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		<title>By: John C James III</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-9062</link>
		<dc:creator>John C James III</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey lets try that again 8)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey lets try that again <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: John C James III</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-9061</link>
		<dc:creator>John C James III</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>8)  Thanks Andy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' />  Thanks Andy</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-9051</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>JCJ3 use &#039;8&#039; followed immediatey by &#039;)&#039; without the quotes</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JCJ3 use &#8216;8&#8242; followed immediatey by &#8216;)&#8217; without the quotes</p>
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		<title>By: John C James III</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-9042</link>
		<dc:creator>John C James III</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andy

How do you doo that face with the sun glasses?  that&#039;s cool!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andy</p>
<p>How do you doo that face with the sun glasses?  that&#8217;s cool!</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-9037</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PurpleMD, I&#039;m guessing Beau has had his hands full with the aftermath of surviving 2 or 3 hurricanes down in FLA, but if you look at the archives from early Sept and back, you can&#039;t miss his rap.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PurpleMD, I&#8217;m guessing Beau has had his hands full with the aftermath of surviving 2 or 3 hurricanes down in FLA, but if you look at the archives from early Sept and back, you can&#8217;t miss his rap.</p>
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		<title>By: purplemd</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-9015</link>
		<dc:creator>purplemd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2004 05:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andy and SCSIwuzzy,

I don&#039;t know a Beau unless my brother uses an alias.  I moved to the West Coast in 1995 (Seattle) and California in 1996.

PurpleMD
Lone, Black, conservative Christian female physician in the San Francisco Bay Area</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andy and SCSIwuzzy,</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know a Beau unless my brother uses an alias.  I moved to the West Coast in 1995 (Seattle) and California in 1996.</p>
<p>PurpleMD<br />
Lone, Black, conservative Christian female physician in the San Francisco Bay Area</p>
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		<title>By: Rainmaker</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8973</link>
		<dc:creator>Rainmaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear LaShawn..
I am a life long agnostic who just recently began to believe in Divine Creation. I just happened to stumble upon your site. Besides being beautiful..black and bold I am inspired by your words and by your courage.
I hope you continue to write. I compare your courage to the true warriors for civil rights who stood up when it was extremely dangerous. Today it requires no courage to blame the white man for every ill in the world. It is time for a new strategy..a time to turn down that path that awaits all races. You give me hope..and that is a gift beyond words. Thank you..Ray</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear LaShawn..<br />
I am a life long agnostic who just recently began to believe in Divine Creation. I just happened to stumble upon your site. Besides being beautiful..black and bold I am inspired by your words and by your courage.<br />
I hope you continue to write. I compare your courage to the true warriors for civil rights who stood up when it was extremely dangerous. Today it requires no courage to blame the white man for every ill in the world. It is time for a new strategy..a time to turn down that path that awaits all races. You give me hope..and that is a gift beyond words. Thank you..Ray</p>
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		<title>By: SCSIwuzzy</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8883</link>
		<dc:creator>SCSIwuzzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 13:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andy,
I was thinking nearly the same thing...
That, and where was this woman when I was working in Sillycon valley?!?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andy,<br />
I was thinking nearly the same thing&#8230;<br />
That, and where was this woman when I was working in Sillycon valley?!?</p>
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		<title>By: Andy</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8872</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>purplemd, you crack me up hehehe.  You wouldn&#039;t happen to be Beau&#039;s sister would you? 8)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>purplemd, you crack me up hehehe.  You wouldn&#8217;t happen to be Beau&#8217;s sister would you? <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: purplemd</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8871</link>
		<dc:creator>purplemd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2004 05:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LaShawn,
I&#039;m glad you sought God&#039;s leading and had a desire to be obedient.  I&#039;m even more glad that he apparently wants you to continue blogging!

