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	<title>The Middle Class Forum &#187; Decentralized Harmony</title>
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		<title>Haitian Foreign Aid</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/haitian-foreign-aid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		Last week I made a couple entries regarding the conditions of Haiti and the influence of our government on the western hemisphere.  This would seem to be leading up to a big plea for giving generously to Haiti.  Well, yes and no.
Despite some entrenched misconceptions to the contrary, the United States is not all that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haitian Dependency</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/haitian-dependency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Misinformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>

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		I no longer watch corporate media news, but I was informed about some talking heads out there claiming Haiti is getting what they deserved.  That is why I don&#8217;t watch corporate media news.  I don&#8217;t care if those pundits came from one of the most respected think tanks, those are the most dangerous ones for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haitian Conditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.middleclassforum.org/?p=1671</guid>
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		The next few entries will be about the Haitian earthquake tragedy, starting with this first post about &#8220;normal&#8221; conditions.
In 2003 my entire family of five went on a work camp trip to the Dominican Republic, which is on the same island as Haiti.  We were in the suburbs called Los Alcarizzos to help rebuild a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Middle Class a Cause or Effect?</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/is-the-middle-class-a-cause-or-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/is-the-middle-class-a-cause-or-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federated Wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Market Merit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Class Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.middleclassforum.org/?p=1651</guid>
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		Here is the third question posed to me by the editor of the business magazine Investor.ge, put out by the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia.
(3) Why is it (the middle class) important? Can we say it is more important economically than socially or does it play an important role in both spheres? What is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring Cultural Balance &#8211; Knowing Who We Are</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-cultural-balance-knowing-who-we-are/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-cultural-balance-knowing-who-we-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[001 Humanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.middleclassforum.org/?p=1621</guid>
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		A previous series on The Middle Class Forum was titled &#8220;Are We Naturally Bad?&#8221;  In that series and others I present evidence that we are not inherently bad, rather, we are inherently an altruistic species operating in systems that make us bad.  This does not mean we were all born angels.  We were all born [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring Cultural Balance &#8211; Become Paternal Skeptics</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-cultural-balance-become-paternal-skeptics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-cultural-balance-become-paternal-skeptics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Media and Interest Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Class Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.middleclassforum.org/?p=1619</guid>
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		We have devalued our belonging to people and place as our allegiance to paternal sources has grown.  These allegiances include political parties, corporations and interest groups.  We trust in these paternal sources, particularly as represented by corporate media and think tanks, while skeptical of human nature.  This reverses where the &#8220;innocent until proven guilty&#8221; focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring Cultural Balance &#8211; Independence over Indulgence</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-cultural-balance-independence-over-indulgence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-cultural-balance-independence-over-indulgence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy and Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.middleclassforum.org/?p=1611</guid>
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		I organized my book Systems out of Balance to reflect the layers of problems we face.  On the surface are economic problems, but underneath that surface are political problems, and underneath that are cultural problems.  Just so, this series on restoring balance follows a similar sequence.  Economic solutions are the most easily envisioned, but out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring Balance Series</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-balance-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/restoring-balance-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federated Wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Market Merit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.middleclassforum.org/?p=1556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
		
		
		
		In the book Systems out of Balance my focus was illuminating how social systems work in ways we should not want.  This alone was a movement towards restoring balance, since the first step in addressing a problem is recognizing you have one.  The book includes a final essay titled &#8220;Restoring Balance&#8221; that provides some follow-up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bards of Balance</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/the-bards-of-balance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/the-bards-of-balance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.middleclassforum.org/?p=1542</guid>
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		I have formed a band called The Bards of Balance.  In the past two weeks we released our album, Restoring Balance, for digital download.  I know it&#8217;s available at CD Baby already and should be available at all audio distribution venues such as iTunes soon.
We also did our first college gig at the Torrington Branch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate or Community Help</title>
		<link>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/corporate-or-community-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.middleclassforum.org/http:/www.middleclassforum.org/corporate-or-community-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decentralized Harmony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Misinformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Class Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Class Economics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.middleclassforum.org/?p=721</guid>
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		This past week I received a notice for a program offered by the water company to help people struggling to pay their water bills.  I&#8217;ve received notices like this from my electric utility provider as well.  I suppose these programs are a good thing for these corporations to coordinate, but there is something a little [...]]]></description>
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