<?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 - govern</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/govern</link><description>Newsvine - govern</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 02:22:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 03:45:50 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>WaPo Blasts Obama, Congress: They've 'Chosen Not to Govern' </title>
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The Washington Post on Thursday slammed both Congress and President Barack Obama for choosing &ldquo;not to govern&rdquo; and reaching a deal to avert the $85 billion in broad government cuts scheduled to take place on Friday.
&ldquo;To govern is to choose,&rdquo; The Post sai&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17137784-wapo-blasts-obama-congress-theyve-chosen-not-to-govern</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17137784-wapo-blasts-obama-congress-theyve-chosen-not-to-govern</guid><category>congress</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>washington-post</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>govern</category><category>sequester</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 02:21:07 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome44C12AFA-13CC-9E01-96E4-05A7144F9A1B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome44C12AFA-13CC-9E01-96E4-05A7144F9A1B.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>How the NRA Went From Best Friend of the Nation's Police to Harsh Enemy of Law Enforcement </title>
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As it became more unwilling to compromise over even minor gun controls, the NRA is now on the bad side of police.&nbsp;&nbsp;
For years, the National Rifle Association cultivated a reputation as an unbeatable political powerhouse&mdash;a legacy that was challenged on Thursday &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16739146-how-the-nra-went-from-best-friend-of-the-nations-police-to-harsh-enemy-of-law-enforcement</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16739146-how-the-nra-went-from-best-friend-of-the-nations-police-to-harsh-enemy-of-law-enforcement</guid><category>congress</category><category>law-enforcement</category><category>legislation</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>losing-streak</category><category>govern</category><category>nra</category><category>u-s-senate</category><category>wayne-lapierre</category><category>robert-spitzer</category><category>gun-politics</category><category>gun-controls</category><category>all-powerful-lobby</category><category>ent-tyranny</category><category>harshest-rhetoric</category><category>militant-demands</category><category>unbending-extremism</category><category>political-powerhouse</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:02:30 +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=mscyprah36403167-B699-39C0-DF07-2977D4BE7C5F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah36403167-B699-39C0-DF07-2977D4BE7C5F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>PLUTOCRACY IS AT WORK!</title>
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One of the biggest myths laid on the American public in a while is the term &ldquo;Fiscal Cliff&rdquo;. On December 31, 2012, one minute after the stroke of midnight, the government will be as strong as ever. The &ldquo;cliff&rdquo; is a slippery slope that is only aggrav&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[On 40 Acres]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[On 40 Acres]]></source><link>http://on40acres.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271607-plutocracy-is-at-work</link><guid>http://on40acres.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271607-plutocracy-is-at-work</guid><category>government</category><category>govern</category><category>poloticw</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:00:00 +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>If elected POTUS, what will Mitt Romney do?</title>
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Will Mitt Romney grow jobs.&nbsp; He says that he knows how.&nbsp; Will he be able to do it?
Will Romney's policies lean heavily toward social issues or will the focus be on the economy?
What will his foreign policy look like?&nbsp; What will his decisions on immigration entail?&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[onefan51]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[onefan51]]></source><link>http://onefan51.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13071338-if-elected-potus-what-will-mitt-romney-do</link><guid>http://onefan51.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13071338-if-elected-potus-what-will-mitt-romney-do</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>policy</category><category>govern</category><category>potus</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:02:08 +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=onefan511369C559-AD6F-3811-F49F-35BDDEE60445.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onefan511369C559-AD6F-3811-F49F-35BDDEE60445.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>The Consequences of Obama's Conceit</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11954040-the-consequences-of-obamas-conceit</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11954040-the-consequences-of-obamas-conceit</guid><category>white-house</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>consequences</category><category>govern</category><category>conceit</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 11:42:29 +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>Scandals sidetrack Obama campaign</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11342190-scandals-sidetrack-obama-campaign</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11342190-scandals-sidetrack-obama-campaign</guid><category>politics</category><category>waste</category><category>trust</category><category>scandals</category><category>broken</category><category>govern</category><category>obbama</category><category>regme</category><category>arrogane</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:46:20 +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=cornhusker4palin450027FE-5BE8-A88B-011F-B881A7B85BBC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin450027FE-5BE8-A88B-011F-B881A7B85BBC.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>Anything but govern for Bam </title>
<description><![CDATA[The words cut like a knife. &ldquo;What the hell are we paying you for?&rdquo; Gov.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9116198-anything-but-govern-for-bam</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9116198-anything-but-govern-for-bam</guid><category>economy</category><category>election</category><category>crisis</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>gop</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>leadership</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>polls</category><category>govern</category><category>chris-christie</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:15:29 +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>Democratic Pollsters: Obama Should Abandon Run for Second Term</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama should abandon his run for a second term and turn over the reins of the Democratic Party to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, two one-time Democratic pollsters wrote in Monday's&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, which appeared online Sunday.
