<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348</id><updated>2011-08-04T09:48:19.825-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MADHOUSE THOUGHT</title><subtitle type='html'>A place to talk about politics, world views and whatever else is on my mind.

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I look forward to hearing from you!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>120</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-5750449216441026320</id><published>2007-01-25T22:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T09:33:56.849-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving On!</title><summary type='text'>For those of you who may or may not know I’ve started a community blog site called The Minority Report. With the attention I’ll have to be putting in there and recently accepting a Senior Writers position for The Hinzsight Report I won’t have time to post here but will pop in from time to time…Please join me at  The Minority Report create an account and participate for free...See ya there!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/5750449216441026320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=5750449216441026320' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/5750449216441026320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/5750449216441026320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2007/01/moving-on.html' title='Moving On!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-4178240974679468414</id><published>2007-01-18T09:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-19T11:51:04.353-08:00</updated><title type='text'>China may have an Anti-Satellite Weapon</title><summary type='text'>According to Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology  China may have performed a successful anti-satellite weapons test destroying one of their older weather satellites with a kinetic kill vehicle launched on board a ballistic missile. The Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, NASA and other government organizations have a full court press underway </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/4178240974679468414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=4178240974679468414' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/4178240974679468414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/4178240974679468414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2007/01/china-may-have-anti-satellite-weapon.html' title='China may have an Anti-Satellite Weapon'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-2176492286268110439</id><published>2006-12-22T11:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-22T11:32:06.940-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Score one for LA schools</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday Judge Dzintra Janavs slapped down Mayor Villaraigosa's bid to take over LA’s dysfunctional Unified School District. The Judge ”found the entire law defective and ordered public officials "to refrain from enforcing or implementing" any part of it," Judge scuttles mayor's school takeover plan A judge today nullified legislation giving Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa substantial authority over </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/2176492286268110439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=2176492286268110439' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/2176492286268110439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/2176492286268110439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/12/score-one-for-la-schools.html' title='Score one for LA schools'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-9202444574656157296</id><published>2006-12-21T08:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-21T08:58:55.635-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bloggers Must Disclose Sponsored Posts</title><summary type='text'>For those who may not know about blogging for cash, let me introduce PayPerPost. PayPerPost is a consumer generated advertising company that connects advertisers with bloggers, videographers, photographers, podcasters and participants in social networks to market products. Until know, bloggers and others have been able to do so without disclosing the fact that they were being paid by said company</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/9202444574656157296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=9202444574656157296' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/9202444574656157296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/9202444574656157296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/12/bloggers-must-disclose-sponsored-posts.html' title='Bloggers Must Disclose Sponsored Posts'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-5840208351901990008</id><published>2006-12-19T13:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-19T14:07:24.369-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A NEW DIRECTION</title><summary type='text'>A NEW DIRECTIONWHY I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER !!!The Democrats promise;  "A New Direction For America"The stock market is at an all-time high and America's 401K's are back.A new direction from there means, what?Unemployment is at 25-year lows.A new direction from there means, what?Oil prices are stabilizing,A new direction from there means, what?Taxes are at 20 year lows.A new direction from there </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/5840208351901990008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=5840208351901990008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/5840208351901990008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/5840208351901990008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-direction.html' title='A NEW DIRECTION'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-5404684889555089694</id><published>2006-12-14T15:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-14T15:42:29.218-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Defence of Rorke's Drift</title><summary type='text'>The Defence of Rorke's Drift stands out in history as one of the finest examples of discipline and valor ever recorded. A battle in which, about 140 men successfully defended the Drift against an overwhelming force of about 4,500 Zulus.The Battle of Rorke's Drift  The Combatants: British infantry with Natal irregulars against Zulu warriors.The Commanders: The British garrison was commanded by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/5404684889555089694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=5404684889555089694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/5404684889555089694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/5404684889555089694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/12/defence-of-rorkes-drift.html' title='The Defence of Rorke&apos;s Drift'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116521492570058822</id><published>2006-12-03T22:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-03T22:48:45.710-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Jesus!</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116521492570058822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116521492570058822' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116521492570058822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116521492570058822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/12/jesus.html' title='Jesus!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116519535865785129</id><published>2006-12-03T17:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-03T17:22:38.670-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela Halts Transmission</title><summary type='text'>Telemundo: Venezuela Halts TransmissionOfficials identifying themselves as members of a state regulatory agency forced the U.S.-based Spanish-language TV network Telemundo to halt transmission Sunday of its presidential election coverage."We're surprised by this," said Pablo Iacub, a member of Telemundo's eight-person team, which arrived last week. "We only want to do our work," he said by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116519535865785129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116519535865785129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116519535865785129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116519535865785129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/12/venezuela-halts-transmission.html' title='Venezuela Halts Transmission'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116482753886644268</id><published>2006-11-29T11:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-29T11:15:08.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Britain: Sharia law is Spreading!</title><summary type='text'>Sharia law is spreading as authority wanes Islamic sharia law is gaining an increasing foothold in parts of Britain, a report claims.Sharia, derived from several sources including the Koran, is applied to varying degrees in predominantly Muslim countries but it has no binding status in Britain.However, the BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action produced evidence yesterday that it was being used by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116482753886644268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116482753886644268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116482753886644268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116482753886644268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/britain-sharia-law-is-spreading.html' title='Britain: Sharia law is Spreading!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116475378531219251</id><published>2006-11-28T14:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-28T18:57:44.896-08:00</updated><title type='text'>There is no war on Christmas we’re all just delusional!?!</title><summary type='text'>“A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says.”This is just the latest attack in a growing movement to remove anything and everything Christian from the public square altogether. “Nativity” Booted From Ill. Holiday Fair  A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says. Officials have asked organizers of a downtown Christmas festival</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116475378531219251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116475378531219251' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116475378531219251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116475378531219251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/there-is-no-war-on-christmas-were-all.html' title='There is no war on Christmas we’re all just delusional!?!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116466710847412130</id><published>2006-11-27T14:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-27T14:38:28.486-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Weird Picture of the day: Is that president Bush in a Burqa?</title><summary type='text'> h/t Drudge</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116466710847412130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116466710847412130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116466710847412130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116466710847412130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/weird-picture-of-day-is-that-president.html' title='Weird Picture of the day: Is that president Bush in a Burqa?'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116465352398203684</id><published>2006-11-27T10:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-27T10:52:04.010-08:00</updated><title type='text'>On General Welfare and Wasted Votes</title><summary type='text'>Larry Elder has a great article on WND called  Why I'm 'wasting' my vote I don’t usually post whole articles but he completely captured my thoughts and feelings on general welfare and the Framers views on limited government!     "With respect to the words general welfare, I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers (enumerated in the Constitution) connected with them. To take</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116465352398203684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116465352398203684' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116465352398203684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116465352398203684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/on-general-welfare-and-wasted-votes.html' title='On General Welfare and Wasted Votes'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116423397363566246</id><published>2006-11-22T14:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-22T14:24:58.463-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116423397363566246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116423397363566246' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116423397363566246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116423397363566246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/happy-thanksgiving.html' title='Happy Thanksgiving'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116390320471213300</id><published>2006-11-18T18:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-18T18:45:12.646-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Teaching  Jihad</title><summary type='text'>Controversial Assignment Leads To Teacher's Resignation A Spanish teacher at Smithfield-Selma Senior High School resigned this week after handing out an assignment that some students and parents said teaches hate.Khalid Chahhou, who was in his first year of teaching in Johnston County, gave students a worksheet in which they were to translate words and find them within a word-search puzzle.Some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116390320471213300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116390320471213300' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116390320471213300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116390320471213300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/teaching-jihad.html' title='Teaching  Jihad'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116387833508868942</id><published>2006-11-18T11:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-18T11:32:15.100-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Israeli envoy walks out of U.N. session</title><summary type='text'>from UPI Israel's ambassador walked out on the United Nations session that resulted in a strong call to Israel to end its military operations in the Gaza Strip.The 192-member General Assembly voted Friday night 156-7, with six abstentions, in favor of the non-binding resolution in an emergency special session.The United States, Israel and Australia voted against the document, while all the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116387833508868942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116387833508868942' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116387833508868942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116387833508868942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/israeli-envoy-walks-out-of-un-session.html' title='Israeli envoy walks out of U.N. session'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116380490931264037</id><published>2006-11-17T15:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-17T15:26:01.593-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq War Veterans Tell Their Stories</title><summary type='text'>New York State Veteran Oral History Program to preserve the stories of New York veterans in their own words. On Veterans Day in 2000, Gov. George E. Pataki established the New York State Veteran Oral History Program! So far 1,304 veterans going all the way back to WWI have made their way down to a small state armory in Saratoga Springs to be interviewed and tell their stories!This to me is an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116380490931264037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116380490931264037' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116380490931264037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116380490931264037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/iraq-war-veterans-tell-their-stories.html' title='Iraq War Veterans Tell Their Stories'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116364103614234937</id><published>2006-11-15T17:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T17:37:16.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Minority Report Blog</title><summary type='text'>I've set up a new blog called The Minority Report  to post news and discuss the state of both houses and the effects of being in the minority!If you'd like to be a contributor please reply to this post and I’ll be in touch..Thanks</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116364103614234937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116364103614234937' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116364103614234937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116364103614234937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/minority-report-blog.html' title='The Minority Report Blog'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116361984144909655</id><published>2006-11-15T11:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T11:44:01.613-08:00</updated><title type='text'>UCLA Study: Hollywood Behind Global Warming!</title><summary type='text'>"UCLA report says the movie and TV industry is a major generator of Southland pollution. An economist cautions that more rules may drive filming out of state." Another Hollywood production: smog  Hollywood is creating a film of a different kind over Greater Los Angeles: smog, soot and greenhouse gases, according to a UCLA report due out today. The report found that the film and television </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116361984144909655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116361984144909655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116361984144909655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116361984144909655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/ucla-study-hollywood-behind-global.html' title='UCLA Study: Hollywood Behind Global Warming!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116361298574084179</id><published>2006-11-15T09:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T09:51:52.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Levin says troops out of Iraq as early as April!</title><summary type='text'>All the debate about what to do in Iraq might turn out to be all for not!If Senator Carl Levin has his way, we will be pulling troops out of Iraq as early as April!Levin will become the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on January 13th 2007 and his top priority is a “phased redeployment,” which he said should begin in four to six months.” Levin has high hopes and apparently expects </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116361298574084179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116361298574084179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116361298574084179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116361298574084179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/levin-says-troops-out-of-iraq-as-early.html' title='Levin says troops out of Iraq as early as April!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116354225870441057</id><published>2006-11-14T14:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T14:28:54.843-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pulling Out of Iraq: What the Soldiers are Saying!</title><summary type='text'>Recently when asked by The Washington Post about cutting–and-running from Iraq  Soldiers Said a Pullout Would Have Devastating Results Here’s what the soldiers had to say:Lt. Col. Mark Suich, who commands the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment just south of Baghdad said:”Take us out of that vacuum -- and it's on the edge now -- and boom, it would become a free-for-all… It would be a raw </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116354225870441057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116354225870441057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116354225870441057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116354225870441057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/pulling-out-of-iraq-what-soldiers-are.html' title='Pulling Out of Iraq: What the Soldiers are Saying!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116352557625440111</id><published>2006-11-14T09:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T09:34:39.846-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran: From the News</title><summary type='text'>Just a few little nuggets from the news today: Netanyahu: It's 1938 and Iran is Germany; Ahmadinejad is preparing another Holocaust Drawing a direct analogy between Iran and Nazi Germany, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu asserted Monday that the Iranian nuclear program posed a threat not only to Israel, but to the entire western world. There was "still time," however, to prevent Tehran from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116352557625440111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116352557625440111' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116352557625440111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116352557625440111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/iran-from-news.html' title='Iran: From the News'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116344871002684596</id><published>2006-11-13T12:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T12:11:51.723-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Democrats press for troop reductions in Iraq</title><summary type='text'>Democrats Push for Troop Cuts Within Months Democratic leaders in the Senate vowed on Sunday to use their new Congressional majority to press for troop reductions in Iraq within a matter of months, stepping up pressure on the administration just as President Bush is to be interviewed by a bipartisan panel examining future strategy for the war.The Democrats — the incoming majority leader, Senator </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116344871002684596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116344871002684596' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116344871002684596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116344871002684596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/democrats-press-for-troop-reductions.html' title='Democrats press for troop reductions in Iraq'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116339952159360707</id><published>2006-11-12T22:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T22:32:01.646-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chinese submarine stalked USS Kitty Hawk</title><summary type='text'>"The surprise encounter highlights China's continuing efforts to prepare for a future conflict with the U.S."China sub secretly stalked U.S. fleet Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times has learned.    The surprise encounter highlights </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116339952159360707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116339952159360707' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116339952159360707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116339952159360707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/chinese-submarine-stalked-uss-kitty.html' title='Chinese submarine stalked USS Kitty Hawk'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116333657908240268</id><published>2006-11-12T04:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T06:04:40.050-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran TV broadcasts US ship spy plane footage!</title><summary type='text'>Iran TV broadcasts US ship spy plane footage Iran's Arabic language television station broadcast footage it claimed showed a US aircraft carrier cruising in Gulf waters it said was taken by an unmanned Iranian drone.The brief minute-long film, which was shown on Al-Alam television's evening news bulletin, showed wobbly aerial footage of an aircraft carrier stacked with war planes as it sailed.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116333657908240268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116333657908240268' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116333657908240268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116333657908240268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/iran-tv-broadcasts-us-ship-spy-plane.html' title='Iran TV broadcasts US ship spy plane footage!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116318811437367784</id><published>2006-11-10T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-11T11:34:31.250-08:00</updated><title type='text'>CCR Seeks Foreign Venue for persecuting Rumsfeld</title><summary type='text'>Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse A lawsuit in Germany will seek a criminal prosecution of the former Defense Secretary and other U.S. officials for their alleged role in abuses at Abu Ghraib and GitmoJust days after his resignation, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is about to face more repercussions for his involvement in the troubled wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116318811437367784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116318811437367784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116318811437367784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116318811437367784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/ccr-seeks-foreign-venue-for.html' title='CCR Seeks Foreign Venue for persecuting Rumsfeld'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116318475012082694</id><published>2006-11-10T10:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-10T10:52:30.133-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday USMC</title><summary type='text'>Resolution Establishing the Continential Marines JOURNAL OF THE CONTINENTIAL CONGRESS(Philadelphia) Friday, November 10, 1775Resolved, That two Battalions of marines be raised, consisting of one Colonel, two Lieutenant Colonels, two Majors, and other officers as usual in other regiments; and that they consist of an equal number of privates with other battalions; that particular care be taken, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116318475012082694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116318475012082694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116318475012082694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116318475012082694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/happy-birthday-usmc.html' title='Happy Birthday USMC'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116311256338120956</id><published>2006-11-09T14:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T14:49:38.440-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq; What Our Enemies Are Saying</title><summary type='text'>Apparently our enemies, the people who wish to kill us, got the Congress they wanted!For those who believe that our enemy doesn’t take any interest in our elections or that they don’t care what the outcome is, should take heed to the statements coming from the mouths of these fanatical murderers and ask yourself. How long do we wait until we start taking these people at their word?Here are just a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116311256338120956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116311256338120956' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116311256338120956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116311256338120956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/iraq-what-our-enemies-are-saying.html' title='Iraq; What Our Enemies Are Saying'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116309198230430082</id><published>2006-11-09T09:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-09T09:06:22.330-08:00</updated><title type='text'>$100.00</title><summary type='text'>A little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing happened   Then he decided to write God a letter requesting the $100.00.   