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Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-funnel-of-persistence.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Funnel of Persistence</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-writing-rejections-1.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Writing Rejections</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-writing-submissions-1.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Writing Submissions</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-writing-revenue-sources.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Writing Revenue Sources</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-writing-revenue.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Writing Revenue</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-writing-production.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Writing Production</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-writing-submissions.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Writing Submissions</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-writing-rejections.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Writing Rejections</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019-writing-sales.png</image:loc><image:title>2019 Writing Sales</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2019 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-01-04T21:45:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2018/12/31/2018-writing-statistics-and-revenue/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-Funnel-of-Persistence.png</image:loc><image:title>2018 Funnel of Persistence</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2018 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-Writing-Revenue.png</image:loc><image:title>2018 Writing Revenue</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2018 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-Writing-Revenue-Sources-1.png</image:loc><image:title>2018 Writing Revenue Sources</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2018 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-Writing-Revenue-Sources.png</image:loc><image:title>2018 Writing Revenue Sources</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-Writing-Production.png</image:loc><image:title>2018 Writing Production</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2018 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-Writing-Sales.png</image:loc><image:title>2018 Writing Sales</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2018 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-Writing-Submissions.png</image:loc><image:title>2018 Writing Submissions</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2018 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-Writing-Rejections.png</image:loc><image:title>2018 Writing Rejections</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2018 Reflections of a Rational 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Persistence</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2017 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-writing-revenue.png</image:loc><image:title>2017 Writing Revenue</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2017 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-writing-revenue-sources.png</image:loc><image:title>2017 Writing Revenue Sources</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2017 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-writing-production.png</image:loc><image:title>2017 Writing Production</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2017 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-writing-sales.png</image:loc><image:title>2017 Writing Sales</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2017 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-writing-submissions.png</image:loc><image:title>2017 Writing Submissions</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2017 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-writing-rejections.png</image:loc><image:title>2017 Writing Rejections</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2017 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-funnel-of-persistence.png</image:loc><image:title>2017 Funnel of Persistence</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2017 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-04-10T23:40:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/09/02/sultans-cellar-in-latest-issue-of-galaxys-edge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/galaxys-edge-cover028.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Galaxy's Edge Cover028</image:title><image:caption>Source: Galaxy's 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Journal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mad-scientist-journal-autumn-2013-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mad Scientist Journal Autumn 2013 Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/plasma-frequency-magazine-issue-8-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Plasma Frequency Magazine Issue 8 Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/the-colored-lens-issue-8-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Colored Lens Issue 8 Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/newmyths-issue-24-cover.png</image:loc><image:title>NewMyths Issue 24 Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/plasma-frequency-magazine-issue-4-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Plasma Frequency Magazine Issue 4 Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/picture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-14T17:50:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/about/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/titans-twins-speculate.png</image:loc><image:title>Titan's Twins Speculate</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dmd-27-ecovert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DMD-27-ecovert</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wb-34-front-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WB-34-front-cover</image:title><image:caption>Source: Weirdbook</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/overcast-logo.png</image:loc><image:title>overcast-logo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/thedecision-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TheDecision-Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/close-encounter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>close-encounter</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/outposts-of-beyond-october-2015-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>outposts of beyond October 2015 cover</image:title><image:caption>Source: Outposts of Beyond</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/perihelion-march-2015-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Perihelion March 2015 Cover</image:title><image:caption>Source: Perihelion Online Science Fiction</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/alien-abbatoir-cover-front.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alien Abattoir Medium Cover</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/outposts-of-beyond-january-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Outposts of Beyond January 2015</image:title><image:caption>Source: Outposts of Beyond</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-07-14T17:44:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/05/29/remembering-jay-on-memorial-day-2017/</loc><lastmod>2017-05-30T06:37:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-ville-merilainen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wotf-writer-portrait-ville-merilainen-_3291.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF - WRITER PORTRAIT - VILLE MERILAINEN 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Dinjos</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-12T03:33:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-molly-atkins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/molly-atkins.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Molly Atkins</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-12T03:18:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-c-l-kagmi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/c-l-kagmi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>C.L. Kagmi</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-12T03:09:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-doug-souza/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/doug-souza.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doug Souza</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-11T05:25:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-dustin-steinacker/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dustin-steinacker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dustin Steinacker</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-11T05:24:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-david-vonallmen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/david-vonallmen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>David VonAllmen</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-11T05:24:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-stephen-lawson/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/stephen-lawson.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Stephen Lawson</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-11T05:24:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-andrew-peery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/andrew-peery.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Andrew Peery</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-11T05:23:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-andrew-l-roberts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/andrew-l-roberts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Andrew L. Roberts</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-10T04:48:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-jake-marley/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/24hourstorynight1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>24HourStoryNight1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/jake-marley.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jake Marley</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-09T22:10:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-ziporah-hildebrandt/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/zhead.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zhead</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-09T21:43:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/04/12/the-other-13-anton-rose/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/glowing-heart-cropped.png</image:loc><image:title>Glowing Heart (cropped)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/anton-rose-photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Anton Rose Photo</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-08T16:44:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/03/10/mukden-featured-in-weirdbook/</loc><lastmod>2017-03-11T14:48:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/14/are-liberals-more-educated-than-conservatives/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/alien-abbatoir-cover-front2-e1423367734479.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alien-Abattoir-Cover-Front-Medium</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2008-presidential-education.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2008 Presidential Education</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2006-midterm-education.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2006 Midterm Education</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/US/H/00/epolls.0.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2004-presidential-education.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2004 Presidential Education</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2000-presidential-education.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2000 Presidential Education</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/2000vote/general/exitpoll_hub.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/2010-midterm-education.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010 Midterm Education</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-01-29T04:43:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2013/01/05/are-liberals-more-educated-than-conservatives-2012-election-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/conservative-vs-liberal-education-2012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Conservative vs. Liberal Education 2012</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president#exit-polls</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-19T22:06:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2017/02/19/are-liberals-more-educated-than-conservatives-2016-election-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2000-presidential-election.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2000-presidential-election</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/2000vote/general/exitpoll_hub.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2004-presidential-election.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2004-presidential-election</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2006-house-election.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2006-house-election</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/US/H/00/epolls.0.html</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2008-presidential-election.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2008-presidential-election</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2010-house-election.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-house-election</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/polls/#val=USH00p1</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2012-presidential-election.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2012-presidential-election</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president#exit-polls</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2016-presidential-election.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2016-presidential-election</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-21T01:31:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/12/31/2016-writing-statistics-and-revenue/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/funnel-of-2016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>funnel-of-2016</image:title><image:caption>©2016 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2012-2016-revenue-by-source.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2012-2016-revenue-by-source</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2016 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2010-2016-writing-revenue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2016-writing-revenue</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2016 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2010-2016-story-production.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2016-story-production</image:title><image:caption>Short Story Production
©2016 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2010-2016-story-sales.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2016-story-sales</image:title><image:caption>Short Story Sales
©2016 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2010-2016-story-submissions.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2016-story-submissions</image:title><image:caption>Annual Submissions
©2016 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2010-2016-rejections.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2016-rejections</image:title><image:caption>Short Story Rejections
©2016 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-01-01T19:01:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/12/31/we-hit-back-featured-in-abyss-apex/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/we-hit-back-image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>we-hit-back-image</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-02-18T21:13:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/12/04/twinwalkers-featured-in-unnerving-magazine/</loc><lastmod>2016-12-05T04:43:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/12/03/pinned-featured-in-kasma-sf-magazine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pinned-e1480825258412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>pinned</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-12-04T04:52:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/u-s-s-dekalb/</loc><lastmod>2016-11-21T01:24:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/06/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-6-1918-censored/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-6-1918-censored-version.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 6, 1918 Censored Version</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 6, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-19T22:12:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/10/03/quantum-shadows-featured-on-stupefying-stories-showcase/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/quantum-shadows.jpg</image:loc><image:title>quantum-shadows</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-12T17:19:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/08/03/chasing-a-m-i-e-featured-on-the-overcast/</loc><lastmod>2016-08-04T03:39:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/05/30/remembering-jay-on-memorial-day-2016/</loc><lastmod>2016-05-31T03:43:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/15/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-15-1918/</loc><lastmod>2016-04-17T03:03:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/21/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-21-1918/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-21T17:10:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/17/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-17-1918/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-17T14:07:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2015/12/31/2015-writing-statistics-and-revenue/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2010-2015-rejections.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2015 Rejections</image:title><image:caption>Short Story Rejections
©2015 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/funnel-of-futility.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Funnel of Futility</image:title><image:caption>©2015 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sean-and-grrm-august-21-2015.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sean and GRRM, August 21, 2015</image:title><image:caption>George R.R. Martin poses with some guy he doesn't know from Adam...yet
Source: Photo by B. Daniel Blatt</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2012-2015-revenue-contribution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2012-2015 Revenue Contribution</image:title><image:caption>©2015 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2010-2015-story-submissions.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2015 Story Submissions</image:title><image:caption>Annual Submissions
©2015 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2010-2015-story-sales.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2015 Story Sales</image:title><image:caption>Short Story Sales
©2015 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2010-2015-story-production.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2015 Story Production</image:title><image:caption>Short Story Production
©2015 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2010-2015-revenue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2010-2015 Revenue</image:title><image:caption>©2015 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-23T22:06:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/01/15/tunguska-published-in-kasma-sf-magazine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tunguska.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tunguska</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-01-16T04:05:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/05/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-introduction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/uss-dekalb-circe-1917-1919.jpg</image:loc><image:title>USS DeKalb Circe 1917-1919</image:title><image:caption>U.S.S. DeKalb, circa 1917-1919, Source: Naval History and Heritage Command</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-08T01:35:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/08/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-8-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-8-2018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 8, 2018</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:41:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/29/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-29-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:39:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/28/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-28-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:37:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/27/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-27-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:30:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/26/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-26-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:27:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/25/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-25-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:22:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/24/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-24-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:20:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/23/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-23-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:18:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/22/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-22-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:15:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/21/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-21-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:12:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/20/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-20-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:09:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/19/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-19-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T23:04:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/18/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-18-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T22:50:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/17/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-17-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T22:35:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/16/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-16-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T22:32:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/14/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-14-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T22:25:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/13/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-13-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T22:21:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/12/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-12-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T21:37:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/11/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-11-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T21:19:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/10/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-10-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T21:16:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/09/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-9-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T21:13:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/08/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-8-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T21:10:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/07/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-7-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T20:59:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/05/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-5-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T20:01:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/04/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-4-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T19:48:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/03/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-3-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T19:44:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/02/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-2-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T19:17:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/01/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-1-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-29-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 29, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 29, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-28-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 28, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 28, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-28-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 28, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 28, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-27-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 27, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 27, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-26-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 26, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 26, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-26-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 26, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 26, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-25-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 25, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 25, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-24-1918.