<?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-5888819</id><updated>2012-01-24T03:30:13.585-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Truth Hurts</title><subtitle type='html'>Opinions, observations and self indulgent rants</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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>55</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-116111458824158184</id><published>2006-10-17T14:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-17T14:49:48.256-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Anti American Torture Bill</title><summary type='text'>Bush signed the Torture Bill into law today.Just to review for the upcoming elections, here are the Senate Democrats that voted for this billThomas Carper Tim JohnsonMary LandrieuFrank LautenbergJoseph LiebermanRobert MenéndezBill NelsonBen NelsonMark PryorJay Rockefeller Kenneth Salazar Debbie StabenowPlease, if they represent your state and are up for reelection, vote these motherfuckers </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/116111458824158184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/116111458824158184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2006_10_15_archive.html#116111458824158184' title='Anti American Torture Bill'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-115981512066295727</id><published>2006-10-02T13:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T13:52:00.680-05:00</updated><title type='text'>October Surprise?</title><summary type='text'>I found this posted on one of the Nation's blog's comment sections. I have no opinion on it at the moment, I am just posting this now so I remember it later if it happens."I R A NW A RP L A NR E V E A L E DS I N K I N GO FU S SE N T E R P R I S EI M M I N E N TUpdated Saturday, September 30, 2006 3:04 PM EDTIRAN WAR PLAN EXPOSED!PREPARE FOR THE SINKING OF A U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER – The USS </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/115981512066295727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/115981512066295727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#115981512066295727' title='October Surprise?'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-115949381095801864</id><published>2006-09-28T20:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T20:39:18.823-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spineless Democrats</title><summary type='text'>On the question do you favor (1) allowing the President to define torture, (2) strip the court of judicial review via habeas corpus (even though the constitution does not allow you to except in cases of invasion or Rebellion), and (3) allowing the President to jail American citizens arbitrarily and without court review?Spineless Democrats saying Aye:Tom Carper (Del.)Tim Johnson (S.D.)Mary </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/115949381095801864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/115949381095801864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2006_09_24_archive.html#115949381095801864' title='Spineless Democrats'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-114765647949295448</id><published>2006-05-14T20:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-14T20:28:57.433-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We will learn what the Romans discovered.</title><summary type='text'>War changes everything. It's first victim is Liberty. It's second, Profit.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/114765647949295448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/114765647949295448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2006_05_14_archive.html#114765647949295448' title='We will learn what the Romans discovered.'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-114458259542104763</id><published>2006-04-09T06:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T06:48:22.906-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Better call a dentist, my truth hurts</title><summary type='text'>I haven't posted in quite some time. I'm just checking in to say that I, along with many others, was right about Bush and Iraq. That it was a manufactured crisis, that the administration was dishonest in it's justification, and that invading that country would do nothing other than realize the Project For A New American Century's wet dream of seizing control of Iraq's natural resources as a geo </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/114458259542104763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/114458259542104763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2006_04_09_archive.html#114458259542104763' title='Better call a dentist, my truth hurts'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-111643978474334306</id><published>2005-05-18T13:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T13:11:48.253-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Star Wars test</title><summary type='text'>Apparantly, I'm a fallen Jedi. Cool with me. See you tomorrow! You scored as Anakin Skywalker. Anakin Skywalker72%Yoda69%Darth Vader67%General Grievous64%Mace Windu56%Obi Wan Kenobi56%Chewbacca50%Clone Trooper47%Padme Amidala42%R2-D236%C-3PO28%Emperor Palpatine22%Which Revenge of the Sith Character are you?created with QuizFarm.com</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/111643978474334306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/111643978474334306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2005_05_15_archive.html#111643978474334306' title='Star Wars test'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-111156537914718035</id><published>2005-03-23T02:08:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-03-23T02:09:39.146-06:00</updated><title type='text'>What's in a name?</title><summary type='text'>I'm sorry about this poor woman's medical condition and the pain suffered by her family. It is a tragedy.But as far as the bigger national picture is concerned, I believe it's time to stop calling our free spending President and his deficit loving Republican supporters "Conservatives". That word is no longer accurate when they pass legislation such as this.We need to start calling them what they </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/111156537914718035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/111156537914718035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2005_03_20_archive.html#111156537914718035' title='What&apos;s in a name?'