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		<title>Carpetbaggery in store for the Taney County Commission elections?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2012/01/carpetbaggery-in-store-for-the-taney-county-commission-elections-branson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seemed surreal, almost as if the Ole Seagull wasn&#8217;t actually in the crowded room in Branson filled with some of Branson&#8217;s biggest power brokers and a sprinkling of others. Although, it was as if they didn&#8217;t even notice him, he was surprised he was there because lowly Seagulls are not normally invited to the [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
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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>
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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>Could Branson marketing math of 2 + 1= 2 lead to a Humpty Dumpty marketing fund?</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/11/could-branson-marketing-math-of-2-1-2-lead-to-a-humpty-dumpty-marketing-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short and quick of it is, &#8220;That&#8217;s the indication.&#8221; Normally one establishes a precedent that starts them on a gradual slide down the &#8220;slippery slope.&#8221; A discussion at the November 22 meeting of the Branson Board of Aldermen about that precedent happening using City Tourism Tax marketing funds to pay off airport bond indebtedness [...]]]></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>
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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>Is it time for Branson to change the name of &#8220;Ozark Mountain Christmas&#8221; to &#8220;Ozark Mountain Holiday?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/11/is-it-time-for-branson-to-change-the-name-of-ozark-mountain-christmas-to-ozark-mountain-holiday-branson-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With as little effort as Branson&#8217;s leadership, including elected, appointed, businesses and organizations within the community are putting into promoting America&#8217;s traditional Christmas is it inappropriate to suggest that it would be more honest and less deceitful to change the name of &#8220;Ozark Mountain Christmas&#8221; to &#8220;Ozark Mountain Holiday?&#8221; Were it not for most of [...]]]></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>
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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>Retirement, Emeritus, Airport, Branson and &#8220;Ozark Mountain Holidays&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/10/retirement-emeritus-airport-branson-and-ozark-mountain-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://theoleseagull.com/2011/10/retirement-emeritus-airport-branson-and-ozark-mountain-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The OleSeagull</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the outset the Ole Seagull would thank all who wished him well in his retirement. In fact, he is as retired as he will ever be in this world. Thanks to a combination of his own personal failings and circumstances beyond his control, more than likely that retirement will, until he can physically and [...]]]></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>
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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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