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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RESTORE THE GULF Sign it. Share it. Be the One. Visit restorethegulf.com to add your name to the petition demanding complete restoration of America&#8217;s Gulf. Presented by Women of the Storm. This video was shot in the New Orleans area and in various other locations around the country. It features (in order of appearance) Sandra [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Sign it. Share it. Be the One. Visit <a href="http://www.restorethegulf.com/">restorethegulf.com</a> to add your name to the petition demanding complete restoration of America&#8217;s Gulf. Presented by Women of the Storm.</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>This video was shot in the New Orleans area and in various other locations around the country. It features (in order of appearance) Sandra Bullock, Blake Lively, Wendell Pierce, Lenny Kravitz, Jack Del Rio, Alfre Woodard, Dr. John, Harry Shearer, Clay Hensley, Dave Matthews, Bryan Batt, Justin Shiels, John Goodman, Emeril Lagasse, Roberto Méndez, Eric Harvey, Payton Manning, Leah Chase, James Carville, Drew Brees, Eli Manning, Lisa Mackel Smith, Shirley Lee, Anne Milling and Mary Matalin.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I did, so should you , it takes 2 seconds, please help. I also urge you all to please purchase a shirt from <a href="http://oilspillteeshirts.com/">Oil Spill Tee Shirts</a> to show your outrage and to donate back to the Nature Conservancy, to help in their efforts to clean this major spill.</strong></p>
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<p>We here at Man Over Board have joined with many other bloggers to keep attention on the devastation this oil spill has created.  Still to this day, it  is bewildering how such a large corporation ran this particular rig. They by-passed, ignored and cared less to the safe guards that were set in place.  Even with all the redundancies, that were suppose to be in place, in order for a tragedy of this magnitude never to have happened. Well it did and continues!!!</p>
<p>We are mad, mad as hell and the fact that the oil still gushes out at an unrepresented rate is astounding. Why is it not capped yet? How can all the scientific knowledge they process not be able to come up with a solution to stop the devastation that continues to kill all life in the area?</p>
<p>This is not our first post and more then likely not our last either, until something is done to control this leak and to stop any other future instances that could happen and will happen.</p>
<p>We have posted about how a simple solution of using hay to help soak up the oil, a non harmful way for the environment. We have posted in regards to what the future of the East Coast will have to face this summer. I am sure our readers have heard or have also thought of ways to help stop the flow of oil that is continuing to pour into our Gulf Shores. We love to hear them.</p>
<p>For those of you who believe as we do, it is time we all take a stance and show  our disgust over not only BP, but our government who still wants off shore drilling to continue.</p>
<p>We happened upon a website that not only sells some awesome Tee Shirts to help spark debate and show off your rage. Also for every shirt sold 10% of all sales will be donated to The Nature Conservancy to help with the oil spill cleanup efforts. The website we are talking about is called<strong> </strong><strong><a href="http://oilspillteeshirts.com/">Oil Spill Tee Shirts</a>. </strong>And we grabbed a few pictures from their site to show you a few of the great shirts that you too can be wearing.</p>
<p>This terrible catastrophe will not be the last one, unless we do something about it now. Not only sign the petition, but get your friends and family involved. For this is not something that will go away soon if ever. Please help the wildlife, our mother earth and our neighbors to the south in showing your support as well.</p>
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		<title>Watch OBAMA DECEPTION HERE HQ with Film Makers Response That You Tube Is Banning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alex Jones of Prison Planet maintains that Obama is a hoax that has been perpetrated on the American people, and indeed the world. He examines the George H. W. Bush administration as well, claiming both Bush and Obama are front-men in the White House. The real power behind the Administration? Wall Street, the Bilderberg group [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Alex Jones of Prison Planet maintains that Obama is a hoax that has been perpetrated on the American people, and indeed the world. He examines the George H. W. Bush administration as well, claiming both Bush and Obama are front-men in the White House. The real power behind the Administration? Wall Street, the Bilderberg group and the Federal Reserve.</p>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;">Alleged Obama Deception Censorship Stirs Up Alex Jones And His Rabid Fans</h4>
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<p>Filmmaker and talk show host <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones_%28radio_host%29">Alex Jones</a> is crying foul and claiming that the Obama Administration (or someone acting on their behalf) hacked into his account and <a href="http://truthiscontagious.com/2010/07/18/%E2%80%98the-obama-deception%E2%80%99-censored">deleted his youtube video for his film &#8220;The Obama Deception.&#8221;</a> Jones is claiming that Youtube censored him and violated his first amendment rights.  The controversial conspiracy theorist is also the founder of<a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/">prisonplanet.com </a>and <a href="http://www.infowars.com/">infowars.com.</a> He also has a radio show, which is syndicated to over 60 AM and FM stations across the country.</p>
