<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : politics : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Rapper Feud Mirrors World Politics]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/133435/1/" /><id>133435</id><summary><![CDATA[Rapper Feud Mirrors World Politics]]></summary><issued>2009-09-21T18:52:59+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-21T18:52:59+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;The way that rappers compete with each other &#8212; this is soft power,&quot; says Marc Lynch, author of a recent article for Foreign Policy.com comparing world politics to rap feuds.<br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2009/09/21/690158.aspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Related</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Fists fly when the political arena turns nasty]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/97511/1/" /><id>97511</id><summary><![CDATA[Fists fly when the political arena turns nasty]]></summary><issued>2009-03-03T19:35:23+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-03T19:35:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Controversial Queenslander Pauline Hanson has kicked off her latest political campaign with a tirade against a Channel 7 journalist. But she&#8217;s not the first pollie to resort to screaming in the rough and tumble of politics. And her explosion pales next to the punches, chair throwing and b***h-slapping of some political forums.<br/><br/>These videos show just how violent politics can get.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy&#8217;s Inaugural Speech of 1961 Revisited]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62354/1/" /><id>62354</id><summary><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy&#8217;s Inaugural Speech of 1961 Revisited]]></summary><issued>2008-05-19T11:59:50+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-19T11:59:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Kennedy's famous words were spoken at a time when the Cold War was still frigid and the Cuba Missile Crisis was just heating up. Schoolchildren routinely huddled under their desks practicing what to do incase of nuclear war while &#8220;air raid&#8221; sirens sounded on our city streets.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Mayor of Texas town has a bit of a credibility problem]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/60993/1/" /><id>60993</id><summary><![CDATA[Mayor of Texas town has a bit of a credibility problem]]></summary><issued>2008-05-08T00:38:09+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-08T00:38:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Lies, lies, lies.  Sounds like politics is perfect for her.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Feminist Magazine Rejects Ad Praising Women In Power]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/47016/1/" /><id>47016</id><summary><![CDATA[Feminist Magazine Rejects Ad Praising Women In Power]]></summary><issued>2008-01-12T11:33:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-12T11:33:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Magazine" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ms. Magazine</a> is a magazine allegedly all about female empowerment. However, they refused to run an ad touting the political power of women. Their reason was incredibly lame, perhaps the fact that they were women in political power in Israel was the problem.<br/>[wasn't sure if this should go in politics or wtf]]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Effects of the Religious Right on Politics and on Religion]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61852/1/" /><id>61852</id><summary><![CDATA[The Effects of the Religious Right on Politics and on Religion]]></summary><issued>2008-05-14T20:51:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-14T20:51:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Who would deny that the ascendancy of the religious right has been bad for the U.S.? Its destructive consequences are plain to see. It has polarized the nation. It has made America a laughingstock in the eyes of the educated of the world. And it has encouraged devout believers to think of themselves as agents of the divine, and their political opponents as enemies of God.<br/><br/>Besides the political damage, religion itself has been damaged.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Got Jail Time for Depriving His &#8220;Freedom To Look Pretty&#8221;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/121880/1/" /><id>121880</id><summary><![CDATA[Got Jail Time for Depriving His &#8220;Freedom To Look Pretty&#8221;]]></summary><issued>2009-06-11T02:07:57+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-11T02:07:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Politics in Taiwan have always been rough, but this is downright dirty. A man was sentenced to 5 months in jail for tearing a wig off Taiwan legislator Chiu Yi. The sentence was for depriving Chiu of the &quot;freedom to be pretty.&quot;<br/><br/>Yes, you read that right]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Jesus kicked out of co. comissioner meetings in Florida]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/38922/1/" /><id>38922</id><summary><![CDATA[Jesus kicked out of co. comissioner meetings in Florida]]></summary><issued>2007-10-19T18:37:14+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-19T18:37:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Prayer and politics are not mixing well in Osceola County.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Replacing Russert, An Impossible Task?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/65704/1/" /><id>65704</id><summary><![CDATA[Replacing Russert, An Impossible Task?]]