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		<title>By: beachnan</title>
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		<dc:creator>beachnan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow!  That was amazing!</description>
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		<title>By: elise</title>
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		<dc:creator>elise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My husband wrote a poem for me for Valentine&#039;s Day and I&#039;d like to share it with nq. ( he is a mathematician/physicist)

THEORUM: I LOVE YOU
PROOF:

there is no normal abnormality,
no sensible absurdity,
no finished perpetuity,
no civilized barbarity,
no anonymous celebrity,
no peripheral centrality,
that could conceivably

amongst countable infinities
discern the simple entities
make probable a certainty
of clarified opacity
of what i see
demonstrably
and thereby axiomatically
make certain the validity
obtain a continuity
and establish irrefutably
this simplest of congruities

that

when in your proximity
 and curvilinearity
i experience rigidity
longing and solidity
INSATIABLE ENORMITY
a veritable MONSTROSITY
as far and far as the eye can see
 (I&#039;m given to hyperbole):
the basic electricity
and opposite polarity
require that our circuity
establish the velocity
and urgent synchronicity
and
finally
Oh my God
!!!SUPERCONDUCTIVITY!!!

And then in our tranquility
It&#039;s obvious and plain to see
that
I LOVE YOU and YOU LOVE ME
QED!!!!!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My husband wrote a poem for me for Valentine&#8217;s Day and I&#8217;d like to share it with nq. ( he is a mathematician/physicist)</p>
<p>THEORUM: I LOVE YOU<br />
PROOF:</p>
<p>there is no normal abnormality,<br />
no sensible absurdity,<br />
no finished perpetuity,<br />
no civilized barbarity,<br />
no anonymous celebrity,<br />
no peripheral centrality,<br />
that could conceivably</p>
<p>amongst countable infinities<br />
discern the simple entities<br />
make probable a certainty<br />
of clarified opacity<br />
of what i see<br />
demonstrably<br />
and thereby axiomatically<br />
make certain the validity<br />
obtain a continuity<br />
and establish irrefutably<br />
this simplest of congruities</p>
<p>that</p>
<p>when in your proximity<br />
 and curvilinearity<br />
i experience rigidity<br />
longing and solidity<br />
INSATIABLE ENORMITY<br />
a veritable MONSTROSITY<br />
as far and far as the eye can see<br />
 (I&#8217;m given to hyperbole):<br />
the basic electricity<br />
and opposite polarity<br />
require that our circuity<br />
establish the velocity<br />
and urgent synchronicity<br />
and<br />
finally<br />
Oh my God<br />
!!!SUPERCONDUCTIVITY!!!</p>
<p>And then in our tranquility<br />
It&#8217;s obvious and plain to see<br />
that<br />
I LOVE YOU and YOU LOVE ME<br />
QED!!!!!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: trixta</title>
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		<dc:creator>trixta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Magic Jack is pretty good-- especially for the price!!-- but only runs on high speed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Magic Jack is pretty good&#8211; especially for the price!!&#8211; but only runs on high speed.</p>
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		<title>By: trixta</title>
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		<dc:creator>trixta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kennedy didn&#039;t vote?  Was it due to health reasons?  Or could it be that he didn&#039;t like the health care provisions in the bill?  I wonder ... although he sure has proven himself to be the quintessential Obot in the Senate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kennedy didn&#8217;t vote?  Was it due to health reasons?  Or could it be that he didn&#8217;t like the health care provisions in the bill?  I wonder &#8230; although he sure has proven himself to be the quintessential Obot in the Senate.</p>
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		<title>By: Ellen D</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/14314/open-thread-recession-reduces-valentines-day-romance/#comment-1141945</link>
		<dc:creator>Ellen D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ooops SKYPE.

