<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from politicalman.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 politicalman.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-11T01:30:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-11-11:links.412190080</id><title>Veterans Day</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/veterans_day_1.htm"><![CDATA[I think of all our lost hero&#39;s and I cannot tell you how much the people who protect us mean to me.&nbsp; To all of our soldiers and their families thank you from the bottom of my heart.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/veterans_day_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-11-11T01:30:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-11T01:30:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-11-08:links.412189724</id><title>Depressed about the Healthcare takeover</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/depressed_about_the_healthcare_takeover.htm"><![CDATA[It looks like the Dems have the power to get the bill through the House.&nbsp; Our only hope is the Senate and the next election.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/depressed_about_the_healthcare_takeover.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-11-08T01:57:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-08T01:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-11-06:links.412189479</id><title>I resign from AARP for not consulting its members</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/i_resign_from_aarp_for_not_consulting_its_members.htm"><![CDATA[I resign from the AARP for not consulting the membership before supporting the Democrats bad health care bill.&nbsp; I hope others also consider resigning since the radicals who run the organization no longer have the memberships interests in mind.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/i_resign_from_aarp_for_not_consulting_its_members.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-11-06T00:40:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-06T00:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-11-01:links.412188913</id><title>The Bears should play Cleveland every week!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/the_bears_should_play_cleveland_every_week.htm"><![CDATA[The Bears did not look good but Cleveland looks really bad.&nbsp; The best team won today but the Bears should not think they are a good team just because they beat the Browns.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/the_bears_should_play_cleveland_every_week.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-11-01T22:55:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-01T22:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-10-25:links.412188127</id><title>Fire Lovie Smith today!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/fire_lovie_smith_today.htm"><![CDATA[It is now 21-0 and the Bears look like they are not even playing hard.&nbsp; I have said it before and I will continue to say it Fire Lovie Smith.&nbsp; Fire him today and don&#39;t look back.&nbsp; Benson looks great and the Bears are not even tackl]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/fire_lovie_smith_today.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-10-25T23:15:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-25T23:15:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-10-18:links.412186994</id><title>Bears v. Falcons</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/bears_v_falcons.htm"><![CDATA[Tonight the Bears play the Falcons.&nbsp; No one thinks the Bears have much of a chance but I think after a bye week where they could rest and on a fast field a dome stadium I think the Bears will win but it will be close.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/bears_v_falcons.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-10-18T20:28:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-18T20:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-10-10:links.412185941</id><title>Will the Nobel affect Obama&apos;s decision on foreign policy?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/will_the_nobel_affect_obamas_decision_on_foreign_policy.htm"><![CDATA[Will the Nobel affect Obama on Afghanistan?&nbsp; On Iran?&nbsp; On Russia? Or China?&nbsp;&nbsp; It seems to me in giving the Nobel to the President before he did anything they really tie his hands in the wrong way in the future.&nbsp; If Obama has]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/will_the_nobel_affect_obamas_decision_on_foreign_policy.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-10-10T22:03:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-10T22:03:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-10-05:links.412185208</id><title>John Maynard Keynes theories don&apos;t work!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/john_maynard_keynes_theories_dont_work.htm"><![CDATA[We keep following Keynes theories but we have little or no evidence that they worked when they were close to the conditions that he said were close to necessary for his theory to work.&nbsp; Today, the problem is debt.&nbsp; We have two much private]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/john_maynard_keynes_theories_dont_work.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-10-05T23:45:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-05T23:45:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-10-04:links.412185034</id><title>Obama had no chance of getting the Olympics for Chicago</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/obama_had_no_chance_of_getting_the_olympics_for_chicago.htm"><![CDATA[The only question to me is why someone didn&#39;t tell the President that the Olympic committee is a closed system that rewards each other and votes in blocks.&nbsp; I know from the stories that surrounded the bids that Chicago had no chance.&nbsp; M]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/obama_had_no_chance_of_getting_the_olympics_for_chicago.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-10-04T01:58:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-04T01:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-09-25:links.412184007</id><title>Senate Healthcare bill markup is like watching paint dry</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/senate_healthcare_bill_markup_is_like_watching_paint_dry.htm"><![CDATA[The Health care bill in Senate Finance is the most important bill in Congress.&nbsp; Yet, it is way to complicated and is not even clear to the people debating the bill.&nbsp; I would like to think this could be split into several bills and pass in a]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/senate_healthcare_bill_markup_is_like_watching_paint_dry.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-09-25T00:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-25T00:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-09-20:links.412183365</id><title>Obama is on 5 stations tomorrow and is over exposed</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/obama_is_on_5_stations_tomorrow_and_is_over_exposed.htm"><![CDATA[I believe that the President is over exposed.&nbsp; We see him so much that it reduces the effectiveness of what he says.&nbsp; If we saw him less then when we saw him he would always make news.&nbsp; I wonder if people have begun to discount what he]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/obama_is_on_5_stations_tomorrow_and_is_over_exposed.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-09-20T02:22:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-20T02:22:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-09-14:links.412182537</id><title>Fire Lovie Smith</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/fire_lovie_smith.htm"><![CDATA[I called for Lovie&#39;s firing last year after we lost three close games.&nbsp; After camp Lovie it was clear the Chicago Bears were not ready to play!&nbsp; We lost in all phases of the game--special teams fake punt at own 30 yard line! Fitness in]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/fire_lovie_smith.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-09-14T17:41:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-14T17:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-09-11:links.412182232</id><title>9/11/01</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/91101_1.htm"><![CDATA[Never forget!