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    <title>All the latest, juiciest Sarah Palin rumors</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1784</id>

    <published>2008-09-06T04:03:51Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-06T04:06:13Z</updated>

    <summary>Have at it, liberal mouthbreathers....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/05/palin-rumors/">Have at it</a>, liberal mouthbreathers.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Video: Sarah Palin&apos;s speech</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1783</id>

    <published>2008-09-04T15:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-04T15:28:47Z</updated>

    <summary>Talk about bringing a tank to a gunfight ......</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Talk about bringing a tank to a gunfight ...</p>

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<entry>
    <title>Breaking news: Sarah Palin&apos;s &quot;other man&quot; identified</title>
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    <published>2008-09-03T23:39:15Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-03T23:41:06Z</updated>

    <summary>Since the National Enquirer is about to publish a story about Sarah Palin&apos;s extramarital affair, it&apos;s time to preempt the scoop. I&apos;m the other man. Yes, yes, I know. It&apos;s a shock to everyone around me, too. But the truth will out. All five of her kids are actually mine. Just look at their cheekbones and noses. It&apos;s all plain for anyone with eyes to see. And just who do you think encouraged her penchant for giving her children unusual names? That&apos;s right: Yours Truly. She never actually sold the Governor&apos;s jet on eBay, either. She had it painted black...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Since the National Enquirer is about to publish a story about Sarah Palin's <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NzRiNDZkODEwMzdkMThmOTQ1NjFjOGNlNTUzYzA1NmY=">extramarital affair</a>, it's time to preempt the scoop.</p>

<p>I'm the other man.</p>

<p>Yes, yes, I know. It's a shock to everyone around me, too.  But the truth will out.  All five of her kids are actually mine.  Just look at their cheekbones and noses.  It's all plain for anyone with eyes to see.  And just who do you think encouraged her penchant for giving her children unusual names?  That's right: Yours Truly.</p>

<p>She never actually sold the Governor's jet on eBay, either.  She had it painted black and periodically sends it here to the local airstrip to carry me to Alaska whenever Todd's away and she feels ... errr ... lonely.</p>

<p>Don't be so shocked.  Look at my picture and you'll understand why powerful, accomplished professional women can't resist me.  Next week, I'll have an announcement about Angelina Jolie's not-so-perfect marriage to Brad Pitt ... and the true paternity of her twins.</p>

<p>Surely you don't think she just spontaneously started <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/27/AR2008022702217.html">leaning rightward</a>, do you?</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Leftist delusions lead to evil intent</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1780</id>

    <published>2008-09-03T00:27:40Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-03T00:27:24Z</updated>

    <summary>That&apos;s no exaggeration....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>That's <a href="http://www.firstthings.com/blog/2008/08/31/the-politics-of-blood/">no exaggeration</a>.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Kudos to Lee Stranahan</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1779</id>

    <published>2008-09-02T22:18:28Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-02T22:27:27Z</updated>

    <summary>Liberal blogger Lee Stranahan delivers a breath of fresh air ... at The Huffington Post, of all places. Hat tip: Josh Gillespie...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Liberal blogger Lee Stranahan delivers a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-stranahan/why-dailykos-embraced-the_b_122790.html">breath of fresh air</a> ... at The Huffington Post, of all places.</p>

<p><em>Hat tip: <a href="http://thankstopalin.com/2008/09/01/palin-defended-by%E2%80%A6the-huffington-post/">Josh Gillespie</a></em></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Video: Former DNC chairman thinks Hurricane Gustav is funny</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1777</id>

    <published>2008-08-31T10:40:10Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-31T10:39:58Z</updated>

    <summary> Stay classy, Democrats....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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<p><a href="http://www.redstate.com/diaries/absentee/2008/aug/30/fowler-fouls-hurricane-is-gods-favor-to-dem/">Stay classy</a>, Democrats.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Obama campaign lashes out at Stanley Kurtz</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1775</id>

    <published>2008-08-28T02:40:23Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-28T04:13:36Z</updated>

