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		<title>Are rights without responsibility and a &#8220;free lunch&#8221; destroying America?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2012/01/are-rights-without-responsibility-and-a-free-lunch-destroying-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the Ole Seagull listens to Rush Limbaugh on the radio, much of the time he loses the benefit of his tremendous intellect and logic because of the &#8220;noise&#8221; of his self-aggrandizement. During a recent broadcast however, Limbaugh blasted through the noise and caught his attention when he defined &#8220;the Democratic Party base&#8221; as &#8220;The  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can there be Christmas without CHRISTmas?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/12/can-there-be-christmas-without-christmas-branson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column was originally written over 14 years ago and is modified and republished each year as an Ole Seagull’s testimony as to what Christmas means to him. The political correctness of “Merry Christmas” may change but the true meaning of CHRISTmas will never change.
The “Grinch” never came any closer to stealing the true meaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving is all about to whom the “Thanks” is “given!”</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-is-all-about-to-whom-the-%e2%80%9cthanks%e2%80%9d-is-%e2%80%9cgiven%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common sense tells an Ole Seagull that something celebrated as &#8220;Thanksgiving Day&#8221; should be a day of “giving thanks.”  Generally speaking, who among us says “thank you” to “no one?” When thanks is given it is for something and is “given” to the person or entity believed to have provided that something.
Yet, even as some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/11/an-apology-for-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dedication: The republication of this evolving tribute is respectfully dedicated to a &#8220;Marines Marine,&#8221; the highly decorated Captain Dale Dye, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired, who will be the key note speaker at the U.S. Marine Corps Ball being held in Branson on November 10.
It is a sad fact of life that the politicians, and those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s time for an Ole Seagull to say, &#8220;Thank you&#8221; and &#8220;Godspeed&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/08/its-time-for-an-ole-seagull-to-say-thank-you-and-godspeed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Ole Seagull sat down to write a column this morning it hit him. At this stage of his life, with the remaining time he has left to write, he&#8217;d much rather be investing the effort and time it takes to write this column each week into writing something that would share what Branson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why don&#8217;t the businesses and citizens of  Kimberling City and it environs ante up for their own marketing?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/07/why-dont-the-businesses-and-citizens-of-kimberling-city-and-it-environs-ante-up-for-their-own-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a resident of Branson goes into the Wal-Mart Super Center in Branson Hills they are paying a one percent retail sales tax to be used for marketing. Considering just the retail marketing tax, that&#8217;s $1010.00 for $1,000 in taxable purchases. When a resident of Kimberling City or Branson West goes into the Wal-Mart Super [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What would cost Branson the most tourists, the closeing of its live shows or its RecPlex, city funded outdoor sports venues and Branson Landing?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/07/would-it-be-bransons-great-live-shows-or-its-recplex-outdoor-sports-events-and-branson-landing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seagull, &#8220;In your opinion, what would have the most impact on the total number of visitors coming to Branson in the future, the closing of all its live theatres or a combination of the closing of its RecPlex, city funded outdoor sports venues and Branson Landing?&#8221; &#8220;That&#8217;s easy, the closing of Branson&#8217;s live theatres.&#8221;
Last week&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give us a break- 20% reduction in Branson sales tax revenues caused by theatres- that&#8217;s nuts!</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/07/give-us-a-break-20-reduction-in-branson-sale-tax-revenues-caused-by-theatres-thats-nuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 13, in a thread in the Ole Seagull&#8217;s Forum at www. 1Branson.com Forums (www.1branson.com/forum/) poster BMOMAN said, &#8220;Recently there was an article in the NewsLeader that said Branson&#8217;s sales tax was down 20% for April and May. I spoke with members of the city and chamber commerce about that alarming number and found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America’s Spirit &#8211; “Remember the Alamo”</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/07/americas-spirit-remember-the-alamo-branson-attractions/</link>
		<comments>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/07/americas-spirit-remember-the-alamo-branson-attractions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 3, 1836, Colonel William Barret Travis, the Commander of the Alamo, wrote to Texas Governor Smith, “&#8230;victory will cost the enemy so dear, that it will be worse for him than defeat.” In the early predawn hours of Sunday, March 6, 1836, after 12 days of almost constant bombardment and siege, the soldiers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is America committing suicide using the &#8220;Exit Bag&#8221; of an unbridled Federal Judiciary?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/06/is-america-committing-suicide-using-the-exit-bag-of-an-unbridled-federal-judiciary/</link>
		<comments>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/06/is-america-committing-suicide-using-the-exit-bag-of-an-unbridled-federal-judiciary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the &#8220;oxygen&#8221; necessary for America&#8217;s &#8220;life&#8221; is even remotely related to the way Abraham Lincoln described it at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863, then an Ole Seagull would have to answer &#8220;Yes.&#8221; In concluding his speech that day Lincoln said, &#8220;…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and [...]]]></description>
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