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		<title>Be prepared (The New American Gothic Austerity and getting back to the land)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 09:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<title>Badboy Michael C. Ruppert</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not what you think. Mike is one of the good guys. When the going gets tough, the tough get&#8230; tougher! The going is so tough these days whistles are being blown on a daily basis. Mike and friends &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/badboy-michael-c-ruppert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=273&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Checklist Toward Zero Carbon (free eBook)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<title>Emerging Wiser (free eBook)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Decisions in the New Economy (The Great Recession) &#8211; What would I do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would I do? People in America seem to be worried about a possible permanent shift in the economy that occurred in 2008 with a series of cascading events. A perfect storm of easy credit, the housing boom, commodity speculation &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/decisions-in-the-new-economy-the-great-recession-what-would-i-do/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=251&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fooled by Consumer Culture Long Enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Boy, have we been bought off long enough… told where to shop, lured by false sales, mesmerized by painted smiles and standard clichés. <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/fooled-by-consumer-culture-long-enough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=249&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The other shoe is about to drop &#8211; preparing for uncertain times</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/the-other-shoe-is-about-to-drop-preparing-for-uncertain-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction Imagine this situation: All of the media outlets have gone to commercial-free coverage. They are reporting that the Dow has dropped 2,000 points and trading has been suspended on Wall Street. The Chinese, along with other countries have transferred &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/the-other-shoe-is-about-to-drop-preparing-for-uncertain-times/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=242&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter To A Dying Planet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The future of humanity depends on awareness of its plight.  Without awareness, extinction is highly possible.  With awareness, a critical mass for change can happen. <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/an-open-letter-to-a-dying-planet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=239&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Economy left to Recover</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/can-the-economy-recover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can The Economy Recover? By Paul Craig Roberts July 15, 2009 &#8220;Information Clearing House&#8221; &#8212; -There is no economy left to recover. The US manufacturing economy was lost to offshoring and free trade ideology. It was replaced by a mythical &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/can-the-economy-recover/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=236&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial alarm: Mall, office building owners defaulting as loan rates double</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By ALAN ZIBEL The Associated Press Sunday, July 12, 2009 WASHINGTON — Owners of shopping malls, hotels and offices are defaulting on their loans at an alarming rate, and the commercial real estate market is not expected to hit bottom &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/commercial-alarm-mall-office-building-owners-defaulting-as-loan-rates-double/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=234&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doom in the Wall Street Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This doomer forecast is surpringly from an article by Peggy Noonan on the utter inadequacy of Sarah Palin as featured in the WJS. &#8220;Here&#8217;s why all this matters. The world is a dangerous place. It has never been more so, &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/doom-in-the-wall-street-journal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=231&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Will The Recovery Begin? Never</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Will The Recovery Begin? Never by Robert Reich The so-called &#8220;green shoots&#8221; of recovery are turning brown in the scorching summer sun. In fact, the whole debate about when and how a recovery will begin is wrongly framed. On &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/when-will-the-recovery-begin-never/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=230&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Officially “Out Of Control” &#8211; Jim Sinclair</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/officially-%e2%80%9cout-of-control%e2%80%9d-jim-sinclair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted: Feb 14 2009     By: Jim Sinclair Dear Extended Family, I sent you a certain few emails that I consider to be the most important communications issued in my career that started in 1958. I am the son of what I &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/officially-%e2%80%9cout-of-control%e2%80%9d-jim-sinclair/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=229&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Energy Boomtown Goes Bust</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/an-energy-boomtown-goes-bust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[energy, economic downturn, parachute, town <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/an-energy-boomtown-goes-bust/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=228&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Peak oil? Global warming? No, it&#8217;s &#8216;Boomsday!