<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot; : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot; : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-12-01T21:29:15+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/" /><id>36320</id><summary><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-09-21T01:09:07+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-21T01:09:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Despite some people's theories, the United States' national motto, &quot;<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">In God We Trust</a>&quot; was not added to paper money by mistake.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</script></div><entry><title><![CDATA[Cricket - The National Pastime of the US?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/" /><id>4052</id><summary><![CDATA[Cricket - The National Pastime of the US?]]></summary><issued>2006-10-22T22:30:52+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-22T22:30:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Cricket&#8212;now played by millions of people in 92 countries ranging from the Caribbean to Europe to Africa to South Asia&#8212;was once the national game of, yes, these United States. And one of the first outdoor sports to be played on these shores. An 1844 cricket match between teams from the United States and Canada was the first international sporting event in the modern world, predating the revival of the Olympic Games by more than 50 years.<br/><br/>Very interesting and informative article.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How to Get Cancer: Move to the United States]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/130131/1/" /><id>130131</id><summary><![CDATA[How to Get Cancer: Move to the United States]]></summary><issued>2009-08-07T11:53:52+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-07T11:53:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The risk of cancer for Hispanics living in Florida is 40 percent higher than for those who live in their native countries, a puzzling new study finds. The finding holds even after researchers corrected for the increase detection rates in the United States. And access to health care did not make things better.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/" /><id>17692</id><summary><![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]></summary><issued>2007-04-24T12:42:05+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-24T12:42:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An article from the Guardian.  It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/" /><id>45213</id><summary><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></summary><issued>2007-12-25T17:57:19+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-25T17:57:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Military</a> of the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.defenselink.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">US</a> is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deployed</a> in many <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">countries</a>. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">personnel</a>, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/82504/1/" /><id>82504</id><summary><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Discovering American Women&#8217;s History Online]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/100876/1/" /><id>100876</id><summary><![CDATA[Discovering American Women&#8217;s History Online]]></summary><issued>2009-03-19T15:59:52+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-19T15:59:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This database provides access to digital collections (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to Katrina Thomas's photographs of ethnic weddings from the late 20th century.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Any Plimates From The Fine State of Franklin?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/107834/1/" /><id>107834</id><summary><![CDATA[Any Plimates From The Fine State of Franklin?]]></summary><issued>2009-04-17T17:00:43+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-17T17:00:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Yes, I said <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Franklin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">&quot;Franklin&quot;</a>. It seems that from 1784 to 1789, there was a territory between North Carolina and Tennessee. The story of this would be state is filled with drama and politics with intrigue and more. Any state that proposed making lawyers ineligible to hold political office couldn't have been all bad.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[50 States in 10 Minutes]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12244/1/" /><id>12244</id><summary><![CDATA[50 States in 10 Minutes]]></summary><issued>2007-03-05T00:03:55+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-05T00:03:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[That 192 countries quiz was WAY too difficult for us geographically-challenged Plimers(Plimates?)... If your ego needs a boost try one a little closer to home - unless you live in one of those other 191 countries.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Not-So-Nice Things Said About America]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82008/1/" /><id>82008</id><summary><![CDATA[Not-So-Nice Things Said About America]]></summary><issued>2008-11-16T18:24:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-16T18:24:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here are 10 quotes, mostly by Americans, that are actually quite critical of the United States, but succeed nonetheless in being both witty and funny as well.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Dropping Out Of The Electoral College]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45923/1/" /><id>45923</id><summary><![CDATA[Dropping Out Of The Electoral College]]></summary><issued>2008-01-03T14:35:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-03T14:35:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Electoral</a> College of the US has it proponents and its detractors. One possible replacement is the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">National</a> Popular Vote <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">(NPV)</a>. Maryland is the first state in the nation to pass laws to enact this system provided enough other states does likewise.