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	<title>Comments on: recession? Amateurs!</title>
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		<title>By: Brianna</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-165965</link>
		<dc:creator>Brianna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 19:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is great...:3</description>
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		<title>By: rhorho</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82605</link>
		<dc:creator>rhorho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, but he&#039;s unpredictable. I shudder every time I hear a cat scream...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, but he&#8217;s unpredictable. I shudder every time I hear a cat scream&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: slanagat</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82522</link>
		<dc:creator>slanagat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Otto von Bismarck, IIRC.</description>
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		<title>By: Danbala</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82457</link>
		<dc:creator>Danbala</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I’m a lot more tolerant of idiots these days.&quot;
Yeah... I reached a point where I realized that my life was much nicer to lead if I didn&#039;t get too worked up about the General Idiocy Of People. :o)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I’m a lot more tolerant of idiots these days.&#8221;<br />
Yeah&#8230; I reached a point where I realized that my life was much nicer to lead if I didn&#8217;t get too worked up about the General Idiocy Of People. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>By: viking gal</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82318</link>
		<dc:creator>viking gal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like the gnome is having a good time, at least!</description>
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		<title>By: viking gal</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82313</link>
		<dc:creator>viking gal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah...don&#039;t watch the creation of sausage or laws.  Either process is messy!  (forgot the source, but a classic).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah&#8230;don&#8217;t watch the creation of sausage or laws.  Either process is messy!  (forgot the source, but a classic).</p>
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		<title>By: Jane St.Clair</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82204</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane St.Clair</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Huh, my hippie teacher made us sit in the leaves and sing Time in a Bottle over and over again in between discussion of Dandelion Wine.  There were spiders out there.  And did I mention Time in a Bottle?  *grumbles*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Huh, my hippie teacher made us sit in the leaves and sing Time in a Bottle over and over again in between discussion of Dandelion Wine.  There were spiders out there.  And did I mention Time in a Bottle?  *grumbles*</p>
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		<title>By: Jane St.Clair</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82200</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane St.Clair</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sweet!</description>
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		<title>By: rhorho</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82022</link>
		<dc:creator>rhorho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How fun was that? What a cool great uncle to have as a pup!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How fun was that? What a cool great uncle to have as a pup!</p>
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		<title>By: Kuromisa</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82017</link>
		<dc:creator>Kuromisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hm...did PK eat my post?
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What I said was, thanks! ^///^ You&#039;re not too shabby yourself!
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And besides, age is just a number, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hm&#8230;did PK eat my post?<br />
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What I said was, thanks! ^///^ You&#8217;re not too shabby yourself!<br />
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And besides, age is just a number, right?</p>
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		<title>By: Kuromisa</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82014</link>
		<dc:creator>Kuromisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hm...what am I doing over here, then?  I could be in Europe drinking and leading a life of debauchery!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hm&#8230;what am I doing over here, then?  I could be in Europe drinking and leading a life of debauchery!</p>
