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Sadly, I think their mind is made up. \u003ca href\u003d\"http://townhall.com/columnists/RebeccaHagelin/2010/02/10/dooming_minority_girls\"\u003eRebecca Hagelin\u003c/a\u003e has more:\u003cblockquote\u003eLast week the American Medical Association (AMA) published a report that shows abstinence education works. Tragically, President Obama and Nancy Pelosi had already pandered to dishonest groups like Planned Parenthood, who profit from teen sexual activity, and took the unbelievable action of terminating government funding of these successful abstinence programs. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe results are clear: When adults take the time to tell children what is right and what is wrong, and teach them how to avoid sex, the majority of them actually do. But when a young person is constantly bombarded with sexual images, taught by those in authority that he can freely engage in sex if he wants to, and is presumed to be unable to control himself, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that he will most likely become sexually active. \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://townhall.com/columnists/RebeccaHagelin/2010/02/10/dooming_minority_girls\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-3376100253871556940?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/3376100253871556940/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d3376100253871556940","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/3376100253871556940"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/3376100253871556940"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/dooming-minority-girls.html","title":"Dooming Minority Girls"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-1899446012330608633"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-09T22:26:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-09T22:28:53.464-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How Math Has Changed"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://adriennescatholiccorner.blogspot.com/2010/02/modern-math.html\"\u003eAdrienne's Catholic Corner\u003c/a\u003e is one of the most fun Catholic sites around. Hope you enjoy it as well. Here, Adrienne's got lots to say about Math. It's funny:\u003cblockquote\u003eYears of Math 1959 - 2009 (in the USA )\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLast week I purchased a burger at Burger King for $1.58. The counter girl took my $ 2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register. I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters , but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and cried. Why do I tell you this? Because of the evolution in teaching math since the 1950s:\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://adriennescatholiccorner.blogspot.com/2010/02/modern-math.html\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-1899446012330608633?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/1899446012330608633/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d1899446012330608633","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/1899446012330608633"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/1899446012330608633"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/how-math-has-changed.html","title":"How Math Has Changed"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-6516042397603087411"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-09T18:09:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-09T18:11:56.847-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Comedy: What Gibbs Hand Really Said"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I love the blogosphere for exactly this kind of excellent analysis. Check out Ace for what was really written on Robert Gibbs hand.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://ace.mu.nu/archives/298067.php\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-6516042397603087411?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/6516042397603087411/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d6516042397603087411","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/6516042397603087411"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/6516042397603087411"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/comedy-what-gibbs-hand-really-said.html","title":"Comedy: What Gibbs Hand Really Said"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-3531688123561199605"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-09T16:30:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-09T16:33:45.437-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Classless White House Mocks Palin"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/09/video-gibbs-writing-on-his-hand-now-to-mock-palin/\"\u003eHot Air\u003c/a\u003e has video of White House Press Secretary mocking Palin by writing notes for the presser on his hand. Ha! Ha! Ha! These guys are hilarious.\u003cblockquote\u003eImagine: He thought this joke was so good, he actually prepared it before the presser. MKH is calling him the Dane Cook of politics for ripping off a goof that’s already been done three times by national figures, including Palin herself, but it’s worse than that. The Daily Show did a double hit on it last night, first with Stewart reading off his hand and then Wyatt Cenac reading off his belly, so that’s five times at least. Which makes Gibbs — what? The Carlos Mencia of politics, maybe?\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/09/video-gibbs-writing-on-his-hand-now-to-mock-palin/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-3531688123561199605?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/3531688123561199605/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d3531688123561199605","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/3531688123561199605"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/3531688123561199605"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/classless-white-house-mocks-palin.html","title":"Classless White House Mocks Palin"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-2142772206622279063"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-09T16:23:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-09T16:26:42.734-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Steele: You Don't Like Me? You're Racist!