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		<title>Goodbye Bogey</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2010/01/22/goodbye-bogey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross posted from my Wife and I&#8217;s blog: Last night we had to say goodbye to the best dog in the world. Bogey was 15 years old and was suffering from arthritis and hip dysplasia. The pain just became too &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2010/01/22/goodbye-bogey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Animated Unemployment</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/23/animated-unemployment/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/23/animated-unemployment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very cool animated Graphic showing the change in unemployment over the last two years. Click Image for Animation]]></description>
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		<title>The Warrior Song</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/11/the-warrior-song/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/11/the-warrior-song/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Military Matters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this rocks, so here it is in honor of Veteran&#8217;s Day.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Taking a Closer Look at Unemployment</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/taking-a-closer-look-at-unemployment/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/taking-a-closer-look-at-unemployment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment as measured by the &#8220;establishment survey,&#8221; was down by 190,000; and Many feel it is an improvement that we are not falling as fast. Well, let us take a moment to look under the hood of these numbers. First, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/taking-a-closer-look-at-unemployment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;So how is that working out for you, Mr President?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/7145/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/7145/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Friend Bruce McQuain picks up on a story I noticed yesterday. Rather than rehash it, I&#8217;ll let him lay it out: Greg Mankiw reminds us of this bit of fantasy: What we are not doing — what I have &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/08/7145/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I know, let&#8217;s compare ourselves to Jimmy!!!</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/04/i-know-lets-compare-ourselves-to-jimmy/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/11/04/i-know-lets-compare-ourselves-to-jimmy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s compare ourselves to other successful Democratic Presidents. Brilliant I say! BRILLIANT. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/03/commemorative-tree-planting-white-house-0]]></description>
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		<title>If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/27/if-you-strike-me-down/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/27/if-you-strike-me-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do tea parties, Glenn Beck, Fox News, and the US Chamber of Commerce have in common? All are demonized opponents of the Obama administration, and more popular then ever. &#8220;If you strike me down, I will become more powerful &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/27/if-you-strike-me-down/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not evil, just wrong.</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/15/not-evil-just-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/15/not-evil-just-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This woman is remarkable. I&#8217;ve watched the first section of video so far.]]></description>
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		<title>Brain-dead Conservatism?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/03/brain-dead-conservatism/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/03/brain-dead-conservatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ann Althouse linked this commentary from the Washington Post yesterday. “During the glory days of the conservative movement, from its ascent in the 1960s and ’70s to its success in Ronald Reagan’s era, there was a balance between the intellectuals, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/10/03/brain-dead-conservatism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uncommon insight</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/28/uncommon-insight/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/28/uncommon-insight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Saddest Lede on the Internet Today. Says Ric Locke on his new blog.   And what was the lede?     &#8220;Americans believe that the normal state of things is not-violence.&#8221; Do you suppose that’s true? That that’s why we &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/28/uncommon-insight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where do I donate to the &#8220;citizen journalist&#8221; legal fund???</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/23/where-do-i-donate-to-the-citizen-journalist-legal-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/23/where-do-i-donate-to-the-citizen-journalist-legal-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACORN wants to play hardball. Smack it back at them&#8230; But that takes resources.]]></description>
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		<title>Creep Factor 10</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/23/creep-factor-10/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/23/creep-factor-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, what do you do when adults stop singing your praises&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>BOHICA</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/23/bohica-2/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/23/bohica-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Democrats really do want to screw the little people&#8230; I guess they think if you own a home, you must be rich.]]></description>
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		<title>Bogus Civility</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally someone said what I&#8217;ve been thinking about this constant call to civility: Have we transformed into so brittle a citizenry that we are unable to handle a raucous debate over the future of the country? If things were quiet, &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/19/bogus-civility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>About those violent town hall protests</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/11/about-those-violent-town-hall-protests/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/11/about-those-violent-town-hall-protests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never mind&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Water Under the Bridge</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/11/water-under-the-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/11/water-under-the-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Joe Wilson apologized for the outbreak during President Obama&#8217;s latest cheer leading session for health care/insurance reform. While his behavior was inappropriate, he did have a point that Obama was not quite truthful with the facts. Otherwise there wouldn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/11/water-under-the-bridge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a Rum Revolt&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/01/time-for-a-rum-revolt/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/01/time-for-a-rum-revolt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just has me speechless&#8230; (or wordless&#8230;) Under the agreement, London-based Diageo PLC will receive tax credits and other benefits worth $2.7 billion over 30 years, including the entire $165-million cost of building a state-of-the-art distillery on the island of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/09/01/time-for-a-rum-revolt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian scientist aims to turn chickens into dinosaurs</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/25/canadian-scientist-aims-to-turn-chickens-into-dinosaurs/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/25/canadian-scientist-aims-to-turn-chickens-into-dinosaurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[nothing could go wrong with that idea&#8230; 2 questions: will a 12 guage slug take them down, and will they taste like chicken??]]></description>
