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	<description>Let's talk about the fundamental interconnectedness of all things...</description>
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		<title>A Teachable Moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a teachable moment this morning. I was on my way to work. On the train I was working on my laptop, writing a rebutall to the asinine, wrong, and wrong headed coding policies some of my colleagues are trying to get accepted as coding standards within the company. This is a stressful activity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/12/a-teachable-moment</link>
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		<title>They only call it class warfare when we fight back.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama suggests (I paraphrase of course) &#8220;ok, let&#8217;s cut Medicare and Social Security to get rid of the deficit, but at the same time let&#8217;s start taxing the millionaires at the same levels we did before Bush&#8221;.  The Republicans cry out &#8220;It&#8217;s class warfare!&#8221;.  Obama strikes back:  &#8220;It&#8217;s not class warfare, it&#8217;s common sense&#8221;.   [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/10/they-only-call-it-class-warfare-when-we-fight-back</link>
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		<title>What you should undestand about American policies towards &#8220;illegal aliens&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a simple and vital aspect of America&#8217;s strategies regarding undocumented workers, which is scarcely reported on but should be understood by anyone attempting to form an opinion on the subject.  Nearly all legislation, and indeed nearly all debate on undocumented workers in America focuses on how to handle the undocumented workers themselves.  Employers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/08/what-you-should-undestand-about-american-policies-towards-illegal-aliens</link>
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		<title>Texas Governor Rick Perry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I find it impossible to avoid commenting on Texas Governor Rick Perry.   Recently engaged in a question and answer session with a fourth-grader, he was asked how old the earth was.  He replies that: In Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools, because I figure you&#8217;re smart enough to figure out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/08/texas-governor-rick-perry</link>
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		<title>Yesterday&#8217;s newspeak.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama rejected senior White House counsel when he decided to continue engagement in Libya without seeking approval from Congress. On PBS News Hour, Senator Harry Reid defended this action saying: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: The War Powers Act has no application to whats going on in Libya. Jim Lehrer: None? Senator Reid: I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/06/yesterdays-newspeak</link>
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		<title>Nuclear Power and Democracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was having a discussion about programming languages with a work colleague the other day. Like many people, he felt like restrictions of freedom were useful, making the points that apple&#8217;s iphone is better than android because of their walled garden approach, that Java is better than C++ because it prevents you from writing certain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/06/nuclear-power-and-democracy</link>
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		<title>A little bit of newspeak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m frequently appalled at how effectively the powers that be use language to manipulate people who should really know better. One day I should make a compendium of modern technical language, and how it is used. I remember when I read 1984, some 20 years ago, I didn&#8217;t immediately see how pervasive that manipulation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/05/a-little-bit-of-newspeak</link>
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		<title>Wikileaks is a journalist, Manning is a source.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the ass-kissing portion of his speech at the White House Correspondents dinner, the president said: In the last months we&#8217;ve seen journalists threatened, arrested, beaten, attacked and in some cases even killed, simply for attempting to bring us the story. Give people a voice. Hold leaders accountable. And through it all we&#8217;ve seen daring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/05/wikileaks-is-a-journalist-manning-is-a-source</link>
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		<title>Not all beliefs are equal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a work colleague who essentially believes all of the basic assumptions that underlie the capitalist, social darwinist world that we live in. His reasoning is essentially panglossian. I find it fascinating that he constantly engages in me conversations where it must be clear to him that I have fundamental disagreements. I don&#8217;t know [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/04/not-all-beliefs-are-equal</link>
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		<title>Clinton&#8217;s speach to Arab Americans.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As can be seen on Democracy now, Hilary Clinton gave a speech at the U.S. Islamic World Forum last week, about the struggles for democracy and justice in the Middle East.  Today, the long Arab winter has begun to thaw. For the first time in decades, there is a real opportunity for change. A real [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.glenstark.net/2011/04/clintons-speach-to-arab-americans</link>
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