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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[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael-moore]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[haiti]]></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>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>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>The Farm Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/07/23/the-farm-bill/</link>
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		<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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		<title>Open Source in Elections</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/11/09/open-source-in-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[election-2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic-voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open-source]]></category>

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    A lot of attention has been given to electronic voting machines, with concerns on the part of democracy activists that private corporations have no business owning and managing the software and hardware responsible for registering and tallying our votes.  I am sympathetic to their concerns.  I see no reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing Bolivian and American Elections</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/11/08/comparing-bolivian-and-american-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/11/08/comparing-bolivian-and-american-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election-2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evo-Morales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United-States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
    After going to my local polling station yesterday afternoon, I couldn't help but make some striking comparisons between US mid-term elections and Bolivia's constituent assembly election, which was held on July 2, 2006. In both cases, the airwaves, both television and radio, were inundated with propaganda and negative campaign ads.

  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Day 2006: Voter&#8217;s Experience in Albuquerque, NM</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/11/07/election-day-2006-voters-experience-in-albuquerque-nm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/11/07/election-day-2006-voters-experience-in-albuquerque-nm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albuquerque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election-2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic-voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New-Mexico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today at approximately 1:30 PM I went to my local precinct to cast my vote in the 2006 election.&#160; The polls were quiet, and I specifically went at this time of the day to avoid long lines.&#160; The volunteers running the polls commented that the polls had been quiet most of the day, but were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unravelling Duoply</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/10/31/the-unravelling-duoply/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/10/31/the-unravelling-duoply/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[duopoly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election-2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmentalism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
    In many ways, I see partisan politics as a ploy to create the illusion of choice and, in the words of Noam Chomsky, to &#34;manufacture consent&#34;.  Polarizing the electorate has always ensured a 50/50 chance of victory.  Limiting our choices on election day is one of the most conscious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Us!</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/04/06/make-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/04/06/make-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evo-Morales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South-America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
    Although the election of Evo Morales was expected to reduce the amount of blockades, strikes, and general protests in Bolivia, here we are almost three months into the new government and in the last two days the Transport Union has decided to shut down travel between departments.  No buses were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Evo?</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/20/why-evo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/20/why-evo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolivian-elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evo-Morales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle-class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South-America]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
  To many observers, the election of Evo Morales may seem like a victory orchestrated only by Bolivia's rural and lower class voters. Bolivians will be the first to tell you that this is not the case.
  In La Paz before the elections, some of the finest automobiles in the country were decked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting the Focus</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/14/shifting-the-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/14/shifting-the-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evo-Morales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George-Gray-Molina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin-America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popular-participation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
    On Wednesday I will be traveling to the South American nation of Bolivia. In the years 2000-2003 I lived in a small village in the province of Mizque, four hours from the city of Cochabamba. Now, after 3 years in the US, I will return to Bolivia for three months, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebuilding</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/01/26/rebuilding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/01/26/rebuilding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 15:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate-change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
    In a recent blog post, Calvin at Climate Change Action notes: &#34;Other countries are acting aggressively to reduce man-made contributions to warming...It's time Congress and Bush likewise listened to the chorus.&#34;

     
    
    While I appreciate and essentially agree with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia: What&#8217;s Next?</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2005/12/20/bolivia-whats-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2005/12/20/bolivia-whats-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evo-Morales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin-America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
    After an unprecedented victory in Sunday's Bolivian elections, the triumphant cocalero Evo Morales has left many observers wondering: What's next?  Evo has promised an inclusive, socialist government that will break the back of the neo-liberal model and change the course of exploitation and elitism that has dominated Bolivian history since [...]]]></description>
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