<?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/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - fmcarp's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/</link><description>&quot;Irrational attitudes cannot flourish when rational methods of argument are seriously practiced.&quot; R. M. Hare</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:43:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 14:20:36 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Small-Business Bill Falters on Senate Partisanship - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans on Thursday rejected a bill to aid small businesses with expanded loan programs and tax breaks, in a procedural blockade that underscored how fiercely determined the party's leaders are to deny Democrats any further legislative accomplishments ahead of Novemb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4787590-small-business-bill-falters-on-senate-partisanship-nytimescom</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/30/4787590-small-business-bill-falters-on-senate-partisanship-nytimescom</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>party-of-no</category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:43:21 +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 gives Obama proposal unanimous approval!</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Ok, here it is. After 14 months of trying to figure out just what the President could propose that would gain unanimous support of the GOP, I finally have it! While watching the beginning of the Bruins/Flyers game, the traditional singing of God Bless America came on.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/12/4274900-gop-gives-obama-proposal-unanimous-approval</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/12/4274900-gop-gives-obama-proposal-unanimous-approval</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:21:37 +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>A &quot;must read&quot; for all Americans: The actual words and wisdom of our Founding Fathers</title>
<description><![CDATA[ For the past two years, many people have talked about the need to go back to the original intents of the founding fathers of our country.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/09/4260069-a-must-read-for-all-americans-the-actual-words-and-wisdom-of-our-founding-fathers</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/09/4260069-a-must-read-for-all-americans-the-actual-words-and-wisdom-of-our-founding-fathers</guid><category>politics</category><category>liberty</category><category>founding-fathers</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 May 2010 12:35:14 +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>More GOP history rewriting</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Mike Pence again on Meet the Press asserts that unemployment rates have skyrocketed under President Obama. Sorry mike lets look at the facts. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/02/4232637-more-gop-history-rewriting</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/02/4232637-more-gop-history-rewriting</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 2 May 2010 13:58:56 +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>U.S. economy grows at fastest rate in 6 years - washingtonpost.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Do you think it will be hard for the GOP to take credit in helping the economy turn around? What specific program can they say that without their support this would not have been possible? Do you beleive that the argument will be " See, doing nothing and adding nothing works"?
&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/30/3832036-us-economy-grows-at-fastest-rate-in-6-years-washingtonpostcom</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/30/3832036-us-economy-grows-at-fastest-rate-in-6-years-washingtonpostcom</guid><category>economy</category><category>recovery</category><category>politics</category><category>recession</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:22:55 +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>$2.3M eyed to retrieve lost lobster traps - Bangor Daily News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Heres a proposed use of stimulus funds that will surely cause a stir with some folks. However, like earmarks spending, one mans waste is another mans livelyhood.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/15/2687108-23m-eyed-to-retrieve-lost-lobster-traps-bangor-daily-news</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/15/2687108-23m-eyed-to-retrieve-lost-lobster-traps-bangor-daily-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>maine</category><category>stimulus</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:52:05 +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>Snowe says polarization hurts Senate - Bangor Daily News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Maybe the Republicans would do good to heed the old saying "As Maine goes, so goes the (Republican) Nation."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/13/2679624-snowe-says-polarization-hurts-senate-bangor-daily-news</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/13/2679624-snowe-says-polarization-hurts-senate-bangor-daily-news</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>centrists</category><category>olympia-snowe</category><category>bi-partisanship</category><category>maine-delegation</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:24:15 +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>Why I'd rather listen to John Stewart than Rush Limbaugh</title>
<description><![CDATA[I don't often get to see the Daily Show with John Stewart. But I have, on a rare day off, been watching some clips of his show on Google Video. I was especially interested in the shows involving his appearances on news shows and with special guests of interest on his show.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/08/2520785-why-id-rather-listen-to-john-stewart-than-rush-limbaugh</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/08/2520785-why-id-rather-listen-to-john-stewart-than-rush-limbaugh</guid><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>bill-oreilly</category><category>john-stewart</category><category>crossfire</category><category>bill-moyers</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:22:16 +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>Can Liberal and Conservative Capitalism come together for a Moral and Ethical Economic System</title>
<description><![CDATA[In 1980, the top 1 percent of earners in the country controlled about 8 percent of the total economic pie. Twenty-six years later, the top 1 percent now controls almost a quarter of the nation's total economic pie.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/08/2491633-can-liberal-and-conservative-capitalism-come-together-for-a-moral-and-ethical-economic-system</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/08/2491633-can-liberal-and-conservative-capitalism-come-together-for-a-moral-and-ethical-economic-system</guid><category>politics</category><category>future</category><category>economics</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 20:01:54 +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>Maines hospitals: Big jobs, big pay - Bangor Daily News</title>
<description><![CDATA[As you can see by this article, CEO compensation, at least in this instance, is a very small piece of the pie. The cost associated with the health industry have got to be addressed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/08/2519686-maines-hospitals-big-jobs-big-pay-bangor-daily-news</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/08/2519686-maines-hospitals-big-jobs-big-pay-bangor-daily-news</guid><category>health</category><category>ceo-salaries</category><category>helth</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Mar 2009 14:42:50 +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>Searching for Utopia</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you're talking about a system where everybody will have enough to eat, where everyone has sufficient shelter and clothing, where the planet will be protected, where people have enough freedom to express themselves, but not so much that they would be hurtful to others, most peo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fmcarp]]></source><link>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/27/2487201-searching-for-utopia</link><guid>http://jrobnorth1.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/27/2487201-searching-for-utopia</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:43:22 +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>