When the postal authorities received the letter to God, USA, they decided to send it to the President.   The president was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy a $5.00 bill.   The president thought this would appear to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116309198230430082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116309198230430082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116309198230430082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116309198230430082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/10000.html' title='$100.00'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116302779401707117</id><published>2006-11-08T15:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T15:16:34.030-08:00</updated><title type='text'>November 7, 2006 Part II</title><summary type='text'>The Day True Conservatism Returned to Politics Now that I got my doom and gloom post out of the way I wanted to talk about how I really feel about the elections and their ramifications!First of all I have to congratulate the Democratic Party on a well fought battle and point out in particular Rohm Emanuel! He succeeded where others have continually failed and should be commended for his strategy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116302779401707117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116302779401707117' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116302779401707117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116302779401707117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/november-7-2006-part-ii.html' title='November 7, 2006 Part II'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116301434305904047</id><published>2006-11-08T11:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T11:37:35.293-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nov. 7, 2006</title><summary type='text'>The Day America Relinquished Her SovereigntyOne of the most under reported stories coming from the results of yesterday’s election is illegal immigration. With the Democrats taking the House of Representatives and every indication also the Senate, along with the instance by this administration for comprehensive immigration reform an all-out amnesty bill will be passed.Anywhere from 25 to 100 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116301434305904047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116301434305904047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116301434305904047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116301434305904047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/nov-7-2006.html' title='Nov. 7, 2006'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116292857586870906</id><published>2006-11-07T11:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T11:42:55.900-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Democrat who gets it!</title><summary type='text'>The following outstanding article written by Orson Scott Card and posted at RealClearPolitics Its a rather long but well worth the read: The Only Issue This Election Day There is only one issue in this election that will matter five or ten years from now, and that's the War on Terror.And the success of the War on Terror now teeters on the fulcrum of this election.If control of the House passes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116292857586870906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116292857586870906' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116292857586870906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116292857586870906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/democrat-who-gets-it.html' title='A Democrat who gets it!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116261612957739208</id><published>2006-11-03T20:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-03T20:55:29.590-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wiretap Ad...</title><summary type='text'>This ad should be in heavy rotation around the country from now until Tuesday!!!Enough said!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116261612957739208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116261612957739208' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116261612957739208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116261612957739208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/wiretap-ad.html' title='Wiretap Ad...'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116258342585912015</id><published>2006-11-03T11:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-03T11:50:27.806-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ca Prop 86 Subsidizing Illegal Aliens!</title><summary type='text'>$1.4 billion of taxpayers’ money goes toward providing health care to illegal aliens and their families.Make no mistake, California’s Proposition 86 is a ruthless money grab designed to subsidize or recoup monies owed to HMO’s and Hospitals by illegal aliens not a deterrent to smoking cigarettes.It’s a known fact that California’s healthcare system is in shambles and deteriorating at an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116258342585912015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116258342585912015' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116258342585912015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116258342585912015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/ca-prop-86-subsidizing-illegal-aliens.html' title='Ca Prop 86 Subsidizing Illegal Aliens!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116249369422099278</id><published>2006-11-02T10:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-02T11:03:32.486-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Democrats are Dangerous; Make Your Vote Count!</title><summary type='text'>With only 5 days until the mid-term elections I feel it’s important to once again go over the many reasons why Democrats are dangerous and should not be aloud to lead!While the opposition party is busy hiding its leaders and its true face to the American people the facts of there voting records and wrong headed policies are here for all to see“Speaker-To-Be Pelosi”GOP Victory Roadmap  Nancy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116249369422099278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116249369422099278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116249369422099278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116249369422099278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/democrats-are-dangerous-make-your-vote.html' title='Democrats are Dangerous; Make Your Vote Count!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116241673223221747</id><published>2006-11-01T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-01T13:32:12.250-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Democratic Agenda; Criticizing, Complaining and Condemning!</title><summary type='text'>In the run-up to the elections we know terrorists have increased attacks in Iraq believing they will bring about a change in our leadership that will work in their favor to gain an advantage in the GWOT. But it’s important to remember that there have been no terrorist attacks on American soil for the last five years. Some like to dismiss that claim out of hand but the fact remains this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116241673223221747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116241673223221747' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116241673223221747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116241673223221747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/democratic-agenda-criticizing.html' title='The Democratic Agenda; Criticizing, Complaining and Condemning!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116240846785535980</id><published>2006-11-01T11:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-01T11:15:02.833-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Our "uneducated" Troops are listening</title><summary type='text'>Along with our allies and our enemies! First of all our men and women in uniform are not idiots and we can dispel some of those myths right now! Official Debunks Myths About Military Recruits Carr likes to think of himself as a "myth buster," helping break stereotypes he said are flat-out wrong and cheat service members out of the pride they've earned and deserve. He rattled off examples of those</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116240846785535980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116240846785535980' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116240846785535980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116240846785535980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/11/our-uneducated-troops-are-listening.html' title='Our &quot;uneducated&quot; Troops are listening'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116233614665635975</id><published>2006-10-31T15:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T15:09:06.670-08:00</updated><title type='text'>This Halloween, It’s The Left That’s Scared To Death!</title><summary type='text'>I just had to share this article By Michael Johnson This Halloween, It’s The Left That’s Scared To Death some excerpts:On this week devoted to the doings of the Dark Side, it seems apropos, somehow, to pause and reflect on those who have done so much to darken the spiritual landscape of these United States......the earnest advocates of atheism and sexual perversion who yearn, like vampires, to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116233614665635975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116233614665635975' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116233614665635975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116233614665635975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/this-halloween-its-left-thats-scared.html' title='This Halloween, It’s The Left That’s Scared To Death!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116232256937544592</id><published>2006-10-31T11:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T11:22:49.576-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kerry breaks liberal silence</title><summary type='text'>In the run-up to the midterm elections liberal democrats have been keeping their collective mouths shut on Iraq. Carefully skirting the issue as to not remind the folks that they want to pull out of Iraq or at the very least let them know they have a very different view on the best way to protect the United States. Until now, John Kerry who must have been windsurfing or skiing missed the memo to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116232256937544592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116232256937544592' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116232256937544592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116232256937544592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/kerry-breaks-liberal-silence.html' title='Kerry breaks liberal silence'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116183691259305444</id><published>2006-10-25T21:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T01:16:34.730-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beccy Cole shows the Dixie Chicks how it's done!</title><summary type='text'>Simply Amazing!!!Australian singer, Beccy Cole, responds to fans that disagree with her support of the Diggers, the Australian soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. The Dixie Chicks should take notice to the proper way to respond to fans disagreements and criticisms!"When I returned from the Middle East earlier this year, I felt so proud of the Australian troops I had met. I was extremely inspired </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116183691259305444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116183691259305444' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116183691259305444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116183691259305444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/beccy-cole-shows-dixie-chicks-how-its.html' title='Beccy Cole shows the Dixie Chicks how it&apos;s done!