<?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>Politablog &#187; America</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.politablog.com/tag/america/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.politablog.com</link>
	<description>Political Blog, Analysis, Current Events, Commentary, Forums, Video, Philosophy, and Pictures</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:35:44 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>What do Americans want?</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/question-of-the-week/what-do-americans-want/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/question-of-the-week/what-do-americans-want/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Question of the Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=3950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the mid-term elections are behind us, for the most part. Excluding a few recounts (I&#8217;m looking at you Minnesota). What is confusing to me about these elections is that people voted for both parties. In Minnesota, the Republican Party took the State Senate and State House for the first time in a very long [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/question-of-the-week/what-do-americans-want/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gulf Oil Burn Begins as Leak Creeps Toward Louisiana Coast</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-video/gulf-oil-burn-begins-as-leak-creeps-toward-louisiana-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-video/gulf-oil-burn-begins-as-leak-creeps-toward-louisiana-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=3422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crews in the Gulf of Mexico began to burn parts of an oil slick from last week&#8217;s rig explosion that is now threatening the coastline. Judy Woodruff talks to two experts about the challenges of stopping the leak and getting rid of the oil spill.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-video/gulf-oil-burn-begins-as-leak-creeps-toward-louisiana-coast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pawlenty asked: “Why do you hate the poor?”</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/pawlenty-asked-why-do-you-hate-the-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/pawlenty-asked-why-do-you-hate-the-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=3080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This was too good to pass up, I read this and just thought I had to share. The Governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, has a radio show and apparently things got a little out of control. Most of this backlash is due to Pawlenty&#8217;s attempts to block funding for education, unemployment benefits and a number [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/pawlenty-asked-why-do-you-hate-the-poor/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Creature called Healthcare reform</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/creature-called-healthcare-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/creature-called-healthcare-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=3061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been about a week since my last posting, thank you all for you patience. There has been quite a lot going on in the world and in politics. Of course there is the earthquake in Chile that we are all paying close attention too. We also have the Health care bill resurgence that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/creature-called-healthcare-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Breaking News: Senate Passes Health Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-video/breaking-news-senate-passes-health-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-video/breaking-news-senate-passes-health-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=2292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/featured/featured-video/breaking-news-senate-passes-health-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>‘T-Pa’, GOP Answer Man</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/t-pa-gop-answer-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/t-pa-gop-answer-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Pawlenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;T-Pa&#8221; as President? You better believe it! The one-man veto machine (commonly referred to as Governor Pawlenty) might be taking his show on the road. He has recently announced his intentions to not run for a third term as Governor of Minnesota. This means that he has something else up his sleeve because it would [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/t-pa-gop-answer-man/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Where Has My Education Done Gone?</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/education-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/education-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota has often been known as a leader in many facets of the public sector. We provide top-notch healthcare (used to) and have historically ranked among the top States in many education statistics. This would be great if the United States had an education system that was comparable to other industrialized countries. According to  Organisation [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/education-gone/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Great Compromise</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/the-great-compromise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/the-great-compromise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=1958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of health care reform. The constant realignment of positions, back and forth on legislation and overall amateurish atmosphere of this process has been absurd. But, somehow, our Democratic legislators have managed to keep the possibility of reform alive by compromising on almost every issue they claimed [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/the-great-compromise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Money Bomb Toward Freedom!</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/money-bomb-toward-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/money-bomb-toward-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Texas Rep. Ron Paul is known as being a staunch Republican-Libertarian hybrid that has incredible disdain towards the federal government. He has also produced a few sons, one of which has decided to run for the Senate in Kentucky. Rand Paul is an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) and founder of Kentucky Taxpayers United, an anti-taxation organization. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/money-bomb-toward-freedom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cheney still a big fan of torture</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/cheney-still-fan-of-torture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/cheney-still-fan-of-torture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dick Cheney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Eric Holder has recently launched an investigation into the CIA’s use of water-boarding and other methods of torturing people. In a very surprising and daring move the GOP’s conduit of complaining, Dick Cheney, is taking offense to this. What a shocker. “Chris,( to the host Chris Wallace) my sort of overwhelming view is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/cheney-still-fan-of-torture/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Can’t Trust the Government</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/cant-trust-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/cant-trust-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People should always retain a watchful eye on the government. We have good reason to distrust them; we have been lied to, cheated and deliberately led into false wars. Vietnam, Iraq and Spain/Cuba come to mind. The Bush administration wire-tapped US citizens, tortured people all over the world and lied to the American public to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/cant-trust-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Universal Health Care:  Part I</title>
		<link>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/universal-health-care-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/universal-health-care-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brooks Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.politablog.com/?p=635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The idea of universal health care in the United States has remained the figurative 800 pound gorilla in the room.  In the our history there has never been a time that needs universal health care legislation more than we do currently.  Our country needs it and we need it now! Today we are faced with [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.politablog.com/david-brooks/universal-health-care-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

