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Tumbleblogging About the Things  
That Outrage Him Daily</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2227</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3243884364491732712</id><published>2011-12-25T17:08:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-25T17:08:52.609-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Merry Christmas'/><title type='text'>Merry Christmas!</title><summary type='text'>And now, some Holiday MusicAnd When Christmas Meets Star Wars, nobody wins...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3243884364491732712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3243884364491732712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3243884364491732712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3243884364491732712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5371559589099767279</id><published>2011-11-11T16:42:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T16:42:54.140-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Memorial Day'/><title type='text'>Memorial Day</title><summary type='text'>After arriving at the funeral home, Katherine Cathey pressed her pregnant belly to her husband's casket, moaning softly. Two days after she was notified of Jim's death in Iraq, he found out they would have a boy. Born on December 23, 2005, he was named James Jeffrey Cathey, Jr.The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5371559589099767279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5371559589099767279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5371559589099767279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5371559589099767279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/11/memorial-day.html' title='Memorial Day'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_yIB90bDzNMM/RlpVTVK5-aI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Dm6wWBGINyc/s72-c/heisler-17.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6434463914553726464</id><published>2011-10-21T13:07:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T13:09:58.092-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iraq'/><title type='text'>Iraq War Finished</title><summary type='text'>Good news.  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6434463914553726464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6434463914553726464' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6434463914553726464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6434463914553726464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/10/iraq-war-finished.html' title='Iraq War Finished'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5648668489188854030</id><published>2011-10-20T18:42:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T18:44:21.557-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Libya'/><title type='text'>Qadaffi Kaput</title><summary type='text'>Zero American lives lost, $1 Billion in spending, as part of a NATO operation, no invasion, no occupation, to rebuilding, one dead dictator.  Thanks, Obama.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5648668489188854030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5648668489188854030' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5648668489188854030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5648668489188854030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/10/qadaffi-kaput.html' title='Qadaffi Kaput'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cchOqwqX3z0/TlLzD19MA7I/AAAAAAAAAts/FBhidW6YRmQ/s72-c/libyasquare.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-8883913547630625951</id><published>2011-10-06T06:58:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T07:05:15.622-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palin'/><title type='text'>Palin Not Running</title><summary type='text'>Ah, yes, Palin has officially announced that, even though the worst person in the world in ruining this great country with his socialistic, communistic, anti-America tax and spend policies, and she could easily out-wit him in all the debates and win the presidency, as I've heard her supporters parrot repeatedly for the past two years, you betcha'! Wink!, Palin will not run for the Republican </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/8883913547630625951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=8883913547630625951' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8883913547630625951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8883913547630625951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/10/palin-not-running.html' title='Palin Not Running'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-596043320205627753</id><published>2011-09-20T06:54:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-20T06:56:23.480-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><title type='text'>Military Ban on Gays Officially Over</title><summary type='text'>Gays can now officially serve openly in the United States military.  Thanks for your service, gay men and women of the military.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/596043320205627753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=596043320205627753' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/596043320205627753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/596043320205627753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/09/military-ban-on-gays-officially-over.html' title='Military Ban on Gays Officially Over'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5137890179843084773</id><published>2011-09-11T01:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-10T10:52:48.817-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><title type='text'>9/11: Ten Years Later</title><summary type='text'>This is a re-post of my original 9/11 post, with slight revisions.  It will be the last time I do this.  With the death of Osama bin Laden, killed in a daring raid ordered by Obama, the Tenth anniversary of 9/11 feels to me like the closing of an awful chapter in American history. We caught the son of a bitch. The lessons of the last two decades can be now taught separate from the 9/11 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5137890179843084773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5137890179843084773' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5137890179843084773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5137890179843084773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/09/911-ten-years-later.html' title='9/11: Ten Years Later'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1670356832018255877</id><published>2011-09-05T07:35:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T07:37:39.675-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Labor Day'/><title type='text'>Happy Labor Day!</title><summary type='text'>Thank the progressive labor movement for:Ending Child Labor.Creating the 40 hour workweek, thereby,Creating the Weekend, andCreating Overtime Pay.Creating the Minimum Wage.Supporting Higher Wages for all.Creating Sick Days, Family Leave, Company Provided Health Insurance Coverage,andPaid Vacations.Improving Working Conditions, includingWorkers' Health and Safety regulations.If you enjoy any of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1670356832018255877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1670356832018255877' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1670356832018255877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1670356832018255877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/09/happy-labor-day.html' title='Happy Labor Day!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2551703037001885128</id><published>2011-08-24T18:49:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T18:55:17.698-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I Did Not Know That'/><title type='text'>I Did Not Know That...</title><summary type='text'>Shingo, Aomori, a Japanese village, claims to be the burial place of Jesus Christ. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2551703037001885128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2551703037001885128' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2551703037001885128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2551703037001885128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-did-not-know-that.html' title='I Did Not Know That...'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3845957401528914850</id><published>2011-08-22T19:55:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-22T20:23:51.222-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Libya'/><title type='text'>Libya Liberated</title><summary type='text'>Another stunning international victory for Obama, the overthrow Qaddafi, the brutal dictator and terror supporter, including Pan Am 103 and the 1986 German Disco bombings.  Qadaffi appears to have lost control of his country to rebels supported by a NATO bombing campaign, a campaign supported by Obama, in the face of Republican opposition who claimed he was both doing too little and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3845957401528914850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3845957401528914850' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3845957401528914850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3845957401528914850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/08/libya-liberated.html' title='Libya Liberated'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cchOqwqX3z0/TlLzD19MA7I/AAAAAAAAAts/FBhidW6YRmQ/s72-c/libyasquare.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5913653706926734137</id><published>2011-08-14T09:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T09:22:48.586-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5913653706926734137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5913653706926734137' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-8790767801058224720</id><published>2011-08-08T12:25:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-08T12:30:07.736-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Stupidity'/><title type='text'>Tea Bagger Cheer U.S. Downgrade</title><summary type='text'>Idiots.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/8790767801058224720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=8790767801058224720' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8790767801058224720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8790767801058224720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/08/tea-bagger-cheer-us-downgrade.html' title='Tea Bagger Cheer U.S. Downgrade'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6474677640984465305</id><published>2011-08-07T09:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T09:07:58.968-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Afghanistan'/><title type='text'>Helicopter Crash Kills 30 Americans in Afghanistan</title><summary type='text'>The story here.Our condolences to the families of those lost serving our country.</summary><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-102436599399964802</id><published>2011-08-07T08:52:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-07T08:56:38.767-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><title type='text'>The Grand Bargain Would Have Saved Our Credit Rating</title><summary type='text'>Read up on the Grand Bargain.It would have preserved our credit rating, and would contain $3 in budget cuts for every $1 of new taxes.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/102436599399964802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=102436599399964802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/102436599399964802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/102436599399964802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/08/grand-bargain-would-have-saved-our.html' title='The Grand Bargain Would Have Saved Our Credit Rating'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2175057064738057738</id><published>2011-08-06T08:05:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-06T08:23:40.035-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deficit Spending'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrat Failure'/><title type='text'>S &amp; P's report on Lowered Rating</title><summary type='text'>Read the full report here.We lowered our long-term rating on the U.S. because we believe that theprolonged controversy over raising the statutory debt ceiling and the relatedfiscal policy debate indicate that further near-term progress containing thegrowth in public spending, especially on entitlements, or on reaching anagreement on raising revenues is less likely than we previously assumed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2175057064738057738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2175057064738057738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2175057064738057738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2175057064738057738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/08/s-ps-report-on-lowered-rating.html' title='S &amp; P&apos;s report on Lowered Rating'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2846387230311746461</id><published>2011-07-30T18:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T18:48:14.472-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2846387230311746461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2846387230311746461' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2846387230311746461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2846387230311746461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4783590661556750783</id><published>2011-07-09T09:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-09T11:36:04.669-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bachman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gay'/><title type='text'>Michelle Bachmann's Husband is a A Great, Big, Flaming...