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>April 24, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 24, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-23-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 23, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 23, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-22-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 22, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, April 22, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T19:09:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/29/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-29-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-29-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 29, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 29, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-29-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 29, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 29, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T07:16:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/28/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-28-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T06:52:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/27/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-27-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T06:50:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/26/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-26-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T06:47:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/25/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-25-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T06:44:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/24/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-24-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-28-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 28, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 28, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-27-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 27, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 27, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-26-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 26, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 26, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-25-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 25, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 25, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-24-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 24, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 24, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-24-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 24, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 24, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T06:37:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/23/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-23-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T06:26:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/22/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-22-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-23-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 23, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 23, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-22-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 22, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 22, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-22-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 22, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 22, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T06:20:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/30/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-30-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-30-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 30, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 30, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-30-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 30, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 30, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T06:07:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/21/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-21-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T05:53:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/20/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-20-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-21-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 21, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 21, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-20-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 20, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 20, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-20-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 20, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 20, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T05:47:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/18/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-18-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/uss-dekalb-18-february-2018.jpg</image:loc><image:title>USS DeKalb 18 February 1918</image:title><image:caption>U.S.S. DeKalb, 18 February 1918, Source: Naval History and Heritage Command</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T05:30:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/19/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-19-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T04:48:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/18/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-18-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-19-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 19, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 19, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-18-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 18, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 18, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-18-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 18, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 18, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T04:44:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/17/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-17-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T03:20:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/16/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-16-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-17-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 17, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 17, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-17-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 17, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 17, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-16-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 16, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 16, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-16-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 16, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 16, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T03:16:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/15/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-15-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T02:55:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/14/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-14-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-15-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 15, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 15, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-15-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 15, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 15, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-14-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 14, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 14, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T02:51:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/13/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-13-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T02:32:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/12/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-12-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T02:22:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/11/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-11-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-13-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 13, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 13, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-13-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 13, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 13, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-12-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 12, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 12, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-11-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 11, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 11, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-16T05:56:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/10/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-10-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T00:59:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/09/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-9-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T00:51:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/08/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-8-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-26T00:44:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/06/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-6-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-6-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 6, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 6, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-6-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 6, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 6, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T00:38:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/07/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-7-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-7-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 7, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 7, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-10-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 10, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 10, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-8-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 8, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 8, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-9-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 9, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 9, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-10-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 10, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 10, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-26T00:37:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/11/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-11-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-11-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 11, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 11, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-11-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 11, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 11, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-25T22:05:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/05/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-5-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-5-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 5, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 5, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-5-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 5, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 5, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-10T06:21:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/04/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-4-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-4-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 4, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 4, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-4-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 4, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 4, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-4-1918-page-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 4, 1918 Page 3</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 4, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:47:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/09/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-9-1918-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-9-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 9, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 9, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:17:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/12/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-12-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-12-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 12, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 12, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-12-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 12, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 12, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:14:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/13/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-13-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-18-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 18, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 18, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-19-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 19, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 19, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-20-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 20, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 20, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-13-19181.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 13, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 13, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-13-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 13, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 13, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-14-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 14, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 14, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-15-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 15, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 15, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-16-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 16, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 16, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-17-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 17, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 17, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/february-13-1918.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:13:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/14/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-14-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:12:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/15/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-15-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:10:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/16/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-16-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:10:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/19/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-19-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:08:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/20/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-20-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:07:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/22/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-22-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:05:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/23/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-23-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:04:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/25/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-25-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:03:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/26/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-26-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:02:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/27/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-27-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T21:02:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/02/28/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-february-28-1918/</loc><lastmod>2015-12-25T20:41:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/01/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-1-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-1-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 1, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. 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Gilbert Hazlett, March 1, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-2-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 2, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 2, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-03-01T16:39:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/03/31/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-march-31-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-26-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 26, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 26, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-28-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 28, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 28, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-21-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 21, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 21, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-22-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 22, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 22, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-23-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 23, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 23, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-25-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 25, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 25, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-26-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 26, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 26, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-27-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 27, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 27, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/march-31-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>March 31, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, March 31, 1918</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/february-22-1918-page-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February 22, 1918 Page 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. Gilbert Hazlett, February 22, 1918</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-25T20:40:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2016/04/30/dispatches-from-the-u-s-s-dekalb-april-30-1918/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/april-30-1918.jpg</image:loc><image:title>April 30, 1918</image:title><image:caption>Source: C. 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vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bush-vs-obama-unemployment.