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		<title>What now?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, a new president and vice president will be declared almost a month after the actual election. This particular fact is a bit disconcerting. Two days shy of one month. That&#8217;s how long it took the fully-automated election to declare&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/what-now/">more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s new?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The full automation of elections held last May 10 was a success although the usual violence and long lines and of course vote buying were obviously rampant. How the comelec can turn a blind eye and a deaf ear&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/whats-new/">more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will your vote actually count?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the hullabaloo surrounding the upcoming elections, it makes me think of just one thing &#8211; Cheating. In the colorful political history of our country, each and every election is fraught with cheating and what not. Its not that&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/will-your-vote-actually-count/">more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Le Cirque Overkill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When does it get too much to stomach? When does it get too overrated? How can people be so callous as to make an extravagance out of an already ostentatious event? I once said that I would stop myself from&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/le-cirque-overkill/">more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethumbed.com/le-cirque-overkill/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Eclectic, Hayden Kho is not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;M ECLECTIC!!! Yeah, big news&#8230; Well, I am! And my friends would definitely vouch for me. As for Hayden Kho, he&#8217;s as methodical as clockwork working on the same room and with the same camera just with different tastes. Not&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/im-eclectic-hayden-kho-is-not/">more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethumbed.com/im-eclectic-hayden-kho-is-not/</link>
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		<title>Exercising your right to vote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 29 &#8211; Another milestone for Philippine Politics. According to the papers, the just concluded Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were largely peaceful. Well, a school just went up in flames and a number of people killed in so-called &#8220;isolated&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/exercising-your-right-to-vote/">more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Erap granted Absolute Pardon by President Macapagal-Arroyo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a transcript of the Grant of Executive Clemency given to deposed former President Ejercito Estrada by President Macapagal Arroyo: Whereas this administration has a policy of releasing prisoners who have reached the age of 70, Whereas Joseph Ejercito&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/erap-granted-absolute-pardon-by-president-macapagal-arroyo/">more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethumbed.com/erap-granted-absolute-pardon-by-president-macapagal-arroyo/</link>
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		<title>Philippine Politics + Bribe Money + a Priest = A Recipe for Disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re at it again. Just another disastrous concoction straight from the annals of Philippine Politics. A Priest turned Governor turned in half a million peso worth of &#8220;gift&#8221; money with a big question, &#8220;What is it for?&#8221; Are they for&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/philippine-politics-bribe-money-a-priest-a-recipe-for-disaster/">more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethumbed.com/philippine-politics-bribe-money-a-priest-a-recipe-for-disaster/</link>
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		<title>Bribery, Tattletales and the famous Filipino Crab Mentality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do tattletales do what they do? Is it because of their innate sense of what is right and wrong? Or maybe because they believe that justice must be served? Is it done out of the goodness of their hearts?&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/bribery-tattletales-and-the-famous-filipino-crab-mentality/">more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethumbed.com/bribery-tattletales-and-the-famous-filipino-crab-mentality/</link>
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		<title>Philippine Politics &#8211; what went wrong?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Philippines is a country full of good people and unnatural evils. Unnatural and unnecessary evil. Good people who turn unnaturally evil because of the strong lure of money and of power. Good people who decided to shut their mouths&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.bethumbed.com/philippine-politics-what-went-wrong/">more...</a>]]></description>
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