<?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 - LanaD's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/</link><description>What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:03:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:17:44 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty.&nbsp;If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open pollinated varieties that they can save, improve and exchange, they have no seed sovereignty - and consequent&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly-348328]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Holly-348328]]></source><link>http://h-kuehn.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10341527-the-seed-emergency-the-threat-to-food-and-democracy</link><guid>http://h-kuehn.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/07/10341527-the-seed-emergency-the-threat-to-food-and-democracy</guid><category>hunger</category><category>monsanto</category><category>world-news</category><category>seeds</category><category>food-supply</category><category>royalties</category><category>gmo</category><category>agribusiness</category><category>food-sovereignty</category><category>monocultures</category><category>seed-patents</category><category>seed-sovereignty</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:03:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=h-kuehn00A4A688-E00B-763A-1891-F81299656D58.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="89" width="135" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=h-kuehn00A4A688-E00B-763A-1891-F81299656D58.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> 1 in 6 Teen Moms Didn't Believe They Could Get Pregnant | LiveScience </title>
<description><![CDATA[From the article:

Half of teen mothers say they were not using birth control when they got  pregnant, and a new report outlines the reasons teens give for not  doing so.
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10193709-1-in-6-teen-moms-didnt-believe-they-could-get-pregnant-livescience</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/19/10193709-1-in-6-teen-moms-didnt-believe-they-could-get-pregnant-livescience</guid><category>health</category><category>birth-control</category><category>teen-pregnancy</category><category>unwanted-pregnancy</category><category>teen-mom</category><category>not-using-birth-control</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:54:18 +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>Analysis says no mental health risk with abortion - Health - Mental health - msnbc.com</title>
<description><![CDATA["Abortion does not increase a woman's chance of developing mental health problems, according to a British health agency's review of dozens of studies worldwide over 20 years."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/11/9359874-analysis-says-no-mental-health-risk-with-abortion-health-mental-health-msnbccom</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/11/9359874-analysis-says-no-mental-health-risk-with-abortion-health-mental-health-msnbccom</guid><category>abortion</category><category>health</category><category>mental-health</category><category>pro-life</category><category>unwanted-pregnancies</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>kendall</category><category>national-collaborating-centre</category><category>medical-royal-colleges</category><category>abortion-mental-health</category><category>abortion-risk</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:04:43 +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>FDA debates over-the-counter morning-after pill </title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON     (AP) -- The government is  considering whether it's OK for young teenagers to buy the morning-after  pill without a prescription.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/07/9274928-fda-debates-over-the-counter-morning-after-pill</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/07/9274928-fda-debates-over-the-counter-morning-after-pill</guid><category>fda</category><category>health</category><category>teen</category><category>restrictions</category><category>plan-b</category><category>birth-control</category><category>morning-after-pill</category><category>pro-life</category><category>minor</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>teva-pharmaceuticals</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:08:35 +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>BREAKING: Ohio GOP Panics, Shuts Down Early Voting Before Big Vote on SB 5 </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Secretary of State Jon Husted released an advisory Friday night  upholding that no in-person early voting will be allowed at board of  elections offices across the state the weekend before the Nov.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Idle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[American Idle]]></source><link>http://american-idle.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8642663-breaking-ohio-gop-panics-shuts-down-early-voting-before-big-vote-on-sb-5</link><guid>http://american-idle.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/04/8642663-breaking-ohio-gop-panics-shuts-down-early-voting-before-big-vote-on-sb-5</guid><category>ohio</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>early-voting</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>john-kasich</category><category>referndum</category><category>sb5</category><category>jon-husted</category><pubDate>Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:51:18 +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=nullFE28FA2E-44D0-6FD6-222E-AD3457A8E15F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="238" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nullFE28FA2E-44D0-6FD6-222E-AD3457A8E15F.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>Conservatives Are More Squeamish than Liberals</title>
<description><![CDATA["I think that one plausible explanation is sort of along the lines that one way to understand some of these attitudes about politics and morality is that they have a strong emotional component," Pizarro told LiveScience in a telephone  interview.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/27/8508597-conservatives-are-more-squeamish-than-liberals</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/27/8508597-conservatives-are-more-squeamish-than-liberals</guid><category>politics</category><category>conservatives-sqemish</category><category>same-sex-marriage-views</category><category>disgust-sensitivity</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:41:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Facts is Facts: Supply Side Economics Has Been an Epic Failure</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Sometimes there isn&rsquo;t a mountaintop high enough to shout out the obvious: SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS HAS BEEN AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER! Period, end of discussion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MWeaver]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MWeaver]]></source><link>http://MWeaver1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/25/8478031-facts-is-facts-supply-side-economics-has-been-an-epic-failure</link><guid>http://MWeaver1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/25/8478031-facts-is-facts-supply-side-economics-has-been-an-epic-failure</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>supply-side-economics</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:24:15 +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=null32B9C7BA-B436-FDA2-F773-D5BEC6330E0B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null32B9C7BA-B436-FDA2-F773-D5BEC6330E0B.