<?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/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - robynlewisTX.'s Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - robynlewisTX.'s Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:03:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>American Thinker: ObamaCare is Tyranny, Not Legislation</title><description><![CDATA[
What we're seeing in Washington, D.C. is not "politics as usual" with the arm twisting and "horse trading" that is typical in getting a bill passed; instead, it is ideological warfare.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/18/4033038-american-thinker-obamacare-is-tyranny-not-legislation</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/18/4033038-american-thinker-obamacare-is-tyranny-not-legislation</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>washington</category><category>healthcare</category><category>democracy</category><category>pelosi</category><category>reid</category><category>tyranny</category><category>kickbacks</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:22 +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> Idaho to Sue Feds Over Health Care Mandate</title><description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/18/4032881-idaho-to-sue-feds-over-health-care-mandate</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/18/4032881-idaho-to-sue-feds-over-health-care-mandate</guid><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>federal-government</category><category>governor</category><category>fight</category><category>attorney-general</category><category>idaho</category><category>sue</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:36:59 +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> More Americans Disapprove of Obama's Performance Than Approve, Poll Finds</title><description><![CDATA[For the first time since President Obama took office, more Americans are unhappy with the job he's doing than are happy with it, according to the latest Gallup poll.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/18/4032865-more-americans-disapprove-of-obamas-performance-than-approve-poll-finds</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/18/4032865-more-americans-disapprove-of-obamas-performance-than-approve-poll-finds</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>democrats</category><category>washington</category><category>health-care</category><category>pelosi</category><category>americans</category><category>low-performance</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:29:55 +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></item><item><title>Vatican Officials Defend Pope On Abuse </title><description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/13/4015263-vatican-officials-defend-pope-on-abuse-</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/13/4015263-vatican-officials-defend-pope-on-abuse-</guid><category>world-news</category><category>germany</category><category>scandal</category><category>vatican</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>pope-benedict</category><category>pedophile-priests</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:19:49 +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> MICHAEL GOODWIN: The President Is the Problem</title><description><![CDATA[Our president has lost the ability to inspire trust and without that, he's a president in name only.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/10/4003635-michael-goodwin-the-president-is-the-problem</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/10/4003635-michael-goodwin-the-president-is-the-problem</guid><category>world-news</category><category>obama</category><category>democrats</category><category>republicans</category><category>president</category><category>health-care</category><category>arrogance</category><category>hope-and-change</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:27:31 +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 I Planned A Menage A Trois</title><description><![CDATA[The question on my husband's birthday is always: What do you get for the man who has nothing? My husband isn't a shopper; he buys food and, lately, diapers. He recently declared that he has enough pants to last the rest of his life.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/09/3995584-how-i-planned-a-menage-a-trois</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/09/3995584-how-i-planned-a-menage-a-trois</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>sex</category><category>planning</category><category>threesome</category><category>birthday-gift</category><category>menage-a-trois</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:56:56 +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> Republicans Reject Obama Charge of Blowing Opportunity to Fix Health System</title><description><![CDATA[Republicans returned fire at President Obama's attempt Monday to paint them as squandering a decade by not passing health care reforms, saying Democrats stymied chances to pass tort reform and offered such stiff resistance on the Iraq war and Social Security fixes, it eliminated &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/09/3995390-republicans-reject-obama-charge-of-blowing-opportunity-to-fix-health-system</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/09/3995390-republicans-reject-obama-charge-of-blowing-opportunity-to-fix-health-system</guid><category>us-news</category><category>democrats</category><category>republicans</category><category>health-care-bill</category><category>obama-care</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 06:09:09 +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></item><item><title> Obama Confuses Decades, Inflates Estimated Health Care Savings by $868B</title><description><![CDATA[Obama boasted Monday that Democrats' health care proposals would cut deficits by $1 trillion "over the next decade," a flub that inflated the actual estimate by $868 billion]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3994962-obama-confuses-decades-inflates-estimated-health-care-savings-by-868b</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3994962-obama-confuses-decades-inflates-estimated-health-care-savings-by-868b</guid><category>us-news</category><category>obama</category><category>democrats</category><category>republicans</category><category>white-house</category><category>health-care</category><category>debate</category><category>1-trillion-debt</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 03:23:45 +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>Under God: The classroom wall of separation </title><description><![CDATA[Should God be allowed into the classroom?
It's an interesting question. What messages can or should teachers display on the walls of public school classrooms? Are some messages too religious? A  federal judge ruled that HE can.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3994586-under-god-the-classroom-wall-of-separation-</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3994586-under-god-the-classroom-wall-of-separation-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>god</category><category>san-diego</category><category>separation-of-church-and-state</category><category>ruling</category><category>federal-judge</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:52:03 +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><item><title>Self-help author Karen Salmansohn sues wealthy man who promised to leave his wife for her </title><description><![CDATA[The author of the self-help book the "Prince Harming Syndrome" is fighting back against the cad she says royally hosed her.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3994322-self-help-author-karen-salmansohn-sues-wealthy-man-who-promised-to-leave-his-wife-for-her-</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3994322-self-help-author-karen-salmansohn-sues-wealthy-man-who-promised-to-leave-his-wife-for-her-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>court</category><category>divorce</category><category>pregnant</category><category>writer</category><category>child-support</category><category>suing</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:19:25 +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> ACORN Registration Workers Charged With Felony Voter Fraud</title><description><![CDATA[Five Wisconsin residents, including two who worked for community organizing ACORN, were charged Monday with election fraud relating to the 2008 presidential election.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3994146-acorn-registration-workers-charged-with-felony-voter-fraud</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3994146-acorn-registration-workers-charged-with-felony-voter-fraud</guid><category>us-news</category><category>voting</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>acorn</category><category>election-fraud</category><category>voting-registration</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:32:35 +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>Is It ok For a Man to Take a Little Girl Into the Men's Restroom?</title><description><![CDATA[      My dad (who's 80 years old) went out of town yesterday and stopped at a Whataburger to eat. When he finished eating, he got up to use the restroom and a man and a little girl (he estimated her age to be around 3 years old) cut ahead of him and went in first.

