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Archive for July, 2008

Underneath this apparent accommodation to our diversity, we are in fact hunkering down in communities of like-mindedness, and it affects our ability to manage difference

We were sorting ourselves out by choosing to live with people that we agree with

We’re about to go into the most exciting period of human history

– Quoting Bill Clinton, somewhat out of context. Read the entire article to see why it’s important for the media to give us the whole story and not just the soundbites.

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Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

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In 1899, Charles Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Office of Patents, said,

Everything that can be invented has been invented.

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At several properties, there were a significant number of fully built homes sitting vacant along with a large number of additional homes still under construction

At one master plan community, the entire development appeared to be vacant — with the exception of crews working on new construction, it was a ghost town

The homes all appeared to be empty, and there were no prospective buyers anywhere to be found. Surprisingly, the sales office was open … but the woman working there had questionable English fluency. When asked how many homes had been sold in the past month she simply responded, ‘Uh huh. Thank you. Yes!’ and handed us some additional literature on the property

Perhaps the most interesting aspect to the development was what it revealed about the nature of the housing boom: that at the peak even the most undesirable and remote locations were worthy of expensive, high-end homes

– Analyst Aaron Deer talks about the housing market in the Inland Empire.

With the exception the exorbitant prices, aren’t we seeing this all across America?

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I choose eating, not smoking

If you don’t have it, you can’t spend it

– New York Cabby Mohammed Kalair talks about the rising cost of gasoline and his new spending choices because of it.

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I felt connected with her

You felt like you wanted to have a conversation with her

She is definitely deeply involved

Her assessment and evaluation and recommendations are going to be considered highly

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“Coal makes us sick”

“Oil makes us sick”

“It’s global warming”

“It’s ruining our country, it’s ruining our world”

“We’ve got to stop using fossil fuels”

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