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><channel><title>Realitology &#187; Business</title> <atom:link href="http://realitology.com/category/business/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://realitology.com</link> <description>"The Study of Reality"</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:00:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1</generator> <item><title>Reflecting on my economic collapse post from last year</title><link>http://realitology.com/politics/reflecting-on-my-economic-collapse-post-from-last-year/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/politics/reflecting-on-my-economic-collapse-post-from-last-year/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:00:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[American Dream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/american-dream/reflecting-on-my-economic-collapse-post-from-last-year/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Damn, I wish I didn&#8217;t end up being right about this&#8230; On August 15 2007 I wrote this post about the impending economic collapse and how the prez was lying and saying that the economy was fine. Well, I&#8217;ll be damned if it all didn&#8217;t come true. In paragraph 5 I said &#34;God I hope [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/politics/reflecting-on-my-economic-collapse-post-from-last-year/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Drilling In ANWR Still Doesn&#8217;t Make Any Freaking Sense</title><link>http://realitology.com/science/drilling-in-anwr-still-doesnt-make-any-freaking-sense/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/science/drilling-in-anwr-still-doesnt-make-any-freaking-sense/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:13:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[American Dream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/global-warming/drilling-in-anwr-still-doesnt-make-any-freaking-sense/</guid> <description><![CDATA[More scare tactics from the anti-facts/reality/science wing of the conservative movement. A while back I received an email with the subject line of &#34;Lies Vs. Truth&#34;. It was one of those chain emails that right-wing type folks so often seem to send around. (I assume it&#8217;s the same demographic who &#34;learns&#34; about politics by talk-radio, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/science/drilling-in-anwr-still-doesnt-make-any-freaking-sense/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Healthcare &#8211; Has the tide finally shifted?</title><link>http://realitology.com/politics/healthcare-has-the-tide-finally-shifted/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/politics/healthcare-has-the-tide-finally-shifted/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:18:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[American Dream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humanity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/healthcare/healthcare-has-the-tide-finally-shifted/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Since healthcare is the #1 cause of bankruptcy in the US, you&#8217;d think it would have been more of a forefront issue over the years &#8212;especially for those right-wing-types who seem to live by the rule that money is all that matters. Healthcare has been on the minds of Americans for the past few years [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/politics/healthcare-has-the-tide-finally-shifted/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Living and Dying in the Material World</title><link>http://realitology.com/philosophy/living-and-dying-in-the-material-world/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/philosophy/living-and-dying-in-the-material-world/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:05:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[American Dream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/consumerism/living-and-dying-in-the-material-world/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Let me preface this by saying Democrats have certainly not always made the best decisions in the past few decades either. I&#8217;m not a Democrat and I&#8217;m not a Republican. I base my comments on the evidence of the past 25+ years, not on having a partisan ax to grind. This post probably makes me [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/philosophy/living-and-dying-in-the-material-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Night Night Bitch. Leona Helmsley &#8220;Checks Out&#8221;</title><link>http://realitology.com/business/night-night-bitch-leona-helmsley-checks-out/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/business/night-night-bitch-leona-helmsley-checks-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:19:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/business/night-night-bitch-leona-helmsley-checks-out/</guid> <description><![CDATA[On a postive note&#8230; &#8216;Queen of Mean&#8217; Hotelier Leona &#34;Only the little people pay taxes.&#8221;Helmsley Dies http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6863372,00.html Goodbye to one of the 80&#8242;s greed queens. I wonder if she was able to &#34;take it with her?&#34; But seriously, death is a sad thing and I&#8217;m sure her family and friends (if she had any) are [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/business/night-night-bitch-leona-helmsley-checks-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>You Hear The One About The Banks Going Broke And The American Taxpayer Bailing Them Out?</title><link>http://realitology.com/politics/you-hear-the-one-about-the-banks-going-broke-and-the-american-taxpayer-bailing-them-out/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/politics/you-hear-the-one-about-the-banks-going-broke-and-the-american-taxpayer-bailing-them-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:49:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/economics/you-hear-the-one-about-the-banks-going-broke-and-the-american-taxpayer-bailing-them-out/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Add Countrywide Bank to the Corporate-Greed-Induced Fuck-Up of the American Economy. Or As I like to Call It&#8230;Savings and Loan Crisis &#8211; Folie &#224; deux Californians rush to pull money from Countrywide Bank Parent of home loan company assures that bank is stable The rush to withdraw money &#8212; by depositors that included a former [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/politics/you-hear-the-one-about-the-banks-going-broke-and-the-american-taxpayer-bailing-them-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The economy&#8217;s great and here drink this kool-aid</title><link>http://realitology.com/politics/the-economys-great-and-here-drink-this-kool-aid/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/politics/the-economys-great-and-here-drink-this-kool-aid/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:14:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[American Dream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/consumerism/the-economys-great-and-here-drink-this-kool-aid/</guid> <description><![CDATA[The other day the prez came on TV to reassure everyone that the economy&#8217;s great and that people should keep on spending themselves into a debt blackhole because it&#8217;s good for the economy. The first thing I thought was &#34;This guy&#8217;s on crack!