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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; regulation</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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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>US Treasury Refusing Bank Repayments?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/16/us-treasury-refusing-bank-repayments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what&#8217;s claimed in this article in the IBD. This becomes pretty thuggish when you add to the fact that these banks were (allegedly) outright threatened to take the TARP funds in the first place. The reason for all of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/16/us-treasury-refusing-bank-repayments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Fires Izzo</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/07/obama-fires-izzo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;awards Michigan State 18 points.]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Santelli just went off on Obama&#8217;s housing proposal live on CNBC from the commodities trading floor in Chicago. It&#8217;s now the headline on Drudge: VIDEO: &#8216;The government is promoting bad behavior&#8230; do we really want to subsidize the losers&#8217; &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/19/chicago-tea-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Utter Insanity</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/17/utter-insanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those are the only words I can think to describe this proposal. The Hubbard-Mayer plan calls for the government to revive the moribund housing market by providing just about everybody with access to a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a 4.5 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/12/17/utter-insanity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Summary</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/02/in-summary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tyler Cowen states his basic views on the crisis. My response in italics: 1. Glass-Steagall repeal was not a major cause of the financial crisis, nor was government-induced &#8220;minority lending.&#8221; I agree on the first, the second charge has some &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/10/02/in-summary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Glass-Steagall : RIP</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/21/glass-steagall-rip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the discussion on tonight&#8217;s podcast, one of the recurring themes of much of the commentary on our current financial crisis is that the cause is too much deregulation. Possibly there is some truth to this, though the evidence is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/21/glass-steagall-rip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Risk and Reward</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/risk-and-reward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us, when we hear the phrase &#8220;risk and reward&#8221; think of Wall Street.  Or business in general. But in reality, &#8220;risk and reward&#8221; affect us throughout our lives. Our parents take a risk when they conceive us.  They &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/risk-and-reward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Families Fail</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/06/when-families-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of my background in working with emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and generally abused kids, I am often to drawn to stories about the results of extreme neglect of children. I saw some awfully hard cases with some of the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/06/when-families-fail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Counterintuiting the FATA</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/counterintuiting-the-fata/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted first at Registan.net, the web&#8217;s best source of news and analysis of Central Asia and the Caucasus. My friend Jeb Koogler and I co-wrote an op-ed in Thursday&#8217;s Christian Science Monitor, titled, &#8220;Myths in Al Qaeda&#8217;s &#8216;home&#8217;.&#8221; This matters &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/10/counterintuiting-the-fata/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GVO Summit: The Power of Organized Utopianism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/27/gvo-summit-the-power-of-organized-utopianism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the subtextual themes coming out of the conference so far is what can almost be called a double-standard: the participants demand the right to unrestricted speech, but recoil in horror at the consequences such speech brings. It is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/27/gvo-summit-the-power-of-organized-utopianism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Because Who Really Needs Evidence Anyway?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/21/because-who-really-needs-evidence-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unbelievable: The Motion Picture Association of America said Friday intellectual-property holders should have the right to collect damages, perhaps as much as $150,000 per copyright violation, without having to prove infringement. &#8220;Mandating such proof could thus have the pernicious effect &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/21/because-who-really-needs-evidence-anyway/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the Pollution, Stupid</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/15/its-the-pollution-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or more specifically it&#8217;s the soot, from our tailpipes, our industries, most of our electricity generation—and also from forest fires, volcanoes, and the wind. Black carbon soot is causing most of the loss of polar ice according to this recent &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/15/its-the-pollution-stupid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is The Evidence In On Minimum Wage?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/09/is-the-evidence-in-on-minimum-wage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the most recent unemployment numbers were released, the media bleated about the highest percentage increase in the jobless rate since 1986. For example, The New York Times lamented: The unemployment rate surged to 5.5 percent in May from 5 &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/06/09/is-the-evidence-in-on-minimum-wage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do Most of Our Problems Come From?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/where-do-most-of-our-problems-come-from/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Congress and the unintended consequences of their actions. Bruce over at QandO has a post discussing an excellent piece by Walter Williams. Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/21/where-do-most-of-our-problems-come-from/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Backdoor Kyoto &#8212; The Next Chapter</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/15/backdoor-kyoto-the-next-chapter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The march of the watermelons towards control of US policy continues apace: Polar bears will now be listed as &#8220;threatened&#8221; under the Endangered Species Act. But in announcing the listing, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said the decision should &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/15/backdoor-kyoto-the-next-chapter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hear, Hear</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/25/hear-hear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my girlfriends is smart as a whip and a talented artist to boot.  