<p>The so-called filmmaker recorded an emergency video message and dispersed it on Youtube.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/index?ytsession=cF4avKQS79pk1EywpvDgjXS7QsKNDCNwy7G2ctj3H3D4buVj1y0bVm0buZyqVRzjiUUczL3td8Aee4xWylHUoRwNyzs983JinQDkq5ycLBxXZ64kwQ9PkvLA30fKlzExKA6LQTbA2fE0vhhqoXagR1sjep6rTwmjtiAisLrbfBWHLN_Ol8lpkYnxxvoFuNwg8p4QXHbsLUm0Qisu4iyrYWAKjce5ze6wVmUok-SdEZuGqCRsGOznBMZpHyEnsT7JsGmvtH8E24wu0nQldI6vP71Fipxav8jUph5mKM5mXKEr6mJSEewxJSVfKRR5PXc2yCBasd6F43iiWRIMFzWspNtCtU8oBpSp">The Obama Deception</a> was reaching &#8220;viral status&#8221; according to Jones and he feels that the Administration thwarted the momentum of his video by hacking into his account.  Therefore, anyone who googled President Obama&#8217;s name on Google would see a link to the video at the top of the search results.  But, when clicking on the link it was a dead link.</p>
<p><span style="color: #888888;"><em><a href="http://www.philly2philly.com/politics_community/the_water_cooler/2010/7/19/44579/alleged_obama_deception_censorship_stirs_alex_jo">Source</a></em></span></p>
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		<title>I Still Smoke Cigarettes and Feel GREAT!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been an on and off again smoker for only 30 years. It has been a love/hate relationship all my life. To anyone who has ever smoked or still do, we all deep in our hearts want to quit. But for whatever reason be it we are addicted or simply we just love the [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I have been an on and off again smoker for only 30 years. It has been a love/hate relationship all my life. To anyone who has ever smoked or still do, we all deep in our hearts want to quit. But for whatever reason be it we are addicted or simply we just love the enjoyment of smoking, quitting has always been hard to do.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I live in New York in the good old US and here we are being hit with yet another tax on cigarettes, because the state is going broke and of course anyone who has a vice, whether it be a alcoholic drink when we get home from a long day at work or like me enjoy to light up a &#8220;cancer stick&#8221;, we are the ones who always get punished with a sin tax. I personally am sick and tired of feeling like a second class citizen because I enjoy a cigarette. I am sure our beer drinkers or martini lovers feel the same way. Here in New York we are looking at paying $10 a pack for cigarettes. 85% if that money is tax.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The government allows us to smoke and they also allow us to manufacturer tobacco and alcohol, yet we are always the ones who end up paying more, when States don&#8217;t know how to spend their money correctly.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Those of you who are regulars to my blog have seen to fairly large banners on MOB both for an electronic cigarette called<a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain"> </a><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">GREEN SMOKE</a></span><a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain">. </a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The reason I advertise these cigarettes are many and below I will tell you why.</span></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>First</strong> </span>of all I am sick and tired of being taxed to death. Yes I know us smokers are slowly killing ourselves from the dangerous chemicals in cigarettes. But as I said above many of us would love to quit and have, yet we still crave a cigarette daily. I know smokers are more likely be sicker then a non smoker and therefore we tax the health care system more because of it. So why don&#8217;t we tax the shit out of MacDonald&#8217;s or Pepsi then? Obesity is also running rampant in increasing health care also? Well I am happy to tell you <span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">Green Smoke</a></span><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115"> </a></strong></span>will help you greatly but I will get to that in a minute.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Second <span style="font-weight: normal;">it is a statistic that restaurants and bars have lost a large percentage of business once they instituted no more smoking allowed in those establishments. The fact is smokers are much more likely to go out to dinner and also out for a drink and dancing then non smokers.  So many smokers have cut way back from going to these businesses because they can no longer light up. Again <span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">Green Smoke</a></span></strong></span><a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain"> </a>will also help you to enjoy going out once again and enjoy a cigarette after a meal or while having your favorite scotch. </span></span></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Lastly</strong> all the &#8220;bad&#8221; effects that cigarette smoke produces to those who do not want to be around a smoker are no longer valid, when using<a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain"> </a><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">Green Smoke</a></span><a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain">. </a><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">You no longer give off the cancerous and foul smelling order when using this electronic device. Your clothes no longer smell, your kids and pets will no longer have to breathe in any toxic smoke. You no longer have to feel like a second rate citizen because you enjoy nicotine.