<?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 - freedom</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/freedom</link><description>Newsvine - freedom</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:26:07 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Real Lesson of the IRS Scandal | Hoover Institution</title>
<description><![CDATA[The news of the past week has rightly been dominated by allegations of abuse in the Exempt Office (EO) of the Internal Revenue Service. The EO is in charge of processing applications for tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, which authorizes thes&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18409499-the-real-lesson-of-the-irs-scandal-hoover-institution</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18409499-the-real-lesson-of-the-irs-scandal-hoover-institution</guid><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>freedom</category><category>abuse-of-power</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:27 +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>Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democracy is in peril: That is an emerging theme of the liberal left's response to the Obama scandals. The argument misses the point, no doubt deliberately. What we are witnessing now is not a crisis of democracy but a crisis of authority. The administrative state, in thrall to a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18409261-best-of-the-web-today-wsjcom</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18409261-best-of-the-web-today-wsjcom</guid><category>politics</category><category>scandal</category><category>freedom</category><category>abuse-of-power</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:45:22 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc4A029F11-C4DD-9CD6-60DE-BA7DAB649E22.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc4A029F11-C4DD-9CD6-60DE-BA7DAB649E22.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><item><title>On IRS, Ezra Klein is Still an Idiot, and so is the White House  - John Ransom - Townhall Finance Conservative Columnists and Financial Commentary - Page 1</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend the New York Times carried a story on the front page about the IRS scandal. The subhead of the story proclaims: &ldquo;Scrutiny went beyond conservative groups.&rdquo;
Want proof?
&ldquo;Overseen by a revolving cast of midlevel managers,&rdquo; writes the Times&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18394387-on-irs-ezra-klein-is-still-an-idiot-and-so-is-the-white-house-john-ransom-townhall-finance-conservative-columnists-and-financial-commentary-page-1</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18394387-on-irs-ezra-klein-is-still-an-idiot-and-so-is-the-white-house-john-ransom-townhall-finance-conservative-columnists-and-financial-commentary-page-1</guid><category>politics</category><category>nixon</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>nemies-list</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:14:34 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc72A81519-9CC7-7A73-B483-6EF08E57D7C2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="65" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc72A81519-9CC7-7A73-B483-6EF08E57D7C2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="65" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The PJ Tatler  &amp;raquo; Has an Iron Curtain Descended on the Cincinnati IRS Office?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ABC News visited the IRS Determinations office in Cincinnati, OH, the office that determines eligibility for 501(c)(3) and (4) groups. It has become a security state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18387548-the-pj-tatler-raquo-has-an-iron-curtain-descended-on-the-cincinnati-irs-office</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18387548-the-pj-tatler-raquo-has-an-iron-curtain-descended-on-the-cincinnati-irs-office</guid><category>politics</category><category>nixon</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>nemies-list</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:27:39 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docD4778AAD-1879-B3C8-6240-1BC118DD701F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="85" width="85" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docD4778AAD-1879-B3C8-6240-1BC118DD701F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="85" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S. Military 'Power Grab' Goes Into Effect | Long Island Press</title>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe conspiracy theorists Alex Jones and Jesse Ventura have a point when they argue that the US government is taking unprecendent steps to police the domestic public. &nbsp;
This in the face of rising public dissent and and disagreement with Washingtons increased invasion into &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amir Carr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amir Carr]]></source><link>http://amircarr2000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18387555-us-military-power-grab-goes-into-effect-long-island-press</link><guid>http://amircarr2000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18387555-us-military-power-grab-goes-into-effect-long-island-press</guid><category>america</category><category>rights</category><category>new-york-times</category><category>freedom</category><category>us-news</category><category>pentagon-papers</category><category>boston-marathon</category><category>organize</category><category>posse-comitatus</category><category>german-reich</category><category>insurrection-act</category><category>defense-authorization-bill</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>restrictions-of-freedom-to-object</category><category>and-speach</category><category>national-guard-is</category><category>accordance-with</category><category>even-afran</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:24:57 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr200019CED6A2-626C-F7F1-98FA-7FB044B7F6D3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="268" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=amircarr200019CED6A2-626C-F7F1-98FA-7FB044B7F6D3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The White House's shifting IRS account - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups &mdash; saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago.