</title><summary type='text'>You know what?  I'm not helping the Republicans.  If Republicans are dumb enough to support this insane women, then more power to them.  I'm not doing their work for them.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4783590661556750783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4783590661556750783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4783590661556750783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4783590661556750783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/07/michelle-bachmans-husband-is-a-great.html' title='Michelle Bachmann&apos;s Husband is a A Great, Big, Flaming...'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4734196602356507382</id><published>2011-07-04T08:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-04T08:17:15.811-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='July 4th'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Independence Day'/><title type='text'>Happy 4th of July!</title><summary type='text'>Happy Independence Day! We choose this day to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Spend some time here  learning about the Declaration and the 56 men who signed it.  Spend some time today reading the actual document here, after all, the men who signed it were committing treason to do so, risking their necks for the principles outlined in it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4734196602356507382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4734196602356507382' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4734196602356507382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4734196602356507382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/07/happy-4th-of-july.html' title='Happy 4th of July!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_yIB90bDzNMM/RouF_W33urI/AAAAAAAAAC8/LpdGkAvwEy0/s72-c/historicsigning.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-590199681872872425</id><published>2011-06-28T22:47:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T22:55:20.747-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kasich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ohio'/><title type='text'>The Video John Kasich doesn't Want you to See</title><summary type='text'>The Video John Kasich And AFP Don't Wanhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gift You To See from Progress Ohio on Vimeo.Apparently embarrassed after having this video of Governor John Kasich thanking the Union Busting Koch Brother's front group Americans For Prosperity that they tried to keep secret exposed to the public, the AFP has removed the video from You Tube.The Full story at ProgressOhioIn a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/590199681872872425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=590199681872872425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/590199681872872425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/590199681872872425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/06/video-john-kasich-doesnt-want-you-to.html' title='The Video John Kasich doesn&apos;t Want you to See'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6063617376362066467</id><published>2011-06-25T08:28:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-25T08:35:03.850-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Civil War'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Libya'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Congress: Obama, Stop this War! Oh, And Have Some Money</title><summary type='text'>TPMIn a confused message to President Obama, the House on Friday voted down both a bill to defund U.S. involvement in the Libya mission and a measure that would have granted the mission Congressional approval for one year.All week, support had been building in the House for repudiating Obama's handling of the war with most concerns focused on his failure to consult Congress and gain its approval </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6063617376362066467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6063617376362066467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6063617376362066467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6063617376362066467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/06/congress-obama-stop-this-war-oh-and.html' title='Congress: Obama, Stop this War! Oh, And Have Some Money'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-7898877708793858036</id><published>2011-06-24T22:45:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T22:55:48.636-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><title type='text'>New York Passes Gay Marriage, Just Needs Governors Signature</title><summary type='text'>Great for New Yorkers, great for America. Once this law passes, as the governor said he will, almost half of Americans live in a state where gay marriage is legal. It's only a matter of time.  I wonder what stupid political issue will become the next "controversial" issue after gays get equal rights.Also, Sam Trombley, you're an idiot.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/7898877708793858036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=7898877708793858036' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7898877708793858036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7898877708793858036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-york-passes-gay-marriage-just-needs.html' title='New York Passes Gay Marriage, Just Needs Governors Signature'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6187372106569262895</id><published>2011-06-23T07:41:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-23T08:02:52.828-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='al qaeda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Afghanistan'/><title type='text'>Obama Announces Drawdown of Troops From Afghanistan</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/world/asia/23prexy.html?hpMr. Obama announced plans to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year. The remaining 20,000 troops from the 2009 “surge” of forces would leave by next summer, amounting to about a third of the 100,000 troops now in the country. He said the drawdown would continue “at a steady pace” until the United States handed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6187372106569262895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6187372106569262895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6187372106569262895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6187372106569262895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/06/obama-announces-drawdown-of-troops-from.html' title='Obama Announces Drawdown of Troops From Afghanistan'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5634399663278978126</id><published>2011-05-31T21:33:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-31T21:38:08.864-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kasich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ohio'/><title type='text'>Kasich Number 1!! Most Unpopular Governor!</title><summary type='text'>From Mother Jones and http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif and Public Policyhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif Polling-John Kasich, already unpopular in Ohio when PPP polled the state in March, has seen his numbers continue to head even further in the wrong direction and is now tied with Florida Governor Rick Scott as the least popular Governor in the country out of 38 that we have polled on. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5634399663278978126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5634399663278978126' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5634399663278978126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5634399663278978126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/kasich-number-1-most-unpopular-governor.html' title='Kasich Number 1!! Most Unpopular Governor!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4677524027704168756</id><published>2011-05-31T06:33:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-31T07:02:49.685-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Corruption'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Stupidity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='College Football'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OSU'/><title type='text'>Tressel Out At OSU Over Corruption</title><summary type='text'>From Sports Illustratedhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifWhat a disgusting display of greed, arrogance, ignorance and corruption by the Ohio State University players and Tressel.  All the implicated Ohio State players still on the team need to be immediately kicked off.  Tressel should personally refund the millions of dollars Ohio State paid him.  A terrible day for the Buckeye Nation.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4677524027704168756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4677524027704168756' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4677524027704168756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4677524027704168756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/tressel-out-at-osu-over-corruption.html' title='Tressel Out At OSU Over Corruption'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3920809648436035244</id><published>2011-05-30T11:25:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-30T11:25:36.712-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Memorial Day'/><title type='text'>This is Memorial Day</title><summary type='text'>After arriving at the funeral home, Katherine Cathey pressed her pregnant belly to her husband's casket, moaning softly. Two days after she was notified of Jim's death in Iraq, he found out they would have a boy. Born on December 23, 2005, he was named James Jeffrey Cathey, Jr.The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3920809648436035244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3920809648436035244' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3920809648436035244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3920809648436035244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-is-memorial-day.html' title='This is Memorial Day'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_yIB90bDzNMM/RlpVTVK5-aI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Dm6wWBGINyc/s72-c/heisler-17.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-8047777589730667079</id><published>2011-05-27T11:51:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T11:51:53.886-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>     YouTube Doubler </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/8047777589730667079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=8047777589730667079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8047777589730667079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8047777589730667079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/youtube-doubler.html' title=''/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4260994935231976894</id><published>2011-05-23T13:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T13:04:08.689-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religious Insanity'/><title type='text'>It's Not The End of The World</title><summary type='text'>see all the Christian believers feeling smug about Camping and quoting the Bible verses that say, "Not even Jesus knows when He will return," as if this obvious why Camping was wrong about the return of Jesus.However, these Christians seem to miss the fact that Jesus also said in Matthew 16:28: 'Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4260994935231976894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4260994935231976894' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4260994935231976894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4260994935231976894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/its-not-end-of-world.html' title='It&apos;s Not The End of The World'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4461446408432210647</id><published>2011-05-16T21:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T21:18:30.720-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trump'/><title type='text'>Trump Out</title><summary type='text'>One question can determine whether or not you are truly attuned to politics: did you actually believe, at any point, Trump was serious about running for president? If you did, then there is something seriously wrong with your political outlook.  