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	<description>Rational thought has gone to the dogs!</description>
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		<title>Meet the head of your new HOA; The Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common wisdom was once upon a time that the bank did not ever want to own your home. It would try so hard to not own your home it would fall over backwards to work with you if you ever &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/meet-the-head-of-your-new-hoa-the-bank.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My #SOPABlackout thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The DogWalkBlog.com is not going dark for the SOPA Blackout today for a few reasons. Firstly, I am not entirely against SOPA and PIPA (I&#8217;d link to the bills, but the ones in Congress are still in flux, the Wikipedia &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/my-sopablackout-thoughts.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Drug testing our way to a Master Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, Linn State Technical College in Linn, Mo., notified its 1,200 students that they will have to take a drug test to enroll there Florida requires citizens applying for pubic assistance to submit to a drug test. Supporters of &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/drug-testing-our-way-to-a-master-race.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing bridges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama poster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past week, I&#8217;ve stumbled onto two major brands that launched crowdsourcing design projects they probably should not have. The first is the Barack Obama Reelection Campaign (MY poster submission is posted to the right) and the other is &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/crowdsourcing-bridges.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You were carried</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A popular legend about Sacagawea was that she carried a baby throughout her stint with Lewis and Clark as they mapped the Western regions of the United States. That baby grew up, thinking he had discovered America. In truth, he &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/you-were-carried.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The vast chasm between the haves and the have-nots</title>
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		<comments>http://www.dogwalkblog.com/the-vast-chasm-between-the-haves-and-the-have-nots.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dayton Ohio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back several year ago (actually a lot of years ago) I found myself in Philadelphia for the first time ever, in a rental car, in the middle of January, very lost. I just needed to get on the freeway pointing &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/the-vast-chasm-between-the-haves-and-the-have-nots.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A middle-aged, middle America impression of OccupyWallStreet</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[99%]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a middle-aged mutt in this wasteland between the two coasts commonly known as Middle America. Most of the United States lives here, but we rarely &#8212; ok never &#8212; get asked about important things like politics and the economy. &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/a-middle-aged-middle-america-impression-of-occupywallstreet.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taxes and a disturbing trend</title>
		<link>http://www.dogwalkblog.com/taxes-and-a-disturbing-trend.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never filed a late tax return. Ever. It is not uncommon for state, local and federal tax departments to send my corporation a letter, asking for some explanation or asserting that I had not filed correctly or filed &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/taxes-and-a-disturbing-trend.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>99% does not mean 99 things #OccupyWallStreet</title>
		<link>http://www.dogwalkblog.com/99-doesnt-mean-99-things-occupywallstreet.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.dogwalkblog.com/99-doesnt-mean-99-things-occupywallstreet.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read the #OccupyWallStreet story in the New York Times this morning and kinda just shook my head slowly. They reported this as if it were a 2011 version of Woodstock, complete with hippy-chicks and guitar-slinging beatniks. Yay. Or should &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/99-doesnt-mean-99-things-occupywallstreet.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Niggardly</title>
		<link>http://www.dogwalkblog.com/niggardly.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rufus Dogg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[compromise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, that&#8217;s right. I said niggardly*. Did you gasp? How about niggling**? Does that also make you squirm? If you are not gasping, squirming and looking about you nervously, congratulations! Your education has paid off. If you have no idea &#8230; <a href="http://www.dogwalkblog.com/niggardly.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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