<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="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" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323916716922455694</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2024 21:38:55 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>family life</category><category>politics</category><category>Barack Obama</category><category>Colin Powell</category><category>McCain</category><category>Obama</category><category>current events</category><category>humor</category><category>political opinion</category><category>raccoons</category><category>trash</category><title>Mom&#39;s Soap Box</title><description>Perimenopausal mom rants of family life, parenting, current events, politics, health and beauty, entertainment, marriage and anything else that may irritate me.</description><link>http://mom-soap-box.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323916716922455694.post-4026164190699788617</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-20T07:03:24.146-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Barack Obama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Colin Powell</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">political opinion</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Obama Gets Thumbs Up From Colin Powell</title><atom:summary type="text">  Yesterday Colin Powell announced his endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for president. What a great gift to receive from the junior senator. Colin Powell is a very much admired military and political figure in the United States. Although I respect Colin Powell&#39;s choice of endorsement, I do have a feeling there could be more to this than meets the eye.The reason I say this is due to Colin </atom:summary><link>http://mom-soap-box.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-gets-thumbs-up-from-colin-powell.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VeL8Z4FcCWM3XqwHHxr6aAiPxrQZWASd6mqpS5n31kuzbCp2p5l8afM9eJrCN8El99WLPItET-8kFEhSNYtwau6RID8d5VCqKWNYNuMQl82yi53si4ZuNS9666U_knj9iMYh5iHKZys/s72-c/news_26981Obamasoapbox.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323916716922455694.post-1340278027511918834</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-26T19:01:43.692-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">current events</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">humor</category><title>I Am All Over the News!!!</title><atom:summary type="text">I am all over the news and you can be too. This is a nifty little thing one of my friends just happened to freak me out with when I went into my mailbox. Pass it on.</atom:summary><link>http://mom-soap-box.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-am-all-over-news.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323916716922455694.post-2406816406831810729</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-26T10:20:16.697-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">McCain</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Obama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">politics</category><title>Obama Makes Me Go Hmmm . . .</title><atom:summary type="text">Obama makes me go hmmm . . . and this is not in a good way. It is not to say I don&#39;t like him; I do. The fact of the matter is that I just don&#39;t believe that now should be his time. There is no doubt he is a great speaker and he has great visions, but those visions are very broad and I do not think the issue of consequence has been appropriately examined by many.He is a very clever guy by </atom:summary><link>http://mom-soap-box.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-makes-me-go-hmmm.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323916716922455694.post-3067101282884512317</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-22T10:33:29.367-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family life</category><title>Cat Got Your Mouse</title><atom:summary type="text">Cats are a girl&#39;s best friend; I think so anyway. Here is an awesome tale an Aussie friend of mine shared with me when his cat caught his mouse.moar funny picturesScus Pls.......Please don&#39;t get offended...But I had to tell you about an experience I had with my little kitten. We&#39;ve all had trouble with our animals, but I don&#39;t think anyone can to this one:Calling in sick to work makes me </atom:summary><link>http://mom-soap-box.blogspot.com/2008/07/cat-got-your-mouse.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8323916716922455694.post-5051989984351231518</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-22T08:26:54.109-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">raccoons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">trash</category><title>Raccoons in Your Trash</title><atom:summary type="text">Nothing could be finer than waking in the morning, getting ready for the day and then walking out your door to find the trash you placed in the bin the day before scattered all over your porch, steps, and yard. 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