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	<description>Scott Bradford has been building web sites and using them to say what he thinks since 1995, which tended to get him in trouble with power-tripping assistant principals at the time. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University, but has spent most of his career (so far) working on public- and private-sector web sites. He is not a member of any political party, and brands himself an ‘independent constitutional conservative.’ In addition to holding down a day job and blogging about challenging subjects like politics, religion, and technology, Scott is also a devout Catholic, gun-owner, bike rider, and music lover with a wife and two cats.</description>
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		<title>And It Fades</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2004 20:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in the shadows, it&#8217;s a dark day Hollow promises left in the cold So I chase it, oh I chase it Because it&#8217;s soft and pleasant to hold And it fades, fades away Like lightning The air crackles The pulse quickens and That&#8217;s the way I loved you The way I always will It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby, Say Goodbye</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2003 20:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I still think of what you said The promises you made, meant to keep, Still rattle round and round inside my head So I wonder how you sleep Sometimes I still dream about you, baby The picture-perfect life that we believed You wanted me to come, &#8220;don&#8217;t say maybe&#8221; But I have been deceived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;d Have Just Said &#8216;Hi&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2003 19:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I could turn back the clock It would be third-period government Second week of senior year And you&#8217;d have just said hi With the meeting of our eyes And not a hint of all the anger or the lies But I&#8217;d have never learned to question All the passing glances and stares I&#8217;d have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blonde Joke</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2002 20:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a bad pop song with an incessant beat One of those people I just had to meet Rough and tumble, random lovin&#8217;, senior year in Bedford No dumb blonde here, conniving little slut Takes what she wants and turns the rest to dust But I&#8217;m still standin&#8217; Here on my own two feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tabatha&#8217;s Got A Secret</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2001/10/15/tabathas-got-a-secret/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2001 20:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tabatha&#8217;s got a secret Got a brand new kind of life Tabatha&#8217;s got a secret She may be wrong; she&#8217;s got the right Tabatha&#8217;s got a reason God knows she always does Tabatha&#8217;s got a secret And she wears black-rubber gloves And she lives in all of you here God knows she&#8217;s not alone She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Song for You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2001 20:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been waiting a good while For you to make me smile But you couldn&#8217;t, even if you tried After the hurt, the use, the lies So this is my last song for you I offered you the universe And you cursed me in return I tried to make you smile So I gave up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Want to See</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2001 20:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She holds your hand She kissed your cheek She hugs you close Been a long week She laughs and smiles You know she&#8217;s there She&#8217;s got blue eyes And I don&#8217;t care I don&#8217;t want to see you I don&#8217;t want to see you Wrap your arms around her I don&#8217;t want to see her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Last Spark</title>
		<link>http://www.scottbradford.us/2001/03/12/one-last-spark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since I had seen you there With windy eyes and flowers in your hair You wondered where the promise lay You haggled all the words you say Because you knew there&#8217;s right and then there&#8217;s wrong You see the light in darkness And we all know there&#8217;s something better in together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groooooooovin&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2000 19:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baby you&#8217;ve got the groove To make me move You&#8217;ve got the face To make my heart race You&#8217;ve got the eyes To light my skies With fires of passion That soon grow ashen Baby you&#8217;ve got the hands To put you in command You&#8217;ve got the legs That spread like the plague You&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Ideal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2000 20:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She told me she could be the one Told me that she cared She told me she&#8217;d be by my side No matter how things fared She told me that she loved me Said she needed me She told me that I made her happy Close my eyes so I can&#8217;t see She hides from [...]]]></description>
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