<?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 - governing</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/governing</link><description>Newsvine - governing</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:13:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:25:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Even Mainstream Pundits Are Now Saying, Republican ;No Longer a Normal Governing Party,Unfit for Government</title>
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And so, we have a Republican Party today willing to eliminate any prospect for a decent future for anyone, including itself, if it cannot be a future that is 100 percent in accordance with its core beliefs and principles.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s not governing. That&rsquo;s just lobbi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16171958-even-mainstream-pundits-are-now-saying-republican-no-longer-a-normal-governing-partyunfit-for-government</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16171958-even-mainstream-pundits-are-now-saying-republican-no-longer-a-normal-governing-partyunfit-for-government</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>governing</category><category>tea-party</category><category>speaker-boehner</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>wayne-la-pierre</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:13:30 +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=onesearch4-218B6AE47-15AE-5117-40E2-7A2AAE00ECBD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="270" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-218B6AE47-15AE-5117-40E2-7A2AAE00ECBD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Job Approval Soars To 2009 Levels But Conservatives Claim Mandate </title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama&lsquo;s approval rating is soaring, his disapproval level is dropping, both to levels not seen since his first year in office, 2009, and all this while the GOP is threatening to take the country over the so-called &ldquo;fiscal cliff.&rdquo; The President today en&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15883048-obama-job-approval-soars-to-2009-levels-but-conservatives-claim-mandate</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15883048-obama-job-approval-soars-to-2009-levels-but-conservatives-claim-mandate</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>governing</category><category>obama-approval-rating</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>stalemates</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:55:20 +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=diane-whitedove17FB44172-5953-17FF-49B8-7C9C6BA9E60F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="207" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove17FB44172-5953-17FF-49B8-7C9C6BA9E60F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Liberalism,  Manic &amp; Depressive</title>
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In the first presidential debate of 2012, we saw, up close and personal, what Harvey Mansfield called in last week&rsquo;s issue the ennui of Barack Obama. Obama&rsquo;s ennui is related to his dislike for the real challenges of governing. More fundamentally, his ennui reflects&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14453016-liberalism-manic-depressive</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14453016-liberalism-manic-depressive</guid><category>campaign</category><category>election</category><category>job</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>liberal</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>liberalism</category><category>bored</category><category>depressive</category><category>governing</category><category>manic</category><category>ennui</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:32:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>        Mitt Romney--fulfilment of Joseph Smith &amp;#39;white horse&amp;#39; prophecy      - YouTube  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney--fulfilment of Joseph Smith 'white horse' prophecy]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Galatic Messenger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Galatic Messenger]]></source><link>http://jazzmojazz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/18/12284926-mitt-romney-fulfilment-of-joseph-smith-white-horse-prophecy-youtube</link><guid>http://jazzmojazz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/18/12284926-mitt-romney-fulfilment-of-joseph-smith-white-horse-prophecy-youtube</guid><category>election</category><category>religion</category><category>voting</category><category>government</category><category>faith</category><category>voters</category><category>mormons</category><category>governing</category><category>religious-beliefs</category><category>category-news</category><category>we-are-legion</category><category>mormons-for-ron-paul</category><category>secret-bilderberg-agenda-leaked</category><category>mit-romney-isn39-t</category><category>religious-information</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:14:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jazzmojazzCDD401BB-153B-8A14-0EB4-95AD29ED3AE7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jazzmojazzCDD401BB-153B-8A14-0EB4-95AD29ED3AE7.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>The President Campaigns Just Like He Governs–Divisively</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The General Election campaign is well underway, and so far President Obama has pushed wedge issues and used negative attacks on Mitt Romney. As CBS' Bob Scheiffer pointed out, gone are the days of Hope and Change.
That should not come as a surprise to anyone. Obama's governing&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12113763-the-president-campaigns-just-like-he-governsdivisively</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/07/12113763-the-president-campaigns-just-like-he-governsdivisively</guid><category>campaign</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>2012</category><category>obama</category><category>divide</category><category>class-warfare</category><category>governing</category><category>divisive</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 03:14:32 +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=cornhusker4palin6B0CE191-A65A-2FE1-8343-31246F38E7E4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="309" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin6B0CE191-A65A-2FE1-8343-31246F38E7E4.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>The Grand Theme of Governing</title>
<description><![CDATA[
How can Republicans clean Democrat clocks all over the country? All it will take is a simple message: Republicans can govern. Democrats can't.
