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		<title>Political Commentary #009 – Proof that Congress Can’t Read</title>
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		<title>Political Commentary #008 – A Promise from the Internet</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. President, are you going to do the right thing with THIS hot potato, or are you going to burn your hands ... again?]]></description>
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		<title>Human Commentary #002 – Unconditional … What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus answering a man in the back of the crowd: "No, Love doesn't cost anything. No ... no, it can't be used as a weapon." (Pause.) The man: "What ELSE do you have?"]]></description>
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		<title>Human Commentary #001 – A Better Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[futility]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Philanthropy!? Be realistic, son. Go back to law school. There's no money in philanthropy.]]></description>
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		<title>Gratitude for Significant Trivialities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[big box store]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shopping cart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.danielbrenton.com/?p=813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See this shopping cart?

I am grateful for this shopping cart. Not just for shopping carts, but this shopping cart, specifically. I latched on to this one in the parking lot of the neighborhood big box store a week ago, and after I was done with it I just knew I'd be writing this.

(Seriously.)

No, it didn't hold the most exciting purchase I ever made, win the war against terrorism, or even save my life. However ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are Our Freedoms Being Stolen … Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Living Authentically]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[December, 2010: the middle eastern nation of Tunisia erupted in protests against a corrupt and oppressive government, arguably the first bloom of the "Arab Spring." As the rest of the world watched, mesmerized, the drama unfolded, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was thrown out, and the subsequent interim government went through several upheavals.

I remember, shortly after Tunisia's Ben Ali was ousted, I had an errant thought: could this happen here?]]></description>
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		<title>Trouble Behind, Trouble Ahead: SOPA/Protect IP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.danielbrenton.com/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you can see, I've taken back the header to my blog, which has been obscured by a black banner with the words "Stop Censorship," which in turn linked to the Stop American Censorship site.

Am I done with that issue?

In a word, ha!]]></description>
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		<title>SOPA/Protect IP: A Call to Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a blogger? Do you run a business that is supported all or in part by the internet?

The makers of the software that most of you use, WordPress, has stood up and urged users to stand in opposition to these laws.

Did you see it?]]></description>
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		<title>Political Commentary #007 – Something about Harry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Reid, what part of &#160;&#9608;&#9608;&#9608;&#9608;&#9608;&#9608;&#9608;&#9608;&#9608;&#9608;&#160;don't you understand?]]></description>
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		<title>Political Commentary #006 – Pledging to … What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 02:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I remember that pledge. What was it to again?]]></description>
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