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It isn't really intended for human consumption, but can easily and happily be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.</feedburner:browserFriendly><item> <title>Dam Wright!</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/280458354/203948.php</link> <author>Heloise</author><description>Rev. Jeremiah Wright seeks to explain the inexplicable with the unsupportable before the NAACP and the National Press Club.<br/> If Rev. Wright doesn&rsquo;t shut the fuck up there will be a dark night of the poll. Senator Obama will lose whatever lead he holds in both Indiana and North Carolina. He could lose the nomination. Wright is not helping the country, the Democratic Party, Obama, black and white people by spouting his brand of history of black Americans in America....<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=4965e8a38c810cca9f57aacd07de134e" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=4965e8a38c810cca9f57aacd07de134e" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=PAOyjG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=PAOyjG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=ZmW7nG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=ZmW7nG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/280458354" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76315@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:39:48 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/29/203948.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Reverend Wright at the National Press Club</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/279826880/232859.php</link> <author>The Obnoxious American</author><description>Reverend Wright reminds voters why they'd be crazy to vote for Obama in November.<br/> Much to the chagrin of Obama supporters, as well as to the scorn of most normal people everywhere, Reverend Wright seems to be on some kind of speaking tour. It must be Christmas for the GOP because this is the gift that keeps on giving. When asked by a smirking Donna Lienwand, VP of the National Press Club, about his now famous post 9/11 sermon,...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=ce27d889c1dc058136fc5eceac051e1e" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=ce27d889c1dc058136fc5eceac051e1e" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=N92C2G"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=N92C2G" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=dQrcdG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=dQrcdG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/279826880" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76307@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:28:59 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/28/232859.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Obama and Clinton: Nasty Politics</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/278417134/145323.php</link> <author>Werner Patels</author><description>The battle between Obama and Clinton threatens to tear the Democratic party apart.<br/> At this stage in the race for the White House, no one has any doubts anymore that moving back into her &ldquo;home&rdquo; of eight years is Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s overriding motivation. She spends more time denigrating and &ldquo;misspeaking&rdquo; about her opponent, Barack Obama, than about issues, or Republican candidate John McCain; to the...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=f35395bedff513bbfd96b7d0f61cd0ea" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=f35395bedff513bbfd96b7d0f61cd0ea" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=moLS6VG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=moLS6VG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=6CDb7sG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=6CDb7sG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/278417134" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76221@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:53:23 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/26/145323.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Obama's Crotch Itch Problem</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/278368267/123303.php</link> <author>Joel S. Hirschhorn</author><description>Is Obama a little too strange to be president?<br/> I finally figured out why Obama so often looks uncomfortable, impatient and annoyed. He never seems to be a totally normal guy; one who can enjoy his public opportunities to eat local foods and indulge himself like a real American enthralled with delicious unhealthy foods. He is unable to joyously let loose and just be a happy black guy able to...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=cc0957cf805576f40456ced9da1a3692" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=cc0957cf805576f40456ced9da1a3692" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=FTzJ1GG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=FTzJ1GG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=UZZBVrG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=UZZBVrG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/278368267" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76218@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:33:03 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/26/123303.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>McCain's Numbers Problem</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/278315653/110106.php</link> <author>Gary D. Benz</author><description>With George W. Bush achieving the lowest approval ratings in history, John McCain is in trouble and he knows it.<br/> As Vice President Dick Cheney would say, &ldquo;So.&rdquo;Buried on page 7A, but above the fold, of Tuesday&rsquo;s USA Today was a story that President George W. Bush has now achieved the lowest approval rating in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll. As revelations go, this is pretty small stuff, probably fighting a losing battle for space in...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=dede711111290b42531761295cf55a46" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=dede711111290b42531761295cf55a46" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=x8GqOUG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=x8GqOUG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=T2fLbGG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=T2fLbGG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/278315653" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76212@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:01:06 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/26/110106.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>What's Not to Understand About Politics?