<?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</title><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/</link><description>Discussion is the mark of a civilized society</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:11:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:44:38 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>To Allow The Blind Among Us To See:  Why The IRS &amp; Benghazi Will Never Rise To The Level Of Scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[They're still at it. They still are running their conspiracy theories past the American people and hoping that they would buy their "most scandalous administration" screeching. These republican lawmakers {I use the term loosely} and their talk radio leadership want the American p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18398501-to-allow-the-blind-among-us-to-see-why-the-irs-benghazi-will-never-rise-to-the-level-of-scandal</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18398501-to-allow-the-blind-among-us-to-see-why-the-irs-benghazi-will-never-rise-to-the-level-of-scandal</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:09:43 +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>The Perfidy Of The Republican Right</title>
<description><![CDATA[Damn right there's a scandal. Actually it is an ongoing scandal being generated against the American people. The problem is......this is not a scandal concerning the Democratic party or the President of the United States. It is a scandal being perpetrated by the right wing of the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283093-the-perfidy-of-the-republican-right</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18283093-the-perfidy-of-the-republican-right</guid><category>politics</category><category>lies</category><category>justice-department</category><category>irs</category><category>benghazi</category><category>scandals</category><category>ap-investigation</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:44:11 +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>Dedication, Fanaticism, and Stupidity: Let's Not Fall Into The Traps of the Fanatic and the Stupid....Let's Find the Truth Together</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the few things that we know about American politics is that there is a very fine line among politicians between dedication, fanaticism, and just plain stupidity. On any one day and on any one issue, those elected to represent us can demonstrate all of the above reactions t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18252343-dedication-fanaticism-and-stupidity-lets-not-fall-into-the-traps-of-the-fanatic-and-the-stupidlets-find-the-truth-together</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18252343-dedication-fanaticism-and-stupidity-lets-not-fall-into-the-traps-of-the-fanatic-and-the-stupidlets-find-the-truth-together</guid><category>politics</category><category>irs</category><category>benghazi</category><category>ap-and-justice-department</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:03:52 +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>We Won The Election, Didn't We? A Prescription For What Still Needs To Be Done.</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's May 10th and lest we forget, the democratic party won the election in November of 2012. Not only did we win the election, but we won it decisively with our presidential candidate beating the republican by over 130 electoral votes. We won with our increasing our senate majori&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18174375-we-won-the-election-didnt-we-a-prescription-for-what-still-needs-to-be-done</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18174375-we-won-the-election-didnt-we-a-prescription-for-what-still-needs-to-be-done</guid><category>politics</category><category>2012-elections</category><category>liberalism</category><category>political-activism</category><category>political-principles</category><category>left-center</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:06:08 +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>Danger, America, America! So Shouts The Robots Leading Starship USA</title>
<description><![CDATA[I remember a show named "Lost In Space" where a very robotic looking robot {in those days, robots looked like they were supposed to} frantically shouted over and over again "Danger Will Robinson T, danger". The good old robot had it's rubber arms spinning, it's ovate head turning&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18131854-danger-america-america-so-shouts-the-robots-leading-starship-usa</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18131854-danger-america-america-so-shouts-the-robots-leading-starship-usa</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>conspiracy-theories</category><category>darryl-issa</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 01:24:52 +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>It Never Changes.......Does It?</title>
<description><![CDATA[It&nbsp;never changes! Reasonable thought from one side of the political spectrum never fails to be met with opposition and derision from the other. Even the most basic of concepts disintegrates into an "if you said it, and I don't agree with your politics, it has to be wrong" ar&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18085344-it-never-changesdoes-it</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18085344-it-never-changesdoes-it</guid><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 18:47:24 +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>How Did We Become The Political Creatures We Are? Blame Your Religious Upbringing!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Can it really be all about how religion affects you? Is it possible that your entire world outlook is determined by what type of religious indoctrination you have been subjected to? It may not even be whether or not you currently follow the religion that you were born into, but r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18033424-how-did-we-become-the-political-creatures-we-are-blame-your-religious-upbringing</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18033424-how-did-we-become-the-political-creatures-we-are-blame-your-religious-upbringing</guid><category>religion</category><category>evangelicals</category><category>non-belief</category><category>liberal-religions</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 10:20:45 +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>Finger Pointing And Terrorism.......A Sure Path To Political Oblivion</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Boston Marathon bombings and the ensuing terror that arose from the criminal actions of two brothers, one an American citizen, and the other a legal resident, is just becoming understood by the American people.&nbsp;These young criminal terrorists were a confused, sick, mista&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/24/17900344-finger-pointing-and-terrorisma-sure-path-to-political-oblivion</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/24/17900344-finger-pointing-and-terrorisma-sure-path-to-political-oblivion</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>democrats</category><category>lies</category><category>personal-attacks</category><category>terrrorism</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:47:06 +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 Terrible Week For  Americans---2 National Tragedies In Three Days</title>