Patrick H.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></source><link>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/21/8930189-democratic-pollsters-obama-should-abandon-run-for-second-term</link><guid>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/21/8930189-democratic-pollsters-obama-should-abandon-run-for-second-term</guid><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>2012</category><category>democratic</category><category>obama</category><category>govern</category><category>wsj</category><category>pollsters</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:15:10 +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></item><item><title>The Incorporation of America</title>
<description><![CDATA[America has been corrupted. Instead of a Republic which represents the citizens as expressed in elections, we have a Republic which represents those with the money to buy influence. This did not happen overnight, or within just a few years, but over the course of our history.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[digcreation]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[digcreation]]></source><link>http://digcreation.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8635496-the-incorporation-of-america</link><guid>http://digcreation.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8635496-the-incorporation-of-america</guid><category>america</category><category>politics</category><category>economics</category><category>government</category><category>corporations</category><category>govern</category><category>citizens-united</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2011 19:34:18 +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>Teamsters want labor probe at the Florida Department of Corrections | jacksonville.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rick Scott has moved into Tallahassee and reviewed all areas where he can possibly reorganize.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuckerFish]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuckerFish]]></source><link>http://1suckerfish.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/13/8305931-teamsters-want-labor-probe-at-the-florida-department-of-corrections-jacksonvillecom</link><guid>http://1suckerfish.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/13/8305931-teamsters-want-labor-probe-at-the-florida-department-of-corrections-jacksonvillecom</guid><category>state</category><category>the</category><category>is</category><category>to</category><category>scott</category><category>how</category><category>going</category><category>fees</category><category>legal</category><category>policy</category><category>us-news</category><category>as</category><category>cost</category><category>govern</category><category>rick</category><category>he</category><category>decides</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:48:07 +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>Which Presidential Candidates are Prepared to Govern?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
As the Republican presidential field shapes up, it&rsquo;s essential that Republicans not repeat the error Democrats made in 2008.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/21/7435210-which-presidential-candidates-are-prepared-to-govern</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/21/7435210-which-presidential-candidates-are-prepared-to-govern</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>candidate</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>govern</category><category>economic-recovery</category><category>jon-huntsman</category><category>middle-class-tax-relief-act</category><category>spending-reduction-act</category><category>ryan-medicare</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:11:29 +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>Coalition tries to build cadre of Afghan leaders</title>
<description><![CDATA[The local Afghan leader's community meeting was off to an unpromising start.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Solomon Moore]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Solomon Moore]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/16/7385051-coalition-tries-to-build-cadre-of-afghan-leaders</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/16/7385051-coalition-tries-to-build-cadre-of-afghan-leaders</guid><category>afghan</category><category>learning</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>govern</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:34:33 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff4802a9-fcda-4062-b1d3-3fbbd3f5f971.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff4802a9-fcda-4062-b1d3-3fbbd3f5f971.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 28, 2011 photo, village elder Namatullah, 55, left, pleads his issues with Kajaki district governor Mohammad Salim Khan Rodi, right, during a shura in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remains ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7947026a-7c99-4f9e-95a3-32f2faa239aa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7947026a-7c99-4f9e-95a3-32f2faa239aa.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 28, 2011 photo, Kajaki district governor Mohammad Salim Khan Rodi, speaks to village elders during a shura in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remains ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d7ab3d7b-e10c-4e45-9398-a9bfc7f8df23.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d7ab3d7b-e10c-4e45-9398-a9bfc7f8df23.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 23, 2011 photo, doctor Maro Khan, displays a box of toothpaste during a health lesson at a shura with local villagers at U.S. Marine Patrol Base Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c2d3f2ac-756d-4525-81af-11528aaedbd2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c2d3f2ac-756d-4525-81af-11528aaedbd2.jpg" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 28, 2011 photo, Kajaki district governor Mohammad Salim Khan Rodi, right, and U.S. Marine Capt. Matthew Ritchie, 32, of Charlestown, S.C. commanding officer of Echo Battery, 2nd Battalion 12th Marines based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, wait for a shura with village elders to begin in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan. At a time when mentors with the international coalition are attempting to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, much of Helmand province is still controlled by the Taliban and the Afghan government is still too weak to extend its influence. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/86515807-d3f5-4c8f-b65a-66be5c8c85fb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/86515807-d3f5-4c8f-b65a-66be5c8c85fb.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 28, 2011 photo, a village elder holds prayer beads during a shura in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remains ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e0c703db-b58a-4ce8-8e2c-76bf51d21957.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e0c703db-b58a-4ce8-8e2c-76bf51d21957.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 28, 2011 photo, Village elders Haji Mahmad Zarif, right, and Haji Sodokhan, left, look on during a shura in Kajaki, Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remains ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/81c4de2c-c280-4587-93fd-bf22d515f6ef.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/81c4de2c-c280-4587-93fd-bf22d515f6ef.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 25, 2011 photo Musa Qala district governor Naimatullah sits in his office at the district center in Musa Qala, in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/19d7c68f-afc5-43e1-8177-eada9a164059.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/19d7c68f-afc5-43e1-8177-eada9a164059.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 25, 2011 photo, Musa Qala district governor Naimatullah sits in his office at the district center in Musa Qala, in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3d003d96-2dfb-49dc-bb0d-ef7da0af1fd2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3d003d96-2dfb-49dc-bb0d-ef7da0af1fd2.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 25, 2011 photo, Musa Qala district governor Naimatullah sits in his office holding prayer beads at the district center in Musa Qala, in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/637d8151-45ea-44b2-81bb-604420b876ea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/637d8151-45ea-44b2-81bb-604420b876ea.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 23, 2011 photo, Now Zad district governor Said Murad Sadtak, left, listens to local villager Juma Khan express his concerns during a shura at U.S. Marine Patrol Base Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e6b41422-cc3a-40f2-9c78-0d20fdfdae5b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e6b41422-cc3a-40f2-9c78-0d20fdfdae5b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 23, 2011 photo, local villagers return to their homes as they leave a shura held by the district governor with aid packets including bags of rice, radios, and personal hygiene products at U.S. Marine Patrol Base Salam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/22dc229c-04d4-480a-bab7-f736bc9246b7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/22dc229c-04d4-480a-bab7-f736bc9246b7.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 23, 2011 photo, local cleric Abdul Nasir, left, expresses his concerns to Now Zad district governor Said Murad Sadtak, left, during a shura with local villagers at U.S. Marine Patrol Base Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/96322aa2-ef62-41f3-a139-381b4c649dae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/96322aa2-ef62-41f3-a139-381b4c649dae.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 23, 2011 photo, local villager Juma Khan hangs his head during a shura with the provincial district governor and fellow villagers at U.S. Marine Patrol Base Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5275bdca-72bf-4e77-be0b-357661c0d073.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5275bdca-72bf-4e77-be0b-357661c0d073.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 23, 2011 photo, Now Zad district governor Said Murad Sadtak, right, hangs his head during a shura with local villagers at U.S. Marine Patrol Base Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/637a7112-651f-4d57-842f-9b2206b6b125.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/637a7112-651f-4d57-842f-9b2206b6b125.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 23, 2011 photo, Now Zad district governor Said Murad Sadtak, right, argues with Afghan National Army First Sgt. Ismatullah, 30, upon arriving to a shura to find a poor turnout of locals who were invited by Ismatullah and his men at U.S. Marine Patrol Base Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. As mentors with the international coalition attempt to phase out their involvement and put Afghan institutions in the lead, the Taliban remans ascendant in many of Helmand's  northern communities, where legitimate Afghan governance is more of a plan than a reality. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What If I Mother My Kids the Way Barack Obama Governs?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Every now and then -- as if from the mouths of progressive babes -- one of our children utters a remark that is seemingly profound, and sadly naïve.   And it makes me wonder: what if children being raised in the White House really are the "luckiest lucky kids on Earth"?   ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/02/6395413-what-if-i-mother-my-kids-the-way-barack-obama-governs</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/02/6395413-what-if-i-mother-my-kids-the-way-barack-obama-governs</guid><category>white-house</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>govern</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Apr 2011 12:36:52 +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></item><item><title>Mark Sanford Interview: Governor Suggests Affair Scandal Helped Him Govern </title>
<description><![CDATA[Outgoing Governor Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) recently explained that things had actually looked up after his notorious scandal involving a falsified Appalachian trail disappearance and a quick jaunt to Argentina -- and it all had something to do with stars and rainbows.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5605808-mark-sanford-interview-governor-suggests-affair-scandal-helped-him-govern</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5605808-mark-sanford-interview-governor-suggests-affair-scandal-helped-him-govern</guid><category>politics</category><category>argentina</category><category>appalachian-trail</category><category>republican</category><category>govern</category><category>mark-sanford</category><category>south-carolinas</category><category>in-gop-race</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:30:02 +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>Obama likely to focus on deficit in next 2 years</title>
