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		<title>What&#8217;s on YOUR list?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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<p>A couple of weeks back, Su was telling me about a book called &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Enough_for_Love" title="Wikipedia Article:Time enough for love (opens in new window)" target="_blank">Time Enough for Love</a>&#8221; by noted Sci-fi author: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein" title="Wikipedia Article:Robert Heinlein (opens in new window)" target="_blank">Robert A. Heinlein</a>.</p>
<p>In this book, the main character <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_Long" title="Wikipedia Article:Lazarus Long (opens in new window)" target="_blank">Lazarus Long</a> (who as part of a genetics rejuvenation experiment has managed to live over two thousand years) has a conversation, in which he states:-</p>
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		<title>Rant: African Dictatorship for Dummies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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<p><em>(An excerpt from Robert Mugabe&#8217;s autobiography &#8220;My boyfriend&#8217;s back and there&#8217;s going to be trouble&#8230;&#8221;)</em></p>
<p>Are you having trouble with your peasant population?  Are they starting to grumble about not having all the expected luxuries like enough food, decent housing and clean water?</p>
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