As you know, being a conservative, Kingdom-first Christian, Black female can be quite a lonesome existence during political seasons--your liberal friends who have nothing to back their positions except &quot;I hate Bush,&quot; &quot;Bush lied,&quot; &quot;No war for oil,&quot; &quot;protect the environment&quot;, &quot;save the children&quot; and &quot;it&#039;s intuitively obvious to anyone with half a brain&quot; suddenly avoid you; can&#039;t get past date number two with a man because (a) you realize he&#039;s not much of an independent-thinker (more like a sheep...which is concerning given society&#039;s morality) or (b) he considers you loud and overexcited versus passionate and well-informed; have to keep replacing Bush/Cheney signs, stickers, decals which those free-speech-lovin&#039; Liberals can&#039;t seem to &quot;tolerate&quot; seeing; having &quot;niggaz&quot; (as opposed to Black people ala Chris Rock) want to go off on you or inform you that you&#039;re still Black because you have a Bush t-shirt, sticker, pin or hat (baby...I&#039;ve been Black &lt;i&gt;aaaalllllll&lt;/i&gt; my life but I ain&#039;t been stupid or ignorant for much of it!)

If wanting to be independent, financially-stable (even wealthy as opposed to rich), educated, informed, motivated and ambitious is being white...I hope to be BLINDINGLY white someday! :)  I hope to glow so brightly that electricity ceases to be necessary for light in the evenings!  Snow should look like charcoal when compared to me!  Sunglasses should be necessary in my zip code!  It should be like when Moses came down from the mountain after God walked by him...I&#039;ll have to wear a veil so mere mortals can stand to be in my presence!

Keep up the excellent work!  I hope to start blogging soon...I used to maintain a website...seems like a lifetime ago...

PurpleMD
A lone Black conservative Christian female physician in the San Francisco Bay Area</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LaShawn,<br />
I&#8217;m glad you sought God&#8217;s leading and had a desire to be obedient.  I&#8217;m even more glad that he apparently wants you to continue blogging!</p>
<p>As you know, being a conservative, Kingdom-first Christian, Black female can be quite a lonesome existence during political seasons&#8211;your liberal friends who have nothing to back their positions except &#8220;I hate Bush,&#8221; &#8220;Bush lied,&#8221; &#8220;No war for oil,&#8221; &#8220;protect the environment&#8221;, &#8220;save the children&#8221; and &#8220;it&#8217;s intuitively obvious to anyone with half a brain&#8221; suddenly avoid you; can&#8217;t get past date number two with a man because (a) you realize he&#8217;s not much of an independent-thinker (more like a sheep&#8230;which is concerning given society&#8217;s morality) or (b) he considers you loud and overexcited versus passionate and well-informed; have to keep replacing Bush/Cheney signs, stickers, decals which those free-speech-lovin&#8217; Liberals can&#8217;t seem to &#8220;tolerate&#8221; seeing; having &#8220;niggaz&#8221; (as opposed to Black people ala Chris Rock) want to go off on you or inform you that you&#8217;re still Black because you have a Bush t-shirt, sticker, pin or hat (baby&#8230;I&#8217;ve been Black <i>aaaalllllll</i> my life but I ain&#8217;t been stupid or ignorant for much of it!)</p>
<p>If wanting to be independent, financially-stable (even wealthy as opposed to rich), educated, informed, motivated and ambitious is being white&#8230;I hope to be BLINDINGLY white someday! <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />   I hope to glow so brightly that electricity ceases to be necessary for light in the evenings!  Snow should look like charcoal when compared to me!  Sunglasses should be necessary in my zip code!  It should be like when Moses came down from the mountain after God walked by him&#8230;I&#8217;ll have to wear a veil so mere mortals can stand to be in my presence!</p>
<p>Keep up the excellent work!  I hope to start blogging soon&#8230;I used to maintain a website&#8230;seems like a lifetime ago&#8230;</p>
<p>PurpleMD<br />
A lone Black conservative Christian female physician in the San Francisco Bay Area</p>
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		<title>By: La Shawn</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8550</link>
		<dc:creator>La Shawn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you!!! :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you!!! <img src='http://lashawnbarber.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Steel Turman</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8548</link>
		<dc:creator>Steel Turman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LaShawn, I&#039;ve been an atheist for almost 50 years. And I&#039;ll
bet the Bible has something to say about spreadin&#039; the word
being real important whether you have doubts or not. Sounds
like something Jesus would say. I also figure it says put
aside your &#039;foolish pride&#039; and get to the lord&#039;s work. I
could be wrong but it sounds like something your God would
want. So buck up sister and fight His battles and yours as
well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LaShawn, I&#8217;ve been an atheist for almost 50 years. And I&#8217;ll<br />
bet the Bible has something to say about spreadin&#8217; the word<br />
being real important whether you have doubts or not. Sounds<br />
like something Jesus would say. I also figure it says put<br />
aside your &#8216;foolish pride&#8217; and get to the lord&#8217;s work. I<br />
could be wrong but it sounds like something your God would<br />
want. So buck up sister and fight His battles and yours as<br />
well.</p>
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		<title>By: jane m</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8545</link>
		<dc:creator>jane m</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LaShawn