</span></span></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have tried everything in my life in order to quit and have successfully many times. But for one reason or another, I go back to smoking. To be honest with all of you I enjoy to smoke now and then. Not always, but I love one with my morning coffee, or after a good meal. Hell everyone knows how good it is to light up after a round of intense love making. Sure many of the cigarettes we smoke in a day we do it for no other reason then we need our nicotine fix.</span></span></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Well now this wonderful company has made it possible to enjoy smoking again. For me personally, it is a </span>GOD SEND. <span style="font-weight: normal;"> I have been advertising this product for over three months now and this is the first and only post I will write in regards to them. I did this for two reasons. One I didn&#8217;t want this to come off like a commercial and think I am pushing this product because I want to get rich. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">NOT!!</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> The second reason I waited to write this is because I wanted to try it myself for a long time period and see if it really worked. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">From the bottom of my heart it does!!</span></strong></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Now I want you to know why I believe in this company and not all the other companies that are now coming up with electronic cigarettes. Hell I am sure you can find many of them on the net and in the malls.  I did and I am also an affiliate of many of them. I could be sitting here writing this post on anyone of the others but I am not and this is why. They simply do not compare to <span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">GREEN SMOKE</a></span><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain"> .</a></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">I have personally tried 5 different companies and they ranged in price from $45 for the start up kit to $139. When it came down to what worked and what didn&#8217;t there was only one company that stood far and above all the rest. <strong><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">GREEN SMOKE</a></span><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain">.</a></span></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">They are the most expensive to start up with. The kit I got was $139 but the quality of the product was unbeatable, as is their service. I did find one other company that had a decent product, but like most of all the others, they simply couldn&#8217;t supply me with the cartridges to replenish. So why they were less expensive, what good is it to someone if you cannot get the cartridges and you will end up going to the store and buy a pack of cigarettes and be back to square one.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">To finish up this fairly long post I will simply give you my own reasons and experiences why this is the only company to deal with if you decide you want to quit smoking real cigarettes or if you miss smoking cigarettes and enjoyed them, but do not want to become addicted to smoking the terrible toxic products that real cigarettes give you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>1. The vapor that <span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">Green Smoke</a></span></strong></span><a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain"> </a>gives you is identical to smoking a real cigarette. Except it is simply water vapor and nicotine.</p>
<p>2. You can pick how much nicotine you want from the equivalence of a non filter Lucky/Camel or you can smoke without any nicotine. They have every mg covered. From heavy, regular, light, ultra or none. My first cartridges were regular, I used to smoke lights and the regulars believe me, had more nicotine in them then what I was used to and I could feel the difference.</p>
<p>3. They have your regular smoke tastes, or menthol, if that&#8217;s what you like. I myself enjoy now smoking Vanilla and it smells great too. You can pick a variety of different flavors, from Coffee to Chocolate and on and on.</p>
<p>4<strong>. YOU CAN SMOKE THESE ANYWHERE!!!!! </strong>You get a card that resembles a credit card and yes you can use these in public places as you are no longer using smoke, just water vapor and the light pleasant smell of what flavor you picked. There is no need for matches as these work on an atomizer and a battery. I still get a kick out of using mine and have so many people come up to me and either scold me or are instantly asking me questions. Hell I could sell the crap out of these, if I decided to.</p>
<p>5. They cost less then $2.70 a pack. That&#8217;s right these are cheaper then smoking the real deal. After your initial investment in the kit, all you need after that is replacement cartridges. They come in 5 cartridges per pack and each cartridge is equivalent to a pack of cigarettes (20). I myself have found them to last longer, but that is up to you, towards the end of the cartridges life you will start to taste what I refer to as a burnt taste. It isn&#8217;t pronounced, but you can taste it and the amount of vapor is not as great as a new cartridge. Besides, after using one that length of time, I recommend using a new one anyway for sanitary purposes.</p>