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		<title>By: AC</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-82001</link>
		<dc:creator>AC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s 16 in Britain, 15 in France. I don&#039;t know what would happen if they tried to make it 18 here...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s 16 in Britain, 15 in France. I don&#8217;t know what would happen if they tried to make it 18 here&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: eddiepscetti</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81990</link>
		<dc:creator>eddiepscetti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Geez, I&#039;m not really sure, but yeah, there could be issues concerning age. Oh well, you sound like an great girl!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Geez, I&#8217;m not really sure, but yeah, there could be issues concerning age. Oh well, you sound like an great girl!</p>
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		<title>By: Kuromisa</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81966</link>
		<dc:creator>Kuromisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hm...I think they have laws over here that would make that relationship a little tough.  *ponders* What&#039;s the age of consent in Australia?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hm&#8230;I think they have laws over here that would make that relationship a little tough.  *ponders* What&#8217;s the age of consent in Australia?</p>
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		<title>By: Tessie</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81946</link>
		<dc:creator>Tessie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He eventually joined the merchant marines.  I remember him as a very big man with a very loud voice, and hands like cast iron to pinch my chubby cheeks with.  He had a big tattoo of a ship on his chest, and when he flexed his muscles, it looked like the ship was sailing on waves.  He also had a tattoo of a hula girl on his bicep, and when he flexed his arm, he could make her dance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He eventually joined the merchant marines.  I remember him as a very big man with a very loud voice, and hands like cast iron to pinch my chubby cheeks with.  He had a big tattoo of a ship on his chest, and when he flexed his muscles, it looked like the ship was sailing on waves.  He also had a tattoo of a hula girl on his bicep, and when he flexed his arm, he could make her dance.</p>
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		<title>By: slanagat</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81945</link>
		<dc:creator>slanagat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Patience, Iago......</description>
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		<title>By: Kuromisa</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81857</link>
		<dc:creator>Kuromisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ha ha, I&#039;m a later-generation hippie chick.  My favorite teacher, who actually was a hippie chick in the good ol&#039; days, has christened me so.  I wish I&#039;d been alive in the &#039;60s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha ha, I&#8217;m a later-generation hippie chick.  My favorite teacher, who actually was a hippie chick in the good ol&#8217; days, has christened me so.  I wish I&#8217;d been alive in the &#8217;60s.</p>
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		<title>By: bgcmeowrrrr</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81825</link>
		<dc:creator>bgcmeowrrrr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Awesome comment thread.

My paternal grandmum &amp; her 4 sibs (Sweden) were put into indentured servitude....in the 1800s. Sweden, pre &quot;Socialism&quot;.

My maternal grandfather (emigrated from Lithuania), born in 1865, did well in
real estate in Chicago in &#039;20s, lost it all in Depression. Still lived to 74.

Yours &amp; my lives are rife with such tales of debacles past. Just a thought.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Awesome comment thread.</p>
<p>My paternal grandmum &amp; her 4 sibs (Sweden) were put into indentured servitude&#8230;.in the 1800s. Sweden, pre &#8220;Socialism&#8221;.</p>
<p>My maternal grandfather (emigrated from Lithuania), born in 1865, did well in<br />
real estate in Chicago in &#8217;20s, lost it all in Depression. Still lived to 74.</p>
<p>Yours &amp; my lives are rife with such tales of debacles past. Just a thought.</p>
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		<title>By: Danbala</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81823</link>
		<dc:creator>Danbala</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Right now, honestly, I think we&#039;ll have to wait and see about that. But yeah, our social safety nets are pretty well developed. People won&#039;t lose &lt;i&gt;a&lt;/i&gt; roof over their heads, but they may have to get a smaller and leakier roof. People won&#039;t go hungry, but there&#039;ll be a lot more porridge and a lot less cheezburgars, so to speak. It can still be a tragedy on a personal level, though. 
