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		<title>Compassionate Americans Want Compassionate Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dean Feldmeyer with permission Many thanks to Mr. Gary Abernathy for last week’s op-ed column laying out the Libertarian point of view that God doesn’t give a hoot what the government does or doesn’t do. He argued that government is incapable &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2012/02/18/compassionate-americans-want-compassionate-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=1149&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buy Local Human Rights Needs A Compassionate Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Chuck Watts The idea is simple: Ethical businesses and a moral market are tools to enhance the common good defined as expanded human rights and individual liberties. Market success is measured by a growing common good through protection and &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2012/02/17/buy-local-human-rights-needs-a-compassionate-press/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=1134&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Pat Haley, County Commissioner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Chuck Watts - . In Response to the Facebook group I Love Wilmington, Ohio, Trails &#8211; Call to Action! . Dear Pat, . What do the following five items have in common with bike trail grants? . Healthcare human rights &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2012/01/30/an-open-letter-to-pat-haley-county-commissioner/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=1061&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupying Progressive Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Joe Brewer, Cognitive Policy Works, with permission Overview Emergence of the Occupy Movement in 2011 represents a sea-change in US politics.  The landscape for strategic action is now transformed, enabling dramatic new opportunities for bold progressive policies to be &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2012/01/22/occupying-progressive-strategy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=959&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Portland City Council Declares Persons, Not Corporations, Have Human Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by David Delk . On January 12, 2012 the Portland City Council voted unanimously for the historic resolution purposed by Mayor Sam Adams declaring the city&#8217;s support for amending the US Constitution making clear that money is not speech and &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2012/01/14/portland-city-council-declares-persons-not-corporations-have-human-rights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=916&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Decline of the Public Good</title>
		<link>http://empathysurplus.com/2012/01/09/the-decline-of-the-public-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Robert Reich, republished with permission Meryl Streep’s eery reincarnation of Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” brings to mind Thatcher’s most famous quip, “there is no such thing as ‘society.’” None of the dwindling herd of Republican candidates has &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2012/01/09/the-decline-of-the-public-good/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=862&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Elections Require Nurturing Worldview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Chuck Watts, Co-Founder Clean elections are about effective and nurturing public governance, i.e. institutionalized protection and empowerment of American citizens, something we currently do not have. Abraham Lincoln called this kind of governance &#8220;government of the people, by the &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2012/01/06/clean-elections-require-nurturing-worldview/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=838&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Anniversary Caring Citizens And A Call To Occupy Compassion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Chuck Watts, co-founder My reflections on the first anniversary of Caring Citizens Chapter chartering efforts began today, January 1, 2012, in corporate worship at Christ Episcopal Church, Dayton, Ohio. (By the way, Christ Church is the ESP’s first pilot &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2012/01/01/happy-anniversary-caring-citizens-and-a-call-to-occupy-compassion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=805&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Frames for The Occupy Movement</title>
		<link>http://empathysurplus.com/2011/12/28/strategic-frames-for-the-occupy-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Joe Brewer on DECEMBER 26, 2011 . (Note from ESP Co-Founder, Chuck Watts: This article answers the concern of &#8220;why&#8221; use the words &#8220;occupy&#8221; and &#8220;compassion&#8221; without a word like &#8220;with&#8221; separating them. Occupy Compassion is the theme of the 2012 &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2011/12/28/strategic-frames-for-the-occupy-movement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=716&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wilmington Air Park Plan Weak on Compassion and Ethical Business Creation</title>
		<link>http://empathysurplus.com/2011/12/21/wilmington-air-park-plan-weak-on-compassion-and-ethical-business-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Chuck Watts, Co-Founder Attention compassionate patriots in Clinton County, Ohio, and environs: The Wilmington Air Park Airport Property Development Plan is complete. Caring citizens had hoped for a compassion expansion plan that included ethical business creation. We had hoped &#8230; <a href="http://empathysurplus.com/2011/12/21/wilmington-air-park-plan-weak-on-compassion-and-ethical-business-creation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=empathysurplus.com&amp;blog=26419062&amp;post=698&amp;subd=empathysurplus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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