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Michael Steele has got to go. Dude!!!! You're there to try to make the GOP look good, not just Michael Steele. What's wrong with this guy? I know just by asking this I'm in danger of being called a racist but I'm brave like that. \u003ca href\u003d\"http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-national-committee/michael-steele-suggests-criticism-of-his-tenure-motivated-by-racism/\"\u003ePlumline \u003c/a\u003ehas the quote in full:\u003cblockquote\u003eIt’s been awhile since Michael Steele has landed himself in the news, but this might stir things up again: In a new interview, Steele bluntly suggests criticism of his tenure — and all the media coverage it’s garnered — may be motivated by racism.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe story, called “Up in the Air,” is in the February issue of Washingtonian magazine, and it isn’t online yet, but here’s the key passage, buried way at the end of the piece, on page 96 of the mag:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSteele acknowledges that at times he has a tendency to take things too far. “And I get checked on that, just as when I was a young boy and I pushed the envelope too far and my Mama was there to check me.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut there’s an edge to his voice when he talks about a double standard that he believes has been applied by his critics, and he posits racism as the cause: “I don’t see stories about the internal operations of the DNC that I see about this operation. Why? Is it because Michael Steele is the chairman, or is it because a black man is chairman?”\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-national-committee/michael-steele-suggests-criticism-of-his-tenure-motivated-by-racism/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-2142772206622279063?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/2142772206622279063/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d2142772206622279063","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/2142772206622279063"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/2142772206622279063"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/steele-you-dont-like-me-youre-racist.html","title":"Steele: You Don't Like Me? You're Racist!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-5198908750508422059"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-09T12:30:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-09T12:33:32.622-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I'm Not Watching Oprah..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I'm not watching Oprah. No way. But I would understand it if some of you wanted to today.\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/02/08/dominican-sisters-on-oprah/\"\u003e The Anchoress\u003c/a\u003e has some thoughts on Oprah's show for today.\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Dominican Sisters of Mary will be featured on Oprah Winfrey’s show tomorrow, and the gals were kind enough to send along an exclusive picture from the crew’s visit to their Ann Arbor Motherhouse. They have more pictures here.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA peek at her teaser for the Tuesday show (H/T the Deac) indicates that the Sisters will share the hour with a look at the “the word’s only Western Geisha.” One serves God and thereby all of humanity, one serves a single man and makes him feel like a god. I don’t think that Ms. Winfrey meant to make it sound like a carnival barker selling a “freak” show. \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/02/08/dominican-sisters-on-oprah/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-5198908750508422059?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/5198908750508422059/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d5198908750508422059","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/5198908750508422059"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/5198908750508422059"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/im-not-watching-oprah.html","title":"I'm Not Watching Oprah..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-714211676851838398"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-09T11:59:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-09T12:04:03.911-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Priest to Wounded Soldiers"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"An inspiring story about a priest who went from being a corporate lawyer to a priest administering to wounded soldiers:\u003cblockquote\u003eTo watch Capuchin Father James Stump at work is to see a Christ-centered “ministry of presence” in action as a matter of daily routine. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA chaplain at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, Father Stump makes his rounds with one purpose in mind: to invite sick and wounded veterans to encounter the living Christ. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFather Stump is quick in his step and quick with a joke as he goes about his work. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWatch the speed limit, he jokes to a wheelchair-bound Marine on the move in the hallway. They chat about the Marine’s spinal reconstruction surgery. But in a moment, without a break in the informality, the priest is praying over the patient and asking that Jesus “show his face to you, have mercy on you.” \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnd as the two part, the priest, simply says: “Heal up.” \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.catholic-sf.org/news_select.php?newsid\u003d\u0026id\u003d56842\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-714211676851838398?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/714211676851838398/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d714211676851838398","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/714211676851838398"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/714211676851838398"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/priest-to-wounded-soldiers.html","title":"Priest to Wounded Soldiers"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-6495233842997901650"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-09T10:34:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-09T10:37:42.520-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"This One Hits Close to Home"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"As a father of four daughters, the oldest one being ten years old this one seems particularly insane to me. \u003ca href\u003d\"http://rightwingnews.com/#post7959\"\u003eRight Wing News\u003c/a\u003e has the very disturbing story:\u003cblockquote\u003eOne indication that moonbattery is not just misguided but evil is that progressives have an obsession with corrupting children. This is why, under our Hopey Changey regime of pure moonbattery, our federal \"Safe Schools Czar\" is a militant pervert associated with NAMBLA. It's also the reason for this:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is advocating that children as young as 10 be given extensive sex education, including an awareness of sex's pleasures.