<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Surgeon General Gagged by White House -or- The Bush Administration Disgusts Me Further : 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>Surgeon General Gagged by White House -or- The Bush Administration Disgusts Me Further : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Surgeon General Gagged by White House -or- The Bush Administration Disgusts Me Further]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bit of an old news report; but I hadn't read it until today.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/57182/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/57182/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not &quot;Bush loyalists&quot;<br/>Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups. <br/><br/>This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Nominates Homophobic Fundie for Surgeon General]]></title><description><![CDATA[Again, Bush chooses ideology over competance, selecting Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., who wrote a paper for the Methodist Church in which he compares human sex to pipe fittings.<br/>To wipe your ass with the paper, download the pdf here: <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politi...mosexuality.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politi...mosexuality.pdf</a></div>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/24010/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/24010/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[North Korean general cracks George W. Bush joke]]></title><description><![CDATA[In North Korea, where cracking a joke about the country's leader could see you, well, die laughing, poking fun at the U.S. president is obviously not as serious.<br/><br/>Read the joke in the article.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19466/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19466/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Aware of Advisers' Interrogation Talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Well, we started to connect the dots in order to protect the American people.&quot; Bush told ABC News White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. &quot;And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57980/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57980/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Bush has asserted executive privilege to prevent Attorney General Michael Mukasey from having to comply with a House panel subpoena for material on the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68962/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68962/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[White House Manual Details How to Deal With Protesters]]></title><description><![CDATA[A White House <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/freespeech/presidential_advance_manual.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">manual</a>(pdf) that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of &quot;deterring potential protestors&quot; from President Bush's public appearances around the country.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/32774/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/32774/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush setting America up for war with Iran ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pentagon and CIA officers say they believe that the White House has begun a carefully calibrated programme of escalation that could lead to a military showdown with Iran.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35866/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35866/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[General Petraeus, Bush, Congress and the Iraq War]]></title><description><![CDATA[General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified in front of Congress the last few days and the whole thing has made the author delve deeper into a depression because of the current political landscape.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/35391/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/35391/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Was Treated For Lyme Disease]]></title><description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush was treated for Lyme disease last August, the White House announced Wednesday after failing to disclose the problem for nearly a year.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30720/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30720/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McClellan blames Bush for CIA leak deceit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President d**k Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.<br/><br/>*me awaits the inevitable argument from the RED side.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/42132/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/42132/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Makes Surprise Visit To Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an unexpected move that shocked White House staff and stunned the nation, President George W. Bush arrived unannounced at the Oval Office Monday.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36771/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36771/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to veto bill banning waterboarding ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The White House says President Bush will veto legislation on Saturday that would have barred the CIA from using waterboarding &#8212; a technique that simulates drowning &#8212; and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53532/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53532/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[House planning veto showdown over Iraq]]></title><description><![CDATA[House Democrats are planning another veto showdown with President Bush on the Iraq war. And this time, they say they won't back down.<br/><br/>*I'm not holding my breath.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/41241/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/41241/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[George &quot;Dubya&quot; Bush Countdown Timer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Simply put, how long it will be until G.W. is no longer president of the United States.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/22218/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/22218/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[59 Reasons why Bush Sucks]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are so many reasons to oppose four more years of George W. Bush it can be hard to keep them all straight. And so we provide you with this handy guide, listing 60 reasons (in no particular order) why this administration sucks major butt.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68223/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68223/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[White House: No major shift on Iraq]]></title><description><![CDATA[Under election-year pressure to change course in Iraq, the Bush administration said Monday there are no plans for dramatic shifts in policy or for ultimatums to Baghdad to force progress.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/4201/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/4201/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to relax protected species rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72019/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72019/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Surgeon General Calls Santa Bad Role Model ]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is really important that the people who kids look up to as role models are in good shape, eating well and getting exercise. It is absolutely critical,&#8221; U.S. Surgeon General Rear Adm. Steven K. Galson said in an interview after a presentation on obesity at the Boston Children&#8217;s Museum.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43284/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43284/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>