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	<title><![CDATA[Of Thee I Sing]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-madrak/of-thee-i-sing_b_24281.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>My country, 'tis of thee<br />
Sweet land of liberty<br />
Of thee I sing.</em></strong></p>

<p>I love my country, with everything within me. Born in blood and turmoil, out of religious refugees and landed gentry. The entire mess that somehow turned into the most idealistic of nations: Quaker merchants who used pacifism as an excuse to condemn the revolution when really, they were more worried about the financial consequences of worthless Continental scrip. The rabble that tarred and feathered the royal judges and...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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