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116171469447246045</id><published>2006-10-24T11:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-24T11:31:34.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hyperventilating, Hysteria and Misinformation in the CA-47</title><summary type='text'>Cutting through the nonsense and adding some perspective on Tan Nguyen and the so-called anti-immigrant letterThere has been absolutely no crime committed here, so why is there a criminal investigation couple weeks prior to a very important election? That’s a very good question.Governor Schwarzenegger apparently thinks that informing people that illegal residents are committing a criminal offense</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116171469447246045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116171469447246045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116171469447246045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116171469447246045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/hyperventilating-hysteria-and.html' title='Hyperventilating, Hysteria and Misinformation in the CA-47'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116164216377381410</id><published>2006-10-23T15:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T15:29:39.040-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Will the Indiana 7th be the roadblock to the Dems taking the house?</title><summary type='text'>The Democrats hope of taking back control of the House may meet and unexpected roadblock in Indiana’s 7th Congressional District. The race pits Incumbent Democrat Julia Carlson and Republican Eric Dickerson According to a local poll Carlson has blown a 20-point lead and now trails Dickerson  A new poll shows Democratic U.S. Rep. Julia Carson narrowly trailing Republican Eric Dickerson -- an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116164216377381410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116164216377381410' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116164216377381410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116164216377381410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/will-indiana-7th-be-roadblock-to-dems.html' title='Will the Indiana 7th be the roadblock to the Dems taking the house?'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116161990213071785</id><published>2006-10-23T09:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T09:11:42.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq tells U.S. and UK, Don't panic!</title><summary type='text'>"We need to be realist but not defeatist. We need to understand that there is a need of utmost urgency to deal with many of the problems of Iraq but we must not give in to panic."-Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih Don't panic, Iraq tells U.S. and UK  Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih warned against defeatism and panic on Monday as his U.S. and British allies came under growing pressure to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116161990213071785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116161990213071785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116161990213071785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116161990213071785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/iraq-tells-us-and-uk-dont-panic.html' title='Iraq tells U.S. and UK, Don&apos;t panic!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116138938714861560</id><published>2006-10-20T17:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-21T03:10:23.030-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Don’t believe the hype!</title><summary type='text'>Hugh Hewitt finally calls out one of these doom pushers for the fraud he is.Rick Shaftan is one of the Cut-And-Run Conservatives Rush has, apparently, been describing on his show and last night Hugh said point blank "I don't believe you." of course Shaftan couldn’t backup his claims so the call was abruptly ended when Rick hung up!  Now is not the time for doom and gloom Shaftan had been quoted </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116138938714861560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116138938714861560' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116138938714861560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116138938714861560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/dont-believe-hype.html' title='Don’t believe the hype!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116138438624473378</id><published>2006-10-20T15:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T09:40:06.736-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shiites and Sunnis seek to halt the violence in Iraq</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday Nearly 50 Iraqi scholars from both the Shiite and Sunni communities in Iraq came together to put the finishing touches on a document that calls for ending the fratricidal carnage in Iraq. Iraq Ulema Seek Reconciliation    The meeting tonight at the royal palace in Makkah that overlooks the Holy Kaaba is being held under the auspices of the 57-member Organization of the Islamic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116138438624473378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116138438624473378' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116138438624473378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116138438624473378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/shiites-and-sunnis-seek-to-halt.html' title='Shiites and Sunnis seek to halt the violence in Iraq'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116137052542386751</id><published>2006-10-20T11:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T11:55:25.553-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CNN defends its airing of Insurgent propaganda!</title><summary type='text'>CNN the unofficial North American affiliate of Aljazeera and seemingly willing accomplice to at least one insurgent group from Iraq has aired what appears to be the killing of U.S. troops by sniper attack! The impeccable human beings and staunch lovers of America over at CNN should be ashamed of themselves for a couple of reasons! 1) This type of report, at this stage, does very little other than</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116137052542386751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116137052542386751' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116137052542386751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116137052542386751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/cnn-defends-its-airing-of-insurgent.html' title='CNN defends its airing of Insurgent propaganda!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116132207274808145</id><published>2006-10-19T22:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T22:39:02.783-07:00</updated><title type='text'>China Lays the Smackdown on NK</title><summary type='text'>According to a report via Drudge Lil’ Kim Jong Il, AKA “Pajama Boy” is Sorry for test and would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign to financially isolate the country Kim told the Chinese delegation that "he is sorry about the nuclear test," the newspaper reported.North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret about his country's nuclear test to a Chinese </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116132207274808145/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116132207274808145' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116132207274808145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116132207274808145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/china-lays-smackdown-on-nk.html' title='China Lays the Smackdown on NK'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116130003753919739</id><published>2006-10-19T16:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T16:21:51.616-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My CA Proposition Voter Guide</title><summary type='text'>Proposition 1A. Transportation Funding Protection—State of California (Legislative Constitutional Amendment – Majority Approval Required) Should the California Constitution be amended to further protect the state sales tax revenues for transportation purposes from general-purpose use and require any funds borrowed to be repaid to the transportation fund?YES!Proposition 1B. Highway Safety, Traffic</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116130003753919739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116130003753919739' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116130003753919739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116130003753919739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-ca-proposition-voter-guide.html' title='My CA Proposition Voter Guide'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116129042646082853</id><published>2006-10-19T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T13:40:26.603-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What Pelosi's House Would Look Like!</title><summary type='text'>H/T Roy Blunt for Pelosi's House "I pride myself in being called a liberal.""I don't consider myself a moderate."Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) (Time, 9/4/06)                   ...And she's not the only one."This list of the bills most likely to be championed by committee chairmen in a Pelosi-led House of Representatives would be great fodder for the latenight talk show hosts if it weren't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116129042646082853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116129042646082853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116129042646082853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116129042646082853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/what-pelosis-house-would-look-like.html' title='What Pelosi&apos;s House Would Look Like!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116120390215006308</id><published>2006-10-18T13:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T14:41:53.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Minority Whip Hoyer and Benjamin Cardin Need to Apologize!</title><summary type='text'>I apologize if I’m repeating this story I’ve been away for a couple of days and hadn’t seen it posted! Last Sunday night while campaigning for and introducing Benjamin Cardin House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer blasted  Michael Steele saying he (Steele) has had "a career of slavishly supporting the Republican Party." more here   Gov. Michael S. Steele accused a leading Democratic congressman </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116120390215006308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116120390215006308' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116120390215006308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116120390215006308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/minority-whip-hoyer-and-benjamin.html' title='Minority Whip Hoyer and Benjamin Cardin Need to Apologize!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116103953057814861</id><published>2006-10-16T15:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T16:05:49.853-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve Lyons; Victim of the Speech Police?</title><summary type='text'>We have got to bring some sanity back to this country and curtail this type of PC overreaction!Fox baseball broadcaster Steve Lyons has been fired for making a racially insensitive comment directed at colleague Lou Piniella's Hispanic heritage on the air during Game 3 of the American League championship series.  As he worked Friday's American League Championship Series Game 3 with Lou Piniella, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116103953057814861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116103953057814861' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116103953057814861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116103953057814861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/steve-lyons-victim-of-speech-police.html' title='Steve Lyons; Victim of the Speech Police?'