<p>6. This is the best benefit. After using<a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115"> </a><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">Green Smoke</a></strong><strong> </strong></span>for one week I felt the difference in my lungs and my capacity to not &#8220;run out of breath&#8221; as easily. Now after several months, I have no inkling to want to smoke a regular cigarette, I have basically cut way down in smoking, yet I still enjoy using them when the urge arrives. I am even thinking to place my next order with no nicotine in them at all, as I really just enjoy the fact of being able to smoke and not feel guilty, spending a lot of money and being addicted to them any longer. If I quit tomorrow, it would not bother me at all. My lings have thanked me and I have even started running again, because I can and I do not have the urge to over eat , as some of us do when we quit.</p>
<p>7. Lastly if you smoke cigarettes or have a loved one who does. You can give no better gift then a<a href="www.greensmoke.com/ahardrain"> </a><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">Green Smoke</a><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115  "> </a></strong></span>starter kit. If you click on Banner above or to the side you will receive the largest percent off they allow. That&#8217;s right you get 10% off by clicking on banner above. Consider it my present to you. For those of you who have already bought from this site, you can also use the link to buy your next batch of cartridges or batteries. Or just copy and paste <strong>http://greensmoke.com/13115.html </strong>to get your discount!!</p>
<p>I will give you one last heads up. I found I needed two batteries, as one did not keep up with my habit at the beginning. It is also good to have an extra battery to continue to charge while you use the other one. You don;t have to get two batteries, it is what I wish I did when I placed my first order.</p>
<p>If you would like the links to the other electronic cigarette manufacturers I will be happy to provide those links to you also. But believe me, I wasted an extra $400 on all the others and wish I just started with <span style="color: #008000;"><strong><a href="www.greensmoke.com/disc10-13115">Green Smoke</a></strong></span> at the beginning and saved my money. They ship free, they are never without supply, they make them there and the quality of product and the amount of vapor are truly the best, by a long shot.</p>
<p>This discount is for US customers only I have other discount codes for all of those from other countries just give me a shout or use the contact us tab.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a reprint from Arianna Huffington from the Huffington Post It&#8217;s a terrible calamity that those in charge never should have allowed to happened, it&#8217;s doing incalculable damage that will last for generations, and even as the destruction continues to spread, the government seems powerless to stop it. No, I&#8217;m not talking about BP [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-8694" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/07/11/the-unemployment-benefits-stalemate-our-broken-politics-on-full-display/unemployed-unemployment-checks/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8694" title="unemployed-unemployment-checks" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/unemployed-unemployment-checks.jpg" alt="unemployed-unemployment-checks" width="450" height="286" /></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>This is a reprint from </strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/#blogger_bio"><strong>Arianna Huffington</strong></a><strong> from the</strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/the-unemployment-benefits_b_643717.html"><strong> Huffington Post</strong></a></p>
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<p>It&#8217;s a terrible calamity that those in charge never should have allowed to happened, it&#8217;s doing incalculable damage that will last for generations, and even as the destruction continues to spread, the government seems powerless to stop it.</p>
<p>No, I&#8217;m not talking about BP and the Gulf. I&#8217;m talking about President Obama, the millions of unemployed Americans, and the gulf between what needs to be done to deal with the jobs crisis and what is actually being done. It speaks volumes about our country and our deeply dysfunctional political system that not only have we been unable to bring the unemployment rate down, we can&#8217;t even pass a bill extending unemployment benefits.</p>
<p>As the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/unemployment-extension-st_n_640742.html" target="_hplink">Huffington Post&#8217;s Arthur Delaney points out</a>, by the end of this week, Congress&#8217; failure to act will bring the total number of long-term unemployed prematurely cut off from aid to 2.5 million. According to the <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm" target="_hplink">Bureau of Labor Statistics&#8217; June 2010 numbers</a>, the unemployment rate is currently 9.5 percent. Almost half of those out of work have been looking for a job for over six months. What&#8217;s more, the only reason the unemployment rate went down .2 percent in June is because over 650,000 people had become so discouraged they left the workforce altogether and are no longer being counted. Also not being counted are the underemployed &#8212; those hoping for full-time work who&#8217;ve had to settle for part-time jobs. When you factor them in, you have <a href="http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/job_creation_at_a_glacial_pace/" target="_hplink">nearly 26 million people</a>who are unemployed or underemployed. And, over the next few months, upwards of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/business/12census.html?_r=2&amp;pagewanted=all?src=tptw" target="_hplink">700,000 Census workers will be looking for a job</a>, their services not required for another ten years.</p>
