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		<title>Meg Whitman is a biter</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2010/meg-whitman-is-a-biter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Power of Many]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[publishing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/xian/4307147714/" title="You can't copyright a title by xian, on Flickr"></a>
Tipped off by my old buddy and collaborator Levi Asher, I learned that Meg Whitman and her as-told-to coauthor do in fact favor recycling, at least when it comes to book titles:
<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/iwasherefirst.png"></a>
Since I own the domain called thepowerofmany.com, I&#8217;m thinking about redirecting it somewhere  &#8230;&#160;<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/2010/meg-whitman-is-a-biter/" class="read-more">[+]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What was the Watergate scandal?</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2009/what-was-the-watergate-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 20:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another in my new series of longwinded Aardvark answers made public, in this case answering a question about U.S. history from a 19 year-old in New York State: &#8220;What was the watergate scandal?&#8221;
Here&#8217;s my answer. (How&#8217;d I do?*):

Watergate is the name of a famous hotel in Washington, D.C. where a lot of political organizations (and  &#8230;&#160;<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/2009/what-was-the-watergate-scandal/" class="read-more">[+]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Too risky!</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2008/too-risky/</link>
		<comments>http://mediajunkie.com/2008/too-risky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like <a href="http://www.illdoctrine.com/">Jay Smooth</a> has decoded the McCain ad strategy:

(via <a href="http://vivirlatino.com/2008/10/14/barack-obamas-secret-group-affiliations.php">Vivirlatino</a> via <a href="http://twitter.com/jenternational">Jenternational</a>)
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		<title>Get Your War On says time for us to come together</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2008/get-your-war-on-says-time-for-us-to-come-together/</link>
		<comments>http://mediajunkie.com/2008/get-your-war-on-says-time-for-us-to-come-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[to kill all the bankers and steal their money:

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		<title>A message to you, Rudy</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/a-message-to-you-rudy/</link>
		<comments>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/a-message-to-you-rudy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Rudy Giuliani is <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/giuliani_to_run_for_president_of_9">running for president of 9/11</a>, WFMU is running a <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/11/rudy-giuliani-9.html">remix contest</a> encouraging people to put together tracks using his incessant invocation of that day (when his command center proved to be so ill-placed):
> Here&#8217;s over two minutes of wall to wall September Eleventh&#8217;s, courtesy of America&#8217;s mayor. Your mission:  &#8230;&#160;<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/2007/a-message-to-you-rudy/" class="read-more">[+]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Set the terms of the debate</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/set-the-terms-of-the-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/set-the-terms-of-the-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Power of Many]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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<a href="http://www.techpresident.com/blog/entry/10028/techpresident_launches_10questions_com">TechPresident</a>, a project of <a href="http://personaldemocracy.com/">Personal Democracy Forum</a> (which I used to write for), in cooperation with the New York Times and MSNBC, has launched a site called <a href="http://www.10questions.com/">10 Questions</a> where anyone can suggest a question for the presidential candidates and anyone can vote the suggested questions up or down.
It&#8217;s a kind of  &#8230;&#160;<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/2007/set-the-terms-of-the-debate/" class="read-more">[+]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Strategery at the New School?</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/stategery-at-the-new-school/</link>
		<comments>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/stategery-at-the-new-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm standing outside of the Parsons , where we were putting on the <a href="http://2007.ideaconference.org/">IDEA 2007</a> conference this past week when two guys in suits with their arms literally around each other's shoulders, laughing and schmoozing like the bunch of dyed-in-the-wool politicians I realize they are....&#160;<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/2007/stategery-at-the-new-school/" class="read-more">[+]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland for Obama?</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/oakland-for-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/oakland-for-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Power of Many]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just got a call from an organizer named Barbara with the local Barack Obama for President campaign, telling me they are opening a new Northern California campaign office in downtown Oakland....&#160;<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/2007/oakland-for-obama/" class="read-more">[+]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shining a spotlight on money in politics</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/shining-a-spotlight-on-money-in-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://mediajunkie.com/2007/shining-a-spotlight-on-money-in-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Power of Many]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://maplight.org/"></a>
I&#8217;ve written about <a href="http://maplight.org/">MAPlight</a> before but from time to time I feel the need to post an update about the amazing work it&#8217;s doing. (Disclosure: I am an advisor to this nonprofit, although my direct involvement is limited.)
Since the last time I mentioned MAPlight it&#8217;s gone from just documenting donations to California politicians  &#8230;&#160;<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/2007/shining-a-spotlight-on-money-in-politics/" class="read-more">[+]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bloggers trying to have it both ways with the FEC?</title>
		<link>http://mediajunkie.com/2005/bloggers-trying-to-have-it-both-ways-with-the-fec/</link>
		<comments>http://mediajunkie.com/2005/bloggers-trying-to-have-it-both-ways-with-the-fec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read Chris Nolan because she makes me think and she teases out subtleties that ordinarily might escape me. In <a href="http://www.chrisnolan.com/archives/000803.html">The Man Behind the Curtain</a> she takes Kos to task for promoting a future in which bloggers have all the exemptions of journalists and all the freedoms of partisan hacks:

The idea of getting money  &#8230;&#160;<a href="http://mediajunkie.com/2005/bloggers-trying-to-have-it-both-ways-with-the-fec/" class="read-more">[+]</a>]]></description>
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