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	<title>100.5 The River &#187; president obama</title>
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		<title>Presidential Debate is Great Musical Video  (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Rent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is a blast! The first Presidential Debate for 2012 was held last week, as we all know.  Immediately, reporters and analysts were debating the outcome of the debate.  The discussion will likely go on until the next Presidential Debate. However, a production team and auto-tune wizards, The Gregory Brothers, went to work right [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This video is a blast!</p>
<p>The first Presidential Debate for 2012 was held last week, as we all know.  Immediately, reporters and analysts were debating the outcome of the debate.  The discussion will likely go on until the next Presidential Debate.</p>
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		<title>Obama vs. Romney Debate: Highlights From Tonight&#039;s Showdown in Denver</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Chaberski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first debate of the 2012 presidential election campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney got started a little after 9 p.m. ET from the University of Denver’s Magness Arena. Jim Lehrer, host of ‘Newshour’ on PBS, moderated the event, which covered domestic policy. The first part of the evening centered on the economy. Lehrer [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first debate of the 2012 presidential election campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney got started a little after 9 p.m. ET from the University of Denver’s Magness Arena. Jim Lehrer, host of ‘Newshour’ on PBS, moderated the event, which covered domestic policy.</p>
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		<title>President Obama Heads To Michigan For Friday U Of M Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President has been doing a lot of talking lately!  The State of the Union Presidential address was Tuesday night and late this sfternoon he will board Air Force One, the presidential plane, and head to Ann Arbor for a speech he will deliver at the University of Michigan.  He is scheduled to arrive in Detroit early this evening  The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The President has been doing a lot of talking lately!  The State of the Union Presidential address was Tuesday night and late this sfternoon he will board Air Force One, the presidential plane, and head to Ann Arbor for a speech he will deliver at the University of Michigan</p>
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		<title>President Obama Requests The Services Of Justin Bieber</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama received a 1,500 word email from a teen who lost her daddy in the 9-1-1 attacks.  She told the President about how Justin&#8217;s Never Say Never documentary really helped her get through it all.  The Prez picked up the phone, made a call and Bieber To The Rescue!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>President Obama received a 1,500 word email from a teen who lost her daddy in the 9-1-1 attacks.  She told the President about how Justin's Never Say Never documentary really helped her get through it all</p>
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		<title>President Obama says &quot;get bin Laden,&quot; then roasts Donald Trump</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 14:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Rent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President had given the go-ahead to get Osama bin Laden.  Pretty heady stuff.  Then, he had to go to the Correspondents&#8217; dinner, to speak and be funny, as if he didn&#8217;t have a care in the world.  There, he addressed a different sort of battle,  the battle between Donald Trump and himself. After it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The President had given the go-ahead to get Osama bin Laden.  Pretty heady stuff.  Then, he had to go to the Correspondents' dinner, to speak and be funny, as if he didn't have a care in the world.  There, he addressed a different sort of battle,  the battle between <a href="http://www.nbc.com/the-apprentice/">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov">himself. </a> After it was over it looks like our nation's President is having the last laugh.</p>
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		<title>President Obama releases birth certificate.  Your move Donald Trump</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Rent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of speculation, President Barack Obama silenced critics today by releasing the long form version of his birth certificate from the state of Hawaii. The birth certificate was posted on the White House&#8217;s official website, with a statement from White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer. &#8220;The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After years of speculation, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/" target="_blank">President Barack Obama</a> silenced critics today by releasing the long form version of his birth certificate from the state of Hawaii.</p>
<p>The birth certificate was posted on the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov" target="_blank">White House's official website</a>, with a statement from White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer.</p>
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		<title>Oh Oh! 30 Year Mortgage May Be A Thing Of The Past [VIDEO]</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say it ain&#8217;t so!  It reminds me of the scene in &#8220;It&#8217;s A Wonderful Life&#8221;.  George Bailey believed it is was necessary to help create the American Dream of owning your own home.  But now it looks like we may be becoming more like  other nations around the world. President Obama may discontinue subsidizing mortgages [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Say it ain't so!  It reminds me of the scene in "It's A Wonderful Life".  George Bailey believed it is was necessary to help create the American Dream of owning your own home.  But now it looks like we may be becoming more like  other nations around the world</p>
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		<title>Michelle Obama Says &quot;Laugh With Your Valentine&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Napoleon said, &#8220;A woman laughing is a woman conquered.&#8221; When I was younger I always placed too much value on the way someone &#8220;looked.&#8221;  I guess it was meant to be that way though.  Maybe that&#8217;s the way God made us.  What better way to propel the species than by physical attraction.  But I do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://wac.450F.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/rivergrandrapids.com/files/2011/02/obama-3.jpg"></a>Napoleon said, "A woman laughing is a woman conquered."</p>
<p><a href="http://wac.450F.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/rivergrandrapids.com/files/2011/02/obama-2.jpg"></a>When I was younger I always placed too much value on the way someone "looked."  I guess it was meant to be that way though.  Maybe that's the way God made us.  What better way to propel the species than by phy</p>
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		<title>Michelle Obama Looks Beautiful In A $35 Dress Right Off The Rack!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some ladies have it, and she&#8217;s one of those ladies.  Michelle was a guest on The Today Show with Matt Lauer.  She covered a lot of different issues but  the thing that was drawing a lot of attention, as it always does, is her sense of style and fashion.  Nice to see in this economy that she&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some ladies have it, and she's one of those ladies.  Michelle was a guest on The Today Show with Matt Lauer.  She covered a lot of different issues but  the thing that was drawing a lot of attention, as it always does, is her sense of style and fashion</p>
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		<title>Got A Question For President Obama That He Did Not Answer In The State Of The Union Address?  Ask It Here!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have a chance to &#8220;Ask The President That Burning Question He Never Answered.&#8221;  Are you watching President Obama&#8217;s State Of The Union?  Is he addressing all of your questions and concerns?  Or are there alot of things he never even touches on?  Good News!  You have until Wednesday night at Midnight to submit a question, preferably a 20 second youTube [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have a chance to "Ask The President That Burning Question He Never Answered."  Are you watching President Obama's State Of The Union?  Is he addressing all of your questions and concerns?  Or are there alot of things he never even touches on?  Good News!  You have until Wednesday night at Midnight to submit a question, preferably a 20 second youTube video question, for President Obama to answer</p>
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		<title>First Daughter, Sasha Obama,  Practices Her Chinese On Chinese President Hu Jintao</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gone are those days when you choose Spanish or French as you language du jour&#8217;.  I&#8217;ve met a number of my younger listeners who are studying the Chinese language in school.  It&#8217;s a really smart thing for parents to start thinking about since kids of this generation will truly be competing globally.  With China being [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gone are those days when you choose Spanish or French as you language du jour'.  I've met a number of my younger listeners who are studying the Chinese language in school.  It's a really smart thing for parents to start thinking about since kids of this generation will truly be competing globally</p>
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		<title>President Obama Delivered Some Good News Last Night When He Spoke About Representative Gabrielle Giffords Progress [video]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Carson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama was in Arizona last night where he addressed the nation.  The room appeared to be somewhat solomn; however, the President delivered a message that was filled with hope.  The room erupted with applause when he shared the latest news on Gabrielle Giffords progress, after being shot in the head, at point blank range.  [...]]]></description>
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