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116102854497690266</id><published>2006-10-16T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-16T13:01:48.953-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brittan’s Deluge of Freeloaders</title><summary type='text'>What we here in the United States can look forward to if we continue to move toward the European style entitlement society.The U.K. is facing a huge problem with immigrants seeking “asylum” and sucking off the state. The SUN reported today that immigration whistleblower Rory Clarke declared   BRITAIN is such a soft touch that even AMERICANS are coming here to claim asylum and sponge off the state</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116102854497690266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116102854497690266' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116102854497690266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116102854497690266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/brittans-deluge-of-freeloaders.html' title='Brittan’s Deluge of Freeloaders'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116078029591258810</id><published>2006-10-13T15:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-13T16:30:57.956-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A fellow bloggers plea for help</title><summary type='text'>In researching the Reid case a fellow blogger had found some great information on the multiple real estate transactions with one Harry Reid regarding properties in NV (PDF)  while linking to this I found his passionate plea for help and thought I’d share it with you! The last 2 pages is a personal story and a plea to anyone who can help me with my battle with cancer and my Health Insurance </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116078029591258810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116078029591258810' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116078029591258810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116078029591258810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/fellow-bloggers-plea-for-help.html' title='A fellow bloggers plea for help'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116067986525681414</id><published>2006-10-12T11:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T12:04:25.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blacks in Mississippi Suppress White Vote</title><summary type='text'>“I wouldn’t sit here and pretend black people haven’t been mistreated,” he said. “I hate what happened in the past. But I can’t do anything about it.”Said Roderick Walker, the Noxubee county prosecutor, insisting that the past has nothing to do with  the first federal lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act accusing blacks of suppressing the right of whites to vote. The Justice Department is focusing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116067986525681414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116067986525681414' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116067986525681414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116067986525681414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/blacks-in-mississippi-suppress-white.html' title='Blacks in Mississippi Suppress White Vote'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116043141439407816</id><published>2006-10-09T14:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T15:04:10.456-07:00</updated><title type='text'>North Korea Defies The World!</title><summary type='text'>North Korea defies the world North Korea evoked almost universal condemnation from the world’s big powers on Monday after defying international warnings and proclaiming it had tested its first nuclear bomb.The announcement followed an explosion in a northern province bordering China and Russia at 10.36am local time.It was measured by US and South Korean geologists as an earthquake of magnitude </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116043141439407816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116043141439407816' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116043141439407816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116043141439407816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/north-korea-defies-world.html' title='North Korea Defies The World!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116018225331044708</id><published>2006-10-06T17:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T17:50:53.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ramsey Clark should stay in Iraq</title><summary type='text'>Could we please petition to have Ramsey Clark stay in Iraq indefinitely! Clark says Saddam death penalty will unleash 'catastrophic' violence Ramsey Clark, a former US attorney general who is one of Saddam Hussein's lawyers, said that any death sentence against the former Iraqi president would increase violence in the strife-torn country."It seems clear that a guilty verdict will set off </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116018225331044708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116018225331044708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116018225331044708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116018225331044708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/ramsey-clark-should-stay-in-iraq.html' title='Ramsey Clark should stay in Iraq'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-116016543473408938</id><published>2006-10-06T13:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T13:10:34.753-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Al Qaida's Next Generation</title><summary type='text'> Al Qaida's new generation unknown to U.S. intelligence   The new generation of Al Qaida remains secret and unknown to international intelligence services, an Al Qaida website last week reported. Islamic writer Uways Bradley wrote Sept. 22 on a Global Islamic Media Front website that Al Qaida was expanding worldwide and has not been diminished by U.S.-led counterterrorism efforts. “Al Qaida is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/116016543473408938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=116016543473408938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116016543473408938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/116016543473408938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/al-qaidas-next-generation.html' title='Al Qaida&apos;s Next Generation'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115998338700125316</id><published>2006-10-04T10:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-04T11:47:22.346-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Democrat Times of New York; At it again!</title><summary type='text'>The New York Times or as I like to call them The Democrat Times of New York recently reported that former CIA Director George Tenet and Counterterrorism Chief J. Cofer Black met on July 10, 2001 with National Security Advisor (at the time) Condoleezza Rice to warn of an imminent Al-Qaeda attack on the US and that this information was withheld from the 9/11 Commission. Problem is the reporter, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115998338700125316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115998338700125316' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115998338700125316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115998338700125316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/democrat-times-of-new-york-at-it-again.html' title='The Democrat Times of New York; At it again!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115991171537013181</id><published>2006-10-03T14:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-03T14:47:54.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>George Allen holds a six-point lead</title><summary type='text'>This comes Rasmussen via the  Washington Times Virginia Sen. George Allen holds a six-point lead over his Democratic challenger, James H. Webb Jr., a new statewide poll released yesterday shows. If the election were held today, Mr. Allen, a Republican, would capture 49 percent of the vote, while Mr. Webb would receive 43 percent, according to a telephone survey of 750 likely voters conducted by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115991171537013181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115991171537013181' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115991171537013181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115991171537013181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/10/george-allen-holds-six-point-lead.html' title='George Allen holds a six-point lead'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115894912348553062</id><published>2006-09-22T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-22T11:20:13.863-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chavez right on one thing: Suggests the United Nations be moved to Venezuela.</title><summary type='text'> THE THUG-OF-THE-DAY CLUB  Yesterday's featured clown was Venezuelan strongman Hugo Cha vez - who took to the floor of the General Assembly to rip President Bush as "the devil." Predictably, the applause was significant. This, just a day after that crackpot from Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, fingered the United States for just about every problem under the sun. Also to applause. It makes you wonder:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115894912348553062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115894912348553062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115894912348553062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115894912348553062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/chavez-right-on-one-thing-suggests.html' title='Chavez right on one thing: Suggests the United Nations be moved to Venezuela.'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115871502828842808</id><published>2006-09-19T17:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T18:41:04.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The al-Qaeda Master Plan</title><summary type='text'>Al-Qaeda chiefs reveal world domination designA very interesting article by a Jordanian journalist Fouad Hussein interviewing top lieutenants of al-Qaeda including Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in which they layout their long term plan for conquering the world.Hussein says al-Qaeda views its struggle as a long-term war with seven distinct phases.Phase one is the "awakening" in the consciousness of Muslims</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115871502828842808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115871502828842808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115871502828842808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115871502828842808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/al-qaeda-master-plan.html' title='The al-Qaeda Master Plan'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115869727903812036</id><published>2006-09-19T13:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-19T13:23:30.226-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PUTIN'S COLD WAR</title><summary type='text'>President Putin is the one to keep a close eye on, he continues to use Russian energy (most notably natural gas) as a political weapon to regain influence throughout Europe and the Middle East. Notice how he’s stringently opposed to sanctioning Iran! Putin (a throwback to soviet hardliners) continues to use sledgehammer diplomacy as he did with Ukraine to gobble up all of the natural gas fields </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115869727903812036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115869727903812036' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115869727903812036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115869727903812036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/putins-cold-war.html' title='PUTIN&apos;S COLD WAR'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115861617434865351</id><published>2006-09-18T14:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T14:51:05.320-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Israel Warns: Few Months to Avoid Nuclear Iran</title><summary type='text'> Foreign Minister Livni tells CNN’s Late Edition ‘the crucial moment is not the day of the bomb, but the day in which Iran will master the enrichment’; adds: I believe that this is time for sanctions Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Sunday that the world may have as little as “A few months” to avoid a nuclear Iran and called for sanctions.Livni, whose country is the only Middle East power </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115861617434865351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115861617434865351' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115861617434865351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115861617434865351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/israel-warns-few-months-to-avoid.html' title='Israel Warns: Few Months to Avoid Nuclear Iran'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115855967185031088</id><published>2006-09-17T22:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-17T23:07:51.860-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Anti-U.S. allies back Iran nukes</title><summary type='text'>THE AXIS IS ALIVE AND WELL...Anti-U.S. allies back Iran nukesDeveloping countries yesterday wrapped up a multinational summit with North Korea charging that U.S. threats drove it to acquire deterrent atomic weapons and Iran winning solid support for its nuclear ambitions.    Iran, Venezuela and Cuba joined North Korea in leading efforts to forge an anti-U.S. alliance. Summit leaders, in a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115855967185031088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115855967185031088' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115855967185031088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115855967185031088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/anti-us-allies-back-iran-nukes.html' title='Anti-U.S. allies back Iran nukes'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115851926805889495</id><published>2006-09-17T11:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-17T11:54:28.