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I mean - I think that there&#039;s a fair amount of futility to weigh one person&#039;t misery against another one&#039;s, because for the one being miserable, whatever the reason is, it&#039;s still very real. But still, some times a little bit of reality checking can be in order, if not for anything else so at least for your perception of your own happiness.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right now, honestly, I think we&#8217;ll have to wait and see about that. But yeah, our social safety nets are pretty well developed. People won&#8217;t lose <i>a</i> roof over their heads, but they may have to get a smaller and leakier roof. People won&#8217;t go hungry, but there&#8217;ll be a lot more porridge and a lot less cheezburgars, so to speak. It can still be a tragedy on a personal level, though.<br />
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I mean &#8211; I think that there&#8217;s a fair amount of futility to weigh one person&#8217;t misery against another one&#8217;s, because for the one being miserable, whatever the reason is, it&#8217;s still very real. But still, some times a little bit of reality checking can be in order, if not for anything else so at least for your perception of your own happiness.<br />
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		<title>By: PortlandMark</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81822</link>
		<dc:creator>PortlandMark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ooh, didn&#039;t catch the age, sorry.</description>
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		<title>By: PortlandMark</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81821</link>
		<dc:creator>PortlandMark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(Ears swivel and orient towards Kuromisa)

Hippy chick?!?</description>
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<p>Hippy chick?!?</p>
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		<title>By: PortlandMark</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81818</link>
		<dc:creator>PortlandMark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Drink.  And avoid anything served in a sheep&#039;s stomach.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Drink.  And avoid anything served in a sheep&#8217;s stomach.</p>
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		<title>By: PortlandMark</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81817</link>
		<dc:creator>PortlandMark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Would it be fair to say that in  your country, losing a job is a temporary setback, but not a tragedy, due to programs to help transition to another job?  I.E., job loss does not equal going hungry and losing the roof over one&#039;s head?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Would it be fair to say that in  your country, losing a job is a temporary setback, but not a tragedy, due to programs to help transition to another job?  I.E., job loss does not equal going hungry and losing the roof over one&#8217;s head?</p>
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		<title>By: rhorho</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81785</link>
		<dc:creator>rhorho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good to hear your Grandpa did well.  What happened to your great-uncle?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good to hear your Grandpa did well.  What happened to your great-uncle?</p>
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		<title>By: rhorho</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81784</link>
		<dc:creator>rhorho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My garden gnome is really good at keeping the faeries...uh...occupied. Sometimes he goes missing for an entire weekend, then comes dragging back, covered with faerie dust. As silly as it looks to hose off a gnome, none of my words go missing. Just saying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My garden gnome is really good at keeping the faeries&#8230;uh&#8230;occupied. Sometimes he goes missing for an entire weekend, then comes dragging back, covered with faerie dust. As silly as it looks to hose off a gnome, none of my words go missing. Just saying.</p>
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		<title>By: Danbala</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81778</link>
		<dc:creator>Danbala</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmmm... It&#039;s that easy? I wonder what the neighbours would think of a bowl of milk in the stairway? :o)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm&#8230; It&#8217;s that easy? I wonder what the neighbours would think of a bowl of milk in the stairway? <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81722</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anybody else think that the guy on the left somewhat resembles John Belushi?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anybody else think that the guy on the left somewhat resembles John Belushi?</p>
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		<title>By: rhorho</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81702</link>
		<dc:creator>rhorho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you for the leads! :o)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for the leads! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>By: Tessie</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81636</link>
		<dc:creator>Tessie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you like his pictures, you may want to check out either of these books:  &quot;The Good Old Days -- They Were Terrible!&quot; and/or &quot;Low Life&quot;.  Both of them are nonfiction books about the Gangs of New York era.  The former is more lighthearted than the latter, but both are fairly appalling.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you like his pictures, you may want to check out either of these books:  &#8220;The Good Old Days &#8212; They Were Terrible!&#8221; and/or &#8220;Low Life&#8221;.  Both of them are nonfiction books about the Gangs of New York era.  The former is more lighthearted than the latter, but both are fairly appalling.</p>
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		<title>By: eddiepscetti</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81631</link>
		<dc:creator>eddiepscetti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds like my boys. &quot;Hey, wanna go to the Foot Locker and get some shoes?&quot; &quot;Nah, how about Pay-Less?&quot;
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I mean really, Pay-Less?!?! Of course who am I to complain, it saved me a heck of a lot of money!</description>
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I mean really, Pay-Less?!?! Of course who am I to complain, it saved me a heck of a lot of money!</p>
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		<title>By: Charlie Foxtrot</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81630</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Foxtrot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That would be cool!</description>
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		<title>By: Charlie Foxtrot</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81627</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Foxtrot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry to stir up a hornet&#039;s nest, being of Irish decent I couldn&#039;t resist, but I do agree with Scottish autonomy, provided it doesn&#039;t weaken the nation as a whole -- there was a good reason that the USA went away from the Article&#039;s of Confederation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry to stir up a hornet&#8217;s nest, being of Irish decent I couldn&#8217;t resist, but I do agree with Scottish autonomy, provided it doesn&#8217;t weaken the nation as a whole &#8212; there was a good reason that the USA went away from the Article&#8217;s of Confederation.</p>
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		<title>By: slanagat</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81619</link>
		<dc:creator>slanagat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My kid hasn&#039;t gone quite as anti-corporate as all that, but her idea of a fashion statement is a $20 pair of high-top Chucks with mismatched shoelaces. :^D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My kid hasn&#8217;t gone quite as anti-corporate as all that, but her idea of a fashion statement is a $20 pair of high-top Chucks with mismatched shoelaces. :^D</p>
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		<title>By: Charlie Foxtrot</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81617</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Foxtrot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is that what the new GOP, led by Sarah &quot;the Saint&quot; Palin will choose to replace the dead Elephant?</description>
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		<title>By: eddiepscetti</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81616</link>
		<dc:creator>eddiepscetti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Both are 22..
