<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Politics @ sanity.blog-city.com</title><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Politics) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 sanity.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:50:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Politics @ sanity.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Oil Speculators: A Handy Scapegoat for an Irresponsible Congress</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/oil_speculators_a_handy_scapegoat_for_an_irresponsible_cong.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/oil_speculators_a_handy_scapegoat_for_an_irresponsible_cong.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=oil%5Fspeculators%5Fa%5Fhandy%5Fscapegoat%5Ffor%5Fan%5Firresponsible%5Fcong</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s an article I strongly recommend: &quot;Why Oil Speculators Are Your Friend&quot; by Steve Maich in Macleans, June 25, 2008. It discusses the stabilizing impact that investment in oil futures has, and explains why Congress is misguided in b]]></description><category>energy</category><category>oil</category><category>speculators</category><category>investing</category></item><item><title>Investment Risks in Ghana: Avoid Newmont Mines (Instead, Consider Kinross or Agnico-Eagle)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/investment_risks_in_ghana_avoid_newmont_mines_instead_con.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/investment_risks_in_ghana_avoid_newmont_mines_instead_con.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 13:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=investment%5Frisks%5Fin%5Fghana%5Favoid%5Fnewmont%5Fmines%5Finstead%5Fcon</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Location is everything for those who invest in mining companies. If a company is operating in a Marxist state that might seize your assets or add punitive taxes on a whim, it&#39;s best to not invest. Venezuela just wiped out the value of several min]]></description></item><item><title>Scaling Up for More War: US Government Prepares for the Draft</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/scaling_up_for_more_war_us_government_prepares_for_the_draft.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/scaling_up_for_more_war_us_government_prepares_for_the_draft.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scaling%5Fup%5Ffor%5Fmore%5Fwar%5Fus%5Fgovernment%5Fprepares%5Ffor%5Fthe%5Fdraft</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The US Government is taking steps to prepare for bringing back the draft, according to a December 21 article from the Associated Press . I see this as a terribly disturbing sign, indicating that the Administration is intent on scaling up our military]]></description></item><item><title>Controversial Change in Leadership at the John Birch Society</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/controversial_change_in_leadership_at_the_john_birch_society.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/controversial_change_in_leadership_at_the_john_birch_society.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=controversial%5Fchange%5Fin%5Fleadership%5Fat%5Fthe%5Fjohn%5Fbirch%5Fsociety</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[An interesting new Web site, DonFoth.com, provides insights into the recent controversy surrounding leadership of the conservative organization, the John Birch Society. It is located in my town of Appleton, Wisconsin, where I personally know and resp]]></description></item><item><title>The Iraq Americans Are Dying Ror: Another Brutal Government?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/torture.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/torture.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=torture</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We'd all like to think that Iraq is about to become a shining light of freedom and peace, made possible by the valiant efforts of our troops. I praise our brave and valiant troops, but there is a tragic reality about what they have been asked to figh]]></description></item><item><title>How Many Children&apos;s Books Atones for a Murder?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/how_many_childrens_books_atones_for_a_murder.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/how_many_childrens_books_atones_for_a_murder.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fmany%5Fchildrens%5Fbooks%5Fatones%5Ffor%5Fa%5Fmurder</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[NPR and other media outlets and Hollywood celebs are mourning over the execution of Tookie Williams, constantly reminding us that he was a great guy, a hero to children, because he wrote children's books. Sure, he never apologized for murders he was]]></description></item><item><title>Why Is Alaskan Oil Still Off Limits?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/why_is_alaskan_oil_still_off_limits.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/why_is_alaskan_oil_still_off_limits.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=why%5Fis%5Falaskan%5Foil%5Fstill%5Foff%5Flimits</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Given the high cost of energy and our insane dependence on oil from nations that hate us, it seems imperative that we better develop our own resources to become more independent. But radicals continue to oppose every proposal to advance our nation's]]></description></item><item><title>Martial Law Is the Answer - But What Is the Question?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/martial_law_is_the_answer__but_what_is_the_question.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/martial_law_is_the_answer__but_what_is_the_question.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=martial%5Flaw%5Fis%5Fthe%5Fanswer%5F%5Fbut%5Fwhat%5Fis%5Fthe%5Fquestion</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Bush Administration has actually called for martial law in the event of an avian flu outbreak in the U.S. No thank, you, Mr. President - this is an issue for local government. But it does demonstrate the desire of the Bush Administration to conti]]></description></item><item><title>President Bush Suspends a Law to Give More Jobs in New Orleans to Illegal Immigrants</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/president_bush_suspends_a_law_to_give_more_jobs_in_new_orlea.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/president_bush_suspends_a_law_to_give_more_jobs_in_new_orlea.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=president%5Fbush%5Fsuspends%5Fa%5Flaw%5Fto%5Fgive%5Fmore%5Fjobs%5Fin%5Fnew%5Forlea</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a note for The New American entited &quot;Reconstruction and Reconquista,&quot; William Grigg shows how the President has acted at the expense of American citizens to reward illegal immigrants by giving them jobs in New Orleans:Immediately followi]]></description></item><item><title>Remembering the Korean War -- and the Treason Behind It</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/remembering_the_korean_war__and_the_treason_behind_it.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/remembering_the_korean_war__and_the_treason_behind_it.