&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/peak-oil-global-warming-no-its-boomsday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five reasons &#8216;population explosion&#8217; is world&#8217;s biggest economic problem By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch Here&#8217;s how an exploding population will remain the key variable driving all other major economic issues in the next four short decades: 1. Global wars &#8230; &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/peak-oil-global-warming-no-its-boomsday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=225&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Experts Estimate 200,000 Stores Will Shut in 2009 as Recession Deepens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailers were hoping against hope that door-busting sales could salvage the holiday shopping season. It didn&#8217;t happen. The recession and factors like bad weather over the last two weeks contributed to the slowest retail holiday season in 38 years. With &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/experts-estimate-200000-stores-will-shut-in-2009-as-recession-deepens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=223&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forecast for 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by James Howard Kunstler Introduction There are two realities &#8220;out there&#8221; now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let&#8217;s call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/forecast-for-2009/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=217&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping malls are a thing of the past. It’s time we closed them all down.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the Mall By Chadwick Matlin Posted Friday, December 26, 2008 Malls are a testament to the kind of consumer thinking that got us into this recessionary mess. And that&#8217;s why we need to close every single one of them. &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/shopping-malls-are-a-thing-of-the-past-it%e2%80%99s-time-we-closed-them-all-down/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=214&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to all Americans (Dec 27, 2008)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Fellow Americans The mass media (talking heads on the television) would try to sugar-coat the depressing news they have to deliver night after night. They would also have us subscribe to the naive notion: &#8220;Obama will fix it.&#8221; This &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/an-open-letter-to-all-americans-dec-27-2008/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=212&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kunstler on: What will U.S. suburbs look like in 40 years?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Kunstler, the author of The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the 21st Century, World Made By Hand, and three books about suburbs and cities: The Geography of Nowhere, Home From Nowhere, and The City in Mind: Notes &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/kunstler-on-what-will-us-suburbs-look-like-in-40-years/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=209&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Times indeed &#8211; tent cities, shelters, food lines (11/08)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In hard times, tent cities multiply RENO, Nev. &#8211; A few tents cropped up hard by the railroad tracks, pitched by men left with nowhere to go once the emergency winter shelter closed for the summer. Then others appeared &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/hard-times-indeed-tent-cities-shelters-food-lines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=200&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Here comes the Era of Conspicuous Thrift</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people say they are cutting back on restaurants, travel, and luxuries, the paper reports. Instead, they&#8217;re staying at home and renting movies for entertainment. Here in London, we went out to a restaurant last night and found it almost &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/here-comes-the-era-of-conspicuous-thrift/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=197&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Sea of Unwanted Imports (New York Times) &#8211; 18 Nov.2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONG BEACH, Calif. — Gleaming new Mercedes cars roll one by one out of a huge container ship here and onto a pier. Ordinarily the cars would be loaded on trucks within hours, destined for dealerships around the country. But &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/a-sea-of-unwanted-imports-new-york-times-18-nov2008/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=193&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s a Depression, Daddy? (New York Times) &#8211; 7 Nov.2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money talks, but in a good economy, it tends to do so using signs and symbols like cars and clothes and real estate. When times get hard, though, money loses its mouthpieces, and people must speak out loud about their &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/what%e2%80%99s-a-depression-daddy-new-york-times-7-nov2008/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=191&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Formerly Middle Class (New York Times) &#8211; 17 Nov.2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of every recession, there are people who see the downturn as an occasion for moral revival: Americans will learn to live without material extravagances. They&#8217;ll simplify their lives. They&#8217;ll rediscover what really matters: home, friends and family. &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/the-formerly-middle-class-new-york-times-17-nov2008/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=186&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Shipping Woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[. Asian shipping slows as crisis strangles demand from US, Europe KUALA LUMPUR: The ports and shipping lanes of Asia, the arteries of world trade through which goods and commodities surged in the boom times, are starting to seize up &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/more-shipping-woes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=181&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Faces Serious Risks of Brownouts or Blackouts in 2009, Study Warns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[. A new study released this week highlights what experts have been saying for years:  the U.S. faces significant risk of power brownouts and blackouts as early as next summer that may cost tens of billions of dollars and threaten &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/the-us-faces-serious-risks-of-brownouts-or-blackouts-in-2009-study-warns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=179&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Dirty Debt Collection Practices</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/beware-of-dirty-debt-collection-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[. Getting the Money at All