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	<title>Neon's Glow - The Blog of John DeArmond &#187; Current Events</title>
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		<title>Why the ChiComs are Winning</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2010/09/27/why-the-chicoms-are-winning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Induction heating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chicoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fluxeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purchasing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is about the experiences of a tiny company (Fluxeon) in dealing with Chinese suppliers. It illustrates why and how the Chinese are winning the world economic battle of the 21st century. Unless we (the USA) change out ways, China will be the world economic superpower in a few years. Now I&#8217;m going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tele-Slime Beware</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2009/01/04/tele-slime-beware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The attached letter was in my mailbox last week. (click on the image to view full size) It warms my cockles. Tennessee has one of the strongest anti-telemarketing laws in the nation, far stronger than the national one. TN actually takes police action against teleslime, fining them $500 for each violation. As can be seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ignorance in America</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/24/ignorance-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ignorance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johndearmond.com/?p=574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This little ditty http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx is making the rounds right now, typically forwarded by a knuckle-dragging right wing whacko (as opposed to the left-wing knuckle-dragging whackos) to demonstrate how ignorant people are today of their &#8220;heritage&#8221;. I took this quiz and was horrified at the number of flat-out wrong answers. (absent the questions with no right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Worthless UL Label</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/24/that-worthless-ul-label/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/11/24/that-worthless-ul-label/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[burned out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangerous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heater]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.johndearmond.com/?p=568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a &#8220;Boomer&#8221; like me, you were probably raised up to respect that UL or &#8220;Underwriter&#8217;s Laboratory&#8221; label on electrical stuff. I still remember the ads on TV. The label really meant something too. UL started out as an independent testing laboratory funded by the insurance companies to test boiler safety valves and related [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Towel-Head Smackdown</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/08/25/towel-head-smackdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/08/25/towel-head-smackdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good shooting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[towelhead]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This has to be the best video clip yet to come out of Iraq. A towel-head with an RPG steps out into the road with his buddies cheering him on to fire on the Americans located off to the left. An American GI with a .50 BMG machine gun is quicker on the draw. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Solutions to US Problems?</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/07/20/dutch-solutions-to-us-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/07/20/dutch-solutions-to-us-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like every day some European &#8220;expert&#8221; proposes that the US adopt his or her country&#8217;s policies as the solution to transportation or energy or other problems that the US faces. More and more as I travel around the net, I see such advice coming from the Dutch. Seems like they have an awful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Say No to the Gate Gestapo</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/04/15/just-say-no-to-the-gate-gestapo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/04/15/just-say-no-to-the-gate-gestapo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not one of those people who rabidly hates Wal-Mart and other big box stores. I don&#8217;t like the experience but they&#8217;re a fact of life. I usually wear headphones and listen to an audio book so that I don&#8217;t have to listen to the toothless trash prattle on about their miserable lives but other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What they&#8217;re fighting against</title>
		<link>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/03/25/what-theyre-fighting-against/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johndearmond.com/2008/03/25/what-theyre-fighting-against/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>neonjohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally write about politics (and never partisan politics) but a couple of things I&#8217;ve run across in my web surfing absolutely demand comment. The first is this video taken by the cowardly towelhead terrorists who also fired the shot. In this video you see a couple of GIs conducting routine security operations. As [...]]]></description>
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