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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/discuss/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>First Mates</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/2176480/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>First Mates</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>Driven women(and men)</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/469978.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 05:10:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:469978</guid><dc:creator>jtuffield</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/469978.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2176480&amp;PostID=469978</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I cant stand the conotation of religion as a basis for drive. What it says is that a supernatural belief system makes you a more disciplined directed person. If this was so, the masses would not be so riddled with addiction, poverty and underachieving.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barack's wife sounds like a mother he desperately needed.  I want him as my pres but I am not so sure of the first lady. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>