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Eve has over 250 new and exciting features that should make life easier for all. The only known problem is that Human 1.0, code named Adam, has a hard time understanding Eve and why she keeps pointing out his shortcomings. <!-- Place this render call where appropriate --> (function() { var po = document.createElement('http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/oGiarkUqjKQ/official-announcement-of-human-20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/oGiarkUqjKQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/official-announcement-of-human-20.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-4349411841737979653Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:50:00 +00002012-01-26T11:51:38.865-06:00MinnesotaURS CorporationPolyMet miningBoundary Waters Canoe AreaBPSt. Louis CountyTony Haywardsulfide miningChip CravaacktourismAdam SmithDeep HorizonWealth of NationsRep. Chip Cravaack, R-MN8, has sent out an email in support of the PolyMet mining project in St. Louis County, Minnesota. The title of the article is "In case you missed it: Environmentally sound mining vital to Minnesota's economy". You can also find it at http://cravaack.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?gpiv=2100082997.10586.164&gen=1. What he does is conflate not very controversial ironhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/BvGW02WwYQM/political-manipulation-begging-question.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/BvGW02WwYQM" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/political-manipulation-begging-question.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-3884828566196254073Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:57:00 +00002012-01-24T12:58:38.769-06:00voter registrationNovember 6 2012RepublicanelectiongovernanceDemocratballotpoliticsdemocracy A friend of my wife posted this on Facebook. I found that it had been posted at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=215620145184675&set=a.125709177509106. It is in the photo album of Re-elect President Obama at http://www.facebook.com/reelectpresidentobama2012. Amazing how much is going on that we stumble on by accident. Occupy Voting Booths as a slogan has been going on since last fall. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/TprdJahA3-o/occupy-voting-booths.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/TprdJahA3-o" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/occupy-voting-booths.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-938491885051625519Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:57:00 +00002012-01-23T20:58:23.086-06:00Britaintaxationpolitical libertygovernanceEnglandAmerican coloniesParliamentRevolutionary WarGeorge III"The pride, the glory of Britain, and the direct end of its constitution is political liberty." - Prince of Wales, soon to be George III (crowned 1760) The Radicalism of the American Revolution, Gordon S. Wood, p 14 Many confuse the liberty sought in 1775 with the liberty to do a long list of things without regard to others. What was sought was the liberty to govern themselves, including http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/iNjVFYy-aVI/quote-of-day-george-iii-and-liberty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/iNjVFYy-aVI" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/quote-of-day-george-iii-and-liberty.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-5893758239531117707Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:59:00 +00002012-01-22T15:03:38.608-06:00SOPAPIPAelectionsWikipediavotingprotestGoogledemocracyPROTECT-IPGoogle, Wikipedia, and others did a great job of mobilizing people to protest SOPA and PIPA. It would be even better if they mobilize people to vote in November. Not support any candidate, but just get people to show up and vote. I sent feedback to Google and Wikimedia about this. I hope you will do the same and encourage your friends to do the same. We have to stop "landslides" of less thanhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/MaWc58QxYi4/protesting-is-great-but-voting-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/MaWc58QxYi4" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/protesting-is-great-but-voting-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-9223229387402631257Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:53:00 +00002012-01-21T16:53:52.160-06:00Hewlett Packardexecutive compensationdental billsSEC filingentitlementsgolden parachutesJerry WangMorningstarYahoofootnoted.comexecutive perksSirona DentalMorningstar has started a new service called footnoted, which reports and analyzes the fine print of many companies' SEC filings. The edition available today includes articles on Jerry Yang leaving Yahoo "to pursue other interests, and not due to any disagreement with the Company", The perks at a dental supply company that explain why your dental work costs so much, The golden parachutes for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/yfQaKfac3fQ/reading-fine-print-so-we-dont-have-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/yfQaKfac3fQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/reading-fine-print-so-we-dont-have-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-5262941113136891945Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:23:00 +00002012-01-21T08:24:16.898-06:00profitcorporationscoffee partyTheodore "Teddy" RooseveltRepublicanspublic goodThe Coffee Party posted the following on Facebook: "We can do nothing of good in the way of regulating and supervising these corporations until we fix clearly in our minds that we are not attacking the corporations, but endeavoring to do away with any evil in them. We are not hostile to them; we are merely determined that they shall be so handled as to subserve the public good. We draw the line http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/bM5U4Z7o-Pk/once-and-probably-not-future.