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	<title>Briarpatch Magazine &#187; pessimism</title>
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		<title>Letter from the Editor: Drinking deeply from a half-empty glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dave</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Aug 2008: Olympics vs. the Downtown Eastside]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Briarpatch Articles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[collapse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[despair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hope]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[optimism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We are moving into a period of bewilderment, a curious moment in which people find light in the midst of despair, and vertigo at the summit of their hopes. It is a religious moment also, and here is the danger. People will want to obey the voice of Authority, and many strange constructs of just [...]]]></description>
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