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-02-03T01:13:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/07/bush-vs-obama-unemployment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-april-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture April Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-april-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview April Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-april-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate April Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-april-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment April Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-23T15:53:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/03/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-may-2011-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/change-in-total-private-employment-full-picture.png</image:loc><image:title>Change in Total Private Employment Full Picture</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/labor-force-participation-rate-may-2011.png</image:loc><image:title>Labor Force Participation Rate May 2011</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/unemployment-rate-may-2011.png</image:loc><image:title>Unemployment Rate May 2011</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/change-in-total-private-employment-liberal-may-2011.png</image:loc><image:title>Change in Total Private Employment Liberal May 2011</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-07-22T06:20:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/08/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-june-2011-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-june-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture June Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-june-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate June Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-june-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment June Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-june-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview June Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:59:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/05/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-july-2011-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-july-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview July Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-july-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment July Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-july-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture July Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-july-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate July Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-31T17:18:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/09/02/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-august-2011-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-august-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture August Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-august-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment August Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-april-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture April Data</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-august-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate August Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-august-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview August Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:58:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/07/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-september-2011-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-september-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview September Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-september-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment September Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-september-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture September Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-september-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate September Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:58:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/04/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-october-2011-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-october-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview October Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-october-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment October Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-october-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture October Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-october-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate October Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:57:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/06/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-december-2011-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-december-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview December Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-december-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate December Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-december-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture December Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-december-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment December Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:57:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/03/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-january-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-january-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview January 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-january-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment January 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-january-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture January 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-january-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate January 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-11T14:30:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/09/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-february-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-february-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview February 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-february-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment February 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-february-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture February 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-february-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate February 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:56:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/04/06/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-march-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-march-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview March 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-march-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment March 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-march-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture March 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-march-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate March 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-07T14:25:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/05/04/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-april-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-april-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview April 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-april-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment April 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-april-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture April 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-april-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate April 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:55:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/06/01/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-may-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-may-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview May 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-may-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment May 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-may-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture May 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-may-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate May 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-08-04T18:01:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/07/06/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-june-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-june-2012-data1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview June 2012 Data.jpg</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-june-2012-data1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture June 2012 Data.jpg</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-june-2012-data1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate June 2012 Data.jpg</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-june-2012-data1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment June 2012 Data.jpg</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:54:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/08/03/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-july-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-july-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview July 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-july-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment July 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-july-2012-datajpg.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture July 2012 Data,jpg</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-july-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate July 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:54:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/09/07/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-august-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-august-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview August 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-august-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment August 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-august-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture August 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-august-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate August 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:53:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/10/06/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-september-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-september-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview September 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-september-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment September 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-september-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture September 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-september-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate September 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:53:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/11/02/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-october-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-october-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview October 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-october-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment October 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-october-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture October 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-october-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate October 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:52:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2013/01/05/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-december-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-december-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview December 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-december-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture December 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-december-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment December 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-december-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate December 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-07-31T06:19:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/12/09/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-november-2012-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-november-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview November 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-november-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment November 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-november-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture November 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-november-2012-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate November 2012 Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-03T19:51:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/02/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-november-2011-jobs-data/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/liberal-total-private-jobs-worldview-november-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Liberal Total Private Jobs Worldview November Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bush-vs-obama-unemployment-november-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Unemployment November Data</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bush-vs-obama-total-private-jobs-full-picture-november-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Total Private Jobs Full Picture November Data</image:title><image:caption>Change in Total Private Employment (in thousands), Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bush-vs-obama-labor-force-participation-rate-november-data.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Labor Force Participation Rate November Data</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-01-06T04:01:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/12/31/first-short-fiction-sale-to-plasma-frequency-magazine-and-writers-of-the-future-contest-4q29-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wotf-submission-statistics-123112.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Submission Statistics 123112</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-02-09T21:53:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/12/31/2012-in-review/</loc><lastmod>2013-01-01T03:03:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/12/31/top-10-predictions-for-2012-results/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-03T01:41:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/30/top-10-predictions-for-2012/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-31T23:34:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/11/04/the-joke-continues/</loc><lastmod>2012-11-11T12:51:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/11/04/writers-of-the-future-contest-3q29-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wotf-submission-statistics-110412.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Submission Statistics 110412</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-05T03:29:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/11/04/stalemate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-election-stalemate-map-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2012 Election Stalemate Map 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: CNN</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-election-stalemate-map-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2012 Election Stalemate Map 1</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-election-map-cnn.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2012 Election Map CNN</image:title><image:caption>Source: CNN</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-13T06:24:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/11/03/my-2012-voting-guide-for-californias-propositions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/election-2012-proposition-tracker1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Election 2012 Proposition Tracker</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/election-2012-proposition-tracker.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Election 2012 Proposition Tracker</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions/, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-04T22:07:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/09/29/the-end-of-an-era-the-final-flight-of-the-space-shuttle-endeavour/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/057.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Space Shuttle Passes Transamerica Building</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/059.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Space Shuttle Over Alcatraz</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-07T22:35:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/09/02/libya-operational-success-strategic-failure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/obama-risk-assessment-matrix.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Obama Risk Assessment Matrix</image:title><image:caption>Source: Sean Patrick Hazlett</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/obama-game-theory.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Obama Game Theory</image:title><image:caption>Source: Photos from BBC News</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/middle-east-proliferation-spiral.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Middle East Proliferation Spiral</image:title><image:caption>Source: Map from the CIA, Radiation symbol from the DOE</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bush-clinton-game-theory.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush Clinton Game Theory</image:title><image:caption>Source: Photos from BBC News</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-09-13T03:00:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/08/22/niall-ferguson-is-my-hero/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-02T19:58:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/08/22/writers-of-the-future-contest-1q29-and-2q29-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/1q29-honorable-mention.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1Q29 Honorable Mention</image:title><image:caption>Source: Writers of the Future Contest</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/wotf-personal-submission-statistics-082212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Personal Submission Statistics 082212</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/wotf-submission-statistics-082212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Submission Statistics 082212</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-24T03:48:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/08/03/honoring-milton-friedman/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-14T14:50:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/07/03/representative-walsh-gives-republicans-good-reason-to-stay-home-on-election-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/rep_joe_walsh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rep_Joe_Walsh</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://walsh.house.gov/official-portrait/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-20T14:47:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/06/12/announcing-the-roarr-store/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/warren-white-privilege.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Warren White Privilege</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/roarr-store-logo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ROARR Store Logo</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-29T02:12:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/05/31/romney-visits-solyndra/</loc><lastmod>2012-08-24T08:38:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/05/19/heinleins-business-habits/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/science-fiction-probabilities.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Science Fiction Probabilities</image:title><image:caption>© 2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/duotrope-stats.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Duotrope Stats</image:title><image:caption>Source: Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-12-05T12:39:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/05/07/a-tale-of-two-julias/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/julia17obama.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Julia17Obama</image:title><image:caption>Source: Obama for America</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/julia17heritage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Julia17Heritage</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Heritage Foundation</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-03T21:22:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/05/01/its-communist-christmas/</loc><lastmod>2012-05-03T21:56:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/04/30/barack-obama-osama-slayer/</loc><lastmod>2013-02-24T06:49:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/04/30/writers-of-the-future-contest-1q29-results/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/wotf-personal-submission-statistics-043012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Personal Submission Statistics 043012</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-02T00:33:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/04/22/another-campaign-non-issue-explodes-in-democrats-faces/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tonightsdinner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TonightsDinner</image:title><image:caption>Source: Twitter via David Axelrod</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-30T00:20:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/04/12/war-over-women-reaches-hyperbolic-fever-pitch/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-24T21:53:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/04/10/enough-with-the-scapegoating/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-22T23:14:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/04/06/its-the-economy-stupid-unsolicited-campaign-advice-for-mitt-romney/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-13T02:35:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/04/06/separating-the-right-from-the-wrong-and-left-seizing-the-moral-high-ground/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr10</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr9.