<description><![CDATA[This has been a terrible week for the American people. First, some one or some group attacked us all by setting off two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. As with all acts of terrorism, either domestic or foreign, the toll goes far beyond the three deaths and hundre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17803919-a-terrible-week-for-americans-2-national-tragedies-in-three-days</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/17/17803919-a-terrible-week-for-americans-2-national-tragedies-in-three-days</guid><category>politics</category><category>boston-bombings</category><category>senate-vote-on-background-checks</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:00:00 +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>Render Unto Caesar, That Which Is His, Give God Back His Stuff.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Politics is the art of governance. It is not the practice of belief. We have screwed up our political system by substituting belief for reasoned political thought. We have taken our views on religion or the lack of religion and applied those to the practice of our politics. What &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724047-render-unto-caesar-that-which-is-his-give-god-back-his-stuff</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17724047-render-unto-caesar-that-which-is-his-give-god-back-his-stuff</guid><category>politics</category><category>abortion</category><category>marriage-equality</category><category>public-religion</category><category>governmental-function</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:24:19 +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>This Ain't My Grandfather's Republican Party........They Wouldn't Let Him In.</title>
<description><![CDATA[When did it become a conservative imperative to take much of what is good and decent about the American way of life, and twist it until it became such an unrecognizable m&eacute;lange of half-truths, lies, and vicious attacks on all that see America in a manner differently than t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17661967-this-aint-my-grandfathers-republican-partythey-wouldnt-let-him-in</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17661967-this-aint-my-grandfathers-republican-partythey-wouldnt-let-him-in</guid><category>politics</category><category>conservatives</category><category>liberals</category><category>compromise</category><category>expulsion</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 03:38:31 +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>The 91%-----Your Vote Means More Than The NRA Bullying</title>
<description><![CDATA[I'm part of the 91%. One of the overwhelming majority of Americans who believe that doing a background check on potential gun owners is not an intrusion on the rights of a gun owner. I am also one of those Americans who believe that certain guns should be banned from public use a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603848-the-91-your-vote-means-more-than-the-nra-bullying</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17603848-the-91-your-vote-means-more-than-the-nra-bullying</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>nra</category><category>demo</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 22:36:46 +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>Rebirth or Extinction: What Are The Odds On Repiublican Survival?</title>
<description><![CDATA[What happens when a political party comes to the realization that their core voter's beliefs are now considered the wrong side of history? Does that party abandon the principles that brought them to the point that they are at, or do they embrace what has become a dated philosophy&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17570658-rebirth-or-extinction-what-are-the-odds-on-repiublican-survival</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17570658-rebirth-or-extinction-what-are-the-odds-on-repiublican-survival</guid><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:24:04 +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>Political Fantasy Thought----How Religious Magical Thinking Has Crept Into Our Politics</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fantasyland.......We've just finished the religious season of fantasy with the completion of Easter and the ending of Passover. There are, of course, millions who either figuratively or actually believe in the miraculous events depicted in the holidays. Whether believers in the m&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17558942-political-fantasy-thought-how-religious-magical-thinking-has-crept-into-our-politics</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17558942-political-fantasy-thought-how-religious-magical-thinking-has-crept-into-our-politics</guid><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 02:24:26 +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>What's In A Political Word? Titles and Political Connotations.</title>
<description><![CDATA[How many arguments can liberals and conservatives get into? It increasing appears to seem that the total number probably approaches infinity. Our issues are becoming increasingly polarized. What is interesting now, however, is that the headlines behind the issues are almost as po&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17530234-whats-in-a-political-word-titles-and-political-connotations</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17530234-whats-in-a-political-word-titles-and-political-connotations</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:18:13 +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>What's Wrong With States Rights? Actually A Hell Of A Lot.</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is a growing debate in the political community over the distinction between state's rights and federal dominion. Whether we argue at the Supreme Court level, the Congressional level, the State Legislative level, or among the voters themselves, the question of how far the te&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17503895-whats-wrong-with-states-rights-actually-a-hell-of-a-lot</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17503895-whats-wrong-with-states-rights-actually-a-hell-of-a-lot</guid><category>politics</category><category>states-rights</category><category>tenth-amendment</category><category>federal-laws</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:39:56 +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>From Religion To Spirituality To Reality----Today's Evolution</title>
<description><![CDATA[For those who are faithful to two of the prime religious traditions of the world, this is one of the holiest weeks of the year. Christians celebrate the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection of Jesus and Jews celebrate the Passover and exodus from the bondage of Egyptian slaver&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17486715-from-religion-to-spirituality-to-reality-todays-evolution</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17486715-from-religion-to-spirituality-to-reality-todays-evolution</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:38:16 +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>Why I Cannot Be A Republican</title>
<description><![CDATA[There was a time when I considered myself a liberal leaning voter, more than willing to vote for a candidate of either party who came closest to sharing my political views. Of course, those were in the days when votes were made on conscience rather than political orders from your&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17456307-why-i-cannot-be-a-republican</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17456307-why-i-cannot-be-a-republican</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:05:13 +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>Why Do You Affiliate?</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is a simple question for all those here on the vine. What is the core principle that makes you an independent, a republican or a democrat? What is it that sets the political party you affiliate with with apart from the other political party [ies] in the country?