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Soros Compares President Bush To Nazis; Again</title><summary type='text'> Soros on The Situation Room with Wolf BlitzerI hope Soros and the Dean wing of their party keeps focusing on this foolishness through November and into 2008. They really don't get it, You have to show "the folks" how you're going to do it better, hatred and bitter name calling isn't going to get it done!  Sorry for not embeding the video Technical Difficulties...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115851926805889495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115851926805889495' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115851926805889495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115851926805889495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/soros-compares-president-bush-to-nazis.html' title='Soros Compares President Bush To Nazis; Again'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115834142755577988</id><published>2006-09-15T10:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T10:30:27.636-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MUSLIM RAGE AGAINST THE POPE</title><summary type='text'> Muslim fury grows at Pope's speech The furore over comments made by Pope Benedict about the Islamic concept of Holy War continues to grow. Today British Muslims joined in, fiercely criticising his remarks. The pontiff was accused of falling into "the trap of bigots and racists" with the comments he made on a visit to Germany. Muslims must do more to integrate, says Archbishop Last night Vatican </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115834142755577988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115834142755577988' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115834142755577988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115834142755577988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/muslim-rage-against-pope.html' title='MUSLIM RAGE AGAINST THE POPE'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115825500263783077</id><published>2006-09-14T10:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T10:30:02.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dems Vs. Wal-Mart</title><summary type='text'>Is the name of George Will’s new piece in which he speaks on the Far left or secular progressives views on Wal-Mart and class- politics.  Liberals think their campaign against Wal-Mart is a way of introducing the subject of class into America's political argument, and they are more correct than they understand. Their campaign is liberalism as condescension. It is a philosophic repugnance toward </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115825500263783077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115825500263783077' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115825500263783077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115825500263783077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/dems-vs-wal-mart.html' title='Dems Vs. Wal-Mart'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115824713182079179</id><published>2006-09-14T08:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T08:19:50.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran: We can better lead the world</title><summary type='text'>Ahmadinejad: We can better lead the world Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says nuclear standoff resolvable by dialogue Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that his country’s nuclear standoff with the West can be solved through dialogue, while calling for unspecified “New conditions” in negotiations. Ahmedinejad, on an hours-long stopover in Senegal en route to Cuba for a summit</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115824713182079179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115824713182079179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115824713182079179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115824713182079179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/iran-we-can-better-lead-world.html' title='Iran: We can better lead the world'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115817114595457448</id><published>2006-09-13T11:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T13:44:15.080-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Path To 9/11 4 Critics, 4 Agendas</title><summary type='text'>The critics of the ABC film "The Path To 9/11" had their own reasons to protest the film; Their own failures and missteps in an attack which was planned and perpetrated on their watch.Richard Ben-VenisteA Democratic congressional staffer during the Clinton impeachment proceedings and a 9/11 Commission member who conducted the infamous inquisition of Condoleezza Rice over a presidential daily </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115817114595457448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115817114595457448' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115817114595457448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115817114595457448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/path-to-911-4-critics-4-agendas.html' title='Path To 9/11 4 Critics, 4 Agendas'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115816671962725649</id><published>2006-09-13T09:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T09:58:39.630-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran president more dangerous than Hitler!</title><summary type='text'> Bibi: Iran president more dangerous than Hitler  Likud chairman tells international counter terrorism conference ‘Hitler went out on global campaign first, and then tried to get nuclear weapons. Iran is trying to get nuclear arms first - therefore it is much more dangerous’Knesset member Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could be more dangerous than Adolf</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115816671962725649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115816671962725649' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115816671962725649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115816671962725649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/iran-president-more-dangerous-than.html' title='Iran president more dangerous than Hitler!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115816579744545025</id><published>2006-09-13T09:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T09:43:17.456-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Minnesota Democrat Could Be 1st Muslim in Congress</title><summary type='text'> Minnesotan May Be Congress' First Muslim   State lawmaker Keith Ellison didn't let questions about his past slow down his campaign to become the first Muslim in Congress.On Tuesday, voters responded to his liberal message calling for peace, withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and universal health care. He beat three contenders in the Democratic primary in a Minneapolis-area district long </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115816579744545025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115816579744545025' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115816579744545025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115816579744545025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/minnesota-democrat-could-be-1st-muslim.html' title='Minnesota Democrat Could Be 1st Muslim in Congress'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115798091094101991</id><published>2006-09-11T06:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-11T08:30:45.586-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A 9/11 Tribute to Elsy Carolina Osorio Oliva</title><summary type='text'> Elsy Carolina Osorio Oliva 27, of New York, N.Y. junior translation engineer, General Telecom At World Trade Center. Each time someone  visits this page , a flower is added to the bottom as a small sign that someone remembers this person and wants to honor and appreciate their memory. Please take time to visit. Elsy is a women I never met but she along with everyone who gave there life that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115798091094101991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115798091094101991' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115798091094101991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115798091094101991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/911-tribute-to-elsy-carolina-osorio_11.html' title='A 9/11 Tribute to Elsy Carolina Osorio Oliva'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115775170063748723</id><published>2006-09-08T14:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-08T14:46:23.910-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Multi-Purpose Slate for ABC</title><summary type='text'>Thanks to  TS at Seixon   with a  Hat Tip to MICHELLE MALKIN   We have this beauty: If I were the head of ABC, I'd yank the series, citing "chilly wind-like" fears, angry Democrats were planning to revoke the broadcasting license (ahem - censorship- ahem) and toss that steaming pile of crap right back on their laps...BUT , JOM commenter "MayBee" has an even better idea:Any scene Clinton objects </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115775170063748723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115775170063748723' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115775170063748723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115775170063748723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/multi-purpose-slate-for-abc.html' title='Multi-Purpose Slate for ABC'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115773106346399039</id><published>2006-09-08T08:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-08T08:57:43.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Democrats threaten to pull Disney's broadcast license</title><summary type='text'> Democrats urge ABC to withdraw 9/11 movie  Amid an election-year debate over who can best defend America, U.S. congressional Democrats urged ABC on Thursday to cancel a TV miniseries about the September 11 attacks that is critical of former Democratic President Bill Clinton and his top aides.Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada denounced the five-hour television movie, set to air in two</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115773106346399039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115773106346399039' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115773106346399039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115773106346399039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/democrats-threaten-to-pull-disneys.html' title='Democrats threaten to pull Disney&apos;s broadcast license'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115766337318924717</id><published>2006-09-07T13:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-07T23:14:57.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Political jujitsu</title><summary type='text'>After further examination of the president’s speech yesterday and the subsequent commentary afterward, I have to say this was a clever piece of Political jujitsu on this administrations part! Talk about catching your opponent off balance, in one fail swoop the president effectively took the issues of military tribunals, the al-Qaeda bill of rights and secret prisons and flipped them back on his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115766337318924717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115766337318924717' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115766337318924717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115766337318924717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/political-jujitsu.html' title='Political jujitsu'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115757940387684653</id><published>2006-09-06T14:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-06T14:50:03.890-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iranian president issues veiled threat to Bush...</title><summary type='text'>Amaneedajihad issues veiled threat to Bush, official news agency reportsIran's official news agency reported Wednesday what appeared to be a veiled threat from hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush.During the same speech Wednesday, Ahmadinejad reiterated a proposal from last month to debate Bush, suggesting on Wednesday that the United Nations would be the ideal venue, his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115757940387684653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115757940387684653' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115757940387684653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115757940387684653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/iranian-president-issues-veiled-threat.html' title='Iranian president issues veiled threat to Bush...'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115756805353143793</id><published>2006-09-06T11:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-06T11:44:59.