    <summary>How dare a lowly conservative columnist unearth public records about the Obamessiah&apos;s friendship and work history with an unrepentant terrorist? Stanley Kurtz had the gall to speak about the Anointed One&apos;s ties to Bill Ayers in a radio interview, and he will be punished. From: Obama Action Wire Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 Subject: Chicago: CALL TONIGHT to fight the latest smear [Name] -- In the next few hours, we have a crucial opportunity to fight one of the most cynical and offensive smears ever launched against Barack. Tonight, WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum...</summary>
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        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>How dare a lowly conservative columnist unearth public records about the Obamessiah's friendship and work history with an unrepentant terrorist?  Stanley Kurtz had the gall to speak about the Anointed One's ties to Bill Ayers in a <a href="http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?callsign=WGNAM#Main">radio interview</a>, and <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Obama_camp_blasts_National_Review_writer_as_slimy_character_assassin.html">he will be punished</a>.</p>

<blockquote>From: Obama Action Wire

<p>Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008</p>

<p>Subject: Chicago: CALL TONIGHT to fight the latest smear</p>

<p>[Name] --</p>

<p>In the next few hours, we have a crucial opportunity to fight one of the most cynical and offensive smears ever launched against Barack.</p>

<p>Tonight, WGN radio is giving right-wing hatchet man Stanley Kurtz a forum to air his baseless, fear-mongering terrorist smears. He's currently scheduled to spend a solid two-hour block from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. pushing lies, distortions, and manipulations about Barack and University of Illinois professor William Ayers.</p>

<p>Tell WGN that by providing Kurtz with airtime, they are legitimizing baseless attacks from a smear-merchant and lowering the standards of political discourse.</p>

<p>...</p>

<p>It is absolutely unacceptable that WGN would give a slimy character assassin like Kurtz time for his divisive, destructive ranting on our public airwaves. At the very least, they should offer sane, honest rebuttal to every one of Kurtz's lies.</p>

<p>Kurtz is scheduled to appear from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the Chicago market.</p>

<p>Calling will only take a minute, and it will make a huge difference if we nip this smear in the bud. Confront Kurtz tonight before this goes any further:</blockquote></p>

<p>The candidate doth protest too much, methinks.</p>

<p><em>Hat tip: <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YTQ4ZDIxOGQxMGM3MGVjMWRlZmY1ZDg2N2Y4OGRjZGI=">Byron York</a></em></p>

<p>--</p>

<p><strong>Update:</strong> Andy McCarthy reacts <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjAxNjEyNWY5NGNmMDdkMzFjMWY5M2UzMzcyNmNmMTI=">during</a> and <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZWQxMTdkM2ViMGRiNGJiOTA3YzM2MGY0MDA4M2Q5Y2Q=">after</a> the interview. The Obama cultists didn't exactly shine.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Video: Barack Obama and terrorist William Ayers</title>
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    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1774</id>

    <published>2008-08-27T23:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-28T00:55:13Z</updated>

    <summary>Here&apos;s the ad the Obama campaign doesn&apos;t want you to see: This TV spot by The American Issues Project hit a very raw nerve, because here&apos;s how the Obama team reacted: They released a &quot;response&quot; ad that refutes nothing. They threatened TV stations not to air the AIP ad. They asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute AIP, its officers, its board of directors, and its donors. That&apos;s not how a politician responds to a lie. Rather, it&apos;s how a politician tries to bury the truth....</summary>
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        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Here's the ad the Obama campaign doesn't want you to see:</p>

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<p>This TV spot by The American Issues Project hit a very raw nerve, because here's how the Obama team reacted:</p>