Maybe you're too easily swayed by propaganda, maybe you are getting your information from the wrong sources, but, whatever the reason, if you actually </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4461446408432210647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4461446408432210647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4461446408432210647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4461446408432210647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/trump-out.html' title='Trump Out'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5083176415864535395</id><published>2011-05-15T09:45:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-15T09:49:29.309-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Stupidity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ron Paul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><title type='text'>Ron Paul: We Should Have Told Pakistan We Were Coming to Get Osama</title><summary type='text'>From ABC NewsIt was absolutely not necessary and I think respect for the rule of law, international law – what if he’d been in a hotel in London?" Paul asked. "We wanted to keep it secret. Would we have sent the helicopters into London? Because they were afraid the information would get out. No you don’t want to do that.”Paul said the U.S. government should have worked with the Pakistani </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5083176415864535395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5083176415864535395' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5083176415864535395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5083176415864535395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/ron-paul-we-should-have-told-pakistan.html' title='Ron Paul: We Should Have Told Pakistan We Were Coming to Get Osama'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-8858262494634415444</id><published>2011-05-06T13:36:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-06T13:38:29.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/8858262494634415444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=8858262494634415444' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8858262494634415444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8858262494634415444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u0NNwZ8ER-c/TcQyEHXOPEI/AAAAAAAAAtI/YnIwtxnrcfg/s72-c/Obama%2BCowboy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5858189579380106511</id><published>2011-05-04T07:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-04T07:49:18.033-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Funny Stuff'/><title type='text'>How Much Credit Does Bush Deserve For Bagging Obama? Short Answer</title><summary type='text'>Nadie_AZ: This has to be the first time in history that old white men tried to take credit from a black guy for someone getting shot.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5858189579380106511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5858189579380106511' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5858189579380106511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5858189579380106511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-much-credit-does-bush-deserve-for_04.html' title='How Much Credit Does Bush Deserve For Bagging Obama? Short Answer'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-7435959902715207518</id><published>2011-05-04T07:27:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-04T07:49:41.467-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='al qaeda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><title type='text'>How Much Credit Does Bush Deserve For Bagging Obama?</title><summary type='text'>About as much as Clinton deserves for the military that toppled the Saddam regime in a matter of weeks. And as much as Carter deserves for the fall of communism.  Answer: some.But, the fact is, the success of this operation hinged on the Obama doctrine, the idea that we would conduct operations in Pakistan without Pakistani approval or even knowledge, if we had actionable intelligence on high </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/7435959902715207518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=7435959902715207518' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7435959902715207518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7435959902715207518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-much-credit-does-bush-deserve-for.html' title='How Much Credit Does Bush Deserve For Bagging Obama?'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2917909616229661461</id><published>2011-05-01T22:49:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T22:52:09.181-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><title type='text'>Obama Bags Osama</title><summary type='text'>Osama Bin Laden, that son of a bitch that attacked us on 9/11, has been killed, bagged by us.  We have his body.  Fuckin' A.  Obama, you the man.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2917909616229661461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2917909616229661461' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2917909616229661461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2917909616229661461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/obama-bags-osama.html' title='Obama Bags Osama'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6046867764391682847</id><published>2011-05-01T08:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-01T09:00:47.752-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama: A REAL American</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6046867764391682847/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6046867764391682847' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6046867764391682847'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6046867764391682847'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/05/obama-real-american.html' title='Obama: A REAL American'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/n9mzJhvC-8E/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6264127271817689518</id><published>2011-04-28T19:15:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-28T19:41:44.117-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama Slurs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trump'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Stupidity'/><title type='text'>Republicans: Golly, Why Did Obama Release Birth Certificate?</title><summary type='text'>From The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-pivots-on-birther-questions-blames-obama-for-media-attention/2011/04/28/AFLrfs6E_story.htmlRepublican leaders on Thursday slammed President Obama’s release of his birth certificate as a distraction from the nation’s real concerns and attempted to point the finger at him for bringing heightened media attention to it.“We’re </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6264127271817689518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6264127271817689518' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6264127271817689518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6264127271817689518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/04/republicans-golly-why-did-obama-release.html' title='Republicans: Golly, Why Did Obama Release Birth Certificate?'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-8266520155224473629</id><published>2011-04-27T12:08:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T12:22:12.846-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama Slurs'/><title type='text'>Obama Releases Long-Form Certificate of Live Birth</title><summary type='text'>There it is, in all it's glorify, certified as real. Will this placate the birthers?Fuck no. And that is why Obama should not have released it. No birther will ever vote for Obama. It was never about Obama not releasing enough information. It was about Obama being a Black Democrat with a Muslim father. And being Black with a Muslim father is what was important.  Does anyone think this release </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/8266520155224473629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=8266520155224473629' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8266520155224473629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8266520155224473629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/04/obama-releases-long-form-certificate-of.html' title='Obama Releases Long-Form Certificate of Live Birth'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VGE_55HJoRE/Tbg_t27uuFI/AAAAAAAAAso/GeOvBgttil0/s72-c/docpage-obamabirthcertificatelongform1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1848838917089168524</id><published>2011-04-18T17:18:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T17:21:01.149-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Tax Day'/><title type='text'>What Percentage of Tax Do You Pay? Tax Rates Down Dramatically For Super-Rich</title><summary type='text'>From The Atlhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifanticOn average, the wealthiest Americans pay only 17 percent of their income in taxes, a dramatic decline from the 26 percent they paid in 1992. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1848838917089168524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1848838917089168524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1848838917089168524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1848838917089168524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-percentage-of-tax-do-you-pay-tax.html' title='What Percentage of Tax Do You Pay? Tax Rates Down Dramatically For Super-Rich'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2329756588853505988</id><published>2011-04-18T17:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T17:18:03.003-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Tax Day'/><title type='text'>Happy Tax Day</title><summary type='text'>This is your opportunity to support your government in the one way you can!** Statement does not apply to members of our armed forces.  Thank you for your sacrifices.  My taxes are are nothing compared to what you give, every day.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2329756588853505988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2329756588853505988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2329756588853505988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2329756588853505988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-tax-day.html' title='Happy Tax Day'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-420831569660789544</id><published>2011-04-15T18:18:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T18:51:36.758-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Even Republicans Can't Stomach Their Own Bill</title><summary type='text'>From Talking Pointshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif MemoWhat was supposed to be a routine vote in the House -- to knock down an amendment authored by conservative Republicans -- turned into pandemonium on the House floor Friday, as Democrats tried to jam the plan through, and hang it around the GOP's necks.The vote was on the Republican Study Committee's alternative budget -- a radical plan </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/420831569660789544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=420831569660789544' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/420831569660789544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/420831569660789544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/04/even-republicans-cant-stomach-their-own.html' title='Even Republicans Can&apos;t Stomach Their Own Bill'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-496914282732589006</id><published>2011-04-14T20:17:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-14T20:18:47.627-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><title type='text'>100 Days of Republican House Rule</title><summary type='text'>From Quasar and others at FarkRepublican claimed focus before election:* Jobs* EconomyRepublicans demonstrated focus after election:* Restrict/ban abortion* Redefine rape* Recategorize cold-blooded murder of abortion doctors as "justifiable homicide"* Eliminate net neutrality* Ban gay marriage* McCarthy-esque "muslim" hunt* Ban already-non-existent Sharia law* Restrict the voting ability of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/496914282732589006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=496914282732589006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/496914282732589006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/496914282732589006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/04/100-days-of-republican-house-rule.html' title='100 Days of Republican House Rule'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2156990768395263532</id><published>2011-04-14T19:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-14T19:58:52.135-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2156990768395263532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2156990768395263532' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2156990768395263532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2156990768395263532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-7426874089390347692</id><published>2011-02-23T20:04:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T20:09:41.617-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gay'/><title type='text'>Obama Administration Will No Longer Defend DOMA in Court</title><summary type='text'>Holy Crap! I don't believe it.  