<?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 - SquawCraw's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/</link><description>Long Live Squallywood!</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:32:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:34:36 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>THE LIE OF SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS (Or &quot;How to Rack Up $13 TRILILION in National Debt in 30 Years&quot;)</title>
<description><![CDATA[First of all, let's be clear about one thing:&nbsp; three Republican Presidents (Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and George W Bush) are directly responsible for approximately $12T of the current $14T that is the National Debt (ND).&nbsp; Keep reading to see that math.&nbsp; As betw&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/17/6883513-the-lie-of-supply-side-economics-or-how-to-rack-up-13-trililion-in-national-debt-in-30-years</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/17/6883513-the-lie-of-supply-side-economics-or-how-to-rack-up-13-trililion-in-national-debt-in-30-years</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:32:21 +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 &quot;Briar Patch Theory&quot; of Obama's Political Strategy</title>
<description><![CDATA[The simple fact is that the Federal budget (and the National Debt that goes up every year there is a deficit) has become a runaway train and it will take many years to slow down in order to reach a balanced Federal budget and start reducing the overall National Debt.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/28/6739164-the-briar-patch-theory-of-obamas-political-strategy</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/28/6739164-the-briar-patch-theory-of-obamas-political-strategy</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 21:41:03 +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 Oil and Gas Prices Rose So Fast (Again)/OPEC and Gas Prices</title>
<description><![CDATA[I know that the following won't do anything to lessen the "pain at the pump" we are all experiencing, I just think alot of people don't understand how complex the problem really is.&nbsp; Like most of the problems facing our country (both short and long term) there are no simple &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/28/6739055-why-oil-and-gas-prices-rose-so-fast-againopec-and-gas-prices</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/28/6739055-why-oil-and-gas-prices-rose-so-fast-againopec-and-gas-prices</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 21:32:10 +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 Common Sense Guide to Social Security Â« FDR Democrats</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama's commission has recommended that Social Security benefits be cut by as much as 22% over time, a reduction of more than $50,000 for the average recipient.  President Obama and Congress may act soon to make these recommendations into law.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/21/6508412-the-common-sense-guide-to-social-security-fdr-democrats</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/21/6508412-the-common-sense-guide-to-social-security-fdr-democrats</guid><category>bankruptcy</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>bankrupt</category><category>fdr</category><category>trust-fund</category><category>solvency</category><category>debt-commission</category><category>social-security-s</category><category>social-security-solvency</category><category>social-security-social-security</category><category>social-security-broken</category><category>obama-commission</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:49:56 +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>Wonk Room Â» Marist Poll: 73 Percent Of Republicans Oppose Cuts To Medicare</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new McClatchy-Marist poll finds that Americans oppose cuts to Medicare or Medicaid by a margin of 80 to 18 percent, including 73 percent of Republicans and 75 percent of Independents. In fact, just 28 percent of Tea Pary suppoerts backed the plan, while 75 percent opposed it:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6504486-wonk-room-marist-poll-73-percent-of-republicans-oppose-cuts-to-medicare</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6504486-wonk-room-marist-poll-73-percent-of-republicans-oppose-cuts-to-medicare</guid><category>poll</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>medicaid</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>tea-party</category><category>raising-taxes</category><category>mcclatchy-marist-poll</category><category>repeal-medicaid</category><category>repeal-medicare</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:20:55 +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>Paul Ryan Gets Booed By Constituents For Opposing Tax Hikes On Rich (VIDEO) | TPMDC</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a video posted by ThinkProgress, an attendee at the event this week told Ryan that he believes the rich should pay higher taxes to help close the deficit and strengthen Social Security.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6504281-paul-ryan-gets-booed-by-constituents-for-opposing-tax-hikes-on-rich-video-tpmdc</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/20/6504281-paul-ryan-gets-booed-by-constituents-for-opposing-tax-hikes-on-rich-video-tpmdc</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>video</category><category>ryan</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>rich</category><category>thinkprogress</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>top-one-percent</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy</category><category>gop-budget</category><category>gop-budget-plan</category><category>bush-era-tax-cuts</category><category>gop-tax-cuts</category><category>2012-budget</category><category>path-to-prosperity</category><category>ryan-plan</category><category>2012-gop-budget</category><category>paul-ryan-booed</category><category>top01-percent</category><category>ryan-booed-by-constituents</category><category>upper-income-taxes</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:15:14 +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>Jonathan Chait for Democracy Journal: The Triumph of Taxophobia</title>
<description><![CDATA[The conservative movement's embrace of taxophobia is probably the most important development in American political life over the last three decades. It is the one quality that most distinguishes American conservative elites from conservative elites in other countries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/19/6499196-jonathan-chait-for-democracy-journal-the-triumph-of-taxophobia</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/19/6499196-jonathan-chait-for-democracy-journal-the-triumph-of-taxophobia</guid><category>politics</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>republican-party</category><category>jack-kemp</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>supply-side-economics</category><category>laffer-curve</category><category>keynes</category><category>supply-side</category><category>voodoo-economics</category><category>laffer</category><category>fiscal-conservatism</category><category>greenspan-social-security</category><category>taxphobia</category><category>fiscal-liberalism</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:52:13 +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>David Madland for Democracy Journal: Growth and the Middle Class</title>
