<?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://independentvoter.newsvine.com/</link><description>Without The Home Of The Brave..There Would Be No Land Of The Free</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:34:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:58:48 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>President Obama -- The CEO Who Knows Nothing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Remember Kevin Costner&rsquo;s movie, &ldquo;No Way Out&rdquo;? President Obama could star in the remake. Either he knew about the IRS scandal and he should be impeached&hellip;or he knew nothing about it, and he should resign for incompetence.&nbsp;
Take your pick.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18407068-president-obama-the-ceo-who-knows-nothing</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18407068-president-obama-the-ceo-who-knows-nothing</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:32:50 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter7A382753-3DB3-94CE-E4B4-07F0AED659C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter7A382753-3DB3-94CE-E4B4-07F0AED659C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>1984 + 29 The Obama Revolution</title>
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As Orwell knew, taking over the culture starts with corrupting the language.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17781165-1984-29-the-obama-revolution</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17781165-1984-29-the-obama-revolution</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:58:35 +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>White House Photo Shows Obama Skeet Shooting</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Two days before President Barack Obama's first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried Saturday to settle a brewing mystery by releasing a photo to back his claim to be a skeet shooter.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16827473-white-house-photo-shows-obama-skeet-shooting</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16827473-white-house-photo-shows-obama-skeet-shooting</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:40:46 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterB53E1532-2A26-5FF3-45AA-A7125F0E14C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterB53E1532-2A26-5FF3-45AA-A7125F0E14C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Ouster Of Mattis: Some Follow-up Details And A White House Response </title>
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General James Mattis is being fired for insisting on complete contingency planning, according to Pentagon reporter Tom Ricks. Truth-telling isn't welcome in this administration, and that means big trouble ahead. General Mattis and the military understand that. The general insis&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16714985-the-ouster-of-mattis-some-follow-up-details-and-a-white-house-response</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16714985-the-ouster-of-mattis-some-follow-up-details-and-a-white-house-response</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:18:24 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter881F77D8-9910-EBC9-D2B3-A3C3C3BD42A6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter881F77D8-9910-EBC9-D2B3-A3C3C3BD42A6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Judge - US Can Keep Secrets on Targeted Killings</title>
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NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; A judge in New York has ruled that President Barack Obama's administration doesn't have to publicly disclose its legal justification for drone attacks and other deadly methods it has used to kill suspected terrorists overseas.&nbsp;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16307339-judge-us-can-keep-secrets-on-targeted-killings</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16307339-judge-us-can-keep-secrets-on-targeted-killings</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 22:04:30 +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>On the Left, Seeing Obama Giving Away Too Much, Again </title>
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WASHINGTON &mdash; For President Obama, the fiscal deal passed by Congress on Tuesday finally ends four years of debate with Republicans about raising tax rates on the wealthy. But it seemed to reopen a debate within his party about the nature of his leadership and his skills a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303394-on-the-left-seeing-obama-giving-away-too-much-again</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303394-on-the-left-seeing-obama-giving-away-too-much-again</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 16:30:40 +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>Worst Of the Worst 2012: The World's Most Repressive Societies</title>
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More than 1.6 billion people&mdash;23 percent of the world&rsquo;s population&mdash;have no say in how they are governed and face severe consequences if they try to exercise their most basic rights, such as expressing their views, assembling peacefully, and organizing independe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303224-worst-of-the-worst-2012-the-worlds-most-repressive-societies</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303224-worst-of-the-worst-2012-the-worlds-most-repressive-societies</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 16:17:28 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter8893A4F2-0D5D-4078-C6A7-CBA8DFB6C039.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter8893A4F2-0D5D-4078-C6A7-CBA8DFB6C039.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> 'Saving' the Middle Class</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Obama won re-election by selling the idea that he was the champion of the middle class. Now he is forcing them into poverty and driving them from their homes.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303009-saving-the-middle-class</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16303009-saving-the-middle-class</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 15:57:17 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterD6A75909-4437-7609-E8FA-74F911509F77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterD6A75909-4437-7609-E8FA-74F911509F77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN: Analysis Suggests 60,000-Plus Killed In Syria </title>
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BEIRUT (AP) -- At least 60,000 people have been killed in Syria's civil war, with monthly casualty figures steadily increasing since the conflict began almost two years ago, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by the United Nations.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16302675-un-analysis-suggests-60000-plus-killed-in-syria</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/02/16302675-un-analysis-suggests-60000-plus-killed-in-syria</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 15:30:38 +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>America's Economy: Over The Cliff?- Barack Obama Must Do More Than Avoid An Economic Abyss. He Has A Chance To Fix America's Finances</title>
