<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - ObamaVine - Articles, Seeds</title><link>http://obama.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - ObamaVine - Articles, Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:13:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:05:22 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Critical Unraveling of U.S. Society</title><description><![CDATA[The economic elite have launched an attack on the U.S. public and society is unraveling at an increased rate.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Albert]]></dc:creator><link>http://eric-albert.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3527078-the-critical-unraveling-of-us-society</link><guid>http://eric-albert.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3527078-the-critical-unraveling-of-us-society</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:13:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>&quot;You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.&quot; Conservative media's obssesion with 'rape' metaphor</title><description><![CDATA[Media Matters has noticed that prominent members of the conservative media sure love using "rape" as a metaphor (note the number of times it's used to accuse progressives of "raping" their fellow Americans):  

[VIDEO "Why Are So Many Media Conservatives Obsessed With Rape?"]]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526708-you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means-conservative-medias-obssesion-with-rape-metaphor</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526708-you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means-conservative-medias-obssesion-with-rape-metaphor</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:23:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent</title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raymond Max]]></dc:creator><link>http://prm-1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526931-obama-job-approval-rating-drops-under-50-percent</link><guid>http://prm-1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526931-obama-job-approval-rating-drops-under-50-percent</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:51:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>On Wednesday the CIA launched a TV campaign to recruit Muslims in Michigan &amp; Sarah Palin promptly announces we should &quot;profile&quot; Muslims...this woman is crazy!</title><description><![CDATA[On Wednesday the CIA launched an aggressive and very well crafted television ad campaign to recruit Muslim-American agents.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TheyreAllCrooks]]></dc:creator><link>http://crustyfliss.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3522983-on-wednesday-the-cia-launched-a-tv-campaign-to-recruit-muslims-in-michigan-sarah-palin-promptly-announces-we-should-profile-muslimsthis-woman-is-crazy</link><guid>http://crustyfliss.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3522983-on-wednesday-the-cia-launched-a-tv-campaign-to-recruit-muslims-in-michigan-sarah-palin-promptly-announces-we-should-profile-muslimsthis-woman-is-crazy</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:17:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gross Failure of the Media</title><description><![CDATA[A new poll by Public Policy Polling shows that 52% of Republicans believe that Obama did not really win the 2008 election. You think that's absurd, get a load of why -- ACORN stole it for him.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[PGH TYT fan]]></dc:creator><link>http://pghtytfan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3525784-gross-failure-of-the-media</link><guid>http://pghtytfan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3525784-gross-failure-of-the-media</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:24:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title> Homage to Moms</title><description><![CDATA[To all the moms around the world, I dedicate this poem from my heart as a token of my appreciation for their love and care, and the pain of labor they go through to bear the world and give it life in perpetuity.
 Especially to American moms that have served as role models and gui&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Truth be told-1349420]]></dc:creator><link>http://politicc.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526300-homage-to-moms</link><guid>http://politicc.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526300-homage-to-moms</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:56:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>On the road to recovery.</title><description><![CDATA[In this pictorial we share a glance at but a tinny piece of the American tragedy.