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Internet matchmaking.. gotta love it!
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Although, they&#039;re in the process of maybe moving to Australia. That&#039;s not a deal breaker, is it? hehe</description>
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Internet matchmaking.. gotta love it!<br />
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Although, they&#8217;re in the process of maybe moving to Australia. That&#8217;s not a deal breaker, is it? hehe</p>
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		<title>By: slanagat</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81615</link>
		<dc:creator>slanagat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A ceilidh band is a dance band that plays traditional Celtic music - jigs, reels, hornpipes, and in Scotland you can add in strathspeys and a few other things. :^)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A ceilidh band is a dance band that plays traditional Celtic music &#8211; jigs, reels, hornpipes, and in Scotland you can add in strathspeys and a few other things. :^)</p>
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		<title>By: slanagat</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81613</link>
		<dc:creator>slanagat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A dragon juxtaposed with St George&#039;s cross. That should start some lively discussion!</description>
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		<title>By: Jane St.Clair</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81606</link>
		<dc:creator>Jane St.Clair</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What about the day off of school?  Do you get that?  I love a band as well, although I&#039;m not too clear on what kind of bands you&#039;re listening to for the event.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about the day off of school?  Do you get that?  I love a band as well, although I&#8217;m not too clear on what kind of bands you&#8217;re listening to for the event.</p>
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		<title>By: rhorho</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81597</link>
		<dc:creator>rhorho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was thinking more of a Yentely story...</description>
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		<title>By: viking gal</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81580</link>
		<dc:creator>viking gal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m always pro-dragon!</description>
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		<title>By: viking gal</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81574</link>
		<dc:creator>viking gal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Or leave out a bowl of milk to distract them?</description>
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		<title>By: froofrou</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81571</link>
		<dc:creator>froofrou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It depends on what part of the process you&#039;re talking about, lol. At the plant I work at we hand debone the breast and tender meat, and cut the wings off by hand. Then the skeleton that&#039;s left over still has some meat on it, so we send it to MDM (mechanically deboned meat) where it is ground down, the bones are removed, and the remaining meat is mixed with salt and preservative. Then it&#039;s mixed into a paste, sent through a pipe that gets the meat down to less than 40 degrees, and put into the afrementioned box. Then we ship that to whatever hot dog and baloney producer has ordered it, and they do what they want with it.
