<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : politics : All Links : 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>plime.com : politics : All Links : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[The UK Times &quot;Reviews&quot; Obama's Trip]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>He ventured forth to bring light to the world</b><br/>The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers<br/><br/><i>SARCASM ALERT!</i>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/70080/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/70080/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Security Guard Confirms Late-Night Encounter Between Edwards and Tabloid Reporters]]></title><description><![CDATA[A hotel security guard told FOXNews.com he intervened this week between a man he identified as former Sen. John Edwards and tabloid reporters who chased down the former presidential hopeful after what they're calling a rendezvous with his mistress and love child.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/70074/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/70074/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards &quot;Love Child&quot; Story?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Edwards, too, may be a sex hypocrite. The tabloid [The National Enquirer] called Edwards a cheater last October and the father of a love child in December, and last night the Enquirer posted a story about Edwards' visit to his alleged mistress and child at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night.  (from Slate.com)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69909/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69909/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting Money Where Mouths Are: Media Donations Favor Dems 100-1]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York Times' refusal to publish John McCain's rebuttal to Barack Obama's Iraq op-ed may be the most glaring example of liberal media bias this journalist has ever seen. But true proof of widespread media bias requires one to follow an old journalism maxim: <b>Follow the money...</b>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69907/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69907/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Who said it:  Bush or Batman?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Very funny questions posed by Comedy Cental.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69890/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69890/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Novak tries to hit-and-run after knocking into pedestrian]]></title><description><![CDATA[Conservative pundit Robert Novak &#8220;was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Novak initially &#8220;drove away from the scene,&#8221; but turned around when &#8220;a bicyclist stopped him and said, &#8216;You hit someone.&#8217;&#8221; Novak claimed: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know I hit anybody.&#8221; But this is completely contrary to what happened]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69771/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69771/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain on the Run: Cancels Press Availability ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The one scheduled McCain press conference of the week has just been canceled, we are told. No word as to why. After a week of constant mistakes, McCain runs from the press.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69765/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69765/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept called uncooperative on voting rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[The House Judiciary Committee chairman on Wednesday said the Justice Department is stonewalling efforts to make sure this year's presidential voting operates fairly.<br/><br/>If you would like to call/email and ask the DoJ wth please go here <div style='display:block;width:250px;text-overflow:clip;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.usdoj.gov/contact-us.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.usdoj.gov/contact-us.html</a></div>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69759/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69759/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price]]></title><description><![CDATA[Republican John McCain on Wednesday credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of a presidential ban on offshore drilling, an action he has been advocating in his presidential campaign.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69753/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69753/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush caught on Candid Camera...]]></title><description><![CDATA[After telling the press to turn off the cameras, Bush spoke candidly.<br/><br/>Naturally, all cameras were not off.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69744/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69744/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Hoping VP Guessing Game Will Take Steam Off Of Obama's Overseas Visit]]></title><description><![CDATA[It looks like McCain's camp &quot;leaked&quot; the fact that a choice for VP could be made within a week. A leak that was hoped to take some of the publicity Obama is getting.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69633/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69633/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT Tells Its Staff Bumper Stickers Are Forbidden.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As are donating, campaigning, demonstrate, wear buttons, place signs in their yard. They also can not express political preference or affiliation in any <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.observer.com/2008/media/while-were-it-times-reporters-should-leave-out-facebook-preferences-too" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">website</a> or instant messages.<br/><br/><i>The Times</i> did generously give its employees the permission to vote however]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69627/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69627/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT Rejects  McCains Editorial; Should 'Mirror' Obama]]></title><description><![CDATA[An editorial written by Republican presidential hopeful McCain has been rejected by the NEW YORK TIMES -- less than a week after the paper published an essay written by Obama...<br/><br/><i>This broke yesterday, and will be part of this week's &quot;big story.&quot;</i>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69607/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69607/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[NBC&#8217;s Andrea Mitchell Blasts Obama for &#8216;Fake Interviews&#8217;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Uh oh... maybe the love affair is going to be over?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69604/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69604/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Media is in love with Barack Obama]]></title><description><![CDATA[John McCain's strategists have unveiled a new weapon against what they view as fawning coverage of his Democratic rival: mockery.<br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/07/22/mccain_mocks_media_love_affair.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Washington Post Article</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69599/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69599/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Nations recycling wealth controlled by a disproportionate few]]></title><description><![CDATA[New government report shows that 66 percent of the nation's recyclable assets are now held by the poorest 1 percent of the population. The gap is magnified by a tendency to reinvest can profits in additional redeemables, such as beer.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69584/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69584/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten Handy Tips on How Not To Offend People]]></title><description><![CDATA[Follow these handy guidelines and you'll never again have to worry about offending some over-sensitive, woolly minded, sandal-wearing, lentil-casserole slurping do-gooder.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69467/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69467/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Your Bank in danger of failing ??]]></title><description><![CDATA[The reason I'm posting this is to ask yet another question. Why would the FDIC official website create a &quot;dropdown&quot; list unless it was going to add more banks??]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69458/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69458/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike McCain, many seniors depend on the Web ]]></title><description><![CDATA[If Sen. John McCain is really serious about becoming a Web-savvy citizen, perhaps Kathryn Robinson can help.<br/><br/>Robinson is now 106 &#8212; that's 35 years older than McCain &#8212; and she began using the Internet at 98, at the Barclay Friends home in West Chester, Pa., where she lives. &quot;I started to learn because I wanted to e-mail my family,&quot; she says &#8212; in an e-mail message, naturally.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69361/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69361/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Campaigning, One Comic at a Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[By far one of the most unique ways to get your name out there in the political arena.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69309/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69309/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;comfort capsules&quot; to be installed on military planes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style. Production of the first capsule -- consisting of two sealed rooms that can fit into the fuselage of a large military aircraft -- has already begun.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69303/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69303/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Update:'Bush' sewage plant proposal makes ballot.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The measure certified Thursday would rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69301/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69301/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[9/11 billboard draws flak from Florida Democrats, GOP]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Florida man is using billboards with an image of the burning World Trade Center to encourage votes for a Republican presidential candidate, drawing criticism for politicizing the 9/11 attacks.<br/>Businessman Mike Meehan says he has put up three billboards such as this one around Orlando, Florida.<br/>&quot;Please Don't Vote for a Democrat&quot; reads the type over the picture of the twin towers after hijacked airliners hit them on September, 11, 2001.<br/><br/>PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, NOT THE REPUBLICANS.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69230/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69230/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge restores protection for N. Rockies wolves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wolf populations in the three states were removed from the endangered list in March following a decade-long restoration effort. Environmentalists successfully sued to overturn the decision.<br/>update to: <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/l/51633/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a> and <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26083/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69209/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69209/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fed Fiddled as Rome Burned]]></title><description><![CDATA[The collection of ne'er do wells, clueless dolts, political hacks, and oh, let's just be blunt and call them what they are -- total Idiots -- expands into an ever larger circle.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68981/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68981/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>