Today the President gave his State of The Union Speech focusing primarily on U.S. energy issues. With more than 60% of U.S. petroleum imported from foreign countries the concept of “energy security” is taking center stage. Some of his remedies include increasing output of renewable energy sources like Ethanol gas (E85, which is more expensive and not as per mile efficient as gas), increasing automobile performance standards, and assisting other renewable energy technologies. But is cutting U.S. petrol consumption by 20% possible in 10 years?
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To my fellow bloggers — and newbies.

WordPress 2.1

Though I wouldn’t rush to it without checking over the plugin compatibilities, unless of course you’re building from scratch. Don’t forget to back up your database etc..
Cheers

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1mil asks Yahoo! Answers users: Tell me about how you got into Rental Properties and any problems/successes you’ve had with them.

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I never realized how my personal data storage needs were affecting my finances. After doing a recent backup, I discovered that I have more than a Terabyte (that’s 1000 Gigabytes folks) of disk space which includes information spanning the last decade or so. The thought of my beloved stuff being lost to the void is frightening, so maybe these expenses are justified, maybe not. Either way it brought me to the uncomfortable place of realizing that in the long run I’m going to have to figure out a more cost effective solution.

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When I was growing up I never learned about financial responsibility; as a matter of fact the only thing I learned about money was that we didn’t have any. I got my first job at 15 working at a mall, but when I was 17 I moved out on my own and discovered the wild world of rentals and post office boxes.

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A while back I was approached by a closet anti-government extremist who told me that it was in fact legal to not pay the government taxes. The argument is always convincing when these people present it because their ideas are well thought out, but their facts are crooked. Since this was the same source that came to me with home video “proof” that the government was behind the infamous suicides at Waco… I was a little reluctant in believing him. So I did some research, came across some really good arguments, and questioned myself: are we really required to file federal and state taxes? more …

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Sometimes I just like to bother the mess out of people with seemingly innocent questions.

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Be prepared to fork out more money for your favorite produce this year. As if hurricanes weren’t bad enough — consider this week national freezer burn week. From coast to coast record low temperatures have swept through communities leaving power outages and icycles in its wake.

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Please excuse the surge of article stubs listed on the feeds. These are posts from last year that are missing their full body. I will within the next few days be trying to recover the full copy from these posts for your enjoyment and my records. In the meantime please be patient as I juggle my time between entering new posts, recovering old ones, and transitioning to Millionser 3 “Money Juice”

Thank you for your continued support!

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The Participant and The Spectator
On a day to day basis it’s too easy to become overwhelmed by the puzzle of life. Our journey to success becomes easier when we can remove ourself from the situation at hand and objectively observe life from a safe distance. In this way we become the Spectator and stop being the Participant. But why be the Spectator?

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