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		<title>Saving Fish From Drowning (Not)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am in the midst of reading Amy Tan&#8217;s delightful novel SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING. Amy Tan does a delightful job of unmasking the effette snobs of a certain California area by showing what happens when they arrange their own travel to unique areas, specifically Burma and China near the Tibetan border. One of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save Dollars Touring Europe &#8211; Guaranteed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear wonderous reader. The best value in touring Europe for 2007 is on a cruise ship. For about $130 per person per day, you get all the food ( it is gourmet) anytime you want. With your ship as hotel and magic carpet you avoid road rage, missed autobahn exits and that 20% VAT tax. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/05/16/save-dollars-touring-europe-guaranteed/</link>
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		<title>Homeland Security Cannot Protect the Colonel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans are agast to see pictures of RATS scurrying around KFC, home of Colonel Sanders in New York City. Where was Homeland Security? Were the RATS an Advance Guard of Al Quaeda? Were the RATS the real weapons of Mass Destruction (Bubonic Plague carriers) of the late Saddam Hussein? We must stop those RATS, Rat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/02/28/homeland-security-cannot-protect-the-colonel/</link>
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		<title>Why Airlines Treat You Like Servile Larvae</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Deregulation was pushed as the ultimate in efficiency for travelers. The emphasis was low fares and  better service because unfettered competition would be best for all concerned. Since deregulation, the America Society of Travel Agents cites over 200 airlines that have filed for bankruptcy causing massive resource dislocation. When an airline is going out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/02/20/why-arilines-treat-you-like-servile-larvae/</link>
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		<title>NCAA Should Scalp Duke Not Illinois</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In one of the more bizarre acts of spine the NCAA has forced the University of Illinois to stop forever using its mascot, Chief Illinawek. Is the NCAA aware that the state is named for a tribe of Indians, that the three largest rivers in the state, Ohio, Illinois, and Mississippi are named for native [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/02/16/ncaa-should-scalp-duke-not-illinois/</link>
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		<title>Super Bowl &#8211; I Experienced It For Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For all those who experienced the Super Bowl for thousands of dollars I got the same experience for substantially less. The Cheap Seats: I sat in my shower and listened to the radio. Owners Box: I sat in the Jacuzzi and listened to the radio. Sideline Seats: I jumped into the swimming pool for that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/02/05/super-bowl-i-experienced-it-for-free/</link>
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		<title>Some Things Internet Travel Sites Do Not Tell You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big lie in travel is that the internet sites have the lowest prices. There are many times when they do not. Specifically airfares to Asia and Europe are almost always hundreds of dollars lower via CONSOLIDATORS. In order to access a consolidator you must have an IATA number which is what your travel agent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/02/05/some-things-internet-travel-sites-do-not-tell-you/</link>
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		<title>Death of a Purple Cow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may have heard the rhyme, &#8221; I have never seen a purple cow. I never hope to see one. But I can tell you anyhow. I&#8217;d rather see than be one.&#8221; The author of that rhyme died last week. And the building where I first read it, Isalys in Youngstown, Ohio has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/02/04/death-of-a-purple-cow/</link>
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		<title>NFL and Super Bowl Have Giant US Subsidy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again the Super Bowl is with us. And according to some sources Super Bowl Sunday will be again the second largest drunk-driving arrest day of the year. Yet it is the tax payer who will pay the law enforcement persons to incarcerate the drunks, and arrest those guilty of crimes caused by intoxication such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/02/04/nfl-and-superbowl-have-giant-us-subsidy/</link>
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		<title>Next US President Duncan Hunter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have never heard of Congressman Duncan Hunter (R &#8211; El Cajon) join the club. If you have never heard of El Cajon, it is a Spanish word meaning &#8220;the coffin&#8221; which is where most political scientists believe his presidential campaign is going. This morning a unique article appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.officiallyshipping.com/2007/01/22/next-us-president-duncan-hunter/</link>
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