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://rightwingnews.com/#post7959\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-6495233842997901650?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/6495233842997901650/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d6495233842997901650","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/6495233842997901650"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/6495233842997901650"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/this-one-hits-close-to-home.html","title":"This One Hits Close to Home"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-6108213811080965702"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-08T22:43:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-08T22:45:02.115-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Amy Marks the Year"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://amywelborn.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/electric/\"\u003eAmy Welborn's\u003c/a\u003e latest is very moving:\u003cblockquote\u003eWednesday morning, an electrician came to the new house.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e(We still aren’t there – the movers come tomorrow morning.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA problem or two had emerged, involving sparks emitting from a ceiling fan and a subsequent power failure on one side of the house. He fixed it, and we talked about him returning to install a fixture here and there.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt was the first anniversary of Michael’s death, but what was I going to do? Sit around?  No need to do that in order to contemplate  – every hour was marked anyway and wouldn’t be denied in my head, even as I argued with myself about the arbitrary nature of “year.”  Why does “a year” mean anything more or less than 364 days or 366?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI don’t know. But it does – or I let it. \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://amywelborn.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/electric/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-6108213811080965702?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/6108213811080965702/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d6108213811080965702","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/6108213811080965702"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/6108213811080965702"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/amy-marks-year.html","title":"Amy Marks the Year"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-1819231716718089191"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-08T22:26:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-08T22:28:51.131-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"DHS Investigating Pro-Lifers?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"DHS collected info on Wisconsin pro-lifers and then destroyed the evidence. Hmmm. Are things getting a little creepy around here?\u003cblockquote\u003eOpposed to the wholesale slaughter of the unborn? The Obama administration would like a word with you....\u003cblockquote\u003eMadison, Wis. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted a threat assessment of local pro- and anti-abortion rights activists before an expected rally last year, even though they did not pose a threat to national security.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2010/02/unreal-dhs-collected-information-on-wisconsin-prolife-activists-even-though-they-posed-no-security-t.html\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e \u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-1819231716718089191?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/1819231716718089191/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d1819231716718089191","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/1819231716718089191"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/1819231716718089191"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/dhs-investigating-pro-lifers.html","title":"DHS Investigating Pro-Lifers?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-441196761101254978"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-08T14:04:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-08T14:05:44.401-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Captain America Vs.. The Tea Party"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Ack!\u003cblockquote\u003eMarvel Comic's Captain America is the mightiest soldier with the super powerful secret soldier formula that makes him a super man. Sadly, this muscle bound hero that took on the whole Nazi army during WWII seems to be afraid of those American people who've joined the Tea Party movement. Not only is Cappy quaking in his little red booties, but he's sure that the Tea Party folks are dangerous racists, too.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIsn't it wonderful that a decades old American comic book hero is now being used to turn readers against our very political system, being used to slander folks that are standing up for real American principles in real life -- and one called \"Captain America\" at that?\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://rightwingnews.com/2010/02/marvel-comics-captain-america-says-tea-parties-are-dangerous-and-racist/?utm_source\u003dfeedburner\u0026utm_medium\u003dfeed\u0026utm_campaign\u003dFeed%3A+rightwingnews%2FhGmL+%28Right+Wing+News%29\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-441196761101254978?