<?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 - TennisMom2's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:08:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:17:44 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Tyranny is Tyranny</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prelude to a Revolution:"The (French and Indian) war had brought glory for the generals, death to the privates, wealth for the merchants, unemployment for the poor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8823947-tyranny-is-tyranny</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/15/8823947-tyranny-is-tyranny</guid><category>american-revolution</category><category>mob-violence</category><category>ows-movement</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:08:34 +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>Opulent Sothebys' Appalling Treatment of Its Workers Is a Perfect Symbol of the Out of Touch 1%</title>
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On Aug. 1, after contract negotiations stalled, Sotheby&rsquo;s sent&nbsp;letters to the art handlers telling them not to return for work.&nbsp;Their dispute involves&nbsp;shortened work weeks and also&nbsp;the collective bargaining rights of new hires.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/11/8758271-opulent-sothebys-appalling-treatment-of-its-workers-is-a-perfect-symbol-of-the-out-of-touch-1</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/11/8758271-opulent-sothebys-appalling-treatment-of-its-workers-is-a-perfect-symbol-of-the-out-of-touch-1</guid><category>politics</category><category>rights</category><category>workers</category><category>unions</category><category>hunter-college</category><category>solidarity</category><category>elitism</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:14:52 +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>US wealth gap between young and old is widest ever</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON&mdash;The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt.The typical U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8686517-us-wealth-gap-between-young-and-old-is-widest-ever</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/07/8686517-us-wealth-gap-between-young-and-old-is-widest-ever</guid><category>seniors</category><category>us-news</category><category>young-people</category><category>social-safety-nets</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Nov 2011 21:56:11 +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>Tax increase for the rich? Might be only 3% of taxpayers - Aug. 11, 2011</title>
<description><![CDATA[All this 'fussing and fighting, my friends' by the Tea Party is to protect 3 percent of the population from a tax hike?&nbsp; Meantime, millions are facing losses of jobs, medical benefits, foreclosures, etc? &nbsp; &nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7347055-tax-increase-for-the-rich-might-be-only-3-of-taxpayers-aug-11-2011</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/11/7347055-tax-increase-for-the-rich-might-be-only-3-of-taxpayers-aug-11-2011</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>tea-party</category><category>the-wealthy</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:55:39 +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>Slash mortgage deductions for the rich? Fat chance</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration, as well as several tax and deficit commissions, have called for limiting or eliminating the deductions in the past. But the proposals have gone nowhere and the same outcome is expected this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466244-slash-mortgage-deductions-for-the-rich-fat-chance</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/13/6466244-slash-mortgage-deductions-for-the-rich-fat-chance</guid><category>interest</category><category>mortgages</category><category>politics</category><category>real-estate</category><category>deductions</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:11:11 +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>Wisconsin Voters Launch Recall Campaign Against Eight GOP State Senators </title>
<description><![CDATA[Last month, ThinkProgress reported that Wisconsin law allows any elected official who has served at least one year of their current term to be recalled from office. Today, a group of Wisconsin voters took the first step towards invoking this recall process.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/02/6173475-wisconsin-voters-launch-recall-campaign-against-eight-gop-state-senators</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/02/6173475-wisconsin-voters-launch-recall-campaign-against-eight-gop-state-senators</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 2 Mar 2011 23:53:45 +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><item><title>Gun crime statistics by US state</title>
<description><![CDATA[Here are some fun statistics for us to 'enjoy'.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/11/5815038-gun-crime-statistics-by-us-state</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/11/5815038-gun-crime-statistics-by-us-state</guid><category>europe</category><category>politics</category><category>guns</category><category>gun-control</category><category>individual-states</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:34:51 +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>Big Kid 10 Year Old Kills Mother: Are You Next? </title>
<description><![CDATA[When a 10-year-old kills his own mother, it's not an "I told you so" moment. But the death of Deborah McVay is certainly a wake-up call for the sector of America that thinks the right to bear arms should extend to the not old enough to grow pubic hair contingent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/04/5765552-big-kid-10-year-old-kills-mother-are-you-next</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/04/5765552-big-kid-10-year-old-kills-mother-are-you-next</guid><category>children</category><category>guns</category><category>murder</category><category>parents</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:07:16 +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>TARP expected to cost U.S. only $25 billion, CBO says</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Troubled Assets Relief Program, which was widely reviled as a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street titans, is now expected to cost the federal government a mere $25 billion - the equivalent of less than six months of emergency jobless benefits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5554636-tarp-expected-to-cost-us-only-25-billion-cbo-says</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5554636-tarp-expected-to-cost-us-only-25-billion-cbo-says</guid><category>politics</category><category>congressional-budget-office</category><category>tarp</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:44:32 +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>Jon Kyl Reaps $200 MILLION In Pork Just Days After Senate Republicans Voted To Ban Earmarks</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans' ban on earmarks – money included in a bill by a lawmaker to benefit a home-state project or interest – was short-lived.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5522429-jon-kyl-reaps-200-million-in-pork-just-days-after-senate-republicans-voted-to-ban-earmarks</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5522429-jon-kyl-reaps-200-million-in-pork-just-days-after-senate-republicans-voted-to-ban-earmarks</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>jon-kyl</category><category>hypocrisy</category><category>earmarks</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:18:02 +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>Watchdogs worry over ethics office future</title>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Congressional watchdogs fear the new Republican House majority will dismantle an office that opened up once-secretive ethics probes, and they are urging incoming Speaker John Boehner to maintain its powers when his party assumes control in January.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5495647-watchdogs-worry-over-ethics-office-future</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5495647-watchdogs-worry-over-ethics-office-future</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>house-ethics-committee</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:53:13 +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>The Liberal Mind Rejects Sad Facts - Dennis Prager - National Review Online</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Here are four descriptive statements rejected by the Left for these two mutually reinforcing reasons.