 KYPE doesn&#039;t work as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ooops SKYPE.</p>
<p> KYPE doesn&#8217;t work as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Ellen D</title>
		<link>http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/14314/open-thread-recession-reduces-valentines-day-romance/#comment-1141942</link>
		<dc:creator>Ellen D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That sounds like us. We even have business associates in other countries switching to KYPE.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That sounds like us. We even have business associates in other countries switching to KYPE.</p>
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		<title>By: Tricia Spiegel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tricia Spiegel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To me Valentine&#039;s Day is telling those I love that I love them.  That&#039;s it.  And if the reply back is the same. The is worth more than money can buy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To me Valentine&#8217;s Day is telling those I love that I love them.  That&#8217;s it.  And if the reply back is the same. The is worth more than money can buy.</p>
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		<title>By: Dawnelle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dawnelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>GREAT well save it we&#039;ll have a party!  Roses and Champagne!  Sounds heavenly!  lol

2012 awaits (if not before)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>GREAT well save it we&#8217;ll have a party!  Roses and Champagne!  Sounds heavenly!  lol</p>
<p>2012 awaits (if not before)</p>
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		<title>By: Sassy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sassy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My grand-daughters received a Valentine and $25 checks from us for their recent straight A report cards.
That will be the only spending we do, for I am trapped with kleenex on one side and the trash can on the other. YUK!
We have reduced our driving by half, our long distancing calling by half, and gone to basic cable rather than premium.
We no longer dine out except for a quick burger on errand day.
We have no control over property taxes, home and vehicle insurance, or health insurance, so we are about as lean as we can get!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My grand-daughters received a Valentine and $25 checks from us for their recent straight A report cards.<br />
That will be the only spending we do, for I am trapped with kleenex on one side and the trash can on the other. YUK!<br />
We have reduced our driving by half, our long distancing calling by half, and gone to basic cable rather than premium.<br />
We no longer dine out except for a quick burger on errand day.<br />
We have no control over property taxes, home and vehicle insurance, or health insurance, so we are about as lean as we can get!</p>
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		<title>By: I'm a Linda too</title>
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		<dc:creator>I'm a Linda too</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hubby and I laughed on the news coverage on HLN yesterday, &quot;they&#039;re buying cheap engagement rings&quot;.  While they keep using talking points to downsize on spending, they almost seemed to be that commercial telling you THIS is where you need to SPEND.  Almost to guilt you in to spending that 10 percent of your salary on a ring.  They said sales were high on &quot;cheap engagement rings&quot;.  How demeaning is that.  CHEAP?

Well, I guess they really don&#039;t like me.  I don&#039;t even HAVE an engagement ring.  After living with the guy for a few years and kinda&#039; agreeing that we were spending the rest of our lives together and deciding to get married before we moved, didn&#039;t exactly call for having to go out and buy an engagement ring when I needed to buy my wedding band.  I know, they hate folks like me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hubby and I laughed on the news coverage on HLN yesterday, &#8220;they&#8217;re buying cheap engagement rings&#8221;.  While they keep using talking points to downsize on spending, they almost seemed to be that commercial telling you THIS is where you need to SPEND.  Almost to guilt you in to spending that 10 percent of your salary on a ring.  They said sales were high on &#8220;cheap engagement rings&#8221;.  How demeaning is that.  CHEAP?</p>
<p>Well, I guess they really don&#8217;t like me.  I don&#8217;t even HAVE an engagement ring.  After living with the guy for a few years and kinda&#8217; agreeing that we were spending the rest of our lives together and deciding to get married before we moved, didn&#8217;t exactly call for having to go out and buy an engagement ring when I needed to buy my wedding band.  I know, they hate folks like me.</p>
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		<title>By: obamastolemyboyfriend</title>
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		<dc:creator>obamastolemyboyfriend</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have a bottle of champagne waiting for such an occasion.  I hope it doesn&#039;t get too old.  I was certain by last March-May the jig would be up!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a bottle of champagne waiting for such an occasion.  I hope it doesn&#8217;t get too old.  I was certain by last March-May the jig would be up!</p>
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		<title>By: Dawnelle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dawnelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s been 7 yrs since &quot;someone special&quot; (other than relatives) sent me roses on Valentines day!

It was really nice getting them, but I haven&#039;t lost much sleep in the yrs since.

I would have bought MYSELF a dozen roses had BAMBI been called OUT on his whole bad self.

