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		<title>semantics. mcshemantics.</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2011/02/23/semantics-mcshemantics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I read accounts on the standoff between public union supporters and the governor of my home state, I kinda winced at a word: prosperity. In a write-up about the billionaire Koch Brothers, the NYT cites a letter sent by Charles Koch, appealing to conservative business leaders to engage in future political activism: “If not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=1284&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>speaking of real talk&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2011/02/03/speaking-of-real-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syreeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it seems like ages ago (as we&#8217;re all transfixed on natural disasters and the revolutions in the Middle East) I haven&#8217;t stopped thinking about the State of the Union Address: What’s more, we are the first nation to be founded for the sake of an idea -– the idea that each of us deserves [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=1219&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>it is what it is.</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2010/07/13/it-is-what-it-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syreeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot to talk about these days. The nightmare in the Gulf has consumed a lot of real estate in my brain. So while I was catching up on the state of world and American affairs, a recent New York Times article flagged a neglected aspect in our national discourse on our withdrawal from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=850&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>#gentrification.</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2010/01/06/gentrification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syreeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[cross-posted to postbourgie.com &#8221;This is the spiritual capital of the African diaspora. Something had to be done.&#8221; IBO BALTON, the housing department&#8217;s planning director for Manhattan, on Harlem. February, 2001 Ibo wandered in my office and was flattered that I had a photocopy of his NYT Quote of the Day taped to my wall when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=671&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>green the cities, create the jobs, save the planet&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2009/11/17/green-the-cities-create-the-jobs-save-the-planet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syreeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or something like that. I think about sustainability a lot. In a previous life, I worked on the development of new construction residential buildings, and very slowly, applied green building practices and materials to those buildings. I&#8217;ve also been thinking about the intersection of green job creation and sustainability in cities. Very quietly, I follow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=539&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Catch A Fire</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2009/06/15/catch-a-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syreeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[, originally uploaded by mousavi1388. I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m riveted by the events in Iran since the weekend. If you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, Twitter has emerged as the critical source for following the events in Tehran. The Atlantic&#8217;s Andrew Sullivan has masterful coverage. A must read. Print media as it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=193&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go-Go Gadget Train!</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2009/04/17/go-go-gadget-train/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syreeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yay! I&#8217;ve wanted this for a very, very, very long time. A modern and fast moving inter-rail system in the US? Cutting my travel time between New York and Chicago, or Milwaukee to just a few hours? Perhaps reducing my out of pocket travel costs and carbon emissions associated with car or airplane travel? Relieve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=177&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Build A Better Robot, Part I</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2009/02/18/how-to-build-a-better-robot-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syreeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about infrastructure lately. I hear the word thrown around a lot, but I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s resonating with everyone. If some of you are faithful viewers of the Rachel Maddow show, you hear her geek out about it. I must admit, I do too. I was glad that I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=154&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future Shock</title>
		<link>http://bellewetherstate.com/2009/02/10/future-shock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syreeta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure if they get it. The debate over the economic stimulus package is ideological. Most economists say that we need massive, sweeping and deep intervention in the American economy from the American government. What I remember quite specifically from freshmen year econ: To spend is to beget demand which increases supply which begets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bellewetherstate.com&#038;blog=8733293&#038;post=150&#038;subd=thebellewetherstate&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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