<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Cara Live!'s Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Cara Live!'s Column - Articles and Seeds</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2010</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:25:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:03:03 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>In Defense of White Americans </title><description><![CDATA[" ... But the other less noticed lesson of the year has to do with the white people the McCain campaign has been pandering to.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/04/2071220-in-defense-of-white-americans-</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/04/2071220-in-defense-of-white-americans-</guid><category>election</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>palin</category><category>racists</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:25:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The endorsement from hell: Al-Qaida votes for McCain</title><description><![CDATA[]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/28/2048339-the-endorsement-from-hell-al-qaida-votes-for-mccain</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/28/2048339-the-endorsement-from-hell-al-qaida-votes-for-mccain</guid><category>seattle-pi</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:21:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama Song (World of Friends): Bridges for Obama</title><description><![CDATA[Bridges for Obama: American supporters of Sen. Barack Obama have been staging rallies abroad at world-famous bridges to show support for the Democratic presidential candidate and his pledge to span old political divisions.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/27/2044070-obama-song-world-of-friends-bridges-for-obama</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/27/2044070-obama-song-world-of-friends-bridges-for-obama</guid><category>music</category><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:20:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The U.S. Paying More Than 80,000 In Iraq A Salary Not To Kill Or Blow Things Up</title><description><![CDATA[While both Bush and McCain continue to claim that the troop "surge" was somehow responsible for the roughly 80% drop in violence in Iraq, the real truth is that the U.S.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/24/1906644-the-us-paying-more-than-80000-in-iraq-a-salary-not-to-kill-or-blow-things-up</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/24/1906644-the-us-paying-more-than-80000-in-iraq-a-salary-not-to-kill-or-blow-things-up</guid><category>bush</category><category>iraq</category><category>politics</category><category>war</category><category>sunni</category><category>mccain</category><category>republicans</category><category>palin</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:45:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sarah Palin Gender Card</title><description><![CDATA[We should not even be talking about Sarah Palin because it's sexist. 

]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/08/1841146-sarah-palin-gender-card</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/08/1841146-sarah-palin-gender-card</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>republican</category><category>palin</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:59:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Granholm To Start Hearing Today -- If Kilpatrick Can't Stop It</title><description><![CDATA[History might be made today if Gov. Jennifer Granholm opens a hearing to determine whether Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick -- leader of the state's largest city, fellow Democrat and criminal defendant -- should be removed from office.

]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/03/1821655-granholm-to-start-hearing-today-if-kilpatrick-cant-stop-it</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/03/1821655-granholm-to-start-hearing-today-if-kilpatrick-cant-stop-it</guid><category>mayor</category><category>politics</category><category>detroit</category><category>kilpatrick</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:10:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Democrats Attack Lieberman, Saying He Lied To Delegates</title><description><![CDATA[Democrats accused former colleague Sen. Joe Lieberman of misleading the Republican National Convention when he addressed them in a speech Tuesday night.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/03/1820920-democrats-attack-lieberman-saying-he-lied-to-delegates</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/03/1820920-democrats-attack-lieberman-saying-he-lied-to-delegates</guid><category>election</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>lieberman</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:25:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama hits 50% mark in Gallup poll</title><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama met the 50 percent threshold for the first time Tuesday in the Gallup daily tracking poll, a symbolic hurdle that until now had eluded the Democratic nominee. 
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/03/1820304-obama-hits-50-mark-in-gallup-poll</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/03/1820304-obama-hits-50-mark-in-gallup-poll</guid><category>election</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>polls</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:48:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Members of 'Fringe' Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s; McCain Camp Denies Charge</title><description><![CDATA[Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/02/1816108-members-of-fringe-alaskan-independence-party-say-palin-was-a-member-in-90s-mccain-camp-denies-charge</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/02/1816108-members-of-fringe-alaskan-independence-party-say-palin-was-a-member-in-90s-mccain-camp-denies-charge</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>republican</category><category>palin</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:18:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Barack Obama:  On His Own </title><description><![CDATA[Cerebral and cool, Obama is also steely, and his strength comes from the absence of a father. The making of a self-reliant man.

