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		<title>Elections are over; what&#8217;s the score?</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2010/11/03/elections-are-over-whats-the-score/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 mid-term elections are complete. I&#8217;ve always hated that term: &#8220;mid-term&#8221;. I don&#8217;t like that the election cycle is defined by the president&#8217;s time in office. It somehow dumbs-down the legislative elections in the same way that a mid-term exam might not be worth as much as the final when in fact the legislative [...]]]></description>
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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>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.onegecko.com/2010/01/17/torn-on-tuesdays-electiont/#comments</comments>
		<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>A babbling tower &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/12/17/261/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a post of interest. I like to look at this drawing to see how closely related all of us in the Northern Hemisphere really are. The development of languages, of course, happens right alongside the development of culture which lead to prejudices and all of that other wonderful stuff. When looking at all of [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/10/10/patrick-leahy-d-vt-introduces-extension-of-patriot-act-sunset/#comments</comments>
		<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>Mass. House approves &#8220;Pandemic&#8221; bill</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/10/08/mass-house-approves-pandemic-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/10/08/mass-house-approves-pandemic-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mass. House approves bill allowing quarantines &#8211; Boston.com. The article written by an AP journalist and published by the Boston Globe doesn&#8217;t mention when the vote took place on this bill or what the bill is. That lack of information is unacceptable since this bill has been around some time. Below is a brief history [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.onegecko.com/2009/02/28/from-progress-report-for-a-goodthinking-unisocam/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.onegecko.com/2008/02/21/pledge-of-the-american-citizen/#comments</comments>
		<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>On the Preamble of the United States Constitution</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2008/02/04/on-the-preamble-of-the-united-states-constitution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onegecko.com/2008/02/04/on-the-preamble-of-the-united-states-constitution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To encapsulate one&#8217;s political views by attachment to a single party or platform is &#8212; in essence &#8212; to also limit one&#8217;s ability to address issues as they truly are. This is a truth, and one that is difficult for some people to understand. The Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, Green, or any other party is unable [...]]]></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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		<title>Support for Vermont secession</title>
		<link>http://www.onegecko.com/2007/06/06/support-for-vermont-secession/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onegecko.com/2007/06/06/support-for-vermont-secession/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second Vermont Republic You may have read about this on Monday via the AP, or you may have seen it in The Onion. Whichever source you heard the news from, I urge you to support &#8212; even if not a Vermont resident &#8212; this movement. While only 13% of the population of Vermont are behind [...]]]></description>
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