rp({"version":"1.0","encoding":"UTF-8","feed":{"xmlns":"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom","xmlns$openSearch":"http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/","xmlns$georss":"http://www.georss.org/georss","id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-22T19:20:04.980-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Middle America's Worldview"},"subtitle":{"type":"html","$t":"A good means to post my views \u0026 everyday work; activities."},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026orderby\u003dpublished"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026start-index\u003d26\u0026max-results\u003d25\u0026orderby\u003dpublished"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"917"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"25"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-552339365410024235"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-22T19:19:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-22T19:20:05.001-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SNL"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"funny"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Saturday Night Live"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"SNL hits Obama again"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Wow, this one hit the head, yet was funny.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" data\u003d\"http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/4b09fcccc537b767/4b09fadb8465fa6a/eef4a3d6/-cpid/d71db494133f3a25\" id\u003d\"W4727a250e66f97234b09fcccc537b767\" width\u003d\"384\" height\u003d\"283\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/4b09fcccc537b767/4b09fadb8465fa6a/eef4a3d6/-cpid/d71db494133f3a25\" /\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\" /\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowNetworking\" value\u003d\"all\" /\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowScriptAccess\" value\u003d\"always\" /\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\" /\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-552339365410024235?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/552339365410024235/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d552339365410024235","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/552339365410024235"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/552339365410024235"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/11/snl-hits-obama-again.html","title":"SNL hits Obama again"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-5871091501360999925"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-22T18:28:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-22T18:44:23.773-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Blanche Lincoln"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"healthcare"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Reid"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"60 Dems / No Republicans on Reid/Obama HealthCare Bill"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Not surprisingly the votes were in for proceeding with the health care debacle. They passed with 60, barely. All democrats voted yes, and all but one republican voted no (Voinovich (R-OH) did not vote).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYou can see it \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress\u003d111\u0026session\u003d1\u0026vote\u003d00353\u0026msource\u003dc4alerts\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSome of the dem's are making such statements as \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Although I don't agree with everything in this bill, I have concluded that I believe it is more important that we begin this debate to improve our nation's health care system for all Americans rather than just simply drop the issue and walk away,\" Lincoln said just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday. \"It is not what people sent us here to do.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt sounds good, but realistically she is just one vote in a room full of others. If Blanche Lincoln wanted to make a change, she would have voted a no, when it was her time to do so. imho\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere is a growing group of people that are tired of statements, and are starting to really see how public officers are voting. Lincoln was one of the very few in the spot light. Her vote was being watched by all the political stations, as well as our constituents. I fear she made the wrong call. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnother quote from Lincoln, \"First of all, it was very important to the people of Arkansas that we do take our time, and I respect that,\" Lincoln said in a Saturday interview. \"After our town hall meetings, I really felt a real passion and a strength among Arkansans. They want us to do the right thing and taking our time and doing that and making sure that we're not rushing through these things.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYes, seems Lincoln is still not on the same page with Arkansans regarding the 'right thing'. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWith her poll numbers dropping  \u003cblockquote\u003eher approval rating back home has dropped 11 points and now stands at 43 percent, 1 percentage point above Obama’s in the state, according to a University of Arkansas poll released earlier this month. And by a 9-point margin, a clear plurality of voters in Arkansas opposes the public insurance option like the one included in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's plan, the poll found. \u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, if the clear majority does not wish this type of insurance bill, why bring it on the floor at all? Why is she like all blue-dog dem's committing political suicide?\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-5871091501360999925?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/5871091501360999925/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d5871091501360999925","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/5871091501360999925"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/5871091501360999925"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/11/60-dems-no-republicans-on-reidobama.html","title":"60 Dems / No Republicans on Reid/Obama HealthCare Bill"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-831920802551450047"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-18T17:16:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-18T17:35:21.061-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Glenn Beck"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Glen Beck"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bible prophecy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"End Times"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Demise of the Dollar/Bible Prophecy"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I have always been fascinated with Biblical prophecy. A myriad of books written more than 2000 years ago (at least ), with no prophecies being wrong so far. Albeit, the latter ones haven't occurred yet, but the season is definitely here.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWith the 2012 movie out, there is a renewed interest in general prophecy. Most are focusing on the Mayan calendar, or Nostradamus. However, I would urge all to read up on biblical prophecy. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne of the biblical prophecies most agree with is the oncoming of a world goverment, with one world currency. The scene is the Antichrist having control of the world. One of these means is by having control of money/supplies.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"13:16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 13:17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name\" (Revelation 13:16-17 KJV)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn order for the above to occur, you must have at least 2 things in place. \u003cbr /\u003e1) a currency all are utilizing\u003cbr /\u003e2) a means to store and identify every transaction\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe mark is subject for another time. However, a simple individual chip would suffice having your identity. A central database would also be used.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe thing I am looking at here is the one world government with one world currency. \u003cbr /\u003eRemember, Revelation was written over 2000 years ago, on the island of Patmos.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCheck out these two videos from Fox News (Glenn Beck) having analyst speaking of the upcoming world government, and world currency.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://video.foxnews.com/embed.js?id\u003d11694010\u0026w\u003d400\u0026h\u003d249\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cnoscript\u003eWatch the latest business video at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://video.foxbusiness.com/\"\u003eFOXBusiness.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/noscript\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\" src\u003d\"http://video.foxnews.com/embed.js?id\u003d11693748\u0026w\u003d400\u0026h\u003d249\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cnoscript\u003eWatch the latest business video at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://video.foxbusiness.com/\"\u003eFOXBusiness.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/noscript\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-831920802551450047?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/831920802551450047/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d831920802551450047","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/831920802551450047"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/831920802551450047"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/11/demise-of-dollarbible-prophecy.html","title":"Demise of the Dollar/Bible Prophecy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-7300041946001173761"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-22T09:04:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-22T09:13:02.689-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mike Rogers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"healthcare"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Representive Mike Rogers opening statement on current new HealthCare"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Representive Rogers make a strong stance against the Obama Healthcare plan.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/G44NCvNDLfc\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/G44NCvNDLfc\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGlad to see someone has the gonad's to speak up about it.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-7300041946001173761?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/7300041946001173761/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d7300041946001173761","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7300041946001173761"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7300041946001173761"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/10/representive-mike-rogers-opening.html","title":"Representive Mike Rogers opening statement on current new HealthCare"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-5854404848943153244"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-21T13:17:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-21T13:26:36.497-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"white house"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fox news"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Back to rant"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Wow, too much going on regarding this new U.S. Administration. