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		<title>Solar Energy Innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, our little electric co-op experienced a power outage that lasted several hours on one of the hottest days in anyone’s memory.  It made us stop our various pursuits of gardening, unpacking, mowing and the like.  We moved alternative energy to the top of our to-do list.
Don began designing our solar powered system [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/08/05/solar-energy-innovation/</link>
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		<title>An Update From the Wilderness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiya folks!  We are firmly ensconced in our new home in the Ozarks.  It’s been an adventure and will probably continue to be an adventure for years to come.  
Our home/cabin is more than one hundred years old.  It is easy to see where the original two room cabin was enlarged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/07/28/an-update-from-the-wilderness/</link>
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		<title>Disabled Vet&#8217;s Get the Royal Boot to the Ass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a retired military vet.  I am also disabled.  I&#8217;ve fought the system for years to update and get evaluated for my medical condition and the beurocracy is monsterous.  Not only is it a maze to navigate but the Veteran&#8217;s Administration will not provide you with all the information you need to properly process your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/16/disabled-vets-get-the-royal-boot-to-the-ass/</link>
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		<title>So Long</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to take a moment to say farewell to all the people who have visited this site, especially to those who took the time to comment or leave a private email.  I’ve enjoyed our chats.  I’ve enjoyed reading the work of many of my fellow bloggers on BNN or Lefty Blogs, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/15/so-long/</link>
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		<title>Huevos the Size of Dallas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gotta love Kucinich.  He&#8217;s reading the 35, count them&#8230;thirty bygawd FIVE count&#8230;articles of Impeachment of Bush before the House.  I&#8217;m watching him live.
Nixon had what&#8230;three?   Clinton&#8230;umm..two?  Bush..35!
It probably won&#8217;t go anywhere unless a few more in DC find their umm..backbones.  
Update: Video of part of Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/09/huevos-the-size-of-dallas/</link>
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		<title>Quote of the day.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s finally over: the mother of all primaries has done her job reducing the field to two. But in reality there is only one candidate.  Barack Obama.  In November he will win or he will lose.  
John McCain is relevant only in so far as he is not Barack Obama.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/09/quote-of-the-day/</link>
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		<title>OMFG We Did NOT Invade Iraq?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill &#8220;Just call me BS&#8221; O&#8217;Reilly and his revisionist history.


We didn&#8217;t invade Iraq? Is Bill dick-brained, drunk, stoned or stupid or does he just think his viewers are? (Ignore that rhetorical question, of course he is and of course they are.)
If we didn&#8217;t invade Iraq, then 4,000 US soldiers haven&#8217;t died, tens if not hundreds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/09/omfg-we-did-not-invade-iraq/</link>
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		<title>Clueless Bigot Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The definition of the word bigot:
NOUN:
One who is strongly partial to one&#8217;s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
I can’t possibly be a bigot.  Nope.  Not havin’ it.
Well…wait a minute now, let me make sure.  Let me pick this definition apart before I claim to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/09/clueless-bigot-test/</link>
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		<title>Choose Your Hero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s your hero? 
Is it someone who faced long odds, great challenges and not only stood up to them, but spit in their eye? Someone who overcame all of life&#8217;s obstacles and refused to submit to tyranny, oppression, or injustice? Is it a public official, a speaker, a politician? Is it somebody famous or relatively [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/09/choose-your-hero/</link>
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		<title>Sparky aka Piddle Puppy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s the newest member of the family.  Sparky Big Guy.  