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-110339635417970424</id><published>2004-12-18T13:52:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-12-18T12:59:14.180-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A letter for President Bush</title><summary type='text'>Dear President Bush,Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you and understand why you would propose and support a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. As you said, "in the eyes of God, marriage is based between a man and a woman."I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/110339635417970424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/110339635417970424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_12_12_archive.html#110339635417970424' title='A letter for President Bush'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-110252118517383031</id><published>2004-12-08T09:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-12-08T09:58:14.320-06:00</updated><title type='text'>More values from our beloved Republican party</title><summary type='text'>On  October 4th, 2004 President Bush was in Iowa to  sign the Tax Relief Act (scroll down the page) where he introduced Mike Hintz and his family. Hintz, a First Assembly of God youth pastor, said that the tax cuts have given him additional money for health care. Hintz went on to say that, "the American people are starting to see what kind of leader President Bush is. People know where he </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/110252118517383031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/110252118517383031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_12_05_archive.html#110252118517383031' title='More values from our beloved Republican party'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-110009765889815155</id><published>2004-11-10T08:39:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-11-10T08:40:58.900-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry Everybody</title><summary type='text'> We're really very sorry everybody, maybe next time.Some of us — hopefully most of us — are trying to understand and appreciate the effect our recent election will have on you, the citizens of the rest of the world. As our so-called leaders redouble their efforts to screw you over, please remember that some of us — hopefully most of us — are truly, truly sorry. And we'll say we're sorry, even </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/110009765889815155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/110009765889815155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_11_07_archive.html#110009765889815155' title='Sorry Everybody'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-109962626415809098</id><published>2004-11-04T21:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-11-04T21:50:02.156-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Chin Up</title><summary type='text'> Get Your War OnCHIN UP. We're smarter than those motherfuckers. We can learn more quickly than those motherfuckers. We can be more ruthless than those motherfuckers. We can be some six-million-dollar motherfuckers ourselves.Chin up. We're more American than those motherfuckers. We're more responsible than those motherfuckers. We're more compassionate than those motherfuckers. Hell,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109962626415809098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109962626415809098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_10_31_archive.html#109962626415809098' title='Chin Up'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-109951243165607939</id><published>2004-11-03T13:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-11-03T14:07:38.610-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, we're boned!</title><summary type='text'>I've written here before about how American political history has been all about money. That's as true today as it was 200 years ago. Americans are simply consumers. We're feeding on ourselves and the world around us. The people who run this country do so with money. Economic control.I am making a call to all reasonable and thinking people to slow down as much of their spending and consumption </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109951243165607939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109951243165607939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_10_31_archive.html#109951243165607939' title='Well, we&apos;re boned!'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-109940712965032262</id><published>2004-11-02T08:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-11-02T14:42:42.560-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Today Is The Day</title><summary type='text'>No, not the hardcore band from Texas, though they rock. I mean it's the day that we, as American Citizens, get a chance to take part in the illusion that we have a say in our politics, and vote for the electors of our states who will vote for President on our behalf. To paraphrase last week's South Park, we finally get to choose between the douche and the turd. I'm torn between voting my </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109940712965032262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109940712965032262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_10_31_archive.html#109940712965032262' title='Today Is The Day'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-109469046224922719</id><published>2004-09-08T19:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-09-08T19:41:02.250-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush Campaign More Thought Out Than Iraq War</title><summary type='text'>WASHINGTON, DC—Military and political strategists agreed Monday that President Bush's re-election campaign has been executed with greater precision than the war in Iraq. "Judging from the initial misrepresentation of intelligence data and the ongoing crisis in Najaf, I assumed the president didn't know his ass from his elbow," said Col. Dale Henderson, a military advisor during the Reagan </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109469046224922719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109469046224922719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_09_05_archive.html#109469046224922719' title='Bush Campaign More Thought Out Than Iraq War'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-109404956458138339</id><published>2004-09-01T09:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-09-01T09:39:24.580-05:00</updated><title type='text'>30 years ago I was 1 year old</title><summary type='text'>So just to clarify, I don't give a flying fuck about the Vietnam War and who went and who didn't. There's like  three current fucking wars to worry about RIGHT NOW. Just get me some health insurance you DUMB MOTHERFUCKERS!