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		<title>Welcome to demopics!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to demopics, the product of a number of students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who have been asked to &#8220;picture,&#8221; quite literally, an &#8220;ideal American democracy.&#8221; By &#8220;ideal&#8221; we do not mean perfect, or even near-perfect, but an &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/welcome-to-demopics-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=61&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>many little pieces that come together as a whole</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An ideal of American democracy should be something that consists of many little pieces which come together as a whole to create one strong nation. After all, individualism, uniqueness, creativity, and leadership are and should continue to be valued in &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/many-little-pieces-that-come-together-as-a-whole/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=60&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Round Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I envision an ideal American Democracy, I that it should embody the photo that I chose, which is a round table. Democracy should be a system where everyone is considered to be equal. This is represented within my photo &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/round-table/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=59&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ideal American democracy is not as easy to tie down as one would think</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, ideal American democracy is not as easy to tie down as one would think. This person’s thinking on that issue is that it is due to the sole reason that there is no such thing as true American democracy. &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/ideal-american-democracy-is-not-as-easy-to-tie-down-as-one-would-think-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=58&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I’m going to fight for what I believe is fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ideal democracy for me is a state of freedom. A place where people can be outspoken, also for it to be okay to disagree with each other, yet people still live together. I say live together in the sense &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/i%e2%80%99m-going-to-fight-for-what-i-believe-is-fair/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=57&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ned</media:title>
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		<title>a simple drawing of a tree</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To represent the ideal picture of American Democracy, I chose a simple drawing of a tree. A tree is an idea image of Democracy because it involves are living organism that needs energy from multiple parts in order to fuction &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/a-simple-drawing-of-a-tree/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=53&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>parades</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a picture of what American Democracy should look like I chose a picture of a community parade.  In a parade there are many different interests and groups represented.  There are floats for business organizations, educational programs, interest groups, and &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/parades/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=51&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ned</media:title>
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		<title>collectivism vs. individualism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of the word “democracy,” what immediately comes to mind? Well, to me, the first thing that comes to mind is the word “people.” In today’s world, I believe that democracy is a government of the people, by &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/collectivism-vs-individualism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=46&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>coffee anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In class, we have been discussing different authors’ views on an ideal democracy. Two of the main authors whom we read excerpts from were John Dewey and Walter Lippman. They have very separate views on what democracy is and/or should &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/coffee-anyone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=33&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a happy, supportive, interested democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ned</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  The picture that I chose this time to depict an &#8220;ideal&#8221; democracy is a picture of a soccer game. I found that all of the elements of democracy are somehow represented. The coaches represent the executives who in politics &#8230; <a href="http://demopics.wordpress.com/2007/11/26/a-happy-supportive-interested-democracy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=demopics.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2165012&amp;post=25&amp;subd=demopics&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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