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAdmin says other news outlets \"Don't play with Fox\".\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/10/white-house-orders-other-networks-to-isolate-fox-news/\"\u003eWhite House to Isolate Fox News\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-5854404848943153244?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/5854404848943153244/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d5854404848943153244","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/5854404848943153244"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/5854404848943153244"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/10/back-to-rant.html","title":"Back to rant"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-8283673390552113468"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-02T09:33:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-02T09:36:06.242-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Moving to a new platform."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I like many others before me struggle with the idea of moving off an existing platform onto a new one.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlthough, I have utilized Blogger for a few years, I have made the decision to move onto a new website  http://mcole.us   \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt will allow me to modify, add, ect. more than a simple blogging platform.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI request my 5 readers to follow me over. :  )\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-8283673390552113468?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/8283673390552113468/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d8283673390552113468","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/8283673390552113468"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/8283673390552113468"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/10/moving-to-new-platform.html","title":"Moving to a new platform."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-6646103794072381416"},"published":{"$t":"2009-08-25T09:26:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-08-25T09:29:20.659-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Personal"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Still alive."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Been quite awhile before I blogged. Been busy on a new SQL class, completed my Perl class (passed). \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWe are also busy with the kids sports. Daughters in Basketball and son with Soccer, busy busy. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI also been spending some time creating a new website for my platform. This will help me have a one stop launch to the other sites/apps, I use. I was on 3 games for facebook but cut back to only one. Amazing how much time is wasted on those games.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-6646103794072381416?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/6646103794072381416/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d6646103794072381416","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/6646103794072381416"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/6646103794072381416"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/08/still-alive.html","title":"Still alive."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-6069639986497034328"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-15T05:05:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-15T10:20:28.357-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"deception"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Obama Deception"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Here is the full length movie of the Obama Deception.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/eAaQNACwaLw\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/eAaQNACwaLw\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\u0026\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-6069639986497034328?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/6069639986497034328/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d6069639986497034328","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/6069639986497034328"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/6069639986497034328"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/06/obama-deception.html","title":"The Obama Deception"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-3530886168453434467"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-15T04:43:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-15T04:47:32.453-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"EMT"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"oklahoma"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"altercation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"OHP"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"highway patrol"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"may 24"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"May 24 Oklahoma Highway Patrol altercation with EMT"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I ran across these videos while here in Texas. The initial site I found them on are \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.prisonplanet.com\"\u003ePrison Planet\u003c/a\u003e. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer not only stopped and assaulted the driver/EMT, but there is a patient in the vehicle during the altercation. No charges were applied on the officer after a Oklahoma Judge reviewed the incident.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere is the 8 minute video taken from the police vehicle. Note the release of the video took some time and doing (according to the article).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/T4G37Ouy164\u0026color1\u003d0x2b405b\u0026color2\u003d0x6b8ab6\u0026hl\u003den\u0026feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u0026fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowScriptAccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/T4G37Ouy164\u0026color1\u003d0x2b405b\u0026color2\u003d0x6b8ab6\u0026hl\u003den\u0026feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u0026fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" allowScriptAccess\u003d\"always\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere is the phone coverage of the patients family member.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/KluItc365hU\u0026color1\u003d0x2b405b\u0026color2\u003d0x6b8ab6\u0026hl\u003den\u0026feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u0026fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowScriptAccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/KluItc365hU\u0026color1\u003d0x2b405b\u0026color2\u003d0x6b8ab6\u0026hl\u003den\u0026feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u0026fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" allowScriptAccess\u003d\"always\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-3530886168453434467?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/3530886168453434467/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d3530886168453434467","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/3530886168453434467"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/3530886168453434467"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/06/may-24-oklahoma-highway-patrol.html","title":"May 24 Oklahoma Highway Patrol altercation with EMT"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-5582069412576638847"},"published":{"$t":"2009-06-01T06:43:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-01T06:45:05.934-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sonia Sotomayor"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Miguel Estrada"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"This hispanic better than Miguel Estrada for Supreme Court?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJudge Sonia Sotomayor Has History Of Flawed Legal Thinking\u003cbr /\u003eBy TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMay 28, 2009 – President Barack Hussein Obama’s pick to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court has a history of liberal judicial activism and poorly reasoned decisions. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJudge Sonia Sotomayor is a Yale Law School graduate and currently serves on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. She has been a federal judge, a district attorney and worked in private practice. She has authored or participated in thousands of court cases over the course of her legal career. For this very reason, there needs to be a proper vetting of her extensive record, which will take some time.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMuch is being made of her being the first Hispanic woman being nominated to the Supreme Court, but what many in the media are not talking about is the nomination of Miguel Estrada who was picked by President Bush to be nominated to the D.C. Circuit. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhere were all these “let’s put a Hispanic on the court” cheerleaders back then?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDemocrats stalled confirmation for more than two years. In fact, Democrat memos leaked by the Wall Street Journal in 2003, showed that their strategy was to smear him as “especially dangerous.” \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne of the memos described Miguel Estrada (D.C. Circuit) “as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment. They want to hold Estrada off as long as possible.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHispanic legislators like New York Democrat Nydia Velazquez who heads the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, opposed Estrada because of his judicial philosophy. Now, Democrats are pushing Sotomayor simply because she is Hispanic. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEstrada was well-qualified to serve on the Supreme Court – and his rags-to-riches story was as compelling as Sotomayor’s. He would have been the first Hispanic on the Court, but Democrats delayed his confirmation hearing for so long, he finally withdrew his name from the running. Apparently, he wasn’t the “right kind” of Hispanic. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWho Is Sotomayor?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSotomayor has admitted that she views the role of a judge as an activist who makes policy decisions – a role that should be limited to the executive or legislative branches of government. On a panel at Duke University Law School in 2005, she said: \u003cbr /\u003eAll of the Legal Defense Funds out there—they’re looking for people with Court of Appeals experience. Because it is—Court of Appeals is where policy is made. And I know, and I know, that this is on tape, and I should never say that because we don’t “make law,” I know. [Audience laughter] Okay, I know. I know. I’m not promoting it, and I’m not advocating it. . . . [Audience laughter]\u003cbr /\u003eCurt Levey with the Committee for Justice has said of Sotomayor’s taped admission: \u003cbr /\u003eIn other words, Sotomayor believes that unelected judges like herself should be the nation’s policy-makers rather than sticking to interpretation of the law.