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109404956458138339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109404956458138339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_08_29_archive.html#109404956458138339' title='30 years ago I was 1 year old'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-109404822744622561</id><published>2004-09-01T08:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-09-01T15:47:49.420-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Reactionary Numbskull Conservative (RNC) Values</title><summary type='text'>Aren't convinced that George W. Bush and the people he represent want to curtail freedoms and bring government into your homes? Why not actually  read the official Republican Party Platform instead of paying attention to the carefully crafted televised perception management being used to distract concerned citizens from their policies?You see, they say one thing - no child left behind, uniters </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109404822744622561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/109404822744622561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_08_29_archive.html#109404822744622561' title='Reactionary Numbskull Conservative (RNC) Values'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108990807138539246</id><published>2004-07-15T11:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-07-15T11:18:39.256-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If it sounds like fascism...</title><summary type='text'>I've written here about the new American fascism and would like to bring back a quote I'm fond of along with another example of how we're headed that way."When a government seeks to paint any opposition as unpatriotic and any dissent as treason, when it uses its allies in industry and the media to hound skeptics and blacklist celebrities, when it attempts to paint legitimate questions of policy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108990807138539246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108990807138539246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_07_11_archive.html#108990807138539246' title='If it sounds like fascism...'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108966308982888802</id><published>2004-07-12T14:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-07-12T20:55:27.440-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tom DeLay the election?</title><summary type='text'>I'm simply horrified. Wouldn't delaying the election in order to minimize any disruption of the democratic process in the event of a terrorist attack disrupt the democractic process? Just like going into Iraq was a good way to increase the enlistment of Islamic terrorists. The actions of our leaders only makes the situation worse. War is peace. Questions are a burden unto others. Suspension of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108966308982888802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108966308982888802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_07_11_archive.html#108966308982888802' title='Tom DeLay the election?'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108966179300237236</id><published>2004-07-12T14:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-07-12T14:49:53.003-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Let's look at a couple of websites</title><summary type='text'>Take a look at the website for George W. Bush. What do you see? The most prominent features are attacks on John Kerry. They take up more than half the page. I count at least six attacks on Kerry on the front page alone. Lots of pretty pictures and bold-print links to TV ads that play on your emotions while offering you nothing of substance. A spiffy animated GIF asks you to volunteer for the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108966179300237236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108966179300237236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_07_11_archive.html#108966179300237236' title='Let&apos;s look at a couple of websites'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108951189458176991</id><published>2004-07-10T21:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-07-12T14:37:59.693-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Michael Moore hates America and George Bush is just like Hitler</title><summary type='text'>Both of the above statements are ridiculous and make the speaker sound stupid, so stop using them as arguments for or against. For one thing, Hitler was elected.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108951189458176991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108951189458176991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_07_04_archive.html#108951189458176991' title='Michael Moore hates America and George Bush is just like Hitler'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108951169610428960</id><published>2004-07-10T21:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-07-10T21:09:32.973-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fahrenheit 9/11 or How Orwell Was 20 Years Off</title><summary type='text'>I love that the left finally has someone who gets under people's skin. I didn't write the following but it expresses perfectly how I feel about the movie -It's funny that a filmmaker has been portrayed by the right as the worst villain in America, considering that the persecution of filmmakers, artists, writers, and intellectuals has been a hallmark of fascist (and communist!) regimes </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108951169610428960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108951169610428960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_07_04_archive.html#108951169610428960' title='Fahrenheit 9/11 or How Orwell Was 20 Years Off'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108802893200019632</id><published>2004-06-23T17:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-06-23T17:19:34.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'>To be a Republican</title><summary type='text'>It's been awhile so here's some light reading. Speaking of light, you know how in physics it's been determined that light is both a particle and a wave? It has a dual existence. Same thing with Republicans in America.It’s hard to be a Republican in 2004 because you  somehow believe...  