]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/25/1783611-barack-obama-on-his-own-</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/25/1783611-barack-obama-on-his-own-</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:52:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>I Spent Years as a POW with John McCain, and His Finger Should Not Be Near the Red Button</title><description><![CDATA[John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. He is a man I respect and admire in some ways.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/22/1773466-i-spent-years-as-a-pow-with-john-mccain-and-his-finger-should-not-be-near-the-red-button</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/22/1773466-i-spent-years-as-a-pow-with-john-mccain-and-his-finger-should-not-be-near-the-red-button</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>republican</category><category>conservative</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:57:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Chance to Make History, Lack of Enthusiasm for McCain Has Black GOPers Voting Obama</title><description><![CDATA[The recent endorsement by seemingly steadfast Republicans like former Iowa congressman Jim Leach and U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (R-Iowa), who are "crosssing the divide of old politics" to support Sen.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/21/1770506-chance-to-make-history-lack-of-enthusiasm-for-mccain-has-black-gopers-voting-obama</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/21/1770506-chance-to-make-history-lack-of-enthusiasm-for-mccain-has-black-gopers-voting-obama</guid><category>election</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:08:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Wife U.S. Republican John McCain Callously Left Behind</title><description><![CDATA[McCain likes to illustrate his moral fibre by referring to his five years as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/13/1745174-the-wife-us-republican-john-mccain-callously-left-behind</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/13/1745174-the-wife-us-republican-john-mccain-callously-left-behind</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:33:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama Denies Shifting To Reach Political Center</title><description><![CDATA[Asked by a voter about accusations of flip-flopping, Democrat Barack Obama dismissed the notion Tuesday that he has been shifting stances on Iraq, guns and the death penalty to break with his party's liberal wing and court a wider swath of voters.
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/09/1651799-obama-denies-shifting-to-reach-political-center</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/09/1651799-obama-denies-shifting-to-reach-political-center</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:24:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Speaking the Same Language</title><description><![CDATA[Latinos could prove pivotal come November, but they're frequently mischaracterized.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/09/1651793-speaking-the-same-language</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/09/1651793-speaking-the-same-language</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>hispanics</category><category>vote</category><category>latinos</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:21:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nader: Obama 'talking white'</title><description><![CDATA[Ralph Nader's presidential candidacy has received little media attention, but his latest critique of Barack Obama has come under fire for it's seemingly racial overtones.
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/25/1609584-nader-obama-talking-white</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/25/1609584-nader-obama-talking-white</guid><category>election</category><category>race</category><category>politics</category><category>racism</category><category>obama</category><category>nader</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:38:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Charlie Black, McCain Aide, Stirs A Flap With A Frank Comment</title><description><![CDATA[ longtime political pro got a bit too honest. Asked about the political impact of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Black replied: "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him."
]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1603948-charlie-black-mccain-aide-stirs-a-flap-with-a-frank-comment</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1603948-charlie-black-mccain-aide-stirs-a-flap-with-a-frank-comment</guid><category>politics</category><category>terrorist</category><category>mccain</category><category>republican</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:08:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Americans Can't Get Over Race </title><description><![CDATA[Writers ask: Is Barack Obama's mission hopeless or history-making?

Discussions of race or racism still stir uncomfortable reactions, they say

Neither whites nor blacks are over racism, they say, and candidates still face it]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1603885-why-americans-cant-get-over-race-</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1603885-why-americans-cant-get-over-race-</guid><category>election</category><category>race</category><category>politics</category><category>racism</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:31:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>OBAMA:  Hate Groups' Newest Target</title><description><![CDATA[Sen.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1603031-obama-hate-groups-newest-target</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1603031-obama-hate-groups-newest-target</guid><category>election</category><category>race</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>racist</category><category>white-supremacy</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>OBAMA:  Japanese Monkey Ad</title><description><![CDATA[A Japanese mobile phone commercial is under fire for parodying Obama's large crowds and message of change. The ad shows supporters cheering loudly at a rally and holding signs calling for "Change" while a monkey in a suit addresses them at a podium.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cara Live!]]></dc:creator><link>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1602272-obama-japanese-monkey-ad</link><guid>http://CaraLive.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/23/1602272-obama-japanese-monkey-ad</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>advertising</category><category>monkey</category><category>obama</category><category>racist</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:46:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>