Think of all the contrasts available between adroit Republican governors and flailing Democratic ones. For one, the surreal spectacle &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12000683-the-grand-theme-of-governing</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/01/12000683-the-grand-theme-of-governing</guid><category>politics</category><category>reform</category><category>gop</category><category>governors</category><category>effective</category><category>prosperity</category><category>governing</category><category>righht-to-work</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2012 05:15:08 +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>President Obama Has Given Up On Doing His Job </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Trying desperately to save his job, Barack Obama has given up on actually doing his job. He&rsquo;s courting wealthy donors for campaign cash. He&rsquo;s crisscrossing the country rallying disaffected voters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/23/10213445-president-obama-has-given-up-on-doing-his-job</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/23/10213445-president-obama-has-given-up-on-doing-his-job</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>house-gop</category><category>governing</category><category>quitter</category><category>giviing-up</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:08:31 +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=cornhusker4palinD9643CB3-8DB2-73C3-855A-4D18C7C369FC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="128" width="128" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palinD9643CB3-8DB2-73C3-855A-4D18C7C369FC.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>Running a country? There's an app for that, almost</title>
<description><![CDATA[Britain's government says experts are considering developing a bespoke iPad app that would deliver key data straight to Prime Minister David Cameron's tablet computer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/27/9764191-running-a-country-theres-an-app-for-that-almost</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/27/9764191-running-a-country-theres-an-app-for-that-almost</guid><category>technology</category><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>david-cameron</category><category>by</category><category>world-news</category><category>governing</category><category>ipad</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:06:50 +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>Lawrence Weschler: Time to Start Preoccupying Wall Street - Truthdig</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.&rdquo; The truly revolutionary advance in that declaration is&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mountainfirefall]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mountainfirefall]]></source><link>http://mountainfirefall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/13/9416477-lawrence-weschler-time-to-start-preoccupying-wall-street-truthdig</link><guid>http://mountainfirefall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/13/9416477-lawrence-weschler-time-to-start-preoccupying-wall-street-truthdig</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>america</category><category>politics</category><category>rights</category><category>government</category><category>liberty</category><category>citizens</category><category>governing</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:02:36 +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>Jack Abramoff Explains How Easy It Is To Buy A Congressman - informationliberation</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This is a great clip from 60 minutes where Jack Abramoff explains how incredibly easy it is to buy a congressman. The piece is way too flattering to the guy, they act like he is some super genius.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mountainfirefall]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mountainfirefall]]></source><link>http://mountainfirefall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8684548-jack-abramoff-explains-how-easy-it-is-to-buy-a-congressman-informationliberation</link><guid>http://mountainfirefall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8684548-jack-abramoff-explains-how-easy-it-is-to-buy-a-congressman-informationliberation</guid><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>senator</category><category>abramoff</category><category>governing</category><category>buy-a-congressman</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:22:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>9 Days After Storm, 88K in Connecticut Still Lack Power</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has launched an investigation into the utilities' response to the power outages, including complaints that CL&amp;P put residents in danger with its slow response to dealing with downed power lines on roads.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mountainfirefall]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mountainfirefall]]></source><link>http://mountainfirefall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8684162-9-days-after-storm-88k-in-connecticut-still-lack-power</link><guid>http://mountainfirefall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8684162-9-days-after-storm-88k-in-connecticut-still-lack-power</guid><category>connecticut</category><category>politics</category><category>power</category><category>government</category><category>storms</category><category>wealth</category><category>utilities</category><category>infrastructure</category><category>governing</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Nov 2011 18:50:20 +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=null5E00E49C-ABB7-33C5-9BE9-EC16651EF67A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null5E00E49C-ABB7-33C5-9BE9-EC16651EF67A.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>At Least the Choices Are Clear (if not utterly stark)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
When I first reached the age at which I could vote, there seemed - to me at least - to be some confusion about what the differences actually were between the Republican and Democratic parties.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fredegrar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fredegrar]]></source><link>http://fredegrar.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/19/7418076-at-least-the-choices-are-clear-if-not-utterly-stark</link><guid>http://fredegrar.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/19/7418076-at-least-the-choices-are-clear-if-not-utterly-stark</guid><category>elections</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>policy</category><category>choice</category><category>governing</category><category>election-2012</category><category>electoral-politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:54:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Before Voting, Russian Leaders Go to the Polls - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Oslon&rsquo;s company seeks to spot dips in public opinion, or collapsing  support for appointed regional leaders, before they develop into a  serious problem for the Kremlin. &ldquo;Polls are a channel for feedback,&rdquo; Mr.  Oslon said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arkansas Gloria]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arkansas Gloria]]></source><link>http://gtodd52.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7394138-before-voting-russian-leaders-go-to-the-polls-nytimescom</link><guid>http://gtodd52.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/17/7394138-before-voting-russian-leaders-go-to-the-polls-nytimescom</guid><category>washington</category><category>votes</category><category>kremlin</category><category>government</category><category>world-news</category><category>governing</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:24:32 +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=gtodd52F13FB7AE-9B66-A300-7B56-CCD0431F001B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gtodd52F13FB7AE-9B66-A300-7B56-CCD0431F001B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Would Debt-Ceiling Circus Occur With Women in Charge?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A Congress with only 17 percent men is pretty tough to imagine.