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	<description>If he doesn&#039;t make you laugh, he&#039;ll make you think</description>
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		<title>Our Man is &#8216;a sucker with low self esteem&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/12/11/our-man-is-a-sucker/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=our-man-is-a-sucker</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I had the audacity of those bad boys they date, who fondle them before they even know their names.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Funny!&#8217; is in the age of the beholder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Hallo! Hallo! Can I speak to My Son in America. He is at work? Good.  [Please?] tell him to spend $11 to wire us $3 for cooking oil. Hold on, his sister Kemuma says we're running low on sugar, too, so make it $5."]]></description>
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		<title>W1B1 flu attacks Our Man</title>
		<link>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/12/04/w1b1-flu-attacks-our-man/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=w1b1-flu-attacks-our-man</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Our Man</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blame Thanksgiving goat-meat feasts and post-traumatic day job stress disorder.]]></description>
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		<title>I speak an African language, not a &#8216;dialect&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/11/24/i-speak-an-african-language-not-a-dialect/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=i-speak-an-african-language-not-a-dialect</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://okongospolicy.com/?p=841</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yo hablo poquito espanol, y peinso que it's a dialect de mas idiomas de los gringos. Las Latinas son muy preciosa y amable, though. ]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, my g/God! I&#8217;m all grown up!</title>
		<link>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/11/19/oh-my-ggod-im-all-grown-up/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=oh-my-ggod-im-all-grown-up</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Our Man</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://okongospolicy.com/?p=817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My fingers were too dirty to dig into the mug. And Ma always told me not to touch food after digging into my buttocks. Kids do that, you know.]]></description>
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		<title>Of a Kenyan, lies, truths and mirrors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Our Man</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'd love to get a mirror that's candid and truthful.  But I'm still in love with that mirror that lies to me every morning that I'm good looking.]]></description>
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		<title>My brother from a Vietnamese mother</title>
		<link>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/11/09/my-brother-from-a-vietnamese-mother/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=my-brother-from-a-vietnamese-mother</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Our Man</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago if you'd have told me that I'd be sitting at a bar on a Friday night, drinking and sharing stories with a Vietnamese, I would have told you to get the F out of may face.]]></description>
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		<title>Our Man is still traditional</title>
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		<comments>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/11/07/our-man-is-still-traditional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm conflicted. Kenyans tell me I'm too Americanized. Americans say I can be more Africanized than an Africanized bee.]]></description>
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		<title>Me talking American football?</title>
		<link>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/10/30/me-talking-american-football/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=me-talking-american-football</link>
		<comments>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/10/30/me-talking-american-football/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Our Man</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She was talking about that American sport that mandates that players wear helmets, dress in spandex, and play in positions like "tight end" and "wide receiver."]]></description>
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		<title>Our Man is old enough to be President of Kenya</title>
		<link>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/10/28/our-man-is-old-enough-to-be-president-of-kenya/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=our-man-is-old-enough-to-be-president-of-kenya</link>
		<comments>http://ourmaninamerica.com/2009/10/28/our-man-is-old-enough-to-be-president-of-kenya/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Our Man</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal Robberies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Armed with what I think is unimpeachable evidence – a Kenyan passport that to my relieve is now half the size of my old one; a California driver’s license that I have even though I don’t own a car; and a green card that isn’t green – I’m ready to bring the Queen down.]]></description>
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