1. Jesus loves you and shares your hatred of  homosexuals and Hillary Clinton.2. The United States should </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108802893200019632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108802893200019632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_06_20_archive.html#108802893200019632' title='To be a Republican'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108473340980934097</id><published>2004-05-16T13:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-06-01T08:55:39.773-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Torture</title><summary type='text'>The fact is, once you start treating prisoners as if they are guilty, before any due process and with the use of torture, you become the moral equivalent of jihadists who would kill ALL Americans for their "crimes" against Allah.Does everybody understand that simple concept now?Beyond that, the Bush administration considers this type of treatment as legal and appropiate not just in a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108473340980934097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108473340980934097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_05_16_archive.html#108473340980934097' title='Torture'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108440355685786314</id><published>2004-05-12T18:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-05-12T18:39:30.016-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On being a supposedly "Christian" nation</title><summary type='text'>Why is this nation allowing itself to fall into the very trap the founders tried to avoid by writing in the separation of Church and State? This is a secular nation and for good reason. Just because our current currency says "In God We Trust" does not mean that we are a religious nation with a religious government, or that our laws come from a "higher power". The founders clearly understood the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108440355685786314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108440355685786314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_05_09_archive.html#108440355685786314' title='On being a supposedly &quot;Christian&quot; nation'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108439031950697965</id><published>2004-05-12T14:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-05-12T14:36:01.936-05:00</updated><title type='text'>All's Fair in Love and War?</title><summary type='text'>It is war and that's why there are the Geneva Conventions. Because war is by definition a total absence of law, there needed to be guidelines set that all countries would abide by. Do they always? No. But by having those guidelines in place it becomes possible to prosecute people for war crimes and scream out in outrage when they're not followed.I heard a story today about a German soldier who </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108439031950697965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108439031950697965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_05_09_archive.html#108439031950697965' title='All&apos;s Fair in Love and War?'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108371384374558455</id><published>2004-05-04T18:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-05-04T18:41:11.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On the company that censored Nightline</title><summary type='text'>Of course you all remember last Friday's broadcast of Nightline when Ted Koppel read all the names of the US soldiers killed in Iraq? You don't? Oh yeah, that's because Sinclair Broadcasting group wouldn't allow it's affiliates to air the program claiming it was partisan propaganda. Well they should know, because according to the Center for American Progress  Sinclair has been pushing it's own </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108371384374558455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108371384374558455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_05_02_archive.html#108371384374558455' title='On the company that censored Nightline'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108360250072234866</id><published>2004-05-03T11:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-07-10T21:51:49.766-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Carlyle Group</title><summary type='text'>Watch this Documentary. The first few sentences are in Dutch but the translation is below the video window. This is the kind of stuff you won't see talked about in the American media. It would also probably qualify as "conspiricy" theory by many. It's not. This is serious stuff but it's not a conspirircy theory and you would come across as dumb for dismissing it as such. What it describes is the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108360250072234866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108360250072234866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_05_02_archive.html#108360250072234866' title='The Carlyle Group'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108360077507233633</id><published>2004-05-02T23:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2004-05-03T11:18:05.810-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mayday and Haymarket</title><summary type='text'>Founded and forgotten in Chicago...Hundreds of thousands of American workers, increasingly determined to resist subjugation to capitalist power, poured into a fledgling labor organization, the Knights of Labor. Beginning on May 1, 1886, they took to the streets to demand universal adoption of the 8-hour day. Chicago was the center of the movement. Workers there had been agitating for an 8-hour</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108360077507233633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108360077507233633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_05_02_archive.html#108360077507233633' title='Mayday and Haymarket'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-108093531918734797</id><published>2004-04-02T13:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-04-02T13:56:47.436-06:00</updated><title type='text'>It's about time the Democrats strapped on some balls</title><summary type='text'>Floor Statement of Sen. Daschle on the Abuse of Government PowerMr. President, last week I spoke about the White House's reaction to Richard Clarke's testimony before the 9-11 Commission. I am compelled to rise again today, because the people around the President are systematically abusing the powers and prerogatives of government.We all need to reflect seriously on what's going on. Not in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108093531918734797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/108093531918734797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_03_28_archive.html#108093531918734797' title='It&apos;s about time the Democrats strapped on some balls'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-107611347650614107</id><published>2004-02-06T18:14:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-02-06T18:48:57.606-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The F Word</title><summary type='text'>*"No, they are not Fascists, look up the word. Stalin was a fascist, Hitler was a fascist, Bush is not a fascist." *"fas-cism (fash'iz'em) n. A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism."Political systems like Fascism can have many flavors. Hitler