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	<title>Chaos, Reason, &amp; Hope</title>
	
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	<description>A few thoughts from Lorenzo</description>
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		<title>Barack promised change — and sure enough, things changed for the worse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Joe Bageant, DECEMBER 08, 2009) [CLICK the above credit line for the full article] [NOTE by Lorenzo: I strongly urge you to click the above link and read this entire essay. The following is a quote from the end of the article.] George W. Bush left office wearing the same smirk he came in with. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unstable Iraq May Draw Obama Back to War</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Iraq]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, August 31, 2010) [CLICK the above credit line for the full article] Obama treated the war in Iraq as if it were a minor, tactical disagreement, rather than a fundamental, black and white difference between two irreconcilable views. &#8220;I am mindful that the Iraq war has been a contentious issue at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Putin = Stalin? … No freedom in Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Fred Weir, CS Monitor, August 31, 2010 ) [CLICK the above credit line for the full article] Defying a warning from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that anybody trying to stage unsanctioned political rally would be &#8220;beaten on the head&#8221; by police, hundreds of mainly youthful protesters showed up Tuesday night at Moscow&#8217;s fenced-off and police-barricaded Triumph [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Video from the 2010 Burning Man Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.lorenzohagerty.com/blog/?p=234</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<title>5 Things the Corporate Media and Government Don’t Want You to Know About Marijuana</title>
		<link>http://www.lorenzohagerty.com/blog/?p=233</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Drugs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Paul Armentano, AlterNet, August 29, 2010) [CLICK the above credit line for the full article] 1. Long-term marijuana use is associated with lower risks of certain cancers, including head and neck cancer. 2. Most Americans acknowledge that pot is safer than booze. 3. The enforcement of marijuana laws is racially discriminatory. 4. Marijuana may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifting, why Burning Man is different</title>
		<link>http://www.lorenzohagerty.com/blog/?p=231</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t confuse &#8220;gifting&#8221; with &#8220;barter&#8221;. They are vastly different. And here is a good overview video from last year&#8217;s burn: And here was my 2006 Burningman gift, the Palenque Norte lectures: linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";]]></description>
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		<title>One of Lorenzo’s Navy Stories</title>
		<link>http://www.lorenzohagerty.com/blog/?p=228</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slides from this video may be found at: apache67.blogspot.com linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";]]></description>
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		<title>‘Worst Bush-era policies’ becoming the ‘new normal’: ACLU</title>
		<link>http://www.lorenzohagerty.com/blog/?p=226</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bill of Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush Crime Family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(ACLU Report, July 2010) [CLICK the above credit line for the full article] President Obama will be in office at least through 2012, and perhaps through 2016. But the policies the Obama administration pursues on the issues discussed in this report will have implications that will extend far beyond this presidency. That is why it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Obama lie or just change his mind?</title>
		<link>http://www.lorenzohagerty.com/blog/?p=225</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[War on Afghanistan]]></category>

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		<title>Coincidence?: 6 of the 10 richest counties in U.S. are in DC area</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorenzo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(: David Sherfinski, Washington, March 10, 2010) [CLICK the above credit line for the full article] Loudoun ranks as the richest county in the United States, immediately followed by Fairfax and Howard counties, while Montgomery, traditionally one of the wealthiest, is now 10th. . . . Forbes magazine ranked eight other Washington-area counties in its [...]]]></description>
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