We wanted to establish an animal rescue at our new place…(which I THINK we’ll close nine days from now…crossing my fingers and toes…Ozark heaven…woohoo!)  We are discussing WHAT, exactly, that will mean and how many animals I can adopt…umm…I mean temporarily house [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/08/sparky-aka-piddle-puppy/</link>
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		<title>Talk Amongst Yourselves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting discussion today in a couple of places:
Somervell County Salon 
Bush Attempting to Blackmail Al-Malaki into SOFA Agreement
and on: 
House of the Rising Sons has a post about the torture of a Gitmo detainee.
Go&#8230; read… and comment, ya  heathens.  
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		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/06/talk-amongst-yourselves/</link>
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		<title>Policy Change from Howard Dean</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my Inbox (in its entirety):
Dear Mick,
I wanted to drop you a quick note about a major policy change here at the Democratic Party.
As we move toward the general election, the Democratic Party has to be the Party of ordinary Americans, not Washington lobbyists and special interests. So, as of this morning, if you&#8217;re a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/05/policy-change-from-howard-dean/</link>
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		<title>Llama cowboy saves the day&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m only posting this for the sake that it isn&#8217;t every day you end up with REAL llama news. Oh we make the comparisons to llamas everyday, the whole lamer llama crazy comments, calling someone a llama lemming, hell even a real honest to god llama eating flip flops&#8230; oh I know&#8230; kooky huh? Well, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/05/llama-cowboy-saves-the-day/</link>
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		<title>No News on Nukes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I should be reporting on the status of the Climate Change bill and its amendments.  I should be.  But there AREN&#8217;T any progress reports that I can find, anyway.
I hope we yelled loud enough for them to keep the giveaway to the nuclear energy industry OUT of this legislation.  Until the Republicans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/05/no-news-on-nukes/</link>
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		<title>America Wins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America grew up today.  She became more of the essence of the great nation that we always believed her to be.  She grew into her promise of equality for all.  She grew into an expression of joy at the hope tomorrow holds.  
Today, that grand ole’ broad Democracy has a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/05/america-wins/</link>
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		<title>Get &#8216;em Darlin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DP over on There already is reporting on Obama calling out McLieberman!   Watch out joe
Yeah&#8230;dangit&#8230;somebody is calling you on your crap, JOE.  I love the look on Obama&#8217;s face in the photo.  I&#8217;m telling you&#8230; Obama makes me smile more and more every day.
I haven&#8217;t done a post yet about what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/05/get-em-darlin/</link>
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		<title>War With Iran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rumors of War: Is Bush Gearing Up to Attack Iran?
By Conn Hallinan
The May 8 letter from U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, to George W. Bush received virtually no media coverage, in spite of the fact that it warned the president that an attack on Iran without Congressional approval [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/05/war-with-iran/</link>
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		<title>Forget Two Step Can You Goose-Step?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a Houston blog called the Examiner…I bring you this morning’s entertainment.  No Charge!  Free popcorn!  Sit and enjoy the arrival of that new dance craze…
POLICE STATE  
Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence
Jun 4, 2008 2:00 AM (1 day ago) by MICHAEL [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/05/forget-two-step-can-you-goose-step/</link>
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		<title>Nuclear for Knuckleheads</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a direct quote from the Nuclear Energy for Texans website.
Nuclear Energy for Texans is a coalition dedicated to educating Texans about the benefits of nuclear energy as a clean, safe, reliable alternative to meet the increasing energy needs of the state.
I&#8217;m almost positive that there was a typo in that statement&#8230; I&#8217;m fairly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/04/nuclear-for-knuckleheads/</link>
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		<title>Vote to Relapse Nuclear Happens NOW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fellow bloggers…especially you folks off busy with convention work.  Lieberman and the boys are trying to sneak one by you.  I know all you folks headed to convention took your laptops…You are politically active AND you are geeks.  I know you&#8217;ll at least check your own site fairly often. They are voting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/04/vote-to-relapse-nuclear-happens-now/</link>
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		<title>NO Nukes NO Nukes NO Nukes Climate Change Bill Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My expert/environmental hooligan of choice confirms what I most feared about the proposed Lieberman/Warner bill.
Read it.  Right bygawd now, please.  Link to  it.  Call folks about  it.  Send emails everywhere you can think to send them. Your children’s future world is at stake.  The proposed legislation will help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/04/no-nukes-no-nukes-no-nukes-climate-change-bill-update/</link>
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		<title>A Soldier&#8217;s View</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found and offered:
Emissourian.com feature
A Soldier&#8217;s Story 
By: Karen Cernich
05/23/2008
Former Washington High Student Will Be Featured on &#8216;Dateline&#8217; This Sunday to Talk About His Experience in Iraq as a Cavalry Scout and His Thoughts on PTSD 

A lot of people like to make it seem like soldiers are sick. They are not. They have witnessed things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/04/a-soldiers-view/</link>
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		<title>Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m not sure how I feel about this proposed legislation.  On the positive side, Bush already threatens a veto so it MUST have portions that I will love.  On the negative, it has Lieberman as a co-author which makes me want to read the fine print very carefully.
I’m pleased and excited that something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/02/lieberman-warner-climate-change-bill/</link>
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		<title>Are you tired of all that pesky privacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An ad for a particularly invasive teenie tiny device appeared in my emails today.  No, it wasn’t an ad for a new and improved method of friskiness.  Try not to be disappointed.
What it really was…is an invitation to snoop.  To pry.  To gain information you have no legal or moral right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/02/are-you-tired-of-all-that-pesky-privacy/</link>
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		<title>MEDICAL CORRECTION! This information could just save your life&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEWS FLASH!
There has been a recent correction in medical journals across the planet. Women are no longer able to hide behind the labeled condition known as menopause. All references have been corrected to read &#8220;Mental-Pause&#8221;. Conditions can and will continue to display themselves as they have in traditional cases of the ailment, but may now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/01/medical-correction-this-information-could-just-save-your-life/</link>
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		<title>Computers Are the Bane of My Existence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OH MY Giddy Aunt Mary.  
Somehow, when I was first learning to blog, I added a misspelled tag.  The mistake then got into almost every political post since then and not ONE of you people told me I was an idiot!
There are gonna be 404 errors for days…maybe ‘til the end of time…because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/01/computers-are-the-bane-of-my-existence/</link>
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		<title>Our Hero Barbara Jordan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Corey added a new section for the blog today.  Our Heroes.  I’m so very happy he chose my favorite fellow Texan for the first entry.
He even did some computer magic (as far as I’m concerned it’s all magic) and has a way for you to hear her great voice speaking at the Democratic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/01/our-hero-barbara-jordan/</link>
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		<title>A Report From the Bush Administration That I Actually Partially Believe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This report should be of particular interest to West and South Texas:
From the Guardian UK article quoting a Bush Admin Report
Climate change threat to US crops and water
·	Ed Pilkington in New York
·	The Guardian,
·	Thursday May 29 2008
·	Article history

