<?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 - Whacked Man's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Whacked Man's Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:53:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:56:04 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>House votes to Censure the Wrong Congressman</title><description><![CDATA[I think this blogger astutely framed the absurdity of Rep. Wilson's admonishment today by the House of Representatives (Chuck Rangel among them).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/15/3273747-house-votes-to-censure-the-wrong-congressman</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/15/3273747-house-votes-to-censure-the-wrong-congressman</guid><category>politics</category><category>joe-wilson</category><category>liars</category><category>charles-rangel</category><category>censure</category><category>washington</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:53:26 +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>Health Expert to Stop Eating Altogether [Satire]</title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Oregon (Whacked Planet) – Marcy Kerry stopped eating unhealthy food twenty years ago and now she plans to stop eating altogether. Claims Ms. Kerry, "Eating is just not healthy anymore." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/15/3155727-health-expert-to-stop-eating-altogether-satire</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/15/3155727-health-expert-to-stop-eating-altogether-satire</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>satire</category><category>fake-news</category><category>liberal-insanity</category><category>health-craze</category><category>vegan</category><category>vegetarian</category><category>funny-news</category><category>stupid</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:02:20 +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>One in three toys toxic</title><description><![CDATA[One in three toys tested was found to contain toxic chemicals such as lead, flame retardants and arsenic, according to a report issued Wednesday by an environmental group. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/03/2174420-one-in-three-toys-toxic</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/03/2174420-one-in-three-toys-toxic</guid><category>us-news</category><category>toxic-toys</category><category>chinese-imports</category><category>chemicals-in-toys</category><category>made-in-china</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:51:49 +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>Burn Victim Mistook Own Shirt for American Flag [Satire]</title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (WP) -- Flag burning has always been a hot topic and nobody knows that more than 28 yr old Cory Martin.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/18/2125734-burn-victim-mistook-own-shirt-for-american-flag-satire</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/18/2125734-burn-victim-mistook-own-shirt-for-american-flag-satire</guid><category>politics</category><category>satire</category><category>flag-burning</category><category>hippies</category><category>vermont</category><category>counter-culture</category><category>protest</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:59:25 +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>YouTube - The U.S. Auto Industry and the Ripple Effect</title><description><![CDATA[A video presenting the impact a failure of the big three U.S. automakers would have on the American economy. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/18/2125537-youtube-the-us-auto-industry-and-the-ripple-effect</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/18/2125537-youtube-the-us-auto-industry-and-the-ripple-effect</guid><category>politics</category><category>automaker-bailout</category><category>big-three-failure</category><category>detroit</category><category>economy</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:39:20 +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>Jim Jones' Followers Enthralled</title><description><![CDATA[Recently resurfaced audiotapes show the dangers of an arrogant man with great oratory skills and a blindly devoted congregation.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/13/2108458-jim-jones-followers-enthralled</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/13/2108458-jim-jones-followers-enthralled</guid><category>obama</category><category>history</category><category>socialism</category><category>cults</category><category>jim-jones</category><category>jonestown</category><category>koolaid</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:51:56 +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>Ron Paul: Words of wisdom for the GOP</title><description><![CDATA[Now, in light of the election, many are asking: What is the future of the Republican Party?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/12/2104249-ron-paul-words-of-wisdom-for-the-gop</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/12/2104249-ron-paul-words-of-wisdom-for-the-gop</guid><category>politics</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>2012</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:28:05 +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>Iran warns U.S. military after Obama win </title><description><![CDATA[Iran warned U.S. forces in Iraq on Wednesday that it would respond to any violation of Iranian airspace, a message analysts said seemed directed at the new U.S. president-elect more than neighboring American troops.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/05/2077665-iran-warns-us-military-after-obama-win-</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/05/2077665-iran-warns-us-military-after-obama-win-</guid><category>iran</category><category>president-obama</category><category>obamas-test</category><category>islamic-terrorism</category><category>israel</category><category>war</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:01:24 +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 most powerful Republican</title><description><![CDATA[With his party in tatters, Mitch McConnell is now the most powerful Republican in the country — the lone GOP senator who can stand in the way of an unfettered liberal agenda in Washington, and a key go-to man to rehabilitate his party. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/05/2076511-the-most-powerful-republican</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/05/2076511-the-most-powerful-republican</guid><category>politics</category><category>conservatives</category><category>republicans</category><category>senate-minority-leader</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:08:43 +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>VIDEO: Obama says he will bankrupt coal industry</title><description><![CDATA[The shocking video of comments Senator Obama made about his intention to bankrupt the coal industry in order to curb greenhouse gas emissions.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/03/2069435-video-obama-says-he-will-bankrupt-coal-industry</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/03/2069435-video-obama-says-he-will-bankrupt-coal-industry</guid><category>politics</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>coal-industry</category><category>jobs</category><category>dumbass-statements</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 02:09:13 +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>Media shows double standard in treatment of Joe Biden</title><description><![CDATA[Patrick J. Buchanan: 
Perhaps the only institution in America whose approval rating is beneath that of Congress is the media. 
Both have won their reputations the hard way. They earned them.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/25/2040633-media-shows-double-standard-in-treatment-of-joe-biden</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/25/2040633-media-shows-double-standard-in-treatment-of-joe-biden</guid><category>politics</category><category>media-bias</category><category>palin</category><category>biden</category><category>snl</category><category>liberal-media</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:42:58 +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>Ten Things Obama Can Do to Lose the Election</title><description><![CDATA[1. Tell a plumber hoping to start a small business that you're going to raise his taxes

