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	<description>Western Colorado's own Humorist / Economist</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>War, Oil and More Lies:</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/20/war-oil-and-more-lies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Lies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oil Shale]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is fired up and on the air.

I normally report on economic issues that affect the lives of Middle America, my favorite group of people. But this morning, I want to examine where we are militarily and also touch on oil; again.

Let me first say that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Housing, A Horror Movie; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/19/housing-a-horror-movie-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/19/housing-a-horror-movie-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.
 
Back in the dark ages of 2007, I ran the following column and with the news headlines today reading, “Housing Starts Fall to 17 Year Low, Home Depot Profits Fall 24%, Large U.S. Bank Collapse Seen Ahead, and Wholesale Prices Surge At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Cities; Living Proof that &#8220;Growth is Not Good.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/17/big-cities-living-proof-that-growth-is-not-good/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/17/big-cities-living-proof-that-growth-is-not-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[congestion]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[polution]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Talkeetna]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[unsustainable]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How did Americans become big city dwellers? The vast majority of our citizens live in “Metropolitan America.” In my home state of Colorado, our total population is 4,861,515. Out of that number, 4,175,239 live along the eastern slope of the Rockies in a somewhat narrow band known as the “Front Range Urban Corridor.” Also known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America Needs Change; But Too What?</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/15/america-needs-change-but-too-what/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/15/america-needs-change-but-too-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning America, your King of Simple News is on the air.

I got a little windy today, but I do think the jest of this article is important.

U.S. NEWS: The main stream financial news is at least consistent; consistently wrong. As the King of Simple News Network was reporting that housing would, under no uncertain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait and See; No Longer An Option:</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/14/wait-and-see-no-longer-an-option/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/14/wait-and-see-no-longer-an-option/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News in hot off the press.
This is an article submitted to the King of Simple News and worth the read.
by Mark D. Hartman, Hillsboro, New Mexico

Exponential Growth is one hungry animal and works in a very insidious manner. Our government&#8217;s refusal to reverse this policy is worse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And You Thought the U.S. Had Trouble:</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/13/and-you-thought-the-us-had-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/13/and-you-thought-the-us-had-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.

I keep focusing on the problems of the U.S. economy and to give all of you a much needed break, I’ll focus on someone else&#8217;s problems today; if only to assure you that we aren’t the only idiots in the world.

As most eyes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is America Salvageable From Ourselves?</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/12/is-america-salvageable-from-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/12/is-america-salvageable-from-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.

This is one of those mornings that even the news isn’t interesting. Obama and McCain continue to trade grade school level insults regarding subjects that don’t matter in the least, while at the same time our country falls further into recession.

I suppose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Sides; Who Would You Pick?</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/11/choosing-sides-who-would-you-pick/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/11/choosing-sides-who-would-you-pick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.

I’m back from camping in the rain and have a new found appreciation for indoor plumbing. We did have a great time with our kids and grandkids and I also had time to ponder all of their futures.

Life in America is changing as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy, Careers and Gold:</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/07/energy-careers-and-gold/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/07/energy-careers-and-gold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air.
I’m taking a few days off for a camping trip with our kids and grandkids. I hope to reinvigorate my remaining brain cells and be back on the air Monday.
Have a great week-end and remember, it ain’t over till it’s over and we’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Smarter Than a BILLIONAIRE?</title>
		<link>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/06/are-you-smarter-than-a-billionaire/</link>
		<comments>http://mikefolkerth.com/2008/08/06/are-you-smarter-than-a-billionaire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Folkerth</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[GM]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Motorola]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All of those billionaires out there surely know something that we don’t. Right? After all, they are really smart people who have the inside dope on economic trends; that’s how they got so rich one might suppose. But in recent times, a troubling trend is appearing to debunk the above suggested logic.

You’ve all heard of [...]]]></description>
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