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		<title>Dear Maine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of legalized marriage for gay and lesbian couples offends your sensitivities. Know what offends my sensitivities? People who wear UGGs and Crocs. People that can’t spell. People that can’t tell the difference between “your” and “you’re” Hipsters. Fucking hipsters. Corporate personhood. You claim that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Fine. Have your sacred fucking union but give everyone the same rights afforded married couples. I’m pretty sure that a gay couple desiring power of attorney for each other in case of catastrophe is not going to destroy your sacred union. Please spare me your religious diatribes about gays being abominations of God. I’ve read the Bible enough to know that Christians have no problem picking and choosing passages to suit their needs. Self-entitlement abounds in Christianity, and one need look no further than so-called Christians who gossip, &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/politics/dear-maine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change more than a life: change everything</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Thanks to Patrick, and NPR, I’ve learned that the Food and Drug Administration instituted the ban on gay &#38; bisexual men donating blood to organizations such as American Red Cross. I’ve discontinued the previous petition on act.ly in place of a new one that petitions Barack Obama to lift the FDA’s ban on allowing blood donations from gay &#38; bisexual men. The day after September 11, 2001, New York City asked its residents to donate blood. Some of my friends tried to donate blood but were turned away because they’re gay. The City desperately needed blood donations so my friends went to different make-shift donation centers, lied about their sexual identity (and history), and donated blood. Someone is alive because of a gay man that does not have HIV or AIDS. Organizations such as American Red Cross will not allow gay and bisexual &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/politics/change-more-than-a-life-change-everything/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Protect Me from What I Want</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Camille Paglia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past five years since living in Seattle I’ve been hit on my bicycle several times by drivers who pay more attention to their mobile calls than traffic. Fortunately for me, many of these drivers own luxury cars which means their insurance plans will cover my hospital bills and any necessary repairs to my bicycle. This, unfortunately, is my health insurance plan. The last time I had health insurance I was a full-time art director in 2005, but I wasn’t able to use my plan because I hadn’t any health insurance since my last full-time job in 2002. The insurance company placed me on probation to exclude any pre-existing medical conditions during my lapse of continued health coverage. Working in a freelance capacity doesn’t prevent me from owning health insurance, however so many insurance plans have premiums that, honestly, are exorbitant for an &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/politics/protect-me-from-what-i-want/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another World</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/news/another-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watching the Inauguration on television this morning, I went from one emotional extreme to another during the event. For the first time in eight years, I felt like I no longer had to live in fear of my government. That I can speak my mind without worrying that I would lose additional civil liberties or be labeled a terrorist for my staunch opposition of Bush and Cheney’s politics. I listened to the broadcasters on NBC elaborate on Americans in all their myriad dwellings. Latinos were lumped into barrios and black were ushered into ghettos. The broadcasters were stumped for a description of Asian communities. One word would have been far better and more powerful: home. Despite the historical precedent of today, white privilege remains omnipotent in our mainstream media. And despite the historical precedent of today, America and the world were deemed not ready &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/news/another-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We need to look after each other, and ourselves.</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/news/we-need-to-look-after-each-other-and-ourselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<title>Hope for a better world</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/design/hope-for-a-better-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<title>You go, girl.</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/politics/you-go-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<title>Protect Marriage &amp; Children: Prohibit Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/politics/protect-marriage-children-prohibit-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<title>Get mad. Then get organized.</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/politics/get-mad-then-get-organized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<title>Like hell we did</title>
		<link>http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/politics/like-hell-we-did/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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