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	<title>Cafe Bucky &#187; Political</title>
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	<description>Daniel&#039;s Cup Of Coffee</description>
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		<title>Go Colin!</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2008/10/19/go-colin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am thrilled that Colin Powell endorsed Obama!
I would love to see Colin reprise his role as Secretary of State.
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		<title>Dont Vote (video)</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2008/10/02/dont-vote-video/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2008/10/02/dont-vote-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Quote From Anne Rice</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2005/09/03/quote-from-anne-rice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Anne Rice writes in tomorrow&#8217;s edtion of the New York Times about New Orleans (Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans?):

But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us. You looked down on us; you dismissed our victims; you dismissed us. You want our Jazz Fest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Londinium</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2005/07/07/londinium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s been a bittersweet day for London, with the morning after glow of winning the 2012 Olympics, and then this &#8230; How cowardly to bomb innocent commuters!  My heart goes out to the people in London and the UK.


My own personal experience with Londoners tells me that this will not deter their daily routines. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buy Blue This Christmas!</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/12/14/buy-blue-this-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/12/14/buy-blue-this-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you buying from companies that use their profits to finance the GOP?
It doesn&#8217;t always have to be that way, ya know&#8230;
Check out the company lists at Buy Blue
Hmm, Starbucks, Jet Blue, and Netflix.. yeah, I could say that I&#8217;ve given those guys quite a bit of business :-)
&#8230; and fuck off, Wal Mart.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bizarre Political Thought</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/11/13/a-bizarre-political-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/11/13/a-bizarre-political-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2004 02:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if the qualifications for President could be changed, but only in one way for the time being?  (and by some sprinkling of political fairy dust, you had some input into the choice&#8230;)
And it was a choice between:
* letting foreign born leaders be eligible (such as Arnold Schwarzenegger)
* or letting someone run for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;In The Warm California Sun</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/11/07/in-the-warm-california-sun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/11/07/in-the-warm-california-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2004 17:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought about what I might write about the election.  It&#8217;s easier for me to say that I agree with many opinions I&#8217;ve seen in the New York Times, on Salon, and elsewhere.   Michael Moore had a good piece entitled &#8220;17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists&#8221;.  John Perry Barlow wrote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-Day</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/11/02/e-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/11/02/e-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2004 16:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-Day.  The most important election I&#8217;ve seen in my 43 years.
I went to a place like this:

To vote like this:

Because I&#8217;m actually thinking about the right thing to do for the next generation, and they look like this:

(I wish Sophia could vote.   She has so much more sense than some that are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike&#8217;s Message, Or The New Yorker (take your pick)</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/11/01/mikes-message-or-the-new-yorker-take-your-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/11/01/mikes-message-or-the-new-yorker-take-your-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 22:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-11-01
and if you want something more suitable for tea in the parlor:
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?041101ta_talk_editors
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		<title>Mosh Or Die</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/10/30/mosh-or-die/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/10/30/mosh-or-die/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2004 05:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually don&#8217;t care for rap, but I&#8217;m sure going to point at Eminem&#8217;s video: Mosh
Time to send the Cowboy home to Texas.
(and an update &#8211; very good analysis at: DailyKOs.com )
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		<title>Why Is Ralph Still In The Race?</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/10/08/why-is-ralph-still-in-the-race/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/10/08/why-is-ralph-still-in-the-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2004 17:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back, February if you&#8217;d like to be picky, I wrote &#8220;Would Nader Please Fader?&#8221;.  In it, I briefly expressed the hope that Ralph would butt out, for the good of the country.
Who knew back then that the race would be so close now?
Ralph Nader!  Leave the race!  Put ego aside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Daniel Smith, and I approved this blog posting</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/10/04/im-daniel-smith-and-i-approved-this-blog-posting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/10/04/im-daniel-smith-and-i-approved-this-blog-posting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t wait for the rest of the presidential debates to take place.  I&#8217;m hoping that Cheney shows his true (mean) self.  Not that Edwards needs help.  I&#8217;m expecting Edwards to more than hold his own.
If you are so inclined to listen to the first debate again, you can get it from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Lawn</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/08/30/the-great-lawn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/08/30/the-great-lawn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Sunday was a full day for me, ranging from the late night still air of Petaluma, to the humidity and activity of the protesters who made their way up to Central Park&#8217;s Great Lawn.


5 pm.  Just back in the City from JFK.  Let&#8217;s drop the luggage at the apt and take a walk&#8230;



I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tin soldiers and Cheney&#8217;s comin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/08/23/tin-soldiers-and-cheneys-comin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/08/23/tin-soldiers-and-cheneys-comin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the moment, I&#8217;m sitting in quiet, misty morning Petaluma, light-years away from the Beltway.  Next Sunday I fly to my other place in NYC (where I work), which will be a maelstrom of political activity leading into the RNC.  Include me out.  I&#8217;m a democrat, interested in hearing energetic speeches from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You have the right to &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/05/23/you-have-the-right-to/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/05/23/you-have-the-right-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2004 16:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;You have the right to free speech, as long as, you&#8217;re not dumb enough to actually try it&#8221; &#8211; The Clash


Seen On Lisa Rein&#8217;s Radar (this entry not for the kids) &#8211; Eric Idle presents &#8230; The FCC Song


Catchy Ditty.  Won&#8217;t ever hit the top 40 though :-)
]]></description>
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		<title>Would Nader Please Fader?</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/02/22/would-nader-please-fader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2004/02/22/would-nader-please-fader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the &#8220;oh, not that again!&#8221; department &#8230;
Ralph Nader is running for President again.  We all know how that turned out last time, with the election of Dubya.  Gee thanks Ralph.
For the good of the country, I would hope that Ralph sees sense (sooner rather than later), and urges his supporters to cast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lombard and Chagall</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2003/08/31/lombard-and-chagall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2003/08/31/lombard-and-chagall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 06:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We drove to the City (that would be San Francisco) today to go see the Marc Chagall exhibit at the SFMOMA.
We had a friend of my daughter with us, and she had never been down the Twisty Bit of Lombard Street.  That&#8217;s excuse enough for me.  I am always into the Autocross aspect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewriting Bush&#8217;s Quote (looting)</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2003/04/11/rewriting-bushs-quote-looting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2003/04/11/rewriting-bushs-quote-looting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2003 03:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
From CNN.com&#8230; Bush: Iraqis now free from &#8216;grip of fear&#8217;


Actually, it should read: &#8220;Bush: Free Iraqis now fear &#8216;rip of gear&#8217;&#8221;
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		<title>Tweedledee and Tweedledumber</title>
		<link>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2003/03/31/tweedledee-and-tweedledumber/</link>
		<comments>http://www.daniel.org/blog/2003/03/31/tweedledee-and-tweedledumber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 01:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Arnett and Geraldo Rivera, sitting in a tree...]]></description>
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