<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - jhawkins Tx's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/</link><description>The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money!</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:44:57 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:27:27 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>First drive: Nissan Leaf | Motoring News | Honest John</title>
<description><![CDATA[Nissan introduces new electric car.  Not for everyone.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4786643-first-drive-nissan-leaf-motoring-news-honest-john</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4786643-first-drive-nissan-leaf-motoring-news-honest-john</guid><category>technology</category><category>battery</category><category>electric-car</category><category>nissan-leaf</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:44:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Climategate academic Professor Phil Jones admits he 'lost track' of vital data - Telegraph</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chief Climate Scientist admits he lost track of critical data, admits the climate may have been warmer during the Middle Ages, and that there is no statistical proof of global warming over the past 15 years....]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/15/3899011-climategate-academic-professor-phil-jones-admits-he-lost-track-of-vital-data-telegraph</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/15/3899011-climategate-academic-professor-phil-jones-admits-he-lost-track-of-vital-data-telegraph</guid><category>energy</category><category>global-warming</category><category>politics</category><category>hoax</category><category>climate-change</category><category>obama</category><category>cap-and-trade</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:30:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fox, Time Warner Agree to New Fees - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[FOX programming stays in the Air!!!! or at least on Time Warner Cable...... Hours after and end of year deadline, the two companies came to terms.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/01/3704626-fox-time-warner-agree-to-new-fees-wsjcom</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/01/3704626-fox-time-warner-agree-to-new-fees-wsjcom</guid><category>bush</category><category>politics</category><category>fox</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:29:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Congress Increases Debt Limit - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sentate votes 60-39 along party lines to increase the countries debt limit by 230 Billion dollars..]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/26/3679472-congress-increases-debt-limit-wsjcom</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/26/3679472-congress-increases-debt-limit-wsjcom</guid><category>senate</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>debt</category><category>spending</category><category>obama</category><category>out-of-control</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:40:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bomb Attempt on U.S.-Bound Flight - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Man attempts to blow up Delta Air Flight to Detroit with bomb strapped to his leg.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/26/3679357-bomb-attempt-on-us-bound-flight-wsjcom</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/26/3679357-bomb-attempt-on-us-bound-flight-wsjcom</guid><category>bomb</category><category>terrorist</category><category>detroit</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:51:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>See the Future of Health Care Jobs Once the Government Admits they MASSIVELY Underestimated the Cost of their Entitlement Program</title>
<description><![CDATA[For those supporters of Obamacare who feel that this new program will be a boon for US health care workers, I would like to share what I learned from an experience in the UK.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/25/3675315-see-the-future-of-health-care-jobs-once-the-government-admits-they-massively-underestimated-the-cost-of-their-entitlement-program</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/25/3675315-see-the-future-of-health-care-jobs-once-the-government-admits-they-massively-underestimated-the-cost-of-their-entitlement-program</guid><category>insurance</category><category>jobs</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>unemployment</category><category>reform</category><category>doctor</category><category>obama</category><category>socialst</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:52:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FjhawkinsTx2F3675339.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FjhawkinsTx2F3675339.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;London Medical Professionals Protest Government  Hiring Practices&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama's Call for Reform in Executive Pay is Screwing His Own Constituents</title>
<description><![CDATA[New York Governor David Paterson was on CNBC this morning discussing his state's budget problems. Until recently, the state of New York has annually paid tens of billions of dollars in federal tax more than it has taken from the federal government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/17/3645535-obamas-call-for-reform-in-executive-pay-is-screwing-his-own-constituents</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/17/3645535-obamas-call-for-reform-in-executive-pay-is-screwing-his-own-constituents</guid><category>politics</category><category>reform</category><category>obama</category><category>executive-pay</category><category>compensation</category><category>socialism</category><category>tax-reform</category><category>fat-cats</category><category>bail-out</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:15:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What is your favorite Obama quote?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hands down, even his greatest critics have to admit that Obama is one of the best public speakers to hold the office of the president.  In a dynamic speech last week in an open forum at a community college in Allentown Pennsylvania, Obama told the populist crowds the following:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/14/3632824-what-is-your-favorite-obama-quote</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/14/3632824-what-is-your-favorite-obama-quote</guid><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>speech</category><category>liberal</category><category>obama</category><category>socialism</category><category>allenton</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:53:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Climate Change Science Explained - WITH COCONUTS!!!!</title>
