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If you got a group of sincere...</description></item><item><title>Occupy Wall Street</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/09/occupy-wall-street.html</link><category>OccupyWallSt</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:25:36 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-2666828981452595070</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-30T12:25:36.005-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com 

See also Official Website of General Assembly at #OccupyWallStreet



See here for FAQ</description></item><item><title>Why I’m No Longer a Christian</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/09/why-im-no-longer-christian.html</link><category>philosophy of religion</category><category>religion</category><category>Christianity</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:58:52 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-3825933080353907856</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-10-01T01:58:52.968-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><description>Introduction

During my sophomore year of college, I had what can best be described as a radical conversion to Christianity.&amp;nbsp; Up until that point in my life, my religious beliefs had largely...</description></item><item><title>Context, Context, Context: Understanding the Recent Escalation of Violence in Gaza</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/04/context-context-context-understanding.html</link><category>Gaza</category><category>Israel-Palestine conflict</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:54:47 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-8935413883316780866</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-13T14:54:47.329-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>On April 7, Hamas militants fired an anti-tank missile at a school bus near the Gaza-Israeli border, critically wounding the bus’s only passenger, a sixteen-year-old boy (CNN).&amp;nbsp; Hamas has...</description></item><item><title>The Goldstone Retraction: Additional Comments</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/04/goldstone-retraction-additional.html</link><category>Gaza</category><category>Richard Goldstone</category><category>Israel-Palestine conflict</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 10:41:08 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-974500790327671861</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-07T13:41:08.570-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>(Updated Below) 

Three items today.

(1) Yesterday Richard Goldstone told the Associated Press that he did not intend to ask the UN to rescind the Goldstone Report.&amp;nbsp; Although Goldstone...</description></item><item><title>Why the UN Should Not Rescind the Goldstone Report</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-un-should-not-rescind-goldstone.html</link><category>Operation Cast Lead</category><category>Gaza Strip</category><category>Richard Goldstone</category><category>Israel-Palestine conflict</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:56:12 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-726290389013914895</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-05T20:56:12.998-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>From the Associated Press:

Israel is launching an international campaign to push the United Nations to rescind a scathing report on Israeli war conduct in Gaza two years ago, after the report's...</description></item><item><title>Much Ado About Nothing: Richard Goldstone's Supposed Retraction</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/04/responding-to-richard-goldstone.html</link><category>Operation Cast Lead</category><category>Gaza</category><category>Richard Goldstone</category><category>Israel-Palestine conflict</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:54:43 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-1282642013709443777</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-04T13:54:43.041-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>Writing in the Washington Post, Richard Goldstone claims that, had the Goldstone Commission known in 2009 what it knows now, its report would have “probably” been different.&amp;nbsp; Specifically, he...</description></item><item><title>Don't Stop Boycottin'</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/03/dont-stop-boycottin.html</link><category>Israel-Palestine conflict</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:19:18 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-5880440044656215612</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-04-09T01:19:18.274-04:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/myt23xhMEMk/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>(Updated Below)



Resorting to violence isn't the answer.  Neither is letting our hearts fill with despair and hatred.  

If we want to help Palestinians, then we need to follow the lead of the New...</description></item><item><title>Daily Show: America's Freedom Packages</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/03/daily-show-americas-freedom-packages.html</link><category>Sudan</category><category>Bahrain</category><category>Libya</category><category>Egypt</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:32:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-318736374461439377</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-03-25T13:32:06.225-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>The Daily Show - America's Freedom Packages

Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor &amp;amp; Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook</description></item><item><title>Instead of Bombing Libya…</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/03/instead-of-bombing-libya.html</link><category>Bahrain</category><category>military industrial complex</category><category>corporatism</category><category>Libya</category><category>Saudi Arabia</category><category>Yemen</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:20:59 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-2476768011119386932</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-03-24T15:20:59.591-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis offer a better way to fight tyranny overseas:

If protecting civilians from evil dictators was the goal...—as opposed to, say, safeguarding natural resources and the...</description></item><item><title>Our Dictator in Bahrain</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/03/our-dictator-in-bahrain.html</link><category>Bahrain</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:25:20 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-9182047722125382790</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-03-20T03:25:20.593-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>President Obama claims that the US has gone to war against Libya for humanitarian reasons: 