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting Illegal-Immigration Statistics</title><summary type='text'>Here are some statistics from the Los Angeles Times: 40 percent of all workers are working for cash and not paying taxes. Why would they want to be legal and pay taxes? They would be able to start bringing the rest of their families to the USA. 75 percent of people on L.A.'s most-wanted list are illegal aliens. Over two-thirds of all births are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115756805353143793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115756805353143793' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115756805353143793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115756805353143793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/interesting-illegal-immigration.html' title='Interesting Illegal-Immigration Statistics'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115747812436862939</id><published>2006-09-05T10:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T14:50:25.913-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sen. Obama and American Protectionism</title><summary type='text'>Larry elder has a great article about Senator Obama Defending American protectionism on his trip to Kenya called: OBAMA GOES TO AFRICA, DEFENDS AMERICAN PROTECTIONISMOn his four-nation tour, Sen. Obama -- to highlight the tragedy of AIDS in Africa -- planned to take an AIDS test. He criticized Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, whose forced land redistribution caused that nation to plummet into </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115747812436862939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115747812436862939' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115747812436862939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115747812436862939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/sen-obama-and-american-protectionism.html' title='Sen. Obama and American Protectionism'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115713379573354490</id><published>2006-09-01T10:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-01T11:03:20.076-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bad News For California</title><summary type='text'>Several high-profile bills go to the governor on the last day of the legislative calendar. Despite heavy Republican opposition, the Legislature sent to the governor a landmark bill that will make California the first state in the nation to cap carbon dioxide emissions, a pollutant widely believed to cause global warming. Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders came to an agreement on the bill </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115713379573354490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115713379573354490' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115713379573354490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115713379573354490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/bad-news-for-california.html' title='Bad News For California'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115712687959272309</id><published>2006-09-01T09:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-01T09:07:59.623-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Charles Taylor Porker of the Month!</title><summary type='text'>the Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW has named Rep. Charles Taylor(R-N.C.) Porker of the Month for August 2006.As House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. Taylor shows no shame when it comes to flaunting pork.  He was even invited to attend an exclusive reception in Asheville, N.C., for the infamous Sparta Teapot Museum.  CAGW gave the museum the “Tempest in a Teapot” </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115712687959272309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115712687959272309' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115712687959272309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115712687959272309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/09/charles-taylor-porker-of-month.html' title='Charles Taylor Porker of the Month!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115705799361547677</id><published>2006-08-31T13:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-31T13:59:53.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>California Bills Target Huge Stores</title><summary type='text'>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Bills  that would give California's local governments more power to fight Wal-Mart and other huge stores are heading to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, over the objections of the giant retailer, business groups and Republican lawmakers.The latest bill, approved 23-16 Wednesday by the Senate, would require local governments to consider an economic impact report before </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115705799361547677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115705799361547677' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115705799361547677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115705799361547677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/california-bills-target-huge-stores.html' title='California Bills Target Huge Stores'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115704693973713441</id><published>2006-08-31T10:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-31T15:00:35.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Democratic leadership  would be a disaster!</title><summary type='text'>And Speaker Gingrich is absolutely right! Yesterday the  Speaker  said “the thought of California Rep. Nancy Pelosi becoming the next leader of the House and being third in line to the presidency is frightening” he went on to say some other freighting things: “The prospect of her bringing San Francisco values and a whole attitude on foreign policy that is, I think, an attitude of weakness and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115704693973713441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115704693973713441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115704693973713441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115704693973713441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/democratic-leadership-would-be.html' title='Democratic leadership  would be a disaster!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115629598381891144</id><published>2006-08-22T18:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-22T18:20:15.460-07:00</updated><title type='text'>On vacation</title><summary type='text'> I’m off to Minneapolis Minnesota to visit friends. I’ll be back blogging here and at RedState the middle of next week!Talk at you soon,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115629598381891144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115629598381891144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115629598381891144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115629598381891144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/on-vacation.html' title='On vacation'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115622788000114032</id><published>2006-08-21T23:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T23:25:27.916-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Greenland's glaciers NOT global warming</title><summary type='text'> Greenland's glaciers have been shrinking for 100 years"Greenland's glaciers have been shrinking for the past century, according to a Danish study, suggesting that the ice melt is not a recent phenomenon caused by global warming.Danish researchers from Aarhus University studied glaciers on Disko island, in western Greenland in the Atlantic, from the end of the 19th century until the present day. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115622788000114032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115622788000114032' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115622788000114032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115622788000114032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/greenlands-glaciers-not-global-warming.html' title='Greenland&apos;s glaciers NOT global warming'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115619399351095182</id><published>2006-08-21T13:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T14:09:11.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>For those who think Ahmadinejad is just misunderstood</title><summary type='text'>Iranian president Amaneedajihad™ in a speech which aired on Iranian News Channel (IRINN) on August 15, 2006 said in effect that the west “should bow and surrender to the might of the Iranian people."” If you want to have good relations with the Iranian people in the future, you should acknowledge the right and the might of the Iranian people, and you should bow and surrender to the might of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115619399351095182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115619399351095182' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115619399351095182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115619399351095182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/for-those-who-think-ahmadinejad-is.html' title='For those who think Ahmadinejad is just misunderstood'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115618655286820046</id><published>2006-08-21T11:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T11:56:51.473-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iwo Jima photographer Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006</title><summary type='text'> Joe Rosenthal the photographer who took the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of the Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima has passed.photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, died Sunday. He was 94. Rosenthal died of natural causes at an assisted living facility in the San Francisco </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115618655286820046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115618655286820046' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115618655286820046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115618655286820046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/iwo-jima-photographer-joe-rosenthal.html' title='Iwo Jima photographer Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115593496879198525</id><published>2006-08-18T13:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T14:03:30.973-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran Looks to Launch Military Exercise</title><summary type='text'>Iran is looking to start a military exercise just day’s before 8/22/2006 when the Iranians said they would respond to the U.N. about it’s nuclear ambitions and uranium enrichment!    Iran says to launch large military exerciseThe Iranian army said on Thursday that it would launch a large-scale military exercise soon, the state television reported. The maneuver will begin in southeastern Iran on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115593496879198525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115593496879198525' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115593496879198525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115593496879198525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/iran-looks-to-launch-military-exercise.html' title='Iran Looks to Launch Military Exercise'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115591815978730282</id><published>2006-08-18T09:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T09:22:39.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Shelley Sekula-Gibbs gets the nod from the GOP</title><summary type='text'>Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs has been selected by the GOP to be the Write-In candidate for Tom Delay’s seat in teaxs Congressional District 22! GOP Leaders Pick Houston City Councilwoman as DeLay Write-In Candidate Texas GOP leaders were confident they could keep former House Majority leader Tom DeLay's vacant seat in Republican hands after selecting Dr. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, a Houston city </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115591815978730282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115591815978730282' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115591815978730282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115591815978730282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/shelley-sekula-gibbs-gets-nod-from-gop.html' title='Shelley Sekula-Gibbs gets the nod from the GOP'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115591661961077062</id><published>2006-08-18T08:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T08:56:59.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Al Qaeda targets the Taj Mahal</title><summary type='text'>Democracy and western civilization have been at war for the better part of 27 years. It’s time for some to realize it! Lest anyone forget that its democracy and western civilization that’s under attack by Islamo-fascists and not just the U.S and U.K. Al Qaeda steps up to reiterate the point. Al Qaeda Letter Threatens to Blow Up Taj Mahal  Police in northern India have heightened security around </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115591661961077062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115591661961077062' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115591661961077062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115591661961077062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/al-qaeda-targets-taj-mahal.html' title='Al Qaeda targets the Taj Mahal'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115585497936441672</id><published>2006-08-17T15:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T16:07:54.570-07:00</updated><title type='text'>And almost on cue!