<?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://gulliversisland.newsvine.com/</link><description>Welcome to Gulliver's Column</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 04:49:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:50:30 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Racist, Sexist People Think Michelle Obama Is Fat Because Of Racism, Sexism</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now, the weird thing about this is that Michelle Obama is the most in-shape First Lady we&rsquo;ve had since Sarah Childress Polk, who was a notorious regular at 19th-century Curves classes. &nbsp;Why, then, is there so much focus on her body?
Well, Michelle Obama does believe t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr. Reid]]></source><link>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16877724-racist-sexist-people-think-michelle-obama-is-fat-because-of-racism-sexism</link><guid>http://drreid3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16877724-racist-sexist-people-think-michelle-obama-is-fat-because-of-racism-sexism</guid><category>politics</category><category>washington-post</category><category>first-lady</category><category>michelle-obama</category><category>ann-althouse</category><category>michelle-obama8217-s</category><category>and-rep-nbsp-f</category><category>yr-wonket</category><category>sweet-dee</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 04:49:09 +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=drreid31334CFF1-C54B-E15D-4674-76AAF26A9593.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="202" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drreid31334CFF1-C54B-E15D-4674-76AAF26A9593.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The white South's last defeat - Salon.com</title>
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In understanding the polarization and paralysis that afflict national politics in the United States, it is a mistake to think in terms of left and right. The appropriate directions are North and South. To be specific, the long, drawn-out, agonizing identity crisis of white Sout&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fed up with Republicans]]></source><link>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16869221-the-white-souths-last-defeat-saloncom</link><guid>http://fed-up-with-republicans.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16869221-the-white-souths-last-defeat-saloncom</guid><category>south</category><category>north</category><category>race</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>tea-party</category><category>blue-dogs</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:16:55 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicansADF9D3A6-7FA0-C165-5B5C-723D7643A3A9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fed-up-with-republicansADF9D3A6-7FA0-C165-5B5C-723D7643A3A9.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>Goodbye Saturday mail? Postal Service plans cuts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Saturday mail may soon go the way of the Pony Express and penny postcards. The Postal Service said Wednesday that it plans to cut back to five-day-a-week deliveries for everything except packages to stem its financial losses in a world radically re-ordered by the Internet.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pauline Jelinek]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pauline Jelinek]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16868081-goodbye-saturday-mail-postal-service-plans-cuts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16868081-goodbye-saturday-mail-postal-service-plans-cuts</guid><category>us</category><category>cuts</category><category>politics</category><category>postal</category><category>postal-service</category><category>pony-express</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 13:16:38 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52bad593-8c12-4938-99f1-0717c62e1fa3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52bad593-8c12-4938-99f1-0717c62e1fa3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2011 file photo Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.   The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion, the financially struggling agency says.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02b7bb10-818c-4190-872c-3b330257ac90.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02b7bb10-818c-4190-872c-3b330257ac90.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, March 2, 2010 file photo, letter carrier Kevin Pownall delivers mail in Philadelphia. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service announced on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion a year.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f81d2323-cd8b-4dc0-9215-577c793f0593.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f81d2323-cd8b-4dc0-9215-577c793f0593.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013, in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae888ea1-501e-4f7d-b41f-0f14bbace8b3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae888ea1-501e-4f7d-b41f-0f14bbace8b3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Saturday Dec. 19, 2009 file photo, U. S. Post Office letter carrier Tim Bell delivers the mail during a snow storm in Havertown, Pa.  The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion a year. In an announcement scheduled for later Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013, the service is expected to say the Saturday mail cutback would begin in August.  (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1017c3e1-561f-4dc0-a8e5-cf562ec4a578.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1017c3e1-561f-4dc0-a8e5-cf562ec4a578.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013 in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5618d83-5a15-4fa4-a87a-621193293728.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d5618d83-5a15-4fa4-a87a-621193293728.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013 in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43fe03ab-5ee8-44ec-bc4b-0d1a71e5bac3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43fe03ab-5ee8-44ec-bc4b-0d1a71e5bac3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe speaks during a news conference at U.S. Postal Service headquarters on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013 in Washington. The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16ce44fd-86fb-447f-bf6e-ed1ce72430e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="491" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16ce44fd-86fb-447f-bf6e-ed1ce72430e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Charts show U.S. Postal Service operating losses and total mail volume since&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Obama Pretends to Think He Has The Constitutional Right To Kill an American Citizen based on his own Secret Judgment--A Challenge to Our Democracy NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This dispute goes to the fundamental  nature of  our democracy, to the relationship among the branches of  government and  to their responsibility to the public....