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr9</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr8</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adam Smith Institute</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr7</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adam Smith Institute</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr6</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adam Smith Institute</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr5</image:title><image:caption>Source: Heritage Foundation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr4</image:title><image:caption>Source: Heritage Foundation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr3</image:title><image:caption>Source: Maxim Pinkovskiy and Xavier Sala-i-Martin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr2</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sussmanapr1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanApr1</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-04-10T20:07:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/27/veterans-or-lawyers/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-01T02:29:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/26/obamacare-is-on-the-line/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-01T02:11:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/21/is-president-obama-responsible-for-high-gas-prices/</loc><lastmod>2012-05-24T00:15:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/15/writers-of-the-future-contest-1q29-update-statistical-torture/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-rejection-math-0315121.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Rejection Math 031512</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-rejection-math-031512.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Rejection Math 031512</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-percentage-of-rejections-031512.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Percentage of Rejections 031512</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-normal-curve-03152012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Normal Curve 03152012</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-duotrope-rejections-031512.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Duotrope Rejections 031512</image:title><image:caption>Source: Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-duotrope-pie-chart-03152012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Duotrope Pie Chart 03152012</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-duotrope-bar-chart-03152012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Duotrope Bar Chart 03152012</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-16T20:05:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/11/the-kennedy-way-clan-over-country-or-country-over-clan/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-17T22:11:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/writing/</loc><lastmod>2019-03-21T00:34:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/08/entitlement-knows-no-bounds/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-16T01:01:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/06/iran-going-through-the-motions/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-12T16:19:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/04/the-lefts-cognitive-dissonance-on-race/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/la-times-comments4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LA Times Comments4</image:title><image:caption>Source: Los Angeles Times</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/la-times-comments3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LA Times Comments3</image:title><image:caption>Source: Los Angeles Times</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/la-times-comments2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LA Times Comments2</image:title><image:caption>Source: Los Angeles Times</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/la-times-comment-thread1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>LA Times Comment Thread1</image:title><image:caption>Source: Los Angeles Times</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-09-23T07:15:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/03/writers-of-the-future-contest-update/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-submission-statistics-03032012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Submission Statistics 03032012</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.writersofthefuture.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-duotrope-statistics-03032012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Duotrope Statistics 03032012</image:title><image:caption>Adapted from Duotrope, Writers of the Future Blog</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-duotrope-pie-chart-03032012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Duotrope Pie Chart 03032012</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wotf-duotrope-bar-chart-03032012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Duotrope Bar Chart 03032012</image:title><image:caption>Adapted from Duotrope</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-16T06:09:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/01/humanity-optional-matthew-yglesias-spits-on-breitbarts-grave/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mattyglesiascomment.jpg</image:loc><image:title>MattYglesiasComment</image:title><image:caption>Source: Twitter</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-09T04:56:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/03/01/andrew-breitbart-1969-2012/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-04T13:39:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/26/koran-burning-incident-underscores-dangers-of-advise-and-assist/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-06T00:59:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/26/six-silly-questions-reporters-should-not-ask-of-anyone-advocating-military-action-against-iran/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-06T00:49:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/24/tis-the-season-of-dictators/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-27T05:08:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/22/the-practical-impact-of-declining-home-prices/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/housing-price-sensitivity1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Housing Price Sensitivity</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/housing-prices.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Housing Prices</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from CNN and National Association of Realtors</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/housing-price-sensitivity.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Housing Price Sensitivity</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-25T01:17:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/21/the-power-of-time-perspectives/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-29T21:06:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/20/the-morality-of-government-entitlements/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sussmanfeb7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanFeb7</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sussmanfeb6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanFeb6</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sussmanfeb5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanFeb5</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sussmanfeb4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanFeb4</image:title><image:caption>Source: Heritage Foundation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sussmanfeb3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanFeb3</image:title><image:caption>Source: Heritage Foundation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sussmanfeb2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanFeb2</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/sussmanfeb1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SussmanFeb1</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-26T16:21:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/18/is-this-a-joke/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-24T21:30:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/16/the-overbearing-heaviness-of-legislation/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-02T05:42:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/15/why-advise-and-assist-is-a-bad-idea/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/me-with-ana.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me with ANA</image:title><image:caption>Kevin Remus with Members of the Afghan National Army, Source: ©2006 Kevin Remus</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2000-pound-bombs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>2000 Pound Bombs</image:title><image:caption>Air Strike on Taliban Insurgents, Source: ©2006 Kevin Remus</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-09T21:49:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/14/introducing-roarr-contributor-kevin-remus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/kevin-hs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kevin HS</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2012 Kevin Remus</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-30T14:16:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/13/after-the-rain/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/february-rainbow.jpg</image:loc><image:title>February Rainbow</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-17T01:58:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/12/obama-and-youth-unemployment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bush-vs-obama-young-adult-unemployment-january-2012.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs. Obama Young Adult Unemployment January 2012</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-19T00:25:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/12/the-inexorable-rise-of-the-welfare-state/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-14T06:13:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/09/did-obama-help-or-hinder-the-recovery-dueling-campaign-narratives/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/republican-reality.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Republican Reality</image:title><image:caption>Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dueling-realities.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dueling Realities</image:title><image:caption>Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/democratic-reality.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Democratic Reality</image:title><image:caption>Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-21T01:31:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/09/taxes-fairness-is-not-the-problem-complexity-is/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-21T17:42:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/07/catching-a-falling-knife-the-hazards-of-california-real-estate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hazards-of-california-real-estate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hazards of California Real Estate</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from zillow.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-09T00:35:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/06/where-are-the-carriers/</loc><lastmod>2012-05-17T21:31:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/04/is-fracking-causing-the-mystery-disease-in-le-roy-new-york/</loc><lastmod>2012-11-03T00:14:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/frumforum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/frumforum3-e1318997255462.jpg</image:loc><image:title>frumforum</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2012-02-04T18:03:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/02/congress-finally-does-something-right/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-06T00:50:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/02/will-israel-attack-iran-this-spring/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-06T17:20:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/02/01/the-disadvantages-of-growing-up-wealthy/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-05T03:09:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/30/oakland-occupy-protestors-show-their-true-colors/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-02T18:00:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/29/marginal-tax-rates-and-recessions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/tax-rates-vs-recessions.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tax Rates vs. Recessions</image:title><image:caption>Source: NBER, Citizens for Tax Justice via Tax Policy Center via The Center for American Progress</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-08-24T08:09:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/28/more-signs-of-an-upcoming-confrontation-with-iran/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-30T06:14:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/25/are-you-better-off-now-than-you-were-three-years-ago/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/better-or-worse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Better or Worse</image:title><image:caption>Source: BLS, USDA, US Treasury</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-28T20:07:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/22/why-i-will-not-vote-for-newt-gingrich/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-01T03:22:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/22/why-business-leaders-think-americas-economy-is-ailing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/position-of-elements-of-us-business-environment.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Position of Elements of US Business Environment</image:title><image:caption>Source: Harvard Business School</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/business-impediments.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Business Impediments</image:title><image:caption>Most Commonly Mentioned Impediments to Investing and Creating Jobs in the U.S., Source: Harvard Business School</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-30T04:18:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/29/homage-to-nancy-pelosi/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-19T02:59:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/17/are-airstrikes-imminent-in-iran/</loc><lastmod>2022-06-20T03:20:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/17/americas-energy-and-economic-policies-go-hand-in-hand/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sussman-energy-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sussman Energy 5</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sussman-energy-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sussman Energy 4</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sussman-energy-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sussman Energy 3</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sussman-energy-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sussman Energy 2</image:title><image:caption>Source: CRS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sussman-energy-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sussman Energy 1</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-22T22:54:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/15/private-equity-a-force-for-good-or-evil/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/egalitarius-buyout-sources-and-uses1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Egalitarius Buyout Sources and Uses</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/911-in-numbers-whats-changed.jpg</image:loc><image:title>911 in Numbers What's Changed</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/911-in-numbers-us-military.jpg</image:loc><image:title>911 in Numbers US Military</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/911-in-numbers-energy-and-climate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>911 in Numbers Energy and Climate</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/53percentphoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>53percentphoto</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/13vendc3a9miaire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>13Vendémiaire</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>006</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/egalitarius-buyout-sources-and-uses.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Egalitarius Buyout Sources and Uses</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/egalitarius-buyout-demon-plan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Egalitarius Buyout Demon Plan</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/egalitarius-buyout-angel-vs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Egalitarius Buyout Angel vs</image:title><image:caption>©2012 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-17T19:28:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/17/writers-of-the-future-contest-tips/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wotf-personal-submission-statistics1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Personal Submission Statistics</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wotf-submission-statistics2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Submission Statistics</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.writersofthefuture.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wotf-submission-statistics1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Submission Statistics</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.writersofthefuture.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wotf-personal-submission-statistics.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Personal Submission Statistics</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2014-01-18T05:00:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/12/the-conflict-over-irans-nuclear-program-update/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-12T14:20:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/10/new-york-times-editorial-board-stop-hiding-behind-your-false-objectivity-and-endorse-president-obama/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-15T23:05:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/09/i-love-the-smell-of-nepotism-in-the-morning/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-12T01:32:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/hybrid-or-electric-vehicle/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-10T02:15:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/08/the-democratic-national-committee-might-want-to-get-a-new-chair/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-11T01:06:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/05/protecting-stupid-people-from-themselves-at-taxpayer-expense/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-19T02:49:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/04/promises-promises-why-hope-is-not-a-method/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/actual-unemployment-vs-predicted.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Actual Unemployment vs. Predicted</image:title><image:caption>Source: Council of Economic Advisors, economy.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-06T03:01:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/03/the-young-the-pragmatic-and-the-ideological/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-05T04:47:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/02/2011-in-review/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-02T22:50:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/01/12-technology-predictions-for-2112-from-the-blogosphere/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-02T04:38:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/29/the-conflict-over-irans-nuclear-program-continues/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-02T02:38:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/31/communitarian-vs-free-market-conservativism/</loc><lastmod>2013-05-26T13:24:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2012/01/01/12-technology-predictions-for-2112/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-02T04:39:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/30/top-10-predictions-for-2011-results/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-31T02:08:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/29/12-technology-predictions-for-2112-throwing-down-the-gauntlet/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-31T00:01:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/29/predictions-from-1900/</loc><lastmod>2012-04-10T20:18:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/roarr-philosophy/</loc><lastmod>2013-04-20T03:53:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/28/roarrs-guiding-principles-part-vii-a-strong-national-defense-is-the-cornerstone-of-a-robust-republic/</loc><lastmod>2012-05-31T12:51:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/28/liberal-hypocrites-and-their-fair-share/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-29T05:36:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/28/roarrs-guiding-principles-part-vi-individual-rights-trump-communitarian-impulses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/federalist-no-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Federalist No. 10</image:title><image:caption>Federalist Papers No. X, Source: Library of Congress</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-12-28T16:45:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/28/roarrs-guiding-principles-part-v-but-government-has-a-role-in-mitigating-negative-externalities-and-market-failures-that-unencumbered-capitalism-can-generate/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/acid-rain-program-results.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Acid Rain Program Results</image:title><image:caption>Source: EPA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/hamlins-wizard-oil.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hamlin's Wizard Oil</image:title><image:caption>Source: FDA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-12-28T12:41:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/24/roarrs-guiding-principles-part-iv-free-markets-are-preferable-to-tightly-controlled-ones/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-26T04:13:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/05/roarrs-guiding-principles-part-iii-equality-of-opportunity-does-not-imply-equality-of-outcomes/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-25T00:08:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/23/is-president-obamas-recent-self-comparison-with-teddy-roosevelt-a-valid-one-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tr-vs-bo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TR vs BO</image:title><image:caption>Source: Photos from nobelprize.org</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-07-19T10:14:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/22/gender-genie-identifies-sex-based-on-writing-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wotf-submission-gender-genie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WOTF Submission Gender Genie</image:title><image:caption>Source: Gender Genie</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/wife-gender-genie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wife Gender Genie</image:title><image:caption>Source: Gender Genie</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/more-gender-genie.jpg</image:loc><image:title>More Gender Genie</image:title><image:caption>Source: Gender Genie</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2013-08-01T03:46:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/20/2011-feedback-reflections-of-a-rational-republican/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-29T21:31:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/20/covert-effort-to-destroy-irans-nuclear-program-continues-part-ii/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-21T05:29:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/19/iran-one-year-away-from-assembling-nuclear-device/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-12T19:09:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/18/kim-jong-il-is-dead/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-21T08:24:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/12/intriguing-income-inequality-facts/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-03T22:03:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/10/blogging-to-build-an-audience-101-10-lessons-about-building-an-online-platform-in-10-months/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-11T19:12:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/14/more-posts-generate-more-page-views-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/daily-page-views-vs-total-posts-wo-outliers.