<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411756459276906049</id><updated>2011-11-04T06:06:31.605-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Begin At Home</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ME</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411756459276906049.post-1880603815594401213</id><published>2006-02-05T12:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T07:38:22.994-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"Make the Pie Higher!"</title><content type='html'>Poem composed of actual quotes from George W. Bush.&lt;br /&gt;[Collected on the Internet, 2002]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MAKE THE PIE HIGHER by George W. Bush&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think we all agree, the past is over. This is still a dangerous  world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental  losses. Rarely is the question asked Is our children learning? Will the  highways of the Internet become more few? How many hands have I shaked?  They misunderestimate me. I am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity. I  know that the human being and the fish can coexist. Families is where  our nation finds hope, where our wings take dream. Put food on your  family! Knock down the tollbooth! Vulcanize society! Make the pie  higher! Make the pie higher!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/411756459276906049-1880603815594401213?l=beginathome.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/feeds/1880603815594401213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2006/02/make-pie-higher.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/1880603815594401213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/1880603815594401213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2006/02/make-pie-higher.html' title='&quot;Make the Pie Higher!&quot;'/><author><name>ME</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411756459276906049.post-3761030047218636494</id><published>2006-02-02T21:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T07:39:33.292-08:00</updated><title type='text'>COMPETENCE</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1701/838/320/cartoon_competence_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1701/838/320/cartoon_competence_large.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Willingness to be accountable: Leaders are able to hear tough  unpopular news, absorb it calmly, and immediately shift to creative  discussions and solutions. After all, every organization needs a leader  who at some point can say to the world: “The buck stops here.”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/411756459276906049-3761030047218636494?l=beginathome.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/feeds/3761030047218636494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2006/02/competence.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/3761030047218636494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/3761030047218636494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2006/02/competence.html' title='COMPETENCE'/><author><name>ME</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411756459276906049.post-5353504386712976313</id><published>2006-01-31T22:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T07:40:19.972-08:00</updated><title type='text'>STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1701/838/320/dunce.0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1701/838/320/dunce.0.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-060131assess,1,4288478.story?coll=chi-news-hed"&gt;Same old State of the Union&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr.  Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, Members of the  Supreme Court and diplomatic corps, distinguished guests, and fellow  citizens: Today our Nation lost a beloved, graceful, courageous woman  who called America to its founding ideals and carried on a noble dream.  Tonight we are comforted by the hope of a glad reunion with the husband  who was taken from her so long ago, and we are grateful for the good  life of Coretta Scott King. &lt;a href="http://www.thinkprogress.org/"&gt;ENTIRE SPEECH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/411756459276906049-5353504386712976313?l=beginathome.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/feeds/5353504386712976313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2006/01/state-of-union-address.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/5353504386712976313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/5353504386712976313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2006/01/state-of-union-address.html' title='STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS'/><author><name>ME</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411756459276906049.post-2695436942472674423</id><published>2005-12-14T02:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T07:41:17.422-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Other guys are improving themselves..are you?</title><content type='html'>Finally the real thing - no more tip-offs! Enhancment Patches are hot  right now, VERY hot! Unfortunately, most are cheap imitiations and do  very little to increase your size and stamina. Well this is the real  thing, not an imitation! One of the very originals, the absolutely  strongest Patch available, anywhere!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A top team of British  scientists and medical doctors have worked to develop the  state-of-the-art Pen1s Enlargment Patch delivery system which  automatically increases pen1s size up to 3-4 full inches. The patches  are the easiest and most effective way to increase your size. You won't  have to take pills, get under the knife to perform expensive and very  painful surgery, use any pumps or other devices. No one will ever find  out that you are using our product. Just apply one patch on your body  and wear it for 3 days and you will start noticing dramatic results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Millions of men are taking advantage of this revolutionary new product - Don't be left behind!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an added incentive, they are offering huge discount specials right now, check out the site to see for yourself!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.befaso.net/pt/?46&amp;amp;iwhgb"&gt;Here's the link to check out!&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" class="l"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr class="top"&gt;&lt;td&gt;Name&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Patches&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Regular&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Now&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="nm"&gt;Steel Package&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;10&lt;/b&gt; Patches&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="old"&gt;$79.95&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="our"&gt;$49.95&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Free shipping&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="nm"&gt;Silver Package&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;25&lt;/b&gt; Patches&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="old"&gt;$129.95&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="our"&gt;$99.95&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Free shipping and exercise manual included&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="nm"&gt;Gold Package&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;40&lt;/b&gt; Patches&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="old"&gt;$189.95&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="our"&gt;$149.95&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Free shipping and exercise manual included&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="nm"&gt;Platinum Package&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;65&lt;/b&gt; Patches&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="old"&gt;$259.95&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="our"&gt;$199.95&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Free shipping and exercise manual included&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/411756459276906049-2695436942472674423?l=beginathome.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/feeds/2695436942472674423/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2005/12/other-guys-are-improving-themselvesare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/2695436942472674423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/2695436942472674423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2005/12/other-guys-are-improving-themselvesare.html' title='Other guys are improving themselves..are you?'/><author><name>ME</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411756459276906049.post-261140114389460293</id><published>2005-12-03T15:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T07:42:27.052-08:00</updated><title type='text'>IRAQ -- SOME COALITION MEMBERS NO LONGER WILLING TO OFFER TROOPS</title><content type='html'>Bulgaria and Ukraine have announced their intentions to &lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1365712&amp;amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312" target="_blank"&gt;withdraw their 1,250 troops&lt;/a&gt;  by mid-December. Australia, Britain, Italy, Japan, Poland and South  Korea are also considering troop reductions. "Their exodus would deal a  blow to American efforts to prepare Iraqis to take over the most  dangerous peacekeeping tasks and craft an eventual U.S. exit strategy."  The number of coalition countries has been steadily &lt;a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0511270271nov27,1,1523391.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&amp;amp;ctrack=1&amp;amp;cset=true" target="_blank"&gt;shrinking from 37 at its peak to 27 "amid waning public support and rising violence on the ground&lt;/a&gt;." "&lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1365712&amp;amp;page=1" target="_blank"&gt;The vibrations of unease from within the United States clearly have an impact on public opinion elsewhere&lt;/a&gt;," said Terence Taylor of the International Institute for Strategic Studies.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/411756459276906049-261140114389460293?l=beginathome.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/feeds/261140114389460293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2005/12/iraq-some-coalition-members-no-longer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/261140114389460293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/411756459276906049/posts/default/261140114389460293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://beginathome.blogspot.com/2005/12/iraq-some-coalition-members-no-longer.html' title='IRAQ -- SOME COALITION MEMBERS NO LONGER WILLING TO OFFER TROOPS'/><author><name>ME</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