</title><summary type='text'>It looks like North Korea, today, is preparing for a Nuclear Test! There is new evidence that North Korea may be preparing for an underground test of a nuclear bomb, U.S. officials told ABC News."It is the view of the intelligence community that a test is a real possibility," said a senior State Department official. A senior military official told ABC News that a U.S. intelligence agency has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115585497936441672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115585497936441672' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115585497936441672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115585497936441672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/and-almost-on-cue.html' title='And almost on cue!'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115584790154186413</id><published>2006-08-17T13:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T13:51:41.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The 2,996 Project: A Tribute to the Victims of 9/11</title><summary type='text'>Bloggers honor the innocent victims of that awful day... A simple request for your participation! The idea is simple, but powerful: have a special tribute for each victim of 9/11, with each tribute being created by a different blogger. We started 2,996 Project to coordinate the creation of the tributes, and that's what this site is all about. Here you can sign up to make a tribute yourself, on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115584790154186413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115584790154186413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115584790154186413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115584790154186413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/2996-project-tribute-to-victims-of-911.html' title='The 2,996 Project: A Tribute to the Victims of 9/11'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115584757156255588</id><published>2006-08-17T13:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T14:48:03.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Case For SDI</title><summary type='text'>SDI – A welcome new friend in the GWOT and protecting AmericaThe common wisdom is SDI doesn’t work and will not work. Especially against the Katyusha rockets that Hezbollah has launched (at will) recently that have caused so much damage in northern Israel. As with most commonly held beliefs of late, this is wrong too. The U.S. has been shooting down Katyusha rockets at the White Sands proving </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115584757156255588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115584757156255588' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115584757156255588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115584757156255588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/case-for-sdi.html' title='A Case For SDI'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115578081328238948</id><published>2006-08-16T19:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T19:15:29.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Absence of Hostility Does Not = Peace</title><summary type='text'>Peace can only be achieved when both sides desire it! A phrase I’m sure you’ve heard many, many times before it just so happens to be true. I think we all know this so called cease-fire will not bring peace to the region. Hezbollah, like many fanatical Islamo-fascists groups, are mandated through their ideology to eliminate the other side (western civilization). The left wants to change their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115578081328238948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115578081328238948' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115578081328238948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115578081328238948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/absence-of-hostility-does-not-peace.html' title='The Absence of Hostility Does Not = Peace'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115577343040368807</id><published>2006-08-16T17:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T17:10:30.413-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rep. Tom Davis Porker of the Month</title><summary type='text'>the Citizens Against Government Waste CAGW has named Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.)  Porker of the Month for July 2006.D.C. Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) Porker of the Month for sponsoring a federal bailout of the Washington, D.C. Metro system.  The National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2005 (H.R. 3496) provides $1.5 billion over 10 years to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115577343040368807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115577343040368807' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115577343040368807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115577343040368807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/rep-tom-davis-porker-of-month.html' title='Rep. Tom Davis Porker of the Month'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115577328196344279</id><published>2006-08-16T17:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T17:08:01.996-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Al Gore’s not so carbon-neutral lifestyle</title><summary type='text'>"But if Al Gore is the world's role model for ecology, the planet is doomed"Says Peter Schweizer’s recent piece about Al Gores hypocrisy on the subject of Man-Made Global Warming and living a carbon-neutral lifestyle called "Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe." The  USA Today article outlines some very interesting facts: For someone who says the sky is falling, he does </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115577328196344279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115577328196344279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115577328196344279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115577328196344279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/08/al-gores-not-so-carbon-neutral.html' title='Al Gore’s not so carbon-neutral lifestyle'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115151250260315830</id><published>2006-06-28T09:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T09:35:02.620-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Journalism vs. Advocacy; RFK's Ridiculous Article.</title><summary type='text'>The difference between journalism and advocacy. • A good journalist gathers the facts, interviews the principals, explains the seeming anomalies and then presents it in an understandable way. • Advocates only present the facts that support their point of view, ignore the ones that don't, read people's minds and pack it all up into a conspiracy that doesn't really exist.The later is exactly what </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115151250260315830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115151250260315830' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115151250260315830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115151250260315830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/06/journalism-vs-advocacy-rfks-ridiculous.html' title='Journalism vs. Advocacy; RFK&apos;s Ridiculous Article.'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115143376320182738</id><published>2006-06-27T11:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T11:42:43.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Chasm Between Muslims &amp; Westerners</title><summary type='text'>Many people in the West see Muslims as fanatical, violent and intolerant. Muslims, tend to view the West as selfish, immoral, and greedy as well as fanatical and violent. Says a new study by the Pew Global Attitudes Project who surveyed 14,000 people in 13 countries, including the United States, five European countries, five Muslim countries, Nigeria and India during April and May.According to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115143376320182738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115143376320182738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115143376320182738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115143376320182738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/06/chasm-between-muslims-westerners.html' title='The Chasm Between Muslims &amp; Westerners'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115143348676601233</id><published>2006-06-27T11:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T11:38:06.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>500 shells</title><summary type='text'>Originally posted at Redstate.com Jun 22nd, 2006: 10:57:00By now I'm sure you're all aware of this Report: Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq The United States has found 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003, and more weapons of mass destruction are likely to be uncovered, two Republican lawmakers said Wednesday. "We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons," Sen. Rick </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115143348676601233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115143348676601233' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115143348676601233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115143348676601233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/06/500-shells.html' title='500 shells'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-115143321249601236</id><published>2006-06-27T11:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-27T11:33:32.513-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"Illegal immigrants are destroying the city"</title><summary type='text'>"I don't want them here, period." said Mayor Lou Barletta of Hazleton PA. and apparently he's actually going to do something about it. According to MICHAEL RUBINKAM's AP piece City to crackdown on illegal immigration"With tensions rising and its police department and municipal budget stretched thin, this small northeastern Pennsylvania city is about to begin what the mayor calls one of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/115143321249601236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=115143321249601236' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115143321249601236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/115143321249601236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/06/illegal-immigrants-are-destroying-city.html' title='&quot;Illegal immigrants are destroying the city&quot;'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-114961378994961561</id><published>2006-06-06T09:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-06T10:10:57.963-07:00</updated><title type='text'>June 2006 Primary Election, CA.</title><summary type='text'>Today is Californias primary election 2006. the following is a compiling of the overall primary races save the many legislative races which were too combersome to make this post for more info please visit Elections &amp; Voter Information Proposition 82: Preschool Education. Tax on Incomes Over $400,000 for Individuals; $800,000 for Couples. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/114961378994961561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=114961378994961561' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/114961378994961561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/114961378994961561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/06/june-2006-primary-election-ca.html' title='June 2006 Primary Election, CA.'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18874348.post-114868077541459131</id><published>2006-05-26T14:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T15:42:47.110-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Unsung Heroes</title><summary type='text'>There will undoubtedly be many diaries here offering tribute to the fallen warriors as well there should be. But I hope you’ll permit me to sing the praises of another group of unsung hero’s?As a former Marine and a life long patriot I know what this day means to me, my family, and every fallen Americans loved ones across the sands of time. There is no greater sacrifice than giving your life for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/feeds/114868077541459131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18874348&amp;postID=114868077541459131' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/114868077541459131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18874348/posts/default/114868077541459131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://madhousethought.blogspot.com/2006/05/unsung-heroes.html' title='Unsung Heroes'/><author><name>Steven Foley</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07768993378884949971</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/5852/1854/1600/336069/flag.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