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>&quot;Cookie Monster&quot; Offers Best Explanation Yet for Occupy Wall Street </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Yes, there always going to be rich and poor. But we used to live in  country where rich owned factory and make 30 times what factory worker  make.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/23/8456563-cookie-monster-offers-best-explanation-yet-for-occupy-wall-street</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/23/8456563-cookie-monster-offers-best-explanation-yet-for-occupy-wall-street</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>workers</category><category>democracy</category><category>cold-war</category><category>reagan</category><category>capitalism</category><category>american-dream</category><category>equality</category><category>factory-worker</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:34:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null6B49B8D8-C631-CD9D-E939-6E4067DF5AE4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="312" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null6B49B8D8-C631-CD9D-E939-6E4067DF5AE4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.S. Executive Compensation in Relation to other Countries</title>
<description><![CDATA[Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, in a shareholder report dated  February 28, 2006, stated, "Too often, executive compensation in the  U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance." "Getting fired can  produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Bartholomew]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert Bartholomew]]></source><link>http://RobertBartholomew.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/07/8205251-us-executive-compensation-in-relation-to-other-countries</link><guid>http://RobertBartholomew.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/07/8205251-us-executive-compensation-in-relation-to-other-countries</guid><category>politics</category><category>greed</category><category>corporate-executive-compensation</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Oct 2011 13:11:30 +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=nullAD181FEA-4257-DD68-75ED-609D17AE8867.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="176" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nullAD181FEA-4257-DD68-75ED-609D17AE8867.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Babies Feel Pain Before Birth. Around 35 weeks</title>
<description><![CDATA["Babies can distinguish painful stimuli as different from general touch  from around 35 to 37 weeks gestation, just before an infant would  normally be born," study researcher Lorenzo Fabrizi of University  College London said in a statement.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/10/7704499-babies-feel-pain-before-birth-around-35-weeks</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/10/7704499-babies-feel-pain-before-birth-around-35-weeks</guid><category>abortion</category><category>health</category><category>fetus-pain</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:59:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Three Charts To Email To Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about "Obama spending" and "Obama deficits" and how the "Stimulus" just made things worse.
Solution: Here are three "reality-based" charts to send to him.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/29/7511821-three-charts-to-email-to-your-right-wing-brother-in-law</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/29/7511821-three-charts-to-email-to-your-right-wing-brother-in-law</guid><category>congress</category><category>white-house</category><category>credit-rating</category><category>politics</category><category>right-wing</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>stimulus</category><category>fox-limbaugh</category><category>obamas-pending</category><category>three-charts</category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:03:18 +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=mscyprahC9EDE086-63B1-A5FA-0EE9-BC70716A54E6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahC9EDE086-63B1-A5FA-0EE9-BC70716A54E6.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>Views of tea party reach new low in poll </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Public perception of the tea party movement, which many see as the  driving force that kept Republicans from voting to raising the debt  ceiling without implementing unprecedented spending reductions, is at a  record low.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/05/7265902-views-of-tea-party-reach-new-low-in-poll</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/05/7265902-views-of-tea-party-reach-new-low-in-poll</guid><category>politics</category><category>tea-party</category><category>usa-todaygallup</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:58:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=lanad8FF0D22E-331B-6971-122E-5F7DA3BE08B9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=lanad8FF0D22E-331B-6971-122E-5F7DA3BE08B9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Judge dismisses suit on federal stem cell research</title>
<description><![CDATA["A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was dismissed Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a  search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies  on destroyed human embryos."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/27/7179552-judge-dismisses-suit-on-federal-stem-cell-research</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/27/7179552-judge-dismisses-suit-on-federal-stem-cell-research</guid><category>stem-cell</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>health</category><category>research</category><category>embryos</category><category>embryonic</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:47:28 +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>Americans Show Rising Support for Abortion Rights: Poll</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Despite recent moves by some  states to restrict access to abortion, more Americans now support a  woman's right to choose than they did two years ago, a new Harris  Interactive/HealthDay poll finds.
