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I am certainly proving to be an addict of Apple&apos;s new music store.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/05/02.html#a591</guid>			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2003 12:37:52 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<title>Iraq and America&apos;s Role in the World: What&apos;s Next?</title>			<link>http://www.garyhartnews.com/hart/blog/archives/000012.php</link>			<description>Whether war in Iraq was, or was not, necessary, only history can now say.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/04/14.html#a585</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:14:21 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<title>Geov Parrish: &apos;The national gloat&apos;</title>			<link>http://www.SmirkingChimp.com/article.php?sid=10968</link>			<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;America&apos;s national gloat is, at its root, partly self-congratulation at having rid the world of an undeniably unsavory dictator.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/04/12.html#a581</guid>			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:15:05 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<title>DaveNet: Eve of destruction ....</title>			<link>http://davenet.userland.com/2003/03/18/eveOfDestruction</link>			<description>DaveNet: &lt;a href=&quot;http://davenet.userland.com/2003/03/18/eveOfDestruction&quot;&gt;Eve of destruction&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;p&gt;Quoting Dave Winer:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;Shortly after President Bush&apos;s speech last night, Scott Rosenberg, managing editor at Salon, posted an analysis on his</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/03/18.html#a572</guid>			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2003 00:22:25 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<title>Washington Journalist Tells of White House Quote Massaging</title>			<link>http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000858.shtml</link>			<description>BuzzFlash: Proof That the Washington Post and the White House Press Corps Wear Knee Pads: Breathe Deeply and Swallow.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/03/16.html#a558</guid>			<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:39:56 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<title>&quot;Thrashing toward self-destruction&quot;</title>			<link>http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/28/resignation/index.html</link>			<description>In a stinging letter of resignation, senior U.S.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/02/28.html#a550</guid>			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2003 23:27:56 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/02/11.html#a535</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.SmirkingChimp.com/article.php?sid=10133&quot;&gt;Lawrence Martin: &apos;Fear-mongering at its worst&apos;&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.SmirkingChimp.com&quot;&gt;The Smirking Chimp&lt;/a&gt;]</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/02/11.html#a535</guid>			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:20:06 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/backend.php">The Smirking Chimp</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/02/11.html#a534</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.SmirkingChimp.com/article.php?sid=10137&quot;&gt;MI6 and CIA: The new enemy within&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.SmirkingChimp.com&quot;&gt;The Smirking Chimp&lt;/a&gt;]</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/02/11.html#a534</guid>			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:13:58 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/backend.php">The Smirking Chimp</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/02/11.html#a533</link>			<description>Technology Review: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/negroponte0203.asp&quot;&gt;Creating a Culture of Ideas&lt;/a&gt;.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/02/11.html#a533</guid>			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:28:36 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://static.userland.com/tomalak/links2.xml">Tomalak&apos;s Realm</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/20.html#a522</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://radio.weblogs.com/0107057/2003/01/20.html&quot;&gt;John Burkhardt shares&lt;/a&gt; some of his angst about SUVs.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/20.html#a522</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2003 15:30:53 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://www.scripting.com/rss.xml">Scripting News</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/13.html#a521</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.SmirkingChimp.com/article.php?sid=9756&quot;&gt;Ernest Partridge: &apos;Strategies for underdogs&apos;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/13.html#a521</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:41:08 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/backend.php">The Smirking Chimp</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/13.html#a520</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.SmirkingChimp.com/article.php?sid=9753&quot;&gt;Ben Roberts: &apos;3,000 year old advice fits America like a glove&apos;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt; &quot;When rich speculators prosper while farmers lose their land; when government officials spend money on weapons i</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/13.html#a520</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:36:14 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/backend.php">The Smirking Chimp</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/13.html#a519</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.SmirkingChimp.com/article.php?sid=9755&quot;&gt;Matthew Engel: &apos;Bushwhacked: The press have now become the president&apos;s men&apos;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt; In the face of this, only one White House reporter, Dana Milbank of the Post, regularly employs scepti</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/13.html#a519</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:34:16 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/backend.php">The Smirking Chimp</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/13.html#a516</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.SmirkingChimp.com/article.php?sid=9752&quot;&gt;Carol Norris: &apos;An open letter to George W.