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		<title>In response to your questions &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/08/in-response-to-your-questions-27837/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of readers have asked where they can write with complaints about Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s repeated use of the word &#8220;retard&#8221; on his national radio broadcast last week. (The full transcript is here.)
Here are some possibilities: You may contact the company that syndicates the program; the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which grants permission for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNL skit lampoons Emanuel, &#8216;R-word,&#8217; Palin</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/08/snl-skit-lampoons-emanuel-27814/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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Video from NBC&#8217;s Saturday Night Live. (Warning: Offensive language is bleeped out, but is still obvious.)
Comic Andy Samberg, playing White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, offered an &#8220;even-tempered apology&#8221; to Americans for his use of the term &#8220;f&#8211;ing retarded&#8221; to describe liberal Democrats in a strategy session. The apology started out quietly, then quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arc to Limbaugh: Meet with us</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/08/the-arc-to-limbaugh-27799/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a letter signed by CEO Peter V. Berns, the Arc of the United States has invited talk show host Rush Limbaugh to meet personally with a group of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their parents and siblings to discuss his repeated use of the word &#8220;retard&#8221; on a recent radio broadcast.
An excerpt:
Self-advocates, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin withdraws criticism of Limbaugh over &#8216;R-word&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/08/palin-withdraws-criticism-of-limbaugh-27795/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Politicsdaily.com, Miami Herald:
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Sarah Palin withdrew her earlier mild criticism of Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s repeated use of the word &#8216;retard&#8217; on his nationally syndicated radio show last week. She said she found his remarks &#8220;hysterical&#8221; and characterized them as &#8220;satire.&#8221;
In response to earlier questioning about Limbaugh&#8217;s broadcast, a Palin spokeswoman had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critical praise for HBO&#8217;s &#8216;Temple Grandin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/07/critical-praise-for-hbos-temple-grandin-27783/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mind so different, by Dorothy Rabinowitz in the Wall Street Journal. An excerpt:
The story of Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism at age 4 and in time a symbol of hope for the afflicted, has made its way to the screen with spellbinding results.
&#8230; there is Claire Danes in the title role, prime cause of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More colleges serving students with intellectual disabilities</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/07/college-programs-intellectual-disabilities-27770/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Charleston, SC, Post and Courier:
Four universities in South Carolina are now offering courses of study for students with intellectual disabilities. The programs allow students to enroll in some mainstream college classes, and will offer some separate independent living and vocational classes.
Proponents of on-campus programs for students with intellectual disabilities say they help disabled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shriver says he&#8217;s &#8216;incredulous&#8217; at Limbaugh&#8217;s use of &#8216;R-word&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/05/shriver-limbaugh-27744/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the text of Tim Shriver&#8217;s letter inviting Rush Limbaugh to join the campaign to end the use of the words &#8220;retard&#8221; and &#8220;retarded&#8221; as epithets. The letter from the Special Olympics chairman follows a national radio broadcast in which Limbaugh repeatedly used the word &#8220;retard&#8221;, and referred to the President&#8217;s meeting with disability advocates [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/05/editorial-emanuel-r-word-pledge-27734/#comments</comments>
		<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 word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columnist on Emanuel and &#8216;R-word&#8217;: Get over it</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/05/columnist-on-r-word-get-over-it-27727/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/05/columnist-on-r-word-get-over-it-27727/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Dallas Morning News, Mark Davis says the current political &#8220;firestorm&#8221; over Rahm Emanuel&#8217;s use of the word &#8220;retard&#8221; is just an overreaction. An excerpt:
Emanuel had no more intent to actually malign the mentally challenged than my friends and I did when we called each other the R-word in the 1960s. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin, Limbaugh skirmish over &#8216;R-word&#8217; &#8212; or do they?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/05/palin-limbaugh-skirmish-or-do-they-27717/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Washington Post Company&#8217;s Plum Line blog, Greg Sargent reported that Sarah Palin, through a spokesperson, attacked Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s repeated use of the word &#8220;retard&#8221; on his radio broadcast as &#8220;crude and demeaning.&#8221;
In response to a query about Limbaugh&#8217;s comments, Sargent wrote, he got the following email response from Palin spokesperson Meghan Stapleton:
“Governor Palin [...]]]></description>
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