<description><![CDATA[I have been trying to come up with a metaphor to describe the concept of "green" energy to my kids but have come up short…….. but it does remind me of an interesting story ..... I will share it with you……]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/02/3575228-climate-change-science-explained-with-coconuts</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/02/3575228-climate-change-science-explained-with-coconuts</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 07:42:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. Weighs Special Team of Terrorism Interrogators - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[The interrogation unit would include perhaps two dozen people who would research, master and conduct noncoercive interrogations of detainees]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/18/3037479-us-weighs-special-team-of-terrorism-interrogators-wsjcom</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/18/3037479-us-weighs-special-team-of-terrorism-interrogators-wsjcom</guid><category>cia</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>torture</category><category>terrorists</category><category>interrogation</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:47:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Judge Sides With Spain in Sunken-Treasure Fight - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Florida judge commands private treasure hunting company to return $500M treasure recovered from wreck to Spain.  The sunken ship was lost in combat with the English in 1803.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/07/2904377-judge-sides-with-spain-in-sunken-treasure-fight-wsjcom</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/07/2904377-judge-sides-with-spain-in-sunken-treasure-fight-wsjcom</guid><category>business</category><category>spain</category><category>florida</category><category>treasure</category><category>odessy</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Jun 2009 05:21:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Shift Toward State Rules on Product Liability - Obama Reverses Bush &quot;pro business&quot; policy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Obama reverses Bush administration's policy that allowed more product liability cases to be tried at the Federal level with one set of rules.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/21/2846852-shift-toward-state-rules-on-product-liability-obama-reverses-bush-pro-business-policy</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/21/2846852-shift-toward-state-rules-on-product-liability-obama-reverses-bush-pro-business-policy</guid><category>bush</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>lawyer</category><category>obama</category><category>liability</category><category>us-news</category><category>tort</category><category>your-business</category><category>america-trial-lawyers</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:16:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Antarctic ice is growing, not melting away | World News | News.com.au</title>
<description><![CDATA[The title pretty much describes the content.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/18/2832128-antarctic-ice-is-growing-not-melting-away-world-news-newscomau</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/18/2832128-antarctic-ice-is-growing-not-melting-away-world-news-newscomau</guid><category>global-warming</category><category>climate-change</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>antarctic</category><category>co2</category><category>ice-shelf</category><category>cap-and-trade</category><category>sea-level-rise</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:51:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Minority Dealers Hit Hard By  Auto Crisis - The Government Has Screwed another industry</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the key things in this article seems to be that government programs pushed to give auto dealerships to minority owners during the 1970's and 1980's.  Yes a noble cause......]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/15/2822441-minority-dealers-hit-hard-by-auto-crisis-the-government-has-screwed-another-industry</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/15/2822441-minority-dealers-hit-hard-by-auto-crisis-the-government-has-screwed-another-industry</guid><category>gm</category><category>chrysler</category><category>general-motors</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>car-dealerships</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:29:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. Eyes Bank Pay Overhaul - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[This one speaks for itself.  The President is seeking to control compensation inside firms that did not even take government money.  This is the latest in power grabs that we let go unnoticed!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/13/2810912-us-eyes-bank-pay-overhaul-wsjcom</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/13/2810912-us-eyes-bank-pay-overhaul-wsjcom</guid><category>business</category><category>ceo</category><category>government</category><category>obama</category><category>pay</category><category>control</category><category>compensation</category><category>socialism</category><category>ceo-pay</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:15:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Evil TARP banks.......PLEASE line me up to be SCREWED like this!</title>
<description><![CDATA["The Taxpayers are being raped!!!!!"......lets see how the numbers work out..... Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernake, yesterday said that he sees the TARP potentially breaking even........... 