<ol>
<li>They released a "response" ad that <a href="http://thepage.time.com/video-obamas-ayers-tv-ad/">refutes nothing</a>.</li>
<li>They <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92PL7400&show_article=1">threatened</a> TV stations not to air the AIP ad.</li>
<li>They asked the U.S. Department of Justice to <a href="http://www.americanissuesproject.org/american-issue-project-news/american-issues-project-calls-obama-campaign-efforts-to-prosecute-political-opponents-bullying-and.html">investigate and prosecute</a> AIP, its officers, its  board of directors, and its donors.</li>
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<p>That's not how a politician responds to a lie.  Rather, it's how a politician tries to bury the truth.</p>]]>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>More on Obama and Ayers:</strong><br />
<a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZDI4YzUyYmI1ZjA1OWUzMDA5ZDIzNTI4NTk5ZmYwYWY=">"Obama's Friend, America's Enemy"</a><br />
<a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/26/newly-released-documents-highlight-obamas-relationship-with-ayers/">"Newly Released Documents Highlight Obama's Relationship With Ayers"</a><br />
<a href="http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/26/obama-associate-bill-ayers-unrepentant-for-acts-of-terror/">"Ayers Unrepentant for Radical Group's Violence in 1960s, 1970s"</a><br />
<a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jOnqXMIhzLliGTOV69FEIftajObwD92QD8UG1">"Radical tied to Obama compared US actions to 9/11"</a><br />
<a href="http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2001/No-Regrets/">"No Regrets"</a><br />
Michelle Malkin on <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2008/08/27/document-drop-turning-the-tables-again-on-obamas-speech-squelching-thugs/">document dumps</a> and related <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/category/politicians/barack-obama/bill-ayers/">developments</a><br />
Andy McCarthy on <a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODk2ZTRmZDIwNWEzOWE2MDNhMTQ0ZWYwYmRiNWZmNDM=">Ayers' lies</a> <em>(Hat tip: <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/27/video-obama-and-ayers-the-hype-trailer/">Hot Air</a>)</em><br />
John M. Murtagh on the night Ayers' group <a href="http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0430jm.html">tried to kill him</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Here's a relevant section of a documentary that covers Obama and Ayers:</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>A brief clip of Ayers and his sweetie, fellow terrorist Bernardine Dohrn (warning: foul language):</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>A brief O'Reilly Factor segment on Ayers, Dohrn, and Obama:</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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<entry>
    <title>All hail the Obamessiah</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.brainshavings.com/2008/08/all-hail-the-obamessiah.html" />
    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1767</id>

    <published>2008-08-01T20:46:31Z</published>
    <updated>2008-08-01T20:50:15Z</updated>

    <summary> Enjoy the discussion....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
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<p>Enjoy the <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/01/new-mccain-ad-the-one/">discussion</a>.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Scott McClellan lied about Fox News talking points</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.brainshavings.com/2008/07/fox-news-bustedkeith-olbermann.html" />
    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1766</id>

    <published>2008-07-30T03:32:05Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-30T03:33:47Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan recently pandered to &uuml;berlefty Keith Olbermann, claiming that Fox News parroted talking points sent to them by the White House ... ... but retracted his claim when confronted by Bill O'Reilly: Just listen to this guy frantically try to avoid admitting his falsehoods. He's not a very good spin doctor, and O'Reilly flat out pins McClellan's hide to the wall, vaporizing the last shreds of credibility this flack still had. Hat tip: Thespis Journal...]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="MSM Bias" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    <category term="billoreilly" label="Bill O&apos;Reilly" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    <category term="foxnews" label="Fox News" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    <category term="scottmcclellan" label="Scott McClellan" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    <category term="whitehouse" label="White House" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
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        <![CDATA[<p>Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan recently pandered to &uuml;berlefty Keith Olbermann, claiming that Fox News parroted talking points sent to them by the White House ...</p>

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<p>...  but retracted his claim when confronted by Bill O'Reilly:</p>

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<p>Just listen to this guy frantically try to avoid admitting his falsehoods.  He's not a very good spin doctor, and O'Reilly flat out pins McClellan's hide to the wall, vaporizing the last shreds of credibility this flack still had.</p>

<p><em>Hat tip: <a href="http://thespisjournal.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/fox-news-busted/">Thespis Journal</a></em></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Obama&apos;s hubris</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.brainshavings.com/2008/07/obamas-hubris.html" />
    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1765</id>

    <published>2008-07-28T06:10:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-28T06:05:59Z</updated>

    <summary>Ten bucks says this assessment of Obama&apos;s arrogance gets mentioned on Rush Limbaugh&apos;s show today....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Election 2008" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    <category term="barackobama" label="Barack Obama" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
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        <![CDATA[<p>Ten bucks says <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/the_operative_term_is_hubris.html">this assessment of Obama's arrogance</a> gets mentioned on Rush Limbaugh's show today.</p>]]>
        
