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	<title>Greetings from Flyover Country</title>
	<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net</link>
	<description>Thoughts from the American Midwest</description>
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		<title>Defense-less: Or How To Not Make a Valid Point</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The proponents of Proposition 8 (@ProtectMarriage) linked an interesting article on Twitter today The article was published on Townhall.com, titled “Proposition 8 Trial: Loving the Sparkliest Person Vs. The Needs of Society” and attempts to make the case against marriage equality.
The first point the article makes is based on a quote from Kristin Perry, one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2010/01/defense-less-or-how-to-not-make-a-valid-point/</link>
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		<title>Adam Lambert AMA Performance: Move Along, Nothing to See</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adam Lambert kissed a guy on TV? Oh, quelle scandal! Did anyone not know he was gay? Is this going to change anyone&#8217;s mind? (Nevermind that it was a horrible kiss. People should be offended if, to quote Carrie &#8220;I&#8217;ve Been In Eight Sex Tapes&#8221; Prejean, an &#8220;opposite-sex&#8221; couple did that on TV.
But as for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/11/adam-lambert-ama-performance-move-along-nothing-to-see/</link>
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		<title>Sarah Palin: A Little Too Honest?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A hilarious re-edit of the audio from Citizen Palin&#8217;s Oprah interview, done by NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; and as featured in the #1 story on tonight&#8217;s &#8220;Countdown&#8221; on MSNBC.

I&#8217;m quite fond of the phrase &#8220;Todd and I love unprotected sex…we&#8217;ve always had, I guess, unconventional relationships, physically…Todd will plow through me for hours…and I&#8217;m pumped up, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/11/sarah-palin-a-little-too-honest/</link>
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		<title>Melissa Harris-Lacewell&#8217;s &#8220;Reflections on Marriage&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over at The Nation, the always fabulous Melissa Harris-Lacewell provides her thoughts on the marriage equality debate (and marriage in general).]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/10/melissa-harris-lacewells-reflections-on-marriage/</link>
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		<title>Dear Sen. Brownback: Please Don&#8217;t Insult Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple weeks ago my other half, Ben, sent a letter to our representatives in Congress via HRC&#8217;s Repeal DOMA Now website. Today, we got a response from Senator Sam Brownback, one of Kansas&#8217; two Republican Senators. (The other, Pat Roberts, is no friend of mine either. Take his defending insurance companies stance, for example.) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/09/dear-sen-brownback-please-dont-insult-me/</link>
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		<title>My Senator Doesn&#8217;t Speak for Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Think Progress&#8216; YouTube account comes this video of Sen. Pat Roberts (R, Kansas) defending insurance giant Humana.

Humana and I don&#8217;t get along anyway. What got me was this comment:
Really this guy just reflects the people of Kansas. They don&#8217;t like evolution, and they don&#8217;t like progress. Why they deserve as many senators as New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/09/my-senator-doesnt-speak-for-me/</link>
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		<title>Communism, anyone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A positive song about President Obama is taught to young school children (it's almost propaganda). Appalling, sure. Inappropriate? Definitely. But to assert that it's related to Nazi Germany, Communism, and kids not being "allowed to say the Pledge … or pray to whatever they worship" in school? Now that's appalling, inappropriate, and just plain wrong.GOP]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/09/communism-anyone/</link>
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		<title>When Fail Becomes Win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[See that picture above? That is indeed a fail. (Unless you&#8217;re going to bartending school, in which case Office Depot can&#8217;t help you with school supplies.) However, in my book, it&#8217;s a win. Why? Because I know exactly where that is. Seneca Street Liquor is at the corner of Seneca St. (obviously) and Second Street [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/09/when-fail-becomes-win/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;I wish the government had just let them fail…&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article at The Huffington Post (echoing a story from the St. Petersburg (Florida) Times) recounts an armless man&#8217;s experience with Bank of America&#8217;s &#8220;thumbprint rule&#8221; for cashing checks if you&#8217;re not an account holder. A comment on the article lambasts Bank of America and the reasons the poster hates them:
I hate BofA. I tried [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/09/i-wish-the-government-had-just-let-them-fail%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<title>In Memoriam: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A year after his speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy passed away. For nearly 50 years he was a powerful force in the United States Senate and helped lead the fight on civil rights and health care, among many other issues. As has been said many times today: he was the great iconic Senator for our time, to be placed in history books with the likes of Daniel Webster and John Quincy Adams. I am hopeful that in his memory we will pass real, comprehensive health care reform; a cause Sen. Kennedy championed above all others.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ryanzhale.net/2009/08/in-memoriam-sen-edward-m-kennedy/</link>
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