I want the American people to know that the use of force is not our first choice and it’s not a choice...</description></item><item><title>Japan's Quake Could Have Irradiated the Entire US</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/03/japans-quake-could-have-irradiated.html</link><category>nuclear power plants</category><category>Japan earthquak</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:49:22 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-6555211809604951105</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-03-14T01:49:22.656-04:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>Harvey Wasserman writes (h/t David Swanson): 

Had the massive 8.9 Richter-scale earthquake that has just savaged Japan hit off the California coast, it could have ripped apart at least four coastal...</description></item><item><title>Four Things You Need to Know About Rep. Peter King’s Anti-Muslim Witch Hunt</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/03/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-rep.html</link><category>Peter King</category><category>Terrorism</category><category>Islamophobia</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:43:14 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-2069027119197074868</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-03-09T23:43:14.649-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>1) The Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism Has Been Greatly Exaggerated.&amp;nbsp; 

According to the FBI, Muslim-Americans were responsible for just 6% of all domestic terrorist attacks from 1980 to...</description></item><item><title>Bradley Manning Now "Catatonic"</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/03/bradley-manning-now-catatonic.html</link><category>torture</category><category>Bradley Manning</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:26:23 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-1745379530658044385</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-03-08T00:26:23.115-05:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/6mQF2YdqK78/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>From Glenn Greenwald, March 5:

To follow-up on yesterday's observations about the prolonged forced nudity to which&amp;nbsp;Bradley&amp;nbsp;Manning has been subjected the last two days:&amp;nbsp; brig...</description></item><item><title>Of the Corporations, By the Corporations, For the Corporations</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/03/of-corporations-by-corporations-for.html</link><category>corporatism</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:31:44 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-2034122387343854001</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-03-01T19:31:44.210-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>This pretty much describes modern-day America.&amp;nbsp; We are a democracy in name only.&amp;nbsp; Although we the people have the right to vote in free elections every other year, our “representatives”...</description></item><item><title>Colbert on Wisconsin</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/02/colbert-on-wisconsin_24.html</link><category>Stephen Colbert</category><category>Wisconsin</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:32:07 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-6188635381055802886</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-02-24T02:32:07.039-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>The Colbert Report

Tags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor &amp;amp; Satire Blog,Video Archive</description></item><item><title>Meanwhile in Gaza…</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/02/meanwhile-in-gaza.html</link><category>Gaza</category><category>Israeli blockade</category><category>Israel-Palestine conflict</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:52:42 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-3464329842175404548</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-02-23T19:52:42.635-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>You might remember that last June, Israel, after coming under international condemnation for murdering nine humanitarian aid workers aboard the Mavi Mamara, promised that it would ease its blockade...</description></item><item><title>Bill O’Reilly Fact Check: The Wisconsin Protests</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/02/bill-oreilly-fact-check-wisconsin.html</link><category>Bill O'Reilly</category><category>Wisconsin</category><category>labor unions</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:34:34 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-6597685726623165891</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-02-22T01:34:34.985-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>Saith Falafel Boy: &amp;nbsp;

Times columnist Paul Krugman, a far left zealot, says that Wisconsin state workers make less than those doing corresponding jobs in the private sector…That seems to be...</description></item><item><title>The Great Tea Party Sell Out: The Truth About the House Republican Budget</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/02/great-tea-party-sell-out-truth-about.html</link><category>federal budget</category><category>US Empire</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:49:26 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-8513182076838166060</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-02-22T01:49:26.331-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>(Updated Below)

What the House Republican budget would do:&amp;nbsp;



Cut about $60 billion in spending from last year’s levels in many domestic programs, including education, environmental protection...</description></item><item><title>Blogroll Invitation</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/02/blogroll-invitation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:07:14 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-7775348002890561165</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-02-19T12:07:14.614-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>Please let me know if you’d like to add your blog to my blogroll.&amp;nbsp; Simply ask and it shall be done.



Two caveats.

One, you must, in turn put, Peace, etc. on your blogroll.&amp;nbsp;...</description></item><item><title>More Lies About the Muslim Brotherhood</title><link>http://donemmerich.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-anti-muslim-lies-and-hysteria.html</link><category>Chuck Colson</category><category>Muslim Brotherhood</category><category>Egypt</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (peace, etc.)</author><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:20:30 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8481691873649624060.post-5731843964421089040</guid><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-02-15T13:20:30.923-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>(Updated Below)



Adding to the anti-Muslim Brotherhood frenzy that’s currently consuming much of the American right, Evangelical leader Chuck Colson writes:



The sad truth is that while Mubarak...</description></item></channel></rss>