Hate crimes legislation, DADT and now DOMA.  The administration has delivered for gay people like gang-busters!  This is great news for gay people, and anyone who believes in equal treatment under the law.  It's only a matter of time before gay marriage is treated on equal footing as hetro marriage.  Finally.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/7426874089390347692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=7426874089390347692' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7426874089390347692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7426874089390347692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/02/obama-administration-will-no-longer.html' title='Obama Administration Will No Longer Defend DOMA in Court'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-389019093465685708</id><published>2011-01-19T07:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-19T07:37:01.641-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Martin Luther King'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Evil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Race in America'/><title type='text'>Bomb Placed At MLK Day Parade</title><summary type='text'>From RawstoryA bomb left in a backpack on the route of a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Washington, has been described as being in the "realm of domestic terrorism" by the FBI.The bomb was found on bench Monday morning at the northeast corner of North Washington Street and West Main Avenue in the city's downtown core. Spokane police were alerted to its presence before the parade -- </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/389019093465685708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=389019093465685708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/389019093465685708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/389019093465685708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/01/bomb-placed-at-mlk-day-parade.html' title='Bomb Placed At MLK Day Parade'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-7435650072342229219</id><published>2011-01-17T22:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T22:05:40.389-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='They Might Be Giants'/><title type='text'>I'll Need This For Later</title><summary type='text'>50 Best They Might Be Giants songs</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/7435650072342229219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=7435650072342229219' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7435650072342229219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7435650072342229219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/01/ill-need-this-for-later.html' title='I&apos;ll Need This For Later'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6407165588900418424</id><published>2011-01-17T11:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T11:32:39.947-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Martin Luther King'/><title type='text'>Martin Luther King day</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6407165588900418424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6407165588900418424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6407165588900418424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6407165588900418424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/01/martin-luther-king-day.html' title='Martin Luther King day'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4756495650107319910</id><published>2011-01-10T09:12:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-10T09:16:30.616-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Insanity'/><title type='text'>People Are Going Pure Nuts</title><summary type='text'>Wow. It's time to take it down a notch, for America.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4756495650107319910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4756495650107319910' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4756495650107319910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4756495650107319910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/01/people-are-going-pure-nuts.html' title='People Are Going Pure Nuts'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1200704620287836121</id><published>2011-01-01T07:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-03T07:20:50.846-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy New Year'/><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><summary type='text'>May your worst moment of this year, be as happy as the best moment of last year.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1200704620287836121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1200704620287836121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1200704620287836121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1200704620287836121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5578485756590772712</id><published>2010-12-25T06:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T18:46:55.307-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Merry Christmas'/><title type='text'>Merry Christmas!</title><summary type='text'>And now, some Holiday MusicAnd When Christmas Meets Star Wars, nobody wins...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5578485756590772712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5578485756590772712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5578485756590772712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5578485756590772712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2304391459382034104</id><published>2010-12-23T16:33:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-23T16:38:43.271-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nukes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Russia'/><title type='text'>START treaty and First-Responders Bill Passed By Senate</title><summary type='text'>Wow.  With the passage of the DADT repeal, the passage of the START treaty and the passage of the First Responders Bill,  the lame duck congress has delivered three wonderful Christmas presents to the American people.  Good for them and Merry Christmas!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2304391459382034104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2304391459382034104' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2304391459382034104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2304391459382034104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/12/start-treaty-and-first-responders-bill.html' title='START treaty and First-Responders Bill Passed By Senate'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-9067149459319628738</id><published>2010-12-22T21:26:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-22T21:29:37.686-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Military'/><title type='text'>Obama Signs DADT Repeal</title><summary type='text'>It's done.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/9067149459319628738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=9067149459319628738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/9067149459319628738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/9067149459319628738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/12/obama-signs-dadt-repeal.html' title='Obama Signs DADT Repeal'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5272876286942224610</id><published>2010-12-18T18:13:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-18T18:19:41.727-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Military'/><title type='text'>DADT Law Repealled by Congress, Obama Just Has To Sign</title><summary type='text'>Wow. This is a nice and unexpected Christmas surprise for those of us for Gay right.  Congratulations to all the brave Gay men and women currently serving in the military.  Soon, you will no longer need fear losing your job over who you love.  Now, if we can just repeal DOMA, things would be just about perfect.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5272876286942224610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5272876286942224610' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5272876286942224610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5272876286942224610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/12/dadt-law-repealled-by-congress-obama.html' title='DADT Law Repealled by Congress, Obama Just Has To Sign'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2030379791072232496</id><published>2010-12-17T17:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-17T17:16:42.222-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><title type='text'>9/11 First-Responders Bill Filibustered by Republicans</title><summary type='text'>The Daily show did half their show on the hypocrites of the Republicans who use 9/11 at every opportunity, yet are filibustering a bill that will help them gain health benefits due to illnesses caused after 9/11.  ===http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/368908/thu-december-16-2010-mike-huckabeeWatch the whole thing.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2030379791072232496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2030379791072232496' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2030379791072232496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2030379791072232496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/12/911-first-responders-bill-filibustered.html' title='9/11 First-Responders Bill Filibustered by Republicans'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1541793342743409433</id><published>2010-11-24T08:50:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T08:53:20.659-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><title type='text'>Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter</title><summary type='text'>New York TimesAmerican businesses earned profits at an annual rate of $1.659 trillion in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday. That is the highest figure recorded since the government began keeping track over 60 years ago, at least in nominal or noninflation-adjusted terms....Corporate profits have been doing extremely well for a while. Since their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1541793342743409433/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1541793342743409433' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1541793342743409433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1541793342743409433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/11/corporate-profits-were-highest-on.html' title='Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2522424772917185242</id><published>2010-11-24T08:21:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T08:26:07.790-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='terrorism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Afghanistan'/><title type='text'>Taliban "Negotiator" a Fraud</title><summary type='text'>New York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders in the Taliban movement.But now, it turns out, Mr. Mansour was apparently not Mr. