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		<title>Alternative locations for your Grey Poupon, Madam President</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Cosgayon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, okay, maybe they didn&#8217;t have any Grey Poupon; the thought remains the same, and Steven Tyler&#8217;s advice is still very much valid. Days after this report from the PDI, indicating that &#8220;more than nine million Filipino families consider themselves poor, while nearly two in five say they are “food poor,” according to the latest [...]


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		<title>Cory envy: CARPer signed into law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Cosgayon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s become a fad, of late, to compare and contrast our two female Presidents Cory and Gloria, although it strikes me as more than a little sad that it was only after she died that Cory clearly gained the upper hand in that contest. Lost and politically discarded in the years after her term ended, [...]


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		<title>By all means, raise sin taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Cosgayon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxes should come from alcohol and tobacco and not from books[&#8230;] Tax hazards to lungs and livers, do not tax minds[&#8230;] GMA, July 27 2009 SONA I meant to discuss this, but bigger things took more of my attention than I expected. Being a heavy smoker, I will be among the millions of consumers directly [...]


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		<title>Songs of a Bygone Era</title>
		<link>http://farfromneutral.com/exodus/songs-of-a-bygone-era/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Cosgayon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo &#8216;Di na &#8216;ko papayag mawala ka muli. &#8216;Di na &#8216;ko papayag na muli mabawi, Ating kalayaan kay tagal natin mithi. &#8216;Di na papayagang mabawi muli. Magkakapit-bisig libo-libong tao. Kay sarap palang maging Pilipino. Sama-sama iisa ang adhikain. Kelan man &#8216;di na paalipin. Handog ng Pilipino sa mundo, Mapayapang paraang pagbabago. [...]


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		<title>Cory Aquino&#8217;s Prayer for a Happy Death</title>
		<link>http://farfromneutral.com/exodus/cory-aquinos-prayer-for-a-happy-death/</link>
		<comments>http://farfromneutral.com/exodus/cory-aquinos-prayer-for-a-happy-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Cosgayon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It sounds like an oxymoron, &#8220;happy death&#8221;. Kind of like &#8220;military intelligence&#8221;, &#8220;business ethics&#8221;, or &#8220;congressional action&#8221;. These aren&#8217;t exactly the words you&#8217;d use together without being sarcastic. But that&#8217;s me; the deaths of people close to me will always be tragic, untimely, and unnecessary &#8212; it&#8217;s not something I can really be rational about. [...]


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