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	<title><![CDATA[An American Puzzle]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/an-american-puzzle_b_126033.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Note:</strong> I found this one page on the sidewalk outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington. I can't vouch for its authenticity-RK:</em></p>

<p>TRANSLATION: MANDARIN TO ENGLISH<br>
<strong>From:</strong> Geng Huichang, Ministry of State Security<Br>
<strong>To:</strong> Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the United States<br>
<strong>Re:</strong> Request for evaluation of PALIN, SARAH</p>

<p><strong>Security Classification: Eyes Only</strong></p>

<p><strong>Executive Summary</strong></p>

<p>Most Excellent Comrade Ambassador!</p>

<p>The intelligence service has been requested to research why Republicans chose this peasant woman to be mate of John McCain. We most humbly apologize, but this nomination seems to make...</p></Br></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Off The Bus]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-10-13T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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