</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/277326233/220009.php</link> <author>Dan Miller</author><description>Democrats and Republicans are easy to understand; you just need to know how the system works.<br/> The Obnoxious American, in a recent article, Democrats: I Just Don&#39;t Understand expressed bewilderment over the things that Democrats say and do and claimed not to understand them. Personally, I think that Obnoxious probably does, but is just too polite and sensitive to say so. There is, doubtless, comparable bewilderment over the things that...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=4de955f8a0a0295c0fa96a5369250609" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=4de955f8a0a0295c0fa96a5369250609" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=ZhmzLtG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=ZhmzLtG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=tnEXyMG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=tnEXyMG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/277326233" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76168@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:00:09 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/24/220009.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Democrats: I Just Don't Understand</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/276635756/235718.php</link> <author>The Obnoxious American</author><description>Why is the Democratic party at odds with itself?<br/> Bill Clinton was regarded as one of the best presidents of recent memory. And he was given the credit as the first black president to boot. Al Gore was ridiculed for claiming responsibility for &quot;inventing the Internet&quot; and blamed for losing the presidency to the shrub, of all people. Fast forward seven years, and Bill Clinton is...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=1f1264f1e6bfa37f99b0427dc219ecfd" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=1f1264f1e6bfa37f99b0427dc219ecfd" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=VfosfDG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=VfosfDG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=d5ojkPG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=d5ojkPG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/276635756" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76131@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:57:18 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/23/235718.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>A Quick Guide for Would-Be John McCain Volunteers </title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/276593723/221531.php</link> <author>SJ Reidhead</author><description>If not knowing what to do is keeping you from volunteering for John McCain, you don聮t want to read this!<br/> In many ways John McCain is the best of candidates and the worst of candidates. He is the worst of candidates because in many ways he is trying to reinvent the campaign wheel. He is the best of candidates because it appears as though the campaign is going to allow boots on the ground, and the rank and file &lsquo;worker bee&rsquo; to step in and...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=08c2c62d582432ad44af5bae58fa5720" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=08c2c62d582432ad44af5bae58fa5720" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=WiVCKxG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=WiVCKxG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=sbOGTVG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=sbOGTVG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/276593723" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76112@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:15:31 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/23/221531.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>A Turnip Speaks Up: Taxed in Michigan</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/275644462/155154.php</link> <author>Joanne Huspek</author><description>The turnip speaks! Ranting about the taxes in Michigan.<br/> There&rsquo;s nothing that will get my dander up faster than bad news. Yesterday&rsquo;s bad news screaming straight off the front page of the Detroit Free Press was enough to cause me to blow a gasket, which is something I don&#39;t care to do on my day off. Since my state seems to think they can get blood out of a turnip, I think it&#39;s high...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=5b11451aea2afa7b7e9cb69ebf6d3bea" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=5b11451aea2afa7b7e9cb69ebf6d3bea" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=6ANOdtG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=6ANOdtG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=aZSpmIG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=aZSpmIG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/275644462" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">76067@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:51:54 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/22/155154.php</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title>Acid Investor Jazz And Irrational Economic Blues</title> <link>http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~3/274419972/223717.php</link> <author>Realist</author><description>Citigroup losses weren't as bad as investors feared. Everyone else can just die and decrease the surplus impoverished population.<br/> Hey, how's that hangover doing! You know - the one you created celebrating the news that the bull market is back! Remember hearing Mark Leibovit, Chief Market Strategist for VRTRADER.COM tell NPR's Paul Kangas on the April 18 of Nightly Business Report: "I don't want to start predicting a new bull market, but our model says up here for next several...<br style="clear: both;"/> <img alt="" style="border: 0; height:1px; width:1px;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?i=64cb26adc9fc802fc199350440c60a8f" height="1" width="1"/> <img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=64cb26adc9fc802fc199350440c60a8f" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=tplLqKG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=tplLqKG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?a=3lkIsGG"><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~f/bc/politics_local_and_regional?i=3lkIsGG" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.blogcritics.org/~r/bc/politics_local_and_regional/~4/274419972" height="1" width="1"/></description> <category>Politics</category><guid isPermaLink="false">75990@blogcritics.org</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:37:17 EDT</pubDate> <feedburner:origLink>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/20/223717.php</feedburner:origLink></item> </channel> </rss>