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	<description>Survive in Style not Denial</description>
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		<title>A Watershed Election Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[L.A. Progressive:
By Dick Price and Sharon Kyle — 
The several political or at least politically tinged events we attended this week showed us that the momentum for change is running fever pitch here in Los Angeles. Clearly, chickens have come home to roost for the woeful Bush Administration and the failed right-wing policies supporting it. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/414</link>
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		<title>McCain spokesperson lies: Katrina and Rita ‘didn’t spill a drop’ of oil.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think Progress:
This afternoon, Nancy Pfotenhauer, senior energy adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and a lobbyist for Koch Industries, lied to MSNBC’s David Schuster, claiming, “We withstood Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, and we didn’t spill a drop.” She said:
When Senator McCain opposed lifting the ban in the past, it was because there were concerns about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/413</link>
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		<title>Administration Rebuffs Maliki’s Timetable As ‘Artificial,’ Questions Whether Media Made Transcription Error</title>
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Think Progress:
President Bush has long maintained that if the Iraqi government wants the U.S. to leave Iraq, then the U.S. would do just that, as he said in May 2007:
We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/412</link>
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		<title>Environmental themes fit tees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seatle Times
The T-shirt has become a must-have for summer wardrobes.
But not just any old tee.
This summer&#8217;s hottest top is cozy, made of organic cotton and touts worthy causes across the chest.
From Target to Macy&#8217;s, retailers at every price point are reserving a place on their sales floors for T-shirts made of environment-friendly materials, emblazoned with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/411</link>
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		<title>Celebrity Baby Green Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrity Baby Blog
If you&#8217;re anything like us, you&#8217;re probably sick of hearing about &#8220;going green.&#8221; We are inundated with products and info on lessening our carbon footprint and helping to save the planet. I assure you, this is not a bad thing. The problem is in the information that&#8217;s presented &#8212; there&#8217;s just so much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/410</link>
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		<title>Clothing of the American Mind &#8212; Green from the Very Beginning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BigNews.biz
Los Angeles, CA, July 02, 2008 &#8212; Started Green, plans to stay Green, and do whatever it can to help various progressive causes throughout the US.
Unlike other companies jumping on the green bandwagon to create profits or make their shareholders feel good about their investment, Clothing of the American Mind (cotam.org) has been green since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/409</link>
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		<title>A list of John McCain Flip-Flops</title>
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Crooks and Liars
John McCain has flip-flopped on so many subjects that he would feel quite at home in my toddler’s tumbling class.  Keith Olbermann recounts McCain’s flip-floppery on Political reform, Immigration, Gay marriage, Abortion, Nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Military actions against rogue states, Negotiating with Kim Jong Il, Negotiating with Castro, Warrantless wiretapping, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/408</link>
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		<title>Obama to Meet His Fans in Europe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Der Spiegel:
Barack Obama, the man most Europeans would like to see elected the next US president, plans to visit Berlin, Paris and London soon. The Democratic candidate is looking for statesmanlike images to boost his campaign and German politicians will be hoping some of his popularity rubs off on them.
What will the new US president [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/405</link>
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		<title>Dodd and Feingold to Filibuster Telecom Immunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Dodd and Feingold:
“This is a deeply flawed bill, which does nothing more than offer retroactive immunity by another name. We strongly urge our colleagues to reject this so-called ‘compromise’ legislation and oppose any efforts to consider this bill in its current form. We will oppose efforts to end debate on this bill as long [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/399</link>
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		<title>Green Diva’s Guide to Fresh Style: Celebrities, Political Activism &#038; Eco-Style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Green Diva Review
COTAM is a non-profit organization dedicated to political activism by spreading progressive, socially conscious ideas through the use of eco-friendly T-shirts primarily. On the backs (and fronts) of supportive celebrities like Natalie Portman, Jamie Lee Curtis and of course Tim Reynolds, they’ve helped to broadcast these simple, but powerful messages. It worked for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cotam.org/blog/archives/407</link>
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