was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107611347650614107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107611347650614107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107611347650614107' title='The F Word'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-107592513167756023</id><published>2004-02-04T14:05:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-02-04T14:09:18.076-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A joke</title><summary type='text'>A man and a woman were sitting beside each other in the first class section of the plane. The woman sneezed, took out a tissue, gently wiped her nose and then shuddered quite violently for 10 or 15 seconds. The man went back to his reading. A few minutes later, the woman sneezed again, took a tissue, gently wiped her nose and shuddered quite violently as before. The man was becoming more and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107592513167756023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107592513167756023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_archive.html#107592513167756023' title='A joke'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-107471258128141660</id><published>2004-01-21T13:15:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-01-21T13:19:00.560-06:00</updated><title type='text'>State of the Union</title><summary type='text'>Wow, it only took Bush 360 words before he brought up September 11th. That man has less shame than Ozzy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107471258128141660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107471258128141660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_01_18_archive.html#107471258128141660' title='State of the Union'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-107470050617565050</id><published>2004-01-21T09:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-01-22T00:02:06.796-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Candidates</title><summary type='text'>Well, let's see, the Republican candidate is of course the incumbant President and he's a lying sack of shit who I wouldn't piss on if he were on fire. He wants to bring us back to the way he thinks America was before FDR and the New Deal. He's bankrupting the country so that there isn't any money for social services or internal improvements. Your children will be paying off his debt. He has </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107470050617565050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107470050617565050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_01_18_archive.html#107470050617565050' title='The Candidates'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-107441356183231108</id><published>2004-01-18T02:12:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-01-18T02:14:38.403-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Hubble</title><summary type='text'>Current propulsion for even getting to other parts of the solar system are very limited. A trip to Mars for example would be between 4-9 months depending on the time of launch. The outer planets would take years to reach.Telescopes like that offer us glimpses into regions of space that humans may never reach. When looking that far out into the cosmos, we are looking backwards in time, or so goes</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107441356183231108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107441356183231108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_01_18_archive.html#107441356183231108' title='Hubble'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-107432262894745841</id><published>2004-01-17T00:21:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2004-01-18T02:14:13.623-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Mars</title><summary type='text'>-President Bush has taken that first step in making us explorers again.-No he has taken the first step in election year propaganda and distraction from other issues like the economy and foreign policy. It won't happen under Bush. His father promised the same thing back in 1989. Anyone old enough to remember that?Here's a line from a song that was popular way back then, "don't believe the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107432262894745841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/107432262894745841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2004_01_11_archive.html#107432262894745841' title='Mars'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106922163420464106</id><published>2003-11-18T23:59:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-11-19T00:00:41.110-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Test</title><summary type='text'>While visiting England, George Bush is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people.   Bush asks how she knows if they're intelligent.   "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen. "Allow me to demonstrate."   Bush watches as the Queen phones Tony Blair and says, "Mr. Prime </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106922163420464106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106922163420464106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_11_16_archive.html#106922163420464106' title='The Test'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106908569142723121</id><published>2003-11-17T10:12:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-11-17T10:22:10.393-06:00</updated><title type='text'>You know it's going to be a bad day when you arrive at work to find a "60 Minutes" crew waiting to interview you</title><summary type='text'>Oil, oil and more  oil. We will all see, in our lifetimes, the last and most brutal conflicts over the dwindling supply of the world's oil. Within 25 years it will almost all be gone. Within 50 we better be onto another source of energy, preferably renewable, or we're all fucked.Actually, we're all  fucked anyway.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106908569142723121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106908569142723121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_11_16_archive.html#106908569142723121' title='You know it&apos;s going to be a bad day when you arrive at work to find a &quot;60 Minutes&quot; crew waiting to interview you'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106857505119761661</id><published>2003-11-11T12:22:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-11-17T10:11:59.260-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Fat bankroll</title><summary type='text'>Finally some very, very  rich private citizens are putting their money where their mouth is. Don't be that excited though, Soros is still a major prick.