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		<title>A monkey with a loaded gun does not make him a marksman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote four drafts of this #letsblogoff and scrapped every one. I don&#8217;t think the world needs another diatribe about how we are all getting stuff for free and think we are owed full service. I&#8217;ll let others do that. &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/a-monkey-with-a-loaded-gun-does-not-make-him-a-marksman.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A middle-aged, middle America impression of OccupyWallStreet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a middle-aged mutt in this wasteland between the two coasts commonly known as Middle America. Most of the United States lives here, but we rarely &#8212; ok never &#8212; get asked about important things like politics and the economy. &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/a-middle-aged-middle-america-impression-of-occupywallstreet.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The I Could Do it Better Syndrome</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Devin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know them. They’re the people who yell at the television on Monday nights, insisting that they could have caught that pass or avoided that tackle. They’re the ones who can’t attend a conference or event without telling other people &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/the-i-could-do-it-better-syndrome.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From my point of view or yours?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this church across the parking lot of a Morris furniture store in Dayton. I was being dragged to go shopping for a new sofa that I didn&#8217;t want and I don&#8217;t really need, so I was in a &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/from-my-point-of-view-or-yours.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to deal with a bully</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Warning: This may be offensive to some. I don&#8217;t care. When I was about twelve years-old, there was this family of ne&#8217;er do-wells who moved into a rental house on Dale Street, between Lafond and Blair in St. Paul. You &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/how-to-deal-with-a-bully.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The real voting fraud in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About two months ago, my 20-year old daughter needed to get a replacement driver&#8217;s license. I didn&#8217;t ask why because she came home, very excited and told me &#8220;I registered to vote. Now I can vote against SB-5.&#8221; A few &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/the-real-voting-fraud-in-america.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When we fail as readers, we fail as writers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this article in the NY TImes this week about e-books adding music to the &#8220;experience.&#8221; Champions of this technology justify it by saying it adds to the experience, enhances imagination, meets readers where they are, blah, blah, blah. &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/when-we-fail-as-readers-we-fail-as-writers.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A walk is not a walk when you are walking all alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video find of the day. Jamie O&#8217;Neal is the artist. Tweet Tags: 9-11, Cute Puppy Videos, Serious Stuff]]></description>
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		<title>A rebuttal to the debt ceiling speeches</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was fidgeting around on what my response was to the speeches last night by the president and the speaker when this tweet by @SeanDFrancis popped into my stream. In 138 characters, Mr. Francis summed up the mood of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/a-rebuttal-to-the-debt-ceiling-speeches.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>There is no right or left, only power. The real debt ceiling crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I begin, I would like to disclaim that I am not a Constitutional lawyer nor do I pretend to be. But I am an avid reader, one who has read a lot of literature surrounding the pre-Civil War through &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/there-is-no-right-or-left-only-power-the-real-debt-ceiling-crisis.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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