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		<title>We The Corporations&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the Supreme Court decision with the most potential to change the nature of our democracy and the way our country is run is the January 21, 2010 ruling Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, in which the high court ruled that corporations have the same rights as individuals, and are thus entitled by the U.S. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=1163&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The President&#8217;s Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the country appears in danger of a double dip recession with unemployment hovering around 9.1 %, President Obama went before a sharply divided congress to propose a $447 billion dollar plan to get the country&#8217;s economic engine humming. The President was at his best as an orator as he forcefully sold his plan as <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=1141&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trusting Too Much Too Luck</title>
		<link>http://mediadiscontent.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/trusting-too-much-too-luck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moving to L.A. with my band in my early twenties, we stopped outside Albuquerque for lunch at a greasy spoon Mexican food restaurant. After the meal they brought us fortune cookies. How odd. I was superstitious about fortune cookies and believed that mine was the last one left on the tray. So after everyone else <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=1120&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Where Credit Is Due</title>
		<link>http://mediadiscontent.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/credit-where-credit-is-due/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its not just the economy, stupid ! In the minds of most voters, it&#8217;s all about the economy. And clearly, President Obama&#8217;s fortunes will largely turn on the politics of our economic recovery. But the scope of the  job of the President is broad. While the nation&#8217;s attention remains fixed on the economy, the President <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=1088&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://mediadiscontent.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/to-that-we-can-all-pledge-allegience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks [...] English [...] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. George Orwell<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=805&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hidden Costs of Ballot Measure J</title>
		<link>http://mediadiscontent.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/the-hidden-cost-of-ballot-measure-j/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over competing Hotel Tax Clarification Ballot Measures J and K focus almost entirely on their impact on tourists and the nuances of hotel tax code, while failing to consider how they will affect many of San Francisco&#8217;s poorest residents.  The City Controller estimates that both measures will generate approximately 12 million dollars in <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=1044&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Incentive To Listen</title>
		<link>http://mediadiscontent.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/incentive-to-listen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The steel barrel pressed hard against my forehead leaves an impression.  I can say without a doubt,  from that experience, that when someone puts a gun to my head and says "listen very carefully,"  I am all ears.  Be assured, you have my rapt attention. For most people such a situation will prove powerful incentive to listen. When something important is at stake, people find purpose.  Raise the stakes and people listen<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=783&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The polls are now closed…  In Memoriam. Susie Roff</title>
		<link>http://mediadiscontent.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/the-polls-are-now-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As polling commences, Precinct 3218 plays host to a dual procession of voters and ghost.  This attendant stream is a steady reminder of the vacancy Susie Roff leaves behind.  It is also a reminder that these are all cameo appearances.  No one is here that long<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=660&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Something That Works, Meant To Last</title>
		<link>http://mediadiscontent.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/disclosure-over-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Taylor Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cliches, those trite oversimplifications of complex human conditions, are usually born of a desire to convey some  elemental truth. Perhaps no oversimplification speaks to our circumstances as a civilization better than &#8216;information is power&#8217;.  Economic imperialism, much like territorial imperialism,  requires control not only of information, but also of its shadow &#8211; misinformation. Conventional wisdom <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=119&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exposing the Census Conspiracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 18:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a time when millions of Americans are considering how to most effectively resist what seems like government intrusion into most every aspect of their lives, employees of the federal government are knocking at the door to collect personnel information.    As an act of civil defiance, failure to provide basic identifying  information and demography to the Census Bureau is convenient and risk free, though a questionable tactic in defense of personnel freedom. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mediadiscontent.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4394670&amp;post=475&amp;subd=mediadiscontent&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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