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		<title>Busy week, and links</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/10/23/busy-week-and-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[examiner.com]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haven&#8217;t had much time to work on the site, but a few new pieces scattered on the Web.
It&#8217;s health insurance, not health care, that demands reform (from The Oregonian/oregonlive.com) Monday
Two new pieces today from examiner.com
Is green and sustainable really worth it?
Government&#8217;s role in our republic&#8217;s economy
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		<title>Urban Bicycles Revisited</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/10/11/urban-bicycles-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is a bicycle-mad Portland merely faddish?  Is the “green” way overlooking practicality and common decency?
The car may not be ideal, but is what the modern city was designed around.  For Portland—a city wearing a “progressive” name-tag with pride—to deny this, is but a regressive tact.
People come and go from the city by car.  To oppose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Site News</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/10/08/site-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only did my computer die recently (I do have a new one now), but this site is missing some posts and some other features.  I don&#8217;t know what happened, but I&#8217;ll work on it the best I can.
Some new posts are up now, and my BleacherReport profile has a new piece that I haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Again?  Well, Here&#8217;s A Real Solution</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/10/08/health-care-again-well-heres-a-real-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/10/08/health-care-again-well-heres-a-real-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am close to giving up on the health care debate.  It seems rather simple to me, but the Washington pols make it complicated and, in turn, grandstand in an attempt to show the American public how important the are.  The attempt is pathetic.
Whether reform is what we need or not seems unimportant for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Them Sing: Redemption by iTunes?</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/10/08/let-them-sing-redemption-by-itunes/</link>
		<comments>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/10/08/let-them-sing-redemption-by-itunes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boys II Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris LeDoux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Matthews Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dwight Yoakam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flaco Jiminez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iTunes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Diffie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Cash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kris Kristofferson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Led Zeppelin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Diamond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pandora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Danko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Cooke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rolling Stones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My old not-so-trusty computer died the other day after seven-plus years of service and frustration.  Stupidly, I hadn&#8217;t backed up much of anything on that machine, so I am now starting over from scratch.  Most of my documents and music downloads are history, unless I can find and pay for a computer Jedi to ferret-out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Featured Story — Oregon Live Opinion Page</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/05/13/featured-story-%e2%80%94-oregon-live-opinion-page/</link>
		<comments>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/05/13/featured-story-%e2%80%94-oregon-live-opinion-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 01:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;guest opinion&#8221; piece of mine was mentioned in The Oregonian today and is the featured story on their website.  It is interesting, to say the least, over there on the comment board.
Apathy and Sam Adams
Many folks are reading quite a bit more into the piece than what is there.
I can appreciate disagreement, but a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/04/02/update/</link>
		<comments>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/04/02/update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two items up on Bleacher Report.  Duke and Bill Walton.
Also, this as-of-yet unpublished letter to The Oregonian.  Yes, soccer-related once again.
In response to &#8220;Money Gap Could Block MLS Soccer Team&#8221;:
I find it welcoming that for all of the Paulson family, City of Portland, and MLS cheerleading going on at your paper, you publish an article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Have You Gone Yang Yang?</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/03/25/where-have-you-gone-yang-yang/</link>
		<comments>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/03/25/where-have-you-gone-yang-yang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New article up at bleacherreport.com.  It is about the World Baseball Classic.
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		<title>Promotion, Relegation, Patience: Keys for Soccer&#8217;s Success in the States?</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/03/12/promotion-relegation-patience-keys-for-soccers-success-in-the-states/</link>
		<comments>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/03/12/promotion-relegation-patience-keys-for-soccers-success-in-the-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bleacher Report has this in its entirety.  Read, rate, comment.
]]></description>
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		<title>Poltroonery In Portland Prevails: MLS 1—City Taxpayer Nil</title>
		<link>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/03/10/poltroonery-in-portland-prevails-mls-1%e2%80%94city-taxpayer-nil/</link>
		<comments>http://briandoleary.com/blog/2009/03/10/poltroonery-in-portland-prevails-mls-1%e2%80%94city-taxpayer-nil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian D. O&#39;Leary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This piece is also over at BleacherReport.com

It is done&#8230;almost.
The Portland City Council needs to put its final stamp of approval on the Paulson Plan on Wednesday at 9:30 am, then the MLS has to go through the formality of granting the Rose City a franchise on or about March 19, then it should really be [...]]]></description>
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