&#34; But then I remembered that he&#8217;s detached from reality and a fucking [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/politics/the-economys-great-and-here-drink-this-kool-aid/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>11</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Snakes and Insurance Companies</title><link>http://realitology.com/business/snakes-and-insurance-companies/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/business/snakes-and-insurance-companies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:50:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/healthcare/snakes-and-insurance-companies/</guid> <description><![CDATA[No this is not the obvious joke. Of course insurance companies are snakes. Everyone knows that! This is about a real life experience. A while back I posted about the fucked up nature of the US healthcare system. This is a bit of a continuation of that theme. A bit of backstory&#8230;I take two prescription [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/business/snakes-and-insurance-companies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Comments on &#8220;How we failed our children&#8221;</title><link>http://realitology.com/politics/comments-on-how-we-failed-our-children/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/politics/comments-on-how-we-failed-our-children/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:52:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[American Dream]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/global-warming/comments-on-how-we-failed-our-children/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just after I made my post on the end of oil I found this great post talking about the negative things that our dependence on oil has caused. Here are a couple of quotes: The engine of modern prosperity runs on oil. That may have worked in the last century, but it&#8217;s a complete and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/politics/comments-on-how-we-failed-our-children/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The End Of Oil? Man That Sucks!</title><link>http://realitology.com/politics/the-end-of-oil-man-that-sucks/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/politics/the-end-of-oil-man-that-sucks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:49:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/consumerism/the-end-of-oil-man-that-sucks/</guid> <description><![CDATA[For years some have said that the world is running out of oil.&#160; Many said that we&#8217;d be out within 50 years. Others said that there was enough oil to last for hundreds of years and that the folks who predicted the end of oil were alarmists. In reality, the world won&#8217;t &#34;run out of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/politics/the-end-of-oil-man-that-sucks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TV Can Give You The Life You&#8217;ve Always Wanted. We Promise.</title><link>http://realitology.com/society/tv-can-give-you-the-life-youve-always-wanted-we-promise/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/society/tv-can-give-you-the-life-youve-always-wanted-we-promise/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:52:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/consumerism/tv-can-give-you-the-life-youve-always-wanted-we-promise/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Why Actually Have A Life Of Your Own When It&#8217;s So Much Easier To Watch Other People Pretend To Have A Life For You? That&#8217;s the beauty of television ladies and gentlemen. With television you don&#8217;t actually have to do anything. And isn&#8217;t that what we all really want anyway? It is the birthright of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/society/tv-can-give-you-the-life-youve-always-wanted-we-promise/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The US Healthcare System Is So Fucked Up!</title><link>http://realitology.com/politics/the-us-healthcare-system-is-so-fucked-up/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/politics/the-us-healthcare-system-is-so-fucked-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:51:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/healthcare/the-us-healthcare-system-is-so-fucked-up/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yeah I know that&#8217;s no shocking news is it? You hear about it on the news and every once in a while our politicians pay lip service to fixing the problem. But from where I stand it keeps getting worse and worse and it&#8217;s hitting closer to home. Several months ago my friend&#8217;s company shut [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/politics/the-us-healthcare-system-is-so-fucked-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bush Administration Agrees To Tackle Global Warming &#8220;As Long As We Don&#8217;t Actually Have To Do Anything&#8221;</title><link>http://realitology.com/politics/bush-administration-agrees-to-tackle-global-warming-as-long-as-we-dont-actually-have-to-do-anything/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/politics/bush-administration-agrees-to-tackle-global-warming-as-long-as-we-dont-actually-have-to-do-anything/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:59:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/environment/bush-administration-agrees-to-tackle-global-warming-as-long-as-we-dont-actually-have-to-do-anything/</guid> <description><![CDATA[In a surprise move, today the Bush Administration announced that it &#34;is taking the lead&#34; on climate change by proposing a series of meetings over the next 18 months. This announcement was hailed by leaders of the oil, gas, and coal industries, who are pleased that Mr. Bush will allow them that much more time [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/politics/bush-administration-agrees-to-tackle-global-warming-as-long-as-we-dont-actually-have-to-do-anything/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Did Ya Hear The One About Your Co-Worker Getting Laid Off?</title><link>http://realitology.com/business/did-ya-hear-the-one-about-your-co-worker-getting-laid-off/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/business/did-ya-hear-the-one-about-your-co-worker-getting-laid-off/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 05:37:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Business]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/business/did-ya-hear-the-one-about-your-co-worker-getting-laid-off/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Add this one to the &#34;Gee Thanks&#34; file. Within the last week or so, one of my wife&#8217;s friends got laid off (along with several dozen others) from a large, Fortune 500 company. The company is the top maker of health care products and everyone would know their name. Amazingly enough, this lay-off seems to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/business/did-ya-hear-the-one-about-your-co-worker-getting-laid-off/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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