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/441196761101254978/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d441196761101254978","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/441196761101254978"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/441196761101254978"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/captain-america-vs-tea-party.html","title":"Captain America Vs.. The Tea Party"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-2076231821031063726"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-08T10:46:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-08T10:48:43.266-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Dummies Guide to Death"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2010/02/death-how-to-do-it.html\"\u003eFr. Ray Blake\u003c/a\u003e has some thoughts on what a good death is:\u003cblockquote\u003eThe debate about assisted suicide, the whole issue of communicating with people who are \"shut in\" reminds us that though most people have little fear of death, we all have a fear of the process of dying.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFor a celibate priest there is little chance of me dying in my own bed, it is either a quick heart attack or following my mother, a rather hideous long drawn out death of alzheimers and hospital infections in a broken leg which remained unhealed for three years, or like my father, whose first anniversary is at this time , who died in hospice.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2010/02/death-how-to-do-it.html\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-2076231821031063726?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/2076231821031063726/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d2076231821031063726","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/2076231821031063726"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/2076231821031063726"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/dummies-guide-to-death.html","title":"A Dummies Guide to Death"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-7237368707737258373"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-08T08:24:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-08T08:27:24.881-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Touching Television Show"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I hadn't heard of the Duggars until a complete stranger asked me if I was trying to be the Duggars when she saw me with my five children. I didn't know who they were so when I got home I googled them. Maurisa over at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://halfadozenproductions.blogspot.com/2010/02/touching-scenes-on-tv.html\"\u003eHalf a Dozen Productions\u003c/a\u003e watches the show and found one scene to be touching and inspiring. By her description I'd have to agree.\u003cblockquote\u003eDid you see the season premiere of 19 Kids and Counting? I'm not a regular viewer, but occasionally I have followed the story of this growing family over the years. The Duggars are a lovely, devoted, and faith-filled family and while others may find their very large family an oddity, I think they are inspirational.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDue to complications during her latest pregnancy, Michelle delivered their youngest daughter 15 weeks early via c-section in December. Little Josie Duggar weighed just over 1 pound and faces an up hill battle, but so far so good. The longer this little girl hangs in there the better her chances of survival.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://halfadozenproductions.blogspot.com/2010/02/touching-scenes-on-tv.html\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-7237368707737258373?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/7237368707737258373/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d7237368707737258373","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/7237368707737258373"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/7237368707737258373"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/touching-television-show.html","title":"A Touching Television Show"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-54165656191468526"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-08T06:46:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-08T06:49:52.576-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Palin Has Some Fun With Crazy Leftists"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Jim Hoft at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/02/awesome-palin-campaigns-for-rick-perry-writes-hi-mom-on-her-hand-pics/\"\u003eGateway Pundit\u003c/a\u003e has to be the hardest working blogger in the world wide interweb thingie. The guy must not sleep. At all. But I woke up this morning and saw this I had to link to it. This is really funny and shows why Sarah Palin is unlike any other politician out there.\u003cblockquote\u003eRIGHT ON— On Sunday the left went bonkers after they discovered that the TelePrompter-less former Governor Sarah Palin wrote notes on the palm of her left hand for her speech to the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. The far left absolutely freaked over this non-issue rather than focus on her brilliant speech knocking the Obama Administration’s horrid record on economics and national defense.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eToday Sarah fired back…\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/02/awesome-palin-campaigns-for-rick-perry-writes-hi-mom-on-her-hand-pics/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-54165656191468526?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/54165656191468526/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d54165656191468526","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/54165656191468526"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/54165656191468526"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/palin-has-some-fun-with-crazy-leftists.html","title":"Palin Has Some Fun With Crazy Leftists"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-4122653939404583097"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-06T18:44:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-06T18:45:48.851-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Abortion President Strikes Again"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Sickening.\u003cblockquote\u003eFrom the blogprof, who queries: \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhat business does the Pentagon have stocking the morning-after pill?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eObvious answer: no one should be punished with a baby.