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		<title>Editorial: Emanuel was right to sign &#8216;R-word&#8217; pledge</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/05/editorial-emanuel-r-word-pledge-27734/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The editorial board of the Seattle Times says signing the pledge to end the use of the word &#8220;retarded&#8221; was the least Rahm Emanuel could do after he was caught dressing down liberal Democrats by using the term &#8220;F***ing retarded.&#8221; An excerpt: The profanity is not what is shocking, rather the derisive use of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arc CEO: Emanuel&#8217;s private apology to Shriver is not enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s &#8220;Washington Wire&#8221; blog reports that Peter Berns, CEO of The Arc of the United States, is calling on White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to make a public expression of regret for his use of the epithet &#8220;f &#8212; ing retarded.&#8221; The White House has acknowledged that Emanuel used the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House confirms Emanuel used &#8216;R-word&#8217; slur</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABC&#8217;s Jake Tapper, writing on the network&#8217;s &#8216;Political Punch&#8217; blog, says an unnamed White House official confirms that Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel did use the term &#8220;f&#8211;ing retarded&#8221; as an insult at a weekly strategy session last fall, and that he has apologized to the head of the Special Olympics. &#8220;The White House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arc condemns comment attributed to Obama aide, seeks apology</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/27/the-arc-emanuel-27369/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials at The Arc of the United States demanded an apology today following a news report that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel used the epithet &#8220;f&#8211;ing retarded&#8221; to criticize a proposal in a strategy meeting. The advocacy organization said the report in the Wall Street Journal amounted to &#8220;the second  serious verbal miscue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From an embattled White House aide, the &#8216;R-word&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Wallsten of the Wall Street Journal reports that the relationship between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and the President&#8217;s liberal backers has gotten increasingly contentious. Among Wallsten&#8217;s evidence: Emanuel&#8217;s choice of epithet when he heard in a meeting about a plan by liberal Democrats and White House staffers to attack conservative Democrats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: &#8216;No way to refer to the vulnerable&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/18/siegel-intolerance-26822/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Chicago Tribune, Parade Magazine publisher Randolph Siegel lists a few examples of the ways in which people with cognitive impairments are ridiculed in the national media. Here&#8217;s just one: A leading character on HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Curb Your Enthusiasm seduces a character with an intellectual disability, then belittles his victim when she speaks out. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shriver: Special Olympics a &#8216;wake-up call&#8217; for Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/14/shriver-special-olympics-britain-20117/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the [UK] Guardian: Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver, in London in preparation for the GB Summer Games later this month, challenged the UK to do more to support its citizens with disabilities. It is estimated that 8,000 athletes will participate in the games &#8212; far short, Shriver said, of the one million who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNN&#8217;s Jack Cafferty: Obama gaffe was &#8216;stupidest thing &#8230;&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/01/cafferty-obama-13330/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; with video (footage starts at 15:15): While promoting his new book, CNN &#8220;Situation Room&#8221; anchor Jack Cafferty tells Jon Stewart that Barack Obama&#8217;s Special Olympics remark was &#8220;arguably the stupidest thing he&#8217;s ever said&#8230;&#8221; Partial transcript: Jack Cafferty: I like Obama. I think he&#8217;s a bright guy. He&#8217;s the former editor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Op-ed: Banish the word &#8216;retard&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/27/the-r-word-13132/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Chicago Tribune, Maria King Carroll calls for an end to the casual use of the word &#8220;retard&#8221; as an insult.  An excerpt: Banishing this particular word is only one step in the process of humanizing the world for people with disabilities. Many people were offended by President Barack Obama&#8217;s unfortunate remark about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dale defends president&#8217;s gaffe, asks for patience</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/25/kareem-dale-2-12960/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Declines to support full funding for IDEA Kareem Dale, White House special assistant for disability policy, yesterday sought to deflect widespread criticism of the president&#8217;s joke linking his poor bowling score to the Special Olympics. Dale asked the disability community to be patient with the administration without offering specifics about future plans. &#8220;Obviously there was [...]]]></description>
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