Hell I would have bought the whole BLOG roses for that!

lol</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been 7 yrs since &#8220;someone special&#8221; (other than relatives) sent me roses on Valentines day!</p>
<p>It was really nice getting them, but I haven&#8217;t lost much sleep in the yrs since.</p>
<p>I would have bought MYSELF a dozen roses had BAMBI been called OUT on his whole bad self.</p>
<p>Hell I would have bought the whole BLOG roses for that!</p>
<p>lol</p>
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		<title>By: C.S.</title>
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		<dc:creator>C.S.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah, yes.  Government &lt;em&gt;of&lt;/em&gt; the People, &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; the People, and &lt;em&gt;by&lt;/em&gt; the People...as long as we don&#039;t get in the way of government &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; the wealthy, &lt;em&gt;by&lt;/em&gt; the influentially powerful and &lt;em&gt;of&lt;/em&gt; double standards. 

Does anyone believe that government jet paid for from  our tax money would have been waiting for Senator Sherrod Brown if he had wanted to vote against that bill?  That&#039;s not legislation by democracy; that&#039;s as blatant as the special double standards used to see some guy with several aliases and dual citizenship snuck into Our White House.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, yes.  Government <em>of</em> the People, <em>for</em> the People, and <em>by</em> the People&#8230;as long as we don&#8217;t get in the way of government <em>for</em> the wealthy, <em>by</em> the influentially powerful and <em>of</em> double standards. </p>
<p>Does anyone believe that government jet paid for from  our tax money would have been waiting for Senator Sherrod Brown if he had wanted to vote against that bill?  That&#8217;s not legislation by democracy; that&#8217;s as blatant as the special double standards used to see some guy with several aliases and dual citizenship snuck into Our White House.</p>
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		<title>By: NomNomNom</title>
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		<dc:creator>NomNomNom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>also in bill : $545 million for chronic disease programs, health promotion &amp; &lt;strong&gt;genomics programs&lt;/strong&gt; and almost 1bn for &quot;&lt;strong&gt;new&lt;/strong&gt; vaccinations for children.&quot;
http://www.naturalnews.com/025608.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>also in bill : $545 million for chronic disease programs, health promotion &amp; <strong>genomics programs</strong> and almost 1bn for &#8220;<strong>new</strong> vaccinations for children.&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/025608.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.naturalnews.com/025608.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: beebop</title>
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		<dc:creator>beebop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your tax dollars already being abused:

&lt;strong&gt;Washington -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown got help from the White House to make sure he could cast what was viewed as an essential Democratic vote Friday night in favor of the economic stimulus package. 

Brown attended calling hours in Mansfield on Friday afternoon and evening for his mother, Emily Campbell Brown, 88, who died Feb. 2. Her funeral is this morning, leaving Brown little time and no commercial flight options to get to Washington and back so quickly. 

The White House provided a government plane so Brown could return to the Capitol for the vote and then get back to Mansfield to be with his family and honor his mother, officials said. The trip is considered official business. 

Brown&#039;s vote was considered necessary because it takes 60 votes to cut off debate in the Senate and conclude the matter. 

Sen. Ted Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat who has a malignant brain tumor, was not expected to vote because of his health, setting up a decisive vote for Brown. The vote began Friday evening, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held it open long enough for Brown to return. &lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your tax dollars already being abused:</p>
<p><strong>Washington &#8212; U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown got help from the White House to make sure he could cast what was viewed as an essential Democratic vote Friday night in favor of the economic stimulus package. </p>
<p>Brown attended calling hours in Mansfield on Friday afternoon and evening for his mother, Emily Campbell Brown, 88, who died Feb. 2. Her funeral is this morning, leaving Brown little time and no commercial flight options to get to Washington and back so quickly. </p>
<p>The White House provided a government plane so Brown could return to the Capitol for the vote and then get back to Mansfield to be with his family and honor his mother, officials said. The trip is considered official business. </p>
<p>Brown&#8217;s vote was considered necessary because it takes 60 votes to cut off debate in the Senate and conclude the matter. </p>
<p>Sen. Ted Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat who has a malignant brain tumor, was not expected to vote because of his health, setting up a decisive vote for Brown. The vote began Friday evening, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held it open long enough for Brown to return. </strong></p>
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