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106857505119761661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106857505119761661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_11_09_archive.html#106857505119761661' title='Fat bankroll'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106857491198325071</id><published>2003-11-11T12:19:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-11-11T12:22:28.966-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Hot air</title><summary type='text'>Wow, the administration sure is serious about  supporting our troops, both in the current conflict and those of previous conflicts.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106857491198325071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106857491198325071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_11_09_archive.html#106857491198325071' title='Hot air'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106857470833977115</id><published>2003-11-11T12:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-11-11T12:19:17.846-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Resume for George W. Bush</title><summary type='text'>Past Work Experience I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I produced a Hollywood slasher B movie. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas; the company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock. I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money. With my father's help and name, I was elected Governor of Texas. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106857470833977115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106857470833977115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_11_09_archive.html#106857470833977115' title='Resume for George W. Bush'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106822096157194927</id><published>2003-11-07T10:01:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-11-07T10:02:45.576-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Lost city found</title><summary type='text'>How cool is  this?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106822096157194927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106822096157194927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_11_02_archive.html#106822096157194927' title='Lost city found'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106805634024282250</id><published>2003-11-05T12:17:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-11-05T12:19:03.526-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A New Hope</title><summary type='text'>This  article describes a potential solution to the Israeli/Palenstinian conflict.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106805634024282250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106805634024282250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_11_02_archive.html#106805634024282250' title='A New Hope'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106805108768894120</id><published>2003-11-05T10:40:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-11-05T10:52:22.063-06:00</updated><title type='text'>History teaches us about hubris</title><summary type='text'>It's been a week since I posted. I'm sure that both of you have been wondering where I am. Here's an interesting little  article about the current situation in Iraq and the arrogance of the Secretary of Defense. It draws comparisons between the current conflict and Vietnam. Don't get me wrong, they're not exactly the same conflict and the losses were much greater back then. But the similarities </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106805108768894120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106805108768894120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_11_02_archive.html#106805108768894120' title='History teaches us about hubris'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106745322735367523</id><published>2003-10-29T12:44:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-10-29T23:36:00.983-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Which is it?</title><summary type='text'>Statements made by  President Bush yesterday seem to contradict a government  warning that was also issued yesterday. This contradiction seems similar to the recent Rumsfeld memo in which the Defense Secretary contradicts his public statements in regard to the  situation in Iraq.Add to that the rosy spin painted by Vice President  Cheney and we get a glimpse of the dishonest and cynical people </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106745322735367523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106745322735367523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_26_archive.html#106745322735367523' title='Which is it?'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106728096358679523</id><published>2003-10-27T12:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-10-29T23:33:40.110-06:00</updated><title type='text'>There's nothing holy on this planet. There is no god. Stop killing each other.</title><summary type='text'>Holy fucking shit. When will it finally be decided that  enough is  enough?Most people in that region want  peace and an end to the conflict. Their right wing and  stubborn leaders just keep getting closer to what they really want, which is total and complete destruction of their enemy. Doesn't our government look pretty morally  bankrupt by failing to effectively intervene? What stupid and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106728096358679523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106728096358679523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_26_archive.html#106728096358679523' title='There&apos;s nothing holy on this planet. There is no god. Stop killing each other.'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106728065979929832</id><published>2003-10-27T12:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-10-27T14:56:48.750-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Accountability</title><summary type='text'>Why won't this administration cooperate with an  investigation into the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001? It's rhetoric is one of cooperation and concern, but it's actions are obstruction and delay. How are we defending our "homeland" properly if the administration is obstructing efforts to find out what really happened so that we can prevent it from happening again?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106728065979929832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106728065979929832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_26_archive.html#106728065979929832' title='Accountability'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106727927454248388</id><published>2003-10-27T12:11:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2003-10-27T12:35:36.436-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Fair elections?