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	<title>The Meaning of Existence (and all that)</title>
	
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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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		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbying]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, I remember that pledge. What was it to again?]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Walt: SOPA/Protect IP and the Walt Disney Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Walt --

Now, I realize you're dead, but I've got something to say to you.

Over the last few weeks, I've been watching two companion pieces of legislation move through the House and the Senate -- SOPA in the House, and PIPA in the Senate.

Just think of it as "catching up with China," and you'll have the idea.]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Oppose SOPA/Protect IP</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.danielbrenton.com/?p=798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Others have expressed with great authority and eloquence on the evils of the SOPA/Protect IP. Here, though, is why I feel so strongly.]]></description>
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		<title>Political Commentary #005 – “Dear Washington …”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.danielbrenton.com/?p=797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some guests just won't take the hint that it's time to go home.]]></description>
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		<title>SOPA/Protect-IP – Round 2: Call Your Senator Day</title>
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		<comments>http://www.danielbrenton.com/2011/11/29/sopaprotect-ip-round-2-call-your-senator-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blacklisting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-Parasite Act]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.danielbrenton.com/?p=795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Call your senators today to oppose the legislation that will break the internet.]]></description>
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		<title>Political Commentary #004 – A Good Idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.danielbrenton.com/?p=794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have seen the future ... and it's a lot more red than I'd care for.]]></description>
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		<title>Oppose American Censorship — Oppose SOPA/Protect-IP</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Brenton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've censored my site ... for a good reason: learn about the U.S. Government's latest effort to censor the internet.]]></description>
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