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/bM5U4Z7o-Pk" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/once-and-probably-not-future.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-8240324812460332972Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:13:00 +00002012-01-20T15:14:40.229-06:00George LucasShelter Halfmilitaryracial biasCarol BlyNazistereotypeRed TailsGermansoldiersJoe GomerDas Bootwar movieTuskegee AirmenToday, George Lucas' "Red Tails" is opening. It is a film about the Tuskegee Airmen, the black pilots in WWII who were cheered by bomber pilots in Europe and jeered by white citizens in the South. Both the Duluth News Tribune (http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/220474/group/homepage/) and the Star Tribune (http://www.startribune.com/local/137757468.html) have articles on the onlyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/4zlFObvsHuI/some-thoughts-on-tuskegee-airmen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/4zlFObvsHuI" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/some-thoughts-on-tuskegee-airmen.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-3516715030106315764Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:14:00 +00002012-01-20T12:15:42.719-06:00externalitieseconomicssellersfree marketsflea marketsbuyerslarge corporationsgovernment regulationfarmers' marketsMany are calling for free markets without any idea of what free markets really are. Free markets are not large corporations unencumbered by government regulation. Flea markets and farmers' markets are better approximations of true free markets. Why is this? A flea market has many buyers and sellers, although some sellers might think there are not enough buyers. Buyers and sellers are free tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/YglnhyX9r_0/flea-markets-are-only-true-free-markets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/YglnhyX9r_0" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/flea-markets-are-only-true-free-markets.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-3972625838063545763Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:10:00 +00002012-01-19T16:10:45.793-06:00Newt GingrichgamblingDana Milbankmoneyprimarieselectionsvotingfree speechSuper-PACsRepublicanspoliticsWinning Our Future PAC, a Super PAC supporter of Newt Gingrich, may win our future free of Super PACs. Sheldon Abelson have given over five million dollars to Winning our Future. As a casino owner, he doesn't seem to place his bets well. So far Newt Gingrich has incurred the wrath of the other candidates for the Republican nomination and received less than 40,000 votes. That's $125 per vote; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/X-mIwI6yalU/why-fight-super-pacs-they-may-do-it-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/X-mIwI6yalU" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-fight-super-pacs-they-may-do-it-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-5468917806223076403Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:02:00 +00002012-01-19T10:03:05.345-06:00serendipityknowledgeNorton JusterThe Phantom TollboothlearningbooksThe New Yorkerschoolchildren's literatureJules Feiffer"Learning isn't a set of things that we know but a world that we enter." – Adam Gopnik, "Broken Kingdom, Fifty Years of 'The Phantom Tollbooth'", The New Yorker, 2011-10-17 "The Phantom Tollbooth" is a children's book written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer. It has sold over four million copies. The article itself was a world that I entered by serendipity. I was cleaning my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/rmsUS1K5ypQ/quote-of-day-learning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/rmsUS1K5ypQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/quote-of-day-learning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-160501646837061228Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:46:00 +00002012-01-18T20:47:25.820-06:00SOPASenateAmy KlobucharAl Frankenintellectual propertyRepublicansHouse of RepresentativestrademarksPROTECT-IPDemocratscopyrightsChip CravaackI sent variants of the following to Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8). Have you read Senate 968 (or the House equivalent ) in its entirety? Do you understand every statement in the bill? You can find an easier-to-read version at http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/text-of-protect-ip-senate-bill-968.html. Are you aware of the ambiguity of the subtitle? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/vyk5JDMoUw0/protect-ip-sopa-and-corporate-interests.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/vyk5JDMoUw0" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/protect-ip-sopa-and-corporate-interests.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-6049267153826018147Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:57:00 +00002012-01-18T20:39:26.246-06:00SOPASenateintellectual propertytrademarksPROTECT-IPcopyrightsDownloaded from http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/t2GPO/http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s968rs/pdf/BILLS-112s968rs.pdf on 2012-01-18 and edited by Melvyn D. Magree. I edited out the struck out sections and the line numbers. Calendar No. 70 112th Congress, 1st Session S. 968 A BILL To prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property, and for other purposes May http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/N7tNa9parBo/text-of-protect-ip-senate-bill-968.