Costs Causes Some Debt Collectors to Break the Law By JENNIFER PIRONE and LEE FERRAN Nov. 1, 2008 — In tough economic times, millions of Americans are in debt. Some of them have been &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/beware-of-dirty-debt-collection-practices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=176&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Letters of Credit (L/C) means No Shipping</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/no-letters-of-credit-lc-means-no-shipping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of the $13.6 trillion of goods traded worldwide, 90 percent rely on letters of credit or related forms of financing and guarantees such as trade credit insurance, according to the Geneva-based World Trade Organization. Letters of credit are centuries-old instruments &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/no-letters-of-credit-lc-means-no-shipping/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=174&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decline USA BREAKING NEWS 31 October</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. 1.) VANCE, Ala. (AP) &#8211; With the economy slowing and demand for new vehicles shrinking, Mercedes-Benz is offering buyout packages to the nearly 4,000 workers at its Alabama plant for the first time since the factory opened 11 years &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/decline-usa-breaking-news-31-october/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=170&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NO Govt money for GM, Chrysler Merger</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/no-govt-money-for-gm-chrysler-merger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration is not supporting the bail-out of the American automobile industry. GM desperately needs outside financing to handle the merger deal. Source: http://www.cnbc.com/id/27465743 Discussion: http://www.doomers.us/forum2/index.php/topic,29631.0.html .<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=168&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GMAC Repossesing GM Dealers Inventories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENLARGE Weaver Truck and Auto Center in Grass Valley Photo for The Union by John Hart Weaver Truck and Auto Center has furloughed 22 workers, and its GMAC-bankrolled vehicles are being removed from the lot Friday as expected. But owner &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/gmac-repossesing-gm-dealers-inventories/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=164&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I wrote When Technology Fails (Matthew Stein)</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/why-i-wrote-when-technology-fails-matthew-stein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Matthew Stein, P.E., Author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival, ISBN #978-1933392837, published by Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT (800) 639-4099  http://www.chelseagreen.com http://www.whentechfails.com/ You might wonder what an MIT engineer is doing &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/why-i-wrote-when-technology-fails-matthew-stein/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=160&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WTSHTF</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the pulse on the global situation as monitored by the doomsday community: http://www.doomers.us/forum2/index.php/topic,29537.0.html http://www.doomers.us/forum2/index.php/topic,29441.0.html http://www.doomers.us/forum2/index.php/topic,29608.0.html .<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=157&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decline USA Breaking News for MONDAY 27 October 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. Henry Paulson closes door on hopes of bailout for UK insurers British insurance companies will not be bailed out by the United States, The Times has learnt. It is understood that, although Henry Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, was &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/decline-usa-breaking-news-for-monday-27-october-2008/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=141&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When the Grid Fails – Zero Growth</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/when-the-grid-fails-%e2%80%93-zero-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Ted Ollikkala Sunday, 26 October 2008 THE END OF STOCKS, CASH, AND CREDIT What will happen when the recession firmly kicks in, and businesses that cannot expand their growth and/or make increasing long-term profits see their stock worthless (stock &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/when-the-grid-fails-%e2%80%93-zero-growth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=132&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decline USA &#8211; Breaking News for SUNDAY 26 October 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[. Why U.S. banks still aren’t lending Many are hoarding cash, don&#8217;t expect credit climate to improve until 2010 Simply put, banks are hoarding cash, and the influx of government money won&#8217;t necessarily change their plans. That&#8217;s the case with &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/decline-usa-breaking-news-for-sunday-26-october-2008/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=120&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>October 2008 Meltdown. What&#8217;s ahead &#8211; the next 5 years</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/october-2008-meltdown-whats-ahead-the-next-5-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://declineusa.wordpress.com/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Trickle down Economics What goes on in Washington, Wall Street, and behind closed doors in the Halls of Europe will be affecting the average American in just a few short weeks. Be prepared and do the needful, as they say &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/october-2008-meltdown-whats-ahead-the-next-5-years/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=107&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>October 2008 fear panic meltdown crash &#8211; It&#8217;s real</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/october-2008-fear-panic-meltdown-crash-its-real/</link>