<description><![CDATA[Preparing for political life after a bruising election, President Barack Obama will put greater emphasis on fiscal discipline, a nod to a nation sick of spending and to a Congress poised to become more Republican, conservative and determined to stop him.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Feller]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Feller]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/23/5343726-obama-likely-to-focus-on-deficit-in-next-2-years</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/23/5343726-obama-likely-to-focus-on-deficit-in-next-2-years</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>how</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>will</category><category>govern</category><category>he</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:16:43 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7385f4f7-c11e-4a87-899d-b142f278283b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="479" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7385f4f7-c11e-4a87-899d-b142f278283b.jpg" width="120" height="144" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2010 file photo, House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio addresses the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. Whichever party controls the House and Senate after the Nov. 2, 2010 election probably will install the same leaders whose policymaking helped bring about the sour economy, nearly double-digit unemployment and deficit spending that has led voters to call for fresh faces. If Republicans make good on what's widely seen as a House majority for the taking, the new speaker is almost certain to be Rep. Boehner. The 60-year-old has been in charge of House Republicans since the last two years of George W. Bush's presidency. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fafc34c2-031c-497d-8a02-ebe9e1738f4d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fafc34c2-031c-497d-8a02-ebe9e1738f4d.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks at a Get Out the Vote Rally for Minnesota's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Mark Dayton, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b9576e4d-f138-40d1-a9ee-16fae4e9dacc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b9576e4d-f138-40d1-a9ee-16fae4e9dacc.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 10, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama makes addresses reporters in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington after meeting with Congressional leaders, from left, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., the president, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. With Republicans poised to win big in the Nov. 2, 2010, election Obama is already giving clues about how he will govern in the last two years of his term.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/968ca6e2-d40d-473c-a797-b96b93278701.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/968ca6e2-d40d-473c-a797-b96b93278701.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2009, file photo House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center left, and other Republican Congressional leaders talk to reporters outside the the White House in Washington after meeting with President Barack Obama. From left, Sen. John Kyl of Arizona, Boehner, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia, and Senate Minority  Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Preparing for political life after a bruising election, Obama is already giving clues about how he will govern in the last two years of his term. He will try to make gains on deficit reduction, education and energy.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP, Democrats offer dueling governing plans</title>
<description><![CDATA[These are two remarkably different visions for governing America. Republicans are pledging to shrink the government, cut taxes and undo health care and stimulus laws. President Barack Obama and Democrats want tax cuts for the middle class, more stimulus spending and an end to the outsourcing of U.S. jobs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Hirschfeld Davis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Hirschfeld Davis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/23/5166254-gop-democrats-offer-dueling-governing-plans</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/23/5166254-gop-democrats-offer-dueling-governing-plans</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>how</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>govern</category><category>they'd</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:44:24 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9fa8b232-b9de-4ef1-8a62-262748ead6ad.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="410" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9fa8b232-b9de-4ef1-8a62-262748ead6ad.jpg" width="120" height="123" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, holds up a copy of the GOP agenda, &quot;A Pledge to America&quot;, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber yard thirty miles from the Capitol in Sterling, Va. He is joined by Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., center, and Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/49b1e02d-aabb-47cc-96c9-f4f4f7eb8e05.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/49b1e02d-aabb-47cc-96c9-f4f4f7eb8e05.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., speaks at a lumber yard in Sterling, Va., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, where the Republicans announced their  agenda, &quot;A Pledge to America&quot;.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f2ffd544-46a3-483e-8acb-b2188f4dab87.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f2ffd544-46a3-483e-8acb-b2188f4dab87.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Republicans agenda, &quot;A Pledge to America&quot;, is seen  at a lumber yard in Sterling, Va., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, where House Republicans announce their intention to end policies championed by President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority in Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/417a8dd5-824a-48e3-b013-9d16b1be2fa3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/417a8dd5-824a-48e3-b013-9d16b1be2fa3.