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/N7tNa9parBo" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/text-of-protect-ip-senate-bill-968.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-6301139095492281974Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:41:00 +00002012-01-16T20:42:06.965-06:00externalitiesoilopportunity costsKeystone XL pipelineAlbertafree marketOgallala AquiferNebraskatar sandsenergyFederalist Paperspublic goodRep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8), in his "Week in Review & Look Ahead" for January 13, quotes the National Association of Manufacturers that the Keystone XL pipeline project is "estimated to create 20,000 high-paying manufacturing and construction jobs". So, what is a "high-paying" job? My wife cynically says anything above minimum wage. For starters, I'll go with $20/hour. At forty hours per week http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/TwpDLQ5az4Q/facts-figures-and-finagling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/TwpDLQ5az4Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/facts-figures-and-finagling.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-8570087192816828772Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:17:00 +00002012-01-15T16:19:40.537-06:00flimsy reasoningjumping to conclusionshandednessfalse assumptionsright-handedleft-handedOnce in a while when I write something in front of another person, that person will say, "Oh! You're left-handed!" My favorite response is, "You are making a judgment on rather flimsy evidence." I threw a ball or bowled with my right hand. I hammer and saw with my right hand. I tend to put things on a shelf with my right hand. I start small engines with my right hand. I've come to the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/HAr7VHQRNPU/i-am-not-left-handed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/HAr7VHQRNPU" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-am-not-left-handed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-753578661900779186Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:47:00 +00002012-01-14T20:49:21.129-06:00state governmentpolice costscostsbenefitssavingsWisconsintaxeshealth insuranceWisconsin has a cost-cutting commission of some kind in operation. One of the recommendations was that schools could save $177 million by getting cheaper health insurance. But what is the true cost of cheaper health insurance? Do employees pay more for premiums? If so, won't they want higher wages to offset their increased costs? Do employees pay more health care costs out of pocket? If so,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/rNxBr2ESx6o/cost-savings-penny-wise-pound-foolish.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/rNxBr2ESx6o" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/cost-savings-penny-wise-pound-foolish.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-4133951494217171382Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:15:00 +00002012-01-13T17:15:42.455-06:00ALECRepublicanturnoutAmerican Legislative Exchange Councilelectionsvoter fraudvotingDemocratWe have the Republicans loudly claiming voter fraud. Oops, that's ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) claiming voter fraud and its Republican lackeys obeying their contributors. Oops, that's bribers. Nobody has ever proven any wide-spread voter fraud other than a few instances, and mostly ignorance on the part of convicted felons who forgot or were not informed that their voting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/zbu1Si7vBl0/two-misdirected-efforts-concerning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/zbu1Si7vBl0" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/two-misdirected-efforts-concerning.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-7704038831042280294Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:56:00 +00002012-01-12T20:56:56.967-06:00JihadMuslimMikhail GorbachevBeatlesBerlin WallIslamlibertarianIndiaPaul McCartneyAl Qaedaanti-IslamPakistanBollywoodThe January-February issue of Utne Reader has two articles about wildly contrasting ideas about countering radical Islam. The first is "Jihad Against Islam, America's right wing is on a witch hunt, and they're tying Muslims to the stake" by Robert Steinback, from Intelligence Report, a publication of the Southern Poverty Law Center. It is a summary of how a large number of people in the U.S. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/unGqnlnE6ts/contrasting-counters-to-radical-islam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/unGqnlnE6ts" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/contrasting-counters-to-radical-islam.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-2564089536733986543Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:18:00 +00002012-01-10T19:19:29.562-06:00MinnesotaDuluthsplitting maulDenny's Ace Hardwareshopping mallSearshardware storebig box storeA couple of weeks ago I wanted to whack something with our splitting maul. I don't know if it was to dislodge something or to split some wood. I couldn't find it. It wasn't in the wood shed. It wasn't in the tool shed. It wasn't in the cabin. I repeated the search again. It had to be somewhere. Then it dawned on me. It wasn't at the cabin at all. I had split the handle and the head was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/GtgZXfi10D0/there-is-no-maul-at-mall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/GtgZXfi10D0" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/there-is-no-maul-at-mall.