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Z Machine creates ice in nanoseconds]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13370/1/" /><id>13370</id><summary><![CDATA[Z Machine creates ice in nanoseconds]]></summary><issued>2007-03-16T14:11:03+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-16T14:11:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratory of United States, owns the Z Machine f Sandia's, which is capable to produce a temperature higher than Sun's. Recently has successfully obtained ice from water in just a few nanoseconds.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Barack Obama Elected 44th President of The United States]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/81049/1/" /><id>81049</id><summary><![CDATA[Barack Obama Elected 44th President of The United States]]></summary><issued>2008-11-04T23:07:40+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-04T23:07:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Breaking over 200 years of history, the first black man has been elected as the president of the United States]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[America's Interests and the U.N.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62701/1/" /><id>62701</id><summary><![CDATA[America's Interests and the U.N.]]></summary><issued>2008-05-21T22:50:19+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-21T22:50:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Are they one and the same? What happens when they differ?<br/>Another in the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale_College" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Hillsdale College</a> series of articles. This one from a speech by John Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (and admitably, biased). Permanent <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.hillsdale.edu/images/userImages/mschonert/Page_4221/ImprimisApril08.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pdf link</a>.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Iran was a democracy till Britain and the US over threw the goverment]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/92131/1/" /><id>92131</id><summary><![CDATA[Iran was a democracy till Britain and the US over threw the goverment]]></summary><issued>2009-01-31T23:22:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-31T23:22:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In 1951 Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was elected prime minister of Iran. He became enormously popular in Iran after he nationalized Iran's oil reserves. Unfortunately thi$ up$et Britain who got Ei$enhower to work with them to pull off a <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">coup</a>. History can teach us. Are we ready and willing to learn?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The History of The Discovery of Cinematography ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32874/1/" /><id>32874</id><summary><![CDATA[The History of The Discovery of Cinematography ]]></summary><issued>2007-08-23T22:29:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-23T22:29:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An illustrated chronological history of the development of motion pictures. Covering 2,500 years leading to the discovery of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinematography" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cinematography</a> in the 1800's.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[United States to lift a ban on haggis]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/47962/1/" /><id>47962</id><summary><![CDATA[United States to lift a ban on haggis]]></summary><issued>2008-01-22T14:23:33+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-22T14:23:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scotland is considering lobbying the United States to lift a ban on haggis, hoping to boost sales of the sheep-stomach-based national dish. Mmmmmm...haggis.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Christian Right Aims To Change History Lessons In Texas Schools]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129242/1/" /><id>129242</id><summary><![CDATA[Christian Right Aims To Change History Lessons In Texas Schools]]></summary><issued>2009-07-28T13:43:03+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-28T13:43:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Christian right is making a fresh push to force religion onto the school curriculum in Texas with the state's education board about to consider recommendations that children be taught that there would be no United States if it had not been for God.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Could you pass the new US immigration test?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58087/1/" /><id>58087</id><summary><![CDATA[Could you pass the new US immigration test?]]></summary><issued>2008-04-13T16:31:17+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-13T16:31:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Recently this immigration test was updated to include a more diverse group of contributors to American history and more recent historical events such as 9/11. Take the test and see if you have the civic knowledge to be a naturalized United States citizen.<br/>I did OK but my nieces and nephews scare me.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New test can learn your alcohol history]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17502/1/" /><id>17502</id><summary><![CDATA[New test can learn your alcohol history]]></summary><issued>2007-04-23T01:00:30+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-23T01:00:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A new test being offered by a British company can determine an individual's history with alcohol during the past months -- or even years.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[History In Snippets]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/134513/1/" /><id>134513</id><summary><![CDATA[History In Snippets]]></summary><issued>2009-10-11T21:40:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-11T21:40:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A large number of short discussions on history. Read them or listen to them, but learn something how our culture is formed by human creativity. Click above link or <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.uh.edu/engines/keywords.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this link</a> to search by keywords all previous episodes.]]></content></entry></feed>