<p>And yet our system seems incapable of doing the obviously right thing. Yes, some of the hold-up in extending unemployment benefits has to do with the intricacies regarding the replacement of the late Senator Robert Byrd. But the fact that something so necessary to the well-being of the country has to come down to arcane Senate procedures is a gigantic warning sign of how seriously out of whack our nation&#8217;s priorities have become.</p>
<p>The White House has the ultimate PR weapon &#8212; the president&#8217;s bully pulpit. But he seems unwilling to use it on this issue. Why isn&#8217;t his administration doing everything possible to make it impossible for Congress <em>not</em> to pass the extension? If you&#8217;d told the members of Obama&#8217;s team during their first week in office that, come the summer of 2010, unemployment benefits, which were routinely extended under President Bush, would be <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/09/unemployment-extension-st_n_640742.html" target="_hplink">allowed to expire</a> for over 40 days and counting, they &#8212; to borrow a phrase from Richard Clarke &#8212; would have been running around with their <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4619346/" target="_hplink">hair on fire</a>. And rightly so. Yet does anybody see that kind of urgency coming out of the White House? Not just about extending unemployment benefits, but about creating jobs.</p>
<p>Instead, the administration keeps reminding us how much worse things were before it took office. &#8220;Understand,&#8221; <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38180166/ns/meet_the_press-transcripts" target="_hplink">Robert Gibbs said</a>Sunday on <em>Meet the Press</em>, &#8220;the last six months of 2008, we saw an economy that shed three million jobs. The first six months of 2010, the economy has created 600,000 private sector jobs&#8230;We think if you take a look backwards and look forwards, there&#8217;s no doubt that we&#8217;re on the right path.&#8221; We may be on the right path, but we&#8217;re traveling down it at a snail&#8217;s pace when we should be putting the pedal to the metal.</p>
<p>Maybe one of the reasons the administration is so reluctant to take on the ludicrous Republican economic arguments currently holding the country hostage is that it has adopted so many of them itself. Which is why we get nonsense like this, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/08/huffpost-hill---july-8th_n_640088.html" target="_hplink">from Tim Geithner</a>last week: &#8220;This president understands deeply that governments don&#8217;t create jobs, businesses create jobs.&#8221;</p>
<p>Has the Treasury Secretary never heard of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority? If so, why is he cynically mouthing GOP claptrap?</p>
<p>The two main Republican arguments against extending benefits &#8212; that they will add to the deficit, and that they make people less likely to look for work &#8212; are easily shot down.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/republicans-the-party-of_b_636052.html" target="_hplink">Dean Baker makes quick work</a> of the deficit argument:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The latest extension of unemployment benefits would have added $22 billion to the debt by the end of 2011. This means that the debt would be $9,807,000,000 instead of $9,785,000,000 at the end of fiscal 2011, an increase of the debt to GDP ratio from 65.3 percent to 65.4 percent.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>As for the claim that unemployment insurance keeps people from seeking a job, <a href="http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&amp;ContentRecord_id=7f326726-3ba2-4056-ae0d-a566c06adfbd" target="_hplink">a report by Congress&#8217; Joint Economic Committee</a> found it to be less than credible:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The best evidence suggests that during this current economic downturn both the unemployment rate and duration of unemployment were minimally impacted by unemployment insurance benefits and the extensions of benefits. To the extent that the unemployment rate even rises, UI may be providing an enormous social benefit by preventing people not from taking jobs, but from dropping out of the labor force altogether (and often permanently), relying instead on more costly programs like disability benefits.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The report also notes that the average weekly benefit comes in at 25 percent below the poverty level for a family of four. So are we to believe that millions of people are not looking for jobs so they can maintain the cushy lifestyles enjoyed by those living well below the poverty rate? Shouldn&#8217;t the president and his team be banging home the ridiculousness of these claims &#8212; and the hardheartedness of those who make them?</p>
<p>Since the jobs crisis is clearly the most pressing domestic problem facing the country right now, it&#8217;s hard to figure out what&#8217;s worse: the fact that our system seems unable to do anything about high unemployment, or the growing acceptance that this is just the way things are in America today.</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Mac &#8230; and I&#8217;ve Got a Dirty Secret</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conflict minerals what are they and what does it mean to you as a consumer. Very enlightening and disturbing.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Conflict minerals what are they and what does it mean to you as a consumer. Very enlightening and disturbing. </strong></p>