2. Use phrases like "spreading the wealth around is good"

3. Stay silent while the biased media throws Joe under the bus and every American he symbolizes]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/17/2012790-ten-things-obama-can-do-to-lose-the-election</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/17/2012790-ten-things-obama-can-do-to-lose-the-election</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama-losing</category><category>bradley-effect</category><category>joe-the-plumber</category><category>election-strategy</category><category>mccain-polls</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:29:05 +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>World Markets Fall as Investors Weigh Relentless Trouble</title><description><![CDATA[The government's rescue of the banks has been widely embraced, but the frenzied selling, which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average down 733 points, underscored how the economy's troubles are too broad to be fixed by the bailout of the financial system. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/16/2004435-world-markets-fall-as-investors-weigh-relentless-trouble</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/16/2004435-world-markets-fall-as-investors-weigh-relentless-trouble</guid><category>world-news</category><category>economy</category><category>stocks</category><category>recession</category><category>depression</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:36:47 +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>Priest: 'Nobody can tell me to shut up' - CNN.com</title><description><![CDATA[Ouderkirk is outraged at the way federal agents swooped into town and rounded up nearly 400 illegal immigrants on May 12 in a raid on the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant, Agriprocessors. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/15/2002271-priest-nobody-can-tell-me-to-shut-up-cnncom</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/15/2002271-priest-nobody-can-tell-me-to-shut-up-cnncom</guid><category>politics</category><category>illegal-immigration</category><category>iowa</category><category>kosher-plant</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:47:44 +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>Health care reform is gaining momentum among American public in election year</title><description><![CDATA[Senator McCain seeks tort reform. Senator Obama calls for universal health care coverage for children. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/13/1994633-health-care-reform-is-gaining-momentum-among-american-public-in-election-year</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/13/1994633-health-care-reform-is-gaining-momentum-among-american-public-in-election-year</guid><category>politics</category><category>universal-health-care</category><category>tort-reform</category><category>mccain-health-plan</category><category>obama-health-plan</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:09:13 +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>Gingrich Would Accept Vice Presidential Nomination</title><description><![CDATA[Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speculating on who he thinks John McCain will choose as a running mate. Gingrich responded that he would accept a vice presidential nominaiton if McCain asked him.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/08/1288453-gingrich-would-accept-vice-presidential-nomination</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/08/1288453-gingrich-would-accept-vice-presidential-nomination</guid><category>politics</category><category>gingrich</category><category>vice-president</category><category>mccain-vp</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2008 02:42:35 +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>Healthiest Diet is Starvation, Claims Activist</title><description><![CDATA[SALEM, Oregon (Whacked Planet) – Marcy Kerry stopped eating unhealthy food twenty years ago and now she plans to stop eating altogether. Claims Ms. Kerry, "Eating is just not healthy anymore." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/07/1285478-healthiest-diet-is-starvation-claims-activist</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/07/1285478-healthiest-diet-is-starvation-claims-activist</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>satire</category><category>health-nuts</category><category>crazy-diets</category><category>nutrition</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:57:45 +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>Presidential Websites?</title><description><![CDATA[Which candidate has the best website?

Romney?  mittromney.com

Obama?    barackobama.com

Clinton?  hillaryclinton.com

McCain? johnmccain.com

Assume that each website above is America. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/04/1278191-presidential-websites</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/04/1278191-presidential-websites</guid><category>politics</category><category>super-tuesday</category><category>primaries</category><category>election</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 01:31:38 +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>Pentagon nixes ray gun weapon in Iraq</title><description><![CDATA[When national security and saving lives takes a backseat to political correctness. The Pentagon has so far refused to deploy the non-lethal ray gun weapon out of fears that the public will perceive its use as a form of torture.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/29/929809-pentagon-nixes-ray-gun-weapon-in-iraq</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/29/929809-pentagon-nixes-ray-gun-weapon-in-iraq</guid><category>us-news</category><category>iraq</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:42:35 +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>Clam Chowder Threatened</title><description><![CDATA[Overfishing of sharks is threatening clams and oysters with extinction.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Whacked Man]]></dc:creator><link>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/02/874482-clam-chowder-threatened</link><guid>http://whackedman.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/02/874482-clam-chowder-threatened</guid><category>science</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:42:28 +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></channel></rss>