\u003cbr /\u003eWendy Long, Chief Counsel, Judicial Confirmation Network has expressed concern about Sotomayor’s legal views: \u003cbr /\u003eComments yesterday by the White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, and today by Senator Chuck Schumer, that statements made at Duke University by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in which she said appellate courts should ‘make policy’ were taken out of context are purposely misleading and outright misinformation designed to walk back an obvious vetting problem this White House has become known for. If Mr. Gibbs or Senator Schumer were to read other law review articles written by Judge Sotomayor, her own published word, it is clear and unequivocal that Judge Sotomayor has a long track record of advocating for using courts to make policy and laws. It is obvious that the reason the White House has churned up its spin machine on this is because countless polls consistently show that the American people to do not support judges making policy or law from the bench. The American people have spoken loudly and often on this subject, they want judges who interpret law as made through the people and their elected representatives, not through judges imposing their personal political views from the bench as Judge Sotomayor has consistently advocated.\u003cbr /\u003eSenator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recommended Sonia Sotomayor to President Obama. He says she’s a moderate and has the most extensive record of anyone nominated to the Supreme Court in a long time. He also agrees that Republicans have every right to scrutinize her voluminous record of cases during the confirmation process. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHer legal decisions are frequently overturned by the Supreme Court. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJeffrey Rosen, writing for the liberal New Republic has said this about Sotomayor: \u003cbr /\u003eOver the past few weeks, I've been talking to a range of people who have worked with [Sotomayor], nearly all of them former law clerks for other judges on the Second Circuit or former federal prosecutors in New York. Most are Democrats ... but nearly none of them raved about her. They expressed questions about her temperament, her judicial craftsmanship, and most of all, her ability to provide an intellectual counterweight to the conservative justices.\"\u003cbr /\u003eJonathan Turley, an equally liberal professor of law at George Washington University, reviewed Sotomayor's opinions and concluded: \u003cbr /\u003e[Her opinions] are notable in one thing, in that it's a lack of depth. There's nothing particularly profound in her past decisions. ... You can't say she's a natural choice for the Supreme Court. (MSNBC, May 26, 2009)\u003cbr /\u003eBadly-Reasoned Court Decisions\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne of her decisions that is currently being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court is Ricci v. DeStefano, which involves a reverse discrimination case involving firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut. The firefighters were denied promotion because they were not African American. One of them was Hispanic, the rest were white. Sotomayor and two other judges on the 2nd Circuit ruled in favor of the city. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn this firefighter case, Frank Ricci had scored well on a 2003 firefighters test for promotion to lieutenant and captain. He had studied eight to 13 hours a day to prepare for test and had spent more than $1,000 buying books for his homework. He paid an acquaintance to read them onto audiotapes because he is dyslexic. Ricci got one of the highest scores, but did not get promoted. Why? Because it was determined that not enough blacks had done well enough to be promoted. New Haven discarded the test results and did not promote anyone. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRicci and 17 other firefighters – including an Hispanic – filed a lawsuit against the city for wrongful discrimination. He and his fellow firefighters were denied the American dream because of Sonia Sotomayor. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs National Journal reporter and lawyer Stuart Taylor reports: \u003cbr /\u003e… in a process so peculiar as to fan suspicions that some or all of the judges were embarrassed by the ugliness of the actions that they were blessing and were trying to sweep the case quietly under the rug, perhaps to avoid Supreme Court review or public criticism, or both. ... The three-judge panel initially deep-sixed the firefighters' appeal in a cursory, unpublished order that disclosed virtually nothing about the nature of the ideologically explosive case.\u003cbr /\u003eInteresting, during her confirmation battle this summer, the current Supreme Court is likely to overturn this decision this July as it has done in past cases involving Sotomayor’s decisions. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAmong those cases the Supreme Court has rejected from Sotomayor are: N.Y. Times Co., v.Tasini; Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko; Granholm v. Heald; Merrill Lynch v. Dabit; Entery Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. and others. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnti-Gun Nominee\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJudge Sotomayor could face serious problems from Second Amendment groups. As Curt Levey has explained: \u003cbr /\u003eObama's choice of one of the few federal judges with a bad record on gun rights is particularly perplexing. Earlier this year, Sotomayor and two of her Second Circuit colleagues ruled that Americans have no individual Second Amendment rights in the face of state or local regulation of firearms -- that is, unless they happen to live in the District of Columbia. Even the liberal Ninth Circuit ruled the other way. Now every red and purple state Democratic senator who considers voting for Sotomayor will be forced to explain to his constituents why he's supporting a nominee who thinks those constituents don't have Second Amendment rights. Because they can send red state Democrats running for cover, gun owners are the one interest group that could completely change the political equation on judicial nominations if they're drawn into the debate. Obama's selection of Sotomayor makes that virtually certain.\u003cbr /\u003eAs Ken Blackwell said yesterday: \u003cbr /\u003e\"President Obama has nominated a radically anti-Second Amendment judge to be our newest Supreme Court justice. There are a number of pro-Second Amendment Democratic senators from deeply red states, including Mark Begich from Alaska, Jon Tester and Max Baucus from Montana, Ben Nelson from Nebraska, Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad from North Dakota, and Tim Johnson from South Dakota. These senators will jeopardize their seats if they vote to support an anti-gun radical for the Supreme Court. ... [N]ever underestimate the political power of American gun owners.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-5582069412576638847?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/5582069412576638847/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d5582069412576638847","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/5582069412576638847"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/5582069412576638847"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/06/this-hispanic-better-than-miguel.html","title":"This hispanic better than Miguel Estrada for Supreme Court?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-3310802468986437327"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-19T05:36:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-19T05:53:32.208-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Personal"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Am I becoming a hippy?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"With the introduction (to me) of Facebook and Twitter, I haven't been blogging for quite some time. I must admit, having a known viewership allows me to post more mundane things day to day. Additionally, I don't feel I have to have a minimum of 3 paragraphs to write, in order to make it my while, unlike blogging.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e----\u003cbr /\u003eThe other day, I had a scary thought. After reviewing the 1950's in comparison to the 60's, you can really see the moral decline of America. It was a radical influx of ideas along with sexual promiscuity and drugs. I suspect these would-be world changers believed it was all for the better of America society. Many of them, moved onto positions in our society, having the impact in cultural change. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI am looking now at the diversity of our electronic and drug war, thinking I have now become the free thinker. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTaking a look at the software industry, you have two cultures battling it out. There's the open source community and the proprietary buisineses. Each claiming their ideaology of software is better. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTaking a look at the drug community, you have the holistic/natural community that is opposed by big pharmaceutical drug companies with patents. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eViewing each climate, whether it's software or drugs, there are two distinct sides. Interesting enough, both have many similiarities. One side wishes to contain and build wealth on restrictions. The other side, wishes to have a more open/availibility type of community.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI am finding myself directed to the open side. Free-thinker.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-3310802468986437327?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/3310802468986437327/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d3310802468986437327","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/3310802468986437327"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/3310802468986437327"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/05/am-i-becoming-hippy.html","title":"Am I becoming a hippy?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-7102824757587891584"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-10T18:17:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-10T18:18:00.935-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Savage banned in UK?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Alert: Members of a coalition organized to fight attacks on America's First Amendment rights in response to a multitude of developments under President Obama are expressing alarm at the United Kingdom's decision to ban popular U.S. talk radio host Michael Savage from its shores.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBritish Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that Savage was on a list of people who would be unwelcome in the island nation.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRoger Hedgecock, who recently was named as the chief of the new American Radio Free Speech Coalition, said the designation is a shot across the bow to American rights.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"The British government action barring Michael Savage is a frightening preview of what we can expect in our own country as the PC police shut down the voices of dissent,\" he said.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe coalition was launched under the Don't Touch My Dial slogan to defend free speech and First Amendment rights from a variety of attacks that have developed, including the current Washington demand for a return to some form of the so-called \"Fairness Doctrine,\" which has been determined by the Supreme Court to be constitutionally questionable.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne effort is Washington's plan to assemble local \"commissions\" to provide \"accountability\" for radio station. Free speech advocates contends the groups would be no more than complaint boards for liberal interests to launch attacks on conservative talk radio.