Cathy is also hard of hearing. While Cathy can read lips and she also has a device that allows her to converse in very small &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/25/hear-hear/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Try Legal Weed</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/try-legal-weed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, not that. We&#8217;re talking Weed Beer. I&#8217;m talking about a beer made in the city of Weed, California. A local brewer there has named his beer after the small town. The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms however, wasn&#8217;t &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/try-legal-weed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Open Minds</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/open-minds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest tasks to master is to keep an open mind.  We work hard to discover what we ultimately believe to be the truth.  After all that effort, often the last thing we wish to do is have &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/23/open-minds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ripple Effects in the Food Trade</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/ripple-effects-in-the-food-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joshua Foust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted first at Registan.net When last I touched on the global food crisis and how it is impacting Afghanistan and the rest of Central Asia, I noted that countries continuing to ban wheat exports would make the problem worse by &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/17/ripple-effects-in-the-food-trade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FEC Complaint Filed Against McCain</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/27/fec-complaint-filed-against-mccain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people are hoping to hoist John McCain on his own campaign finance petard. As satisfying as it would be to see the Senator receive a healthy dose of his bitter medicine, however, the complaints filed against him with the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/03/27/fec-complaint-filed-against-mccain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Nationalization of the Housing Market</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/25/the-nationalization-of-the-housing-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers know that I have been harping on the likely collapse in housing since this blog began. At this point I am hardly an outlier in being concerned, which means now the politicians and experts are ready to ride &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/25/the-nationalization-of-the-housing-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tragic News for Leftists</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/23/tragic-news-for-leftists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to free markets, capitalism and freedom in general, the world is getting wealthier. The last quarter century has witnessed remarkable progress of mankind. The world’s per capita inflation-adjusted income rose from $5400 in 1980 to $8500 in 2005.Schooling and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/23/tragic-news-for-leftists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fundamentally there was no housing bubble?-Update</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/14/fundamentally-there-was-no-housing-bubble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So claims Alex Tabarrok. Alex and his blogmate Tyler are two of my favorite bloggers, but on this matter I think Alex is wrong. Unlike for some, his argument doesn&#8217;t invite scorn from me, because humility should teach us that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/14/fundamentally-there-was-no-housing-bubble/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Argument Against Public Education</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/an-argument-against-public-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Glenn Reynolds, Wired posts an article describing the fight to include evolution in the science curriculum for students in Florida and Texas: Charles Darwin was born 199 years ago Tuesday, but the debate he ignited about the origins of &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/an-argument-against-public-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ll Get To That Wind Farm Application &#8211; Eventually</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/well-get-to-that-wind-farm-application-eventually/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith_Indy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And by eventually, they mean decades down the road. This is a perfect example of government getting in the way of the innovation we need to dig ourselves out of our fossil fuel dependency. http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1362/1/ If you want to build &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/11/well-get-to-that-wind-farm-application-eventually/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>His Own Petard?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/his-own-petard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Cross Posted at Whatif?) When John McCain and George W. Bush were vying for their party&#8217;s nomination, I was a McCain fan. How could a person not be impressed by the man who refused to leave Vietnam&#8217;s prison camp to &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/his-own-petard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gates &amp;#9829 Capitalism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/gates-9829-capitalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commenting on Bill Gates&#8217; advocacy for &#8220;kinder capitalism,&#8221; Steven Bainbridge notes: But when did Bill Gates ever believe in capitalism? He’s an inveterate monopolist and has been since the beginning. Monopolists hate real capitalism, precisely because they hate competition. Monopolists &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/29/gates-9829-capitalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Market failure</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/market-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Peter Gordon: This morning&#8217;s WSJ op-ed (&#8220;Gas Taxes Are High Enough&#8221;) by Mary E. Peters, Secretary of Transportation, suggests that this appointment belongs on the plus side of the ledger. She is the highest-ranking federal transportation official to openly &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/23/market-failure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Strange Maps Addiction</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/21/a-strange-maps-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lance</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a very beneficial habit. Steve Newton has really gotten the bug, and has a startling one showing the difference between North and South Korea. Looking at it reminded me of one I posted about a long time ago. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/21/a-strange-maps-addiction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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