<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886815698975040199</id><updated>2009-10-21T20:02:14.159-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Political Thoughts from a Regular Guy</title><subtitle type='html'>I'm just a regular guy who thinks the people of America deserve better than the garbage that is the nightly news. In this blog I will present the issues in a strait forward no nonsense way. Sometimes you may agree with me and other times you may not, but no matter what, by reading this blog and its posts I promise you will learn important things about the issues that concern our country.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Matthew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05061296281902492369</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886815698975040199.post-51625821743812986</id><published>2008-10-03T17:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T17:24:41.969-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bailout'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mccain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial bailout'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The $700,000,0000,000 Bailout</title><summary type='text'>Today the $700 billion dollar bailout of the financial industry was passed by Congress to be signed by President Bush. So was it a good idea? After researching the subject I believe so. When I first heard that President Bush proposed this bill I thought he foolish for making this suggestion. I thought this would be the biggest mistake of his presidency. George Bush is a Republican, and his few </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/feeds/51625821743812986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3886815698975040199&amp;postID=51625821743812986' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default/51625821743812986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default/51625821743812986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/2008/10/7000000000000-bailout.html' title='The $700,000,0000,000 Bailout'/><author><name>Matthew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05061296281902492369</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09605313663366352377'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886815698975040199.post-2076224821190504646</id><published>2008-10-02T19:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T19:27:06.193-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mccain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='palin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='biden'/><title type='text'>Palin vs. Biden: Results</title><summary type='text'>Tonight was the Vice Presidential debate between Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden. If you were not lucky enough to watch the debate, all I can say is you missed out BIG TIME. This was, in my humble opinion, the debate of the year. With the big “is Sarah Palin qualified?” buildup to the debate, with drama building in the republican wing of the government, Palin showed why McCain chose her to be</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/feeds/2076224821190504646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3886815698975040199&amp;postID=2076224821190504646' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default/2076224821190504646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default/2076224821190504646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/2008/10/palin-vs-biden-results.html' title='Palin vs. Biden: Results'/><author><name>Matthew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05061296281902492369</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09605313663366352377'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886815698975040199.post-2620334885099486094</id><published>2008-09-27T20:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T21:44:11.343-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mccain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Obama's One Major Gaffe</title><summary type='text'>During the first presidential debate Obama did a good job not letting McCain roll over him, however he made one major gaffe which really scared me, and brought up an issue which every American citizen regardless of political party, race, class, or anything else should know about. Obama made the statement that if elected president he would go “line by line” to cut unnecessary spending, like the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/feeds/2620334885099486094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3886815698975040199&amp;postID=2620334885099486094' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default/2620334885099486094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default/2620334885099486094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/2008/09/obamas-one-major-gaffe.html' title='Obama&apos;s One Major Gaffe'/><author><name>Matthew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05061296281902492369</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09605313663366352377'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3886815698975040199.post-5079468905487368689</id><published>2008-09-27T14:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-27T14:05:52.667-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='debate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mccain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democrat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='repulican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The First Debate: Who won?</title><summary type='text'>The first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama was last night. Like most competitions there are bound to be winners and losers, so the question everyone is asking is who won? Democrats are saying Obama won and Republicans are saying McCain won, big surprise. The truth is that John McCain won the debate, but Barack Obama certainly didn’t lose, and here is why.John McCain- John appeared a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/feeds/5079468905487368689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3886815698975040199&amp;postID=5079468905487368689' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default/5079468905487368689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3886815698975040199/posts/default/5079468905487368689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://politicalissuesforpeople.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-debate-who-won.html' title='The First Debate: Who won?'/><author><name>Matthew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05061296281902492369</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09605313663366352377'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>