[Disturbing:]the twisted logic of the   administration&rsquo;s lawyers laid out in black and white. It had the a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[truthlover]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[truthlover]]></source><link>http://truthlover.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16867196-why-obama-pretends-to-think-he-has-the-constitutional-right-to-kill-an-american-citizen-based-on-his-own-secret-judgment-a-challenge-to-our-democracy-nytimescom</link><guid>http://truthlover.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16867196-why-obama-pretends-to-think-he-has-the-constitutional-right-to-kill-an-american-citizen-based-on-his-own-secret-judgment-a-challenge-to-our-democracy-nytimescom</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:03:44 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=truthloverAFC308B1-5406-E7EE-ED89-1858EC362431.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="211" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=truthloverAFC308B1-5406-E7EE-ED89-1858EC362431.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>First City in U.S. Passes Resolution Against Drones </title>
<description><![CDATA[Who would have thought on September 12, 2001 that the next people to attack us would be our own government?
The state of Virginia had a prominent presence at the First and Second Continental Congress as they met against the Coercive Acts enacted by Britain against the first 13 c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Radio Free America]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Radio Free America]]></source><link>http://enwr77.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16866143-first-city-in-us-passes-resolution-against-drones</link><guid>http://enwr77.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16866143-first-city-in-us-passes-resolution-against-drones</guid><category>virginia</category><category>united-states</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>drone</category><category>rutherford-institutes</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 10:43:07 +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=enwr771FE6C8B0-7A2A-90CF-C5FD-1BCAB30CA814.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=enwr771FE6C8B0-7A2A-90CF-C5FD-1BCAB30CA814.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What You Don't Know About Unions, Part II:  There is no such thing as a 'union boss' + more on union democracy </title>
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This is the second in a&nbsp;series to spur a serious discussion about unions, the larger labor movement, and their impact on the American workforce. Please join in. &nbsp;All respectful commentary welcome.&nbsp;
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Any reporter who uses the term &&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Idle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[American Idle]]></source><link>http://american-idle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16841824-what-you-dont-know-about-unions-part-ii-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-union-boss-more-on-union-democracy</link><guid>http://american-idle.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16841824-what-you-dont-know-about-unions-part-ii-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-union-boss-more-on-union-democracy</guid><category>labor</category><category>workers</category><category>unions</category><category>us-news</category><category>union-boss</category><category>labor-laws</category><category>employers</category><category>collective-bargaining</category><category>workplace-democracy</category><category>labor-contracts</category><category>landrum-griffin</category><category>union-democracy</category><category>labor-management-reporting-and-disclosure-act</category><category>duty-of-fair-representation</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Feb 2013 22:44:21 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=american-idleD1DEB3AA-57CF-1E5A-F71A-95C8FD687680.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="383" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=american-idleD1DEB3AA-57CF-1E5A-F71A-95C8FD687680.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Union democracy in action &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=american-idle2BA1D0B4-0736-BAA8-AEA8-AFE70044DBAD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=american-idle2BA1D0B4-0736-BAA8-AEA8-AFE70044DBAD.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>AP PHOTOS: A look at US presidents holding guns</title>
<description><![CDATA[The White House has released a photo of President Barack Obama firing a gun, two days before he is set to travel to Minnesota to discuss gun control. It shows Obama shooting at clay targets on the range at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, where he says he engages in the sport "all the time."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16820095-ap-photos-a-look-at-us-presidents-holding-guns</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16820095-ap-photos-a-look-at-us-presidents-holding-guns</guid><category>white-house</category><category>guns</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>photo</category><category>us-news</category><category>gallery</category><pubDate>Sat, 2 Feb 2013 18:15:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=efe2088d-b67b-4385-a44a-d2e77cb4f47e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=efe2088d-b67b-4385-a44a-d2e77cb4f47e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by the White House, President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. The White House released a photo of Obama firing a gun, two days before he heads to Minnesota to discuss gun control. In a recent interview with The New Republic magazine, Obama said yes when asked if he has ever fired a gun. He said &quot;we do skeet shooting all the time,&quot; except for his daughters, at Camp David. