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		<title>&#8220;And there was no one left to speak for me&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, there was this protest  in my fair city this weekend. &#8220;Against what? What are they so angry about?&#8221; asked a doe-eyed college kid on the metro &#8220;Everything,&#8221; replied my love. &#8220;Ask a different one, get a different answer.&#8221; &#8220;Oh,&#8221; said the student, playing with her &#8220;peaceful co-existence&#8221; button. At first I was annoyed &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Good, The Bad, and the Purple</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Read to the end for a tearjerking video on this one: our better angels, from the sea of purplegate.] It was a glorious day, a hopeful day, a chilly day, and alas, for many, a teary day and &#8220;not for the reasons&#8221; they&#8217;d hoped. So explains my pal, Alison, one of the infamous &#8220;Purplegaters&#8221; &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration Express</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I promise to stop with the Obamarama&#8230;. soon. Not quite yet. Today, what made me cry, watching the Obama Express whistlestop tour&#8217;s stop in Baltimore: people clapping and yelling for the Pledge of Allegiance. The PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I mean first of all, they knew and recited the words en masse, with feeling, unprompted. Maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re getting ready. Okay, we&#8217;re not ready. But we&#8217;re trying. Like really hard. Photo &#8220;Inaugural preparations&#8221; by adamsjp2010,published on Flickr. Yesterday during the morning commute there was: a water main break (yah. a. gain) that stranded folks for two hours, a &#8220;suspicious package&#8221; that shut down a Red Line station and part of one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politically. Correct.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh Hai. Remember me? Probably not, save the five of you faithful friends who keep checking lo these many weeks. And mom. Hi mom! Shout out to mom!!! Anywho, it&#8217;s been more than a month I&#8217;m sad to say and I don&#8217;t even have a good excuse. Just&#8230; well&#8230; life.  In a good way, life [...]]]></description>
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