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		<title>Vote your Voice!</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2010/02/02/vote-your-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve come by these pages a lot, you&#8217;ll know that I&#8217;ve spent a good deal of time discussing various points on the state of our republic here in the U.S. Throughout, I have always maintained that a stronger voter turnout could go a long way towards correcting some of the trends we&#8217;ve been seeing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting accomplished, conscience muddy</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2010/01/19/voting-accomplished-conscience-muddy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I voted. I braved the rain, the cold slush, and all of everything else today to cast my vote for the person who I feel is less likely to destroy our country in the future. Neither Martha Coakley nor Scott Brown appealed to me as an ideal candidate for a state senator. Joe Kennedy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday&#8217;s election not just about health care</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2010/01/17/torn-on-tuesdays-electiont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So on Tuesday, we&#8217;ve got a special election here in Massachusetts to fill the senate seat left by the late Ted Kennedy. Naturally, the primary candidates for the seat are a Republican &#8212; Scott Brown &#8212; and a Democrat &#8212; Martha Coakley. I&#8217;m very torn as to how I&#8217;m going to vote. Without revealing too much, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factionalization is killing our country</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/12/15/254/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Congress has betrayed its purpose: the representation of the ideals of its constituents is no longer a primary motive. Rather, the concerns of corporate entities, personal gain, and political favor have corrupted the work our government does and the general population is left to ponder the outcome and live in the aftermath. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduces extension of Patriot Act sunset</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/10/10/patrick-leahy-d-vt-introduces-extension-of-patriot-act-sunset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GovTrack: S. 1692: Text of Legislation, Introduced in Senate. With the bill linked above, Patrick Leahy is attempting to move the end date of the USA Patriot Act from December 31st 2009 to December 31 2013. On October 8th the bill was read twice and submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, of which Leahy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Revolution of Humanity</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/06/23/the-revolution-of-humanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost 300 years ago now the original founders of the United States chose to rebel against an oppressive regime in order to secure the right of self-rule. No matter the men&#8217;s motivation &#8212; liberty, lower taxes, business, etc. &#8212; the goal is still a valid one: self-rule. When we talk about the right to vote, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>from &#8220;Progress Report for a Goodthinking UniSocAm&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/02/28/from-progress-report-for-a-goodthinking-unisocam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this fragment buried in a government website a few weeks ago and wanted to share it. I&#8217;m pretty sure it wasn&#8217;t supposed to be public, as I haven&#8217;t seen it since. I don&#8217;t know the author or to whom it&#8217;s addressed, but it&#8217;s obviously fairly recent and seems to be part of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pledge of the American Citizen</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2008/02/21/pledge-of-the-american-citizen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[podcast]http://www.onegecko.com/audio/podcasts/onegecko-radio-2008-02-21.mp3[/podcast] In today&#8217;s podcast, I take a look at the citizenship pledge that is given to immigrants who have passed the naturalization exam on their way to become citizens of the United States. In conjunction with that, though, I also present a pledge for people who are already citizens so that we can reaffirm our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solving democracy through complex systems</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2007/11/27/solving-democracy-through-complex-systems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onegecko.com/2007/11/27/solving-democracy-through-complex-systems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States of America is a broken country. Our dreams have been bent, tarnished, and mis-handled so often and for so long that we &#8212; the 300 million people who call it our home &#8212; have nearly forgotten what it means to live here. The government has gotten us so used to expecting solutions [...]]]></description>
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