# Modify the XML to work around namespace handling bugs in FeedParser

  lines = []

  re_mediacontent = re.compile('(.*)<media:content([^>]*)/ *>(.*)')



  for line in xmllines:

    m = re_mediacontent.match(line)

    count = 1

    while m:

      line = '%s<media:wannabe%d>%s</media:wannabe%d>%s' %(m.group(1), count,

                                                         m.group(2),

                                                         count, m.group(3))

      m = re_mediacontent.match(line)

      count = count + 1



    lines.append(line)



  # Parse the modified XML

  xml = ''.join(lines)

  parser = feedparser.parse(xml)

<gr:annotation><content type="html">Awesome. Canberra has needed

something better than buses between the towncenters for a while, and light rail 

seems like a great way to do it. I much prefer trains to buses, and catch a 

light rail service to work every day when I am in Mountain View.

</content><author gr:user-id="09387883873401903052" 

gr:profile-id="114835605728492647856"><name>mikal</name>

</author></gr:annotation>

  simplify_re = re.compile('(.*)<gr:annotation>'

                           '<content type="html">(.*)</content>'

                           '<author .*><name>.*</name></author>'

                           '</gr:annotation>(.*)')



  new_lines = []

  for line in lines:

    m = simplify_re.match(line)

    if m:

      new_lines.append('%s<gr:annotation>%s</gr:annotation>%s'

                       %(m.group(1), m.group(2), m.group(3)))

    else:

      new_lines.append(line)



  d = feedparser.parse(''.join(new_lines))