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/04/7244996-would-debt-ceiling-circus-occur-with-women-in-charge</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/04/7244996-would-debt-ceiling-circus-occur-with-women-in-charge</guid><category>women</category><category>politics</category><category>gender-roles</category><category>governing</category><category>right-wing-extremism</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Aug 2011 04:04:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Tea Party isn't interested in governing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Members of the Tea Party must be basking collectively in the glow of victory. The deal that was signed into law by President Obama gave them just about everything they wanted and took the American people and the world to the brink of economic calamity to get it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuperSaiyan]]></source><link>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7233527-the-tea-party-isnt-interested-in-governing</link><guid>http://supersaiyan.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7233527-the-tea-party-isnt-interested-in-governing</guid><category>politics</category><category>governing</category><category>tea-party</category><category>tea-party-not-instrested-in-actual-governing</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 22:39:05 +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>Media Blows Debt Crisis Coverage With Balance Bias</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This fight started with a partisan threat to sabotoge the economy in  order to extract policy concessions, but then, when Democrats offered  most of the concessions, it ricocheted and morphed into something else: a  high-stakes lightning round of intramural GOP posturing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mountainfirefall]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mountainfirefall]]></source><link>http://mountainfirefall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/29/7195637-media-blows-debt-crisis-coverage-with-balance-bias</link><guid>http://mountainfirefall.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/29/7195637-media-blows-debt-crisis-coverage-with-balance-bias</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>government</category><category>debt</category><category>obama</category><category>reid</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>governing</category><category>neoliberals</category><category>teaparty</category><category>frosh</category><category>sabotaoge</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:01:12 +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=mountainfirefall3E38B31E-75DD-7321-8A8E-857331602456.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="95" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mountainfirefall3E38B31E-75DD-7321-8A8E-857331602456.jpg&amp;width=120" width="95" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sperm Donor's 24 Kids Never Told About Fatal, Genetic Illness | Mail Online</title>
<description><![CDATA[
mother and son were devastated to find out the man who donated sperm for his conception had a genetic illness - and they were never warned.
Rebecca Blackwell and her 18-year-old son Tyler of Maryland tracked down sperm donor &lsquo;John&rsquo; three years ago.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[anonymous-1077600]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anonymous-1077600]]></source><link>http://anomalies.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/21/7137125-sperm-donors-24-kids-never-told-about-fatal-genetic-illness-mail-online</link><guid>http://anomalies.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/21/7137125-sperm-donors-24-kids-never-told-about-fatal-genetic-illness-mail-online</guid><category>us</category><category>washington</category><category>laws</category><category>illness</category><category>children</category><category>patient</category><category>fatal</category><category>california</category><category>maryland</category><category>science</category><category>fertility</category><category>families</category><category>genetic</category><category>monitoring</category><category>brain</category><category>united-states</category><category>industry</category><category>rules</category><category>screening</category><category>stroke</category><category>died</category><category>oxygen</category><category>parent</category><category>rasmussen</category><category>regulations</category><category>mutations</category><category>genetic-mutation</category><category>ancestry</category><category>medical-records</category><category>sperm-donors</category><category>time-bomb</category><category>governing</category><category>scoliosis</category><category>advocates</category><category>medical-history</category><category>cystic-fibrosis</category><category>health-information</category><category>ticking-time-bomb</category><category>biological-parents</category><category>fragile-x-syndrome</category><category>tay-sachs-disease</category><category>conceived</category><category>offsprings</category><category>hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy</category><category>defective-gene</category><category>marfans-syndrome</category><category>anonymous-donors</category><category>rebecca-blackwell</category><category>tyler-blackwell</category><category>donated-sperm</category><category>no-medical-history</category><category>no-screening</category><category>fatal-genetic-disorder</category><category>aortic-dissection</category><category>fertility-industry</category><category>wendy-kramer</category><category>donor-sibling-registry</category><category>rare-aortic-heart-defect</category><category>donor-offspring</category><category>donor-identification</category><category>testing-donors</category><category>sperm-dontation</category><category>donor-conceived-people</category><category>gretchen-oswald</category><category>john-hopkins-genetics-institute</category><category>fibrillin-1-gene</category><category>aortic-root-dilation</category><category>skeletal-features</category><category>pectus-anomolies</category><category>unusually-tall</category><category>long-limbs</category><category>long-thin-fingers</category><category>long-flat-feet</category><category>genetically-inherited</category><category>dominant-trait</category><category>known-offsprings</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:17:27 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=anomalies53338E4E-CD65-601F-0BFF-03E629A61991.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="87" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=anomalies53338E4E-CD65-601F-0BFF-03E629A61991.jpg&amp;width=120" width="87" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wisconsin governor defends hobbling unions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defended his school of union hobbling as a route to fiscal discipline to budget-weary Washington on Thursday, telling a House committee that protracted, nail-biting negotiations in tough economic times can produce inaction and bad policy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472851-wisconsin-governor-defends-hobbling-unions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472851-wisconsin-governor-defends-hobbling-unions</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>scott-walker</category><category>partisan</category><category>governing</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:26:02 +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/400/4b6a69a5-3e93-4df4-8d03-64fff55534c8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4b6a69a5-3e93-4df4-8d03-64fff55534c8.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to discuss the problems with balancing state budgets in a tough economy. (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/400/8dbb15c4-e708-468a-b64c-a672e085d00e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8dbb15c4-e708-468a-b64c-a672e085d00e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pauses  on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011, while testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to discuss the problems with balancing state budgets in a tough economy. (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/400/3cef642e-ddca-431d-80eb-7eccaf01d7ee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3cef642e-ddca-431d-80eb-7eccaf01d7ee.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, left, and Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011, prior to being sworn in before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to discuss the problems with balancing state budgets in a tough economy.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Buyer Remorse: New Poll: House Republicans doing worse job than the Democrats did ~~~ VIDEO</title>
<description><![CDATA[The new Republican House members that swept into office aren't making a very good impression with the voters via a new poll by the PPP ...

