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        <description>Writing about Words in the Wilds</description>
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        <copyright>Copyright 2008</copyright>
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            <title>Lapel Semiotics: The Problem with Obama Buttons</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama, in an attempt to appeal to as many niche political groups as possible, has splintered his support so much that -- in the end -- there is no single coalition of minds that leads to results instead of mere yearning.  <a href="http://store.barackobama.com/Buttons_s/200.htm">Here is one of the lapel buttons</a> for sale on his website:

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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:38:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>What, and Who You Know: Take Two</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://indexed.blogspot.com/2008/08/this-is-what-20-means.html">Indexed</a> makes the following argument concerning the X and Y rise of what you know and who you know in Web 2.0:<br /><div align="center"><img src="http://boles.com/called/08/knowwho.jpg" /></div> 
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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/08/14/what-and-who-you-know-take-two/</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:43:28 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>The Order of Money</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Let's get one thing straight:&nbsp; There is one -- and ONLY ONE -- way to manage your money in your pocket or wallet.<br /><br />
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:08:41 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>sosASL.com for the Deaf</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sometimes technology expands just enough to cogently clear the way for expanded communication opportunities.&nbsp; <br /><br />When <a href="http://bolesbooks.com/sweenie.html">Janna</a> and I created <b><a href="http://sosasl.com/">sosASL.com</a></b> as a portal for emergency communication between the Deaf and fire, police and EMT first responders, we realized it would not have been possible to create the site without the rise of technology and its seeping into every niche of the American psyche.<br /><br />
<div align="center"><img src="http://sosasl.com/sos-letters-70.png" /><img src="http://sosasl.com/hardasl-new-300.png" /></div> 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:13:13 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Minds On a Wire Reflect a Young Future</title>
            <description><![CDATA[We are all tethered to each other via pipes and wires -- but every growing day detaches us from deeper connections with the outside world -- and our mind-body dyad begins to melt in the soup of technology.<br /><br />
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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/08/05/minds-on-a-wire-reflect-a-young-future/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:29:06 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Online ASL: Learn It to Earn It</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://urbansemiotic.com/2008/07/28/intent-on-the-internet-the-intellectual-divide-between-knowledge-and-information/">Learning on the internet</a> is a sensation that is growing every day.  To meet the needs of new virtual learners the world over, <a href="http://boles.com/sweenie.html">Janna</a> and I have <a href="http://hardcoreasl.com/classes.html">created seven levels</a> for studying American Sign Language online via our <a href="http://hardcoreasl.com/">HardcoreASL.com</a> portal.<br /><br />
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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/07/31/online-asl-learn-it-to-earn-it/</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:48:50 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Bait and Switch: Google Makes Infants Cry</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Is the era of Google as the fresh-faced new kid on the block now over as it becomes more Evil Empire than Free Love? 

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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/07/24/bait-and-switch-google-makes-infants-cry/</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:44:46 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>The Community of Citizenry and City Censorship</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Should cities be in the business of drawing lines in the sand between what is free speech and what is not?

Or should the public -- the community of citizenry -- be the overlord of deciding what is and what is not acceptable conduct in the public square?<br /><br />
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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/07/22/the-community-of-citizenry-and-city-censorship/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:32:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Year One on Google Apps</title>
            <description><![CDATA[I was recently charged for a second year's subscription to the Premier Edition of Google Apps and that event brought me to a meandering consideration if the punch is still worth the purchase price.<br /><br />
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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/07/15/year-one-on-google-apps/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:24:40 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Investing in Key People, Not in Pet Projects</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Why do so many large businesses forget that people are the key to creating projects that find success and resonance in the marketplace?<br /><br />
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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/06/26/investing-in-key-people-not-in-pet-projects/</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:34:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>As Justice Must Be Done</title>
            <description><![CDATA[ Is there such a thing as "Justice" in the world?&nbsp; Or is justice just the excuse we use to impel our will on the world?<br /><br />
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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/06/24/as-justice-must-be-done/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:13:34 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Are We Required to Kill Our Children?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[As socialized people -- are we required by the laws of man and by our covenant with the Gods -- to kill our children in order to prove we are willing to preserve the greater good?<br /><br />

<div align="center"><img src="http://boles.com/called/08/killchildren1.jpg" /></div> 
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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/06/19/are-we-required-to-kill-our-children/</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:33:50 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Can Capitalism Survive Us?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Are we able to survive the perils of Capitalism? <br /><br />
<div align="center"><img src="http://boles.com/called/08/captal.jpg" /></div> ]]></description>
            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/06/17/can-capitalism-survive-us/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:30:58 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>How to Kill a Joke: Did You Bring a Towel?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Today I will give you a perfect example of: "How to Kill a Joke."&nbsp; <br /><br />Bring a towel.<br /><br />

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            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/06/10/how-to-kill-a-joke-did-you-bring-a-towel/</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:16:31 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Books are Written for Buying</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Books are written for purchasing and forever saving.<br /><br />

<div align="center"><img src="http://boles.com/called/08/buybooks.jpg" /></div> ]]></description>
            <link>http://wordpunk.com/2008/06/05/books-are-written-for-buying/</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:45:40 -0500</pubDate>
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