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BEN BERNANKE, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, is not known for his turns of phrase. But &ldquo;fiscal cliff&rdquo;&mdash;the term he coined to describe the tax increases and spending cuts that will hit America&rsquo;s economy at the start of 2013 unless politicians agree t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15888863-americas-economy-over-the-cliff-barack-obama-must-do-more-than-avoid-an-economic-abyss-he-has-a-chance-to-fix-americas-finances</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15888863-americas-economy-over-the-cliff-barack-obama-must-do-more-than-avoid-an-economic-abyss-he-has-a-chance-to-fix-americas-finances</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:40:37 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter7544C0A3-7424-257B-1CFE-40EC6C99BE3C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter7544C0A3-7424-257B-1CFE-40EC6C99BE3C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fox News Poll: According To Voters, Spending Cuts Are A Must </title>
<description><![CDATA[
If Washington is looking for guidance on the fiscal cliff, voters are sending mixed signals
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15885565-fox-news-poll-according-to-voters-spending-cuts-are-a-must</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15885565-fox-news-poll-according-to-voters-spending-cuts-are-a-must</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:04:01 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter5A8BFC71-8629-7CAF-197A-185E4CA5AA77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter5A8BFC71-8629-7CAF-197A-185E4CA5AA77.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rick Snyder's Change Of Heart Seems To Be Born From Frustration</title>
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For almost two years, Gov. Rick Snyder, against many in his Republican Party, insisted a right-to-work bill shouldn't reach his desk.
Too divisive, he'd say. Why go to war with unions when there was a tax code to fix and a budget to balance to begin his reinvention of Michigan&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15868319-rick-snyders-change-of-heart-seems-to-be-born-from-frustration</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15868319-rick-snyders-change-of-heart-seems-to-be-born-from-frustration</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:05:05 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterDE1F5A1A-B6D0-B8FC-AF3C-AF86C9C1AAAC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="161" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterDE1F5A1A-B6D0-B8FC-AF3C-AF86C9C1AAAC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Michigan's Modest Labor Reform - The Left's Response? Threats And Violence</title>
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Michigan has passed a modest labor reform, and the result has been threats and violence from Democratic elected officials and their union henchmen. While this is deplorable, it is not surprising: Organized labor&rsquo;s business model is mechanically identical to extortion, and&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15864998-michigans-modest-labor-reform-the-lefts-response-threats-and-violence</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15864998-michigans-modest-labor-reform-the-lefts-response-threats-and-violence</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:41:23 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterB51F5E9C-463A-DBFA-4A50-DAADCDBA64BD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterB51F5E9C-463A-DBFA-4A50-DAADCDBA64BD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>US Economy Could Withstand Brief Fall Off 'Cliff' </title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; It's the scenario that's been spooking employers and investors and slowing the U.S. economy:Congress and the White House fail to strike a budget deal by New Year's Day. Their stalemate triggers sharp tax increases and spending cuts. Those measures shrink&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15864860-us-economy-could-withstand-brief-fall-off-cliff</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15864860-us-economy-could-withstand-brief-fall-off-cliff</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:33:30 +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>Michigan Legislature Sends Governor Right-To-Work </title>
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) &mdash; The Michigan Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a bitterly contested right-to-work plan limiting the power of unions, a devastating and once unthinkable defeat for organized labor in a state considered a cradle of the movement.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15845648-michigan-legislature-sends-governor-right-to-work</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15845648-michigan-legislature-sends-governor-right-to-work</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:12:36 +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>Michigan Legislature Sends Governor Right-To-Work </title>
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The Michigan Legislature gave final approval Tuesday to a bitterly contested right-to-work plan limiting the power of unions, a devastating and once unthinkable defeat for organized labor in a state considered a cradle of the movement.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15845447-michigan-legislature-sends-governor-right-to-work</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15845447-michigan-legislature-sends-governor-right-to-work</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:56:46 +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>Dems Join In Calling For Delay To ObamaCare Medical Device Tax</title>
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Democratic lawmakers have joined with Republicans in raising alarm about a looming ObamaCare-tied tax on medical devices, saying the additional tax is causing "uncertainty and confusion for businesses" and should be delayed.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15842837-dems-join-in-calling-for-delay-to-obamacare-medical-device-tax</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15842837-dems-join-in-calling-for-delay-to-obamacare-medical-device-tax</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:05:36 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter9E1226BE-2E29-945B-1E4E-6F9D974FAE5B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter9E1226BE-2E29-945B-1E4E-6F9D974FAE5B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>California Exodus As Thousands Quit State For Texas, Ariz., Elsewhere </title>