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It&#039;s really not that bad, the meat in baloney and hot dogs is really just left over breast meat, but the process LOOKS nasty :o)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It depends on what part of the process you&#8217;re talking about, lol. At the plant I work at we hand debone the breast and tender meat, and cut the wings off by hand. Then the skeleton that&#8217;s left over still has some meat on it, so we send it to MDM (mechanically deboned meat) where it is ground down, the bones are removed, and the remaining meat is mixed with salt and preservative. Then it&#8217;s mixed into a paste, sent through a pipe that gets the meat down to less than 40 degrees, and put into the afrementioned box. Then we ship that to whatever hot dog and baloney producer has ordered it, and they do what they want with it.<br />
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It&#8217;s really not that bad, the meat in baloney and hot dogs is really just left over breast meat, but the process LOOKS nasty <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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		<title>By: Tessie</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81556</link>
		<dc:creator>Tessie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bob Dylan and Steve McQueen.</description>
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		<title>By: mothergoose</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81503</link>
		<dc:creator>mothergoose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just how does one &quot;mechanically debone&quot; a chicken?????</description>
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		<title>By: froofrou</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81482</link>
		<dc:creator>froofrou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*squawk!* ....but to serve!!!!</description>
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		<title>By: Kuromisa</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81480</link>
		<dc:creator>Kuromisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Resistance is futile after all?  Ah well.  Whatever works for them, right?
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Ah, just tell them I&#039;m 17 and blonde (well...dark blonde) and they&#039;ll stop asking questions. ; ) How old are they, by the way?</description>
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Ah, just tell them I&#8217;m 17 and blonde (well&#8230;dark blonde) and they&#8217;ll stop asking questions. ; ) How old are they, by the way?</p>
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		<title>By: eddiepscetti</title>
		<link>http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/30/political-pictures-amateurs/comment-page-1/#comment-81470</link>
		<dc:creator>eddiepscetti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They would actually cut the labels off their shirts and pants to avoid any association with &quot;Corporate America&quot;. Alas, they have been assimilated and now work for Citi Group. I think I liked them better as renegades.
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I&#039;ll be sure to pass along the hug, although I&#039;m sure they&#039;ll probably say, &quot;Why are we getting hugs from people off the internet, dad? Have you gone nuts?!?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They would actually cut the labels off their shirts and pants to avoid any association with &#8220;Corporate America&#8221;. Alas, they have been assimilated and now work for Citi Group. I think I liked them better as renegades.<br />
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I&#8217;ll be sure to pass along the hug, although I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll probably say, &#8220;Why are we getting hugs from people off the internet, dad? Have you gone nuts?!?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Kuromisa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kuromisa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aww...adorable!  Give them a hug for me, okay?  This hippie chick definitely approves. : )</description>
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		<title>By: eddiepscetti</title>
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		<dc:creator>eddiepscetti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree, kids will change your whole perspective. I think my ex and I did a pretty good job on teaching our kids the concept of value. They were never the kind that had to have the latest mega-dollar shoes (a la Nike, Adidas, etc.) or clothes or whatever. In fact, they pretty much took it to a whole new level by refusing to wear anything that had a logo on it saying, &quot;We&#039;re opposed to supporting bloodthirsty corporations!&quot; It was enough to give this old Republican an aneurism!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree, kids will change your whole perspective. I think my ex and I did a pretty good job on teaching our kids the concept of value. They were never the kind that had to have the latest mega-dollar shoes (a la Nike, Adidas, etc.) or clothes or whatever. In fact, they pretty much took it to a whole new level by refusing to wear anything that had a logo on it saying, &#8220;We&#8217;re opposed to supporting bloodthirsty corporations!&#8221; It was enough to give this old Republican an aneurism!</p>
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		<title>By: Tessie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tessie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sadie and Isabella were the best of friends.  When hard times came and the factory where their Poppas worked went out of business, they decided to go out into the world and seek their fortunes.  Sadie said that if they were disguised as boys, they&#039;d be safer and get better jobs.  Isabella found some old clothes in a trunk, left from her brother Isaiah, who never came home from the Great War.  This picture was taken right before they set out on their way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadie and Isabella were the best of friends.  When hard times came and the factory where their Poppas worked went out of business, they decided to go out into the world and seek their fortunes.  Sadie said that if they were disguised as boys, they&#8217;d be safer and get better jobs.  Isabella found some old clothes in a trunk, left from her brother Isaiah, who never came home from the Great War.  This picture was taken right before they set out on their way.</p>
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