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		<title>A Random Thought On The Present State Of The Occupy Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2011/10/26/a-random-thought-on-the-present-state-of-the-occupy-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I am sympathetic to the general ideas of the Occupy Wall Street movement, I&#8217;m worried that there are some within it that have dreams of becoming martyrs. I&#8217;m reading the book Nixonland by Rick Perlstein, and it details how politicos like Richard Nixon were able to use the images of tear gassed rioters in [...]
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		<title>A Nyquil Induced Rant About The Coming Self Awareness Of Siri</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2011/10/14/a-nyquil-induced-rant-about-the-coming-self-awareness-of-siri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night as I slipped into a Nyquil induced coma I was reading of the new Siri feature and how it differs from the existing voice recognition features on Android phones. Siri is widely expected to become self-aware and I found myself in a world were she did. Six months after I secured my iPhone [...]
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		<title>I Am Become Deer-Slayer, The Destoryer Of Bumpers</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2011/10/02/i-am-become-deer-slayer-the-destoryer-of-bumpers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an individual I go to great lengths not to seclude myself in one culture, but share in the wide diversity accorded us here in our great republic. I collect different experiences like Foursquare badges and try to be as complete as possible. One such culture is the redneck culture in America. There is no [...]
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		<title>A Horrifying Thought On The Future Of Spamming</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2011/08/07/a-horrifying-thought-on-the-future-of-spamming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our modern world, the term spam can refer to a peculiar canned meat product that our friends in the great state of Hawaii seem to love more than life itself. Usually though the term refers to the mountain of unwanted emails imploring you to purchase various products relating to your anatomy. Electronic spam&#8217;s forefathers [...]
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		<title>Driving America Off A Cliff Just In Time For Sweeps</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2011/07/26/driving-america-off-a-cliff-just-in-time-for-sweeps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America&#8217;s sad weakness is danger, and that&#8217;s exactly what has us in the situation we&#8217;re in with the debt ceiling. In true Hollywood style we all get a thrill from seeing the nation in that chase scene, always just about to go headlong off a cliff. The reality of the situation is immaterial to us, [...]
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		<title>The Fall Has Finally Arrived</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/11/07/the-fall-has-finally-arrived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you live in most parts of our great nation, you experience definitive changes in temperature and climate as seasons pass from one to the next. When you live in Florida, the change in seasons is more of a department store display case type of concern. Although the fall has begun, and I enjoyed brisk [...]
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		<title>A Fox News Rant In The Morning</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/11/06/a-fox-news-rant-in-the-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drinking my morning coffee and scanning the worldwide interwebs, I came across a video segment from the local independent television station. I live in a city filled with colorful ignorant people, but this one deserves note. The story dealt with a woman who claimed her local gym had banned Fox News after this week&#8217;s election. [...]
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		<title>For The Love Of Football And Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/11/04/for-the-love-of-football-and-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have the sneaking suspicion that the world hates me. I love sports, politics, and drinking. Yet this past month has been nothing but misery for two of those loves. I&#8217;ve always said that sports, politics and love are all the same fickle mistress. They bring momentary highs tempered by tragically depressing lows. My football [...]
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		<title>Footballtown TSE: On Supporting NFL Football In Duval</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/09/17/footballtown-tse-on-supporting-nfl-football-in-duval/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always said that it is a fools errand to try and prove some kind of nefarious liberal bias and plot in the national press. The press does not have any kind of organized bias as much as they rarely break from group think. The same is especially true of the national sporting press. I [...]
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		<title>From Towels You Can&#8217;t Use To Cake You Can&#8217;t Eat</title>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2010/08/12/from-towels-you-cant-use-to-cake-you-cant-eat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dutch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back, friend of the blog Biggus Rickus told me a stat that I found astounding. He stated correctly that there are six shows on American television today about cake. Just reality shows about nothing but cake. Six of &#8216;em. That seems like another indication of the decline of American civilization but it occurred [...]
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