I just started reading your site today but I have been meaning to for several weeks due to the reputation you have among bloggers I respect highly.  You are really kind of famous, you know, as a black Christian conservative blogger. I think you are adding a very meaningful diminsion to this medium and was expecting to be really turned on by reading you.  So I&#039;m very hopeful that you will keep your blog going inspite of the negative and hurtful aspect of your feedback.  

You know Christians have to speak up and those that do it the most effectively will be vilified from time to time.  God prunes us through our trials...without them we do not grow. Remember how many many Christians are smiling through all the hatred and lies thrown at them just because they are Christians.  Please be strong and rely on God to protect your heart with His peace and assurance.  He wants us to pray for those who would destroy us and when we do, the Lord is the winner.  The greatest service we can do for the Lord is return hatred with love.  This is the Christian&#039;s only weapon.  I urge you to consider this in your heart and will pray that you do not stop your blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LaShawn</p>
<p>I just started reading your site today but I have been meaning to for several weeks due to the reputation you have among bloggers I respect highly.  You are really kind of famous, you know, as a black Christian conservative blogger. I think you are adding a very meaningful diminsion to this medium and was expecting to be really turned on by reading you.  So I&#8217;m very hopeful that you will keep your blog going inspite of the negative and hurtful aspect of your feedback.  </p>
<p>You know Christians have to speak up and those that do it the most effectively will be vilified from time to time.  God prunes us through our trials&#8230;without them we do not grow. Remember how many many Christians are smiling through all the hatred and lies thrown at them just because they are Christians.  Please be strong and rely on God to protect your heart with His peace and assurance.  He wants us to pray for those who would destroy us and when we do, the Lord is the winner.  The greatest service we can do for the Lord is return hatred with love.  This is the Christian&#8217;s only weapon.  I urge you to consider this in your heart and will pray that you do not stop your blog.</p>
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		<title>By: firebird</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8544</link>
		<dc:creator>firebird</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I heard some dweeb on the HISTORY CHANNEL claim that we are to blame for PEARL HARBOR because we provoked JAPAN what a load of horse hocky its just one of those damn history revionists trying to rewrite history i mean its just as ridiclous as using the expressions COMMON ERA (CE) and BEFORE COMMON ERA (BCE) this is those idiots forcing their atheism on us so they can create a socialist goverment we dont need these damn REDS in our goverment JOE MCCARTHY WAS RIGHT only its the fact that the whole UN is a socialist hang out</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I heard some dweeb on the HISTORY CHANNEL claim that we are to blame for PEARL HARBOR because we provoked JAPAN what a load of horse hocky its just one of those damn history revionists trying to rewrite history i mean its just as ridiclous as using the expressions COMMON ERA (CE) and BEFORE COMMON ERA (BCE) this is those idiots forcing their atheism on us so they can create a socialist goverment we dont need these damn REDS in our goverment JOE MCCARTHY WAS RIGHT only its the fact that the whole UN is a socialist hang out</p>
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		<title>By: One Stack Mind</title>
		<link>http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2004/10/20/retreat/comment-page-3/#comment-8543</link>
		<dc:creator>One Stack Mind</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Blogging and The Bible&lt;/strong&gt;
Last Wednesday, La Shawn Barber announced she was taking a few days off from her blog to Retreat and Evaluate how her blog fit in with her Christian life. It&#039;s something that I think every Christian blogger should consider. She...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Blogging and The Bible</strong><br />
Last Wednesday, La Shawn Barber announced she was taking a few days off from her blog to Retreat and Evaluate how her blog fit in with her Christian life. It&#8217;s something that I think every Christian blogger should consider. She&#8230;</p>
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