1. People are not basically good.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/18/5489329-the-liberal-mind-rejects-sad-facts-dennis-prager-national-review-online</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/18/5489329-the-liberal-mind-rejects-sad-facts-dennis-prager-national-review-online</guid><category>politics</category><category>modern-liberalism</category><category>self-esteem-over-reason-i</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:44:24 +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>America, the New Third World?</title>
<description><![CDATA[No question that our country is very divided.  Last time it was  this divided we had the Civil War.  Let's hope it doesn't happen again,  ever.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5482577-america-the-new-third-world</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5482577-america-the-new-third-world</guid><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>socialism</category><category>electorate</category><category>finance-reform</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:52:32 +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>Ill. Woman `Assaults` Cop with Sex Toy at a Joe's Crab Shack, Say Police - CBSNews</title>
<description><![CDATA[Woman assaulted the cop with 'a rigid female pleasure item'.  
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/11/5451751-ill-woman-assaults-cop-with-sex-toy-at-a-joes-crab-shack-say-police-cbsnews</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/11/5451751-ill-woman-assaults-cop-with-sex-toy-at-a-joes-crab-shack-say-police-cbsnews</guid><category>odd-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:50:25 +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>Seven Right-Wing Ballot Initiatives That Could Ruin Your Government for Decades to Come</title>
<description><![CDATA[November 1, 2010  |  
 
 
 
 
 If you could create a political party that convinced a large number of people that by electing you they could eat all the ice-cream they want, and then sit on their butts watching TV all day and never put on an ounce, you'd have a pretty good&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/08/5429510-seven-right-wing-ballot-initiatives-that-could-ruin-your-government-for-decades-to-come</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/08/5429510-seven-right-wing-ballot-initiatives-that-could-ruin-your-government-for-decades-to-come</guid><category>politics</category><category>policy</category><category>priorities</category><category>paul-krugman</category><category>washington-state-initiative</category><category>california-measures</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Nov 2010 17:34:48 +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>How much does your state get from the federal government?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The GOP wants to get the country out of debt and quit offering handouts to the undeserving.  Good!  Let's start by taking most of the South off Federal Welfare.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5398067-how-much-does-your-state-get-from-the-federal-government</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/02/5398067-how-much-does-your-state-get-from-the-federal-government</guid><category>politics</category><category>welfare</category><category>federal-spending</category><category>the-south</category><category>us-deficit</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Nov 2010 01:26:18 +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>Toxic substance forces closure of Grijalva office</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police locked down the Tucson congressional office of Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Thursday afternoon after staffers received a package containing a "confirmed" toxic substance, a Grijalva spokesman said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/21/5331980-toxic-substance-forces-closure-of-grijalva-office</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/21/5331980-toxic-substance-forces-closure-of-grijalva-office</guid><category>politics</category><category>tucson</category><category>right-wing-terrorism</category><category>grijalvaros</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:03:12 +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>Bitter Tales from the Massive White Underclass in Joe Bageant's &quot;Redneck&quot; Memoir</title>
<description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, the underclass, 'America's flexible labor force' (one must be pretty flexible to get screwed in some of the positions we are asked to), or whatever you choose to call the unwashed throngs mucking around down here at the bottom of the national labor tier, are neverthele&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/23/5163675-bitter-tales-from-the-massive-white-underclass-in-joe-bageants-redneck-memoir</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/23/5163675-bitter-tales-from-the-massive-white-underclass-in-joe-bageants-redneck-memoir</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>rednecks</category><category>underclass</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:11:57 +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>Now That's Rich</title>
<description><![CDATA[What's at stake here? According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, making all of the Bush tax cuts permanent, as opposed to following the Obama proposal, would cost the federal government $680 billion in revenue over the next 10 years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/24/4958357-now-thats-rich</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/24/4958357-now-thats-rich</guid><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>wealthy</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:33:58 +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> 20% Of Americans Think Obama Is A Talking Car  </title>
<description><![CDATA[Martin Bishop, deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee, said: "I would just like him to have the courage to produce his birth certificate so that we can see once and for all what kind of car he is."
]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4941373-20-of-americans-think-obama-is-a-talking-car</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4941373-20-of-americans-think-obama-is-a-talking-car</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:36:59 +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>Outrage Over Plans To Build Library Next To Sarah Palin </title>
<description><![CDATA[PLANS to build a state-of-the-art library next to Republican catastrophe Sarah Palin are causing outrage across mainstream America.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4939559-outrage-over-plans-to-build-library-next-to-sarah-palin</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/20/4939559-outrage-over-plans-to-build-library-next-to-sarah-palin</guid><category>books</category><category>brains</category><category>libraries</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>put-his-eye-out</category><category>mash-get</category><category>weekly-mash</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:12:05 +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 Stockman: Republicans Have Abandoned Their Principles And Crippled The Economy </title>
<description><![CDATA[A Breakdown:

    • The total US debt, including states and municipalities, will soon reach $18 trillion dollars. That is a Greece-like 120% of GDP.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TennisMom2]]></source><link>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/13/4882834-david-stockman-republicans-have-abandoned-their-principles-and-crippled-the-economy</link><guid>http://tennismom2.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/13/4882834-david-stockman-republicans-have-abandoned-their-principles-and-crippled-the-economy</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>supply-side-economics</category><category>david-stockman</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:56:03 +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>