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2522424772917185242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2522424772917185242' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2522424772917185242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2522424772917185242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/11/taliban-negotiator-fraud.html' title='Taliban &quot;Negotiator&quot; a Fraud'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-230027024290948944</id><published>2010-11-15T09:57:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-15T11:11:28.249-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deficit Spending'/><title type='text'>You Fix the Budget</title><summary type='text'>From the New York TimesGood luck.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/230027024290948944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=230027024290948944' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/230027024290948944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/230027024290948944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/11/you-fix-budget.html' title='You Fix the Budget'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5934161211055039835</id><published>2010-11-11T08:55:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-11T08:55:57.112-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Veterans Day'/><title type='text'>Veterans Day</title><summary type='text'>WikipediaWhereas it has long been our customs to commemorate November 11, the anniversary of the ending of World War I, by paying tribute to the heroes of that tragic struggle and by rededicating ourselves to the cause of peace; and Whereas in the intervening years, the United States has been involved in two other great military conflicts, which have added millions of veterans living and dead to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5934161211055039835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5934161211055039835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5934161211055039835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5934161211055039835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/11/veterans-day.html' title='Veterans Day'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_yIB90bDzNMM/RzaLF8VRyrI/AAAAAAAAAE0/jAAsxOA9Xjg/s72-c/embrace.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2451634751218276015</id><published>2010-11-02T21:48:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-02T22:15:11.817-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrats'/><title type='text'>Republicans Win House, Not Senate</title><summary type='text'>Interesting.  In the silver lining department, the Republicans finally have a reason to work for economic improvement, by whatever means, because, in 2 years, if the economy have not improved, they will be held partially responsible.  That means, if the economy does not improve, both the Republicans and Obama could be shown the door.On the other hand, like 1994, if the economy improves, Obama </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2451634751218276015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2451634751218276015' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2451634751218276015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2451634751218276015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/11/republicans-win-house-not-senate.html' title='Republicans Win House, Not Senate'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-9077630701780609707</id><published>2010-10-30T17:08:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-30T17:13:46.012-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Stewart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Restoring Sanity'/><title type='text'>Jon Stewart's Restore Sanity Speech</title><summary type='text'>Transcribed by Di Atribe, Fark commentator.  Blame her for any errors. So. Here we are. We've had some really incredible musical performances here today. I hope you've enjoyed them. We've had what some would classify as comedy, as well. And now I thought we might have a moment, however brief, for some sincerity. Uh, if that's OK. I know there are boundaries for a comedian pundit talker guy, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/9077630701780609707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=9077630701780609707' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/9077630701780609707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/9077630701780609707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/10/jon-stewarts-restore-sanity-speech.html' title='Jon Stewart&apos;s Restore Sanity Speech'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1015859924429458231</id><published>2010-10-18T20:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-18T20:30:52.759-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bush Worse President Ever'/><title type='text'>Just a Reminder</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1015859924429458231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1015859924429458231' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1015859924429458231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1015859924429458231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/10/just-reminder.html' title='Just a Reminder'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1178782365416310874</id><published>2010-10-12T18:50:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T18:56:25.352-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Military'/><title type='text'>Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Struck down as Unconstitutional</title><summary type='text'>From Yahoonews/APSAN DIEGO – A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction Tuesday immediately stopping enforcement of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, suspending the 17-year-old ban on openly gay U.S. troops.U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips' landmark ruling also ordered the government to suspend and discontinue all pending discharge proceedings and investigations under the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1178782365416310874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1178782365416310874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1178782365416310874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1178782365416310874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/10/dont-ask-dont-tell-struck-down-as.html' title='Don&apos;t Ask, Don&apos;t Tell, Struck down as Unconstitutional'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3434384408636219345</id><published>2010-09-30T08:04:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T08:11:36.081-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Cool'/><title type='text'>Earth-like Planet Found in Near Star's Habitible Zone</title><summary type='text'>Cool news, indeed.WASHINGTON — US astronomers said Wednesday they have discovered an Earth-sized planet that they think might be habitable, orbiting a nearby star, and believe there could be many more planets like it in space.The planet, found by astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is orbiting in the middle of the "habitable zone" </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3434384408636219345/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3434384408636219345' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3434384408636219345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3434384408636219345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/09/earth-like-planet-found-in-near-stars.html' title='Earth-like Planet Found in Near Star&apos;s Habitible Zone'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3728560534389168835</id><published>2010-09-28T07:12:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-28T07:14:03.232-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><title type='text'>Income Gap Grows, Highest Ever Recorded</title><summary type='text'>Yahoonews/APWASHINGTON – The income gap  between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession.The top-earning 20 percent of Americans — those making more than $100,000 each year — received 49.4 percent of all income generated in the U.S., compared with the 3.4 percent earned by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3728560534389168835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3728560534389168835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3728560534389168835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3728560534389168835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/09/income-gap-grows-highest-ever-recorded.html' title='Income Gap Grows, Highest Ever Recorded'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1473650359492845338</id><published>2010-09-11T08:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-11T08:13:28.510-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Stupidity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><title type='text'>Koran Book Burning Set for Today</title><summary type='text'>Whatever your belief on the First Amendment, (I'm for it), and the need to be sensitive to Muslim insecurities, (I really don't give a shit), the only thing that really strikes me about the Koran book burning is that the Pastor admits that he never read the thing.  To repeat, The Pastor, who wrote a book on how Islam is of the Devil, admits that he has never even read the Koran. But he is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1473650359492845338/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1473650359492845338' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1473650359492845338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1473650359492845338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/09/koran-book-burning-set-for-today.html' title='Koran Book Burning Set for Today'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-733595754172346619</id><published>2010-09-11T07:53:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-11T08:03:56.015-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><title type='text'>9/11: Nine Years Later</title><summary type='text'>NOTE: This is a re-post of my original 9/11 post, with slight revisions.It is now the Eighth Anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed over 3000 of our fellow citizens.  The actual number of Americans killed by the events of 9/11 continues to climb, due to illnesses striking many of those involved with the clean-up and recovery efforts of ground zero.  These illnesses are directly related to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/733595754172346619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=733595754172346619' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/733595754172346619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/733595754172346619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/09/911-nine-years-later.html' title='9/11: Nine Years Later'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-7071611444954117304</id><published>2010-08-25T07:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T07:31:08.321-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fox News Owned by Terrorist? Mosque Debate Tactics Turned Against Fox</title><summary type='text'>The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Parent Company Trapwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Party</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/7071611444954117304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=7071611444954117304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7071611444954117304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7071611444954117304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/08/fox-news-owned-by-terrorist-mosque.html' title='Fox News Owned by Terrorist? Mosque Debate Tactics Turned Against Fox'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-842448088877505416</id><published>2010-08-19T07:20:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-19T07:28:14.834-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iraq'/><title type='text'>Last of Combat Troops Out of Iraq, 50,000 Trainers Left</title><summary type='text'>KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait – A line of heavily armored American military vehicles, their headlights twinkling in the pre-dawn desert, lumbered past the barbed wire and metal gates marking the border between Iraq and Kuwait early Thursday and rolled into history.For the troops of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, it was a moment of relief fraught with symbolism but lightened by the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/842448088877505416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=842448088877505416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/842448088877505416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/842448088877505416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/08/last-of-combat-troops-out-of-iraq-50000.html' title='Last of Combat Troops Out of Iraq, 50,000 Trainers Left'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-161008052202943682</id><published>2010-08-03T09:28:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T09:30:51.516-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><title type='text'>Companies With Big Profits Making Big cut in Employement</title><summary type='text'>This is why tax cuts don't stimulate the economy as much as government spending. Many companies are focusing on cost-cutting to keep profits growing, but the benefits are mostly going to shareholders instead of the broader economy, as management conserves cash rather than bolstering hiring and production. Harley, for example, has announced plans to cut 1,400 to 1,600 more jobs by the end of next </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/161008052202943682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=161008052202943682' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/161008052202943682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/161008052202943682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/08/companies-with-big-profits-making-big.html' title='Companies With Big Profits Making Big cut in Employement'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4178224047073899706</id><published>2010-07-20T18:58:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-20T19:08:08.381-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Race in America'/><title type='text'>USDA Official Loses Her Job After Sharing Story of Overcoming Her Anti-White Racist Feelings Over 25 Years Ago</title><summary type='text'>Interesting but sad story.   