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		<title>Media Bias</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2008/10/26/media-bias</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The vast majority of the news we consume cannot be described as &#8220;impartial.&#8221; During the past year, subtle or overt bias appeared in almost all of the news coverage of the upcoming election that I&#8217;ve seen. It&#8217;s disturbing, it&#8217;s unfortunate, and it&#8217;s impossible to avoid. In what&#8217;s become an exceedingly rare occurrence, I agree with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baltimore&#8217;s Smoking Ban</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2007/01/24/baltimores-smoking-ban</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baltimore City and Maryland State are each considering bans on smoking in all indoor buildings including bars and restaurants. While some are saying that this is another example of the government overstepping its bounds, I think that this will be a great thing for the city and/or state. Most of the concern stems from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ignoring Disaster</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2005/09/09/ignoring-disaster</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I wrote my last post about Katrina, I believed that the situation in New Orleans had sunk as low as it would, but I was very wrong. I knew that people had died and the city itself was devastated, but I never thought that the disaster response would be this bungled. It&#8217;s insane that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Things</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2005/03/11/catching-things</link>
		<comments>http://mekosh.org/2005/03/11/catching-things#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s rare that I brag about something I said, but I think that this time it&#8217;s funny enough to share. Yesterday, Dan was talking about how the photos/video of John Kerry trying to catch a football was hilarious and about how bad Kerry looked. I said, &#8220;Do you know what&#8217;s funnier than that? Watching Bush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Perfect Democracy</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2005/01/20/a-perfect-democracy</link>
		<comments>http://mekosh.org/2005/01/20/a-perfect-democracy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 17:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think H. L. Mencken (1880 &#8212; 1956) had it right when he wrote: &#8220;As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart&#8217;s desire at last and the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Draft Dream</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2004/11/20/a-draft-dream</link>
		<comments>http://mekosh.org/2004/11/20/a-draft-dream#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I dreamt that I was drafted by the Army to fight in Iraq. As part of a new law passed by Congress, students were no longer able to avoid the draft while they were in college. Unsettling as it was, I reported for basic training and received a rifle, a uniform, backpack, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Rock on the Republicans</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2004/11/17/chris-rock-on-the-republicans</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Republicans have convinced people that there&#8217;s a greater risk of a plane hitting their place of work than you actually losing your job. You know, you say you&#8217;ll protect us, but we never really got hit until you got here. We weren&#8217;t in danger until we met you.&#8221; &#8212; Chris Rock in an Onion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2004 and the Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2004/11/08/election-2004-and-the-aftermath</link>
		<comments>http://mekosh.org/2004/11/08/election-2004-and-the-aftermath#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I had written something on Wednesday, when all of my emotions were raw and vitrolic. Unfortunately, I couldn&#8217;t really write anything besides angry rants and whiny raves as a result of the deep emotions I felt. However, several other people summed up this election better than I could in its immediate aftermath. William [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Political Spectrum</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2004/10/21/the-political-spectrum</link>
		<comments>http://mekosh.org/2004/10/21/the-political-spectrum#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I am, as far as I can tell, more or less a centrist, equally repelled by either extreme of the political spectrum. Indeed, I believe that the spectrum forms a full circle, with right and left merging, as they meet at their respective extremes, into luminous batshit evil.&#8221; by William Gibson]]></description>
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		<title>Vote Kerry Button</title>
		<link>http://mekosh.org/2004/10/06/vote-kerry-button</link>
		<comments>http://mekosh.org/2004/10/06/vote-kerry-button#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2004 01:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to add a little John Kerry button to this site, but I didn&#8217;t like the downloads at the official site. And what kind of web designer recommends using an iframe for an image anyway? So I made my own John Kerry button! I used the flag from the official Kerry/Edwards images and added [...]]]></description>
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