Press secretary Jay Carney said again th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18387416-the-white-houses-shifting-irs-account-reid-j-epstein-politicocom</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18387416-the-white-houses-shifting-irs-account-reid-j-epstein-politicocom</guid><category>politics</category><category>nixon</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>nemies-list</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:22:25 +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>Michael Barone: Obama's IRS and AP scandals cast Big Chill on free speech | WashingtonExaminer.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chilling effect. That's the term lawyers and judges use to describe the result of government actions that deter people from exercising their right of free speech.
There have been plenty of examples in the past 10 days.
The Obama administration's Justice Department issued a swee&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18387323-michael-barone-obamas-irs-and-ap-scandals-cast-big-chill-on-free-speech-washingtonexaminercom</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18387323-michael-barone-obamas-irs-and-ap-scandals-cast-big-chill-on-free-speech-washingtonexaminercom</guid><category>politics</category><category>nixon</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>nemies-list</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:18:37 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc68A7BFDE-1407-351C-A236-1BE4B32C6406.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc68A7BFDE-1407-351C-A236-1BE4B32C6406.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Three Signs There's a Cover-Up | National Review Online</title>
<description><![CDATA[The late columnist William Safire once said that a good clue that someone in Washington was engaged in &ldquo;an artful dodge,&rdquo; i.e., a cover-up, was that they used the phrase &ldquo;mistakes were made.&rdquo; Safire defined it as a &ldquo;passive-evasive way of acknowledgi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18386585-three-signs-theres-a-cover-up-national-review-online</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18386585-three-signs-theres-a-cover-up-national-review-online</guid><category>politics</category><category>nixon</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>nemies-list</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:37:52 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docD8BA935C-2277-8DD9-8B4D-5B53EFAC6E8C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docD8BA935C-2277-8DD9-8B4D-5B53EFAC6E8C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Let's Get Real - What We Call 'American Ideals' are a sham</title>
<description><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s Get Real - What We Call &lsquo;American Ideals&rsquo; Are a Sham
While this country professes to honor the ideals of freedom, independence, liberty, and justice, that's just lip service. We have a long history of stifling each and every one of those ideals, and anyon&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ewattree]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ewattree]]></source><link>http://ewattree.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18362757-lets-get-real-what-we-call-american-ideals-are-a-sham</link><guid>http://ewattree.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18362757-lets-get-real-what-we-call-american-ideals-are-a-sham</guid><category>women</category><category>politics</category><category>justice</category><category>gays</category><category>liberal</category><category>freedom</category><category>liberty</category><category>conservative</category><category>hypocrisy</category><category>minorities</category><category>lifestyles</category><category>pledge-of-allegiance</category><category>unconventional</category><category>american-ideals</category><category>wattree</category><category>the-tuskegee-airman</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 03:05:25 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ewattree2C167D18-4051-66B5-BBFA-0B99EB42A725.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="153" width="153" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ewattree2C167D18-4051-66B5-BBFA-0B99EB42A725.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>HELLO MY NAME IS FREEDOM:  by__Maria-lyn</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;__Hello my name is Freedom, and as I stroll along this beach.&nbsp; In the beauty of the pink sun rise, there are people that I need to reach.&nbsp; To tell them that freedom isn't just an American flag, and the Star Spangle&nbsp;Banner.&nbsp; It is   to&nbsp;have the righ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maria  lyn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maria  lyn]]></source><link>http://maria--lyn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18350242-hello-my-name-is-freedom-bymaria-lyn</link><guid>http://maria--lyn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18350242-hello-my-name-is-freedom-bymaria-lyn</guid><category>politics</category><category>freedom</category><category>usnews</category><category>civilrights</category><category>indefintedetentions</category><category>pressintimidation</category><category>privacygone</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 13:40:59 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maria--lyn0BEBA3B3-9B7B-CDFB-E591-4E965A0F9B87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="340" width="311" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maria--lyn0BEBA3B3-9B7B-CDFB-E591-4E965A0F9B87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>IRS Targeting Of Tea Party Was An Assault On Civil Society </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The IRS targeting of Tea Party groups is mind-boggling not only for its abuse of government power. It's also disturbing for what it intended to do: destroy civil society, opening a door for tyranny.
