creating my own logwatch in python

[LoD MoD]

I am trying to fabricate a logwatch-type script in Python and I'm having
some trouble.What happens with the following code is that it prints to the
screen but the if condition on line 22 never gets executed.

http://pastie.org/549975

Any suggestions are appreciated.
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