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae553bf7-1ac9-4cb4-a3b8-460665bb36a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae553bf7-1ac9-4cb4-a3b8-460665bb36a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 6, 1928 file photo, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge shoots at clay pigeons at his vacation home on the Brule at Superior, Wis, He scored twenty nine out of thirty seven.  (AP Photo/file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=31a96de1-fc51-4a55-9181-832e29176882.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=31a96de1-fc51-4a55-9181-832e29176882.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this undated photo provided by Harvard University Press, President Theodore Roosevelt, posing as an &quot;outdoorsman,&quot; points his rifle during a studio photo session.   AP Photo/Harvard University Press)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d37ec0a3-0802-40ae-9419-2342518a7147.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d37ec0a3-0802-40ae-9419-2342518a7147.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 30, 1940 file photo,President Franklin D. Roosevelt comes ashore at Aberdeen, Md. to inspect the U.S. Armys 28,000 acre laboratory where the  ordnance ranges from tanks to 16-inch shells and rifle bullets. Roosevelt gets a close-up of the Armys Garand semi-automatic rifle held by Capt. E.H. Harrison. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bd8c75da-26f6-446b-9258-b48a37181002.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bd8c75da-26f6-446b-9258-b48a37181002.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 28, 1944 file photo, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied invasion chief, fires a Browning light machine gun using his hip as a mount, during an inspection of an infantry unit in England.  (AP Photo/file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=264cb284-ce4f-43c5-92ae-f58a7d05155a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=264cb284-ce4f-43c5-92ae-f58a7d05155a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1984 file photo, former President Jimmy Carter sights down the barrel of a shotgun as Reinhart Fajen, a gunstock manufacturer checks the fit, in Atlanta as Carter stopped during a visit to the national shooting sports foundation shot show at the World Congress center. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e05cf226-b887-45fe-afc0-43c58c164399.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e05cf226-b887-45fe-afc0-43c58c164399.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 25, 1992 file photo, U.S. President George H. Bush displays a rifle given to him as a gift, in Billings, Mont., as his chief of staff James Baker, left, watches during the campaign stop. Bush will continue campaigning at morning on Monday in Montana. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a536f14-16a0-4421-b674-4816fb445223.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="338" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a536f14-16a0-4421-b674-4816fb445223.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 25, 1994 file photo, President Bill Clinton holds a Colt AR-15 rifle during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington,  where he launched efforts to pass the assault weapons ban. Dayton, Ohio Police Lt. Randy Bean, whose fellow officer Steve Whalen was gunned down with an AR-15 in 1991, looks on at left. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0efeb2d1-4735-4f30-8135-679d24a54c4d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0efeb2d1-4735-4f30-8135-679d24a54c4d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 1, 1994 file photo, George W. Bush looks to the sky during a dove hunt  in Hockley, Texas during his first Texas gubernatorial campaign. Anticipating some dove hunting on a 100-plus degree day during Sept. 2000, Bush explained that the birds could be marinated, but &quot;I'm probably just going to throw them right on the grill.&quot; (AP Photo/File, David J. Phillip, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why the 'Citizen Militia' Theory Is the Worst Pro-Gun Argument Ever</title>
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Two out of three Americans see the Second Amendment as a safeguard against tyranny. What?
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[multifariousone]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[multifariousone]]></source><link>http://multifariousone.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804264-why-the-citizen-militia-theory-is-the-worst-pro-gun-argument-ever</link><guid>http://multifariousone.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16804264-why-the-citizen-militia-theory-is-the-worst-pro-gun-argument-ever</guid><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 10:41:45 +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=multifariousoneF7DA59FB-D4AD-EC4C-8E86-114A203603D0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=multifariousoneF7DA59FB-D4AD-EC4C-8E86-114A203603D0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>St. Louis Pastor Under Fire After Leaving Nasty Note for Waitress</title>
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St. Louis pastor Alois Bell is under fire after leaving a nasty note for her waiter at a local Applebee&rsquo;s restaurant.The pastor was upset that a tip was included on her check &ndash; something the restaurant does for groups with over eight individuals.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16793423-st-louis-pastor-under-fire-after-leaving-nasty-note-for-waitress</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16793423-st-louis-pastor-under-fire-after-leaving-nasty-note-for-waitress</guid><category>st-louis</category><category>us-news</category><category>tip</category><category>waitress</category><category>applebees</category><category>truth-in-the-world-deliverance-ministries</category><category>pastor-bell</category><category>nasty-note</category><category>alois-bell</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:56:07 +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=addictedtome506E388E-A33B-FAAB-5F67-F718AC94D4AD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="533" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome506E388E-A33B-FAAB-5F67-F718AC94D4AD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>