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-2370013766581838111Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:03:00 +00002012-01-09T20:04:28.547-06:00prudencebribescareful readingKeystone XL pipelinecritical thinkingcampaign contributionsGeorge WillconversativeslogicBill McKibbenGeorge Will has written about "the central conservative virtue, prudence"; see "What to make of George Will on Newt Gingrich". I thought again about this prudence in reading "Why I'm Giving Up Cynicism for New Year's" by Bill McKibben, Yes! Magazine, 2012-01-06. McKibben wrote about the 234-194 Congressional vote "to force a quicker review of the [Keystone XL] pipeline": "As important as the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/pOnBdcemVDU/conservatives-prudence-and-rest-of-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/pOnBdcemVDU" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/conservatives-prudence-and-rest-of-us.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-4320752204245349327Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:13:00 +00002012-01-06T21:13:38.017-06:00John BoltonGeorge W. BushNancy PelosilawBarack Obamarecess appointmentsRichard CordraypoliticsUnited States ConstitutionChip CravaackRepublicans are complaining that President Obama is abusing his power by appointing Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-MN, complains bitterly in his weekly newsletter: "President Obama’s extraordinary ‘recess appointments’ circumvents the American people and harms the economy.  The appointment of Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/HwTLRPKOsik/politics-pot-calling-kettle-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/HwTLRPKOsik" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-pot-calling-kettle-black.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-1601140696059043037Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:30:00 +00002012-01-05T17:30:51.139-06:00Center for Media and DemocracyALECALECExposedsource watchFlying Spaghetti MonsterAmerican Legislative Exchange CouncilrepublicdemocracyRepublican PartyThe "Flying Spaghetti Monster" is a spoof on mythology. Rather than gravity keeping us all on the ground, the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) uses its zillions of spaghetti-like tentacles to hold everybody to the ground. I'm sorry to tell you that the Flying Spaghetti Monster really exists, and it is using thousands of its tentacles to convince legislators and voters to support its interests. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/tXZw-lIiTAI/i-found-flying-spaghetti-monster-and-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/tXZw-lIiTAI" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-found-flying-spaghetti-monster-and-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-5968396395538076179Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:33:00 +00002012-01-05T16:34:55.109-06:00USFundsAmeritradeeffectivenesspasswordcustomer serviceweb sitesbrowsersSafarisecurity questionAppleefficiencyFirefoxIf I rant about all the screw-ups in corporate America, I should also praise good service when I encounter it. I have a blog in mind on how Apple giveth and Apple taketh away. One of the taketh aways was how PDF files download from websites. I tried downloading my statement from Ameritrade with Safari. I could get a window with the statement, but I could find no way to save it as a file. I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/vbkD5DYJcVo/good-service-still-exists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/vbkD5DYJcVo" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/good-service-still-exists.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-6622972382744657175Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:17:00 +00002012-01-03T15:20:23.856-06:00corporate bureaucracyVanguardcustomer servicerequired minimum distributionmarket economyfree marketRMDFrontier CommunicationsefficiencyWhy do large corporations continue to disprove the myth of the efficiency of the free market? Last week I sent feedback to Frontier.com because their login box was below the visible part of the opening page. I got back the usual long-winded, formulaic message of "glad to help me" and detailed instructions on how to log in. Doesn't customer service read the messages? If I said that I found thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/gfrJ3UTvSFE/corporate-customer-service-efficiency.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/gfrJ3UTvSFE" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/corporate-customer-service-efficiency.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34469465.post-6804311160292262740Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:29:00 +00002012-01-02T19:34:41.783-06:00Party loyaltypetrified opinionUlysses S. GrantMark TwainAbraham LincolnJames GarfieldDwight David EisenhowerRINOconservative principlesDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyMany can make a long list of Republicans who would not be welcome in today's Republican Party. Because these Republicans of another era didn't fall in lockstep with a laundry list of "conservative" positions, they would be called RINOs – Republicans in name only. Among them would be Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower. Here's a surprising Republican who definitely would not be welcome in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~3/7fFs5yFTaK8/many-famous-republicans-would-be-rinos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mel)<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IrregularBlog/~4/7fFs5yFTaK8" height="1" width="1"/>http://magree.blogspot.com/2012/01/many-famous-republicans-would-be-rinos.html