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	<title><![CDATA[My Ode to 2008]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-kuhn/my-ode-to-2008_b_154615.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Oy, was the year <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008">2008</a> a disaster,<br />
For most of us it couldn't end any faster.<br />
While companies <a href="http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/state_unemployment/">dramatically</a> cut their staff,<br />
<a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2009/01/tina_fey200901">Tina Fey</a> found new ways to make us laugh.</p>

<p>T'was not the year for <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/26708143">Lehman</a>, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/29/news/companies/aig/?postversion=2008122919">AIG</a> or <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/08/bear_stearns200808">Bear</a>,<br />
Paulson thought his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/business/21qanda.html">bailout</a> would dampen the scare.<br />
Many banks issued too much <a href="http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view/20081229-180450/2008-A-subprime-year">subprime</a>,<br />
And Madoff's scheme was an absurdly <a href="http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/getting-ripped-off-by-madoff-the-new-status-symbol">huge crime</a>.</p>

<p>2008 offered quite the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/">election</a>,<br />
With both parties fighting to...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-01-01T02:13:00-05:00</date_published>
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