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		<title><![CDATA[Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy: From Promotion to Support]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1177911]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Democracy promotion in some form has been central to U.S. foreign policy since the country's inception, yet recent setbacks require reevaluating: 'What role, if any, should democracy have in U.S. security strategy and public diplomacy today? Extensive interviews with former national security advisers, senior diplomats and policymakers, strategic thinkers, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[End the spectre of science for sale]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[End the spectre of science for saleOr Not[i]He will graduate from high school next spring, an honor student, and cost me a fortune at some elite college.[/i]Depends on what he really wants to study.  There are some world-class universities that are also shockingly inexpensive, even for out-of-state students. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/?p=361]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has offered a thoughtful but misguided palliative at CNN to the shortcomings of the age of networked democracy.     ... if you know how Americans use the Net to talk, you can easily stay in touch with real people.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:12:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Presidential candidates: Take a data integrity and transparency pledge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/?p=333]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Whomever you support for president, I hope you'll consider joining me in asking the candidates for a pledge that they will enforce data integrity policies at least as rigorous as expected of publicly traded companies, and that they'll open their administration to public scrutiny of most public policy.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:02:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2008: The year of hack the vote?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=42331&messageID=781155&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[2008: The year of hack the vote?It's only the free world at stakeStep A Open source, then step B Test, retest, test ongoing, test until the end of time and C Use the damn manual ballots until the system is infallable... Not infallable yet? Repeat steps A and B.What about...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:47:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Democracy Now Gadget 1 (Windows)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=805675]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Keep up to date on the important news. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.   ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fear Factor in BitTorrent debate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fear Factor in BitTorrent debateAmenDuopolies are a poor substitute for a free market and government has to own up to the anticompetitive consequences of its own actions.This is a republic and not a true...democracy.  Therefore the few elected to represent the many are easily bought off by big business...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:56:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Whole Foods bans execs from online forums]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whole Foods bans execs from online forumsPosting to Forums Affiliated with Press is Legally AllowedJust to clarify. For US citizens, no policy at Whole Earth or elsewhere can stop one from posting online when the forum is affiliated with a press. The reason for this is perhaps not as obvious...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:35:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[L.A. professor triggers Myanmar Web shutdown]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[L.A. professor triggers Myanmar Web shutdownHere's a country crying for democracy and...Here's a country whose people are starved for democracy and are risking their lives fighting for it, and the same major powers that invaded a sovereign nation to "bring democracy to the people of Iraq" take a hands-off approach...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An anxious wait for EU court ruling on Microsoft]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An anxious wait for EU court ruling on MicrosoftThis will be very interesting to watch. Really though, nothing they do willhave much of an effect in and of itself. The biggest thing here is all of the negative publicity that Microsoft has been getting and that has contributed to a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:01:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harnessing the Internet to reinvent democracy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harnessing the Internet to reinvent democracyWeb 2.0 conference in BerlinAmericans get their news by Blog. This change was recognized by time magazine when it made You as in YouTube person of the year. The change means those residing in the USA enjoy the form of democracy the nation's founders envisioned....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Engineering a new curriculum]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Engineering a new curriculumSome smaller schools are way ahead hereI teach engineering at two schools in CT.  One University of New Haven has a core required course for non-technology students to give them an appreciation and understanding as well as the necessary vocabulary of the role that engineering and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Singularity Summit 2007: Open source Singularity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6180]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["If the singularity is in fact near, the fundamental tools of information, collaboration and access will be our best hope for making it happen in a way that spreads its benefits and minimizes its dangers -- in short, making it happen in a way that lets us be good ancestors.,"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:50:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A judicial blessing for vote-swapping sites]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A judicial blessing for vote-swapping sitesVoteSwap - good enough for congress!If mathcing votes is good enough for congress it ought to be good enough for the rest of us. Winner take all, however, should go AWAY. This scheme by Republicans and Democrats to marginalize 3rd parties is not democracy. Remember...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Briton held over wireless broadband 'theft']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=37952&messageID=695039&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Briton held over wireless broadband 'theft'My response to "Signs" was mis-postedFrank,I tried to yell at you for what you posted, but it did not wind up under your post as I thought it would. Look below for the message "Ill-Informed and Narcissistic — posted by ProfessorJim  08/23/07" This was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Feds consider lowering passenger data requirements]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1009-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=37297&messageID=685151&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Feds consider lowering passenger data requirementsPublic Comment on Privitizing TSAThe US is just so different than lesser democracies. Lets remind ourselves of the public out cry when the Bush administration attempted to form TSA as a private outsourced operation. Then lets remind ourselves of the public outcry when the Bush...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:12:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Britain begins ID card procurement process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1009-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=37295&messageID=685090&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain begins ID card procurement processexperts like Microsoft?????It comes down to this. Either the citizenry pays attention and reports suspicious activity to authorities and each other or that form of democracy fails. The problem in England is monarchical. The citizenry trusts government to identify the wrong doers and can not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress yields to pass Bush spying bill]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress yields to pass Bush spying billAnd the fascist dictatorship grows ...... because I sure as hell don't call unwarranted surveillence with "secret court" approval OR "you will stay here UNTIL YOU PASS THIS LEGISLATION" democracy.If that's what you Americans call democracy these days, the terrorists not only WON the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FCC opts for open access -- not just that open]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11155-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=36893&messageID=677919&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FCC opts for open access -- not just that openTraitors ; The War of Multinational Corporations against the USAThis sale is on its surface unconstitutional. The constitution requires the federal government to keep this spectrum public. It was set aside 4 decades ago for consumers and voters so that we...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:17:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Republicans' YouTube debate date in limbo]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans' YouTube debate date in limboGood!Then make them MISS an important event... It would be their loss, not CNN's.Oh!  besides, no one is watching these GOP clowns except for Ron Paul... the rest are neo-conservative and the only one watching them is the neo-conservative base...Digital Democracy and Traitors; universal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
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