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Washington Post reports: \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Department of Defense will begin making the morning-after pill Plan B available at all of its hospitals and health clinics around the world, officials announced Thursday. \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.punditandpundette.com/2010/02/abortion-president-strikes-again.html\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-4122653939404583097?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/4122653939404583097/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d4122653939404583097","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/4122653939404583097"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/4122653939404583097"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/abortion-president-strikes-again.html","title":"Abortion President Strikes Again"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-4319117765284447689"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-05T19:42:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-05T19:47:04.852-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ruins of Embryonic Stem Cell Research"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This is a great article at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://headlinebistro.com/hb/en/news/nadal_esc.html\"\u003eHeadline Bistro\u003c/a\u003e:\u003cblockquote\u003e“If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk, get up out of that wheelchair and walk again.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo said then-Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards in October 2004 at a campaign in Newton, Iowa in a cynical appeal to people’s desperation for cures from everything from spinal cord injury to juvenile diabetes to Alzheimer’s disease, as he held out embryonic stem cells (ESCs) as the key to their hopes and dreams. It was cruel, and it was predicated on what all in the scientific community knew to be a long shot at best. Edwards struck many as sounding more like a chimeric faith healer or snake oil salesman hawking his wares.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFor the people of California, such hype aided them that year on a fiscally ruinous path, as they passed Proposition 71 (California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative), which established the Institute for Regenerative Medicine and endowed it with a mind-boggling $3 billion in research funds mainly for ESC research. \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://headlinebistro.com/hb/en/news/nadal_esc.html\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-4319117765284447689?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/4319117765284447689/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d4319117765284447689","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/4319117765284447689"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/4319117765284447689"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/ruins-of-embryonic-stem-cell-research.html","title":"Ruins of Embryonic Stem Cell Research"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-7106980590916799956"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-05T13:47:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-05T13:49:33.108-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Who Needs Lincoln or Washington?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I knew things in many public schools was bad. But this is just insane. \u003ca href\u003d\"http://crankycon.politicalbear.com/2010/02/04/reason-infinity-not-to-send-kids-to-public-schools/\"\u003eCranky Con \u003c/a\u003ehas good reason to be cranky about this one:\u003cblockquote\u003eReason # Infinity not to send kids to public schools. Because of brainless decisions like this one in North Carolina:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eHe may be the president who governed during the Civil War, freeing the slaves, but under a new curriculum proposal for North Carolina high schools, U.S. history would begin years after President Lincoln, with the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://crankycon.politicalbear.com/2010/02/04/reason-infinity-not-to-send-kids-to-public-schools/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-7106980590916799956?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/7106980590916799956/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d7106980590916799956","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/7106980590916799956"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/7106980590916799956"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/who-needs-lincoln-or-washington.html","title":"Who Needs Lincoln or Washington?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-1276482887061208093"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-05T09:56:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-05T09:58:35.061-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"90 Minutes With Clarence Thomas"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/02/04/90-minutes-with-clarence-thomas/\"\u003eThe Anchoress\u003c/a\u003e has a great intro to an extended interview with Clarence Thomas.\u003cblockquote\u003eWhenever I watch or read Justice Thomas, I always come away liking him even more. He is authentic, down-to-earth and credible and human. I almost never watch longer online videos because I have such a deplorable attention span, but this Q\u0026A between him and a bunch of law students was worth watching, all 90 minutes of it. \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/02/04/90-minutes-with-clarence-thomas/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-1276482887061208093?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/1276482887061208093/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d1276482887061208093","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/1276482887061208093"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/1276482887061208093"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/90-minutes-with-clarence-thomas.html","title":"90 Minutes With Clarence Thomas"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-2878943124173599545"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-05T08:56:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-05T08:58:47.443-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Is This Pro-Life Ad too Graphic?