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	<title>A Second Hand Conjecture &#187; Houston</title>
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		<title>Tea Party Turnout Totals</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/17/tea-party-turnout-totals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas leads the way with 18 protests and 64,000 attendees.]]></description>
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		<title>Houston Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/houston-tea-party-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at the Houston tea party downtown right now. Over 1000 people easy (update: closer to 10,000). Definitely an experience. I can&#8217;t even get close enough to see the stage. Previous speaker was pretty good at firing up the crowd &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/15/houston-tea-party-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>List of All Tea Party Protests</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/list-of-all-tea-party-protests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pretty comprehensive list for Texas here. I roughly estimate around 64 protests planned for just Texas. You&#8217;ll note that other states are listed on the right. I&#8217;m closer to the Sugarland one and may check it out. I&#8217;m curious &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/04/14/list-of-all-tea-party-protests/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Houston&#8217;s Own Mortgage Bailout Bad Idea</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/24/houstons-own-mortgage-bailout-bad-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kinda. Basically the city of Houston wants to take public money and give it to private individuals to help them pay off loans and improve their credit scores to help them get approved for a mortgage loan. Judging from the &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2009/02/24/houstons-own-mortgage-bailout-bad-idea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Proper Voting Attire</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/04/proper-voting-attire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People are finding out that you have to be careful what you wear to the polling booth. The 40-year-old Houston Realtor was wearing one of her souvenir T-shirts when she went to cast her ballot at a Cypress polling place &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/11/04/proper-voting-attire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ike Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/16/ike-aftermath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChrisB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey guys. I&#8217;m still here and everything is fine. Had a small leak in my ceiling but otherwise no damage. Got power and water back Sunday, but there are still 1.5 million without, including my mother and sisters. Gas is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/16/ike-aftermath/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two Girls and a Dream</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/09/13/two-girls-and-a-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Houston Chronicle)]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise, Central Planning is Still Stupid (Even in China)</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/surprise-central-planning-is-still-stupid-even-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(photo: 2 Dogs) Modern China has a curious capacity to make otherwise very sensible capitalists instantly forget every experience they&#8217;ve ever had with government central planning. The Western businessman on a trip to Shanghai looks up and sees all those &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/07/surprise-central-planning-is-still-stupid-even-in-china/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s The Youth?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/wheres-the-youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichaelW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current dust-up over the Cuban-Che flag (flags?) hanging in the Houston campaign office for Barack Obama (opened by supporters, with actual staffers intended to occupy by next week), has spawned some interesting commentary. Captain Ed advised: Oh, my. Barack &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/12/wheres-the-youth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scrambling for Africa: A Conversation with John Ghazvinian</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/scrambling-for-africa-a-conversation-with-john-ghazvinian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gas flaring in the Niger Delta (photo: Ellie) John Ghazvinian is a journalist and historian of considerable insight into African affairs. He also happens to have written one of the best recent books on the emergent international struggle for African &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/02/02/scrambling-for-africa-a-conversation-with-john-ghazvinian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hanging Out in the TMC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, that&#8217;s me after a few too many cocktails in the hotel lounge. As Lance related, I&#8217;m in Houston in the Texas Medical Center (TMC) visiting my father who recently had an internal defibrillator put on his heart. The surgery &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/01/27/hanging-out-in-the-tmc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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