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		<title>By: Dorothy Sawyer</title>
		<link>http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/09/mess-o-politics/comment-page-11/#comment-817973</link>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Sawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to confess that I sometimes get bored reading the whole thing but I feel you can add some value. Bravo !</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to confess that I sometimes get bored reading the whole thing but I feel you can add some value. Bravo !</p>
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		<title>By: Virgil Hetjonk</title>
		<link>http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/09/mess-o-politics/comment-page-11/#comment-595707</link>
		<dc:creator>Virgil Hetjonk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Riding a zipline is a whole lot of excitement!  Throw in the attractiveness of Maui and riding a zipline in Maui is surely an experience you cannot help but remember the rest of your life.  There&#039;s lots of zip lines within Maui moreover many of them can be booked days/weeks beforehand.  Arriving in Maui and walking down to the local activities center will be discouraging - practically all zip lines are usually booked for the following week or so.  Vacation Maui in January to March, prime time in Maui, and zip lines are usually scheduled when you arrive on island.Therefore book your zip line rides just about one month before your family vacation in Maui.  You can find less expensive prices on-line via a variety of internet websites - any time you book direct with the zip line business you can expect to pay full price.  There are various zip line rides on Maui - you&#039;ll be able to zip through spectacular forests, next to waterfalls, over valleys, through gorges, views of a volcano, the pacific ocean, combined with seaside shoreline; take your pick and there is a zip line which will place a smile on your face.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maui-tours.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Maui Zipline&lt;/a&gt; You will have to be in good physical shape, no pregnant ladies please, at the very least 10 years-old, weighing more than 80 pounds and not more than 260 lbs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Riding a zipline is a whole lot of excitement!  Throw in the attractiveness of Maui and riding a zipline in Maui is surely an experience you cannot help but remember the rest of your life.  There&#8217;s lots of zip lines within Maui moreover many of them can be booked days/weeks beforehand.  Arriving in Maui and walking down to the local activities center will be discouraging &#8211; practically all zip lines are usually booked for the following week or so.  Vacation Maui in January to March, prime time in Maui, and zip lines are usually scheduled when you arrive on island.Therefore book your zip line rides just about one month before your family vacation in Maui.  You can find less expensive prices on-line via a variety of internet websites &#8211; any time you book direct with the zip line business you can expect to pay full price.  There are various zip line rides on Maui &#8211; you&#8217;ll be able to zip through spectacular forests, next to waterfalls, over valleys, through gorges, views of a volcano, the pacific ocean, combined with seaside shoreline; take your pick and there is a zip line which will place a smile on your face.  <a href="http://www.maui-tours.org" rel="nofollow">Maui Zipline</a> You will have to be in good physical shape, no pregnant ladies please, at the very least 10 years-old, weighing more than 80 pounds and not more than 260 lbs.</p>
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		<title>By: Christopher Armendarez</title>
		<link>http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/09/mess-o-politics/comment-page-10/#comment-546844</link>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Armendarez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Jimmie Arroyano</title>
		<link>http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/09/mess-o-politics/comment-page-10/#comment-533623</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmie Arroyano</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you guys think that she would do well in this year ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you guys think that she would do well in this year ?</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Tombrello</title>
		<link>http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/09/mess-o-politics/comment-page-10/#comment-530212</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Tombrello</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is a wonderful article. I really think it will turn out to be a valuable piece of information in the future for me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is a wonderful article. I really think it will turn out to be a valuable piece of information in the future for me.</p>
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		<title>By: Shemale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shemale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Saw your Blog bookmarked on Reddit.I love your site and marketing strategy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saw your Blog bookmarked on Reddit.I love your site and marketing strategy.</p>
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		<title>By: rcr18</title>
		<link>http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/09/mess-o-politics/comment-page-10/#comment-477628</link>
		<dc:creator>rcr18</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand that Obama is all charismatic and I thought what he said made sense for a while. But then I realized that raising taxes on the rich just doesn&#039;t help the economy; they&#039;re the ones making investments and starting companies! And anyway, there shouldn&#039;t be a penalty for being successful; it&#039;s not fair to take their money. Everyone should have the same (low) rate of taxation. And do you really trust the government to be in charge of maintaining your health? The quality of health care would go down if it became yet another thing for the government to worry about. I don&#039;t want to sound like some loony conservative; I really disagree with them on abortion and gay marriage and some things about the war. The Republicans have problems, but at least with them we can worry about those after the economy is fixed. With Obama it will be down for a longer time! 
