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		<title>Worst Ever</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2010/04/28/worst-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to stay out of trouble, sports are the next best thing to talk about after the weather. But it gets boring if all you do is talk about the good stuff. Talking about the worst ever is &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2010/04/28/worst-ever/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Mission Accomplished Awards</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2010/03/03/2010-mission-accomplished-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yankee great Yogi Berra, a humble and wise man, once said, “I really didn’t say everything I said.” One thing Berra did say was “It ain’t over til it’s over.” It’s on his plaque in Yankee Stadium. The plaque also &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2010/03/03/2010-mission-accomplished-awards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Great Chili Debate</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2009/10/07/the-great-chili-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday I won the Candlewood Lions annual Chili Contest (individual category). This is a big deal for me and makes up for my lack of a Nobel Peace Prize for now. If you missed it, you missed a lot &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2009/10/07/the-great-chili-debate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The American Way of Life</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2009/10/06/the-american-way-of-life/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2009/10/06/the-american-way-of-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This bit has been floating around the Internet. Dastinct found it, here it is. This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy. I &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2009/10/06/the-american-way-of-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parents, Don&#8217;t Let Your Children Read This</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2009/09/09/parents-dont-let-your-children-read-this/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2009/09/09/parents-dont-let-your-children-read-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn’t the column I was planning to write this week. All I wanted to do was celebrate the magic of today’s date: 9/9/9. I was all set with a pile of facts, starting with: when you multiply any number &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2009/09/09/parents-dont-let-your-children-read-this/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama v The Religious Right</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2009/06/04/obama-v-the-religious-right/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2009/06/04/obama-v-the-religious-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama made a speech in Cairo today that was mostly directed at Muslims. At one point he quoted from an early American treaty with Morocco: In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2009/06/04/obama-v-the-religious-right/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor v Gingrich</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2009/06/03/sotomayor-v-gingrich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you wondering whether Gingrich had taken Sotomayor out of context, you were right. And the media has done nothing to clear it up, even though the media is not under the 140-character limitation that Twitter imposed on &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2009/06/03/sotomayor-v-gingrich/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Swimming Hazard</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2009/05/18/swimming-hazard/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2009/05/18/swimming-hazard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eurasian water milfoil (or Myriophyllum spicatum) is choking Candlewood Lake. The Candlewood Lake Authority has been exploring the use of a weevil that devours this particular species of milfoil. CLA has been looking at this alternative since at least 2007 &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2009/05/18/swimming-hazard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Immense Hope</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/05/an-immense-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/05/an-immense-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NY Times: Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2008/11/05/an-immense-hope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Four Years</title>
		<link>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/04/the-next-four-years/</link>
		<comments>http://emergentink.com/2008/11/04/the-next-four-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confused by this? It was written yesterday, and will be published tomorrow in Citizen News. You&#8217;re not stuck in a time warp. Election Day is behind us, and I hope by now we know who won. I wouldn’t blame the &#8230; <a href="http://emergentink.com/2008/11/04/the-next-four-years/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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