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This is a well made and shocking ad. But CMR fave Danielle Bean wonders if it may be too graphic. Join the conversation over at the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.ncregister.com/blog/is_this_pro-life_ad_too_graphic/\"\u003eNational Catholic Register\u003c/a\u003e:\u003cblockquote\u003eLifeSite News reports that an anti-abortion ad produced by Priests for Life has been rejected by a Canadian television station. (The video is embedded at the bottom of this post.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhen I read that a pro-life message had been rejected for being “too graphic” I was sure this was some unfair liberal media bias being played out in the name of sensitivity. I rolled my eyes and clicked play.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut then I found the ad deeply disturbing.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt is graphic. But is it too graphic?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI don’t know.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.ncregister.com/blog/is_this_pro-life_ad_too_graphic/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-2878943124173599545?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/2878943124173599545/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d2878943124173599545","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/2878943124173599545"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/2878943124173599545"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/is-this-pro-life-ad-too-graphic.html","title":"Is This Pro-Life Ad too Graphic?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-133884872088251251"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-05T08:47:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-05T08:50:56.279-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Super Bowl Champions for Life"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Wow. This is pretty amazing. I didn't even know this existed. Thanks to Kathleen Mckinley at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kathleen-mckinley/2010/02/04/tim-tebow-has-nothing-these-guys\"\u003eNewsbusters \u003c/a\u003efor digging this one up:\u003cblockquote\u003eThere has been a lot of controversy over the Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother discussing how she chose life for her son. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe ad is a simple sincere look at a personal story. Yet the left and the \"feminists\" have gone nuts over it. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e23 years ago, The American Life League, one of the largest Catholic Pro-Life organizations, produced a short featuring members of the Super Bowl winning New York Giants.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs you watch former superstars Phil Simms -- the game's MVP and current sportscaster for CBS! -- Mark Bavaro, Jim Burt, Chris Godfrey, George Martin, and Phil McConkey speak out against abortion, try to imagine what the reaction would be to this film if it was made today. \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://newsbusters.org/blogs/kathleen-mckinley/2010/02/04/tim-tebow-has-nothing-these-guys#ixzz0efYInU6t\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-133884872088251251?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/133884872088251251/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d133884872088251251","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/133884872088251251"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/133884872088251251"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/super-bowl-champions-for-life.html","title":"Super Bowl Champions for Life"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-3628905855661656064"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-05T07:17:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-05T07:19:38.637-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"I'm Sorry. I Can't Do That."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://ebeth.typepad.com/reallearning/2010/01/im-sorry-i-cant-do-that.html\"\u003eElizabeth Foss\u003c/a\u003e reminds us how priorities sometimes means saying \"no.\"\u003cblockquote\u003eIt was a job I loved. Mostly, I worked from home, editing a magazine written for mothers at home, by mothers at home. Though I was one of the youngest women on the staff, I had considerable responsibility and creative license. I loved the writing; I loved the once or twice  monthly meetings in the office. And I was ever so grateful for the wise, thoughtful women who were personal mentors as much as they were professional colleagues.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eSo, it was with considerable regret that I resigned. I remember the moment of that decision. I had a new baby—my third—and we were camped out on my bed. He was nursing, propped up on my lap as I spread manuscripts into piles all over the bed and reached for them as best I could without detaching. It didn’t take much for the irony to strike. \u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://ebeth.typepad.com/reallearning/2010/01/im-sorry-i-cant-do-that.html\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-3628905855661656064?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/3628905855661656064/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d3628905855661656064","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/3628905855661656064"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/3628905855661656064"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/im-sorry-i-cant-do-that.html","title":"I'm Sorry. I Can't Do That."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-1440837973103587506"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-04T20:05:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-04T20:07:36.523-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ouija Boards Are Not Toys"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://wdtprs.com/blog/2010/02/ouija-boards-are-not-toys/\"\u003eFather Z \u003c/a\u003ehas a warning:\u003cblockquote\u003eHere is a serious note. Sancte Pater has this:\u003cblockquote\u003eOuija board a controversial toy for tots.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eToys R Us is selling Ouija boards, promoting them as acceptable for children as young as eight years old.