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	<title>WHY SHUT UP?</title>
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	<description>To remain silent is literally impossible...</description>
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		<title>The smartest thing a business owner ever did!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  I am an avid fan of writing reviews of businesses, products and even movies. I take it seriously and use good judgement when it comes to evaluating what I have used my hard earned money to buy. I especially appreciate when an owner, developer or sales person takes time to read and appreciate the reviews I write. More and more I am seeing owners of businesses paying quite a bit of close attention to social media and online business reviews.
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		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2010/02/the-smartest-thing-a-business-owner-ever-did/</link>
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		<title>Social Media Addiction &#8211; No one cares where you are or what you are doing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Contrary to popular belief of social media status updates, no one really cares where you are at a given moment or what you are doing. In my ongoing bantering of addiction to social media and obsession of certain social networking websites, this one topic must be examined more closely. 
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		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2010/02/social-media-addiction-no-one-cares-where-you-are-or-what-you-are-doing/</link>
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		<title>Growing fanatacism with social networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This went way beyond what I ever thought could happen with social networking, but taught me how important the protection of our virtual reputation is. I was brought to the realization that as social networking becomes popular, so does fanatacism of these sites. Certain members are taking the websites so seriously, they are missing the point of the big picture. These sites were established to broaden networks and create a fresher, funner way to possibly meet people outside of the internet all well growing a community of friendly users. What the fanatics do is take this one step further and almost try and overprotect a system they had no hand in setting up.]]></description>
		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2010/01/growing-fanatacism-with-social-networking/</link>
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		<title>Is society becoming addicted to social networking?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I read an article that defined the psychology of tweeting and Facebooking and buidling networks on social media websites. It compared these actions to that of compulsive shoppers, buying something just to satisfy that craving or rush of getting something new, even if they didn't need it. Adding friends, becoming a member of millions of groups, tweeting tons of useless tweets is not to please the users network, but to satisfy this addiction of staying on top and accomplishing a daily task. I]]></description>
		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2009/12/is-society-becoming-addicted-to-social-networking/</link>
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		<title>Changing the rules of consumerism with online business reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As sites like this become more popular, the demand for customer satisfaction is growing. Although many businesses probably don't know about these types of websites OR they are simply pretending they don't know since they may be afraid of what they see on these sites, consumerism is about to change for the better in favor of the consumer. ]]></description>
		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2009/12/changing-the-rules-of-consumerism-with-online-business-reviews/</link>
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		<title>Finding a job using social networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I have harped quite a bit about utilizing social media and how it can help and also hurt the job search. But will it help you to find a job in this tough market? I read quite a bit about this issue on many sites on the web and thought out of many, this one hit the mark on many of the good points.  
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		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2009/12/finding-a-job-using-social-networking/</link>
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		<title>Are social networks turning into opinionated soap boxes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With today's array of social media networking websites, we are starting to see more and more statements and opinions whether political in nature or not, expressed to networks. One can argue that social media is a soapbox for any individual to discuss issues and voice free speech and hear others opinions on what is being voiced. I have seen this happening on many sites and there are areas that are used for these purposes on most social websites. Case in point, when I first started my Linkedin Troops Support networking group, I merely posted this group as a question on Linkedin and let others answer if they had interests in a group of this sort. ]]></description>
		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2009/11/are-social-networks-turning-into-soap-boxes/</link>
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		<title>Happy 234th Birthday US Marine Corps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marines,

I would like to take a moment to wish each and every one of you a Happy Birthday! Please take a moment to think about your fellow devil dogs that are still serving in "every clime and place"!
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		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2009/11/happy-234th-birthday-us-marine-corps/</link>
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		<title>The definition of a Veteran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the day approaches every year, I always take time to stress to friends and colleagues the significance of the day. I must admit there is no better way to describe it then to add this definition to my blog since this clearly says it all. I want to thank the US Marine Corps Force Recon Association and Father Denis O'Brien for supplying me with this piece:
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		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2009/11/the-definition-of-a-veteran/</link>
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		<title>Volunteering &#8211; A lead to your next career</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When someone thinks of volunteering, they never think that other things may come from it. For instance, I was volunteering at the VA, but never even thought about applying to some of their open positions and utilizing my veterans points. In other words, volunteering can be rewarding but can create a network that people may never realize. Everyone volunteers at one time or another and you never know who you may be working with during any particular day nor do you know what these people do for a career.]]></description>
		<link>http://whyshutup.com/2009/10/volunteering-a-lead-to-your-next-career/</link>
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