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><channel><title>Realitology &#187; Consumerism</title> <atom:link href="http://realitology.com/category/consumerism/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>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>God Dammit, What Did I Just Say About Leaving The Animals Alone!</title><link>http://realitology.com/philosophy/god-dammit-what-did-i-just-say-about-leaving-the-animals-alone/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/philosophy/god-dammit-what-did-i-just-say-about-leaving-the-animals-alone/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:19:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/environment/god-dammit-what-did-i-just-say-about-leaving-the-animals-alone/</guid> <description><![CDATA[As if hunting and eating them was not enough, those wacky Japanese have decided to also humiliate whales by making them wear Santa Hats. Now this definitely IS anthrophomorphism. &#34;While the white belugas are entertaining the crowds, their humpback cousins are facing a brutal end in cold storage at the hands of Japanese whalers in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/philosophy/god-dammit-what-did-i-just-say-about-leaving-the-animals-alone/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</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>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>28 Channels Of Crap Or 250 Channels Of Crap. What&#8217;s a Man To Do?</title><link>http://realitology.com/society/28-channels-of-crap-or-250-channels-of-crap-whats-a-man-to-do/</link> <comments>http://realitology.com/society/28-channels-of-crap-or-250-channels-of-crap-whats-a-man-to-do/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 04:26:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Realitology</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Consumerism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TV]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://realitology.com/consumerism/28-channels-of-crap-or-250-channels-of-crap-whats-a-man-to-do/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Let me preface this post by saying I am of the &#34;Kill Your Television&#34; opinion. In general, TV &#34;makes you stupid and rots your brain&#34; as my 5 year old nephew once said. He&#8217;s pretty much spot on. TV is one of the main reasons we&#8217;ve become overweight, passive, and under-thinking as a culture. It&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://realitology.com/society/28-channels-of-crap-or-250-channels-of-crap-whats-a-man-to-do/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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