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=remembering%5Fthe%5Fkorean%5Fwar%5F%5Fand%5Fthe%5Ftreason%5Fbehind%5Fit</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The treason that caused Americans to die for nothing in fighting the no-win Korean War was still at play in Vietnam and undoubtedly in our day. Read the account of my father in Korea, and also the testimony of LtCol "Bud" Farrell, USAF, ret]]></description></item><item><title>New Orleans: An Environmentalist Disaster</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/new_orleans_an_environmentalist_disaster.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/new_orleans_an_environmentalist_disaster.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Forleans%5Fan%5Fenvironmentalist%5Fdisaster</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[David Schoenbrod's recent piece in the Wall Street Journal, &quot;The Lawsuit That Sank New Orleans&quot; (Sept. 26, 2005) reminds us of the high and even disastrous cost of radical environmentalism. He points out that the U.S. had long ago authorize]]></description></item><item><title>Bush&apos;s Accountant to Replace Alan Greenspan?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/bushs_accountant_to_replace_alan_greenspan.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/bushs_accountant_to_replace_alan_greenspan.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 02:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bushs%5Faccountant%5Fto%5Freplace%5Falan%5Fgreenspan</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[White House sources today leaked information indicating that Jerry Kleinkopf, the CPA who has served as President Bush's tax accountant for the past 10 years, will be named to replace Alan Greenspan as Chair of the Federeal Reserve Bank when Greenspa]]></description></item><item><title>Bush Family Maid Named Secretary of Interior</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/bush_family_maid_named_secretary_of_interior.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/bush_family_maid_named_secretary_of_interior.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bush%5Ffamily%5Fmaid%5Fnamed%5Fsecretary%5Fof%5Finterior</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Maggie Turner, the housekeeper and maid of the George Bush family for many years, has just been named as the new Secretary of the Interior, replacing former Secretary Gale Norton who, according to White House officials, "just didn't have the kin]]></description></item><item><title>Able Danger: The Government&apos;s Cover Up</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/able_danger_the_governments_cover_up.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/able_danger_the_governments_cover_up.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=able%5Fdanger%5Fthe%5Fgovernments%5Fcover%5Fup</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Americans should be outraged over information coming out on "Able Danger," the program that identified key 9-11 terrorists as threats to America long before 9-11 happened. Those who pointed out the danger were silenced, and now the Pentagon]]></description></item><item><title>Bureaucrats Blocking Progress in New Orleans</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/bureaucrats_blocking_progress_in_new_orleans.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/bureaucrats_blocking_progress_in_new_orleans.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bureaucrats%5Fblocking%5Fprogress%5Fin%5Fnew%5Forleans</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Democratic regime in Louisiana is making it mighty hard for relief efforts to be effective. Here is one story reported at Hannity.com: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005 11:52 p.m. EDT - Newsmax
Gov. Kathleen Blanco's Bureaucrats Blocked Food and Water]]></description></item><item><title>America&apos;s Missing Leadership: We Aren&apos;t Ready for Disaster</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/americas_missing_leadership_we_arent_ready_for_disaster.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/americas_missing_leadership_we_arent_ready_for_disaster.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=americas%5Fmissing%5Fleadership%5Fwe%5Farent%5Fready%5Ffor%5Fdisaster</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The tragedy in New Orleans is overwhelming. It's compounded by the what strikes me as an embarrassing lack of leadership in this country. It was clear some time ago that New Orleans would be hit by a hurricane. It was also clear that there would be a]]></description></item><item><title>No Property Rights? Federal Government Claims Power to Seize Anything?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/no_property_rights_federal_government_claims_power_to_seize_.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/no_property_rights_federal_government_claims_power_to_seize_.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Fproperty%5Frights%5Ffederal%5Fgovernment%5Fclaims%5Fpower%5Fto%5Fseize%5F</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A recent letter from the US Dept. of the Treasury confirmed the Federal Government's belief that it has the legal power to seize almost any asset if there is a national emergency. Amazing. Seems like there is almost nothing left of American liberty a]]></description></item><item><title>America Betrayed: Able Danger</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/america_betrayed_able_danger.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/america_betrayed_able_danger.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2005 03:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=america%5Fbetrayed%5Fable%5Fdanger</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Long before 9/11, Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer tried to tell the FBI about the terrorism threat posed by four of the Al Qaeda agents behind that dreadful attack. He was ignored. A mountain of evidence obtained under a special project, &quot;Able Danger,&quo]]></description></item><item><title>Dept. of Interior Favoritism for Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Businesses?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/lgtb_1.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/lgtb_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 03:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lgtb%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[According to Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, the Dept. of the Interior under the Bush Administration has made an agreement with the National Gay &amp; Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) favoring &quot;lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transg]]></description></item><item><title>More Border Betrayal by the Bush Administration</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://sanity.blog-city.com/borderbetrayal.htm</guid><link>http://sanity.blog-city.com/borderbetrayal.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://sanity.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=borderbetrayal</comments><dc:creator>Jeff Lindsay</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our Government has, in effect, ordered the Border Patrol to let a lot of illegal aliens through for political reasons - a grotesque betrayal of their responsibility.]]></description></item></channel></rss>