Lets take a step back a look at what has been happening:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/10/2799399-evil-tarp-banksplease-line-me-up-to-be-screwed-like-this</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/10/2799399-evil-tarp-banksplease-line-me-up-to-be-screwed-like-this</guid><category>tax</category><category>politics</category><category>banks</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>obama</category><category>profit</category><category>paulson</category><category>tarp</category><category>tea-party</category><category>bernake</category><category>geithner</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 12:25:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bank Stress Test - Obama's Numbers Don't Match the Ones Used in his Budget</title>
<description><![CDATA[Well, the long awaited stress test parameters were released today at 2:00pm Eastern. The nation will now await the findings as each of the major banks see how they do when measured by the politicians.......]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/24/2728747-bank-stress-test-obamas-numbers-dont-match-the-ones-used-in-his-budget</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/24/2728747-bank-stress-test-obamas-numbers-dont-match-the-ones-used-in-his-budget</guid><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>gdp</category><category>bank-stess-test</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:40:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Democrats Weigh Break for Utilities in Climate-Change Bill - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[The article from the WSJ says one thing about Cap & Trade but misses one very important point......]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/24/2727568-democrats-weigh-break-for-utilities-in-climate-change-bill-wsjcom</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/24/2727568-democrats-weigh-break-for-utilities-in-climate-change-bill-wsjcom</guid><category>energy</category><category>politics</category><category>coal</category><category>climate-change</category><category>government-control</category><category>cap-and-trade</category><category>global-warmin</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:52:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Drop That 1040 Form! - Armed IRS Agents</title>
<description><![CDATA[I'm not sure which troubles me the most....IRS agents carrying firearms  or that there is such a long waiting list to joing the group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/16/2690751-drop-that-1040-form-armed-irs-agents</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/16/2690751-drop-that-1040-form-armed-irs-agents</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>guns</category><category>irs</category><category>government-control</category><category>1040</category><category>armed-irs</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:51:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Record Israeli arms sales irk US </title>
<description><![CDATA[This is a rather old article that I came across while researching another post.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/14/2685381-record-israeli-arms-sales-irk-us</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/14/2685381-record-israeli-arms-sales-irk-us</guid><category>china</category><category>israel</category><category>politics</category><category>weapons</category><category>foreign-aid</category><category>us-aid</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:30:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Associated Press: Obama pledges to fight piracy; pirates vow revenge</title>
<description><![CDATA[I think we need to tell the pirates...."Bring it on"]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/13/2678682-the-associated-press-obama-pledges-to-fight-piracy-pirates-vow-revenge</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/13/2678682-the-associated-press-obama-pledges-to-fight-piracy-pirates-vow-revenge</guid><category>somalia</category><category>pirates</category><category>navy</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:17:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tech firms battle lawmakers to bring back overseas cash </title>
<description><![CDATA[Negotiations for a tax amnesty holiday on funds corporations hold over seas fell apart last week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/12/2676322-tech-firms-battle-lawmakers-to-bring-back-overseas-cash</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/12/2676322-tech-firms-battle-lawmakers-to-bring-back-overseas-cash</guid><category>tax</category><category>politics</category><category>amnesty</category><category>cisco</category><category>ibm</category><category>oracle</category><category>corporations</category><category>tax-rate</category><category>tech-companies</category><category>corporate-tax</category><category>overseas-taxation</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:12:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Does Dodd look old? Blame it on Hi-def TV</title>
<description><![CDATA[I loved this article.  Not necessarily because of the content but more so in the way it was presented.  I wish I could find more written like it....... It advertises with a tabloid-like headline.....Does the man look old?........]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/11/2671469-does-dodd-look-old-blame-it-on-hi-def-tv</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/11/2671469-does-dodd-look-old-blame-it-on-hi-def-tv</guid><category>old</category><category>senate</category><category>connecticut</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>banking</category><category>tabloid</category><category>make-up</category><category>dodd</category><category>bail-out</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:08:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Congress Costs $5.67M/Day to Operate.  Should they not be held accountable for the cost of their time?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill in 2008 for daily operational cost, including salaries of staff and personnel, allocated $869.3M/year for the Senate and and $1.2B/year for the House of Representatives ( a 14% increase). ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/10/2665818-congress-costs-567mday-to-operate-should-they-not-be-held-accountable-for-the-cost-of-their-time</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/10/2665818-congress-costs-567mday-to-operate-should-they-not-be-held-accountable-for-the-cost-of-their-time</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>aig</category><category>obama</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>outrage</category><category>government-waste</category><category>executive-compensation</category><category>cost-of-congress</category><category>corrine-brown</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:57:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FjhawkinsTx2F2665882.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="132" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FjhawkinsTx2F2665882.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rep. Corrine Brown on the floor of the House&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>An Open Question To The People Of New York........ </title>
<description><![CDATA[I have visited New York City many times both for business and most recently for a long weekend vacation. The people are great, exciting, and I love the energy. There is one thing that has always puzzled me........ ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jhawkins Tx]]></source><link>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/05/2644512-an-open-question-to-the-people-of-new-york</link><guid>http://jhawkinsTx.new.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/05/2644512-an-open-question-to-the-people-of-new-york</guid><category>business</category><category>new-york</category><category>taxes</category><category>aig</category><category>anger</category><category>financial-services</category><category>executive-pay</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:24:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FjhawkinsTx2F2644532.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2FjhawkinsTx2F2644532.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