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		<title>What The Hay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 05:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are reposting this post in an effort with many other bloggers who want to call out attention the travesty in the gulf.  Special mention to Mama at Recycled Frockery, who has been spearheading this movement. PLEASE not only stop by her great blog, but add comments or call people to have them join in, [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>We are reposting this post in an effort with many other bloggers who want to call out attention the travesty in the gulf.  Special mention to Mama at <a href="http://recycledfrockery.com/">Recycled Frockery</a>, who has been spearheading this movement. PLEASE not only stop by her great blog, but add comments or call people to have them join in,  to what is the worst oil spill of our time and with no end in sight!!!</strong></p>
<address><span style="color: #888888;">picture from book Oil Spill by Melvin Berger, illustrated by Paul Mirocha, ©1994.</span></address>
<p style="text-align: left;">Came across these two good ole boys who just might have a good idea here. Seems they have an an answer to all the oil that has been leaking into the gulf for some time now.</p>
<p>Their idea is to just add hay. Yup hay or straw shot out into the ocean and let it sit for a small amount of time and whamo, the oil is gone. It seems the oil attaches itself t the hay and simply scooping up the hay and as you will see, do one of many things with it.</p>
<p>Hay, it&#8217;s easy, it&#8217;s plentiful, it&#8217;s cheap and it&#8217;s a damn good idea.</p>
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		<title>The 5 Most Interesting Autos To Hit The 2010 Streets.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our top five vehicles to hit the road this coming year are sporting a very strong trend amongst most others cars we could have picked. The top three cars and to us the most drool worthy are all hybrids.  Although out top choice has yet to actually hit mass production, we still included it, with fingers crossed that after three [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Our top five vehicles to hit the road this coming year are sporting a very strong trend amongst most others cars we could have picked. The top three cars and to us the most drool worthy are all hybrids.  Although out top choice has yet to actually hit mass production, we still included it, with fingers crossed that after three years of hype,  it will finally hit the US streets. That car being, the Fisker Karma. A car I think every man that stops by here at MOB would LOVE to own our top pick, hell we would love any of these babies.</p>
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<p>5. <strong>Skoda Fabia RS: </strong>The Czech brand of VW has decided to integrate some of that racing DNA (at least appearance-wise) into a Fabia RS. A green roof and alloys aping those used on the S2000 racer are the Fabia RS’s showcase elements, along with a brutal lower front lip, smoked glass all around, darkened chrome work, a rear spoiler, and side skirts.</p>
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<p>4. <strong>Cadillac CTS Sport Sedan:</strong> The 2010 CTS is, in some eyes, the most distinctive of all the vehicles in this group. Sharply folded edges, a chunky stance, and lots of chrome details give the sedan a stubby, sporting look. The huge Cadillac wreath-and-crest logo in front isn&#8217;t subtle, but then, not much about the CTS.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-7489" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/05/09/the-5-most-interesting-autos-to-hit-the-2010-streets/ferrari/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7489" title="ferrari" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ferrari.jpg" alt="ferrari" width="576" height="352" /></a></p>
<p>3. <strong>Ferrari 599 GTB Hybrid:</strong> The hybrid that would dominate Ferrari’s line-up of vehicles, or there would be no Ferrari cars at all. The fact that hybridization is the only possible answer to meet the new emission standards set both in the U.S. and Europe. Any failure to adhere to the set of rules would force Ferrari to pay hefty fines or even worse, stop manufacturing cars all together.</p>
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<p>2. <strong>Porsche 918 Spyder:</strong> Another hybrid. It&#8217;s a two-seater with a 500-plus-horsepower V8, based on the RS Spyder racing car&#8217;s engine, teamed with electric motors that make an overall 218 hp and a lithium-ion battery. The hybrid has a seven-speed PDK double-clutch gearbox.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>1 .Fisker Karma</strong>:  By the end of this year or early next, the first real live models of the Fisker Karma, a sexy, luxury, $88,000-a-pop hybrid sports sedan, should begin to show up on U.S. roads. is a plug-in series hybrid using electric power to turn the wheels. The 22 kilowatt-hour lithium ion battery pack, to be provided by A123 Systems, promises 50 miles of electric range. A 2.2-liter GM Ecotec four will power a generator that keeps enough current flowing to add 250 more miles.</p>
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		<title>As Seen on TV &#8211; a tribute to doing it wrong</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great tribute to all the gadgets that we get to view late night on our tubes.  The simple phrase &#8220;As Seen On TV&#8221; is forever in our vocabulary. From Sham Wow to Ron Popiel.  Enjoy the compilation of some or our favorite, time saving devices with the Beatles chiming in the background for our listening [...]]]></description>
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<p>Great tribute to all the gadgets that we get to view late night on our tubes.  The simple phrase &#8220;As Seen On TV&#8221; is forever in our vocabulary. From Sham Wow to Ron Popiel.  Enjoy the compilation of some or our favorite, time saving devices with the Beatles chiming in the background for our listening pleasure.</p>