  

  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3993972-is-it-ok-for-a-man-to-take-a-little-girl-into-the-mens-restroom</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3993972-is-it-ok-for-a-man-to-take-a-little-girl-into-the-mens-restroom</guid><category>health</category><category>men</category><category>sanitary</category><category>public-restrooms</category><category>little-girls</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:02:03 +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>Nanny State Put Spy Chips in Your Trash Cans</title><description><![CDATA[London- It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3993952-nanny-state-put-spy-chips-in-your-trash-cans</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/08/3993952-nanny-state-put-spy-chips-in-your-trash-cans</guid><category>world-news</category><category>london</category><category>recycling</category><category>garbage</category><category>nanny-state</category><category>microchips</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:32:25 +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>Should I report a child rapist?</title><description><![CDATA[           I've been thinking about this for awhile and I can't make up my mind.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/20/3926263-should-i-report-a-child-rapist</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/20/3926263-should-i-report-a-child-rapist</guid><category>us-news</category><category>child-rape</category><category>child-predators</category><category>under-age-sex</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:53:26 +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>Father's lawsuit aimed at clinic-Facility:Consent not required for morning-after pill.</title><description><![CDATA[A Kleberg County man is suing a family planning clinic for giving his 14-year-old daughter the morning-after pill without his consent.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/30/3567680-fathers-lawsuit-aimed-at-clinic-facilityconsent-not-required-for-morning-after-pill</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/30/3567680-fathers-lawsuit-aimed-at-clinic-facilityconsent-not-required-for-morning-after-pill</guid><category>us-news</category><category>texas</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>abortion</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>morning-after-pill</category><category>14-year-old</category><category>parental-consent</category><category>kingsville</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02:07 +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></item><item><title>Eggos on eBay -- for $65- </title><description><![CDATA[Wow, somebody better leggo my Eggo!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/21/3529350-eggos-on-ebay-for-65-</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/21/3529350-eggos-on-ebay-for-65-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>stephen-colbert</category><category>shortages</category><category>eggos-ebay-selling</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:00:21 +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>Is Female Health Care Under Attack for the Second Time in a Week? </title><description><![CDATA[Days after a government task force radically changed its guidelines for using mammograms to screen for breast cancer, another critical preventive test-Pap smears-is under the microscope, heightening concern that both might be a first step down a slippery slope toward healthcare r&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/21/3529303-is-female-health-care-under-attack-for-the-second-time-in-a-week-</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/21/3529303-is-female-health-care-under-attack-for-the-second-time-in-a-week-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>healthcare</category><category>breast-cancer</category><category>mamograms</category><category>papsmears</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:41:19 +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>American Flag Ban at Oregon Apartment Complex Reversed After Outcry </title><description><![CDATA[An Oregon apartment complex reversed its ban prohibiting residents from flying American flags from dwellings and parked vehicles after the property manager decided she didn't have the legal standing to do so, KATU in Portland reported Wednesday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/15/3385866-american-flag-ban-at-oregon-apartment-complex-reversed-after-outcry-</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/15/3385866-american-flag-ban-at-oregon-apartment-complex-reversed-after-outcry-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>ban</category><category>oregon</category><category>aclu</category><category>flag</category><category>eviction</category><category>property-rights</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:50:18 +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>Bus Driver Suspended for Wearing Pink Tie for Breast Cancer Awareness Month </title><description><![CDATA[An Illinois bus driver thought he was doing the right thing by wearing a pink tie to help raise breast cancer awareness - until his employer slapped him with a one-day unpaid suspension for the wardrobe chioce.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/15/3385529-bus-driver-suspended-for-wearing-pink-tie-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month-</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/15/3385529-bus-driver-suspended-for-wearing-pink-tie-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>breast-cancer</category><category>suspension</category><category>bus-driver</category><category>pink-tie</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:09:41 +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>Inmates: Bernie Madoff in Prison Scuffle -- and Wins -</title><description><![CDATA[Bernie "The Bruiser" Madoff got into a prison-yard tussle with a fellow inmate over - of all things - the stockmarket, eyewitnesses told The New York Post.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[robynlewisTX.]]></dc:creator><link>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/14/3384337-inmates-bernie-madoff-in-prison-scuffle-and-wins-</link><guid>http://robynlewis04.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/14/3384337-inmates-bernie-madoff-in-prison-scuffle-and-wins-</guid><category>us-news</category><category>prison</category><category>fighting</category><category>bernie-madoff</category><category>stockmarket</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:48:27 +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>