&nbsp; Thanks to all of the people who are fighting the war against terror and remember the families of the lost ones.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/91101_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-09-11T16:07:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-11T16:07:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-09-10:links.412182016</id><title>President speech, costs, and honesty</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/president_speech_costs_and_honesty.htm"><![CDATA[I watched the President&#39;s speech on health care last night.&nbsp; The numbers don&#39;t add up and he does not help himself by suggesting that you can pay for this some easy way.&nbsp; He also said the bill would not cover illegals but how can yo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/president_speech_costs_and_honesty.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-09-10T15:16:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-10T15:16:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-09-05:links.412181388</id><title>Van Jones and President Obama</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/van_jones_and_president_obama.htm"><![CDATA[Van Jones the Green Job Czar in the White House is a self-admitted communist. &nbsp;Why is this man still in the White House? &nbsp; I cannot help but think that either the vetting in the White House is bad or that President Obama is not worried abou]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/van_jones_and_president_obama.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-09-05T01:11:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-05T01:11:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-08-31:links.412180943</id><title>Trust and Politics</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/trust_and_politics.htm"><![CDATA[Several years ago Francis Fukuyama wrote a book about Trust.&nbsp; The theme of the book was that Trust is vital for popular governments and that Trust was lacking in many developing nations.&nbsp; Since the book was written I have seen Trust deterio]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/trust_and_politics.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-08-31T21:40:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-31T21:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-08-22:links.412180051</id><title>Obama&apos;s red ink</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/obamas_red_ink.htm"><![CDATA[9 trillion dollar deficits are a real American shame.&nbsp; I hated Bush&#39;s spending but Obama makes him look like a saver.&nbsp; We will never survive if we don&#39;t start to pay down the deficit now!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/obamas_red_ink.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-08-22T00:06:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-22T00:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-08-11:links.412179207</id><title>Health care limits and waiting lines</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/health_care_limits_and_waiting_lines.htm"><![CDATA[I cannot believe that the President says that we will not have waiting lines for health care. &nbsp;If you cover millions more and don&#39;t have more doctors you are going to have waiting lines. &nbsp;Anyone who goes to a doctor today has a wait and]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/health_care_limits_and_waiting_lines.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-08-11T21:03:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-11T21:03:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-08-11:links.412179128</id><title>Artur Davis and health care</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/arturo_davis_and_health_care.htm"><![CDATA[I got a letter from Representative Davis that he is going to vote against the health care bill in the House. &nbsp;He is running for governor and that might affect his vote. &nbsp;I wonder if anyone has a count of Democrats who say they will vote aga]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/arturo_davis_and_health_care.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-08-11T02:24:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-11T02:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-08-09:links.412179032</id><title>Football is back!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/football_is_back_1.htm"><![CDATA[I don&#39;t really care about the teams playing tonight but the NFL is back and that makes everything right in the world!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/football_is_back_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-08-09T23:57:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-09T23:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-08-07:links.412178808</id><title>Healthcare</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/healthcare_1.htm"><![CDATA[My friend aspatula has another long and worthy post on healthcare. &nbsp;His idea of a national lottery to pay for healthcare is one of the few that make sense to me. &nbsp;As he says we don&#39;t agree with everything. &nbsp;For instance we need man]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/healthcare_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-08-07T02:40:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-07T02:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-08-06:links.412178792</id><title>How can cash for clunkers hurt the economy?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/how_can_cash_for_clunkers_hurt_the_economy.htm"><![CDATA[At first glance, cash for clunkers looks good but the more you examine it the more it has problems. &nbsp;First, we are using borrowed money for present gain which is always a problem. &nbsp;Second, many of the people who will use the money don&#39;t]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/how_can_cash_for_clunkers_hurt_the_economy.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-08-06T21:24:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-06T21:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-07-25:links.412177728</id><title>We do need health reform but this Congress is not going to get it right</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/we_do_need_health_reform_but_this_congress_is_not_going_to_g.htm"><![CDATA[We do need health reform but we need it to be non-political and there is no way for this Congress to get it right. &nbsp;We need honesty on who is not covered and easy fixes like portability if you go from one job to another so you remain covered in]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/we_do_need_health_reform_but_this_congress_is_not_going_to_g.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-07-25T02:55:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-25T02:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-07-23:links.412177600</id><title>Must Read Post about cap and trade</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/must_read_post_about_cap_and_trade.htm"><![CDATA[You all must read this post about the fraud of cap and trade&nbsp; You must read this from by friend spatula!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/must_read_post_about_cap_and_trade.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-07-23T18:23:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-23T18:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:politicalman.blog-city.com,2009-07-22:links.412177545</id><title>Overexposed Obama</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/overexposed_obama.htm"><![CDATA[Is it just me or is President Obama way overexposed? &nbsp;It seems like he is on TV so much that he dilutes his message. &nbsp;I never remember so many events, so early in a Presidency and I personally have been less effected by his overexposer. &nb]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://politicalman.blog-city.com/overexposed_obama.htm"/><dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator><author><name>Mark</name></author><updated>2009-07-22T23:41:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-22T23:41:00Z</published></entry></feed>