<?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/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>A Political Affair</title>
	<atom:link href="http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:52:32 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='politicalaffair.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>A Political Affair</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="A Political Affair" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Not sure what to make of this&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/not-sure-what-to-make-of-this/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/not-sure-what-to-make-of-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gaza strip]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Israeli commandos board a humanitarian-aid ship destined for Gaza and somehow nine-plus people are killed. Israel is calling it self defense, which is quoted directly from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The thing I find odd about Netanyahu&#8217;s claim to self defense is how quick it was delivered. I was watching him on a live interview with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=236&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Israeli commandos board a humanitarian-aid ship destined for Gaza and somehow nine-plus people are killed. Israel is calling it self defense, which is quoted directly from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>
<p>The thing I find odd about Netanyahu&#8217;s claim to self defense is how quick it was delivered. I was watching him on a live interview with Peter Mansbridge on CBC, and within only a couple of hours of the event taking place, Netanyahu issued a statement claiming self defense. Definitely must have been a thorough investigation.</p>
<p>The UN is now requesting a full-out investigation on the matter, but I&#8217;m sure nothing will come out of it, as nothing ever seems to when Israel is involved with something. It&#8217;s always someone else&#8217;s fault, and everyone always seems to have a bleeding heart for all things Israel. I&#8217;m not going to sit here and say Hamas is a great organization to be running the strip, or anything for that matter, but I can&#8217;t pretend that Israel does a lot of things quite unprovoked, merely in its own self interest. I honestly can&#8217;t remember the last time I saw Israel do something for anything or anyone other than itself, including provoking Hamas into a so-called war. Yes, Hamas is bad, but is Israel any better?</p>
<p>On the other hand, the Palestinians should recognize that, hey, Israel isn&#8217;t going anywhere. So let&#8217;s all get along for just a day.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/236/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=236&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/not-sure-what-to-make-of-this/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Will it ever end for Toyota?</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/will-it-ever-end-for-toyota/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/will-it-ever-end-for-toyota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Car Manufacturers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The hits just keep on coming.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=233&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The <a title="hits" href="http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/04/16/toyota-sienna-recall.html">hits</a> just keep on coming.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/233/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=233&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/will-it-ever-end-for-toyota/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>I&#8217;m sure Guergis deserved it</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/im-sure-guergis-deserved-it/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/im-sure-guergis-deserved-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the noise about Helena Guergis being kicked out of the Conservative caucus, one must ask who is telling the truth. I mean, there are quite a few things being tossed around, and apparently Ms. Guergis has never been told any of them and is clueless to what she is accused of. Think back. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=228&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With all the noise about Helena Guergis being kicked out of the Conservative caucus, one must ask who is telling the truth. <a href="http://politicalaffair.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/tp-guergis-cp-8326793.jpg"></a>I mean, there are quite a few things being tossed around, and apparently Ms. Guergis has never been told any of them and is clueless to what she is accused of.</p>
<p><a href="http://politicalaffair.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/tp-guergis-cp-83267931.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-231" title="Helena Guergis" src="http://politicalaffair.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/tp-guergis-cp-83267931.jpg?w=614" alt=""   /></a>Think back. Think of the last four years of Stephen Harper at the helm, and how many of his party members/ministers have been accused of doing something wrong. Has he kicked any of them out? No, he gave them the benefit of the doubt and kept them on.</p>
<p>So what about Ms. Guergis? Her husband tries to make a business out of selling Conservative support, she gets a $1-million home with no down payment, and now a conflict of interest accusation. The list goes on.</p>
<p>If she is so innocent, as she claims to be, then she would have the benefit of the doubt that Mr. Harper gave to all of his other MPs. Well, she sure was kicked out of caucus and landed in an independent seat pretty quick, so I&#8217;m going to lean toward not so innocent.</p>
<p>After all, who throws a hissy fit in an airport? That&#8217;s just plain embarassing, even for toddlers.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/228/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=228&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/im-sure-guergis-deserved-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://politicalaffair.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/tp-guergis-cp-83267931.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Helena Guergis</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Is Iran trustworthy?</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/is-iran-trustworthy/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/is-iran-trustworthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t decided if Iran is trustworthy or not. This may be just a ploy to get sanctions removed.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=226&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t decided if Iran is trustworthy or not. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8523340.stm">This</a> may be just a ploy to get sanctions removed.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/226/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=226&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/is-iran-trustworthy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Family Guy hits home</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/family-guy-hits-home/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/family-guy-hits-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As politically incorrect as it is, Family Guy&#8217;s reference to Sarah Palin achieved exactly what it meant to do: piss her off. And, making it even funnier, she took the bait. Hook, line and sinker. I am an avid fan of Family Guy, and love how it pushes the envelope of satire and political correctness. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=223&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As politically incorrect as it is, <a title="Family Guy's" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8519570.stm">Family Guy&#8217;s</a> reference to Sarah Palin achieved exactly what it meant to do: piss her off. And, making it even funnier, she took the bait. Hook, line and sinker.</p>