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSome found the U.K. move against Savage to be so outlandish they looked for further reasons behind it.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt's time to put up or shut up, America. Literally. Get the book that shows how to fight the assault on your freedom of speech!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne WND reader said, \"[Homeland Security Secretary Janet] Napolitano has been releasing odd DHS lists about extremists, heavily criticized by Savage, and mysteriously he appears on England's watch list at the same time? Napolitano should be forced to resign over this and not just Smith.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNapolitano's recent \"extremist\" reports have targeted Americans who support Second Amendment rights, third party political candidates, homeschool and oppose abortion as \"extremists\" who would bear close watching.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJoseph Farah, founder, editor and CEO of WorldNetDaily, wrote in a commentary that the U.K. ban wouldn't track logically, pointing out that Savage wasn't asking to travel there.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut he said if the ban is clothed in the backdrop of what's happening in Washington, it makes a little more sense.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Barack Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress are conducting a scorched-earth war on the First Amendment. The Federal Communications Commission will soon be headed and controlled by an appointee who thinks government, not the free market, should control broadcast programming. The appointee to be regulatory czar for the administration has flirted with ideas like a 'Fairness Doctrine' for the Internet and mandatory 24-hour, cooling-off periods before sending angry e-mails. As we speak, local 'commissar commissions' are being established in every radio market to monitor programming and challenge broadcast licenses on the basis of content. Hate-crimes legislation has passed the House and is headed for the Senate a bill that would punish thoughts and speech and provide, for the first time, special protections to a new 'victim class' of pedophiles,\" he wrote.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"There is little question for any serious and objective observer that the new Washington power structure is targeting the most significant voice of dissent left in America talk radio,\" he continued. \"I believe with near 100 percent certainty, though I admit I can't prove it, that the initiative for this symbolic effort to ban Michael Savage from a country he had no intention of visiting came not from London, but from Washington.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSavage's audience is the third-largest in the U.S., and he's been arguably the most critical of Obama and the Democrat-controlled Congress.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"He was the perfect target for a pre-emptive and insidious attack on his character,\" Farah wrote.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Don't Touch My Dial coalition said Smith's linking Savage with \"terrorists and Neo-Nazi murderers\" was a \"disgraceful injustice.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOther members of the coalition include Lars Larson, Rusty Humphries, Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Steve Gill, Joyce Kaufman and Steve Malzberg.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eKaufman wrote that she does not \"subscribe to any of the many conspiracy theories designed to strike fear in the hearts of patriotic Americans.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut word of Savage's ban \"sent a shudder down my spine.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"How did two great western civilizations, the U.K. and the U.S. find themselves challenging John Locke's ideals and the U.S. Constitution?\" she asked.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"We cannot call ourselves a Judeo-Christian nation, we cannot speak without fear of national or even international censure and sanction, the fourth estate has become the president's cheerleaders rather than inquisitors, and when half a million patriots gather together in mock 'American Tea Parties,' they are ignored and marginalized by the very government they are attempting to petition for a redress of their grievances,\" she wrote.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSavage, she said, \"is making his stand. He stands alone on the wall. He has fought these battles before, on the air, in the courts and in the court of public opinion. I say every patriot needs to join him on the wall this time. These are the times that separate the men from the boys and the women from the boys as well. When the Patrick Henrys and Molly Pitchers need to get off their butts and up on the wall.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne WND reader copied the news agency in on an e-mail to Smith:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"It is obvious you do not listen to his show on a daily basis and rely on others to tell you what Dr. Savage is all about. Let me briefly tell you what Dr. Michael Savage is all about. His manifesto is borders, language and culture. Something your country could definitely focus on as you continue to allow the hordes of illegal Muslim immigrants to come in your country and erode your borders, language and culture. \"If you are going to put Savage on your black list, you better put me and millions of other listeners of Dr. Savage on that list as well.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe \"Fairness Doctrine\" at issue now in the U.S. was established in 1949 by the FCC to require broadcasters to provide \"fair\" programming, essentially demanding the broadcast of opposing views.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut the Supreme Court in 1969 ruled that while the policy did not violate a broadcaster's First Amendment rights, if the doctrine ever began to restrain free speech, its constitutionality should be reviewed. In 1974, the court said the doctrine \"dampens the vigor and limits the variety of public debate.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTen years later, the court found the rationale that debate was scarce and therefore the opposing viewpoints should be required was flawed, and in 1987 the plan was abolished.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAt the Frugal-Café blog, Vicki McClure Davidson wrote, \"It seems bizarre that a radio entertainer in one country can be banned from entry into another simply because of their opinions. Especially if those opinions aren't of the 'All capitalists must die like pigs' variety.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"I didn't see Michael Moore or Al Franken on the list, nor Janeane Garofalo or Keith Olbermann or Sandra Bernhard for their hate speech. What about William Ayres or Rev. Jeremiah Wright or Al Sharpton? They may not have asked to be allowed to enter the U.K. Or they could all be on the longer, unpublished list, right up there with 'who knows who.' Would it be reasonable to assume that Howard Stern would also be on the U.K. list for his outrageous behavior?\" she wrote.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"I'm curious. Does the ban in Britain work both ways? If so, does this mean the U.K. won't be hypocritical and will deport their own left-wing extremist comedian Russell Brand for his 'undesirable behavior'? Yeah, thought not,\" she wrote.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBrian Myrick of the Seattle Examiner said, \"The idea that his [Savage's] views might pose a threat to the United Kingdom or its citizens as do other persons who made it on the list is preposterous. \"If Britain is a teeming pool of volatile hate, only waiting for someone to walk along and toss a match, that is a societal problem for the British to tackle as a nation.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNote: Concerned individuals may contact Britain's Home Office Secretary Jacqui Smith by e-mail, call 011 44 20 7035 4848 or fax 011 44 20 7035 4745. (WND)\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-7102824757587891584?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/7102824757587891584/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d7102824757587891584","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7102824757587891584"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7102824757587891584"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/05/savage-banned-in-uk.html","title":"Savage banned in UK?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-1304073516770208268"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-04T06:55:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-04T07:00:02.337-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Illimunati- anyone heard of it?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I wonder if there is really anything to this conspiracy of Illimunati?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/\"\u003eConspiracy\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-1304073516770208268?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/1304073516770208268/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d1304073516770208268","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/1304073516770208268"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/1304073516770208268"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/05/illimunati-anyone-heard-of-it.html","title":"Illimunati- anyone heard of it?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-7810874329589700461"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-23T06:48:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-23T06:51:59.358-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"planned parenthood"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rape"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"abortion"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Planned Parenthood clinics undercover"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Fascinating. I will start to follow this YOUTUBE. The undercover video clearly shows Plan Parenthood clinics are providing abortions to underage girls, without (lawfully) informing the authorities on supposed adult partners. However, the organization will simply say it's due to the workers, not the organization itself.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qMlrAj4v4J4\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qMlrAj4v4J4\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-7810874329589700461?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/7810874329589700461/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d7810874329589700461","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7810874329589700461"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7810874329589700461"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/04/planned-parenthood-clinics-undercover.html","title":"Planned Parenthood clinics undercover"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-8847136537099691873"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-20T13:09:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-20T13:11:56.587-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"resolution"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pepsico"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shareholders"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PepsiCo opposes shareholder resolution"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"In the day of transparency, why would one of America's leading soda company's refuse to have this type of resolution?