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, gestures while announcing the Republicans &quot;Pledge to America&quot; agenda, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber company in Sterling, Va. From left are, Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MLB executive says he won't run for Mich. governor</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Major League Baseball executive says he won't seek the Democratic nomination for Michigan governor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kathy Barks Hoffman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kathy Barks Hoffman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/11/3881988-mlb-executive-says-he-wont-run-for-mich-governor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/11/3881988-mlb-executive-says-he-wont-run-for-mich-governor</guid><category>mlb</category><category>sports</category><category>governor</category><category>michigan</category><category>major-league-baseball</category><category>govern</category><category>bowman</category><category>michigan-governor</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:04:51 +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>Lesson 1 for prosecutors-turned-guvs: Compromise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Chris Christie built his reputation putting elected officials in prison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff Mulvihill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Geoff Mulvihill]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/09/3734250-lesson-1-for-prosecutors-turned-guvs-compromise</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/09/3734250-lesson-1-for-prosecutors-turned-guvs-compromise</guid><category>us</category><category>when</category><category>us-news</category><category>prosecutors</category><category>govern</category><category>chris-christie</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:23:05 +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://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f4b6f967-17f2-42ed-8188-743f7a9ed0b6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="509" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f4b6f967-17f2-42ed-8188-743f7a9ed0b6.jpg" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2009 file photo, former U.S. Attorney and New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie, right, listen as Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell answers a question in Fairless Hills, Pa. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat and former district attorney and mayor of Philadelphia, is widely credited with overseeing a fiscal renaissance in the nation's fifth-largest city. He butted heads with the city's powerful labor unions over his cost-cutting efforts.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7ed60357-bc78-4145-92a4-1d4d58f0870b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7ed60357-bc78-4145-92a4-1d4d58f0870b.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2009 file photo, Virginia Gov.-elect and former Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell, speaks to a group in Vienna, Va.  At right is his wife Maureen McDonnell. Like New Jersey's Chris Christie, McDonnell, the one other man being sworn in this month as governor of a U.S. state has a similar pedigree, which is shared by a handful of other high-level politicians. Virginia's Bob McDonnell served as prosecutor in Virginia Beach and state Attorney General before he was elected governor of Virginia in November. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8cac6839-2857-436b-b26f-8e978081b73a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="443" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8cac6839-2857-436b-b26f-8e978081b73a.jpg" width="120" height="133" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this Nov. 1, 2007 file photograph, former U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to a group  in Manalapan, N.J. Giuliani, a mob-busting U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York through much of the 1980s, was elected New York City mayor in 1993 on a pledge to make the city a better place to live. He cracked down on street-level drug-dealing and took on other problems from the city's ubiquitous squeegee men to smut on Times Square. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Okonjo-Iweala: 16m Africans Made Poor by Meltdown</title>
<description><![CDATA[the global economic meltdown had further thrown a staggering 53 million people into poverty around the world. Sixty per cent of that figure is in Africa,

"The crisis should not be seen as a challenge, but as an opportunity," she added.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beauty]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beauty]]></source><link>http://nigeriawhatisnew.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/15/2933211-okonjo-iweala-16m-africans-made-poor-by-meltdown</link><guid>http://nigeriawhatisnew.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/15/2933211-okonjo-iweala-16m-africans-made-poor-by-meltdown</guid><category>nigeria</category><category>corruption</category><category>africa</category><category>poverty</category><category>agriculture</category><category>world-bank</category><category>world-news</category><category>govern</category><category>ngozi-okonjo-iweala</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:33:00 +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>Race as Biology Is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem Is Real</title>
<description><![CDATA[Racialized science seeks to explain human population differences
in health, intelligence, education, and wealth as
the consequence of immutable, biologically based differences
