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		<title>Moving On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have been blogging for many years, sharing our likes and dislikes, triumphs and disappointments, passions, adventures, and discoveries. And it has indeed been an adventure. We appreciate your comments, concerns, ideas, suggestions, and support. But now it’s time for &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/10/02/moving-on/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Religion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans wave the religion banner every time they want to justify their opinions on practically anything nowadays, especially when condemning the political or religious beliefs of others. But the truth is that as a group they are largely illiterate when &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/30/know-your-religion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/30/know-your-religion/</link>
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		<title>Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The inflatable street art of Joshua Allen Harris is one of my favorite examples of Guerilla Art. Using trash bags, duct tape, and the air movements from within the bowels of New York City, he creates fantastic creatures to delight &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/29/street-art-joshua-allen-harris/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/29/street-art-joshua-allen-harris/</link>
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		<title>New Budget Approach</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I like the approach taken by The Oregonian, Portland&#8217;s daily newspaper, in an article published yesterday. In an effort to gain public opinions on how the state should close its $3.2 billion budget shortfall, the newspaper published a menu for &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/27/new-budget-approach/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/27/new-budget-approach/</link>
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		<title>Fox and Our Muslim President</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was criticized for calling out Fox as a contributor to the myth that Obama is Muslim. As the cartoon above shows, I&#8217;m not the only one who sees it. It&#8217;s easy to prove. If history has shown us nothing, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/25/fox-and-our-muslim-president/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/25/fox-and-our-muslim-president/</link>
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		<title>The Big Lie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A poll conducted last month by the Pew Research Center for People and the Press showed that a growing percentage of Americans think President Obama is a Muslim. The percentages are up from polls conducted in the past. Is it &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/23/the-big-lie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/23/the-big-lie/</link>
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		<title>The Recession is Over!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The news this week from Washington is that the recession ended in June of last year. Hmmm. Why doesn&#8217;t it feel any better? Oh, well, never mind reality. When we were in Cannon Beach a few weeks ago we spotted &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/22/the-recession-is-over/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/22/the-recession-is-over/</link>
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		<title>Scapegoats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**Latest News: As expected, Republicans in the Senate successfully blocked repeal of Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell today. As one Republican told the BBC on a broadcast I heard, &#8220;Sure, it may be the right thing to do, but we aren&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/21/scapegoats/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/21/scapegoats/</link>
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		<title>Pirates Everywhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, September 19, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. While not yet an official national holiday deserving of a day off for federal and state workers, it is nevertheless fun. On my first weekend in Portland over two years &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/19/pirates-everywhere/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/19/pirates-everywhere/</link>
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		<title>Homer &amp; Langley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading E.L. Doctorow&#8217;s newest novel, Homer &#038; Langley, and am again convinced that he is our foremost chronicler of the American myth. His weaving of historical places, people, and events just gets sharper with every new book, &#8230; <a href="http://blog.buckandmike.com/2010/09/14/homer-langley/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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