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		<title>Where Did the Running of the Bulls Come From?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every summer, people flock to Spain to join in the running of the bulls.  This is something that I think that is an outrageously silly sport, but I guess that some people like it.  Where did this come from?  While Wikipedia thinks that bullfighting might have started in Oman, I have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Xerxes, and the Athenians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The struggle that the ancient Greeks faced against the Persians reminds me of the struggle that we're facing against the enemies of freedom.  Do we have the heart of the Athenians and of the Spartans?  Or do we value goodies and protection more, like serfs of the Middle Ages, or those city states that welcomed the Persians?]]></description>
		<link>http://brookelorren.com/blog/2012/04/obama-xerxes-and-the-athenians/</link>
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		<title>Barack Obama May Be In Trouble&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will the Nation of Islam attempt to assassinate Barack Obama?  They assassinated Malcolm X, and it seems like they're threatening to assassinate someone who is selling out the black people in the next day or two.]]></description>
		<link>http://brookelorren.com/blog/2012/04/barack-obama-may-be-in-trouble/</link>
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		<title>You Never Know When a Page Will Become Trendy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You never know when a topic will be trendy.  Write on things that interest you, as well as current trends.]]></description>
		<link>http://brookelorren.com/blog/2012/02/you-never-know-when-a-page-will-become-trendy/</link>
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		<title>Will SOPA Help Some People?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SOPA is a scary bill, but if in it's final form it isn't as harsh and actually goes after the people it is trying to target, there might be a small chance that it will help honest content producers.]]></description>
		<link>http://brookelorren.com/blog/2011/12/will-sopa-help-some-people/</link>
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		<title>Coca-Cola Only Wants to Save One Polar Bear Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coca-cola only wants to save one polar bear home, according to the label on my bottle of Coke I recently purchased.  Either that, or quite a few people let the packaging go through inspection with a fairly simple grammatical error on it.]]></description>
		<link>http://brookelorren.com/blog/2011/11/coca-cola-only-wants-to-save-one-polar-bear-home/</link>
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		<title>An Odd Thought About War and the Economy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Economies are productive during times of war.  Why?  Because everybody gets involved in production.  Wouldn't this work in times of peace?]]></description>
		<link>http://brookelorren.com/blog/2011/10/an-odd-thought-about-war-and-the-economy/</link>
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		<title>Interesting Repeat of History&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The snowy conditions that we see today on the East Coast haven't been seen since the Civil War.]]></description>
		<link>http://brookelorren.com/blog/2011/10/interesting-repeat-of-history/</link>
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		<title>Writing a Free eBook Tomorrow?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow's agenda?  Write a free eBook on preparation.  I think I can do it.  It's important that I do.]]></description>
		<link>http://brookelorren.com/blog/2011/10/writing-a-free-ebook-tomorrow/</link>
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		<title>How to Change the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs changed the world, but even the small things that we do can change the world over time.  Here are three steps that can lead to a changed world.]]></description>
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