between "racial" groups.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J(ustice)L(iberty)]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[J(ustice)L(iberty)]]></source><link>http://justiceliberty.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/22/2718301-race-as-biology-is-fiction-racism-as-a-social-problem-is-real</link><guid>http://justiceliberty.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/22/2718301-race-as-biology-is-fiction-racism-as-a-social-problem-is-real</guid><category>white</category><category>congress</category><category>human-genome</category><category>social</category><category>america</category><category>race</category><category>health</category><category>human</category><category>free</category><category>intelligence</category><category>asian</category><category>historical</category><category>population</category><category>law</category><category>science</category><category>government</category><category>fair</category><category>racism</category><category>black</category><category>obama</category><category>racial</category><category>freedom</category><category>middle-eastern</category><category>european</category><category>hate</category><category>groups</category><category>evidence</category><category>genome</category><category>biology</category><category>anthropology</category><category>wealth</category><category>problem</category><category>fiction</category><category>equality</category><category>biological</category><category>same</category><category>equal-rights</category><category>concept</category><category>govern</category><category>fail</category><category>idea</category><category>ideals</category><category>treat</category><category>equal</category><category>ideal</category><category>anthropolgy</category><category>differences</category><category>difference</category><category>man-made</category><category>anthropological</category><category>weath</category><category>biologically</category><category>seggrigation</category><category>orgins</category><category>racialized</category><category>immutable</category><category>race-groups</category><category>genetically-discrete</category><category>scientiffically</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:11:16 +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>Dirty Politics and the NFL Draft</title>
<description><![CDATA[After reading the Tuesday morning edition of the Shallow Thoughts and Observations by Ted Bartlett (very well done indeed), I had been thinking about some of the "rumors" coming out of this year's draft class.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Rep. Frank M. Kratovil Jr., a first-term Democrat representing Republican-leaning eastern Maryland, is eager for word to spread about millions in stimulus money that is going to roads, sewer upgrades, health clinics, schools, police and rural development in his district. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J(ustice)L(iberty)]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[J(ustice)L(iberty)]]></source><link>http://justiceliberty.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/21/2710692-stimulus-stakes-higher-in-some-areas</link><guid>http://justiceliberty.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/21/2710692-stimulus-stakes-higher-in-some-areas</guid><category>dollar</category><category>congress</category><category>economy</category><category>budget</category><category>money</category><category>schools</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>police</category><category>maryland</category><category>development</category><category>law</category><category>vote</category><category>millions</category><category>government</category><category>stakes</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>tax-break</category><category>republican</category><category>bailout</category><category>package</category><category>democrat</category><category>legislative</category><category>upgrades</category><category>fiscal</category><category>govern</category><category>health-clinics</category><category>areas</category><category>legisation</category><category>stimulas</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:48:25 +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>Poker Players Alliance Plans to Spend $3 Million Lobbying Congress </title>
<description><![CDATA[The word is being spread that Rep. Barney Frank plans to introduce pro-gaming legislation in the days ahead. And with that news has come speculation from the poker media and beyond as to the viability of a standalone bill in favor of online gaming passing through Congress.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J(ustice)L(iberty)]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[J(ustice)L(iberty)]]></source><link>http://justiceliberty.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/21/2710670-poker-players-alliance-plans-to-spend-3-million-lobbying-congress</link><guid>http://justiceliberty.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/21/2710670-poker-players-alliance-plans-to-spend-3-million-lobbying-congress</guid><category>business</category><category>congress</category><category>money</category><category>play</category><category>online</category><category>players</category><category>plan</category><category>millions</category><category>government</category><category>lobbying</category><category>legislation</category><category>alliance</category><category>poker</category><category>bailout</category><category>barney-frank</category><category>govern</category><category>lobby</category><category>pro-gaming</category><category>spend</category><category>three-million</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:38:58 +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>Ruling Social Alliance Leads in Iceland</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Social Alliance (SF) could become the biggest political force in Iceland, according to a poll by Frettabladid. 32.3 per cent of respondents would vote for the governing party in this month's legislative ballot.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[J(ustice)L(iberty)]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[J(ustice)L(iberty)]]></source><link>http://justiceliberty.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/21/2710654-ruling-social-alliance-leads-in-iceland</link><guid>http://justiceliberty.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/21/2710654-ruling-social-alliance-leads-in-iceland</guid><category>social</category><category>power</category><category>law</category><category>government</category><category>change</category><category>party</category><category>legislation</category><category>world-news</category><category>control</category><category>iceland</category><category>legislative</category><category>socialism</category><category>govern</category><category>social-alliance</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:35:35 +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>US vying to 'hand-pick' Afghan president </title>
<description><![CDATA[Washington is using its political clout to influence the outcome of the upcoming presidential elections in Afghanistan, a report says.]]></description>
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