<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Surgeon General Gagged by White House -or- The Bush Administration Disgusts Me Further : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). 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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><comments>12</comments><score>191</score><crdate>6/15/2007 5:51:27 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-15T17:51:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>19466</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19466/1/</url><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><comments>1</comments><score>96</score><crdate>5/8/2007 10:07:55 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-08T10:07:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57980</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57980/1/</url><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><comments>0</comments><score>80</score><crdate>4/12/2008 9:38:01 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-12T09:38:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>68962</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68962/1/</url><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><comments>20</comments><score>143</score><crdate>7/16/2008 3:31:32 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-16T15:31:32+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>32774</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/32774/1/</url><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><comments>5</comments><score>148</score><crdate>8/23/2007 12:11:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-23T00:11:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35866</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35866/1/</url><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><comments>0</comments><score>108</score><crdate>9/16/2007 9:24:50 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-16T21:24:50+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35391</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/35391/1/</url><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><comments>2</comments><score>24</score><crdate>9/12/2007 7:47:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-12T07:47:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>30720</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30720/1/</url><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><comments>4</comments><score>63</score><crdate>8/8/2007 8:53:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-08T20:53:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>42132</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/42132/1/</url><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><comments>1</comments><score>58</score><crdate>11/20/2007 5:22:58 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-20T17:22:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>36771</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36771/1/</url><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><comments>1</comments><score>45</score><crdate>9/26/2007 9:55:08 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-26T09:55:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>53532</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53532/1/</url><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><comments>8</comments><score>217</score><crdate>3/7/2008 8:27:07 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-07T20:27:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>41241</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/41241/1/</url><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><comments>0</comments><score>46</score><crdate>11/9/2007 9:37:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-09T21:37:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>22218</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/22218/1/</url><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><comments>2</comments><score>78</score><crdate>5/31/2007 9:53:30 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-31T09:53:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>34119</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34119/1/</url><title><![CDATA[How Many More Bush Appointees to Walk?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just how many high profile Bush appointees will be asked to resign, or will resign of their own accord before Americans catch on that this boat is aflame and sinking and decide to impeach Bush/Cheney? Something's gone very very wrong and the rats are jumping ship. Time to do the right thing America. ImpeachBush.Org]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>54</score><crdate>9/2/2007 4:40:41 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-02T04:40:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>63518</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/63518/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Former press secretary McClellan publishes scathing memoir of his time at the White House.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former press secretary alleges Bush used propaganda to mislead Americans.  White house counters he is &quot;Disgruntled former employee&quot;.  <br/><br/>**Everyone seems to have missed this or is avoiding it... I think we are all very tired of the he-said/she-said, but its importaint, so here we go...**]]></description><comments>17</comments><score>284</score><crdate>5/28/2008 3:32:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-28T15:32:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>46459</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/46459/1/</url><title><![CDATA[White House Ordered To Provide E-mail Info]]></title><description><![CDATA[Facciola gave the White House five business days to report whether computer backup tapes contain e-mails written between 2003 and 2005.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>171</score><crdate>1/8/2008 7:36:34 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-08T19:36:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50706</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50706/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bush Spy Bill Stance Called Fear-Mongering]]></title><description><![CDATA[The administration admitted that the sweeping domestic surveillance originated in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. 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