<description><![CDATA[For progressives to win arguments about the economy, Americans need to understand that a strong middle class leads to economic growth, and not the other way around.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/19/6497906-david-madland-for-democracy-journal-growth-and-the-middle-class</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/19/6497906-david-madland-for-democracy-journal-growth-and-the-middle-class</guid><category>politics</category><category>progressive</category><category>middle-class</category><category>economic-growth</category><category>trickle-down</category><category>trickle-down-economics</category><category>jobs-issue</category><category>progressive-economics</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:53:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Andrei Cherny for Democracy Journal: Individual Age Economics</title>
<description><![CDATA[While individuals have been thrown back upon themselves, both progressives and conservatives have acted as if the economy still functions from the top down.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/19/6497832-andrei-cherny-for-democracy-journal-individual-age-economics</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/19/6497832-andrei-cherny-for-democracy-journal-individual-age-economics</guid><category>business</category><category>hamilton</category><category>small-business</category><category>economics</category><category>jefferson</category><category>corporations</category><category>entrepreneur</category><category>entrepreneurship</category><category>middle-class</category><category>new-economy</category><category>individual</category><category>horatio-alger</category><category>individual-age</category><category>new-age-economics</category><category>horatio-alger-economy</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:31:11 +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></item><item><title>Paul Abrams: Perfect, Mr. President: Not Just the Speech, But the Timing and Strategy.</title>
<description><![CDATA[But it was not only his speech, but its timing and its underlying strategy that were also perfect.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472641-paul-abrams-perfect-mr-president-not-just-the-speech-but-the-timing-and-strategy</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472641-paul-abrams-perfect-mr-president-not-just-the-speech-but-the-timing-and-strategy</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>strategy</category><category>obama</category><category>president-clinton</category><category>reagan</category><category>republican-congress</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>presidents-speech</category><category>president-obama</category><category>obamas-speech</category><category>budget-resolution</category><category>ryans-plan</category><category>path-to-prosperity</category><category>gop-budget-proposal</category><category>gop-budget-resolution</category><category>gop-fiscal-plan</category><category>gwu-speech</category><category>obamas-gwu-speech</category><category>reagan-era-debt-follies</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:40:00 +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>Myth vs. Fact: Health Care Reform in Massachusetts</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts health reform law is a success story from every perspective.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472612-myth-vs-fact-health-care-reform-in-massachusetts</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472612-myth-vs-fact-health-care-reform-in-massachusetts</guid><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>health-insurance</category><category>obama</category><category>premiums</category><category>healthcare-reform</category><category>health-insurance-coverage</category><category>government-healthcare</category><category>employer-sponsored-health-insurance</category><category>cost-of-healthcare</category><category>health-insurance-premiums</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><category>massachusetts-healthcare</category><category>individual-insurance-requirement</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:35:00 +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>Tax Cuts for the Rich on the Backs of the Middle Class; or, Paul Ryan Has Balls | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy</title>
<description><![CDATA[No matter what, Ryan's gambit, ultimately, is all about trying to get middle-class voters to swallow paying for tax cuts for rich people. It takes chutzpah to try such a thing, but having a lot of balls is not the same as having courage.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472567-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-on-the-backs-of-the-middle-class-or-paul-ryan-has-balls-rolling-stone-politics-taibblog-matt-taibbi-on-politics-and-the-economy</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472567-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-on-the-backs-of-the-middle-class-or-paul-ryan-has-balls-rolling-stone-politics-taibblog-matt-taibbi-on-politics-and-the-economy</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>obama</category><category>ryan</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>republican</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>tax-cuts-for-the-rich</category><category>eric-cantor</category><category>president-obama</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>gop-budget-plan</category><category>gop-plan</category><category>path-to-prosperity</category><category>gop-budget-resolution</category><category>2012-budget-resolution</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:26:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How Obama's Recent &quot;Defeats&quot; are Anything But Actual Defeats/The &quot;Briar Patch Theory</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The simple fact is that the Federal budget (and the National Debt that goes up every year there is a deficit) has become a runaway train and it will take literally decades to slow down in order to reach a balanced Federal budget and start reducing the overall National Debt.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472448-how-obamas-recent-defeats-are-anything-but-actual-defeatsthe-briar-patch-theory</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472448-how-obamas-recent-defeats-are-anything-but-actual-defeatsthe-briar-patch-theory</guid><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>obama</category><category>boehner</category><category>federal-budget</category><category>political-theory</category><category>briar-patch</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>uncle-remus</category><category>president-obama</category><category>2011-budget</category><category>gop-plan</category><category>2012-budget</category><category>brer-rabbit</category><category>paul-ryans-plan</category><category>brer-fox</category><category>budget-negotiation</category><category>briar-patch-theory</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:05:44 +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>How Obama Beat The Republicans At Government Shutdown Chicken</title>