P.S. It doesn&#039;t matter anyway cause the election&#039;s over.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand that Obama is all charismatic and I thought what he said made sense for a while. But then I realized that raising taxes on the rich just doesn&#8217;t help the economy; they&#8217;re the ones making investments and starting companies! And anyway, there shouldn&#8217;t be a penalty for being successful; it&#8217;s not fair to take their money. Everyone should have the same (low) rate of taxation. And do you really trust the government to be in charge of maintaining your health? The quality of health care would go down if it became yet another thing for the government to worry about. I don&#8217;t want to sound like some loony conservative; I really disagree with them on abortion and gay marriage and some things about the war. The Republicans have problems, but at least with them we can worry about those after the economy is fixed. With Obama it will be down for a longer time!<br />
P.S. It doesn&#8217;t matter anyway cause the election&#8217;s over.</p>
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		<title>By: AnnornBam</title>
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		<dc:creator>AnnornBam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Thanks 4 your website ;-) xoxoxo</description>
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		<title>By: katy-la</title>
		<link>http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/09/mess-o-politics/comment-page-10/#comment-405126</link>
		<dc:creator>katy-la</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>did anybody here that obama might not be able to run because he is not born in the usa?!?! oh well, i don&#039;t really care because im for mcCain but people who are for obama might want to know</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>did anybody here that obama might not be able to run because he is not born in the usa?!?! oh well, i don&#8217;t really care because im for mcCain but people who are for obama might want to know</p>
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		<title>By: Cait</title>
		<link>http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/2008/09/mess-o-politics/comment-page-10/#comment-403997</link>
		<dc:creator>Cait</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m only writing anything here to support one of the most incredible authors is existence. Scott, I&#039;m glad that you support Obama and are urging your readers, at least those who are 18+, to go out and vote. The state our economy is in right now is a disaster, and it&#039;s our job to elect someone who will help get the United States back on its feet. I&#039;m highly against Palin, in every interview I&#039;ve read or watched by her she has managed to contradict herself on every issue but people still support her because, sadly, she is a strong speaker and a woman. I pass people in school who talk about how they would vote for her just because of that last fact. She is a woman who is NOT for woman&#039;s rights. And this is what gets me again: I&#039;m not religious, but I&#039;m not an atheist either. My problem is that religion and politics are always intertwined when they shouldn&#039;t be. If you are Christian and believe that gay people shouldn&#039;t be married, that&#039;s your belief. No one can force you to believe otherwise, you&#039;re free to think what you want. But so why should someone who is gay be banned from marriage? Why does one person&#039;s belief matter more than another person&#039;s? You don&#039;t have to support gay marriage, but that doesn&#039;t mean you should be able to ban it from someone who does. And that&#039;s just one of the zillions of topics that get all fuzzy when it comes to religion-meets-politics...

I think I&#039;ve ranted enough. I support Obama and Biden because they are honest politicians who aren&#039;t resorting to the same sort of &quot;low blows&quot; that McCain and Palin seem to be dishing out. I think if Obama loses the election I&#039;m begging my family to move to China.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m only writing anything here to support one of the most incredible authors is existence. Scott, I&#8217;m glad that you support Obama and are urging your readers, at least those who are 18+, to go out and vote. The state our economy is in right now is a disaster, and it&#8217;s our job to elect someone who will help get the United States back on its feet. I&#8217;m highly against Palin, in every interview I&#8217;ve read or watched by her she has managed to contradict herself on every issue but people still support her because, sadly, she is a strong speaker and a woman. I pass people in school who talk about how they would vote for her just because of that last fact. She is a woman who is NOT for woman&#8217;s rights. And this is what gets me again: I&#8217;m not religious, but I&#8217;m not an atheist either. My problem is that religion and politics are always intertwined when they shouldn&#8217;t be. If you are Christian and believe that gay people shouldn&#8217;t be married, that&#8217;s your belief. No one can force you to believe otherwise, you&#8217;re free to think what you want. But so why should someone who is gay be banned from marriage? Why does one person&#8217;s belief matter more than another person&#8217;s? You don&#8217;t have to support gay marriage, but that doesn&#8217;t mean you should be able to ban it from someone who does. And that&#8217;s just one of the zillions of topics that get all fuzzy when it comes to religion-meets-politics&#8230;</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;ve ranted enough. I support Obama and Biden because they are honest politicians who aren&#8217;t resorting to the same sort of &#8220;low blows&#8221; that McCain and Palin seem to be dishing out. I think if Obama loses the election I&#8217;m begging my family to move to China.</p>
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