The US south-west, a region that is experiencing one of the fastest rates of population growth, faces dramatic challenges [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/01/a-report-from-the-bush-administration-that-i-actually-partially-believe/</link>
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		<title>No Words</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been out reading tons of blogs today…my favorites and new places with interesting titles.  I’m making an effort to comment everywhere I love to read because sometimes  bloggers feel so alone in their efforts to wake the American people.  Few people comment and nobody seems to care.
It all ended when I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/06/01/no-words/</link>
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		<title>I Hate It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because I’m traveling again, I’m having to rely on the freepin’ flappin’ fargin’ worthless piece of LOVELINESS that is Wireless.
Wireless was invented by the anti-christ on a bet with satan’s unholy cleaning lady.  And they all reside in the mythical kingdom of Hell on Wheels…can you say, “Refresh!”…”Repair”…”IP address has been Repaired”. 
“lie&#8230;lie…lie…lie…lie”
Oh, we’re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/31/i-hate-it/</link>
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		<title>We’re Watching You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, I have to step back a bit and talk to myself.
“Mick, ole’ girl…you’re being paranoid.  That stuff CAN’T happen in America.  Less coffee, perhaps?  More exercise and sleep, maybe?  More whisky, definitely.”
“Ya know…sticking our head back in the sand is not such a BAD idea…is it?  There’s safety in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/30/were-watching-you/</link>
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		<title>Beyond Partisanship Pelosi Impeach NOW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open letter to Nancy Pelosi:
It isn’t about democrats or republicans.  The time for partisanship is over.  It’s about Democracy.  It’s about the law.  
What are we if we fail to uphold the law of the land?  Is anyone above the law?  Is your political career worth the horrible cost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/29/beyond-partisanship-pelosi-impeach-now/</link>
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		<title>PTSD cases rise, despite the best efforts at misdiagnosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t understand why Norma J. Perez is still employed by the VA after writing an email urging subordinates to deliberately misdiagnose PTSD. Her continued employment makes a mockery of the VA&#8217;s mental health care system. One can only assume that instead of Medical Doctor, the initials M.D. after her name stand for Mis Diagnosis, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/29/ptsd-cases-rise-despite-the-best-efforts-at-misdiagnosis/</link>
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		<title>A Drowning Rat Says What?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can’t wait for this to start hitting MSM.  The rats are starting to jump the sinking ship.  At least, I HOPE the dang ship is headed for an iceberg before ICEBERGS are a thing of the past.  I’m not going to buy this book because I refuse to increase the coffers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/27/a-drowning-rat-says-what/</link>
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		<title>More on Texas Nuclear Waste Depository</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While visiting Harmon on Earth, I discovered an excellent post concerning the nuclear waste dump site scheduled for Texas.  He not only reported the coming environmental disaster, he reported on possible contamination to the Ogallala Aquifer.
Peaky Oil &#038; damned water
The response of out-of-shape energy pundits struck with short-term memory sways too often to nukes, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/27/more-on-texas-nuclear-waste-depository/</link>
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		<title>Iraq, Peak Oil and the Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an addendum to the OPEC Proposed Law and The Value of the Dollar, wherein I posted thoughts and research into Saddam’s move to have all Iraqi oil sold in Petro-Euro rather than Petro-Dollars as being one of the factors that lead to the Iraq war comes information from Alternet.  