A Black USDA official at a NAACP conference talked about how her anti-White racism caused her to not help a White farmer as much as she could 25 years ago, and how she learned from the experience and later rectified her behavior.  But, because of her admission, and the video of the admission being edited to make it seem as if the experience happened recently, she has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4178224047073899706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4178224047073899706' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4178224047073899706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4178224047073899706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/07/usda-official-loses-her-job-after.html' title='USDA Official Loses Her Job After Sharing Story of Overcoming Her Anti-White Racist Feelings Over 25 Years Ago'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5704529787430855966</id><published>2010-07-16T07:27:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T07:29:39.956-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Global Warming'/><title type='text'>June 2010, Hottest June Ever Recorded</title><summary type='text'>RawstoryLast month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, amid global climate warming worries.The combined global land and ocean surface temperature data also found the January-June and April-June periods were the warmest on record, according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, which based its findings on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5704529787430855966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5704529787430855966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5704529787430855966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5704529787430855966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/07/june-2010-hottest-june-ever-recorded.html' title='June 2010, Hottest June Ever Recorded'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1652234485806421719</id><published>2010-07-16T07:10:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T07:27:05.330-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Business'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mortgage Crunch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><title type='text'>Wall Street Reform Bill Passes Congress, Onto Obama to Sign</title><summary type='text'>From CNNWASHINGTON (CNNMoney.com) -- The Senate on Thursday afternoon passed the most sweeping set of changes to the financial regulatory system since the 1930s, sending the Wall Street reform bill to President Obama.The Senate voted 60 to 39 to pass the reforms, ending more than a year-long effort to pass legislation in response to the 2008 financial crisis. Obama is expected to sign the bill </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1652234485806421719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1652234485806421719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1652234485806421719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1652234485806421719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/07/wall-street-reform-bill-passes-congress.html' title='Wall Street Reform Bill Passes Congress, Onto Obama to Sign'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1389693796801781081</id><published>2010-07-05T09:49:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T10:32:04.113-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Afghanistan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican Hypocrisy'/><title type='text'>Steele's Remarks on Afghanistan</title><summary type='text'>What a tool.  Obama chose Afghanistan?  No, the Taliban did. Not a war America wanted to actively engage in?  Well, Bush sure has hell didn't. But, Americans in general? Of course we did! That's why Bush had a 93% approval rating after he attack in Afghanistan. But everyone knows this.  Which is why even fellow Republicans are calling for Steele to take a hike.  And, also, if a Democrat talked </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1389693796801781081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1389693796801781081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1389693796801781081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1389693796801781081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/07/steeles-remarks-on-afghanistan.html' title='Steele&apos;s Remarks on Afghanistan'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-9005374919647227718</id><published>2010-07-04T05:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T05:31:18.250-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='July 4th'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Independence Day'/><title type='text'>Happy 4th of July!</title><summary type='text'>Happy Independence Day! We choose this day to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Spend some time here  learning about the Declaration and the 56 men who signed it.  Spend some time today reading the actual document here, after all, the men who signed it were committing treason to do so, risking their necks for the principles outlined in it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/9005374919647227718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=9005374919647227718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/9005374919647227718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/9005374919647227718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/07/happy-4th-of-july.html' title='Happy 4th of July!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_yIB90bDzNMM/RouF_W33urI/AAAAAAAAAC8/LpdGkAvwEy0/s72-c/historicsigning.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-7684106982700119107</id><published>2010-07-02T07:47:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T07:55:19.599-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Business'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><title type='text'>Uniformed Police On BP's Dime Violating Right to Access Public Land</title><summary type='text'>From AmericablogThe ACLU has put Louisiana law enforcement on notice. In a letter (PDF) released yesterday, Marjorie Esman, executive director of the group's Louisiana chapter, reminded the sheriffs of the coastal parishes that "members of the public have the right under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to film, record, photograph, and document anything they observe in a public place.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/7684106982700119107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=7684106982700119107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7684106982700119107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7684106982700119107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/07/uniformed-police-on-bps-dime-violating.html' title='Uniformed Police On BP&apos;s Dime Violating Right to Access Public Land'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6417066650461736943</id><published>2010-06-28T18:52:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T19:13:12.848-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Guns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supreme Court'/><title type='text'>Supreme Court Overturns Chicago Gun Ban</title><summary type='text'>From New York TimesThe Second Amendment’s guarantee of an individual right to bear arms applies to state and local gun control laws, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a 5-to-4 decision. ...Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the majority, said that the right to self-defense protected by the Second Amendment is fundamental to the American conception of ordered liberty. Like other </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6417066650461736943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6417066650461736943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6417066650461736943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6417066650461736943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/06/supreme-court-overturns-chicago-gun-ban.html' title='Supreme Court Overturns Chicago Gun Ban'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1501932264824815306</id><published>2010-06-21T18:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T18:54:33.967-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Popular culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><title type='text'>Toy Story 3 is Great!</title><summary type='text'>Go see it, now.  It's the best Summer movie, so far.  Well worth full price.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1501932264824815306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1501932264824815306' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1501932264824815306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1501932264824815306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/06/toy-story-3-is-great.html' title='Toy Story 3 is Great!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3525075958917795237</id><published>2010-06-13T09:26:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T13:48:46.910-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Stupidity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Media'/><title type='text'>BP and Government Blocking Media Coverage of Spill</title><summary type='text'>From Rawstory An increasing number of stories are also starting to circulate concerning deliberate attempts by both BP and government officials to block coverage of the damage and the clean-up attempts.In a video clip obtained by ThinkProgress, a local news team from WDSU in New Orleans was told by a private security guard that they were not allowed to talk to cleanup workers on a public beach or</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3525075958917795237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3525075958917795237' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3525075958917795237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3525075958917795237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/06/bp-and-government-blocking-media.html' title='BP and Government Blocking Media Coverage of Spill'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-5378235196051454709</id><published>2010-06-13T09:09:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T09:22:20.476-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Driving the Peterbilt Commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible Critique'/><title type='text'>Driving the Peterbilt Commentary: Ruth 1-4</title><summary type='text'>Ruth 1-4Okay, Ruth 1-4 deals with the story of Ruth.  It's the shortest book in the Bible.  In it, we learn that Ruth is the daughter-in-law of Naomi.  Naomi's husband and two sons die, leaving Naomi a pretty bitter old lady.  But, Naomi, unlike the other daughter-in-law, decides to stay with Naomi instead of going back to her land and remarrying there.  