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		<title>Do the poor have a &#8220;right&#8221; to free health care?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/13/do-the-poor-have-a-right-to-free-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/13/do-the-poor-have-a-right-to-free-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;right&#8221; to free health care  is the right to own the labor of other people without their consent. Any time you&#8217;ve got a right TO something like that you take the rights of other people to their own selves &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/13/do-the-poor-have-a-right-to-free-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah and Todd sizzle</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/03/sarah-and-todd-sizzle/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/03/sarah-and-todd-sizzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Synova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The Other McCain at Hot Air: &#8220;Now, here’s my idea: I told my source to give my phone number to . . . uh, two sources in Wasilla, Alaska, if you get my drift. Because I’ve made my living as a &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/08/03/sarah-and-todd-sizzle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Big Banks Got Played</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/big-banks-got-played/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Daring Trade Has Wall Street Seething from the Wall Street Journal. Amherst, a small Austin firm found a small loophole in the system. To use a crude metaphor, they sold the big banks hurrican insurance and then made sure &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/12/big-banks-got-played/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spending Cuts: Better Ideas Needed from the GOP</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/05/spending-cuts-better-ideas-needed-from-the-gop/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/05/spending-cuts-better-ideas-needed-from-the-gop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chris' Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov't Spending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the Next Right, Tad DeHaven looks at why The GOP Is Clearly Not Serious about Cutting Down Spending. The spending cuts the country needs must be substantial, serious, and put forward in the spirit of recognizing that the federal &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/06/05/spending-cuts-better-ideas-needed-from-the-gop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taxing Email is Useless</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/28/taxing-email-is-useless/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/28/taxing-email-is-useless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derek Thompson at the Atlantic blog writes about a NY Times piece on taxing email. He&#8217;s not advocating it, or arguing against it but looking at the supposed benefits and negatives, and how it would likely increase instant messaging. What &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/28/taxing-email-is-useless/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GPS System Could Break Down Next Year</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/20/gps-system-could-break-down-next-year/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/20/gps-system-could-break-down-next-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Military Matters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the bright side, I&#8217;ll be able to save battery life on my iphone by turning off the gps. The downside of course being that the gps is increadibly useful.]]></description>
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		<title>Pulling Strings in Foreign Relations</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/05/pulling-strings-in-foreign-relations/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/05/pulling-strings-in-foreign-relations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign affairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seems to be an awful lot of &#8220;testing&#8221; going on. Mutiny in Georgia!!! Iran attacks Kurdish guerillas in Iraq with helicopters Pakistan is melting down!!! Chinese Ships Come Dangerously Close to American Vessel]]></description>
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		<title>Some Lenders Object, Why Not Others?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/some-lenders-object-why-not-others/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/some-lenders-object-why-not-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[20 Chrysler lenders or about 30% of the debt Chrysler owes lending institutions are objecting to getting fleeced in the governments planned &#8220;surgical bankruptcy&#8221; plan. In a normal bankruptcy the senior secured creditors (the lenders) are first in line, while &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/05/01/some-lenders-object-why-not-others/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter as a Story Telling Medium</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/30/twitter-as-a-story-telling-medium/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/30/twitter-as-a-story-telling-medium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is the social media website that allows users to share updates on their life with others who choose to follow their updates. It&#8217;s proved useful for friends to quickly keep in touch, politicians to keep constituents updated on their &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/30/twitter-as-a-story-telling-medium/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New GOP 2012 Challenger: Gary Johnson?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gary johnson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 could be an interesting year for GOP presidential candidates if it features both Mark Sanford and Gary Johnson. This, along with the tea party movements, seems to be an outgrowth of the Ron Paul candidacy, perhaps similar to what &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/new-gop-2012-challenger-gary-johnson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Journalist Arrest for Journalism in Front of USC Journalist School?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/journalist-arrest-for-journalism-in-front-of-usc-journalist-school/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/journalist-arrest-for-journalism-in-front-of-usc-journalist-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the glib way to put it, but John Ziegler explains what he says happened at event and responds to a Journalism school Dean Wilson&#8217;s email accusing the Dean of &#8220;blatantly lying&#8221;. Go check it out and watch the video &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/21/journalist-arrest-for-journalism-in-front-of-usc-journalist-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your New Drink</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/18/your-new-drink/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/18/your-new-drink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burbon and Ginger beer. Thank me later reader(s).]]></description>
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