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		<title>Things that make your jaw drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been preoccupied with other affairs lately, and haven&#8217;t been much inclined to write blog entries, as the date stamp will attest. However, sometimes events crop up in ways that just demand to be shared and commented upon.
Two news stories this week converged (at least in my mind) to compel the question:  just how do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franken heads to the Senate!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally. After six months of tedious delay, Al Franken will be sworn in to the U.S. Senate seat once held by Paul Wellstone. The fact that he beat incumbent Norm Coleman (albeit by the slenderest of margins, roughly 0.01%) was confirmed unanimously by the Minnesota Supreme Court, Coleman finally conceded the inevitable, and Gov. Tim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Specter of change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My immediate reaction yesterday when I heard the news report that Sen. Arlen Specter had changed his party affiliation from (R) to (D):  a shouted &#8220;Yes!&#8221; and a fist pump. 
Beyond that, almost everything has already been said in the media whirlwind of the last 24 hours, but I thought I&#8217;d share a little personal perspective [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving on into the new year</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/01/moving-on-into-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry I haven&#8217;t posted for a few days. But the holiday interregnum is now well and truly over, and the ordinary part of winter has commenced. Kids are back in school, the full staff is back in the office, and as of today the new Congress has been sworn in.
(Of course, that last part took [...]]]></description>
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