The formation in 2009 of hundreds of Tea Party groups at the rallying cry of C&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18308773-irs-targeting-of-tea-party-was-an-assault-on-civil-society</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18308773-irs-targeting-of-tea-party-was-an-assault-on-civil-society</guid><category>politics</category><category>power</category><category>irs</category><category>freedom</category><category>civility</category><category>civil-society</category><category>targeting</category><category>government-excess</category><category>tea-party</category><category>santelli</category><category>obama-regime</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04:14:54 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin1A8A41EF-AB49-3029-B1F1-C874DB9271E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="309" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin1A8A41EF-AB49-3029-B1F1-C874DB9271E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Top Dem tax-writer Levin calls for IRS officials to resign - The Hill's Video</title>
<description><![CDATA[The ranking Democrat on the House&rsquo;s tax-writing committee on Wednesday called for two senior officials at the IRS to step down over the agency&rsquo;s targeting of conservative groups.
Rep. Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) said the acting commissioner of the IRS, Steven Miller, and L&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18286180-top-dem-tax-writer-levin-calls-for-irs-officials-to-resign-the-hills-video</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18286180-top-dem-tax-writer-levin-calls-for-irs-officials-to-resign-the-hills-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:33:21 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc4DC80CA6-E383-C9C8-D1D8-7F5EF666B1A0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc4DC80CA6-E383-C9C8-D1D8-7F5EF666B1A0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="21" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Best of the Web Today: Nobody's Laughing Now - WSJ.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[David Plouffe had an intriguing comment yesterday on the scandal involving selective tax-law enforcement against Tea Party groups. The manager of the 2008 Obama campaign who served as a top White House aide until this January, tweeted: "What IRS did dumb and wrong. Impt to note G&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18262687-best-of-the-web-today-nobodys-laughing-now-wsjcom</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18262687-best-of-the-web-today-nobodys-laughing-now-wsjcom</guid><category>politics</category><category>nixon</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>nemies-list</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:33:57 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc4C5F1BB3-BBB5-8F71-1F24-CE97D7DC2687.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc4C5F1BB3-BBB5-8F71-1F24-CE97D7DC2687.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><item><title>Obama knee-deep in Nixon-esque scandal | Boston Herald</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama&rsquo;s second-term campaign slogan was &ldquo;Forward,&rdquo; but instead we&rsquo;ve got cover-ups, congressional investigations and the government persecution of political opponents and reporters.
That sounds like &ldquo;backward&rdquo; to me. All the way to, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18240032-obama-knee-deep-in-nixon-esque-scandal-boston-herald</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18240032-obama-knee-deep-in-nixon-esque-scandal-boston-herald</guid><category>politics</category><category>nixon</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>nemies-list</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:12:23 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docD313FDBB-AB3E-27BE-21F2-6C8081E33F61.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="350" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68docD313FDBB-AB3E-27BE-21F2-6C8081E33F61.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sense of Events: Barack Milhous Obamixon</title>
<description><![CDATA[Joe Klein at Time.com&nbsp;on the IRS's intensive, targeted auditing of conservative political organizations:

I don&rsquo;t think Obama ever wanted to be on the same page as Richard Nixon. In this specific case, he now is.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18239972-sense-of-events-barack-milhous-obamixon</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18239972-sense-of-events-barack-milhous-obamixon</guid><category>politics</category><category>freedom</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:08:25 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc2CD96F87-7D88-1D29-6BBF-C3D43A90030C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="320" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc2CD96F87-7D88-1D29-6BBF-C3D43A90030C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Most Transparent Administration in History Releases Completely Redacted Document About Text Snooping - Hit &amp;amp; Run : Reason.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union was curious about warrantless government snooping on citizens' text messages. So the group filed a Freedom of Information Act request to the Justice Department. Here's what they got back:
Totally Redacted FOIA response
A memo header: &nbsp;&ld&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18239915-most-transparent-administration-in-history-releases-completely-redacted-document-about-text-snooping-hit-amp-run-reasoncom</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18239915-most-transparent-administration-in-history-releases-completely-redacted-document-about-text-snooping-hit-amp-run-reasoncom</guid><category>politics</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:04:33 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc1A16259B-901D-4C05-18B3-A1D30E72518F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc1A16259B-901D-4C05-18B3-A1D30E72518F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>After IRS, Benghazi, should I trust government? Column</title>
<description><![CDATA[Blogger and professor Daniel Drezner tweeted over the weekend: "So, in all, this has been a pretty crappy week for people who dislike conspiracy theories." Well, yes.
