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Enjoy, and continue to be real.</description><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><sy:updateBase>2000-01-01T12:00+00:00</sy:updateBase><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/738322" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/732300" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/730178" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/728932" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/728745" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/725924" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/723486" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/721726" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/721438" /><rdf:li resource="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/720621" /></rdf:Seq></items></channel><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/738322"><title>Facebook and the Rights of Bahamians</title><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/the_poets_views/738322</link><description>By Dennis Dames: Facebook is free for all, but it doesn’t mean that we are liberated to slander others with impunity - or to make vile threats against brothers and sisters without consequences. 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