		<comments>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/october-2008-fear-panic-meltdown-crash-its-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meltdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a series of current (7 Oct 2008) articles which spell out the global economic crisis in black and white, with some superlative moribund adjectives thrown in to make you sit up and take notice. Indeed, ask yourself when &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/october-2008-fear-panic-meltdown-crash-its-real/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=102&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Financial Crisis is official &#8211; the scope of the problem</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/americas-financial-crisis-is-official-the-scope-of-the-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 19,  2008 &#8211; The president of the USA, George Bush simply said, &#8220; “America&#8217;s economy is facing unprecedented challenges, and we are responding with unprecedented action&#8220; And the solution sounds like a shotgun wedding. Shoot now; ask questions &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/americas-financial-crisis-is-official-the-scope-of-the-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=97&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Airline Crashes Imminent; Time to re-organize transportation</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/airline-crashes-imminent-time-to-re-organize-transportation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[airlines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been confirmed; due to rising fuel prices, the airline industry is starting to go belly up. Acquisitions, mergers, downsizing, cutting routes, grounding planes and raising ticket prices are insufficient measures to deal with the enormity of the situation and &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/airline-crashes-imminent-time-to-re-organize-transportation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=92&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WeCanSolveIt.org</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/wecansolveitorg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[al gore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nancy pelosi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Print ads and videos from Al Gore&#8217;s website. SPREAD THE WORD!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=90&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ECOBAGS &#8211; An idea whose time has come</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/ecobags-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bags]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A simple mind-shift like bringing your own bags to the market can cause a revolution.   Welcome to Eco-Bags Our reason for creating ECOBAGS® is simple: We exist to provide products, information and inspiration that help people reduce, re-use and recycle. &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/ecobags-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=85&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concerned People</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/concerned-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[barcelona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fuel protests are breaking out. Indonesia (source) Srinagar, India (source) Chandigarh, India (source) Philippines (source) Brussels (source) Barcelona (source) U.K. Biofuel Protests (source) Sonepat, India (source)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=84&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Recycling? You&#8217;re already doing it</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/recycling-youre-already-doing-it/</link>
		<comments>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/recycling-youre-already-doing-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny Pictures and Myspace Layouts at pYzam.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=83&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What a Way to Go: life at the end of empire</title>
		<link>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/what-a-way-to-go-life-at-the-end-of-empire/</link>
		<comments>http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/what-a-way-to-go-life-at-the-end-of-empire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 11:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bennett]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The independent film-makers are at it again. And they&#8217;re doing a bang-up job! Who? Sally Erickson and Tim Bennett. This movie, &#8216;What a Way to Go: life at the end of empire&#8217; should be seen in every high school classroom in &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/what-a-way-to-go-life-at-the-end-of-empire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=81&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Killed the Electric Car &#8211; sonypictures documentary 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 04:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/who-killed-the-electric-car-sonypictures-documentary-2006/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=80&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>$4 a gallon Not the End of Rising Gas Prices &#8212; &#8211; chicagotribune.com video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 20:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;It&#8217;s not going to be a 1-year blip and go away&#8217; full article from www.chicagotribune.c posted with vodpod<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=79&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take the Oil Safari (Interactive Flash) &#8211; from the Chicago Tribune</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 19:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from a630.g.akamai.net posted with vodpod This is a preview &#8211; view the full size Flash movie The Chicago Tribune has published a very nice Interactive Presentation entitled Travelogue of Addiction by Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Salopek. His safari reveals how &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/take-the-oil-safari-interactive-flash/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=78&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why would Ted Turner mention the word cannibalism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Ollikkala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t listen to the bloggers. Don&#8217;t listen to OPEC. Or politicians &#8211; especially politicians! Listen to the big three: American billionaires Ted Turner, Richard Rainwater and Warren Buffet. These men sit on top of the world, and watch it with &#8230; <a href="http://declineusa.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/why-would-ted-turner-mention-the-word-cannibalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=declineusa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3438445&amp;post=77&amp;subd=declineusa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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