<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Texas passes new &quot;Pole&quot; tax : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Texas passes new &quot;Pole&quot; tax : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Texas passes new &quot;Pole&quot; tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starting January 1st, there will be an additional $5.00 cover charge at 150 different strip clubs in Texas.  All because the State thinks Strip Clubs lead to sex crimes.<br/><br/>What's next?  A $10 per fetus tax on abortion clinics?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/politics/l/45087/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (5)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/politics/l/45087-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/politics/l/45087-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/politics/l/45087-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (0)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/politics/l/45087/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><item><title><![CDATA[TraumaMamma @ 12/23/2007 2:18:12 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is how fun it is in Ohio. I'd rather pay the 5.00 bucks!!<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070824/NEWS24/708240364" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ohio Strip Clubs</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q6</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q6</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[germz @ 12/23/2007 1:46:21 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mowing the lawn leads to sex crimes, sorry mam but theres a 100.00 dollar overcharge]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q5</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q5</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[DoggySpew @ 12/23/2007 1:04:01 PM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wasn't it after that pornography was legalized that sexcrimes DIMINISHED in the US ?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q4</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q4</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[suckersklub @ 12/23/2007 11:01:20 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><i>&quot;This is an industry that largely employs women, and this gives them an opportunity to raise funds for a crime that affects women&quot;</i></div>...<br/><br/>I was about to come up with a similarly stupid analogy here, but forgot it while copy-pasting.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q3</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q3</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Diana @ 12/23/2007 10:28:31 AM]]></title><description><![CDATA[My goodness...seems pretty strange. Need to tax all the entries to theme parks and other entertainment places like dance clubs.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q2</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45087/1/rss2_0.rss#q2</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>