<?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:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959939636736792069</id><updated>2024-10-24T15:01:08.856-04:00</updated><category term="Jon Stewart"/><category term="Sarah Palin"/><category term="Shelby"/><category term="Wall Street"/><category term="bailout"/><category term="earmarks"/><category term="energy"/><category term="fundraising"/><category term="miltary"/><category term="nuclear energy"/><category term="tea party"/><category term="vermont"/><title type='text'>Vermont Common Sense Party</title><subtitle type='html'>The Vermont Common Sense Party is an outlet to openly discuss politics from an independent view. The two party political system as it now exists defies common sense. It&#39;s time to bring a third party to the table....The Common Sense Party!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14932768005279766344</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959939636736792069.post-972276497110571157</id><published>2012-02-10T01:28:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-10T01:28:56.677-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Save the Vermont Pigs!</title><summary type="text">



So in light of the upcoming campaign season and the popularity of the &quot;Save the Vermont Pigs&quot; campaign. I&#39;ve decided the time was right to reboot this blog idea I had come up with. You can expect some interesting political dialog as we wind through the maze of issues leading up to the general election. Stay tuned and don&#39;t forget to &quot;like&quot; us on Facebook and sign the petition we&#39;ll be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/feeds/972276497110571157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2012/02/save-vermont-pigs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/972276497110571157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/972276497110571157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2012/02/save-vermont-pigs.html' title='Save the Vermont Pigs!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14932768005279766344</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsYiIwD_5WxxmyUYFTEMinfgxUIE0iXszThNtby0dmpE5h0Flp2AZK_pGFr80COJrinmivXKEKClBUi0il9q8kHDq10gn7XyYRycJlC1J4VHeNCkEfim7LBIS7V4YbK1EVQBVb1en4fs/s72-c/tea+party+for+children.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959939636736792069.post-4458295974108175354</id><published>2010-06-20T13:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T13:04:29.366-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="energy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Jon Stewart"/><title type='text'>Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice, Fool Me Eight Times?</title><summary type="text">Jon Stewart lambastes the American political system regarding our dependence on foreign oil. He shows us eight administrations that have promised to reduce or completely remove our dependence. Yet somehow. they&#39;ve all failed to deliver. As usual, Stewart is hilarious, but the whole piece gives you a real clear picture of the influence of big oil on American politics. He points out all the &quot;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/feeds/4458295974108175354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/06/fool-me-once-fool-me-twice-fool-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/4458295974108175354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/4458295974108175354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/06/fool-me-once-fool-me-twice-fool-me.html' title='Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice, Fool Me Eight Times?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14932768005279766344</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959939636736792069.post-2150703448519664815</id><published>2010-03-14T15:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T15:09:47.862-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dan Sheridan - Big Money - Aspen, CO</title><summary type="text">Anyone who has lived in a resort town can relate to this song. Dan Sheridan got fired from his gig at the Aspen Ski Co. lodge when an executive heard him perform the song after a fan had requested he play it. What a wanker!http://thevileplutocrat.com/bile/articles/big_money_gets_folk_singer_fired/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/feeds/2150703448519664815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/03/dan-sheridan-big-money-aspen-co.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/2150703448519664815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/2150703448519664815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/03/dan-sheridan-big-money-aspen-co.html' title='Dan Sheridan - Big Money - Aspen, CO'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14932768005279766344</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959939636736792069.post-56334193510272603</id><published>2010-02-25T01:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-25T01:28:58.353-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nuclear energy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="vermont"/><title type='text'>Vermont Senate Votes to Close Nuclear Plant</title><summary type="text">
&quot;MONTPELIER, Vt. — In an unusual state foray into nuclear regulation, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 Wednesday to block operation of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant after 2012, citing radioactive leaks, misstatements in testimony by plant officials and other problems.


Unless the chamber reverses itself, it will be the first time in more than 20 years that the public or its representatives </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/feeds/56334193510272603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/02/vermont-senate-votes-to-close-nuclear.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/56334193510272603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/56334193510272603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/02/vermont-senate-votes-to-close-nuclear.html' title='Vermont Senate Votes to Close Nuclear Plant'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14932768005279766344</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959939636736792069.post-8809825597949678505</id><published>2010-02-08T09:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T09:53:55.020-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="bailout"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fundraising"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wall Street"/><title type='text'>Wall Street Playing the Victim</title><summary type="text">WASHINGTON — If the Democratic Party has a stronghold on Wall Street, it is JPMorgan Chase. Its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, is a friend of President Obama’s from Chicago, a frequent White House guest and a big Democratic donor. Its vice chairman, William M. Daley, a former Clinton administration cabinet official and Obama transition adviser, comes from Chicago’s Democratic dynasty.
But this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/feeds/8809825597949678505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/02/wall-street-playing-victim.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/8809825597949678505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/8809825597949678505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/02/wall-street-playing-victim.html' title='Wall Street Playing the Victim'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14932768005279766344</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959939636736792069.post-7740799166973662140</id><published>2010-02-07T13:06:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T00:13:52.345-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sarah Palin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="tea party"/><title type='text'>Sarah Palin Addresses Tea Party Convention</title><summary type="text">
&quot;This is about the people ... and it&#39;s a lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter,&quot; she said, a reference to Obama&#39;s use of teleprompters which conservative critics frequently chide him for.
Referring to mounting debt and government programs, Palin said: &quot;What they are doing ... They&#39;re sticking our kids with the bill. And that&#39;s immoral. That&#39;s generational theft.&quot;.....
You can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/feeds/7740799166973662140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/02/sarah-palin-addresses-tea-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/7740799166973662140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/7740799166973662140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/02/sarah-palin-addresses-tea-party.html' title='Sarah Palin Addresses Tea Party Convention'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14932768005279766344</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ez3Soay4AYovbqfxGFjkj49Ik2z9BZGQwwd-XcZVL-YvK6bNSJ1AqKSgneP8gEH7SfMXBwb5T4lr5cUG4BWe-dhJZYlsx-3KpUeno7dsVsR-hklN77I2oyVCVaEd-ysVZ8tDGxXW2og/s72-c/sarah_palin_bikini-sm.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1959939636736792069.post-786177439687262685</id><published>2010-02-06T18:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-06T18:52:53.577-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="earmarks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="miltary"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shelby"/><title type='text'>Shelby Holds Up Nominations for Earmarks</title><summary type="text">Richard Shelby (R-AL) has put an extraordinary &quot;blanket hold&quot; on at least 70 nominations President Obama has sent to the Senate, according to multiple reports this evening. The hold means no nominations can move forward unless Senate Democrats can secure a 60-member cloture vote to break it, or until Shelby lifts the hold. Shelby has been tight-lipped about the holds, offering only an unnamed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/feeds/786177439687262685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/02/shelby-holds-up-nominations-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/786177439687262685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1959939636736792069/posts/default/786177439687262685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://vtcommonsenseparty.blogspot.com/2010/02/shelby-holds-up-nominations-for.html' title='Shelby Holds Up Nominations for Earmarks'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14932768005279766344</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>