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePepsiCo, is opposing a shareholder resolution that requires it provide more information concerning its charitable contributions. The resolution will be voted on at the shareholders meeting May 6. The resolution reads:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Resolved: That the shareholders request the Company to provide a semiannual report...disclosing: the Company's standards for choosing which organizations receive the Company's assets in the form of charitable contributions; business rationale and purpose for each of the charitable contributions; personnel who participated in making the decisions to contribute; the benefits to the Company and beneficiaries produced by Company contributions; and a follow-up confirming that the organization actually used the contributions for the purpose stated.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-8847136537099691873?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/8847136537099691873/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d8847136537099691873","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/8847136537099691873"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/8847136537099691873"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/04/pepsico-opposes-shareholder-resolution.html","title":"PepsiCo opposes shareholder resolution"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-6308009989982775052"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-19T15:54:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-19T15:55:39.731-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Somalia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hostage"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pirates"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Obama actually dragged out the Somalia hostage"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Quick to take credit for the hostage rescue, but now we learn why it was dragged out over four days. \u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2009/04/19/the-real-story-of-obamas-decision-making-with-the-hostages-off-somalia/\"\u003eSource\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e1. BHO wouldn’t authorize the DEVGRU/NSWC SEAL teams to the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (on scene commander) recommendation.\u003cbr /\u003e2. Once they arrived, BHO imposed restrictions on their ROE that they couldn’t do anything unless the hostage’s life was in “imminent” danger\u003cbr /\u003e3. The first time the hostage jumped, the SEALS had the raggies all sighted in, but could not fire due to ROE restriction\u003cbr /\u003e4. When the navy RIB came under fire as it approached with supplies, no fire was returned due to ROE restrictions. As the raggies were shooting at the RIB, they were exposed and the SEALS had them all dialed in.\u003cbr /\u003e5. BHO specifically denied two rescue plans developed by the Bainbridge CPN and SEAL teams\u003cbr /\u003e6. Bainbridge CPN and SEAL team CDR finally decide they have the OpArea and OSC authority to solely determine risk to hostage. 4 hours later, 3 dead raggies\u003cbr /\u003e7. BHO immediately claims credit for his “daring and decisive” behaviour. As usual with him, it’s BS.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-6308009989982775052?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/6308009989982775052/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d6308009989982775052","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/6308009989982775052"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/6308009989982775052"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-actually-dragged-out-somalia.html","title":"Obama actually dragged out the Somalia hostage"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-1127171625669404980"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-19T03:14:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-19T03:15:47.967-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Islam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"indoctrination"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CAIR"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"CAIR found to be handing out Anti- material"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/T3YVv4ewdCk\u0026color1\u003d0xb1b1b1\u0026color2\u003d0xcfcfcf\u0026hl\u003den\u0026feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u0026fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/T3YVv4ewdCk\u0026color1\u003d0xb1b1b1\u0026color2\u003d0xcfcfcf\u0026hl\u003den\u0026feature\u003dplayer_embedded\u0026fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThanks to \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2009/04/19/cair-jihadist-supporters-caught-red-handed-selling-anti-christian-anti-jewish-materials-in-public-park/comment-page-1/#comment-116612\"\u003eStop the ACLU\u003c/a\u003e for sharing.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-1127171625669404980?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/1127171625669404980/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d1127171625669404980","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/1127171625669404980"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/1127171625669404980"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/04/cair-found-to-be-handing-out-anti.html","title":"CAIR found to be handing out Anti- material"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-4166225967260042340"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-16T12:48:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-16T12:49:09.570-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Widows Might"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Movie"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Widows Might"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This movie looks interesting.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/iqF1hTZtlsw\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/iqF1hTZtlsw\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe film was created by a family on low budget. Home schoolers on top of it all.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-4166225967260042340?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/4166225967260042340/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d4166225967260042340","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/4166225967260042340"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/4166225967260042340"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/04/widows-might.html","title":"The Widows Might"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-7462846910802134399"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-08T11:12:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-08T11:17:07.953-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rick Warren"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"prop 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gay"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"gay marriage"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rick Warren flip/flops over Prop 8"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I am disappointed in this flip/flop of a mentality. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCalifornia mega-church pastor and author of The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren says he apologized to his homosexual friends for making comments in support of California's Proposition 8, and now claims he \"never once even gave an endorsement\" of the marriage amendment.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMonday night on CNN's Larry King Live, Pastor Rick Warren apologized for his support of Prop. 8, California's voter-approved marriage protection amendment, saying he has \"never been and never will be\" an \"anti-gay or anti-gay marriage activist.\"\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\"During the whole Proposition 8 thing, I never once went to a meeting, never once issued a statement, never -- never once even gave an endorsement in the two years Prop. 8 was going,\" Warren claimed.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eHowever, just two weeks before the November 4 Prop. 8 vote, Pastor Warren issued a clear endorsement of the marriage amendment while speaking to church members. \"We support Proposition 8 -- and if you believe what the Bible says about marriage, you need to support Proposition 8,\" he said.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eThe following is a complete transcript of Warren's comments just weeks before the Prop. 8 election:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"The election's coming just in a couple of weeks, and I hope you're praying about your vote. One of the propositions, of course, that I want to mention is Proposition 8, which is the proposition that had to be instituted because the courts threw out the will of the people. And a court of four guys actually voted to change a definition of marriage that has been going for 5,000 years.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\"Now let me say this really clearly: we support Proposition 8 -- and if you believe what the Bible says about marriage, you need to support Proposition 8. I never support a candidate, but on moral issues I come out very clear.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\"This is one thing, friends, that all politicians tend to agree on. Both Barack Obama and John McCain, I flat-out asked both of them: what is your definition of marriage? And they both said the same thing -- it is the traditional, historic, universal definition of marriage: one man and one woman, for life. And every culture for 5,000 years, and every religion for 5,000 years, has said the definition of marriage is between one man and a woman.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\"Now here's an interesting thing. There are about two percent of Americans [who] are homosexual or gay/lesbian people. We should not let two percent of the population determine to change a definition of marriage that has been supported by every single culture and every single religion for 5,000 years.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\"This is not even just a Christian issue -- it's a humanitarian and human issue that God created marriage for the purpose of family, love, and procreation.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\"So I urge you to support Proposition 8, and pass that word on. I'm going to be sending out a note to pastors on what I believe about this. But everybody knows what I believe about it. They heard me at the Civil Forum when I asked both Obama and McCain on their views.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDuring his CNN interview on Monday, Warren expressed regret for backing Prop. 8. \"There were a number of things that were put out. I wrote to all my gay friends -- the leaders that I knew -- and actually apologized to them. That never got out,\" he admitted.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eAdditionally, Pastor Warren said he did not want to comment on or criticize the Iowa Supreme Court's decision last week to legalize same-sex \"marriage\" because it was \"not his agenda.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo he was for Prop 8 before, now since Iowa's court passed Gay Marriage, he is against Prop 8? Doesn't make sense. Either your for or against gay marriage.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBryan Fischer with the Idaho Values Alliance says Warren is abdicating his biblical role as a pastor. \"For Pastor Warren to say that shoring up marriage is not something that's on his agenda is just something that's hard to believe for somebody who believes the Bible is our rule for faith and practice,\" Fischer notes.