<description><![CDATA[Congratulations Speaker Boehner, you just won yourself more animosity from the ideologues in your own party.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472421-how-obama-beat-the-republicans-at-government-shutdown-chicken</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472421-how-obama-beat-the-republicans-at-government-shutdown-chicken</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>right-wing</category><category>budget-deficit</category><category>boehner</category><category>national-debt</category><category>federal-budget</category><category>government-shutdown</category><category>bi-partisan</category><category>tea-party</category><category>budget-deal</category><category>2012-federal-budget-proposal</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:54:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>ThinkProgress Â» During Bush Presidency, Current GOP Leaders Voted 19 Times To Increase Debt Limit By $4 Trillion</title>
<description><![CDATA[[W]hile the four Republicans in Congressional leadership positions are attempting to hold the increase hostage now, they combined to vote for a debt limit increase 19 times during the presidency of George W. Bush. In doing so, they increased the debt limit by nearly $4 trillion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472307-thinkprogress-during-bush-presidency-current-gop-leaders-voted-19-times-to-increase-debt-limit-by-4-trillion</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472307-thinkprogress-during-bush-presidency-current-gop-leaders-voted-19-times-to-increase-debt-limit-by-4-trillion</guid><category>bush</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>house</category><category>republicans</category><category>kyl</category><category>debt</category><category>obama</category><category>boehner</category><category>national-debt</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>debt-limit</category><category>cantor</category><category>mcconnel</category><category>republican-leaders</category><category>debt-limit-increase</category><category>raising-debt-limit</category><category>raising-debt-ceiling</category><category>republican-votes-to-raise-debt-limit</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:31:22 +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><item><title>Daily Kos: Boehner: When we say 'privatize' Medicare, we don't mean 'privatize'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The most popular position in the GOP's coalition isn't that Medicare needs a complete overhaul, as Ryan thinks. It isn't that it needs major changes, or even that it needs minor changes. It's that we shouldn't try and control costs at all.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472192-daily-kos-boehner-when-we-say-privatize-medicare-we-dont-mean-privatize</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472192-daily-kos-boehner-when-we-say-privatize-medicare-we-dont-mean-privatize</guid><category>poll</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>vouchers</category><category>boehner</category><category>president-obama</category><category>privatizing-medicare</category><category>privatization-of-medicare</category><category>preferred-approach-to-medicare-poll</category><category>approach-to-medicare</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:01:27 +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>Mr. Prudent: Obama Preaches Deficit Sanity - TIME</title>
<description><![CDATA["This enduring Republican low-tax fetishism has come to seem quite delusional: we've tried this scenario twice before, in the 1980s and 2000s, and both times the budget deficit exploded.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472166-mr-prudent-obama-preaches-deficit-sanity-time</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6472166-mr-prudent-obama-preaches-deficit-sanity-time</guid><category>senate</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>house</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>supply-side-economics</category><category>tax-reform</category><category>medicade</category><category>federal-budget-deficit</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>barack-obamas</category><category>budget-crisis</category><category>daniel-patrick-moynihan</category><category>raising-taxes</category><category>debt-crisis</category><category>president-obama</category><category>fiscal-sanity</category><category>paul-ryans</category><category>unpaid-for-tax-cuts</category><category>unpaid-for-wars</category><category>budget-deficit-mania</category><category>low-tax-fetishism</category><category>repeal-bush-tax-cuts</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:57:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rethinking Budget Cutting - Pew Research Center</title>
<description><![CDATA[An article and associated poll numbers from the Pew Research Center about Americans attitudes on federal spending and cuts to spending.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6468212-rethinking-budget-cutting-pew-research-center</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6468212-rethinking-budget-cutting-pew-research-center</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>budget-cuts</category><category>pew-research-center</category><category>federal-spending</category><category>poll-numbers</category><category>pew</category><category>cutting-spending</category><category>deficit-debate</category><category>publics-views-about-federal-spending</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:14:54 +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>Daily Kos: Jon Stewart's must-see takedown of Paul Ryan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jon Steward does it again!  The absolute lunacy of the GOP's refusal to even consider letting the Bush era tax cuts expire revealed and parodied as only the Daily Show can do.  Video included (and it's a good one)!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6468153-daily-kos-jon-stewarts-must-see-takedown-of-paul-ryan</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/14/6468153-daily-kos-jon-stewarts-must-see-takedown-of-paul-ryan</guid><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>daily-show</category><category>gop</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>jon-stewart</category><category>obama</category><category>parody</category><category>bush-tax-cuts</category><category>debt-reduction</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>raising-taxes</category><category>obamas-plan</category><category>gop-budget-plan</category><category>deficit-reduction</category><category>bush-era-tax-cuts</category><category>ryan-budget-plan</category><category>ryans-private-savings</category><category>ryans-deficit-plan</category><category>obamas-budget-plan</category><category>obamas-deficit-reduction-plan</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:03:23 +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></item><item><title>10 Republican Lies Debunked</title>
