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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/northkingletters/~4/FwAXXTVRcCQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bothell-reporter.com/opinion/letters/138586424.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>When freedom of speech goes too far | Letter</title><link>http://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/northkingletters/~3/BIGj8E_ELJc/137526458.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:57:49 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bothell-reporter.com/opinion/letters/137526458.html</guid><description>Outside the U.S. Post Office in Bothell Tuesday, there were two men standing outside the door holding “Impeach Obama” signs. At first, I was all for their practice of their right to free speech, I remember seeing the same thing during the Bush Administration. But then I saw the picture of Obama with a Hitler mustache and felt sick to my stomach. Apparently some people don’t know when to keep their sick thoughts in their own heads.
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/northkingletters/~4/BIGj8E_ELJc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bothell-reporter.com/opinion/letters/137526458.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Resident is worried about The Paradise Espresso stand | Letter</title><link>http://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/northkingletters/~3/MyE4QdeDGTY/137323683.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:57:49 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bothell-reporter.com/opinion/letters/137323683.html</guid><description>There are several reasons to worry about The Paradise Espresso stand located just south of Country Village.
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/northkingletters/~4/FwAXXTVRcCQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.bothell-reporter.com/opinion/letters/138586424.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>When freedom of speech goes too far | Letter</title><link>http://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/northkingletters/~3/BIGj8E_ELJc/137526458.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:57:50 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bothell-reporter.com/opinion/letters/137526458.html</guid><description>Outside the U.S. Post Office in Bothell Tuesday, there were two men standing outside the door holding “Impeach Obama” signs. At first, I was all for their practice of their right to free speech, I remember seeing the same thing during the Bush Administration. But then I saw the picture of Obama with a Hitler mustache and felt sick to my stomach. Apparently some people don’t know when to keep their sick thoughts in their own heads.
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