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eDr. Jim Garlow, the senior pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in the San Diego suburb of La Mesa, helped spearhead the Prop. 8 effort in California. Garlow admits he is confused and troubled by Pastor Warren's decision to apologize for supporting Prop. 8.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Historically when institutions and individuals back away from convictional biblical truth, it is driven primarily by one single factor -- and that is the respectability of other people. In other words, much more caring about what other people think about them than what God thinks about them,\" he concludes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI agree with both guys on this one. Seems Warren is straddling the fence on this one, for some reason. This sending mix messages, only confuse the listener and devalues his support or non-support on items of interest.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-7462846910802134399?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/7462846910802134399/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d7462846910802134399","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7462846910802134399"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7462846910802134399"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/04/rick-warren-flipflops-over-prop-8.html","title":"Rick Warren flip/flops over Prop 8"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-3798652288554224842"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-06T04:31:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-06T04:54:42.701-07:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Crazy killings over the weekend."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Crazy end of last week and weekend of violence, as two gunmen fired upon people (separately and in total different locations).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://cbs11tv.com/national/officers.shot.Stanton.2.975824.html\"\u003e3 officers shot in Stanton\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and \"lying in wait\" opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet Pittsburgh street into a battlefield, police said.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePolice Chief Nate Harper said the motive for the shooting isn't clear, but friends said the gunman recently had been upset about losing his job and feared the Obama administration was poised to ban guns.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis guy laid in wait with a bulletproof vest. When two cops answered, bang bang. Both where immediately shot in the head. Crazy. Now 3 of our policemen are dead, and this guy only has wounds to the legs. This supposed fear of the Obama Admin to take away his guns (IMHO), is bull. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost likely now, the Obama Admin will use his actions as an excuse to restrict gun ownernship.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e------\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNext on the list this occured.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFOX news reports that an \"Asian\" male (not the UK Asian?), 20's, entered the building, a civic center, and started shooting. Number of dead is unknown, at least 4 shot, 41 people have been taken hostage. The American Civic Association \"assists immigrants and refugees with immigration and personal counseling, resettlement, citizenship, family reunification, interpreters, and translators. Fosters cross cultural understanding for the entire community\". A center dedicated to assimilation into America.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-090403-bing-shooting,0,5278466.story\"\u003eStory here\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis guy thought ahead. He blocked the back door, came in the front blazing.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFive people with gunshot wounds were being treated at Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, according to hospital spokeswoman Christina Boyd.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe wounded ranged in age from 20 to their mid-50s, and their conditions ranged from stable to critical, she said.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSounds like this guy just went in, firing on any and everyone. He killed himself afterwards. We probably will never know the real reason (in his mind) on the 'WHY'.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGee, I wonder if someone had the ability to have a concealed weapon in New York and in the building to assist, if there would had been less senseless deaths.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-3798652288554224842?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/3798652288554224842/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d3798652288554224842","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/3798652288554224842"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/3798652288554224842"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/04/crazy-killings-over-weekend.html","title":"Crazy killings over the weekend."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-7948441354063517286"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-02T06:40:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-04-02T06:41:40.009-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Islam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Koh"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sharia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Obama Picks Pro-Shariah Law Advocate?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You gotta be kidding me. I guess it shouldn't come to any surprise.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eApril 1, 2009 – Harold Koh, the former dean of the Yale Law School has been picked by President Barack Hussein Obama to be the legal adviser to the Department of State. Koh will represent America at the United Nations and the International Court of Justice. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eKoh is an outrageous transnationalist lawyer who believes that American law should be interpreted according to international “norms” instead of our U.S. Constitution.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn 2007, at a speech before the Yale Club in Greenwich, he claimed that he didn’t see why Shariah law couldn’t be applied to govern cases in the United States. Shariah law is a ruthless Islamic legal system that calls for stoning of women who are victims of rape; for cutting off heads and hands of adulterers; and death for anyone who leaves Islam for another religion. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs TVC Executive Director Andrea Lafferty has stated: “Shariah is counter-Constitutional, based on Islamic principles which favor Muslims over non-Muslims and men over women and children. Rights are dispensed unequally according to religion and gender.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eKoh also wants American law to be subjugated to international law and to the International Criminal Court. He suggests pushing a “transnational legal process” in the U.S. that will “generate legal interpretations that can in turn be internalized into the domestic law of even resistant nation-states.” \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTVC warned about Koh back in November when he was being touted as a possible Supreme Court nominee. At that time, Lafferty described him as a “committed pro-abortionist who views the Constitution as an etch-a-sketch tablet. Koh thinks that the meaning of the Constitution is whatever a judge of U.N. resolution says it means.” Koh is clearly willing to give away our national sovereignty. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHe wants “human rights advocates” to litigate in domestic courts as well as international courts to bring out rulings that will subvert American constitutional government. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-7948441354063517286?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/7948441354063517286/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d7948441354063517286","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7948441354063517286"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/7948441354063517286"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-picks-pro-shariah-law-advocate.html","title":"Obama Picks Pro-Shariah Law Advocate?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-1902984339050357022"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-26T05:42:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-26T05:43:54.408-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Islam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Islamic Terrorist"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Video"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Leaked"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Islamic Video that was leaked"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Wow, you need to check this out.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.tangle.com/flash/swf/flvplayer.swf\" FlashVars\u003d\"viewkey\u003d0861ff3eabea1ceb73e4\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" quality\u003d\"high\" width\u003d\"330\" height\u003d\"270\" name\u003d\"tangle\" align\u003d\"middle\" allowScriptAccess\u003d\"always\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage\u003d\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" /\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-1902984339050357022?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/1902984339050357022/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d1902984339050357022","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/1902984339050357022"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/1902984339050357022"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/03/islamic-video-that-was-leaked.html","title":"Islamic Video that was leaked"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-3260757590783381976"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-25T10:02:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-25T10:04:47.211-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"citizenship"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"olbermann"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Hussein Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bill posey"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Interesting article on a Senator being attacked for questioning Obama's citizenship"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This is a very interesting article. Long, but worth the read.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBy Bob Unruh\u003cbr /\u003e© 2009 WorldNetDaily \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. Bill Posey \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA new member of Congress arrived in Washington to a flood of questions from his constituency about Barack Obama's eligibility to be president: Was he really born in the United States, and was he qualified under the Constitution's requirement that the office be occupied only by a \"natural born\" citizen? \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo U.S. Rep. Bill Posey did what most congressmen would do regarding a subject of grave concern to their voters: He proposed a bill that would require future presidential candidates to document their eligibility. And that has earned him scorn and ridicule. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"What you should do is stop embarrassing yourself and take the Reynolds Wrap off your head,\" MSNBC commentator Keith Olbermann suggested to Posey. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, has gone so far as to suggest that Posey's judgment is skewed. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"It's one thing to try to be responsive to your constituents, no matter how marginal,\" Abercrombie told the St. Petersburg Times. \"I understand that. But to take it to the point of putting it into a bill -- you open yourself up, then, to having your judgment questioned.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAbercrombie said legislation generally is to \"address common issues or concerns.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"The citizenship of someone who has reached the point of running for president of the United States is not really an issue,\" Abercrombie said.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWND has reported on dozens of legal challenges to Obama's status as a \"natural born citizen.\" The Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, states, \"No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhere's the proof Barack Obama was born in the U.S. or that he fulfills the \"natural-born American\" clause in the Constitution? If you still want to see it, join more than 340,000 others and sign up now! \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSome of the legal challenges question whether he was actually born in Hawaii, as he insists. If he was born out of the country, Obama's American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOther challenges have focused on Obama's citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. The cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFurther, others question his citizenship by virtue of his attendance in Indonesian schools during his childhood and question on what passport did he travel to Pakistan three decades ago. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAdding fuel to the fire is Obama's persistent refusal to release documents that could provide answers. While his supporters cite an online version of a \"Certification of Live Birth\" from Hawaii, critics point out the documents actually were issued for children not born in the state. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Why'd I do this?\" Posey wrote on his blog. \"Well, for a number of reasons and the more and more I get called names by leftwing activists, partisan hacks and political operatives for doing it, the more and more I think I did the right thing.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHe said, \"I've been called some pretty nasty things. That's fine. But none of these tolerant people actually want to discuss the issue at hand … whether or not a presidential candidate should have to file these documents with the government. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"I could easily fill up a page listing all the activities an American needs to show their ID for … everything from playing youth soccer to getting a drivers license, buying cigarettes and alcohol, to opening bank accounts and even playing little league. So I was pretty surprised to find out that to run for president, despite the constitutional requirement and the media scrubbing that goes on, it's not required for a candidate to file these documents when they submit their statement of candidacy with the FEC,\" he said. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePosey comes from a background of reforming elections. In Florida after the 2000 recounts and lawsuits, he worked to offer solutions. So when he arrived in Washington, the questions raised by voters and his investigation of the constitutional demands led him to his suggestion. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"I thought I could offer a solution to this question on eligibility,\" he wrote. \"There's nothing anyone can do about changing past elections… the president won. All the lawsuits in the world are not going to change that. But if what some folks are worried about – that presidential candidates don't have to submit to the same documentation that average folks have to submit to – well, then we can change that for the next election.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePosey cited an AOL poll that found three-quarters of Americans participating in the survey agreed. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"I'm willing to discuss this issue with anyone who wants to talk in a rational manner, but I WILL NOT engage in name calling, smear campaigns, or any other venomous activity,\" Posey wrote. \"For one thing, it's childish. But on another level, we're supposed to be able to have a civil debate on the issues in this country.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePosey's spokesman, George Cecala, told WND the congressman has no plans to withdraw the proposal, even though it may not get a lot of support. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAbercrombie told the Times Posey's suggestion is \" the kind of sick politics that permeates a certain portion of the electorate.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut Posey said he would have made the proposal even if a Republican had won the White House. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWND reported Posey's H.R. 1503, an amendment to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, would \"require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of president to include with the committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHawaiian officials have confirmed they have a birth certificate on file for Obama, but it cannot be released without his permission, and they have not revealed the information it contains. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJohn Eidsmoe, an expert on the U.S. Constitution now working with the Foundation on Moral Law, told WND a demand for verification of Obama's eligibility appears to be legitimate. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEidsmoe said it's clear that Obama has something in the documentation of his history, including his birth certificate, college records and other documents that \"he does not want the public to know.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOfficials for the Obama campaign repeatedly have refused to comment on the questions, relenting only once to call the concerns \"garbage.\" \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOther members of Congress have been reading from what appears to be a prepared script in response to queries about Obama's eligibility: \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAmong the statements from members of Congress:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.: \"Well, his father was Kenyan and they said he was born in Hawaii, but I haven't seen any birth certificate. You have to be born in America to be president.\" Shelby later backed off, saying he was confident Obama is a U.S. citizen.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.: \"Thank you for your recent e-mail. Senator Obama meets the constitutional requirements for presidential office. Rumors pertaining to his citizenship status have been circulating on the Internet, and this information has been debunked by Snopes.com, which investigates the truth behind Internet rumors.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla.: \"Presidential candidates are vetted by voters at least twice – first in the primary elections and again in the general election. President-Elect Obama won the Democratic Party's nomination after one of the most fiercely contested presidential primaries in American history. And, he has now been duly elected by the majority of voters in the United States. Throughout both the primary and general election, concerns about Mr. Obama's birthplace were raised. The voters have made clear their view that Mr. Obama meets the qualifications to hold the office of president.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio: \"President Obama has provided several news organizations with a copy of his birth certificate, showing he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961. Hawaii became a state in 1959, and all individuals born in Hawaii after its admission are considered natural-born United States citizens. In addition, the Hawaii State Health Department recently issued a public statement verifying the authenticity of President Obama's birth certificate.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J.: \"The claim that President Obama was born outside of the United States, thus rendering him ineligible for the presidency, is part of a larger number of pernicious and factually baseless claims that were circulated about then-Senator Obama during his presidential campaign. President Obama was born in Hawaii.\" The response provided no documentation.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla.: \"The claim that Barack Obama is not a citizen of the U.S. is false. This rumor is simply election year politics.\" She referred questioners to Snopes for documentation.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich.: He cited the U.S. Supreme Court's constitutional authority to rule on the dispute and the fact that the court refused to hear evidence in at least four cases brought before the justices. \"Rest assured, however, I will well remember your concerns regarding this issue during the 111th Congress.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSen. John Cornyn, R-Texas: \"As we enter the 111th Congress, our nation faces many challenges. We are in the midst of tough economic times, and the federal government must stand on the side of taxpayers and small businesses. Now more than ever, we need fiscal discipline in Washington. I welcome President-elect Obama's commitment to reform the federal budget process and rein in wasteful government spending, and I will hold the President-elect accountable as Congress works to quickly identify and eliminate inefficient, ineffective, and outdated federal programs.\" He didn't respond to the eligibility issue.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.: \"The courts have held that President Obama is a natural-born American citizen. Moreover, in December 2008, the Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit challenging Mr. Obama's eligibility to serve as president, concurring with three other federal courts in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Washington. The courts have confirmed the determination of state officials in Hawaii that health department records prove that Barack Obama was born a U.S. citizen in Honolulu.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.: \"President Obama demonstrated his citizenship during his campaign by circulating copies of his birth certificate, which showed he was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla.: He noted the dispute is under court review. \"I will carefully monitor the progress of this case. However, as a Representative in Congress, my opportunity to intervene in resolving this question is limited. As further court and judicial action is taken, please be assured I will continue to raise the questions and concerns we both share.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas: \"Now that the election is over and the campaigns have ended, I think it is important that the politicians and the citizens of our nation put the fierce partisan rhetoric aside so that we can work together to come up with real solutions to our country's challenges.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSen. Robert Casey, D-Pa.: \"I am confident that Mr. Obama meets all the constitutional requirements to be our 44th president. Mr. Obama has posted a copy of his birth certificate on his campaign website and submitted an additional copy to the independent website FactCheck.org. The birth certificate demonstrates that he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961, thereby making him a natural-born citizen eligible to be president.