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		<title>Great Gift Ideas for the Mother-in-law on Mother&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿ Peter Petrie Egg Separator It&#8217;s an egg separator, and yes the egg whites do drip out of this little man&#8217;s nose, and yes this is REAL, not a joke. I&#8217;m completely serious, you can actually buy this egg separator at a REAL online store by clicking on this link http://www.stupid.com/fun/EGSP.html. I&#8217;m not really sure [...]]]></description>
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<strong> Peter Petrie Egg Separator</strong></p>
<p>It&#8217;s an egg separator, and yes the egg whites do drip out of this little man&#8217;s nose, and yes this is REAL, not a joke.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m completely serious, you can actually buy this egg separator at a REAL online store by clicking on this link <a href="http://www.stupid.com/fun/EGSP.htm">http://www.stupid.com/fun/EGSP.htm</a>l.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not really sure what they were thinking when they designed this thing, but I can say that this is definitely going on my list of must have presents that I send out to my relatives before my birthday. I&#8217;m sure your mother-in-law is dying to have one as well.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>A Bottle of Charles Shaw</strong></p>
<p>There&#8217;s no one in the world who doesn&#8217;t love a little two buck chuck. This is practically axiomatic. This mother&#8217;s day, your mother-in-law will fall in love once again with the great wine country of Napa Valley California (or she&#8217;ll just look at you awkwardly and you&#8217;ll start overhearing her making compliments about what a nice boy your wife&#8217;s old boyfriend was).</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>A Cactus</strong></p>
<p>I know that cacti have become intensely fashionable as gifts in the last couple of years. I know that people DO give cacti as gifts to people that they care about. I understand, and you don&#8217;t need to explain this to me. So don&#8217;t leave comments calling me an intolerant beast because I rip on cacti.</p>
<p>But having said this, I must also say that cacti are FAR FAR too semiologically loaded to serve as mother’s day gifts for your dear old mother. Really. Don&#8217;t play around with this one. Your poor old mother deserves better.</p>
<p>On the other hand, a cactus might just be the best way to show your mother-IN-LAW that you care. Why not?</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Blue Pill Wonder</strong></p>
<p>Viagra.  Yes I know, what is she supposed to do with this is what you’re thinking.  Well slipping it in her hubby’s drink would work.  The umm…benefits, would certainly get her off your back if it was lack of lovin’ that was causing her crabbiness.  If not, she could always conduct her own Erectile DysFlower Experiment.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-7225" href="http://man-over-board.com/?attachment_id=7225"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7225" title="butt" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/butt1.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="210"/></a><a rel="attachment wp-att-7226" href="http://man-over-board.com/?attachment_id=7226"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7226" title="face" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/face1.jpg" alt="" width="210" height="210"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Butt/Face Soap</strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s go into the pros and cons of giving your mother-in-law butt/face soap for mother&#8217;s day. (In case it&#8217;s not self-explanatory, one side of the soap is for your face and the other is for your rear end. This way you don&#8217;t have to touch both&#8230; &#8230;you get the idea.)</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Pros:</strong></span></p>
<p>Your mother-in-law will never wash her face and her rear end with the same side of the soap, EVER AGAIN. I&#8217;m counting on this being enough to convince you that this gift brings a whole heaping spoon full of genuine use-value for which your mother-in-law will be forever grateful.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Cons:</span></strong></p>
<p>Your mother-in-law may never speak to you again. (If appropriate, you may move this one over to the “pros” list.)</p>
<p>Your mother-in-law may be offended by the word “butt” itself.</p>
<p>Your mother-in-law may not get the joke. (Please don&#8217;t explain it to her. This will only make things worse.)</p>
<p>Your mother-in-law may not appreciate this subtle intimation that there is a major difference in cleanliness between one side of her and the other. Proceed with caution. <a href="http://www.stupid.com/fun/EGSP.htm">http://www.stupid.com/fun/BFSP.html</a></p>
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		<title>Top Ten Insured Body Parts Of Famous People</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is day 5 of rain and gloom here in New York . I just got back from my insurance agent and as I was driving I thought about what to post today on the MOB blog. While nothing jumped out at me, not that it rarely does, I was thinking day dreaming of what [...]]]></description>
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<p>Today is day 5 of rain and gloom here in New York . I just got back from my insurance agent and as I was driving I thought about what to post today on the MOB blog. While nothing jumped out at me, not that it rarely does, I was <del datetime="2010-04-01T00:20:36+00:00">thinking</del> day dreaming of what might be of some interest maybe even some fun.</p>