They go back to Naomi's people, where, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/5378235196051454709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=5378235196051454709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5378235196051454709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/5378235196051454709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/06/driving-peterbilt-commentary-ruth-1-4.html' title='Driving the Peterbilt Commentary: Ruth 1-4'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-2529817175745640586</id><published>2010-06-02T19:05:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-02T19:21:59.294-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bad Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Evil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Women'/><title type='text'>Nun Excommunicated After Saving a Women's Life by Approving Her Medically Necessitated Abortion</title><summary type='text'>From Crooks and LiarsA Phoenix nun along with a hospital Ethics Committee made the decision to go forward with a procedure that aborted an 11-week pregnancy and saved the life of the mother. Sister Margaret McBride was then speedily excommunicated by the Catholic church."In this tragic case, the treatment necessary to save the mother's life required the termination of an 11-week pregnancy. This </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/2529817175745640586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=2529817175745640586' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2529817175745640586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/2529817175745640586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/06/nun-excommunicated-after-saving-womens.html' title='Nun Excommunicated After Saving a Women&apos;s Life by Approving Her Medically Necessitated Abortion'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4950938022450317632</id><published>2010-05-31T07:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T07:17:06.249-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Memorial Day'/><title type='text'>This is Memorial Day</title><summary type='text'>After arriving at the funeral home, Katherine Cathey pressed her pregnant belly to her husband's casket, moaning softly. Two days after she was notified of Jim's death in Iraq, he found out they would have a boy. Born on December 23, 2005, he was named James Jeffrey Cathey, Jr.The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4950938022450317632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4950938022450317632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4950938022450317632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4950938022450317632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-is-memorial-day.html' title='This is Memorial Day'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_yIB90bDzNMM/RlpVTVK5-aI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Dm6wWBGINyc/s72-c/heisler-17.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4336822886116301691</id><published>2010-05-30T08:34:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T09:57:42.106-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Driving the Peterbilt Commentary: Judge 19, 20, 21 and Ruth 1</title><summary type='text'>Judges 19-21:Wow.  Just, wow.  In these chapters, the tribes of Israel go to war with the tribes of Benjamin after a certain Levite, visiting a Benjaminite town gets to old, "Hello, we've come to rape your male guest treatment." Unluckily for him, there are no angels around, like Lot had, to save his ass. Luckily for him, he had his concubine around, so he tossed he out to the crowd to be raped </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4336822886116301691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4336822886116301691' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4336822886116301691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4336822886116301691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/driving-peterbilt-commentary-judge-19.html' title='Driving the Peterbilt Commentary: Judge 19, 20, 21 and Ruth 1'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-837916526618815499</id><published>2010-05-22T10:25:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-22T10:26:55.776-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Cool'/><title type='text'>The Shuttle Being Prepared for Launch</title><summary type='text'>Humans are awesome.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/837916526618815499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=837916526618815499' 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term='Obama Slurs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Assination plot on Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pure Stupidity'/><title type='text'>Obama Makes Some People Lose Their Minds, Part ???</title><summary type='text'>From RawstoryAn Alabama geometry teacher, in an apparent effort to teach his students about parallel lines and angles, used a theoretical assassination attempt on President Barack Obama to demonstrate the angle at which a gunman would have to shoot the president."He was talking about angles and said, 'If you're in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president,' " said </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/648541349821036972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=648541349821036972' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/648541349821036972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/648541349821036972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/obama-mkes-some-people-lose-their-minds.html' title='Obama Makes Some People Lose Their Minds, Part ???'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3338456689241896764</id><published>2010-05-18T17:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-18T18:06:35.335-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><title type='text'>Politics of Oil Rig Monitoring</title><summary type='text'>From RawstoryChris Oynes, appointed during the Bush administration to oversee offshore energy oversight at the Mineral Management Service (MMS), has quit."After 35 years of service," an MMS employee told AFP, Oynes plans to announce his retirement soon, leaving behind a career forever tarnished by a photo of him presenting Transocean, the Deepwater Horizon's owners, with a safety award.His agency</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3338456689241896764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3338456689241896764' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3338456689241896764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3338456689241896764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/politics-of-oil-rig-monitoring.html' title='Politics of Oil Rig Monitoring'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-9079395499493700447</id><published>2010-05-11T11:35:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T12:16:34.434-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Immigration'/><title type='text'>Immigration: Nothing New Under the Sun</title><summary type='text'>I received an email today, which as a former history major and husband of a legal immigrant, is both fascinating and frustrating for me. It can be read here.  To be blunt, the writer is extremely poorly informed regarding the history of immigration in America. To begin with, there is very little difference between those who immigrated legally in the 1850s to 1920s, and those we see immigrating </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/9079395499493700447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=9079395499493700447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/9079395499493700447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/9079395499493700447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/immigration-nothing-new-under-sun.html' title='Immigration: Nothing New Under the Sun'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4001167654585457430</id><published>2010-05-10T20:22:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-10T20:32:39.561-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Franzetta'/><title type='text'>Master of Fantasy Illustration Frank Franzetta Dies</title><summary type='text'>Sad News.   Frank Frazetta, an illustrator whose vivid colors and striking brushstrokes conjured up fantastic worlds of musclebound heroes fighting with broad swords and battle axes to defend helpless women from horrible beasts, died on Monday in Fort Myers, Fla. He was 82.Check out more of his work here. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4001167654585457430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4001167654585457430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4001167654585457430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4001167654585457430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/master-of-fantasy-illustration-frank.html' title='Master of Fantasy Illustration Frank Franzetta Dies'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yIB90bDzNMM/S-ilDCZ974I/AAAAAAAAArU/-0NOjB1Sb2U/s72-c/franzetta.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1644206257040962663</id><published>2010-05-09T08:56:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T09:24:43.248-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Driving the Peterbilt Commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible Critique'/><title type='text'>Driving the Peterbilt Commentary: Judge 15 and 16</title><summary type='text'>Judges 15 and 16Judges 15: Samson changes his mind about the women he made his wife last chapter, but her father-in-law won't let him have her back. Instead, he offers Samson her younger, better-looking, virgin sister, and, like an idiot he refuses, and a then he burns down the Philistines fields, then the Philistines kill his father-in-law and wife, then he kills 1000 Philistines in return.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1644206257040962663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1644206257040962663' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1644206257040962663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1644206257040962663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/driving-peterbilt-commentary-judge-15.html' title='Driving the Peterbilt Commentary: Judge 15 and 16'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4711341116887710959</id><published>2010-05-07T09:42:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T10:10:25.478-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economy'/><title type='text'>Whoah! 290,000 New jobs for April</title><summary type='text'>Yahoonews/APMore confident employers stepped up job creation in April, expanding payrolls by 290,000, the most in four years. The jobless rate rose to 9.9 percent as people streamed back into the market looking for work....Also encouraging: The employment picture in both February and March turned out to be stronger than previously thought. Payrolls grew by 230,000 in March, better than the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4711341116887710959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4711341116887710959' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4711341116887710959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4711341116887710959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/whoah-290000-new-jobs-for-april.html' title='Whoah! 290,000 New jobs for April'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-7511308925621157711</id><published>2010-05-03T08:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-03T08:50:14.773-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Funny Stuff'/><title type='text'>Obama at Correspondent's Dinner</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/7511308925621157711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=7511308925621157711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7511308925621157711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/7511308925621157711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/obama-at-correspondents-dinner.html' title='Obama at Correspondent&apos;s Dinner'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6984510721284060773</id><published>2010-05-02T09:22:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T09:29:34.849-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Driving the Peterbilt Commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible Critique'/><title type='text'>Driving the Peterbily Commentary: Judge 13 and 14</title><summary type='text'>Judges 13:We meet the parents of Samson, and learn that Sanson's mother can identify angels on sight, but father doesn't know an angel even after talking with him for several minutes.  Judges 14:Samson's first marriage hits the rocks when his wedding guests discover the answer to a "riddle" Samson asked them.  