COLUMN: Benghazi another Clinton witch hunt
COLUMN: Republicans cry wolf
The week started out with President O&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cg68doc]]></source><link>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18239835-after-irs-benghazi-should-i-trust-government-column</link><guid>http://cg68doc.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18239835-after-irs-benghazi-should-i-trust-government-column</guid><category>politics</category><category>freedom</category><category>censorship</category><category>transparency</category><category>obama-administration</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:59:55 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc38707C30-E14B-D5A6-3630-76E25D962D39.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="114" width="155" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cg68doc38707C30-E14B-D5A6-3630-76E25D962D39.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What No One Wants to Hear About Benghazi </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Ron Paul statement @ 1.42 in the Youtube player says the world about who and what the American people is really dealing with.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[lambnlions]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[lambnlions]]></source><link>http://ihavenoaddress.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18235232-what-no-one-wants-to-hear-about-benghazi</link><guid>http://ihavenoaddress.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18235232-what-no-one-wants-to-hear-about-benghazi</guid><category>democrats</category><category>war</category><category>murder</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>stevens</category><category>freedom</category><category>world-news</category><category>republican</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>president-obama</category><category>keep-benghazi</category><category>hear-about-benghazi8221</category><category>fellow-citizens</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:34 +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>Republicans Increasingly Backing Email Privacy Reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Republicans are becoming more involved in moves to update the country's email privacy laws, with four lawmakers introducing bills to require government investigators to obtain a warrant before accessing someone's messages.Arizona Reps. Matt Salmon and Trent Franks are teaming u&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18184164-republicans-increasingly-backing-email-privacy-reform</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18184164-republicans-increasingly-backing-email-privacy-reform</guid><category>privacy</category><category>politics</category><category>internet</category><category>gop</category><category>e-mail</category><category>freedom</category><category>liberty</category><category>libertarian</category><category>fourth-amendment</category><category>tea-party</category><category>jim-sensenbrenner</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 05:25:57 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinAD221BDE-BB3D-D3E4-9011-BB6A35F4FFEC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="182" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinAD221BDE-BB3D-D3E4-9011-BB6A35F4FFEC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="55" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cruz on Obama: 'Perhaps He Will Learn How To Create' Jobs 'From The Folks Who Know How'</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;America is stuck with high unemployment and low GDP growth, so it&rsquo;s encouraging to see the President coming to Austin to talk about jobs &mdash; perhaps he will learn how to create some from the folks who know how,&rdquo; Cruz said in a statement.
