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		<title>In Brief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[• This is a nation of immigrants. Any notion to the contrary is benightedly delusional. • There&#8217;s a thing for everything. • In societies that allow utopian constructs, intellect tends to be untethered by context. In dystopian formulations of society, context is what drives intellectual conceits. In both cases, the outcomes are extreme and fallible. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=261</link>
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		<title>The Second Amendment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who have never lived in a country –as citizens of that country–where legal rights do not include Habeas Corpus; and where the rule of the law dictates that a suspect is guilty until proven innocent; where dictatorship takes on many forms, some outright and some nuanced; where the individual ownership of firearms is prohibited [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=363</link>
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		<title>Home Is Where The Art Is Where The Money Is Not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are not a city, state, or federal employee, odds are these days, you stand a good chance of losing your job, your home, or your pension; or all three. If you are a retiree, you probably don&#8217;t have a job -yet, your home is paid for, and your nest egg has become catfish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=260</link>
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		<title>Airhead Guitar Heroes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Air Guitar Heroes rejoice! One of yours is now on a presidential ticket to, maybe, somewhere. Sarah Palin is here to take up your cause. There is no longer need to wallow in nerdy resignation because you really, truly, have no talent whatsoever; as much as you try to make up for it by going [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=259</link>
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		<title>Of Clowns And Men</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Compared to Sarah Palin, George W. Bush has wisdom and gravitas. Compared to the current incarnation of John McCain, George W. Bush really has a pair of cojones. Compared to all three, Dick Cheney is Master Of The Universe. George W. Bush never had convictions to begin with, so it is inappropriate to fault him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=258</link>
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		<title>APLACEWITHNONAME_020</title>
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		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=255</link>
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		<title>APLACEWITHNONAME_019</title>
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		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=243</link>
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		<title>APLACEWITHNONAME_018</title>
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		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=241</link>
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		<title>APLACEWITHNONAME_017</title>
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		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=235</link>
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		<title>APLACEWITHNONAME_016</title>
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		<link>http://michaelmehl.com/blog/?p=231</link>
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