></summary><issued>2008-06-17T15:42:07+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-17T15:42:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Tim Russert was more than just a guy with a TV show. He was instrumental in how the network functioned in regards to covering politics. The big question now is, &quot;Can the network find a replacement?&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[20/20 Politically Incorrect Guide to Politics]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79763/1/" /><id>79763</id><summary><![CDATA[20/20 Politically Incorrect Guide to Politics]]></summary><issued>2008-10-18T13:48:23+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-18T13:48:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[John Stossel takes a journey through the world of politics.<br/><br/>Parts 2-6 in the comments]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Politics Explained]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/20326/1/" /><id>20326</id><summary><![CDATA[Politics Explained]]></summary><issued>2007-05-14T20:15:33+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-14T20:15:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[With none other than our bovine friends.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Now I Understand: Politics as magical realism]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/129255/1/" /><id>129255</id><summary><![CDATA[Now I Understand: Politics as magical realism]]></summary><issued>2009-07-28T16:26:18+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-28T16:26:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Obama is a Kenyan Muslim impostor; and Sarah Palin was qualified to be president of the United States at a moment's notice.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[MTV, MySpace to Host US Presidential Candidates Web Chats]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32831/1/" /><id>32831</id><summary><![CDATA[MTV, MySpace to Host US Presidential Candidates Web Chats]]></summary><issued>2007-08-23T13:37:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-23T13:37:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Because no one takes politics as seriously as MTV, My Space and people in chat rooms.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Religion to keep Serena from voting]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/66957/1/" /><id>66957</id><summary><![CDATA[Religion to keep Serena from voting]]></summary><issued>2008-06-27T11:39:27+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-27T11:39:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<i>&quot;I'm a Jehovah's Witness, so I don't get involved in politics. We stay neutral. We don't vote,&quot;</i><br/><br/>Someone please explain.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Satire Politics]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/79696/1/" /><id>79696</id><summary><![CDATA[Satire Politics]]></summary><issued>2008-10-17T09:29:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-17T09:29:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Candidates Obama and McCain attempted to add humor to their repertoire last night at the Al Smith Foundation Dinner.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[It's Over]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81056/1/" /><id>81056</id><summary><![CDATA[It's Over]]></summary><issued>2008-11-05T01:30:24+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-05T01:30:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It's over. After 20 months, its finally over. XKCD comic reminding me how much of a politics junkie I have become in the last year.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Politics of Stem Cells]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43146/1/" /><id>43146</id><summary><![CDATA[Politics of Stem Cells]]></summary><issued>2007-12-03T10:47:12+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-03T10:47:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science presents a cogent description of Bush's interference in science. And what Congress can do about it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Politics and Religion by Rev Pat Condell]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35849/1/" /><id>35849</id><summary><![CDATA[Politics and Religion by Rev Pat Condell]]></summary><issued>2007-09-16T17:16:52+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-16T17:16:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hi, I'm Pat Condell.<br/>I don't respect your beliefs<br/>and I don't care if you're offended.<br/>Cheers.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/131268/1/" /><id>131268</id><summary><![CDATA[Republicans, religion and the triumph of unreason]]></summary><issued>2009-08-20T18:50:55+01:00</issued><modified>2009-08-20T18:50:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Excellent article about the state of politics in the US. Discusses how the media presents itself as an unbiased &quot;umpire&quot; between two rival sides, even when one side has absolutely no legitimite evidence to back it up. How faith-based thinking allows people to believe in something that has nothing to back it up.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bloomberg Seeks New Way to Decide Who Is Poor]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45531/1/" /><id>45531</id><summary><![CDATA[Bloomberg Seeks New Way to Decide Who Is Poor]]></summary><issued>2007-12-30T10:07:07+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-30T10:07:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Frustrated by the federal government&#8217;s method of determining who is poor, the Bloomberg administration is developing its own measure, saying it will offer a more accurate picture of poverty.<br/>Could be very good and long overdue if they can keep politics to a minimum.]]></content></entry></items></xml>