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/13.html#a516</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:02:07 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/backend.php">The Smirking Chimp</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/10.html#a515</link>			<description>&lt;B&gt;Quotation of the Day&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=&quot;-2&quot;&gt; &amp;copy; 2003, John H.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/10.html#a515</guid>			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:46:20 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://blogs.salon.com/0001107/rss.xml">FarrFeed</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/09.html#a511</link>			<description>&lt;A href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/08/politics/08ASSE.html&quot;&gt;NYT&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Bush&apos;s economic plan.&amp;nbsp; I think it is fairly&amp;nbsp;ironic that the majority of the Republicans I know are people that make below $150k a year.&amp;nbsp; They liked the Republic</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2003/01/09.html#a511</guid>			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2003 13:56:57 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://jrobb.userland.com/rss.xml">John Robb&apos;s Radio Weblog</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/12/04.html#a509</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/12/04#whatGotCutOff&quot;&gt;What got cut off?&lt;/a&gt;.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/12/04.html#a509</guid>			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:51:39 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://partners.userland.com/people/docSearls.xml">The Doc Searls Weblog</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/12/04.html#a508</link>			<description>&lt;B&gt;Just Plain Cruel&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT SIZE=&quot;-2&quot;&gt; &amp;copy; 2002, John H.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/12/04.html#a508</guid>			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2002 16:46:28 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://blogs.salon.com/0001107/rss.xml">FarrFeed</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/09/12.html#a493</link>			<description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;black&quot;&gt;Good Morning!&lt;a name=&quot;goodMorning&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/09/12#goodMorning&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/09/12#whatDanRatherWouldnt&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/09/12#sendAMarine&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;h</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/09/12.html#a493</guid>			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:06:13 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://doc.weblogs.com/xml/scriptingnews2.xml">Doc Searls Weblog</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/21.html#a475</link>			<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsisfree.com/click/-3,7126857,1459/&quot;&gt;Murdoch&apos;s Grand Wishes for Net Control&lt;/a&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;News Corp.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/21.html#a475</guid>			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2002 21:53:03 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://www.newsisfree.com/HPE/xml/feeds/59/1459.xml">Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal</source>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/21.html#a474</link>			<description>I heard &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.com/news/796617.asp?cp1=1http://www.msnbc.com/news/796617.asp?cp1=1&quot;&gt;Studs Terkel&lt;/a&gt; on MSNBC the night before last.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/21.html#a474</guid>			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:08:15 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/05.html#a472</link>			<description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;black&quot;&gt;Janis&apos; Ian&apos;s Modest Proposal&lt;a name=&quot;janisIansModestProposal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://doc.weblogs.com/2002/08/05#janisIansModestProposal&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.scripting.com/images/leftArrow.gif&quot; height=&quot;9&quot; width=&quot;11&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/05.html#a472</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2002 17:24:28 GMT</pubDate>			<source url="http://doc.weblogs.com/xml/scriptingnews2.xml">Doc Searls Weblog</source>			</item>		<item>			<title>How to Fight the Corporate Hacking Bill</title>			<link>http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2002/08/02#When:1:03:53PM</link>			<description>The only way to counter the &quot;outsider&quot; image that we will garner by trying to sway voters to oust Hollings in his owne state is to create broad grassroots organizations that appeal to the insider in all states.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/05.html#a471</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2002 12:59:13 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<link>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/05.html#a470</link>			<description>Janis Ian made a point that the politicians who foist the bills for Jack Valenti and the Mouse will change their tunes if the feel they will be voted out.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/05.html#a470</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2002 12:54:27 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		<item>			<title>Janis Ian&apos;s Internet Debacle Fallout</title>			<link>http://www.janisian.com/article-fallout.html</link>			<description>Follow-up to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.janisian.com&quot;&gt;Janis Ian&apos;s&lt;/a&gt; original article.</description>			<guid>http://www.qis.net/~ploats/radio/categories/pontification/2002/08/05.html#a469</guid>			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2002 12:51:11 GMT</pubDate>			</item>		</channel>	</rss>