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	<title>life hereafter</title>
	<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com</link>
	<description>random musings from a wannabe economist</description>
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		<title>census recommendations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear President Omaba;
I know you and the Congress are currently struggling with small ways we can reduce the national debt that won&#8217;t greatly impact everyone. As I was reviewing my mail this evening I saw a letter from the US Department of Commerce with the words 2010 Census on the envelope. Thinking that this was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/03/08/census-recommendations/</link>
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		<title>price discrimination in action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across something during my Sunday shopping routine that really bothered me today. Recently I have been drinking those V8 Splash, vegetable juice hidden in fruit juice, things. I noticed they make a &#8220;light&#8221; version which has half the calories and sugar content as the regular version. Upon closer inspection I determined that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/02/21/price-discrimination-in-action/</link>
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		<title>under the dome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Under the Dome by Stephen King
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Ok. At just shy of 1100 pages, this was one monster of a book.
This was my first Stephen King novel and as such was not very familiar with his writing. I have seen a lot of his movies and thoroughly enjoyed them and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/02/07/under-the-dome/</link>
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		<title>clear philadelphia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months back Clear, the WiMax 4G Joint-Venture between Sprint, Comcast and a host of other companies launched in the Philadelphia area claiming broadband speeds up to 4X faster than the cell phone companies. Given that neither Comcast High-speed, nor Verizon FiOS was available in my Center City condo, I decided to give it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/01/13/clear-philadelphia/</link>
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		<title>well-intentioned government-created waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a tremendous example of well-meaning government creating inefficients and waste. Take a look at the article from across the pond:
Twelve million low-energy light bulbs were posted to households over Christmas  by an energy company as part of its legal obligation to cut carbon  emissions, despite government advice that many would never [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2010/01/02/well-intentioned-government-created-waste/</link>
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		<title>great quote</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fantastic article, as always, by Bruce:
A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country&#8217;s way of life; it&#8217;s only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage. The more we undermine our own laws, the more we convert our buildings into fortresses, the more we reduce the freedoms and liberties at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/30/great-quote/</link>
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		<title>kudos al-queda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Al-Queda,
Congratulations! Look&#8217;s like once again you have struck a victory even in the face of what looks like defeat. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, your plans were not foiled in any way. The security measures in place absolutely failed to notice anything suspicious. The only thing that went wrong was your man screwed up. So, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/30/kudos-al-queda/</link>
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		<title>eric schmidt is an idiot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok&#8230; I know I am a bit late to the party with this, but it&#8217;s been a busy week. Give me a break and let me get my jabs in&#8230;
Article: Facebook and Google Contrasts in Privacy
&#8220;If you have something that you don&#8217;t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn&#8217;t be doing it in the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/19/eric-schmidt-is-an-idiot/</link>
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		<title>eco-friendly in-name only?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just received a post-card in the mail from my employer stating that in January they are launching their &#8220;eco-pay&#8221; program, whereby paper pay-stubs will no longer be mailed and employees will receive statements online. This is all designed to help the environment. Did anyone stop to think about the huge waste mailing a post [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/17/eco-friendly-in-name-only/</link>
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		<title>christmas lights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear SEPTA,
As much as I love the colors of Christmas, all the reds and greens, you seem to be decorating your train status boards with an awful lot of red. Seriously, get your act together. It hasn&#8217;t even snowed this year&#8230;
Love,
Tired commuters everywhere&#8230;
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		<link>http://blog.christopherbrito.com/2009/12/16/christmas-lights/</link>
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