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Obama blows off wounded troops, goes shopping instead</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.brainshavings.com/2008/07/obama-blows-off-wounded-troops.html" />
    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1764</id>

    <published>2008-07-27T23:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-27T23:08:03Z</updated>

    <summary>During the Obamessiah&apos;s pilgrimage to Europe, he had made plans to visit wounded U.S. troops at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. But shortly before he was to arrive, he changed his mind and went shopping. Despite his campaign&apos;s numerous (and conflicting) excuses, the real reason Obama blew off the troops was the prohibition on cameras inside the military hospital. For a cut-and-run appeasement junkie like Saint Barack, there&apos;s no point in slumming with the warmongers if you can&apos;t score cheap political points by doing so. This makes the decision track very clear. Obama and his team set up...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Election 2008" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
        <category term="Military" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    <category term="barackobama" label="Barack Obama" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.brainshavings.com/">
        <![CDATA[<p>During the Obamessiah's pilgrimage to Europe, he had made plans to visit wounded U.S. troops at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.  But shortly before he was to arrive, he changed his mind and went shopping.</p>

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<p>Despite his campaign's numerous (and conflicting) excuses, the real reason Obama blew off the troops was the <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/07/25/why-obama-snubbed-the-troops-no-photo-op-allowed/">prohibition on cameras</a> inside the military hospital.  For a cut-and-run appeasement junkie like Saint Barack, there's no point in slumming with the warmongers if you can't score cheap political points by doing so.  </p>

<blockquote>This makes the decision track very clear.  Obama and his team set up the visits to military installations before going overseas.  After seeing how the media got excluded in Iraq and Afghanistan, they decided it wasn’t worth traveling to Ramstein and Landstuhl to visit the severely wounded troops because they couldn’t bring the campaign and get the photo ops they wanted.  Instead, Obama went shopping in Berlin.</blockquote>

<p>I hear there are some wicked deals on Che Guevara t-shirts to be found in Berlin.</p>]]>
        
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>The coming of the Obamessiah</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.brainshavings.com/2008/07/the-coming-of-the-obamessiah.html" />
    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1763</id>

    <published>2008-07-26T05:31:36Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-26T06:47:01Z</updated>

    <summary>From the Book of Obama, Chapter 1: And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness. The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Humor" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    <category term="barackobama" label="Barack Obama" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.brainshavings.com/">
        <![CDATA[<p>From the Book of Obama, Chapter 1:</p>

<blockquote>And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

<p><br />
The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.</p>

<p>When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: “Verily, who is this Child that he opens our hearts and minds to the audacity of hope?” </blockquote></p>

<p>Go ye forth, and <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article4392846.ece">read</a>.</p>]]>
        
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Does Obama give you that special tingly feeling?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.brainshavings.com/2008/07/does-obama-give-you-that-speci.html" />
    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1762</id>

    <published>2008-07-24T21:22:45Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-27T00:56:46Z</updated>

    <summary> He does if you&apos;re a member of the mainstream media....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Election 2008" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
        <category term="MSM Bias" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" />
    
    <category term="barackobama" label="Barack Obama" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.brainshavings.com/">
        <![CDATA[<p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u6CSix3Dy04&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u6CSix3Dy04&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>

<p>He does if you're a member of the mainstream media.</p>]]>
        
    </content>
</entry>

<entry>
    <title>Tony Snow, 1955-2008</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.brainshavings.com/2008/07/tony-snow-rip.html" />
    <id>tag:www.brainshavings.com,2008://1.1757</id>

    <published>2008-07-12T12:35:00Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-12T12:36:27Z</updated>

    <summary> Rest in peace, Tony....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Alo Konsen</name>
        <uri>http://brainshavings.com/puddlepirate/</uri>
    </author>
    
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    <category term="tonysnow" label="Tony Snow" scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag" />
    
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        <![CDATA[<p><img alt="Tony Snow" src="http://www.brainshavings.com/images/tony_snow.jpg" width="350" height="450"/></p>

<p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381250,00.html">Rest in peace, Tony.</a></p>]]>
        
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