</title><summary type='text'>As some people are aware the 2000 presidential election, especially in Florida, was plagued with controversy. Again in some states in 2002 there were more questions raised, although the media barely covered any of it.At the heart of the controversy are  electronic voting machines manufactured by a company called  Diebold. Their machine's reputation so far is  dubious. A group of students at  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106727927454248388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106727927454248388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_26_archive.html#106727927454248388' title='Fair elections?'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106696788722467713</id><published>2003-10-23T22:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-25T17:04:30.520-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The 30 Second Drum Sound </title><summary type='text'>Recording music is often a challenge of doing the most amount of work within the shortest amount of time. The demand is that the work be done well and immediately, if not sooner. This is usually due to not only time being in short supply, but energy and patience as well.Drummers are often the most competent of studio musicians. They generally know much more about their instruments and the sounds</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106696788722467713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106696788722467713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_19_archive.html#106696788722467713' title='The 30 Second Drum Sound '/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106696778132599206</id><published>2003-10-23T22:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-23T23:16:53.366-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Equalization </title><summary type='text'>Equalization is a powerful weapon. Only to be used for defense and handled with respect and caution. Or else it becomes very dangerous to the one that wields it and those around them. It is another of the mysterious voodoo arts within the craft of recording. It’s something that can be abused and overused. Some don’t know how much or when to use it. We know frequencies are divided into lows, low </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106696778132599206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106696778132599206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_19_archive.html#106696778132599206' title='Equalization '/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106696744874141889</id><published>2003-10-23T22:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-25T17:07:01.566-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Microphones </title><summary type='text'>Engineers are good at spreading information about recording techniques. In fact, most love to talk about recording as much as they love to make recordings. This magazine you’re reading right now is an obvious example of that. The result is a folklore of recording techniques that’s ever growing and ever changing. However, no two people hear sound quite the same way, so no two people use all the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106696744874141889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106696744874141889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_19_archive.html#106696744874141889' title='Microphones '/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106686325011029647</id><published>2003-10-22T17:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-25T15:55:49.370-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Any of this ring a bell?</title><summary type='text'>The 14 Defining  Characteristics Of Fascism  by Dr. Lawrence Britt  Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:   1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism -  Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106686325011029647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106686325011029647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_19_archive.html#106686325011029647' title='Any of this ring a bell?'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106675655221205215</id><published>2003-10-21T12:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-25T15:59:18.273-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The gentleman from West Virginia</title><summary type='text'>http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9178This is one US Senator that has my respect.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106675655221205215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106675655221205215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_19_archive.html#106675655221205215' title='The gentleman from West Virginia'/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106581306315547556</id><published>2003-10-10T14:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-25T16:02:38.240-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This seems like a reasonable request doesn't it?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106581306315547556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106581306315547556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_10_05_archive.html#106581306315547556' title=''/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106519611551728907</id><published>2003-10-03T10:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-25T16:10:45.780-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just in case you're still not sure. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106519611551728907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106519611551728907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_09_28_archive.html#106519611551728907' title=''/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888819.post-106510574476553284</id><published>2003-10-02T11:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2003-10-21T23:52:28.036-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>--- I think that our reality is an illusion created by our consciousness and that underneath everything is chaos. Physics is often cited as fact but when you observe matter at the quantum level the rules of physics break down. Gravity is unexplainable while particles seemingly pop in and out of existence at random. Every phenomenon or event may have more than one explanation, revealing the chaos </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106510574476553284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5888819/posts/default/106510574476553284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grahamhick.blogspot.com/2003_09_28_archive.html#106510574476553284' title=''/><author><name>Graham</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01398390528504849611</uri><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></entry></feed>
