<?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 - fernando-2143457's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:52:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:02:03 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Phoenix police: Man bites officer, dives through 2nd-story window</title>
<description><![CDATA[Crazy people, my favorite kind of people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10436382-phoenix-police-man-bites-officer-dives-through-2nd-story-window</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10436382-phoenix-police-man-bites-officer-dives-through-2nd-story-window</guid><category>police</category><category>bite</category><category>taser</category><category>crazy</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>us-news</category><category>officer</category><category>red-roof-inn</category><category>james-holmes</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:52:24 +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>Tempe firefighters' dramatic efforts fail to save man on fire</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hero's. True American heroes, all of our men and women who serve in uniform.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10436351-tempe-firefighters-dramatic-efforts-fail-to-save-man-on-fire</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10436351-tempe-firefighters-dramatic-efforts-fail-to-save-man-on-fire</guid><category>fire</category><category>hero</category><category>firefighters</category><category>us-news</category><category>mill-avenue</category><category>mike-horn</category><category>tempe-fire-department</category><category>firefighter-thomas-lamp</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:48:14 +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>FBI joins manhunt for carjacker who fatally shot good Samaritan - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Too bad this guy wasn't armed with a gun. He could have at least leveled the playing field. Very sad for the family of the man shot by a criminal intent on harming society.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/27/10251486-fbi-joins-manhunt-for-carjacker-who-fatally-shot-good-samaritan-cnncom</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/27/10251486-fbi-joins-manhunt-for-carjacker-who-fatally-shot-good-samaritan-cnncom</guid><category>new-orleans</category><category>murder</category><category>us-news</category><category>good-samaritan</category><category>car-jacking</category><category>algiers-point</category><category>mike-ainsworths</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:47:47 +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 will babies named Jesus save the economy? - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting reading about Immigration. Immigrants make more babies and keep the population stable. At least that's what this article says.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/27/10251445-how-will-babies-named-jesus-save-the-economy-cnncom</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/27/10251445-how-will-babies-named-jesus-save-the-economy-cnncom</guid><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>population</category><category>babies</category><category>illegal</category><category>evangelical-christians</category><category>illegal-immigration</category><category>vietnam-war-memorial</category><category>public-agenda</category><category>while-hispanic</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:39:15 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fernando2143457D871486C-1CC4-1173-DB2C-05A152910936.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fernando2143457D871486C-1CC4-1173-DB2C-05A152910936.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Iranian company wants to send toy drone to Obama - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[We give them one drone and they send us a dozen miniature versions of it. Sounds like a good deal.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/18/10182266-iranian-company-wants-to-send-toy-drone-to-obama-cnncom</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/18/10182266-iranian-company-wants-to-send-toy-drone-to-obama-cnncom</guid><category>us</category><category>iran</category><category>military</category><category>obama</category><category>downed</category><category>us-news</category><category>classified</category><category>drone</category><category>obama-iran</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:29:24 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fernando21434572CC76DDC-B2CF-BF7F-7BCA-5E027E95B96C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fernando21434572CC76DDC-B2CF-BF7F-7BCA-5E027E95B96C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pro-Stephen Colbert Super PAC: 'A Vote For Herman Cain Is A Vote For America'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A vote for Herman Cain is a vote for America. I hope that Herman Cain gets enough votes to show that the other Republican nominees are useless. Remember, in South Carolina anyone can vote in the republican primaries, including Democrats and Independents.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/17/10174572-pro-stephen-colbert-super-pac-a-vote-for-herman-cain-is-a-vote-for-america</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/17/10174572-pro-stephen-colbert-super-pac-a-vote-for-herman-cain-is-a-vote-for-america</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>stephen</category><category>jon-stewart</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>pac</category><category>republican</category><category>jon</category><category>colbert</category><category>stephen-colbert</category><category>super-pac</category><category>hopefulls</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:51:02 +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>Stephen Colbert Preps 2012 Presidential Campaign, Transfers PAC To Jon Stewart</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jon Stewart is hilarious and the transfer of the PAC is awesome.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10148506-stephen-colbert-preps-2012-presidential-campaign-transfers-pac-to-jon-stewart</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/13/10148506-stephen-colbert-preps-2012-presidential-campaign-transfers-pac-to-jon-stewart</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>stephen</category><category>jon-stewart</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>pac</category><category>republican</category><category>jon</category><category>colbert</category><category>stephen-colbert</category><category>super-pac</category><category>hopefulls</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:53:55 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fernando214345729BBFD15-776E-BBE4-655D-0CACE28DC341.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fernando214345729BBFD15-776E-BBE4-655D-0CACE28DC341.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>60 slain in Iraq bombings - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[On a brighter note, no US. service members were lost.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9975744-60-slain-in-iraq-bombings-cnncom</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9975744-60-slain-in-iraq-bombings-cnncom</guid><category>iraq</category><category>explosion</category><category>bombing</category><category>interior-ministry</category><category>world-news</category><category>new-year</category><category>baghdad</category><category>pilgrimage</category><category>baghdad-shiite</category><category>sadr-city-two</category><category>shiite-kadhimiya</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:13:21 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fernando214345706454877-36B8-D38C-756B-0C838B4ABD2D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="68" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fernando214345706454877-36B8-D38C-756B-0C838B4ABD2D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>70 years ago Japan bombed Pearl Harbor</title>
<description><![CDATA[Is there anyone on here who was alive back then?
If you were, do you remember what your feelings were when you found out about the attack?