Actually, the "riddle" was more a question, the guests got the answer by threatening </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6984510721284060773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6984510721284060773' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6984510721284060773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6984510721284060773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/05/driving-peterbily-commentary-judge-13.html' title='Driving the Peterbily Commentary: Judge 13 and 14'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-8363235154087406645</id><published>2010-04-30T07:25:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-30T07:32:13.886-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Environment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Energy Crisis'/><title type='text'>Oil From Spill Reaches Louisiana Shore</title><summary type='text'>From New York TimesAs the oil crept closer to shore on Thursday, the response to the spill intensified abruptly, with the federal government intervening more aggressively.Resources from the United States Navy were marshaled to supplement an operation that already consisted of more than 1,000 people and scores of vessels and aircraft.Calling it “a spill of national significance” which could </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/8363235154087406645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=8363235154087406645' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8363235154087406645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8363235154087406645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/oil-from-spill-reaches-louisiana-shore.html' title='Oil From Spill Reaches Louisiana Shore'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-8683449229088508504</id><published>2010-04-28T18:45:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T18:52:44.175-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><title type='text'>Republicans Blink</title><summary type='text'>Republicans have now allowed the financial reform bill onto the floor, where they plan to offer amendments, which, for the most part, will actually strengthen the bill, some of which may actually end up being accepted by the Democrats, which they will actually be voted on by some Republicans.  Incredible, I know. No more obstruction for the sake of political gain. In other words, Congress may </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/8683449229088508504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=8683449229088508504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8683449229088508504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8683449229088508504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/republicans-blink.html' title='Republicans Blink'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-8980902528011617509</id><published>2010-04-28T08:23:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T08:38:12.088-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><title type='text'>Republicans Propose Weaker Banking Reforms, No One Shocked</title><summary type='text'>From New York TimesBoth proposals would seek to monitor systemic risks to the financial markets, allow the government to seize and dismantle financial institutions on the verge of failure, regulate derivatives, and enhance consumer protections by writing new rules governing loan products, from credit cards to mortgages. But the Republican proposal would give consumer regulators fewer powers, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/8980902528011617509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=8980902528011617509' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8980902528011617509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/8980902528011617509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/republicans-propose-weaker-banking.html' title='Republicans Propose Weaker Banking Reforms, No One Shocked'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-1085519498008680666</id><published>2010-04-25T09:19:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T09:32:34.298-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Driving the Peterbilt Commentary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible Critique'/><title type='text'>Driving the Peterbilt Commentary: Judge 11 and 12</title><summary type='text'>Judges 11:Yeah, remember when Abraham was going to sacrifice his son to god, and at the last minute, god stopped him and had him sacrifice a goat instead? Nice story, huh?  Yeah, Jephthah's story doesn't get that happy ending.  He promised to sacrifice the first thing to come out of his house if god put him enemies into his hand, and the first thing was his only daughter, and, instead of saving </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/1085519498008680666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=1085519498008680666' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1085519498008680666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/1085519498008680666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/driving-peterbily-commentary-judge-11.html' title='Driving the Peterbilt Commentary: Judge 11 and 12'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3406202774299778487</id><published>2010-04-22T08:05:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-22T08:08:31.633-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Auto Bailout'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><title type='text'>Auto Makers Paying Back Governtment Loans Ahead of Schedule</title><summary type='text'>From Rawstory/APWASHINGTON (AP) -- Fallen giant General Motors Co. accelerated toward recovery Wednesday, announcing the repayment of $8.1 billion in U.S. and Canadian government loans five years ahead of schedule....The U.S. government still owns 61 percent of GM. The automaker is counting on a public stock offering to allow the U.S. government to begin recouping its remaining $45.3 billion </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3406202774299778487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3406202774299778487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3406202774299778487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3406202774299778487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/auto-makers-paying-back-governtment.html' title='Auto Makers Paying Back Governtment Loans Ahead of Schedule'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-863108604093359820</id><published>2010-04-22T08:02:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-22T08:04:30.515-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Corruption'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Big Business Hyjinks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>A Little Difference Between Democrats and Republicans</title><summary type='text'>Did you know that Goldman Sach's PAC and its employees contributed millions of dollars to Obama's campaign?  It's true, look it up on the internet.And yet, that still did not keep the Obama's SEC from filing a suit for fraud against Goldman Sachs.  Amazing, isn't it?  Sometimes, if you elect the right people, they cannot be influenced by big money.  And pro-honest-business-practices Democrats are</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/863108604093359820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=863108604093359820' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/863108604093359820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/863108604093359820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/little-difference-between-democrats-and.html' title='A Little Difference Between Democrats and Republicans'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6554009723194339834</id><published>2010-04-22T06:55:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-22T06:58:50.362-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gay'/><title type='text'>On Being Old and Gay</title><summary type='text'>From NCLRGreene v. County of Sonoma et al.Clay and his partner of 20 years, Harold, lived in California. Clay and Harold made diligent efforts to protect their legal rights, and had their legal paperwork in place—wills, powers of attorney, and medical directives, all naming each other. Harold was 88 years old and in frail medical condition, but still living at home with Clay, 77, who was in good </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/6554009723194339834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=6554009723194339834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6554009723194339834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/6554009723194339834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/on-being-old-and-gay.html' title='On Being Old and Gay'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-849057282467104428</id><published>2010-04-20T15:49:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T15:55:23.594-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion'/><title type='text'>Muslim Foster Family Rejected Over Pork?</title><summary type='text'>From Baltimore SunAlmost two decades ago, Tashima Crudup left her grandmother's home and entered the city's foster care system, where she learned firsthand what makes a good mother.As she shuffled from family to family beginning at age 8, Crudup encountered some attentive and loving foster parents, while others were unsupportive and constraining."I always wanted to be a foster parent," said the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/849057282467104428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=849057282467104428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/849057282467104428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/849057282467104428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/muslim-foster-family-rejected-over-pork.html' title='Muslim Foster Family Rejected Over Pork?'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-6756807764508679600</id><published>2010-04-16T07:23:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T07:28:41.870-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health Care'/><title type='text'>Obama Forces Hospitals to Allow Gays to Visit Sick Partners</title><summary type='text'>YahoonewsWASHINGTON – In a move hailed as a step toward fairness for same-sex couples, President Barack Obama is ordering that nearly all hospitals allow patients to say who has visitation rights and who can help make medical decisions, including gay and lesbian partners.The White House on Thursday released a statement by Obama instructing his Health and Human Services secretary to draft rules </summary><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-4112590441413848250</id><published>2010-04-15T09:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T09:05:00.858-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Tax Day'/><title type='text'>Happy Tax Day!</title><summary type='text'>This is your opportunity to support your government in the one way you can!*And to the Republicans, did you tea-bag anyone today?* Statement does not apply to members of our armed forces.  Thank you for your sacrifices.  My taxes are are nothing compared to what you give, every day.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/4112590441413848250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=4112590441413848250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4112590441413848250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/4112590441413848250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/happy-tax-day.html' title='Happy Tax Day!'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6027595102341187750.post-3468223254888779527</id><published>2010-04-08T07:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-08T07:48:18.004-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Tax Day'/><title type='text'>47 % of Americans pay No Federal Income Taxes</title><summary type='text'>From MSNBCWASHINGTON - Tax Day is a dreaded deadline for millions, but for nearly half of U.S. households it's simply somebody else's problem.About 47 percent will pay no federal income taxes at all for 2009. Either their incomes were too low, or they qualified for enough credits, deductions and exemptions to eliminate their liability. That's according to projections by the Tax Policy Center, a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/feeds/3468223254888779527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6027595102341187750&amp;postID=3468223254888779527' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3468223254888779527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6027595102341187750/posts/default/3468223254888779527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ryogam.blogspot.com/2010/04/47-of-americans-pay-no-federal-income.html' title='47 % of Americans pay No Federal Income Taxes'/><author><name>Ryoga M</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03245057920617545710</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