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daily Page Views vs. Total Posts wo Outliers</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/daily-page-views-vs-total-posts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daily Page Views vs. Total Posts</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/page-views-over-first-four-months.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Page Views Over First Four Months</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-12-10T14:55:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/09/ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-i/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-10T02:05:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/07/american-stealth-drone-crashes-in-iran/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-10T23:51:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/06/predict-the-future-of-computing-technologies/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-07T04:12:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/05/covert-effort-to-destroy-irans-nuclear-program-continues/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-11T18:21:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/12/04/more/</loc><lastmod>2020-07-05T17:16:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/30/islamists-on-track-to-win-egyptian-election/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-02T12:34:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/27/biting-the-hand-that-feeds-occupy-protestors-close-apple-store-on-black-friday/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-07T12:16:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/26/americas-first-experiment-with-socialism/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-26T08:15:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/25/freedom-vs-security-why-pepper-spray-is-a-civilized-way-to-disrupt-law-breaking-protests/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-21T20:21:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/25/a-few-reflections-on-america-during-the-holidays/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/jefferson-on-public-debt-e1322239426154.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jefferson on Public Debt</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-25T16:45:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/23/evidence-of-an-american-caste-system/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-25T12:34:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/22/newt-gingrich-won-the-republican-debate/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-25T12:47:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/21/liberals-and-conservatives-cats-and-dogs/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-23T03:25:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/19/crime-in-progress/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-22T15:25:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/19/introducing-roarr-contributor-mark-sussman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mark-sussman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mark Sussman</image:title><image:caption>Source: Mark Sussman</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-20T05:07:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/20/a-tale-of-two-retirement-systems/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tale-of-two-retirement-systems2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tale of Two Retirement Systems2</image:title><image:caption>Source: XXXXXXX</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/tale-of-two-retirement-systems1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tale of Two Retirement Systems1</image:title><image:caption>Source: CenterForSmallGovernment.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-22T15:34:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/19/darwin-a-positive-evolution-for-american-foreign-policy/</loc><lastmod>2012-03-12T01:12:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/16/the-anarchy-will-not-be-televised-why-the-occupy-movement-has-officially-jumped-the-shark/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-13T06:50:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/11/10/battle-of-the-crater-fascinating-tale-of-a-little-known-battle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/battle-of-the-crater-score.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Battle of the Crater Score</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/battle-of-the-crater.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Battle of the Crater</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational 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Government Expenditures as Percentage of GDP</image:title><image:caption>Federal, State, and Local Government Expenditures Share of GDP (1948-2011E), Source: OMB</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/government-expenditures-as-percentage-of-gdp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Government Expenditures as Percentage of GDP</image:title><image:caption>Federal Government Expenditures Share of GDP (1930-2011E), Source: OMB</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/federal-ftes.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Federal FTEs</image:title><image:caption>Federal Full-Time Civilian Employees (1981-2011E), Source: OMB</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/absolute-government-expenditures.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Absolute Government Expenditures</image:title><image:caption>Federal Government Expenditures (1901-2011E), Source: OMB</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-01T17:59:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/05/my-occupy-wall-street-demands/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-12T05:45:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/thurston-and-talbot/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/thurston-and-talbot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thurston and Talbot</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-29T19:51:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/write-for-roarr/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-29T19:47:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/29/roarrs-guiding-principles-part-i-data-driven-decision-making-produces-pragmatic-public-policy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/roarr-matrix1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ROARR Matrix</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/roarr-matrix.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ROARR Matrix</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-01T18:47:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/27/how-will-occupy-wall-street-end-3/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-05T23:11:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/25/americans-distrust-government-disapprove-of-congress/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-28T01:53:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/23/political-orientation-poll/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-24T14:57:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/22/cost-per-job-in-does-loan-program-qualifies-for-one-percent-status/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-20T21:14:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/20/occupy-wall-street-theme-song/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-21T03:40:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/20/who-are-the-one-percent/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-04T02:47:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/20/who-are-the-occupiers/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-04T23:53:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/20/real-world-tea-party/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-23T19:03:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/17/ivory-tower-hypocrisy-at-occupy-los-angeles-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ucla-pay.jpg</image:loc><image:title>UCLA Pay</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Sacramento Bee, U.S. Census Bureau</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-04T00:01:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/18/if-they-had-the-votes-they-wouldnt-need-to-occupy-wall-street/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-20T14:11:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/16/ivory-tower-hypocrisy-at-occupy-los-angeles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ivory-tower-hypocrisy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ivory Tower Hypocrisy</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://www.facebook.com/occupyLA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-19T02:11:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/15/occupy-wall-street-understanding-the-movement/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-26T02:59:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/13/friday-fight-at-occupy-wall-street/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-14T03:24:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/12/foreclosure-on-wall-street-west-fizzles/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fwsw-closer-to-wells.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FWSW Closer to Wells</image:title><image:caption>Close up of Protestors at Wells Fargo Bank, Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fwsw-birds-in-the-sky.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FWSW Birds in the Sky</image:title><image:caption>Media o Police Chopper in Observing Protest, Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/fww-mobbing-media-van.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FWW Mobbing Media Van</image:title><image:caption>Protestors Mobbing Media Van for More Attention, Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/foreclosure-on-wall-street-west.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Foreclosure on Wall Street West</image:title><image:caption>Foreclosure on Wall Street West Propoganda Posters, Source: http://www.foreclosewallst.org/en/</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-13T02:44:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/10/we-are-the-insert-number-percent-who-occupy-insert-location/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/ows-sex.png</image:loc><image:title>OWS-Sex</image:title><image:caption>People engaging in sexual demonstration at OWS protest, Source: toddkinsey.com; Note: This photo replaces a prior image of a young male defecating on a burning American flag that toddkinsey.com erroneously attributed to OWS protestors. The male in question defiled the American flag at a 2007 anti-war protest.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/downwithevilcorporations.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DownwithEvilCorporations</image:title><image:caption>Source: Power Line via Facebook</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/occupywallstreetprotestorscrapsonamericanflag.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OccupyWallStreetProtestorsCrapsonAmericanFlag</image:title><image:caption>Occupy Wall Street Protestor Defecates on Burning American Flag, Source: toddkinsey.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/occupysesamestburt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OccupySesameStBurt</image:title><image:caption>Source: Tauntr.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/53percentphoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>53percentphoto</image:title><image:caption>Source: the53.tumblr.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-13T04:48:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/12/occupussies-moniker-for-multi-tentacled-movement/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-15T14:56:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/08/a-proposal-for-a-more-rational-jobs-bill/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-12T14:21:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/05/chance-of-obama-election-victory-less-than-even/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/obama-intrade.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Obama Intrade</image:title><image:caption>Source: Intrade.com</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-10-08T21:55:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/10/04/whats-your-economic-outlook/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/next-generation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Next Generation</image:title><image:caption>Source: The New York Times</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/economy-next-year.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Economy Next Year</image:title><image:caption>Source: The New York Times</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/upcoming-spending.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Upcoming Spending</image:title><image:caption>Source: The New York 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Berkeley</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/berkeley-admissions-white-asian.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Berkeley Admissions White Asian</image:title><image:caption>Fall Admissions by Ethnicity, Source: University of California at Berkeley</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-29T05:27:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/09/27/rick-perrys-republican-class-warfare/</loc><lastmod>2011-09-29T04:45:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/09/25/obamas-buffett-rule-good-politics-bad-economics/</loc><lastmod>2011-10-04T03:26:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/09/24/press-recession-mentions-presage-recessions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/the-economist-recession-chart.gif</image:loc><image:title>The Economist Recession Chart</image:title><image:caption>Source: The 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in Numbers What's Changed</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-11T22:36:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/09/10/911-in-numbers-part-ii-climate-and-energy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/911-in-numbers-energy-and-climate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>911 in Numbers Energy and Climate</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-11T01:54:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/09/09/911-in-numbers-part-i-the-u-s-military/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/911-in-numbers-us-military5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>911 in Numbers US 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Military</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/911-in-numbers-us-military.jpg</image:loc><image:title>911 in Numbers US 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vs. Obama Housing Starts July 2011</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Census Bureau</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/bush-vs-obama-housing-starts-july-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs. Obama Housing Starts July 2011</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Census Bureau</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-09-11T13:50:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/31/solyndra-another-one-bites-the-dust/</loc><lastmod>2011-09-01T05:25:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/31/ron-paul%e2%80%99s-galveston-model-for-a-new-america/</loc><lastmod>2011-09-05T06:29:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/30/armchair-quarterbacking-in-new-jersey/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-31T05:53:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/29/proving-obama-is-a-failed-president/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-31T05:23:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/28/could-michele-bachmann-really-bring-back-2-gasoline/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/breakdown_regular_gasoline-large.gif</image:loc><image:title>breakdown_regular_gasoline-large</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-14T02:48:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/27/conflict-correlated-with-climate/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-31T05:19:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/27/why-is-jon-huntsman-running-for-president/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-31T05:20:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/26/rising-inequality-and-associative-mating/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-31T05:22:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/25/leadership-is-not-for-the-lazy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/von-mansteins-matrix.jpg</image:loc><image:title>von Manstein's Matrix</image:title><image:caption>Source: Henrik Bering via Field Marshal Erich von Manstein</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-05-22T15:55:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/23/why-conservatives-are-cautious-about-climate-change/</loc><lastmod>2011-12-27T13:57:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/21/is-the-libyan-war-over-not-by-a-long-shot/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-22T06:06:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/21/are-conservatives-more-patriotic-than-liberals/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/military-political-status-poll.gif</image:loc><image:title>Military Political Status Poll</image:title><image:caption>Source: Gallup</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/military-gallup-poll.gif</image:loc><image:title>Military Gallup Poll</image:title><image:caption>Source: Gallup</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-24T23:07:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/20/strife-in-the-sinai-is-egypts-and-israels-peace-at-an-end/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-24T02:32:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/19/bush-vs-obama-failed-banks/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bush-vs-obama-failed-banks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Failed Banks</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from FDIC data</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2017-04-07T12:21:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/18/bush-vs-obama-bankruptcies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bush-vs-obama-bankruptcy-filings.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Bankruptcy Filings</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from the United States Courts website</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-11-11T12:28:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/17/another-strike-from-another-industry-in-secular-decline/</loc><lastmod>2011-11-16T20:08:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/16/regulatory-uncertainty-in-the-obama-administration-part-iii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bowlmor-job-loss.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bowlmor Job Loss</image:title><image:caption>Source: Bowlmor Lanes Congressional Testimony</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-02T02:57:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/15/game-theory-for-middle-eastern-dictators/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/game-theory-for-middle-eastern-dictators.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Game Theory for Middle Eastern Dictators</image:title><image:caption>Source: Photos from BBC</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-18T02:17:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/06/felling-pharaohs-the-beatings-continue-because-morale-has-not-improved/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/1-saudi-security_570729s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1-Saudi-security_570729s</image:title><image:caption>Saudis Deploy Forces to Northeast in Preparation for "Day of Rage", Source: The Independent</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-14T22:52:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/14/regulatory-uncertainty-in-the-obama-administration-part-ii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ppaca-job-deceleration-vs-gdp-growth-and-sp500.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PPACA Job Deceleration vs. GDP growth and S&amp;P500</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from the Heritage Foundation, BEA, Yahoo! Finance</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ppaca-job-deceleration-vs-gdp-growth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PPACA Job Deceleration vs. GDP growth</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from the Heritage Foundation, BEA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-02T02:55:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/13/freedom-of-expression-fallacy-bart-right-to-suspend-cell-service-to-avert-dangerous-protest/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-15T17:42:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/12/the-president-who-cried-recovery/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-13T19:16:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/07/felling-pharaohs-be-afraid-be-very-afraid-part-v/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/oil-prices.gif</image:loc><image:title>Oil Prices</image:title><image:caption>Oil Price Appreciation, Source: The Economist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-11T06:07:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/10/regulatory-uncertainty-in-the-obama-administration/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/red-tape.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red-tape</image:title><image:caption>Source: Reason.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/us-offshore-rig-count1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>US Offshore Rig Count</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. EIA, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/us-offshore-rig-count.jpg</image:loc><image:title>US Offshore Rig Count</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ppaca-jobs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PPACA Jobs</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Heritage Foundation</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ptc-uncertainty.