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	<description>Deirdré Straughan on Italy, India, the Internet, and the world</description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m Volunteering for Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2008/10/18/why-im-volunteering-for-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I asked campaign volunteers in Westminster, Colorado, why they are dedicating so much time to getting Barack Obama elected. Here are their answers.]]></description>
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		<title>The Streets of Colorado</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2008/10/17/the-streets-of-colorado/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, a cold, dreary fall day in this part of Colorado, I went out canvassing to find out who&#8217;s going to vote for Obama. I arrived at the local HQ (a storefront in a strip mall near a Costco) around noon. A guy explained to me at length what I was supposed to do, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans&#8217; Phobia of Socialized Medicine</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2008/10/11/americans-phobia-of-socialized-medicine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am baffled by the people I encounter in this country who think that &#8220;socialized medicine&#8221; is evil. I&#8217;m not sure how they arrive at this conclusion. It seems that, for some, anything they can label &#8220;socialist&#8221; is automatically frightening. But we have state-run fire and police departments and military (among many other things), and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Phone for Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2008/10/10/on-the-phone-for-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent an instructive couple of hours this evening making phone calls on behalf of the Obama campaign. Yes, I am one of those annoying people who interrupts your dinner to ask who you&#8217;ll be voting for. (I&#8217;m in Colorado, one of the few states where the answer actually matters.) I&#8217;ve had a fear of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conversation with My Daughter</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2008/08/28/conversation-with-my-daughter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<title>Popular: Barack and Hillary</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2008/07/17/popular-barack-and-hillary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2008/07/17/popular-barack-and-hillary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first foray into political satire. What do you think? download for iPod]]></description>
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		<title>Foresight</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/07/26/foresight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart&#8217;s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.&#8221; H.L. Mencken, July 26, 1920]]></description>
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		<title>Someone Remind Me &#8211; Why Am I Paying US Taxes?</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/07/26/someone-remind-me-why-am-i-paying-us-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/07/26/someone-remind-me-why-am-i-paying-us-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US is one of the few countries in the world that requires its citizens to pay income tax no matter where they are actually living. I&#8217;m beginning to wonder why I bother. I am dubious that the Social Security system will be worth much by the time I retire, and I won&#8217;t be in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crimes of Opinion</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/02/23/comment-onadd-to-crimes-of-opinion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2006/02/23/comment-onadd-to-crimes-of-opinion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italy&#8217;s Laws on Opinions You&#8217;re Not Free to State Italian law on &#8220;crimes of opinion&#8221; has recently (Jan 25th) been revised as follows (excerpted and translated from here): &#8220;&#8230;Safeguarding of [all] faiths, instead of [just] the state religion [i.e., Catholicism] &#8230;Article 404 &#8211; (Offenses against a religious faith by means of vilipendio [~insult] or damage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2004/09/16/pirate-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beginningwithi.com/comments/2004/09/16/pirate-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deirdre Straughan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Usenet, that free-for-all haven of digital pirates, is an interesting place to observe grassroots political opinion. Generally, any new movie is uploaded (made available, illegally that is) for only a week or two around its release date, but &#8220;Fahrenheit 9/11&#8243; has been uploaded over and over again for months. Michael Moore has said that [...]]]></description>
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