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466504-buyer-remorse-new-poll-house-republicans-doing-worse-job-than-the-democrats-did-video</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466504-buyer-remorse-new-poll-house-republicans-doing-worse-job-than-the-democrats-did-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>democratic-senate</category><category>governing</category><category>buyers-remorse</category><category>gop-governors</category><category>house-ppp-poll</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:05:29 +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>Bill Maher: Governing With GOP &quot;Is Like Rooming With A Meth Addict&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[While Bill Maher didn't say anything as provocative on Real Time this week as, say, calling the Qur'an a "hate-filled holy book," it wouldn't be Bill Maher if he weren't antagonizing someone, and tonight he needled one of his favorite targets, the Republican Party.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Newaya Richards]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Newaya Richards]]></source><link>http://newayarichards.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/19/6304508-bill-maher-governing-with-gop-is-like-rooming-with-a-meth-addict</link><guid>http://newayarichards.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/19/6304508-bill-maher-governing-with-gop-is-like-rooming-with-a-meth-addict</guid><category>with</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>meth</category><category>republican-party</category><category>addict</category><category>like</category><category>bill-maher</category><category>governing</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 02:00:49 +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 says both parties responsible for governing</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says that what really matters is not who wins the next election, but whether new jobs and industries spring up in the U.S. or somewhere else.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/25/5917412-obama-says-both-parties-responsible-for-governing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/25/5917412-obama-says-both-parties-responsible-for-governing</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>state-of</category><category>governing</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:24:15 +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>Republicans: good at theatre, dreadful at governing - as we'll see tomorrow</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's often said in Washington that Republicans are better in opposition than at governing, and the last two years have borne out this observation with a vengeance. It sure looks like it's been fun being a Republican. The economy was terrible, and the other guys were in charge.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/05/5769753-republicans-good-at-theatre-dreadful-at-governing-as-well-see-tomorrow</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/05/5769753-republicans-good-at-theatre-dreadful-at-governing-as-well-see-tomorrow</guid><category>bush</category><category>iraq</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>opposition</category><category>economics</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>governance</category><category>governing</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Jan 2011 13:11:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Try Something Hard: Governing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Many Americans who voted this fall expressed a deep mistrust of government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></source><link>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/14/5462923-try-something-hard-governing</link><guid>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/14/5462923-try-something-hard-governing</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>republican</category><category>boehner</category><category>responsibility</category><category>governing</category><category>shut-down</category><category>politicking</category><category>obstructionist</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:10:34 +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>Will the Tea Party Usher In a More Limited View of Government?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The challenge for conservatives is to persuade the populace that, over time, we will be better off limiting government than allowing total flexibility.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AlexBay412]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AlexBay412]]></source><link>http://alexbay412.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4637123-will-the-tea-party-usher-in-a-more-limited-view-of-government</link><guid>http://alexbay412.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4637123-will-the-tea-party-usher-in-a-more-limited-view-of-government</guid><category>bush</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>depression</category><category>bailout</category><category>theory</category><category>governing</category><category>tea-party</category><category>jim-prevor</category><category>perishable-pundit</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 12:57:00 +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>Govt eyes need for powers in case of cyber attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[The government may have to take "extraordinary measures" in responding to a cyber attack that affects critical public or private computer networks, a senior Homeland Security official said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/15/4512503-govt-eyes-need-for-powers-in-case-of-cyber-attack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/15/4512503-govt-eyes-need-for-powers-in-case-of-cyber-attack</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>internet</category><category>homeland-security</category><category>governing</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:34:10 +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></channel></rss>