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PTC Uncertainty</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. EIA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-11-02T02:52:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/11/conservatives-blamed-for-british-barbarism/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-13T00:46:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/10/a-whiff-of-grapeshot-whats-good-enough-for-londonderry-is-good-enough-for-london/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/13vendc3a9miaire.jpg</image:loc><image:title>13Vendémiaire</image:title><image:caption>Source: © Photothèque des Musées de la Ville de Paris/Habouzit for 1987 CAR 5607 NB</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-10T23:53:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/09/bush-vs-obama-food-stamps/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bush-vs-obama-food-stamps-may-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs. Obama Food Stamps May 2011</image:title><image:caption>Food Stamp Recipients, Source: USDA, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-06-18T19:04:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/07/punished-for-being-posh-britain-or-poor-america/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-08T02:51:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/06/spanking-disagreement-leads-to-assault-rifle-ambush-stay-classy-philadelphia/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-09T01:36:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/06/sic-transit-gloria-mundi-sp-lowers-americas-credit-rating/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-10T12:51:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/08/bush-vs-obama-federal-debt/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bush-vs-obama-federal-debt-08042011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs. Obama Federal Debt 08042011</image:title><image:caption>U.S. Federal Debt, Source: U.S Treasury Direct, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-11-14T13:35:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/05/things-my-kids-will-never-learn/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-08T22:27:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/05/obamas-fiftieth-birthday-plenty-of-celebration-no-results/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-05T22:57:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/03/damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-goatsta/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-04T01:46:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/02/medicaid-and-the-irish-republican-army/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-03T19:55:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/01/the-american-devolution/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-03T12:40:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/08/01/the-debt-deal-pros-and-cons/</loc><lastmod>2011-08-05T01:28:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/31/the-beatings-will-continue-until-morale-improves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110730_woc311.gif</image:loc><image:title>20110730_WOC311</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Economist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-03T17:57:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/31/new-fuel-economy-standards-a-good-thing/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/government-programs-for-autos.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Government Programs for Autos</image:title><image:caption>Source: CNN, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-04T01:02:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/30/not-paying-military-if-there-is-no-debt-deal-is-a-bad-idea/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-31T00:34:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/29/how-many-words-do-you-know/</loc><lastmod>2012-12-25T08:34:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/29/top-turkish-generals-resign-en-masse/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-30T03:31:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/27/the-debt-ceiling-and-our-urge-to-destroy-ourselves/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-31T16:02:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/26/african-americans-not-doing-so-well-under-the-first-african-american-president/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-30T00:31:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/24/comic-con-conservative-after-action-review/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/comic-con-2011-peter-dinklage.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comic-Con 2011 Peter Dinklage</image:title><image:caption>Peter Dinklage at Knights of Badassdom Panel, Source: </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/comic-con-2011-supernatural-panel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comic-Con 2011 Supernatural Panel</image:title><image:caption>Supernatural Panel, Source: XXXXXX</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/comic-con-storm-trooper.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comic-Con Storm Trooper</image:title><image:caption>Source: 2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-26T13:28:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/24/comic-con-conservative-an-evening-with-kevin-smith/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/kevin-smith-comic-con-2011-sighting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kevin Smith Comic-Con 2011 Sighting</image:title><image:caption>Source: 2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-24T22:28:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/22/comic-con-conservative-days-1-and-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/he-man-comicon-20111.jpg</image:loc><image:title>He-Man Comicon 2011</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/he-man-comicon-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>He-Man Comicon 2011</image:title><image:caption>Source: 2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ridiculous-line-at-comic-con-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ridiculous Line at Comic Con 1</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ridiculous-line-at-comic-con-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ridiculous Line at Comic Con 2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/comic-con-logo-picture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comic Con Logo Picture</image:title><image:caption>Source: Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ridiculous-line-at-comic-con-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ridiculous Line at Comic Con 3</image:title><image:caption>Source: 2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/comic-con-destroyer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Comic Con Destroyer</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-23T23:53:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/20/not-paying-for-sex-you-soon-will-be/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-22T04:06:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/19/medicaid-and-bob-marley-pharmaceuticals/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-20T21:13:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/21/reagan-vs-obama-unemployment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/reagan-vs-obama-unemployment.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reagan vs. Obama Unemployment</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/reagan-vs-obama-labor-force-participation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Reagan vs. Obama Labor Force Participation</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-06-12T15:33:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/18/carter-vs-obama-unemployment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/carter-vs-obama-unemployment.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carter vs. Obama Unemployment</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/carter-vs-obama-labor-force-participation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carter vs. Obama Labor Force Participation</image:title><image:caption>Labor Force Participation Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-10-18T03:39:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/17/stop-the-insanity-republicans-should-take-the-presidents-deal/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-19T03:17:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/16/filter-bubble-question-what-do-you-get-when-you-google/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-18T14:32:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/15/more-vintage-christie-destiny-should-not-be-determined-by-zip-code/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-16T00:41:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/14/the-future-of-education-the-khan-academy/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-16T04:41:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/13/can-you-add-my-county-southern-california-calls-for-secession/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-15T03:22:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/11/ann-coulter-is-the-andy-kaufman-of-politics/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-15T15:54:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/12/what-do-disruptive-protestors-really-accomplish-hint-the-opposite-of-what-they-intend/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-27T18:41:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/11/california-loan-sharking-another-underhanded-tax-hike/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/california-dmv-legislation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California DMV Legislation</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/california-interest-calculations.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California Interest Calculations</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/california-vehicle-registration-notice.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California Vehicle Registration Notice</image:title><image:caption>Source: Photo by Sean Hazlett</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-12T04:09:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/11/civilization-turns-pinko-commie/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/civ-world.jpg</image:loc><image:title>CIV World</image:title><image:caption>Source: Facebook</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-29T14:34:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/10/plague-year-riveting-novel-about-nanotechnology-gone-awry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/plague-year-score.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Plague Year Score</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/plague-year.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Plague Year</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-12T02:56:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/09/the-connected-states-of-america-data-visualization-for-emerging-american-communities/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/connected-america.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Connected America</image:title><image:caption>Source: MIT</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-11T00:53:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/08/thirty-chernobyls-why-space-weather-matters/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-08T04:27:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/07/tesla-breaking-americas-oil-addiction-with-technology-today/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tesla-program2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TESLA Program</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tesla-program1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TESLA Program</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican					</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tesla-program.jpg</image:loc><image:title>TESLA Program</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-08-17T20:50:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/06/san-francisco-wants-to-ban-pet-ownership/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-07T04:39:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/05/i-only-let-republicans-grope-me/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-07T23:38:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/04/thurston-and-talbot-celebrate-independence-day/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-07T04:35:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/04/remembering-who-we-are-on-our-independence-day/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-04T17:12:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/04/my-fourth-of-july-dilemma/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-05T15:52:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/02/raise-my-taxes-but-first%e2%80%a6/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-03T22:24:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/06/north-korea-to-chair-united-nations-conference-on-disarmament/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-07T04:33:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/03/big-brother-is-here-to-help-california-rolls-out-more-stupid-laws-in-july/</loc><lastmod>2012-10-04T23:58:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/02/jerry-browns-shakedown-californians-to-pay-more-get-less/</loc><lastmod>2011-07-02T16:19:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/05/silence-gop-lies/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/silence-gop-lies.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Silence GOP Lies</image:title><image:caption>Source: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/shumerclasswarfare.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ShumerClassWarfare</image:title><image:caption>Source: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-06T00:22:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/27/rick-perry-and-texas-real-economic-advantage/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-28T01:45:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/25/capitalism-unions-and-offshoring-part-v-offshoring/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/meritocratus-vs-egalitarus-offshoring.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meritocratus vs. Egalitarus Offshoring</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-09T01:04:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/27/an-open-letter-to-aspiring-presidential-candidates-seven-questions/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-29T03:01:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/29/president-obama-releases-oil-from-the-strategic-petroleum-reserve-why/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-30T02:38:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/30/romneycare-pros-and-cons/</loc><lastmod>2012-02-04T02:54:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/07/01/cyber-war-why-click-and-kill-is-the-next-threat-to-modern-civilization/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cyber-war-score.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cyber War Score</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cyber-war.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cyber War</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-02T16:24:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/26/an-open-letter-to-aspiring-presidential-candidates/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/republican-presidential-candidates.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Republican Presidential Candidates</image:title><image:caption>Source: Gallup, Various Political Campaign Websites</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-27T02:41:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/28/capitalism-unions-and-offshoring-part-vii-lessons-learned/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-29T23:42:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/26/capitalism-unions-and-offshoring-part-vi-recession/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/meritocratus-vs-egalitarus-recession.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meritocratus vs. Egalitarus Recession</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-27T22:31:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/24/capitalism-unions-and-offshoring-part-iii-cost-cutting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/meritocratus-vs-egalitarus-cost-cutting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meritocratus vs. Egalitarus Cost Cutting</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican							</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-25T16:33:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/24/capitalism-unions-and-offshoring-part-iv-strike/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/meritocratus-vs-egalitarus-strike.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meritocratus vs. Egalitarus Strike</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-25T16:29:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/24/twilight-in-the-desert-well-documented-warning-on-peak-saudi-oil/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/twilight-in-the-desert-score.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Twilight in the Desert Score</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/twilight-in-the-desert.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Twilight in the Desert</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-29T03:03:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/24/capitalism-unions-and-offshoring-part-ii-workers-of-the-world-unite/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/meritocratus-vs-egalitarus-unionization.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meritocratus vs. Egalitarus Unionization</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-25T18:57:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/24/capitalism-unions-and-offshoring-part-i-a-tale-of-two-firms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/meritocratus-vs-egalitarus-no-unions.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Meritocratus vs. Egalitarus No Unions</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-25T20:13:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/23/christie-scores-legislative-victory-against-public-unions/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-24T17:17:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/22/highway-to-hell-an-anniversary-of-sorts/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-24T03:00:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/21/idiot-proofing-and-our-paternalistic-government-keeping-cretins-alive/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/idiot-proofing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Idiot Proofing</image:title><image:caption>New FDA Cigarette Warning Labels, Source: FDA</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-24T14:52:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/21/huntsman-announces-candidacy-for-president/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-22T01:00:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/23/bush-vs-clinton-unemployment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bush-vs-clinton-unemployment-rate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs. Clinton Unemployment Rate</image:title><image:caption>Unemployment Rate, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/bush-vs-clinton-private-employment.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs. Clinton Private Employment</image:title><image:caption>Total Private Employment, Source: Department of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-20T11:46:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/25/build-a-community-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-xi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/traffic-sources.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Traffic Sources</image:title><image:caption>Source: WordPress, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-21T03:21:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/17/what-the-tea-party-gets-right/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-30T13:40:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/15/household-unions-you-move-we-sue/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-18T02:44:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/15/huntsman-to-declare-candidacy-next-week/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-18T02:48:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/14/who-won-the-republican-primary-debate/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-15T03:12:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/24/will-my-generation-do-better-than-the-last/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-29T03:00:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/16/tax-incentives-work/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-12T20:51:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/21/what-is-fracking/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-22T02:06:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/22/fracking-actors-whine-about-fracking/</loc><lastmod>2012-01-11T22:17:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/11/it-takes-time-to-catch-a-troll/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-12T02:21:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/12/thomas-friedman-and-the-liberal-apocalypse/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-14T03:42:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/20/the-filter-bubble-a-great-book-that-exposes-an-emerging-trend/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/the-filter-bubble-score.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Filter Bubble Score</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/the-filter-bubble.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Filter Bubble</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-22T00:34:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/10/union-thugs-protest-at-wisconsin-event-to-honor-special-olympians/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-11T23:13:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/19/explaining-falling-crime-rates-in-a-struggling-economy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/crime-vs-unemployment.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Crime vs. Unemployment</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/crime-vs-lead-air-quality.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Crime vs. Lead Air Quality</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Census Bureau, EPA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/crime-vs-incarceration.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Crime vs. Incarceration</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Census Bureau</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-19T22:23:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/08/a-great-illustration-of-why-americas-schools-are-failing/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-10T03:17:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/18/an-interesting-take-on-race-politics-and-celebrities-by-andrew-klavan/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-18T19:04:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/17/california-vs-delaware/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-18T02:45:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/07/introducing-roarr-contributor-chris-ladd/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-07T03:01:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/06/remembering-d-day/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-07T02:12:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/07/star-wars-episode-vii-managing-currency-fluctuation-for-the-maximization-of-galactic-trade-efficiencies/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-08T01:56:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/04/big-labor-puts-politics-ahead-of-jobs/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-04T13:53:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/03/romney-is-officially-in/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-05T01:47:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/02/war-experiments-follow-up/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/idaho-female-laptop-google-war-search.