 It becomes apparent that the condition of our nation's housing is an accumulation of several decades of of financial / social degradation and abandonment. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Raymond Max]]></dc:creator><link>http://prm-1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526119-on-the-road-to-recovery</link><guid>http://prm-1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3526119-on-the-road-to-recovery</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:13:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Geithner To GOP: &quot;You Gave This President An Economy Falling Off The Cliff&quot; (Video)</title><description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and GOP Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas turned a seemingly boring hearing on financial regulations into a messy fracas, when they traded insults over who was to blame for the economic crisis.
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[d35pmartin]]></dc:creator><link>http://d35pmartin.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524878-geithner-to-gop-you-gave-this-president-an-economy-falling-off-the-cliff-video</link><guid>http://d35pmartin.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524878-geithner-to-gop-you-gave-this-president-an-economy-falling-off-the-cliff-video</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:23:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Liberal, Conservative, Right-Wing: What do labels mean to you? (Poll)</title><description><![CDATA[As a Briton on Newsvine, the first uncomfortable thing I noticed when I joined two years ago was the way people are labelled immediately with political monikers. Personally, I have never joined a political party.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524939-liberal-conservative-right-wing-what-do-labels-mean-to-you-poll</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524939-liberal-conservative-right-wing-what-do-labels-mean-to-you-poll</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Geithner Says He Won't Quit, Takes Swings at GOP Rep. Brady</title><description><![CDATA[At a Joint Economic Committee hearing in Congress, in which House and Senate members sit on a panel, Brady opened up his questioning by telling Geithner that Republicans, Democrats, and the American people had lost confidence in him and asked him to resign.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[d35pmartin]]></dc:creator><link>http://d35pmartin.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524881-geithner-says-he-wont-quit-takes-swings-at-gop-rep-brady</link><guid>http://d35pmartin.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524881-geithner-says-he-wont-quit-takes-swings-at-gop-rep-brady</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:26:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Jesse Jackson: 'You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man' </title><description><![CDATA[The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats' signature healthcare bill.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[politicalwhiz]]></dc:creator><link>http://politicalwhiz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524162-jesse-jackson-you-cant-vote-against-healthcare-and-call-yourself-a-black-man-</link><guid>http://politicalwhiz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/20/3524162-jesse-jackson-you-cant-vote-against-healthcare-and-call-yourself-a-black-man-</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:16:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>GOP Officials Urge Candidates to Avoid Shrill Tone Against Obama - WSJ.com</title><description><![CDATA[Republican governors Thursday urged GOP candidates competing in 2010 elections to not harshly attack President Barack Obama, citing polls that show his personal popularity remaining strong despite unease over his policies.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JoulesBeef]]></dc:creator><link>http://JoulesBeef.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3523780-gop-officials-urge-candidates-to-avoid-shrill-tone-against-obama-wsjcom</link><guid>http://JoulesBeef.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3523780-gop-officials-urge-candidates-to-avoid-shrill-tone-against-obama-wsjcom</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:57:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama Has a Job for Dana Perino. Really. </title><description><![CDATA[From the Department of Unlikely Events: George W. Bush's press secretary has been asked to serve in the Obama administration.

