<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Backwomb &#187; Politics</title>
	<atom:link href="http://backwomb.com/category/politics/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://backwomb.com</link>
	<description>Back Room Disputations Resulting in Truthful Gestations</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:00:10 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Ants, Grasshoppers, the Election Parable</title>
		<link>http://backwomb.com/2008/01/18/ants-grasshoppers-the-election-parable/</link>
		<comments>http://backwomb.com/2008/01/18/ants-grasshoppers-the-election-parable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>5cents</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jokes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backwomb.com/2008/01/18/ants-grasshoppers-the-election-parable/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the US firmly entrenched in the political process ahead of their general elections, it&#8217;s easy to get swept up in all the hyperbole and propaganda. The Clinton-Obama Race Wars, the McCain-Romney Bore Wars and so on. What we have noticed, however, is that a lot of people are simply fed up with the Bush [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backwomb.com/2008/01/18/ants-grasshoppers-the-election-parable/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Defining Blackability</title>
		<link>http://backwomb.com/2007/10/06/defining-blackability/</link>
		<comments>http://backwomb.com/2007/10/06/defining-blackability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>woland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backwomb.com/2007/10/06/defining-blackability/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: Please welcome our newest author, Woland, to the BackWomb. A refreshingly opinionated thinker and budding writer, Woland can also lay claim to some stellar taste in music.  A fitting start, then, as he opines about the state of race relations &#38; &#8220;blackness&#8221; in his first article.
So I am driving through my city [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backwomb.com/2007/10/06/defining-blackability/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Sydney Contagion of Fear</title>
		<link>http://backwomb.com/2007/09/05/the-sydney-contagion-of-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://backwomb.com/2007/09/05/the-sydney-contagion-of-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>5cents</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backwomb.com/2007/09/05/the-sydney-contagion-of-fear/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a further confirmation that the so-called allies in the “War Against Terror” are a manipulative and simultaneously mindless bunch of fear mongers, the BBC reports that the local authority of Australia&#8217;s largest city, Sydney, has urged residents to pack an emergency “Go-Bag” for use after a terror attack, natural calamity or general bitch slap [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backwomb.com/2007/09/05/the-sydney-contagion-of-fear/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Right or Left to Bear Arms</title>
		<link>http://backwomb.com/2007/06/05/the-right-or-left-to-bear-arms/</link>
		<comments>http://backwomb.com/2007/06/05/the-right-or-left-to-bear-arms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>5cents</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backwomb.com/2007/06/05/the-right-or-left-to-bear-arms/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Propounded by the founding fathers of the United States of America and then later codified into the Bill of Rights, the right to bear arms has become a touchy subject as of late.  The latest event to stimulate this debate were the Virginia Tech shootings.  Since I personally know people on both sides [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backwomb.com/2007/06/05/the-right-or-left-to-bear-arms/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Issues of Duress</title>
		<link>http://backwomb.com/2007/03/18/issues-of-duress/</link>
		<comments>http://backwomb.com/2007/03/18/issues-of-duress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>5cents</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War/Conflict]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backwomb.diligentfolk.com/2007/03/18/issues-of-duress/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a little behind the curve here since this is almost old news now but a couple days ago, the BBC website (as well as CNN, Fox News and the others) was plastered with news that Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind to the 9/11 attacks, had confessed to his crimes.  I was a little [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backwomb.com/2007/03/18/issues-of-duress/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Know Thy Enemy or Know Thy Enema</title>
		<link>http://backwomb.com/2007/01/11/know-thy-enemy-or-know-thy-enema/</link>
		<comments>http://backwomb.com/2007/01/11/know-thy-enemy-or-know-thy-enema/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>5cents</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War/Conflict]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backwomb.diligentfolk.com/2007/01/11/know-thy-enemy-or-know-thy-enema/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One has to wonder who exactly plans wars these days.  It used to be master tacticians, legendary strategists, brilliant field marshals and the like that were tasked with the tricky but dirty business of going to war.  These days, any tool with the right political connections and sufficient standing in Congress can rustle [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backwomb.com/2007/01/11/know-thy-enemy-or-know-thy-enema/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Saddam. So Damn, A Tyrant Wasted</title>
		<link>http://backwomb.com/2007/01/04/saddam-so-damn-a-tyrant-wasted/</link>
		<comments>http://backwomb.com/2007/01/04/saddam-so-damn-a-tyrant-wasted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>5cents</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War/Conflict]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backwomb.diligentfolk.com/2007/01/04/saddam-so-damn-a-tyrant-wasted/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You knew this was coming.  By now you all know that Saddam is with his 40 virgins&#8230; or roasting in hell, whichever.  He was executed by hanging on the 29th of December after an Iraqi court sentenced him to death for the killing of 148 Shias in the town of Dujail in 1982. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backwomb.com/2007/01/04/saddam-so-damn-a-tyrant-wasted/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Politics As Usual</title>
		<link>http://backwomb.com/2006/11/09/politics-as-usual/</link>
		<comments>http://backwomb.com/2006/11/09/politics-as-usual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>5cents</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://backwomb.diligentfolk.com/2006/11/09/politics-as-usual/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since it&#8217;s all over the news, I&#8217;ll take one more step into beating this news story to death. The Democratic party in the US has taken the House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years. Yes, that&#8217;s how bad the Democrats suck. The race for control over the Senate is tied at 50 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://backwomb.com/2006/11/09/politics-as-usual/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