Today’s posting by Geoffrey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/27/iraq-peak-oil-and-the-future/</link>
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		<title>Memorial Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a poem written by Robin Turner, 50, who lives near Dallas, Texas.
The original can be found here at Poets Against the War.
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A Mother Writes to Laura Bush, Who Suffers
On the Today Show, April 25, 2007 -
Ann Curry to Laura Bush, about Iraq:
Do you know that the American people are suffering …. ?
Laura Bush:
Oh, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/26/memorial-day/</link>
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		<title>New Pics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We finally got around to uploading some family pics.  You can view them by clicking on the Our Herd link at the top of the page.  We still have to get some pics of the canines but most of the rest of the herd are now viewable.  Reiko is Don&#8217;s adult daughter. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/25/new-pics/</link>
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		<title>Living in a Commune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are my age or older (I have guitars older than probably most of the people reading this AND jeans of similar age, although my arse can’t still squeeze into the jeans) then you may remember the “back to nature” movement of the sixties.  Usually, these communal living arrangements were comprised of young [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/25/living-in-a-commune/</link>
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		<title>I probably should have slept instead… pt.4 (finale)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Damn that’s some good coffee… Ok, so as I continued reading along with the Declaration of Independence, we work our way into the following statement: “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/25/i-probably-should-have-slept-instead%e2%80%a6-pt4-finale/</link>
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		<title>War with Iraq, check. Soaring gas prices, check. Lamp in the White House&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Again I make the mistake of wandering the internet looking for something important and end up reading something that stops me in my tracks. President Bush has just made a wonderful public announcement on how he intends to finish his term. He has a well laid plan (as well as he can come up with) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/24/war-with-iraq-check-soaring-gas-prices-check-lamp-in-the-white-house/</link>
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		<title>Need gas? Bend over and take it&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I remember when everyone freaked out about 2 dollar gas and the gas stations had to make paper signs because they didn&#8217;t have enough &#8220;2&#8217;s&#8221; to go around for all the signs&#8230; ahhhhh the good &#8216;ol days. Well, back then they might not have been able to tell you the price, but they sure knew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/24/need-gas-bend-over-and-take-it/</link>
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		<title>Something to Remember</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I was reading The Huffington Post. I came across an article with a dark slant.  The fact that I agree with much of the author&#8217;s viewpoint didn&#8217;t make it any less alarming or the fact that the discussion was happening at all in a widely read forum any less surreal.

It&#8217;s Time To Flee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/23/something-to-remember/</link>
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		<title>My Level of Understanding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You’d think when one is as ancient as I am that the list of things that confuse me wouldn’t be such an epic volume.  In fact, it’s embarrassing, but the list of conundrums far outweighs my personal list of things that “I get”.
I don’t get male sequential logic.  I understand the process wherein [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/23/my-level-of-understanding/</link>
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		<title>turn on cspan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[they are debating an amendment prohibiting domestic propaganda.  so far, it&#8217;s a hoot.  go  dems!
Menopausal Mick
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		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/22/turn-on-cspan/</link>
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		<title>Yay New Hampshire Dems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do ya know?  One person’s voice CAN make a difference.  Yay NH!  Yay Nan!  One voice for all of us and she brought the house down!
Great story…gives me hope:
NH Dems Pass Impeachment Resolution
Maryellen Martin, Manchester, NH - At the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention, Saturday, in spite of every possible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/22/yay-new-hampshire-dems/</link>
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		<title>Radiated Zombie Texans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reports today of a mob attacking the nuclear dumpsite in North Texas Panhandle have been dismissed as rumors coming from heat stroke victims with delusional hallucinations.  The attacking mob was described as consisting of rag-tag green glowing people with rotting limbs and shuffling footsteps.  Radiated Zombie Texans is a myth.]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/22/radiated-zombie-texans/</link>
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		<title>A State By Any Other Name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm not a Texan by birth, but by choice. I moved to Texas from Southern California a little over 10 years ago as part of a complete "life makeover." It was quite a shock for a "city boy," born and raised in the asphalt jungle of So-Cal, to move to the 6.2 acres of forested heaven outside of San Antonio. I was instantly enthralled. There were trees! There were birds! There were possums, raccoons, deer, coyotes, and armadillos! 

My love affair with Texas was brief but intense. I instantly considered, and called myself, a Texan. I got myself a dog, a truck, and a couple of ponies, learned how to say "y'all" and "ma'am" and moved on in. It was simply wonderful. The air was clean, the scenery was gorgeous and the people were fascinating. I still remember the first time a complete stranger waved to me from his tractor as he was driving it down the street. Then something horrible happened. ]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/21/a-state-by-any-other-name/</link>
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		<title>Oh I&#8217;m sorry, you&#8217;re not OUR kind of veteran&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I’m flipping through my usual news reads, I come across this gem of a headline.
‘Veterans&#8217; Group Banned From Memorial Day Parade’
Being the level minded person I am, I can&#8217;t resist reading this one&#8230; The Veterans for Peace made up of, well VETERANS were told that they were granted a spot in the Veterans Day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/21/oh-im-sorry-youre-not-our-kind-of-veteran/</link>
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		<title>And the hits keep coming&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m glad our leaders are reaching out to help. I really am… but this is one of those cases where I think priorities are a bit out of line…
The United States will allow Americans to send mobile phones to relatives in Cuba under a change in policy that President Bush announced Wednesday. President Bush announces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://phukkoff.com/blog/2008/05/21/and-the-hits-keep-coming/</link>
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