<p>That is when I thought of this list of what people insure. In particular what do people insure on their own person, you know legs, hands etc. I guess you can insure almost anything, as long as the mathematical statistics fall in favor of the insurance companies, they will more than likely insure anything.</p>
<p>How I arrived at my top ten list, is I went back into the archives.  As I knew that the old Hollywood studio moguls used to insure their actors and actresses body parts in case they were in the middle of filming a movie and their main character got injured, thus delaying or worst cancelling filming the movie. So with that in mind I converted what each policy would be worth in today&#8217;s monies.</p>
<p>As you can see I have a picture of Gene Simmons of KISS as the lead in picture for celebrity insurance, because to me that is one iconic tongue and surely had to be insured. But alas I not only could not find it in the top 25, I couldn&#8217;t find it at all. So Gene if you&#8217;re reading this and indeed insured your wagging pleasure appendage, I will be happy to update the list. I will need verification though.</p>
<p>So without further adieu and lots of research I came up with the list top ten insured body parts of celebs:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-7017" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/america-ferrera-moon-3118-2/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7017" title="america-ferrera-moon-3118-2" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/america-ferrera-moon-3118-2.jpg" alt="america-ferrera" width="315" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>10: America Ferrera, Actress: $10 Million Dollar Smile</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7018" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/ken-dodd/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7018" title="ken-dodd" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/ken-dodd.jpg" alt="ken-dodd" width="393" height="519" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>9: Ken Dodd, Comedian:  $10.6 Million Teeth ($6.2M in 1989)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7019" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/betty-grable/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7019" title="betty-grable" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/betty-grable.jpg" alt="betty-grable" width="241" height="519" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>8: Betty Grable $14.8 Million Legs ($1.2M in 1940s)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7020" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/rod_stewart/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7020" title="rod_stewart" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rod_stewart.jpg" alt="rod_stewart" width="335" height="504" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>7: Rod Stewart, Singer:  $15.5 Million Voice ($6M in 1940s)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7021" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/angelamount/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7021" title="angelamount" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/angelamount.jpg" alt="angela mount" width="310" height="466" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>6: Angela Mount, Wine Taster: Taste Buds $16 Million</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7022" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/bruce-springsteen/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7022" title="bruce-springsteen" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bruce-springsteen.jpg" alt="bruce-springsteen" width="308" height="480" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>5: &#8220;The Boss&#8221; Bruce Springsteen, Voice: $31.2 Million ($5.7M in 1980s)</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7023" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/michael-flatley/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7023" title="Michael-Flatley" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Michael-Flatley.jpg" alt="Michael-Flatley" width="272" height="538" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>4: Michael Flately, Lord Of The Dance, Feet: $40 Million</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7024" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/david-beckham/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7024" title="david-beckham" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/david-beckham.jpg" alt="david-beckham" width="325" height="490" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>3: David Beckham, &#8220;Mr Spice&#8221;, Legs:  $70 Million</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7025" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/jennifer-lopez/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7025" title="jennifer-lopez" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/jennifer-lopez.jpg" alt="jennifer-lopez" width="300" height="494" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>2: Jennifer Lopez, Singer/Actress, Booty: $300 Million</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a rel="attachment wp-att-7026" href="http://man-over-board.com/2010/03/31/top-ten-insured-body-parts-of-famous-people/mariah-carey/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7026" title="mariah-carey" src="http://man-over-board.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mariah-carey.jpg" alt="mariah-carey" width="330" height="500" /></a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1: Mariah Carey, Singer.Actress, </strong><del datetime="2010-03-31T22:13:06+00:00"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Voice, </strong></span></del><strong> Legs: $1 Billion </strong></p>
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