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		<title>Senate In The Balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember how low I felt during the 2004 American elections. I knew Bush was going to win and because world affairs are so tied up in American policy, I knew the dark times were going to continue. Now I can't help but feel good at seeing the loss of The House to the Democrats and (as I write this) the Senate hanging in the balance with it also likely to go to the left, unless of course the Republicans can manage another of their legal comebacks.<br /><br />Even better though is the recent announcement that Donald Rumsfeld, the warmonger himself, is going to stand down in face of the defeats. So not only is Bush going to be a lame duck with some seriously clipped wings but perhaps the guiltiest party in such fiascos as the Abu Ghraib cover-ups is out, out, out! I think I can see some light at the end of this dark tunnel.<br /><br />I think I'll also mention that others that I have spoken to tend not to know the difference between the two parties, or simply can't remember who's which. I came up with this simple mnemonic:<br />Democrats - Greece created democracies where they discussed the meaning of life and were generally quite liberal, though the boys had a tendency to sleep with other boys.<br />Republican - Rome created the republic where they beat the rest of the world into submission and perhaps built Europe's 'greatest' empire, suffered from bit of religious militancy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember how low I felt during the 2004 American elections. I knew Bush was going to win and because world affairs are so tied up in American policy, I knew the dark times were going to continue. Now I can&#8217;t help but feel good at seeing the loss of The House to the Democrats and (as I write this) the Senate hanging in the balance with it also likely to go to the left, unless of course the Republicans can manage another of their legal comebacks.</p>
<p>Even better though is the recent announcement that Donald Rumsfeld, the warmonger himself, is going to stand down in face of the defeats. So not only is Bush going to be a lame duck with some seriously clipped wings but perhaps the guiltiest party in such fiascos as the Abu Ghraib cover-ups is out, out, out! I think I can see some light at the end of this dark tunnel.</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ll also mention that others that I have spoken to tend not to know the difference between the two parties, or simply can&#8217;t remember who&#8217;s which. I came up with this simple mnemonic:<br />Democrats &#8211; Greece created democracies where they discussed the meaning of life and were generally quite liberal, though the boys had a tendency to sleep with other boys.<br />Republican &#8211; Rome created the republic where they beat the rest of the world into submission and perhaps built Europe&#8217;s &#8216;greatest&#8217; empire, suffered from bit of religious militancy.</p>
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		<title>Webcameron</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my god! <a href="http://www.webcameron.org.uk/blogs/list.aspx?role=frontpage">Webcameron</a>, you have got to be kidding. The latest propaganda tool from the conservatives is the 'personal' video blog of their illustrious leader. Extra homely realism is provided with him washing up and background screaming children. I'm sure there was always an unspoken rule of not using your kids as political tools, but this man is really pulling out all the stops. They've clearly tried to stop it from seeming to be a propoganda by branding the whole thing in pink, but the videos are so obviously staged. Little clipped references to recycling, etc. This is clearly aimed at the YouTube generation, but frankly its all a little sickening, especially when you think about the amount of time and money that must have gone into the programming and building of it. Its not based at blogger, thats for sure. He goes on about how 'shaky' it all is (cue cameraman wobble, or is that cameronman) and to top it off with true web2.0 aspirations, its not just called webcameron, its Webcameron BETA! I mean, really, does he think we were born last week?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my god! <a href="http://www.webcameron.org.uk/blogs/list.aspx?role=frontpage">Webcameron</a>, you have got to be kidding. The latest propaganda tool from the conservatives is the &#8216;personal&#8217; video blog of their illustrious leader. Extra homely realism is provided with him washing up and background screaming children. I&#8217;m sure there was always an unspoken rule of not using your kids as political tools, but this man is really pulling out all the stops. They&#8217;ve clearly tried to stop it from seeming to be a propoganda by branding the whole thing in pink, but the videos are so obviously staged. Little clipped references to recycling, etc. This is clearly aimed at the YouTube generation, but frankly its all a little sickening, especially when you think about the amount of time and money that must have gone into the programming and building of it. Its not based at blogger, thats for sure. He goes on about how &#8216;shaky&#8217; it all is (cue cameraman wobble, or is that cameronman) and to top it off with true web2.0 aspirations, its not just called webcameron, its Webcameron BETA! I mean, really, does he think we were born last week?</p>
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