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Idaho Female Laptop Google War Search</image:title><image:caption>Idaho Female Google Search for War on Laptop</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/idaho-female-pc-google-war-search.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Idaho Female PC Google War Search</image:title><image:caption>Idaho Female Google Search for War on Personal Computer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/vern-google-war.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Vern Google War</image:title><image:caption>Canadian-based Conservative Google Search on War</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bruce-google-war.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bruce Google War</image:title><image:caption>Oregon-based Conservative Google Search on War</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pino-google-war.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pino Google War</image:title><image:caption>North Carolina-based Conservative Google Search on War</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/reflectionsephemeral-google-war.jpg</image:loc><image:title>reflectionsephemeral Google War</image:title><image:caption>Washington D.C.-based Liberal Google Search for War</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-05T01:38:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/07/are-housing-prices-cheap/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110521_usc752.gif</image:loc><image:title>20110521_usc752</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Economist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-02T02:29:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/09/posts-follow-pareto-not-gaussian-distribution-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-viii/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/not-pay-military-page-views-new.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Not Pay Military Page Views New</image:title><image:caption>Source: WordPress</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bush-vs-obama-blog-stats.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush vs Obama Blog Stats.</image:title><image:caption>Source: WordPress</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pareto-distribution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pareto Distribution</image:title><image:caption>Page Hits vs. Posts Follows Power Law, Not Normal, Distribution, Source: ©Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-10T15:01:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/12/use-multiple-media-to-engage-your-audience-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-ix/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-02T02:27:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/13/generate-unique-and-interesting-content-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-x/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-15T04:19:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/06/more-kafkaesque-tales-about-doing-business-in-california/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-07T03:37:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/30/remembering-jay-on-memorial-day/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-01T23:00:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/11/why-the-right-needs-a-dog-in-the-clean-energy-fight/</loc><lastmod>2011-06-14T23:29:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/31/political-typology/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/political-typology.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Political Typology</image:title><image:caption>Source: Pew Research Center</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-01T17:14:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/30/warming-up-to-huntsman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jon-huntsman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jon Huntsman</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Department of State</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-01T17:15:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/01/take-advantage-of-the-news-cycle-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-vi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sell-to-sucker-stats.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sell to Sucker Stats</image:title><image:caption>Source: WordPress</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-07-30T02:48:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/28/more-ridiculousness-from-right-and-left-wing-punditry/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-30T17:10:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/28/california-releases-130000-prisoners-each-year-an-experts-perspective-with-special-guest-jesse-jannetta-2/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-30T16:06:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/29/iaea-finds-evidence-of-iranian-nuclear-weapons-program/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-29T21:06:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/06/05/leverage-your-personal-and-professional-networks-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-vii/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-27T23:59:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/27/an-experts-perspective-on-california-prisons-with-special-guest-jesse-jannetta/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/jessejannetta.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jesse Jannetta</image:title><image:caption>Source: Jesse Jannetta</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-27T23:41:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/27/obamas-call-for-israel-to-revert-to-its-pre-1967-borders-part-iii-a-political-assessment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110521_israelandpalestine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20110521_IsraelandPalestine</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Economist via Reuters</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-27T12:30:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/26/palin-is-in/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sarah-palin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sarah Palin</image:title><image:caption>Source: Spencer Weiner/Associated Press via The New York Times</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-28T04:30:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/25/quantifying-political-correctness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ngram-melting-pot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ngram Melting Pot</image:title><image:caption>Source: Google Books Ngram Viewer</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ngram-humankind-versus-mankind1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ngram Humankind versus Mankind</image:title><image:caption>Source: Google Books Ngram Viewer</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-30T18:04:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/25/prison-overcrowding-its-like-the-army/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/prison-bunks.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prison Bunks</image:title><image:caption>Source: Monica Almeida/The New York Times</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-25T12:52:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/23/obamas-call-for-israel-to-revert-to-its-pre-1967-borders-part-i/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-25T02:24:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/24/obamas-call-for-israel-to-revert-to-its-pre-1967-borders-part-ii-a-military-assessment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/arab-drive-to-sea-political-map.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arab Drive to Sea Political Map</image:title><image:caption>Source: CIA World Factbook, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/arab-drive-to-the-sea.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Arab Drive to the Sea</image:title><image:caption>Source: Google Maps, Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-25T21:59:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/22/daniels-is-out/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-24T01:57:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/21/war-experiments/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/in-laws-google.jpg</image:loc><image:title>In-Laws Google</image:title><image:caption>Massachusetts Liberal Baby Boomer Resutls for Google Search on War, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hazlett-google-search.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hazlett Google Search</image:title><image:caption>Northern California Conservative Google Search on War, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-22T23:33:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/22/leverage-social-media-as-a-distribution-platform-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-v/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/social-media-distribution.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Social Media Distribution</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-20T02:21:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/20/the-filter-bubble-why-your-internet-reality-may-be-different-from-mine/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-20T16:30:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/02/should-i-buy-a-hybrid-or-an-electric-vehicle-part-vi-fuel-and-electricity-sensitivity-analysis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/leaf-breakeven-fuel-vs-electricity-at-20k-miles.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leaf Breakeven Fuel vs. Electricity at 20k Miles</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/leaf-breakeven-fuel-vs-electricity-at-10k-miles.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leaf Breakeven Fuel vs. Electricity at 10k Miles</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/prius-breakeven-fuel-vs-electricity-at-10k-miles.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prius Breakeven Fuel vs. Electricity at 10k Miles</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-27T04:39:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/01/should-i-buy-a-hybrid-or-an-electric-vehicle-part-v-mileage-and-fuel-sensitivity-analyis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/volt-breakeven-mileage-vs-fuel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Volt Breakeven Mileage vs. Fuel</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tesla-breakeven-mileage-vs-fuel1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tesla Breakeven Mileage vs. Fuel</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/leaf-breakeven-mileage-vs-fuel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leaf Breakeven Mileage vs. Fuel</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican							</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tesla-breakeven-mileage-vs-fuel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tesla Breakeven Mileage vs. Fuel</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/prius-breakeven-mileage-vs-fuel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prius Breakeven Mileage vs. Fuel</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-19T02:11:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/30/should-i-buy-a-hybrid-or-an-electric-vehicle-part-iv-preliminary-results/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/time-to-break-even-analysis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Time to Break Even Analysis</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican, Source: Fueleconomy.gov and company websites</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-19T02:08:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/29/should-i-buy-a-hybrid-or-an-electric-vehicle-part-iii-price-of-fuel-and-annual-mileage/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bottoms-up-analysis1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bottoms Up Analysis</image:title><image:caption>Bottoms-up Analysis</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/google-search-placement.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Google Search Placement</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bottoms-up-analysis.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bottoms Up Analysis</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-19T02:04:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/28/should-i-buy-a-hybrid-or-an-electric-vehicle-part-ii-marginal-price-of-electricity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/personal-utility-use.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Personal Utility Use</image:title><image:caption>Source: PG&amp;E</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pge-rate-structure.jpg</image:loc><image:title>PG&amp;E Rate Structure</image:title><image:caption>Source: PG&amp;E</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/california-retail-gasoline-prices.jpg</image:loc><image:title>California Retail Gasoline Prices</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-19T02:02:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/27/should-i-buy-a-hybrid-or-an-electric-vehicle-part-i/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-19T02:00:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/21/the-butchers-bill/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110507_wom951.gif</image:loc><image:title>20110507_WOM951</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Economist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-25T02:38:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/19/stewart-takes-on-oreilly/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-22T03:57:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/16/whoops-california-to-see-6-6-billion-more-in-revenue-than-expected/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-17T19:38:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/14/mental-masturbation/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-15T16:43:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/14/more-nerd-humor-from-climate-scientists/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-14T16:56:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/13/my-favorite-governor/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-14T17:04:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/17/the-day-bin-laden-died/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/in-the-shadow-of-mount-diablo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>In the Shadow of Mount Diablo</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-30T19:36:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/18/title-for-search-when-you-search-for-a-title-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-iv/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/not-pay-military-page-views-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Not Pay Military Page Views copy</image:title><image:caption>Source: WordPress.com</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/google-military.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Google Military</image:title><image:caption>Source: Google</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/search-engine-volume.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Search Engine Volume</image:title><image:caption>Top Search Engine by Volume (4 Weeks Ending 7 May 2011), Source: Experian Hitwise</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-18T13:01:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/11/afghan-strategic-review-appropriate-in-wake-of-bin-laden-death/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-13T03:08:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/15/race-to-the-bottom-superman-versus-captain-america/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/captamerica_604.jpg</image:loc><image:title>captamerica_604</image:title><image:caption>Source: Marvel Comics/Fox News</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/superman_s_citizenship-sff.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Superman's Citizenship</image:title><image:caption>Source: Time/DC/AP</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-16T17:47:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/12/bin-laden-family-demands-obama-pound-of-flesh/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-14T15:31:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/16/leverage-the-media-to-drive-traffic-to-your-site-ten-lessons-from-four-months-of-blogging-part-iii/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-17T01:54:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/09/obamas-national-mileage-tax-is-a-bad-idea/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-11T07:01:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/11/born-fighting-entertaining-account-of-how-scots-irish-shaped-america/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/born-fighting-score.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Born Fighting Score</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/born-fighting-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Born Fighting 2</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-09-19T02:41:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/08/is-the-next-election-a-lock-for-obama/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-09T02:42:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/10/another-data-point-against-obamacare/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-11T15:35:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/06/topsy-turvy-right-and-left-pundits-on-obamas-decision-not-to-release-bin-laden-photos/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-08T04:09:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/05/obamas-gamble-paid-off-but-it-could-have-turned-out-much-differently/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/desert-one.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Desert One</image:title><image:caption>Debris of a destroyed helicopter in Desert One during the failed rescue, Source: Air and Space Power 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Breakeven Carbon at $50</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/prius-breakeven-carbon-at-25.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prius Breakeven Carbon at $25</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-01-13T00:07:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/05/04/righteous-indignation-entertains-and-rallies-the-troops/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/righteous-indignation-score.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Righteous Indignation Score</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/righteous-indignation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Righteous Indignation</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-05T14:59:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/29/why-harvard-law-school-should-teach-its-lawyers-economics/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/effect-of-tax-increase-on-supply-and-demand.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Effect of Tax Increase on Supply and Demand</image:title><image:caption>Source: Economics by John B. Taylor</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-02T17:58:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/28/an-imams-tips-for-marital-bliss/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-30T03:32:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/25/syrian-crackdown-accelerates/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-29T16:45:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/30/koran-burning-no-worse-than-flag-burning/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-02T02:05:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/23/interesting-interview-of-andrew-breitbart-on-msnbc/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-27T20:26:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/23/california-dreaming-businesses-continue-to-leave-state/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-14T14:58:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/22/offensive-sports-teams-and-cereals-oh-my/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/stanford_tree.jpg</image:loc><image:title>stanford_tree</image:title><image:caption>The Tree, Source: Stanford University</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-23T03:46:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/20/the-wages-of-a-confused-foreign-policy/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-24T03:01:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/21/tax-americana-bread-and-circuses-redux/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/income-share-by-filing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Income Share by Filing</image:title><image:caption>Share of Reported Income, Source: IRS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/income-tax-share-by-filing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Income Tax Share by Filing</image:title><image:caption>Share of Income Tax Receipts, Source: IRS</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-25T03:08:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/21/happy-days-are-here-again-if-you-live-in-washingtons-bubble/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-21T23:05:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/20/the-few-the-proud-the-3111-who-voted-against-tsa-unionization/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-24T03:07:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/20/let-us-not-forget-what-the-next-election-is-about/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-24T02:57:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/20/decision-2012-war-in-the-fifth-domain/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-20T20:29:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/19/poetic-justice-obama-brings-tax-hike-plans-to-silicon-valley/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-22T04:44:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/18/sp-lowers-united-states-debt-outlook-to-negative/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-20T20:49:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/17/obama-administration-continues-pursuit-of-endgame-for-libya/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-18T18:42:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/16/your-airport-security-line-is-about-to-get-a-lot-longer/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-20T02:49:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/16/testosterone-deficit-disorder/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-16T21:30:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/15/movies-left-and-right/</loc><lastmod>2011-05-18T11:48:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/14/california-dreaming-governor-moonbeams-taxation-nirvana/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/fy-2009-state-and-local-tax-burdens.