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	<title>The Sunshine Empire</title>
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		<title>Feeling The Fourth, God Bless America.  Pass The Hot Dogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is only one day of the year that Americans will give a date in that reverse European way and that is the birth date of our great republic.  On the 4th of July there is only one song that I want to hear as a red blooded American citizen, Stars And Stripes Forever by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/07/03/feeling-the-fourth-god-bless-america-pass-the-hot-dogs/</link>
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		<title>The Bill Of Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/07/03/the-bill-of-rights/</link>
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		<title>The Great Document Of Freedom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Adopted by Congress on July 4th 1776
The Unanimous Declaration Of The Thirteen United States Of America 
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/07/03/the-great-document-of-freedom/</link>
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		<title>Rambling Along At June Art Walk In Duval</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Art Walk tonight.  Look closely and you will see me with my plastic cup of Wild Turkey.

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		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/07/02/rambling-along-at-june-art-walk-in-duval/</link>
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		<title>The Dawn Of The Great Republic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the great HBO miniseries John Adams, the Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence.  TSE is in full 4th of July mode.

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		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/07/02/the-dawn-of-the-great-republic/</link>
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		<title>On Watermelon Viagra And The Fourth Of July</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now I am not usually as good as my friend BR in finding the really obscure stories on the net.  The far end of the ripple if you will.  During a discussion of what kind of food could be both crunchy and juicy (apples) he ended up finding a fantastic recipe for bacon wrapped deep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/07/02/on-watermelon-viagra-and-the-fourth-of-july/</link>
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		<title>The Sunshine Empire Celebrates Our Domain-aversary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This evening marks the official one year anniversary of the birth of www.thesunshineempire.com.  From September of 2006 until July 1st of 2007 I wrote The Sunshine Empire at sunshineempire.blogspot.com.  Yet in the early part of 2007 while working with an SEO specialist named Josh I was convinced to take the blog out onto my own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/07/01/the-sunshine-empire-celebrates-our-domain-aversary/</link>
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		<title>On Independence And Freedom As The Fourth Approaches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Freedom has been hunted around the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. In such a situation, man becomes what he ought to be.&#8221;
Thomas Paine (American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/06/29/on-independence-and-freedom-as-the-fourth-approaches/</link>
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		<title>SCOTUS And The Onion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is &#8216;Totally Badass&#8217;
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		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/06/29/scotus-and-the-onion/</link>
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		<title>Am I Just Guilty, And White?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was just watching Reliable Sources on CNN and the discussion centered around attention-needy child Ralph Nader.  The discussion featured Biggus Rickus&#8217;s personal lord and savior Jonah Goldberg, and Goldberg insisted that some of the allure of Barack Obama is white guilt.  Now I think that too much in this Presidential election those who are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thesunshineempire.com/2008/06/29/am-i-just-guilty-and-white/</link>
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