<description><![CDATA[An article (with links) debunking 10 of the biggest lies perpetuated by the GOP.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6467360-10-republican-lies-debunked</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6467360-10-republican-lies-debunked</guid><category>politics</category><category>small-business</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>republican-party</category><category>obama</category><category>reagan</category><category>charitable-giving</category><category>congressional-republicans</category><category>fdr</category><category>new-deal</category><category>estate-tax</category><category>cap-and-trade</category><category>president-obama</category><category>republican-myths</category><category>republican-lies</category><category>reagan-tax-cuts</category><category>40-of-americans-pay-no-taxes</category><category>tax-cuts-increase-revenue</category><category>gop-fiscal-discipline</category><category>reagan-myths</category><category>reagan-tax-increase</category><category>rich-pay-too-much</category><category>taxes-on-small-business</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:35:51 +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></item><item><title>GOP Leaders: Don't Raise Taxes To Reduce Deficit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The "Party of No" is at it again!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466452-gop-leaders-dont-raise-taxes-to-reduce-deficit</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466452-gop-leaders-dont-raise-taxes-to-reduce-deficit</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>obama</category><category>boehner</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>debt-limit</category><category>debt-reduction</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>eric-cantor</category><category>tax-increases</category><category>deficit-reduction</category><category>eliminating-medicare</category><category>debt-reduction-concessions</category><category>raising-debt-limit</category><category>rasing-debt-ceiling</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:56:17 +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></item><item><title>He Went There! Obama Attacks the 1%</title>
<description><![CDATA[A look at President Obama's speech from Wednesday April 13, 2011.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466332-he-went-there-obama-attacks-the-1</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466332-he-went-there-obama-attacks-the-1</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>tax-increases</category><category>raising-taxes</category><category>spending-cuts</category><category>president-obama</category><category>budget-speech</category><category>deficit-speech</category><category>debt-speech</category><category>cutting-debt</category><category>cutting-deficit</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:26:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Debt Ceiling | Boehner: Obama now open to debt ceiling vote with strings attached | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yet more evidence that President Obama is serious about cutting future spending by the Federal government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466230-debt-ceiling-boehner-obama-now-open-to-debt-ceiling-vote-with-strings-attached-the-daily-caller-breaking-news-opinion-research-and-entertainment</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466230-debt-ceiling-boehner-obama-now-open-to-debt-ceiling-vote-with-strings-attached-the-daily-caller-breaking-news-opinion-research-and-entertainment</guid><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>debt-ceiling</category><category>debt-limit</category><category>cutting-spending</category><category>budget-negotiations</category><category>ryan-white-house-council</category><category>cutting-federal-deficit</category><category>cutting-federal-debt</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:08:48 +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>Full text of President Obama's deficit reduction speech | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment</title>
<description><![CDATA[Full text of President Obama's deficit reduction speech on April 13, 2011.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466160-full-text-of-president-obamas-deficit-reduction-speech-the-daily-caller-breaking-news-opinion-research-and-entertainment</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466160-full-text-of-president-obamas-deficit-reduction-speech-the-daily-caller-breaking-news-opinion-research-and-entertainment</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>baby-boomers</category><category>american-dream</category><category>debt-reduction</category><category>pell-grants</category><category>america-i</category><category>obamas-speech</category><category>deficit-reduction</category><category>democratic-congresses</category><category>obamas-deficit-reduction-speech</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:56:22 +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><item><title>Wisconsin previews 2012 chaos - Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[in a period of less than two months, Kloppenburg went from an extreme underdog to a candidate who nearly tied the incumbent and won 19 more counties than the Democratic candidate for governor last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SquawCraw]]></source><link>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6464967-wisconsin-previews-2012-chaos-alexander-burns-politicocom</link><guid>http://squawcraw.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6464967-wisconsin-previews-2012-chaos-alexander-burns-politicocom</guid><category>politics</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>recall</category><category>scott-walker</category><category>prosser</category><category>recall-election</category><category>wisconsin-politics</category><category>kloppenbuerg</category><category>wisconsi-supreme-court-election</category><category>wisconsin-recall-election</category><category>recall-race</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:35:45 +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></item></channel></rss>
