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	<title><![CDATA[Frank: Pot, Online Gambling Better Than Wall Street Gambling]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/24/frank-pot-online-gambling_n_191038.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>There's freedom, and then there's "total freedom," Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told a right-wing news service, <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47107">CNSNews.com</a>, on Friday, engaging the <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0409/Frank_Legalize_pot_poker__but_not_total_freedom_.html#comments">outlet in a debate</a> about personal responsibility. </p>

<p>For Frank, the free exercise of individual choice is legitimate, and should be made legal, as long as those decisions don't harm the broader population. "I would let people gamble on the Internet," Frank said. "I would let adults smoke marijuana. I would let adults do a lot of things,...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-04-24T10:38:00-04:00</date_published>
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