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FY 2009 State and Local Tax Burdens</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Tax Foundation</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-21T00:05:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/13/obama-debt-reduction-speech-rife-with-class-warfare-and-partisanship-but-good-start/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-15T18:54:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/12/grover-norquist-hypocrite-on-ethanol/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/economist-illustration-of-grover-norquist.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Economist Illustration of Grover Norquist</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Economist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-16T09:38:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/12/the-death-of-common-sense/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-13T02:51:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/12/pakistan-is-a-mess/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pakistan-stoning-and-threat-perception.gif</image:loc><image:title>Pakistan Stoning and Threat Perception</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Economist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-12T22:31:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/10/political-compass/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/axeswithnames.gif</image:loc><image:title>axeswithnames</image:title><image:caption>Source: http://politicalcompass.org/test</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/mypolitics.jpg</image:loc><image:title>mypolitics</image:title><image:caption>Source: politicalcompass.org</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-05-11T17:08:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/11/obamas-debt-reduction-plan/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-13T23:31:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/10/my-plan-to-balance-the-budget/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-11T01:25:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/08/not-paying-military-in-shutdown-bad-idea/</loc><lastmod>2012-09-02T19:48:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/09/government-still-growing-even-after-compromise/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-11T18:51:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/08/hope-isnt-helping/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-08T23:50:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/07/budget-impasse-silly-when-put-in-perspective/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-12T19:28:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/06/obama-spoof-getting-more-hits-than-real-obama/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-18T17:30:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/06/americans-have-more-pragmatic-views-on-energy-policy-than-their-leaders-do/</loc><lastmod>2011-09-23T04:08:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/06/a-responsible-endgame-for-libya/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-07T01:59:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/05/who-are-the-libyan-rebels/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/packrebels.jpg</image:loc><image:title>packrebels</image:title><image:caption>Source: Jason Pack, Foreign Policy Magazine</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-05T22:54:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/04/hope-isnt-hiring/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-06T17:12:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/09/decision-points-good-read-bad-style/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/decision-points-rating.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Decision Points Rating</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/decision-points-picture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Decision Points Picture</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-01-01T17:05:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/27/americas-first-clash-with-iran-strategy-light-tactics-heavy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/0061.jpg</image:loc><image:title>America's First Clash with Iran</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/006.jpg</image:loc><image:title>America's First War with Iran</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/americas-first-war-with-iran1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>America's First War with Iran</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/americas-first-war-with-iran.jpg</image:loc><image:title>America's First War with Iran</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-27T17:52:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/05/reining-in-the-red-queen-winning-wars-with-science/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/red-queen-picture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red Queen Picture</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/red-queen-illustration.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Red Queen Illustration</image:title><image:caption>Source: ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-05T03:24:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/04/a-way-out-of-libya-lets-hope-president-obama-takes-it/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-04T03:58:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/04/03/reality-check-for-employment-gains-euphoria/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/joblossespercentmar2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>JobLossesPercentMar2011</image:title><image:caption>Source: calculatedriskblog.com via The Economist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-03T22:53:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/31/falling-for-the-lipstick-and-missing-the-pig-obamas-energy-policy/</loc><lastmod>2011-04-01T17:31:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/30/president-obama-does-something-right-finally/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/persian-gulf-oil-and-conflicts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Persian Gulf Oil and Conflicts</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational 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Iodide</image:title><image:caption>©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/potassium-iodide.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Potassium Iodide</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-17T03:10:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/14/thurston-and-talbot-mitigating-michael-moore/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-14T05:59:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/13/the-vast-right-wing-conspiracy/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-20T19:48:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/12/saudis-shrug-off-day-of-rage-three-strategies-to-suppress-a-revolt-before-it-starts/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-13T17:44:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/10/no-respresentation-with-misrepresentation/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-11T21:47:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/11/smart-money-sells-u-s-treasuries/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-13T14:26:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/08/debunking-peak-phosphorus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hl-phosphate-2010.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HL Phosphate 2010</image:title><image:caption>Hubbert Linearization, Source: Adapted from USGS data, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/usgs-reserve-estimates.jpg</image:loc><image:title>USGS Reserve Estimates</image:title><image:caption>USGS World Rock Phosphate Reserve Estimates, Source: Adapted from USGS</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hl-phosphate-2009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HL Phosphate 2009</image:title><image:caption>Hubbert Linearization, Source: Adapted from USGS Data, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hl-phosphate-best-fit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>HL Phosphate Best Fit</image:title><image:caption>Hubbert Linearization, Source: Adapted from USGS data, ©2011 Reflections of a Rational Republican</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/u-s-peak-phosphorus1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>U.S Peak Phosphorus</image:title><image:caption>U.S. Phosphorus Production vs. Price, Source: Adapted from USGS data</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/u-s-peak-phosphorus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>U.S Peak Phosphorus</image:title><image:caption>U.S. Phoshorus Production vs. Phosphorus Price, Source: Adapted from USGS data</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/phosphate-in-agriculture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Phosphate in Agriculture</image:title><image:caption>Source: Adapted from Novozymes</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-16T22:50:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/23/architecture-of-anarchy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/famine-51.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Famine 5</image:title><image:caption>Source: Reflections of a Rational Republican ©2011</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/famine-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Famine 5</image:title><image:caption>Source: Reflections of a Rational Republican ©2011</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/famine-feedback-loop.gif</image:loc><image:title>Famine Feedback Loop</image:title><image:caption>Source: Reflections of a Rational Republican ©2011</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/famine-feedback-loop1.png</image:loc><image:title>Famine Feedback Loop</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/famine-feedback-loop.png</image:loc><image:title>Famine Feedback Loop</image:title><image:caption>Source: Reflections of a Rational Republican ©2011</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-17T23:02:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/03/the-next-real-estate-bubble-food-price-inflation-strikes-in-the-midwest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/20110304_farms_graphic-popup.jpg</image:loc><image:title>20110304_farms_graphic-popup</image:title><image:caption>Source: The New York Times</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-04T00:31:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/03/01/north-korea-linking-fuel-to-famine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dprk-cereal-yield-and-tractors.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DPRK Cereal Yield and Tractors</image:title><image:caption>Source: World Bank</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dprk-cereal-yield-and-population-growth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DPRK Cereal Yield and Population Growth</image:title><image:caption>Source: World Bank</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dprk-cereal-yield-and-fossil-fuels.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DPRK Cereal Yield and Fossil Fuels</image:title><image:caption>Source: World Bank</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dprk-cereal-yield-and-fertilizer-consumption.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DPRK Cereal Yield and Fertilizer Consumption</image:title><image:caption>Source: World Bank</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-04-28T17:39:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/27/channeling-chris-christie-how-to-handle-public-unions/</loc><lastmod>2011-03-04T07:27:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/26/petroleum-prices-and-peak-oil-edging-towards-a-new-normal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/wti-oil-prices.jpg</image:loc><image:title>WTI Oil Prices</image:title><image:caption>WTI Crude Oil Prices in 2011 dollars, Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gas-receipt-26-february-2011.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gas Receipt 26 February 2011</image:title><image:caption>Source: Reflections of a Rational Republican ©2011</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-19T15:06:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/24/tortoises-trounce-solar-thermal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/caligula.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Caligula</image:title><image:caption>Me and my tank, Caligula - a name that reconciled my love for antiquity and my soldiers' love for Penthouse</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/tortoiseland.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tortoiseland</image:title><image:caption>The National Training Center, Source: Journal of Arid Environments 67 (2006) 165–191</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/desert_tortoise_nps-300x2311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>desert_tortoise_NPS-300x231</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/desert_tortoise_nps-300x231.jpg</image:loc><image:title>desert_tortoise_NPS-300x231</image:title><image:caption>Source: Photo by Beth Jackson: from National Park Service Image Library via Making Tracks</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-03-07T00:04:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/22/the-great-famine-of-2011-food-fossil-fuels-and-fragmentation/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/north_korea_famine_children.jpg</image:loc><image:title>north_korea_famine_children</image:title><image:caption>Source: The Broken Telegraph</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/chart_saudi_oil_production.gif</image:loc><image:title>chart_saudi_oil_production</image:title><image:caption>Source: BP via Fortune and CNN</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2012-03-11T18:14:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/21/february-21-2011-edition-of-anything-goes-carnival-of-politics-is-up/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-22T05:32:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/20/rallying-against-the-red-menace/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/state-unemployment-and-debt-per-capita.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State Unemployment and Debt per Capita</image:title><image:caption>Union Representation vs. State Unemployment and Debt per Capita</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/state-gdp-growth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State GDP Growth</image:title><image:caption>Percentage of Employees Represented by Unions vs. 2009 State Real GDP Growth</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/state-fy12-shortfall.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State FY12 Shortfall</image:title><image:caption>Percentage of Employees Represented by Unions vs. Projected Budget Shortfall</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sovietworkerpropaganda.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SovietWorkerPropaganda</image:title><image:caption>Source:  Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/soviet-capitalist-temptations.jpg</image:loc><image:title>soviet-capitalist-temptations</image:title><image:caption>Source: homepage 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Reagan, Source: Photo/Wikimedia</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ronald_reagan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ronald_reagan</image:title><image:caption>Ronald Reagan, Source: Photo/Wikimedia</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-09T04:31:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/08/middle-eastern-instability-and-the-youth-bulge/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/economist-arab-leage-map.gif</image:loc><image:title>Economist Arab Leage Map</image:title><image:caption>Arab League Demographics, Source: The Economist</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-09T01:28:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/06/felling-pharaohs-be-afraid-be-very-afraid-part-iv/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/hezbollah_395.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hezbollah_395</image:title><image:caption>Hezbollah, Source: Hussein Malla/Associated Press</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/egyptian-pipeline-bombing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Pipeline Explosion</image:title><image:caption>Egypt Pipeline Explosion, Source: Associated Press</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-06T06:54:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/03/felling-pharaohs-be-afraid-be-very-afraid-part-i/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-05T18:59:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/05/felling-pharaohs-be-afraid-be-very-afraid-part-iii/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-04T00:55:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/04/felling-pharaohs-be-afraid-be-very-afraid-part-ii/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-04T00:35:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/02/03/46th-carnival-of-divided-government-is-up/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-03T20:13:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/26/reflections-of-a-rational-republican-passes-1000-page-views/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-26T22:59:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/25/we-do-big-things-rational-republican-reaction-to-2011-state-of-the-union/</loc><lastmod>2011-02-03T20:46:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/24/parting-with-olbermann-not-partisan-just-stone-stupid/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-25T05:03:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/21/predictions-2011-how-are-they-currently-trending/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-21T23:37:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/19/rebuke-of-republican-rejection-of-renewables-not-far-off-the-mark/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-20T07:34:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/14/a-call-to-service-solution-to-partisan-divide/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-14T22:41:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/12/prudent-protectionism-for-american-exceptionalism/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-13T01:34:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/11/smart-meters-stupid-people/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-12T02:10:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/10/mr-kettle-meet-mr-pot-both-right-and-left-guilty-of-targeting-imagery/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/palin-target-map.png</image:loc><image:title>Palin target map</image:title><image:caption>Source: Cleveland Leader</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/democratic-heartland-strategy.gif</image:loc><image:title>Democratic Heartland Strategy</image:title><image:caption>Source: Democratic Leadership Council</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-01-11T22:43:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/08/get-well-gabby/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/giffords.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Giffords</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. House of Representatives</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-01-21T15:47:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/09/please-stick-to-economics-mr-krugman/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-10T08:00:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/07/will-healthcare-law-lower-or-raise-costs/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-10T05:51:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/06/four-pillars-of-spending-cuts-for-deficit-reduction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/percent-of-outlays.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Percent of Outlays</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/percent-of-gdp.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Percent of GDP</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/size-of-government.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Size of Government</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-09T01:30:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/03/shamelessly-peddling-keynesian-economics-again/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-10T08:07:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/05/china%e2%80%99s-cyber-espionage-program-pays-dividends/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/j-20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>J-20</image:title><image:caption>J-20, Source: GlobalSecurity.org</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/f-35.jpg</image:loc><image:title>F-35 Lightning II</image:title><image:caption>F-35, Source: Lockheed Martin photo/Tom Harvey</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/f-22-raptor.jpg</image:loc><image:title>F-22 Raptor</image:title><image:caption>Source: U.S. Department of Defense</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2011-06-02T01:41:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/04/the-politics-of-unemployment-political-parties-and-job-creation/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-05T01:34:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/03/time-to-invest-markets-outperformed-during-the-second-half-of-a-president%e2%80%99s-first-term/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-04T04:37:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/02/senator-lindsey-graham-shows-uncommon-common-sense-and-courage-for-a-politician/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-03T16:36:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/02/think-you-can-make-money-investing-when-your-party-is-in-power-guess-again/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/betting-on-the-senate.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Betting on the Senate</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/betting-on-the-president.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Betting on the President</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/betting-on-the-house.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Betting on the House</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-02-03T21:13:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/01/top-10-predictions-for-2011/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/wall-street.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wall Street</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/hillary-secdef.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hillary SecDef</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/oil-derrick1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oil derrick</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/oil-derrick.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oil derrick</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2011-01-02T01:12:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com/2011/01/01/hello-world/</loc><lastmod>2011-01-01T15:07:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://reflectionsofarationalrepublican.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2025-06-11T21:32:06+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
