who want to talk. These are the nice guys. It might be prudent not to shut them down, lest others start to pop up. Anyone who thinks that won&#8217;t happen is, as the saying goes, whistling past the graveyard of history.</p>
<p>In the comments section here:<br />
<a href="http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/statists-fear-and-loathing-of-oath.html" rel="nofollow">http://armedandsafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/statists-fear-and-loathing-of-oath.html</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Foxtail as an Edible by Milton F</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/my-life/2009/foxtail-as-an-edible/comment-page-1/#comment-69</link>
		<dc:creator>Milton F</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, I am persuaded.  I have collected a grocery sack full of these garden nuisances, and they are drying in the garage. Once the seeds fall off I intend to run them through the grain mill, and make foxtail flour. 

So how does foxtail pancakes sound?  Better ideas?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, I am persuaded.  I have collected a grocery sack full of these garden nuisances, and they are drying in the garage. Once the seeds fall off I intend to run them through the grain mill, and make foxtail flour. </p>
<p>So how does foxtail pancakes sound?  Better ideas?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Widget: Constant-Content Widget by Becky</title>
		<link>http://rebeccamastey.com/wordpress/2009/widget-constant-content-widget/comment-page-1/#comment-41</link>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Go for it! Glad it worked well for you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go for it! Glad it worked well for you.</p>
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