Nearly one-quarter (23 percent) of those polled in 2009 supported the  idea tha&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7171638-americans-show-rising-support-for-abortion-rights-poll</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/26/7171638-americans-show-rising-support-for-abortion-rights-poll</guid><category>poll</category><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>pro-life</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>abortion-rights</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:04:49 +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>Democrat declares victory in first Wisconsin recall - Yahoo! News</title>
<description><![CDATA[With 99 percent of the vote  counted, Dave Hansen appeared to have a commanding lead over Republican  challenger David VanderLeest in the first of what will be nine special  summer elections triggered by the union fight.
Unofficial results showed Hansen with 20,639 votes, nearly &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/20/7118567-democrat-declares-victory-in-first-wisconsin-recall-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/20/7118567-democrat-declares-victory-in-first-wisconsin-recall-yahoo-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>unions</category><category>scott-walker</category><category>hanson</category><category>recall-election</category><category>vanderleest</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:53:20 +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></item><item><title>'I'll drink to that law': Ohio Statehouse adds bar</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Ohio agency that oversees the Statehouse says the bar will have  flat-screen televisions and will be open to the public at certain times.  It also will host special events and what are described as "private happy hours."
So proud to be an Ohioan right now /s/
&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6991141-ill-drink-to-that-law-ohio-statehouse-adds-bar</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6991141-ill-drink-to-that-law-ohio-statehouse-adds-bar</guid><category>ohio</category><category>politics</category><category>bar</category><category>capitol-building</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:43:10 +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>Fetus Found Outside Of Central El Paso Abortion Clinic  - News Story - KFOX El Paso</title>
<description><![CDATA["EL PASO, Texas  -- The remains of a  fetus were turned over to El Paso police when a group of people outside  the Hilltop Women's Reproductive Clinic on Friday morning.El Paso  police told KFOX14 they were called to the scene around 11:45 a.m.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LanaD]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LanaD]]></source><link>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6527316-fetus-found-outside-of-central-el-paso-abortion-clinic-news-story-kfox-el-paso</link><guid>http://lanad.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6527316-fetus-found-outside-of-central-el-paso-abortion-clinic-news-story-kfox-el-paso</guid><category>abortion-fetus-clinic-el-paso-pro-choice-pro-life-discoveredassociated-press</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:46:52 +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>Shameless GOP Lies: Is There Any Limit to What Republicans Will Say -- And What People Will Believe? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet</title>
<description><![CDATA[
These unsettling thoughts came to my mind when I heard Michael Steele remark that "not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job." This from a man who held a government job as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6523837-shameless-gop-lies-is-there-any-limit-to-what-republicans-will-say-and-what-people-will-believe-tea-party-and-the-right-alternet</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/25/6523837-shameless-gop-lies-is-there-any-limit-to-what-republicans-will-say-and-what-people-will-believe-tea-party-and-the-right-alternet</guid><category>politics</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>fox-news</category><category>al-gore</category><category>steve-cohen</category><category>obamacare</category><category>wall-st-bankers</category><category>government-never-creates-jobs</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:20:40 +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><media:content url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/400/easyjjgrand3/6520119.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_vine/images/users/120/easyjjgrand3/6520119.jpg" 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 decade the GOP hopes you've forgotten: It wasn't that long ago that America solved a debt crisis by (gasp) ... raising taxes on the rich</title>
<description><![CDATA[If there's one aspect of the deficit reduction plan that President Obama outlined last week that congressional Republicans most object to, it's probably his call for higher income tax rates on the wealthiest Americans.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Killfile]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Killfile]]></source><link>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6500895-the-decade-the-gop-hopes-youve-forgotten-it-wasnt-that-long-ago-that-america-solved-a-debt-crisis-by-gasp-raising-taxes-on-the-rich</link><guid>http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6500895-the-decade-the-gop-hopes-youve-forgotten-it-wasnt-that-long-ago-that-america-solved-a-debt-crisis-by-gasp-raising-taxes-on-the-rich</guid><category>bush</category><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>gingrich</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>taxation</category><category>george-w-bush</category><category>republican</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:55:10 +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>McClatchy Poll: 73% Of Republicans and 70% of Tea Partiers Oppose Cuts To Medicare </title>
<description><![CDATA[As Democrats try to portray the GOP vote for Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget as an effort to dismantle Medicare, at least two of the four Republicans who voted against the measure are echoing progressive concerns.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SueHughes72]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SueHughes72]]></source><link>http://SueHughes72.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6500182-mcclatchy-poll-73-of-republicans-and-70-of-tea-partiers-oppose-cuts-to-medicare</link><guid>http://SueHughes72.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6500182-mcclatchy-poll-73-of-republicans-and-70-of-tea-partiers-oppose-cuts-to-medicare</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>medicaid</category><category>jon-kyl</category><category>entitlements</category><category>tea-party</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>david-mckinley</category><category>budget-2012</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:25:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jon Stewart's Must-See Takedown of Paul Ryan's Budget Proposal</title>
<description><![CDATA[So cutting spending reduces our debt....  Hey, you know what else might work? Gimme some of that creepy music. Computer graphics askew, please.