<p>I am an avid fan of Family Guy, and love how it pushes the envelope of satire and political correctness. In my view, Seth McFarlane is a genius. He wanted a reaction out of the ever-annoying Sarah Palin, and boy did he get it. But, speaking to her true intelligence, she didn&#8217;t even figure out the reference to her. She took the reference at face value, that Family Guy was poking at Down Syndrome, which I know without a doubt Seth wouldn&#8217;t openly make fun of without a point behind it.  It wasn&#8217;t a poke at her disabled child, but a poke at her herself. Seth is openly critical of her and the Fox network, which funnily enough is the network that hosts his show.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m waiting for Fox to side with Palin and cancel Family Guy (again). I imagine it will happen, because Seth is not holding back on his bashing of the network or their recently acquired idiotic, stone age commentator. I can&#8217;t believe people listen or even pay the slightest attention to either of these ridiculous things. Yes, I said things.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/223/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=223&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/family-guy-hits-home/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Downtown Eastside</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/the-downtown-eastside/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/the-downtown-eastside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/the-downtown-eastside/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now the whole world gets to see.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=222&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now the <a title="whole world" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8505061.stm">whole world </a>gets to see.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/222/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=222&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/10/the-downtown-eastside/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>What are they afraid of?</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/what-are-they-afraid-of/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/what-are-they-afraid-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do U.S. Army officials think will happen  if they change the present law requiring homosexuals to be dismissed from the army? Apparently gay people won&#8217;t be able to work alongside straight men and women because there would be too many &#8216;distractions,&#8217; which is what John McCain thinks. I mean, how archaic is this guy? He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=220&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What do U.S. Army officials <a title="think will happen" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8494369.stm">think will happen </a> if they change the present law requiring homosexuals to be dismissed from the army? Apparently gay people won&#8217;t be able to work alongside straight men and women because there would be too many &#8216;distractions,&#8217; which is what John McCain thinks. I mean, how archaic is this guy? He seems to think that the law, although not perfect, is effective. Effective at doing what exactly?</p>
<p>Over 19,000 men and women have been dismissed since the anti-gay law was passed in 1993. As Admiral Mike Mullen puts it:  &#8220;No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.&#8221;</p>
<p>Astonishing. The whole situation regarding homosexuals in the United States is appalling. This whole Christian thing against homosexuals really needs to stop. If God hated hmosexuals so much, he wouldn&#8217;t have made them that way. For those that think it&#8217;s a choice, give your head a shake.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/220/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=220&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/what-are-they-afraid-of/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Focusing airport security on the wrong areas</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/focusing-airport-security-on-the-wrong-areas/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/focusing-airport-security-on-the-wrong-areas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I find it strange that we keep beefing up physical airport security when things like this happen. We have so much front-of-house security (and little security for employees, oddly), but we can&#8217;t get the intellence part down? The most important part of air security is failing. Various organizations track and watch various individuals, but don&#8217;t communicate, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=217&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find it strange that we keep beefing up physical airport security when things like <a title="this" href="http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/01/07/obama-report-bomb-attempt.html">this</a> happen. We have so much front-of-house security (and little security for employees, oddly), but we can&#8217;t get the intellence part down? The most important part of air security is failing. Various organizations track and watch various individuals, but don&#8217;t communicate, and they end up on a plane with a bomb, the very place that the intelligence organizations were banning them from being.</p>
<p>Case-in-point, stop slowing down and hassling travellers with body scans and banning books (yes, books) as carry-on items and focus where it matters: intel and inter-organization communication. If he&#8217;s  watched for being  a threat, then check him out before you let him on a plane. You don&#8217;t need to check everybody&#8217;s inner organs to figure that out.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/217/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=217&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/focusing-airport-security-on-the-wrong-areas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blackwater killings dismissed</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/blackwater-killings-dismissed/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/blackwater-killings-dismissed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One guard pleads guilty for killing at least one Iraqi,  but five plead not guilty to manslaughter and get away with it. The judge decided that the U.S. Justice Department used evidence that prosecutors were not supposed to have.  By the sounds of it, they were indeed guilty, but because evidence was used that they weren&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=215&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="One guard" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8436780.stm">One guard </a>pleads guilty for killing at least one Iraqi,  but five plead not guilty to manslaughter and get away with it. The judge decided that the U.S. Justice Department used evidence that prosecutors were not supposed to have.  By the sounds of it, they were indeed guilty, but because evidence was used that they weren&#8217;t technically supposed to have, the killers of 17 Iraqi civilians get to walk away.</p>
<p>One man pleaded guilty. Enough said.</p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/215/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=215&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/blackwater-killings-dismissed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Interesting air travel stats</title>
		<link>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/interesting-air-travel-stats/</link>
		<comments>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/interesting-air-travel-stats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexander Hermann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/?p=210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=210&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://politicalaffair.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/500x_odds-of-airborne-terror21.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-213" title="500x_odds-of-airborne-terror2" src="http://politicalaffair.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/500x_odds-of-airborne-terror21.jpg?w=614" alt=""   /></a></p>
<br />  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/" /></a> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/politicalaffair.wordpress.com/210/" /></a> <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=politicalaffair.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5215488&amp;post=210&amp;subd=politicalaffair&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://politicalaffair.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/interesting-air-travel-stats/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Alex Hermann</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://politicalaffair.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/500x_odds-of-airborne-terror21.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">500x_odds-of-airborne-terror2</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