Did anyone join the military the day it happened, because of it?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/07/9278744-70-years-ago-japan-bombed-pearl-harbor</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/07/9278744-70-years-ago-japan-bombed-pearl-harbor</guid><category>japan</category><category>attack</category><category>hawaii</category><category>pearl-harbor</category><category>not-news</category><category>ww2</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Dec 2011 19:23:05 +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>Flip Floppers in politics</title>
<description><![CDATA[﻿I understand calling our politicians flip floppers, my issue is that I am sure we have all flip flopped at some time in our lives.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9256051-flip-floppers-in-politics</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9256051-flip-floppers-in-politics</guid><category>today</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>government</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>flip-flop</category><category>newt</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 22:32:51 +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>Could Hillary Clinton be Obama's ace in the hole? - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[I like Hillary, I would be okay with her being VP or President. Hopefully Biden will not try and fight it and just go away. He can take all the naps he wants when he isn't the VP.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9250202-could-hillary-clinton-be-obamas-ace-in-the-hole-cnncom</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9250202-could-hillary-clinton-be-obamas-ace-in-the-hole-cnncom</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>if-clinton</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:53:24 +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>Groups prepare to bring Occupy protests to Congress - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[I don't support the way OWS has done things, in its current state, but I am all about asking our political leaders directly what they will do to change America for the better. How are they going to solve our problems.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9250062-groups-prepare-to-bring-occupy-protests-to-congress-cnncom</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/06/9250062-groups-prepare-to-bring-occupy-protests-to-congress-cnncom</guid><category>new-york</category><category>politics</category><category>capitol-hill</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><category>occupy-dc</category><category>mcpherson-square-washington</category><category>dc-occupy</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:47:12 +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>Jon Stewart on Why the Government Is a Lousy Loan Shark - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire</title>
<description><![CDATA[The govt, continues to hide and lie to the American public.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/02/9165858-jon-stewart-on-why-the-government-is-a-lousy-loan-shark-entertainment-the-atlantic-wire</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/02/9165858-jon-stewart-on-why-the-government-is-a-lousy-loan-shark-entertainment-the-atlantic-wire</guid><category>bush</category><category>bank</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>jon-stewart</category><category>obama</category><category>scam</category><category>sham</category><category>republican</category><category>loan</category><category>democrat</category><category>hidden</category><category>crooked</category><category>tarp</category><category>tarp-repayment</category><category>dec-1</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Dec 2011 14:54:07 +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>Family says undocumented student killed himself over fears he&amp;#039;d never go to college &amp;#8211; In America - CNN.com Blogs</title>
<description><![CDATA[I know some of you will see this as one less Mexican running around, but this is truly a sad situation. A young person wanting to help himself and this country killing himself because he couldn't is a sad day.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/29/9098310-family-says-undocumented-student-killed-himself-over-fears-hed-never-go-to-college-in-america-cnncom-blogs</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/29/9098310-family-says-undocumented-student-killed-himself-over-fears-hed-never-go-to-college-in-america-cnncom-blogs</guid><category>texas</category><category>college</category><category>suicide</category><category>immigrant</category><category>us-news</category><category>dream-act</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:44:39 +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>Afghanistan announces second phase of security handover - CNN.com</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/28/9073234-afghanistan-announces-second-phase-of-security-handover-cnncom</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/28/9073234-afghanistan-announces-second-phase-of-security-handover-cnncom</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:54:30 +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>Type Your Headline Here ...</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scaring children is not the way to earn the "young person" vote Mr. President.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/11/8748327-type-your-headline-here</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/11/8748327-type-your-headline-here</guid><category>election</category><category>children</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:27:24 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null7DAE478D-63C9-A015-E554-D54A0B281F81.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="322" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null7DAE478D-63C9-A015-E554-D54A0B281F81.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Why is the President trying to scare these children?&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>I agree</title>
<description><![CDATA[I have decided to agree with the majority on all topics.&nbsp;My feelings are getting hurt with the collapsing of my comments.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/21/8433484-i-agree</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/21/8433484-i-agree</guid><category>collapse</category><category>today</category><category>judge</category><category>newsvine</category><category>faith</category><category>comments</category><category>not-news</category><category>agree</category><category>disagree</category><category>a-joke</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:40:56 +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>Protests planned for Bush, Clinton event in Canada - CNN.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[I hope the Canadians do something silly enough to make us hate them as much as we hate Mexico.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8415264-protests-planned-for-bush-clinton-event-in-canada-cnncom</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/20/8415264-protests-planned-for-bush-clinton-event-in-canada-cnncom</guid><category>bush</category><category>canada</category><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>war</category><category>protest</category><category>war-crimes</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:35:30 +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>No pension for public office</title>
<description><![CDATA[Is there anyway we could get our elected officials to give up their pensions&nbsp;they earned (I use that term lightly)? Is there anyway we could cut the pay for our elected officials to lets say the&nbsp;median household income? What other things would you all like to see in the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fernando-2143457]]></source><link>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8397701-no-pension-for-public-office</link><guid>http://fernando2143457.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/19/8397701-no-pension-for-public-office</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>senators</category><category>president</category><category>congressman</category><category>pension</category><category>not-news</category><category>government-cuts</category><category>govt-cuts</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:29:50 +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>Active-Duty Gays Say Coming Out Has Been Nonevent</title>
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If Social Security was an optional deduction would you still participate?
I would prefer to invest my money how I would deem best for my future retirement plans. I would happily give up my entitlement to SS in the future given the option.
What do you all think.]]></description>
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I saw this advertisement for the President today on Newsvine. I clicked on it and it asked if I am in. I didn't go any further.]]></description>
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