Well, sort of.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[d35pmartin]]></dc:creator><link>http://d35pmartin.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3523312-obama-has-a-job-for-dana-perino-really-</link><guid>http://d35pmartin.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3523312-obama-has-a-job-for-dana-perino-really-</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:47:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fred Thompson: Afghanistan war &quot;already lost&quot;</title><description><![CDATA[Fred Thompson, the actor and former Republican Senator, told listeners of his radio show Thursday that the war in Afghanistan is "already lost," and put the blame on President Barack Obama's delays in making a decision on a troop surge for the war effort.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[d35pmartin]]></dc:creator><link>http://d35pmartin.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3522745-fred-thompson-afghanistan-war-already-lost</link><guid>http://d35pmartin.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3522745-fred-thompson-afghanistan-war-already-lost</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:21:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The war industry's drums are beating</title><description><![CDATA[Hurry, hurry. There's no time for thinking; it's time to act. Washington's permanent war lobby has worked itself into a veritable lather. The proper Pentagon press leaks have been made, Op-Eds written, talk show commandos deployed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3522737-the-war-industrys-drums-are-beating</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3522737-the-war-industrys-drums-are-beating</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:18:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>British PM Brown: UK faces a climate catastrophe of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves</title><description><![CDATA[UK PM Gordon Brown warns that Copenhagen negotiators have 50 days to save the world from global warming and break the "impasse", telling the Major Economies Forum in London there was "no plan B". ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></dc:creator><link>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521627-british-pm-brown-uk-faces-a-climate-catastrophe-of-floods-droughts-and-killer-heatwaves</link><guid>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521627-british-pm-brown-uk-faces-a-climate-catastrophe-of-floods-droughts-and-killer-heatwaves</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:38:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rachel Maddow Interview with Former Evangelist Frank Schaeffer: Christian Right Is 'Trolling for Assassins'</title><description><![CDATA[What we're looking at right now is two things going on. We see the evangelical groups that I talk about in my new book, "Patience with God," enthralled by an apocalyptic vision that I go into in some detail there.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RAE in Maine]]></dc:creator><link>http://raevans95.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521085-rachel-maddow-interview-with-former-evangelist-frank-schaeffer-christian-right-is-trolling-for-assassins</link><guid>http://raevans95.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3521085-rachel-maddow-interview-with-former-evangelist-frank-schaeffer-christian-right-is-trolling-for-assassins</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:34:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fox News Again Airs Misleading Video, This to Promote Palin</title><description><![CDATA[For the second time in just over a week, Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BrianAgness]]></dc:creator><link>http://BrianAgness.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520981-fox-news-again-airs-misleading-video-this-to-promote-palin</link><guid>http://BrianAgness.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520981-fox-news-again-airs-misleading-video-this-to-promote-palin</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:06:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New Statesman Leader on Copenhagen: World leaders need to become green heroes too</title><description><![CDATA["heroes ...who  lead from the bottom up, corralling support for their cause by being passionate, committed and practically engaged. If the politicians can only delay and equivocate, we must take matters into our own hands."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></dc:creator><link>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520676-new-statesman-leader-on-copenhagen-world-leaders-need-to-become-green-heroes-too</link><guid>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520676-new-statesman-leader-on-copenhagen-world-leaders-need-to-become-green-heroes-too</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:58:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dana Perino Nominated By Obama To Broadcasting Board Of Governors</title><description><![CDATA[President Obama has nominated Dana Perino, George W. Bush's last press secretary and a frequent critic of the new administration, to a board overseeing government-sponsored international broadcasting.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520310-dana-perino-nominated-by-obama-to-broadcasting-board-of-governors</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520310-dana-perino-nominated-by-obama-to-broadcasting-board-of-governors</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>U.S. and China reach accord on data collection</title><description><![CDATA[The United States and China have agreed to cooperate on developing an inventory of China's greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, an initiative that appears be a response to criticism of Beijing's data collection. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[charnello]]></dc:creator><link>http://charnello.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520015-us-and-china-reach-accord-on-data-collection</link><guid>http://charnello.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3520015-us-and-china-reach-accord-on-data-collection</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:14:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Poll: Majority Of Republicans Think ACORN Stole the 2008 Election</title><description><![CDATA[The new national poll from Public Policy Polling (D) has an astonishing number about paranoia among the GOP base: Republicans do not think President Obama actually won the 2008 election -- instead, ACORN stole it.

My comments on what happened in thread #1 are here.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[agio]]></dc:creator><link>http://agio.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519934-poll-majority-of-republicans-think-acorn-stole-the-2008-election</link><guid>http://agio.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519934-poll-majority-of-republicans-think-acorn-stole-the-2008-election</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kenya unveils constitution to avoid vote violence</title><description><![CDATA[A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Maliti, Associated Press Writer]]></dc:creator><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519470-kenya-unveils-constitution-to-avoid-vote-violence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519470-kenya-unveils-constitution-to-avoid-vote-violence</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Inhofe: 2009 is Year of the Skeptic</title><description><![CDATA[Inhofe's speech to the Environment and Public Works Committtee.

One thing I'll say about Inhofe: he does not quit.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[charnello]]></dc:creator><link>http://charnello.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519331-inhofe-2009-is-year-of-the-skeptic</link><guid>http://charnello.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519331-inhofe-2009-is-year-of-the-skeptic</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:24:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senate Healthcare Bill Finally Gets CBO Score: $849 Billion | AHN</title><description><![CDATA["President Barack Obama issued a statement while in Asia hailing the release of the legislation as a milestone."

]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[STENTORIZED]]></dc:creator><link>http://stentorized.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519327-senate-healthcare-bill-finally-gets-cbo-score-849-billion-ahn</link><guid>http://stentorized.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519327-senate-healthcare-bill-finally-gets-cbo-score-849-billion-ahn</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>