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. Wally Herger, R-Calif.: \"As you know, some questions were raised about whether President Obama is a natural born citizen. There was a recent lawsuit arguing that he is not eligible for the Presidency for this reason. I understand that the Supreme Court considered hearing this lawsuit, but it ultimately turned down the request to have the case considered before the full court. I further understand that the director of Hawaii's Department of Health recently confirmed that President Obama was born in Honolulu and has personally verified that her agency has his original birth certificate on record. As you know, the U.S. Congress certified his election on January 8, and he was sworn into office on January 20, 2009. While I may disagree with President Obama on a multitude of issues, he has been elected as President of the United States through a fair process and has shown sufficient documentation, via a state birth certificate, that has been verified as being authentic. In short, therefore, I do not believe sufficient evidence was brought to light to conclude that President Obama was ineligible for the office.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H.: \"President Obama publicly posted his birth certificate on his campaign website which confirms that he was born in Hawaii in 1961. This birth certificate confirms that President Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States, above the age of 35, and is therefore qualified to be President of the United States of America. If you would like to view President Obama's birth certificate, I encourage you to go to the website http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, \"The Constitution and federal law require that, among other things, only native-born U.S. citizens (or those born abroad, but only to parents who were both American citizens) may be President of the United States. In President Obama's case, some individuals have filed lawsuits in state and federal courts alleging that he has not proven that he is an American citizen, but each of those lawsuits have been dismissed. This includes a recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to not review an \"application for emergency stay\" filed by a New Jersey resident claiming that the President is not a natural born citizen because his father was born in Kenya. Furthermore, both the Director of Hawaii's Department of Health and the state's Registrar of Vital Statistics recently confirmed that Mr. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961 and, as such, meets the constitutional citizenship requirements for the presidency. If contrary documentation is produced and verified, this matter will necessarily be resolved by the judicial branch of our government under the Constitution.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.: \"On June 13, 2008, the Obama campaign released a copy of his birth certificate after numerous claims were made about his eligibility to hold the office of President. The released copy created additional questions, because it contained a blacked out department file number and was apparently missing a seal, and it was impossible to detect raised text, a common characteristic of official documents. There were satisfactory answers to such questions, however: the department file number had been blacked out to prevent hackers from breaking into the Health Department's system, and the State places the seal on the back of the certificate. The website Factcheck.org investigated the matter and provided high-resolution photos taken at multiple angles that revealed the raised text and the seal on the back of the document. ... Accordingly, it has been concluded that President Obama has met the constitutional qualifications to be President of the United States.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. Rep Vic Snyder, D-Ark.: \"According to State of Hawai'i officials, the Hawai'i State Department of Health has President-elect Obama's original birth certificate on record in accordance with that state's policies and procedures. \u003cbr /\u003eHere is a partial listing and status update for some of the cases over Obama's eligibility:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNew Jersey attorney Mario Apuzzo has filed a case on behalf of Charles Kerchner and others alleging Congress didn't properly ascertain that Obama is qualified to hold the office of president.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePennsylvania Democrat Philip Berg has three cases pending, including Berg vs. Obama in the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a separate Berg vs. Obama which is under seal at the U.S. District Court level and Hollister vs. Soetoro a/k/a Obama, (now dismissed) brought on behalf of a retired military member who could be facing recall to active duty by Obama.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLeo Donofrio of New Jersey filed a lawsuit claiming Obama's dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court but denied a full hearing.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCort Wrotnowski filed suit against Connecticut's secretary of state, making a similar argument to Donofrio. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court, but was denied a full hearing.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFormer presidential candidate Alan Keyes headlines a list of people filing a suit in California, in a case handled by the United States Justice Foundation, that asks the secretary of state to refuse to allow the state's 55 Electoral College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office. The case is pending, and lawyers are seeking the public's support.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eChicago attorney Andy Martin sought legal action requiring Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle to release Obama's vital statistics record. The case was dismissed by Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Bert Ayabe.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLt. Col. Donald Sullivan sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Electoral College vote in North Carolina until Barack Obama's eligibility could be confirmed, alleging doubt about Obama's citizenship. His case was denied.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn Ohio, David M. Neal sued to force the secretary of state to request documents from the Federal Elections Commission, the Democratic National Committee, the Ohio Democratic Party and Obama to show the presidential candidate was born in Hawaii. The case was denied.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlso in Ohio, there was the Greenberg v. Brunner case which ended when the judge threatened to assess all case costs against the plaintiff.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn Washington state, Steven Marquis sued the secretary of state seeking a determination on Obama's citizenship. The case was denied.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn Georgia, Rev. Tom Terry asked the state Supreme Court to authenticate Obama's birth certificate. His request for an injunction against Georgia's secretary of state was denied by Georgia Superior Court Judge Jerry W. Baxter.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCalifornia attorney Orly Taitz has brought a case, Lightfoot vs. Bowen, on behalf of Gail Lightfoot, the vice presidential candidate on the ballot with Ron Paul, four electors and two registered voters.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-3260757590783381976?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/3260757590783381976/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d3260757590783381976","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/3260757590783381976"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/3260757590783381976"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/03/interesting-article-on-senator-being.html","title":"Interesting article on a Senator being attacked for questioning Obama's citizenship"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-2120744004803811530"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-22T18:55:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-22T18:56:21.650-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"sarah conner chronicles"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Sarah Conner Chronicles"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I absolutely love this series.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"512\" height\u003d\"296\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.hulu.com/embed/dNKqe8JfprC610-0jW5OiA\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.hulu.com/embed/dNKqe8JfprC610-0jW5OiA\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen\u003d\"true\"  width\u003d\"512\" height\u003d\"296\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-2120744004803811530?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/2120744004803811530/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d2120744004803811530","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/2120744004803811530"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/2120744004803811530"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/03/sarah-conner-chronicles.html","title":"Sarah Conner Chronicles"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160621.post-4336904531902094532"},"published":{"$t":"2009-03-17T05:45:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-03-17T06:01:18.597-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Personal"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Distractions"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Ever notice when you start that sought after movie, or think you acquire that time to do something special and behold something comes up. Distractions.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYou plan an event, perhaps down to a T. Boom, something comes up. Distractions.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYou try to read or watch that tv show that's been in the DVR for a week already. Someone calls to discuss frivoulous things. Distractions.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMy dad always tells me, \"Best laid plans of mice and men\". I am sure he heard it somewhere as well. But it's true. No matter how much planning or thinking something might occur, Murphy's Law tends to intervene. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis holds true of the important things of life, as well as the small stuff. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTelling your wife you will do something, but things seems to intervene. This causes frustration on her part, and friction between the two. Distractions.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf a soldier is given a task to complete, will he be distracted on the battlefield? I guess it depends on the soldier and his/her dedication. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI think on these things randomly. I, personally, get distracted easy. Call it a short attention span. However, perhaps I can kill some of these distractions by restricting my viewing/activities.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7160621-4336904531902094532?l\u003dmiddle_americaworldview.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/feeds/4336904531902094532/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d7160621\u0026postID\u003d4336904531902094532","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/4336904531902094532"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7160621/posts/default/4336904531902094532"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://middle_americaworldview.blogspot.com/2009/03/distractions.html","title":"Distractions"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Middle_America"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/00560494996192257913"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"15458017097583822852"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});