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		<title>Obesity In As Opt Out P.E. Rules</title>
		<link>http://probitee.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/obesity-in-as-opt-out-p-e-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s some more truth tellin’. From 1962 to 1990 weight increased among our adult population by more than 20 pounds. The average weight for males is 191 lbs. while the women average 164 lbs. Why are parents choosing to let their children opt out of Physical Education (P.E.) as early as middle school? Most educators [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1168&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Brother</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fitting that Obama’s State of the Union address should fall on my brother’s birthday, a real political science junkie from the late ‘50’s to his death in 1993. He’d have a difficult time accepting today’s depressed housing values, why we’d repeat missing an opportunity to produce more oil and gas domestically, and the fear of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1162&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Got Woke Up</title>
		<link>http://probitee.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/seattle-got-woke-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[FL Senate Bil 7170]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s the truth as we witnessed a Northwestern city shut down when a snowstorm walloped the Seattle area. It’s time for Washington to wake up too.  State governments are bent on approving government programs without letting the people know about them.  Senate Bill 7170 in Florida may usher in a new era of removing public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1155&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Derailed Infrastructure Spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still uncoupled from the politics of the moment I’m taking time to reflect upon the crumbling infrastructure of the American passenger railroad system. Twenty-three hours aboard a train in coach class seats was a bit ambitious, but we had not been on a passenger train in about ten years and expected improvements. Unfortunately for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1147&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blown Into Fractions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I continue uncoupling, my thoughts wandered back to a time when we breathed air through open windows. Hearing the traffic sounds from Route 9 &#38; 20 in those high school classrooms when it was hot enough to open the windows, gave me a dream that in the next decade became a reality. The rumble [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1139&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling Uncoupled This Autumn</title>
		<link>http://probitee.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/feeling-uncoupled-this-autumn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Autumn in Florida is subtle south of Interstate 4 , but there is no subtlety in what has become a very partisan political divide in Washington, D.C. Uncoupled struck home with me, possibly because I’ve been thinking about a train trip, and I’ve been giving it a lot of thought along with what isn’t happening [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1132&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poundin&#8217; the Drums Again</title>
		<link>http://probitee.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/poundin-the-drums-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in August of 2010 my commentary was about groups of people coming together for a cause to get government out of their lives, end entitlement programs, and insist upon state control except when federal help is needed. The ‘umbrella people’ also made it clear that they worry about the redistribution of wealth. My drum [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1124&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government Talkin&#8217; but not Walkin&#8217; the Walk</title>
		<link>http://probitee.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/government-talkin-but-not-walkin-the-walk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Probitee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bailouts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government officials chose not to force colorful cartoon characters used to market food into retirement. I would have been devastated. Tony the Tiger was one of my childhood heroes; he was big, powerful, kind and sounded very positive. How could any kid not like that taste? But back in those days I wasn’t buying the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1117&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public&#8217;s Welfare Lags as Super PACs Yield Money</title>
		<link>http://probitee.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/publics-welfare-lags-as-super-pacs-yield-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politics is causing extended anxiety and fear to the public, and while Super PACs spend gobs of money on campaigns, average Americans slide further down the economic ladder. Super PACs are gearing up to collect unlimited amounts of money. Remember Super PACs got their start following a 2010 Supreme Court decision that removed restrictions on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1111&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Responsible Savers Hurting</title>
		<link>http://probitee.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/responsible-savers-hurting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[bank rates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credibility about our American economy being consumer driven is everywhere.  It’s confusing because not long ago we consumers were being told to save.  In retrospect we were doing a good job but those who stashed money into homes, savings accounts and certificates of deposit (CDs) have not fared well of late.  Nearly a quarter of all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=probitee.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10053285&amp;post=1102&amp;subd=probitee&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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