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Read mor&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18161997-cruz-on-obama-perhaps-he-will-learn-how-to-create-jobs-from-the-folks-who-know-how</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18161997-cruz-on-obama-perhaps-he-will-learn-how-to-create-jobs-from-the-folks-who-know-how</guid><category>energy</category><category>texas</category><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>spending</category><category>obama</category><category>cruz</category><category>freedom</category><category>capitalism</category><category>regulations</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:10:48 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin1697E728-C71A-B0E5-60B9-083CA711C015.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="155" width="276" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin1697E728-C71A-B0E5-60B9-083CA711C015.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tom Carpenter: The First Casualty of Religious Wars Is Truth</title>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting article that lays out and debunks some of the hysteria about the military "attempting to ban Christians."&nbsp; That is most certainly NOT happening.&nbsp; New policies are a course correction after several publicized events of military leaders inappropriately pushing&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[randomreturn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[randomreturn]]></source><link>http://randomreturn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18124421-tom-carpenter-the-first-casualty-of-religious-wars-is-truth</link><guid>http://randomreturn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18124421-tom-carpenter-the-first-casualty-of-religious-wars-is-truth</guid><category>chaplain</category><category>military</category><category>freedom</category><category>us-news</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>mrff</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 13:51:46 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=randomreturn7F1A589C-C921-6ED0-59EF-EF96B145DFAE.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=randomreturn7F1A589C-C921-6ED0-59EF-EF96B145DFAE.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><item><title>TIME/CNN Poll Shows Increasing Number Of Americans Won't Give Up Civil Liberties To Fight Terrorism </title>
<description><![CDATA[
from the the-government-can't-give-you-safety,-but-it-can-take-your-rights dept
 When discussing NYPD Police Chief Ray Kelly's assertion that "privacy is off the table" as a result of the Boston bombing, I mentioned I hadn't heard any public outcry demanding the government and&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18086340-timecnn-poll-shows-increasing-number-of-americans-wont-give-up-civil-liberties-to-fight-terrorism</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18086340-timecnn-poll-shows-increasing-number-of-americans-wont-give-up-civil-liberties-to-fight-terrorism</guid><category>terrorism</category><category>politics</category><category>rights</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>government</category><category>law-enforcement</category><category>civil-liberties</category><category>freedom</category><category>anti-terrorism</category><category>liberties</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 15:31:56 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle0E37C739-6034-12DC-D0F3-52B4BAEB83B8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle0E37C739-6034-12DC-D0F3-52B4BAEB83B8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hobby Lobby's Struggle Against Obamacare Is Threat to Liberty</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Ensconced in our nation's history is both the divinely inspired notion that we should have a society that respects individual freedom and the guarantee that we always be a nation that respects and allows the exercise of faith. Yet both of these principles have been under attack&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18071933-hobby-lobbys-struggle-against-obamacare-is-threat-to-liberty</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18071933-hobby-lobbys-struggle-against-obamacare-is-threat-to-liberty</guid><category>politics</category><category>freedom</category><category>beliefs</category><category>1st-amendment</category><category>religious-liberty</category><category>hobby-lobby</category><category>religious-observances</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 00:00:14 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin1334B37E-A7ED-1819-48DE-17834540AF69.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin1334B37E-A7ED-1819-48DE-17834540AF69.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Texas House passes 12 bills to soften firearms laws on 'gun day'</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The Texas House approved a bushel of bills Saturday to further soften gun laws that were already among the country's most firearms-friendly, allowing college students to carry handguns in class, putting potentially armed marshals in public schools and exempting the state from a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18068436-texas-house-passes-12-bills-to-soften-firearms-laws-on-gun-day</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18068436-texas-house-passes-12-bills-to-soften-firearms-laws-on-gun-day</guid><category>texas</category><category>laws</category><category>politics</category><category>guns</category><category>freedom</category><category>gun-rights</category><category>2nd-amendment</category><category>gun-day</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 16:02:02 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinAE680BCC-AB3C-F3E3-3E98-BF65BB5C5368.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="128" width="128" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinAE680BCC-AB3C-F3E3-3E98-BF65BB5C5368.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NRA Event Expects Biggest Turn-out in History</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The National Rifle Association is expecting the largest turnout ever for its annual convention this weekend in Houston. Buoyed by the recent defeat of the Senate's gun-control bill, the NRA is in a celebratory mood. It expects to host 70,000 gun supporters for the three-day eve&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18053443-nra-event-expects-biggest-turn-out-in-history</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18053443-nra-event-expects-biggest-turn-out-in-history</guid><category>politics</category><category>victory</category><category>celebrate</category><category>freedom</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>gun-rights</category><category>nra</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>2nd-amendment</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>ted-cruz</category><category>huge-crowd</category><category>nra-annual-meeting</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 14:01:10 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinCE0793EF-AE13-5056-4B29-AC46476CD05C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinCE0793EF-AE13-5056-4B29-AC46476CD05C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>