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		<title>A Vicious Hangover</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2010/01/27/a-vicious-hangover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[michael-moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of Obama's first State of the Union address, the left is waking up from its mass psychological hysteria, only to find that too many hits on the Obamamania crack pipe have left the country penniless, warring, and demoralized.&#160; A vicious hangover indeed.&#160; In a recent article, Pscyhologist Bruce Levine disccuses the causes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Haitian Scramble</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2010/01/13/the-haitian-scramble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2010/01/13/the-haitian-scramble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open-source]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Less than 24 hours after the announcement of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Haiti, the global fundraising machine has begun turning it's wheels.&#160; Those companies and NGO's in the business of disaster are licking their chops to make Haiti the next massive disaster-relief Ponzi scheme for the rich.&#160;Haiti's democratic revolution, inspired the by ideals of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Radical Permaculturalist</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2009/11/25/the-radical-permaculturalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
  Permaculture is a design science. It can be studied, and thus internalized. When done so successfully, our thinking is transformed. The world is a garden, with potentially infinite yields. This is the basis for radical changes in human behavior. 

  &#160;Radicalism is distasteful to the thoughtful amongst us?  It is because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Permaculture the Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2009/11/23/permaculture-the-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2009/11/23/permaculture-the-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albuquerque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Appropriate Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[permaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agroblogger.com/?p=335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
  The clock is still ticking, and collapse continues unabated.  Most are oblivious to the true nature of the progression, what it means, why it's happening, and most importantly, what we should do about it. 

  &#160;But the answer is simple, and it's right in front of us.  It's so simple, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Ordinary States and Social Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2009/09/29/non-ordinary-states-and-social-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2009/09/29/non-ordinary-states-and-social-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gandhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glenn beck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stanislov grof]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agroblogger.com/?p=323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Anger is an ineffective tool for social transformation.  It is useful, but in a limited sense.  Anger can rile a population up, and fear can open one’s eyes to a fragile reality.  As they increase, anger and fear become counter-productive, destructive.  And today American society is governed by anger and fear. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Silent Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2009/06/30/a-silent-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gandhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sava]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swadeshi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 

&#160;The case has already been made for revolution; our systems of policy, public administration, self-defense, agriculture...all corrupted and bankrupt.&#160; Is an apolitical, non-violent revolution possible?&#160; We do not know if the culprit is a system based on false premises or if the culprit is human nature itself.&#160; The former leaves space for optimism, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy and Imperialism in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/12/29/democracy-and-imperialism-in-latin-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/12/29/democracy-and-imperialism-in-latin-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evo-Morales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imperialism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I finally got a chance to watch Rachel Boynton's excellent documentary &#34;Our Brand is Crisis&#34;, a film I have been meaning to see since it came out sometime in 2006.&#160; This one really set my wheels turning.&#160; &#160;I don't have too much to say about the first 2/3rds of the film, as this is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Real Transition</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/11/25/a-real-transition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/11/25/a-real-transition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Appropriate Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open-source]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An earnest attempt to encourage the inevitable transition of our economies would place small business at the center of the strategy.&#160; Now personally, because of my libertarian leanings, I am not one to put much faith in government programs and massive intervention, but seeing as we are already spending upwards of 7 trillion dollars on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Obama Doctrine?</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/11/06/the-obama-doctrine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/11/06/the-obama-doctrine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George-Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imperialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
There is some reason to believe that the coming Obama presidency will be much more hawkish than many people have anticipated.&#160; To step back in time for a moment, let us recall Obama's controversial remarks back in August of 2007 during the heated primary elections.&#160; In regards to Pakistan, then Senator Obama had this to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Left is on Crack</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/11/01/the-left-is-on-crack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/11/01/the-left-is-on-crack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ralph Nader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agroblogger.com/?p=238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Yesterday, in an interview on Democracy Now!, Michael Moore had this to say about an Obama presidency:I’m also hoping that Senator Obama is, you know, like all politicians:
you know, they don’t always keep their campaign promises, right? I
mean, it’s not unusual. It’s certainly not unexpected. They just don’t
always keep their campaign promises. So, somehow I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source as Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/10/17/open-source-as-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/10/17/open-source-as-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[liberalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libertarianism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open-source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron-Paul]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
    Is Open Source a political statement?  Many would argue yes, and just as many would argue no.  Linux Torvalds, with his pragmatic and non-ideological approach to kernel development, stands in stark contrast to the uncompromising idealist Richard Stallman.   Yet Linus, despite his pragmatism, is as much a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paralyzed</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/08/09/paralyzed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/08/09/paralyzed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate-change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
    Reading over Chris Lydon's musings from the Symi Symposium in Greece left me feeling melancholy and despairing; and a thought that has been crystallizing in my mind just started running over and over again in my internal dialogue: our institutions are paralyzed by egotism, self-interest, and inefficiency. 

    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living on the Edge</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/08/02/living-on-the-edge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/08/02/living-on-the-edge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lou-Dobbs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/08/02/living-on-the-edge/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
    The Third World farmer lives constantly on the precipice of disaster.  They are not blessed with many of the things we take for granted: la steady job, stable income, an economy fairly free from inflation, and a social services network that helps to mitigate the effects of natural disaster.

  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsanto Defeated</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/07/26/monsanto-defeated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/07/26/monsanto-defeated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil-disobedience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetic-engineering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
    As reported by the Public Patent Foundation, four of Monsanto's key patents related to genetically modified (GM) crops have been rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  After dozens of cases against North American farmers, the most well-known being Monsanto v Percy Schmeiser, the US Patent Office has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Farm Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/07/23/the-farm-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/07/23/the-farm-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farm-Bill]]></category>

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    As the debate in Congress heats up over the revision and passage of the Farm Bill, the Democratic Congress is trying to find ways to pander and pork-barrel their way to re-election by keeping open the floodgate of subsidies to the farmers in their districts.   And as the Democratic [...]]]></description>
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