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	<title>Musician&#039;s Widow &#187; politics</title>
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		<title>Hope, fear, worry, and faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I last wrote in this blog right after the inauguration, when the country&#8217;s optimism was high and hope was the feeling in the air. I still stand by my belief that optimism and hope are something we needed and still need. However, with unemployment rates at 1983 levels and home foreclosures happening just down the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the world has needed: Optimism</title>
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		<dc:creator>Denise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years, I&#8217;ve thought of a lot of things that I felt the collective population of this world has needed; logic, respect, tolerance, faith, and accountability being a few of those. But I never thought of optimism.
Today, our 44th President was sworn into office. A vast majority of the whole world rejoiced, [...]]]></description>
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