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		<title>I am no longer a Democrat</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1998</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, that probably caught a LOT of my friends attention who are following me by RSS. But let&#8217;s be clear on another point. I&#8217;m not a Republican either. In fact, I&#8217;m in the midst of really figuring out what I am politically. It&#8217;s just that after I read some of the recent positions and statements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wearing green or plastic or &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1992</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly clothes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycled plastics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I said yesterday, I&#8217;m going to try a new approach to my blog by writing on a different topic each day of the week. Wednesday I&#8217;m going to focus on sustainability and am toying with Wednesdays are for the World. I know it&#8217;s corny but I couldn&#8217;t find a good W word for Wednesday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Someone who gets multitouch &#8211; great application</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1985</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital DJ device]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I&#8217;m going to try to start a new trend in blogging by picking a topic a day and blogging in that area. Today I call Tech Tuesdays and I take a look at multi-touch interfaces. If you&#8217;re not familiar, multi-touch is what you&#8217;ve been using a lot lately if you have one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can River North really be redeveloped?</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1975</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Antonio economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River North]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend the Express-News wrote about the possible demise of the River North Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 27, the TIRZ set up to help fund infrastructure improvements within an area that straddles the recently developed Museum Reach of the San Antonio River. The purpose of the TIRZ was to channel any property tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Downtown development starting with my building</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1941</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1941#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Downtown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Antonio economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downtown development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Vistana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I happened to notice on Ben Olivo&#8217;s Downtown Blog an entry with a video of the construction of The Vistana, a time lapse series of photos taken by the webcam perched on the roof of the Christus Santa Rosa Hospital. It&#8217;s a great view of how this building that has been lauded as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Jobs &#8211; the PT Barnum of technology</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1928</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1928#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week on Friday Apple Computer fixed a problem and, in doing so, garnered the attention of most of the technology media and even some of the mainstream media in the process. What is even more interesting is that prior to the press conference Apple had essentially been denying there was a problem to fix. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tea party relevance &#8211; part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1922</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 21:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a few comments on a recent blog entry I posted on the relevance of the tea party and feel I owe a little more explanation to my position. I started to post in the comments and, as is always the case with me, realized it was going to take a lot more space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How relevant is the tea party movement?</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1912</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarah palin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately there has been a lot of buzz about the tea party movement in America, the latest being a move by Rep. Michelle Bachman (R-MN) to formally bring them into the Republican Party. There has also been some back and forth between Sarah Palin&#8217;s camp and Mitt Romney&#8217;s camp as reported by Politico. If you ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houston &#8211; baseball, big smelly plants and bones</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1903</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1903#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Astros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corpse Flower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houston Science Museum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I took my annual trip to Houston for MLB and other things. The Astros were playing the St. Louis Cardinals and ended up splitting the two games I attended. Unfortunately I wasn&#8217;t able to enjoy it with my friend I always do the trip with. Work issues kept him in San Antonio so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soldiers having fun but maybe not everyone thinks so</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1900</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1900#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soldier's dance videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure several of you have seen the latest viral videos of soldiers in various conflicts letting off steam by lip syncing to some of the most interesting songs, usually by female pop artists. They&#8217;re hilarious at times and present a different side we don&#8217;t see beyond the news reports. Remember, these soldiers are in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houston, Astros, and Fiesta Verde</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1897</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1897#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiesta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Astros]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiesta Verde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houston]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in Houston this weekend enjoying my annual MLB weekend. Unfortunately my friend couldn&#8217;t join me due to work issues. But I&#8217;m still going to make the most of it. The weekend started with a presentation to the Texas Festivals and Events Association (TFEA) Conference on Fiesta Verde. After that, we&#8217;re at the Inn at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did LULAC really contradict itself on smoking?</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1886</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1886#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Antonio government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LULAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking ban]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, at a rally at City Hall, LULAC president Rosa Rosales voiced her opposition to the proposed smoking ban by City Council. According to an article in the San Antonio Express-News Rosales said the proposal is racist and socioeconomically based. With all due respect to Mrs. Rosales that has to be the most outlandish claim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes a good District 1 council member?</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1879</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1879#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Antonio government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District 1]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We haven&#8217;t even gotten through the 2010 election cycle and candidates for the 2011 municipal election are already jockeying for position, especially in District 1. In 2011 Councilwoman Mary Alice Cisneros will be vacating her office due to term limits (she was not covered by the term limit extensions) and a field is already developing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill White debates tomorrow but Perry is still MIA</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1867</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1867#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Texas Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Governor's Race]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White was in San Antonio today, stopping by the Fourth of July celebration at Woodlawn Lake. White had hoped to speak but the Parks Foundation apparently was unable to accommodate the request. Regardless, White spent time meeting with supporters and enjoying the family atmosphere at the park. White has been crossing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green lanyards and friendliness have invaded the Alamo City</title>
		<link>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1853</link>
		<comments>http://www.concernedinsa.com/?p=1853#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RBearSAT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[San Antonio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 AA Convention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re in downtown San Antonio this weekend without fail you&#8217;re going to stumble across someone wearing a green lanyard and name badge attached to it. That&#8217;s what the attendees to the 2010 International Convention of Alcoholics Anonymous are wearing here in San Antonio. With over 50,000 attendees it&#8217;s probably the largest convention we&#8217;ve had in [...]]]></description>
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