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About 100,000 more people moved away from California in 2011 than relocated to the Golden State, according to the latest report from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15842230-california-exodus-as-thousands-quit-state-for-texas-ariz-elsewhere</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15842230-california-exodus-as-thousands-quit-state-for-texas-ariz-elsewhere</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:28:51 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter3E9D8542-69C3-4D89-B87B-019BC27F9268.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter3E9D8542-69C3-4D89-B87B-019BC27F9268.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The War On Christmas Continues, Charlie Brown </title>
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Atheists can go anywhere and look into thin air as a reminder of their beliefs. In the spirit of the season, I respect that. In return, leave our Christmas traditions alone.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15830731-the-war-on-christmas-continues-charlie-brown</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15830731-the-war-on-christmas-continues-charlie-brown</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:32:11 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter063175DB-086A-A22B-DF21-382770CF0296.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter063175DB-086A-A22B-DF21-382770CF0296.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Says He 'Won't Compromise' on Taxes</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; A year-end deadline approaching, quiet negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" yielded no tangible signs of progress on Monday as Republicans pressed President Barack Obama to volunteer spending cuts he will support while the White House&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15830598-obama-says-he-wont-compromise-on-taxes</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15830598-obama-says-he-wont-compromise-on-taxes</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:25:01 +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>'Stop Being So Anglo' - San Francisco's Möbius Strip Of Discrimination..</title>
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"Allegations of racism and other discrimination against San Francisco Housing Authority Executive Director Henry Alvarez are flying in lawsuits filed by his subordinates," the San Francisco Examiner reports. It's a man-bites-dog story inasmuch as Alvarez is black and his accuse&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15821979-stop-being-so-anglo-san-franciscos-mbius-strip-of-discrimination</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15821979-stop-being-so-anglo-san-franciscos-mbius-strip-of-discrimination</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:18:47 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterCCE1EAE6-B07E-A223-8D37-12A9B571889A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoterCCE1EAE6-B07E-A223-8D37-12A9B571889A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Democrats (Heart) Socialism</title>
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On the strength of a capitalist economic system, America created a material standard of living for the world to envy while providing its citizens with high levels of personal freedom. But today capitalism, and attendant freedom, are being systematically dismantled in America (a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15755754-democrats-heart-socialism</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15755754-democrats-heart-socialism</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 17:58:03 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter2084D215-6DA4-4BF4-3B8F-2A151DF821ED.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="110" width="110" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter2084D215-6DA4-4BF4-3B8F-2A151DF821ED.jpg&amp;width=120" width="110" height="110" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Let's Call A Truce In The War On Men</title>
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Tracy McMillan, TV writer and author of "Why You&rsquo;re Not Married" one the most popular articles ever to appear on The Huffington Post responded this way to the backlash her piece elicited: &ldquo;The truth will set you free. But first it will p**s you off.&rdquo;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15754149-lets-call-a-truce-in-the-war-on-men</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15754149-lets-call-a-truce-in-the-war-on-men</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 16:08:43 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter03FFBBA6-87EF-2232-1650-CAE546A00D89.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter03FFBBA6-87EF-2232-1650-CAE546A00D89.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Fantasy of a 91% Top Income Tax Rate</title>
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A liberal article of faith that confiscatory taxes fed the postwar boom turns out to be an Edsel of an economic idea.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15753619-the-fantasy-of-a-91-top-income-tax-rate</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15753619-the-fantasy-of-a-91-top-income-tax-rate</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:33:45 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter5FC622BC-607D-9656-DE58-5E68BDB182C1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="174" width="262" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter5FC622BC-607D-9656-DE58-5E68BDB182C1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Democrats And The Fiscal Cliff: Not Much On The Table-The President Is Offering Little Incentive For The Republicans To Compromise</title>
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DEMOCRATS say it so often that it has become something of a mantra: there will be no deal to resolve America&rsquo;s fiscal mess unless Republicans agree to higher tax rates on the richest Americans. But they seldom talk about their side of that bargain: the cost-cutting reform&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IndependentVoter]]></source><link>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15736534-the-democrats-and-the-fiscal-cliff-not-much-on-the-table-the-president-is-offering-little-incentive-for-the-republicans-to-compromise</link><guid>http://independentvoter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15736534-the-democrats-and-the-fiscal-cliff-not-much-on-the-table-the-president-is-offering-little-incentive-for-the-republicans-to-compromise</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 23:58:09 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter74B46B54-9632-1849-B711-1EDE046F87F1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IndependentVoter74B46B54-9632-1849-B711-1EDE046F87F1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>