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		<title>Small businesses turning to spam</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/03/04/small-businesses-turning-to-spam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed a disturbing trend in the last few weeks and months. As the economy continues its downward spiral, more and more small businesses are turning to email marketing through harvested lists. I&#8217;m not talking about shady unknowns hocking &#8220;enlargement&#8221; remedies to lists of millions of addresses being sent through open botnets of open relays. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A right to stay in foreclosed homes?</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/24/a-right-to-stay-in-foreclosed-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/24/a-right-to-stay-in-foreclosed-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fox Business&#8217;s Stuart Varney takes on a representative of ACORN over her false notion that people have a right to stay in foreclosed homes.]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure rant</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/20/foreclosure-rant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=524</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rick Santelli goes off on the foreclosure bailout and becomes our hero of the day. He pretty much sums up what every hard working person who pays their mortgage and bills each month feels.]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure bailouts an insult</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/18/foreclosure-bailouts-an-insult/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/18/foreclosure-bailouts-an-insult/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You would think the financial bailouts, the auto bailouts, and the most massive &#8220;stimulus&#8221; bill in history would be enough government spending for a while. Oh no! Now we have to bail out all the people who are in home foreclosure at the estimated cost of $50 billion (sure to balloon as we have seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another example of smart consumerism</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/12/another-example-of-smart-consumerism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/12/another-example-of-smart-consumerism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dawn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine's Day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So Valentine&#8217;s Day is right around the corner and this is a great chance to further practice smart decisive consumerism on your part. Have you ever asked yourself why you spend xx on a gift for your loved one on this holiday? If you&#8217;ve really thought of it, the answer is that we have all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The dangers of the &#8220;stimulus&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/07/the-dangers-of-the-stimulus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/02/07/the-dangers-of-the-stimulus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Senate vote on the stimulus package approaches, every American should ask &#8220;Who is the government working for?&#8221;. Are they working for us, or themselves? Economist Peter Schiff offers up this warning on the government&#8217;s actions:]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid commercials</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/01/19/stupid-commercials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2009/01/19/stupid-commercials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like commercials on TV are getting stupider by the day. An ever increasing number of ads are so unintelligible that I have no clue what they are trying to say or what message they are trying to convey about their product. For other commercials, I wonder if they advertiser even knows what they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here is the root of the problem</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/19/here-is-the-root-of-the-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/19/here-is-the-root-of-the-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine sent me this get rich quick website. It seems to summarize the root of our entire financial meltdown in one simple little quote: &#8220;&#8230;because it&#8217;s faster to borrow $1-Million than to earn it&#8221; Wow! Do you really need to say any more than that? More amazing is that people really fell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The auto industry gets your money</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/19/the-auto-industry-gets-your-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/19/the-auto-industry-gets-your-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. The auto industry has gotten a 17.4 billion (with a &#8220;B&#8221;) dollar bailout&#8230; and that is just for a start to hold them over until the new administration and congress gets in office. As our Ford Explorer starts to fall apart conveniently as the warranty expires and the dealer admits the extended warranty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keynesian economics: Why it doesn&#8217;t work</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/17/keynesian-economics-why-it-doesnt-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/17/keynesian-economics-why-it-doesnt-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting video and explains why this recession/depression may end up being prolonged.]]></description>
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		<title>Mirroring the 70&#8242;s or the Depression?</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/15/mirroring-the-70s-or-the-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/15/mirroring-the-70s-or-the-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I caught a program over the weekend on the History channel that compared our current economic condition to teh Gread Depression. The show made a case for the current government involvement in the economy (bailouts) by referencing the lack of government involvement in the early days of the Depression. I tend to disagree with this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment Unexpectedly Surges</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/11/unemployment-unexpectedly-surges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/11/unemployment-unexpectedly-surges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, that&#8217;s right, for the second time in the last few weeks, we see the headline &#8220;New unemployment claims surge unexpectedly&#8220;. Could someone please explain to me what is so unexpected about this? The economy is in the toilet and we&#8217;re in a recession. I thought this was a given. Everyday we see more headlines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Really Need a Car Czar?</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/09/do-we-really-need-a-car-czar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/09/do-we-really-need-a-car-czar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always felt funny about the use &#8220;czar&#8221; in US politics. The word is rooted in ancient Rome when the emperors took Julius&#8217; name to signify their stature. The name was reused in the form of tsar (czar) in Russia to denote their emperors. So needless to say a name used to signify imperial rule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Name For a Hybrid Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/08/a-name-for-a-hybrid-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/08/a-name-for-a-hybrid-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that as a country we are heading into dangerous economic waters. Free economy is falling to the wayside as companies line up for bailouts and the government is more than willing to hand them out. The big question for me is what kind of economy is this creating and what kind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit: Lesson Learned!</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/02/detroit-lesson-learned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/12/02/detroit-lesson-learned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the US automaker bigwigs learn fast that you don&#8217;t show up for the welfare line in an Armani suit. It&#8217;s a shame that they don&#8217;t learn how to run automobile companies so fast. It seems almost days ago that they few into Washington in their private jets with tin cans extended, begging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Selling Off Jets</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/24/gm-selling-off-jets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/24/gm-selling-off-jets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was only last week that I posted about the auto executives flying to Washington in their private jets to beg for taxpayer bailout money. I guess the jets were indeed owned by the auto companies as GM has now decied to sell two in their fleet of jets. Either way, politicians in Washington were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Financial Crisis Illustrated Graphically</title>
		<link>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/20/the-financial-crisis-illustrated-graphically/</link>
		<comments>http://www.currentmind.com/2008/11/20/the-financial-crisis-illustrated-graphically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.currentmind.com/?p=250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For anyone who is still unclear why we are in a financial crisis, the Mint has created an excellent visual guide to the crisis. It&#8217;s a nice little&#8230; er&#8230; long flow chart that does a good job of trying to untangle the web that has lead to government bailouts, crashing stock markets, company failures, and [...]]]></description>
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