I, for insta&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416110-why-do-you-affiliate</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416110-why-do-you-affiliate</guid><category>politics</category><category>reasoning</category><category>political-laffiliation</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:08:52 +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>What World Do These Republicans Live On?</title>
<description><![CDATA[I'd like to have someone explain to me why there has been a propensity for the republican party to place their mantle of leadership on the dumbest person in the room. Now, I'm not saying that these people are intellectually challenged, although, every once in a while, someone lik&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17403925-what-world-do-these-republicans-live-on</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17403925-what-world-do-these-republicans-live-on</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:11:44 +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>Another Week Of How Could Anyone In Their Right Mind Say This:  CPAC Edition</title>
<description><![CDATA[Another week, another set of headlines that make us wonder what these people in the republican party are doing. Of course, this is an easier week than most, since the conservativsse political action committee conference just wound up. It would be almost impossible not to get some&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17348852-another-week-of-how-could-anyone-in-their-right-mind-say-this-cpac-edition</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17348852-another-week-of-how-could-anyone-in-their-right-mind-say-this-cpac-edition</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>cpac</category><category>outrageous-comments</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:45:48 +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>What C-PAC Should Be Teaching The Rest Of The Nation</title>
<description><![CDATA[As we continue to watch some of the antics of the most conservative Americans at C-PAC this week, some of us wonder why the modern conservative republican party is so frightening. We watch a movement that is relentless in it's vitriol, absolutist in their positioning on issues, a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17331079-what-c-pac-should-be-teaching-the-rest-of-the-nation</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17331079-what-c-pac-should-be-teaching-the-rest-of-the-nation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:14:27 +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>How Do We Get Our Government Back On Track?</title>
<description><![CDATA[There appears to be a prevailing wisdom in Washington that the solution to the fiscal situation of our country is going to be resolved by the "giving up" of benefits that affect the working and middle classes most significantly, while protecting big business and the richest among&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328455-how-do-we-get-our-government-back-on-track</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17328455-how-do-we-get-our-government-back-on-track</guid><category>politics</category><category>issues</category><category>compromise</category><category>governance</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:02:47 +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 Social Justice Pope Should Lecture A Social Inequality Congress</title>
<description><![CDATA[The election of Pope Francis I today will be praised throughout the world. As a non-believer, I was impressed by the apparent humility and genuine love of humanity that this man appears to have. I cannot talk to his theology since I am certain that the Cardinals of the Roman Cath&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17302638-a-social-justice-pope-should-lecture-a-social-inequality-congress</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/13/17302638-a-social-justice-pope-should-lecture-a-social-inequality-congress</guid><category>politics</category><category>social-justice</category><category>pope-francis-i</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:17:19 +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>If You Want To Stop Being The Party Of Stupid, Stop Presenting The Budget Of The Idiotic!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ten years to a balanced budget. Ten years to a leaner and meaner government. According to Paul Ryan, his budget is going to fix all of the ills of this country in ten years. The man is an idiot! This snake oil salesman is trying to pass the same tripe over to the American people &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DocPhil]]></source><link>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17288555-if-you-want-to-stop-being-the-party-of-stupid-stop-presenting-the-budget-of-the-idiotic</link><guid>http://docphil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17288555-if-you-want-to-stop-being-the-party-of-stupid-stop-presenting-the-budget-of-the-idiotic</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>budget</category><category>healthcare</category><category>ryan</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:42:42 +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></channel></rss>