What if we also attack our deficit by getting rid of the Bush tax cuts?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[knight-403465]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[knight-403465]]></source><link>http://dlm-davey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6467001-jon-stewarts-must-see-takedown-of-paul-ryans-budget-proposal</link><guid>http://dlm-davey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6467001-jon-stewarts-must-see-takedown-of-paul-ryans-budget-proposal</guid><category>budget</category><category>medicare</category><category>seniors</category><category>healthcare</category><category>privatization</category><category>deficit</category><category>medicaid</category><category>debt</category><category>jon-stewart</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>comedy-central</category><category>us-news</category><category>republican</category><category>poor</category><category>democrat</category><category>boehner</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>daily-kos</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>death-trap</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>eddie-munster</category><category>spending-cuts</category><category>death-panels</category><category>house-budget-committee-chair-man</category><category>bruinkid</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:58:00 +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>7 Examples of How the Poor Are Being Robbed to Give More Wealth to the Rich</title>
<description><![CDATA[The rich have been getting richer and the poor and the middle class have been getting poorer in the US recently. Here are seven examples that show how the US is going through "Robin Hood in Reverse."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[McSpocky]]></source><link>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6462601-7-examples-of-how-the-poor-are-being-robbed-to-give-more-wealth-to-the-rich</link><guid>http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6462601-7-examples-of-how-the-poor-are-being-robbed-to-give-more-wealth-to-the-rich</guid><category>politics</category><category>distribution-of-wealth</category><category>poor-getting-poorer</category><category>rich-getting-richer</category><category>poor-robbed-to-give-wealth-to-the-rich</category><category>middle-class-getting-poorer</category><category>welath-distribution</category><category>inequality-in-distribution-of-wealth</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:37:40 +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>What do Walmart, FOX News, and Koch Brothers have in common? </title>
<description><![CDATA[This important video series exposes the Koch Brothers' control over your job, your life, and your well-being.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/30/6378062-what-do-walmart-fox-news-and-koch-brothers-have-in-common</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/30/6378062-what-do-walmart-fox-news-and-koch-brothers-have-in-common</guid><category>business</category><category>video</category><category>koch-brothers</category><category>kochbrothersexposed-com</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:52:58 +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>Santorum says 'abortion culture' to blame for problems with Social Security - The Hill's Ballot Box</title>
<description><![CDATA[Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) said Tuesday that America's "abortion culture" is at the heart of problems with the nation's Social Security system. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[btco]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[btco]]></source><link>http://btco.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/29/6369876-santorum-says-abortion-culture-to-blame-for-problems-with-social-security-the-hills-ballot-box</link><guid>http://btco.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/29/6369876-santorum-says-abortion-culture-to-blame-for-problems-with-social-security-the-hills-ballot-box</guid><category>us</category><category>elections</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:38:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2/3rds of US Corporations Pay Zero Federal Taxes: US Uncut Movement Builds to Make Them Pay Up</title>
<description><![CDATA[Saturday marked US Uncut's second big nationwide protest. From coast-to-coast, more than forty cities joined in a day of action protesting the tax-dodging practices of massive corporations that they see as the real source of the country's deficit.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[wemustchange]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[wemustchange]]></source><link>http://wemustchange.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/28/6361065-23rds-of-us-corporations-pay-zero-federal-taxes-us-uncut-movement-builds-to-make-them-pay-up</link><guid>http://wemustchange.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/28/6361065-23rds-of-us-corporations-pay-zero-federal-taxes-us-uncut-movement-builds-to-make-them-pay-up</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>protests</category><category>irs</category><category>corporations</category><category>greed</category><category>tax-havens</category><category>uncut</category><category>bofa</category><category>tax-dodging</category><category>offshores</category><category>shared-sacrifice</category><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:27:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