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe pink edition of the Ouija board is listed for girls eight-years-old and up while the regular version is designated for all children eight and up. Stephen Phelan, communications manager of Human Life International, checked the website and reports that the findings are disturbing.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://wdtprs.com/blog/2010/02/ouija-boards-are-not-toys/\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-1440837973103587506?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/1440837973103587506/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d1440837973103587506","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/1440837973103587506"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/1440837973103587506"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/ouija-boards-are-not-toys.html","title":"Ouija Boards Are Not Toys"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-5168452136004463274"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-04T19:08:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-04T19:12:08.570-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nuns to go on Oprah"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"I didn't ever think that the words \"nun\" and \"Oprah\" would be in the same sentence other than the \"nuns are praying for Oprah.\" But I was wrong. And that's a good thing. \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.catholicvoteaction.org/americanpapist/index.php?p\u003d1037\"\u003eAmerican Papist\u003c/a\u003e has this interesting and unexpected news:\u003cblockquote\u003eI’ve received word from my sources that the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann Arbor MI will be featured on the mega-popular Oprah Winfrey show on February 9th – the 13th anniversary of this new Dominican community of religious sisters.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.catholicvoteaction.org/americanpapist/index.php?p\u003d1037\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-5168452136004463274?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/5168452136004463274/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d5168452136004463274","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/5168452136004463274"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/5168452136004463274"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/nuns-to-go-on-oprah.html","title":"Nuns to go on Oprah"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-8719193026481285789"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-04T18:32:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-04T18:33:25.689-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Trashing the Pope is Cool With Obama"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://rightwingnews.com/#post7709\"\u003eRight Wing News \u003c/a\u003ehas the story:\u003cblockquote\u003eOne of the things you can't help but notice about the left is that no matter how often they claim to have no problem with Christianity, many liberals certainly act like people who despise Christians. Moreover, it's also notable that their dislike of Christianity doesn't seem to inspire any reaction from their fellow liberals. In fact, trashing Christianity is so run-of-the-mill on the Left that a member of Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership is making news again for trashing the pope:\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://rightwingnews.com/#post7709\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-8719193026481285789?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/8719193026481285789/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d8719193026481285789","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/8719193026481285789"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/8719193026481285789"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/trashing-pope-is-cool-with-obama.html","title":"Trashing the Pope is Cool With Obama"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772176877892997603.post-576820202943665718"},"published":{"$t":"2010-02-04T09:20:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2010-02-04T09:23:05.584-05:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hey, He Might Not Be a Vegetable After All"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Amazing discovery from science that many who were believed to be vegetables are not. At once, this is a horrifying and wonderful discovery. \u003ca href\u003d\"http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q\u003dOTdkODU1ZWU1MmI0NDdkY2YxZTQ4YzFlODJjNjI0M2I\"\u003eKathryn Lopez\u003c/a\u003e has the story:\u003cblockquote\u003eA piece in the Washington Post today describes a discovery about human lives that are all too often dismissed as not quite life anymore:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003ean international team of scientists decided to try a bold experiment using the latest technology to peek inside the minds of 54 patients [in \"vegetative states'] to see whether, in fact, they were conscious.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOne by one, the men and women were placed inside advanced brain scanners as technicians gave them careful instructions: Imagine you are playing tennis. Imagine you are exploring your home, room by room. For most, the scanner showed nothing.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut, shockingly, for one, then another, and another, and yet two more, the scans flashed exactly like any healthy conscious person's would.\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q\u003dOTdkODU1ZWU1MmI0NDdkY2YxZTQ4YzFlODJjNjI0M2I\"\u003eContinue reading\u003e\u003e\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4772176877892997603-576820202943665718?l\u003dreader.creativeminorityreport.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/feeds/576820202943665718/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d4772176877892997603\u0026postID\u003d576820202943665718","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/576820202943665718"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4772176877892997603/posts/default/576820202943665718"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://reader.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/02/hey-he-might-not-be-vegetable-after-all.html","title":"Hey, He Might Not Be a Vegetable After All"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"matthew archbold"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"11773520113488898055"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"1"}}]}});