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		<title>Desperately Seeking Sam</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2009/02/desperately-seeking-sam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I appreciate about Sam Adams, the mayor of Portland, is that he&#8217;s tech-savvy. Like President Obama, he&#8217;s hip to the tools the internet has to offer. He has a Twitter account, a nice little mayoral website, and ran a good election campaign. His use of technology makes him feel accessible, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#039;s it to you?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/11/whats-it-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not easy to describe how it felt when California passed Proposition 8 – banning same-sex marriages – last week. The same happened in Oregon four years ago. We search for words to express how it feels to know that secretly (and openly) 52% of people hate us. We rage and we cry and we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes. We. Can.</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/11/yes-we-can/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mine is a pretty cynical generation. Most of us in our 30s have spent the majority of our lives in a recession, in a war over oil, facing climate change, and enduring political parties that fail to inspire much less to lead us to a better tomorrow. We&#8217;ve lacked hope that things will get better, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do your civic duty.</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/11/do-your-civic-duty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you do today, wherever you are, get out there and vote! If you&#8217;re in a vote-by-mail state like me, then go hand in your ballot if you haven&#8217;t already. This is it, folks, this is your single chance to express your most precious right as an American. I don&#8217;t care what your politics are, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This land is your land, this land is my land</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/09/this-land-is-your-land-this-land-is-my-land/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/09/this-land-is-your-land-this-land-is-my-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sent this email to the Obama/Biden campaign earlier today after reading Obama&#8217;s stance on Proposition 8 in California, same-sex marriage, and his Faith &#38; Family tour.

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Dear Obama/Biden Campaign,
I&#8217;ve been a big fan of the whole &#8220;change&#8221; campaign since the beginning, and feel like Obama can offer the nation some hope in the face of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenwashing, Energy, and the Rhetoric of Disingenuity</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/07/greenwashing-energy-and-the-rhetoric-of-disingenuity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think of coal used for energy, I think of China, filthy air, dire situations, under-developed nations, the iron-grip of Communism. Coal is the fuel of Tolstoy and World War I and the Eastern Block, a phantom from the early 20th century, a black spot on our environmental history. Coal is up there with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refueling a nation?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/06/refueling-a-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsanddeeds.com/2008/06/refueling-a-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacy Westbrook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are trying times. The economy is in a downturn, the war in Iraq lingers on, gas costs over $4 a gallon, and large businesses in America are losing money. At times like this, I think back to WWII and the efforts of the government and businesses to bolster the economy, how they encouraged thrift, [...]]]></description>
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