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“In a society based on free discussion, the appropriate recourse is for me to seek to persuade them that their tastes are bad and that they should change their views and their behavior, not to use coercive power to enforce my tastes and my attitudes on others.”
-Milton Friedman</description><title>Barack O's Modern Life</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @barackosmodernlife)</generator><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Oh, General Motors</title><description> (Image via Reuters)
Reuters reports:”General Motors Co said on Tuesday it is increasing...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/165932972</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/165932972</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:24:26 -0400</pubDate><category>Cash for Clunkers</category><category>GM</category><category>circus</category><category>General Motors</category><category>car</category><category>carmaker</category><category>60000</category><category>60000 more vehicles</category></item><item><title>"The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country’s health-care..."</title><description>“The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country’s...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/165010172</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/165010172</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:29:53 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"More than 150 publicly traded U.S. lenders own nonperforming loans that equal 5 percent or more of..."</title><description>“More than 150 publicly traded U.S. lenders own nonperforming loans that equal 5 percent or...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/162867962</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/162867962</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:48:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Health Care in Numbers</title><description>Before I provide this vital information let me be clear - I understand that Obama’s plan does...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/161448788</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/161448788</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:07:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Obama</category><category>Health Care</category><category>U.S. population</category><category>Canada</category><category>Great Britain</category><category>economy</category></item><item><title>Image via Drudgereport</title><description>&lt;img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/5nFNNkSQkr0e7om942ZBRFCro1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Image via &lt;a href="http://drudgereport.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Drudgereport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/160605269</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/160605269</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:29:55 -0400</pubDate><category>Obama</category><category>Approval</category><category>rating</category><category>approval rating</category></item><item><title>Again, no class.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jifjRVLVjzA&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jifjRVLVjzA&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Again, no class.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/158646426</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/158646426</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:31:19 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>What Exactly Has Obama Been Doing?</title><description>We appear to be dealing with the biggest argument against Barack Obama - lack of experience. We are...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/157998292</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/157998292</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:00:26 -0400</pubDate><category>Obama</category><category>cap and trade</category><category>czars</category><category>economy</category><category>health care</category><category>leadership</category></item><item><title>Quick Question</title><description>I mean I try to watch Olbermann for as long as I possibly can. It’s kind of like a test to see...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/157607133</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/157607133</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:59:46 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Maximizing Your Money</title><description>What is a billion dollars? Trillion+ dollar deficits, $787 billion package, gigantic omnibus…...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/155766742</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/155766742</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:49:53 -0400</pubDate><category>Money</category><category>Health Care</category><category>Cap and Trade</category><category>pork</category><category>democrat government</category><category>tax</category></item><item><title>"President Barack Obama’s treasury secretary said Sunday he cannot rule out higher taxes to..."</title><description>“President Barack Obama’s treasury secretary said Sunday he cannot rule out higher taxes...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/155042819</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/155042819</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:26:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Facing the first real rough patch of his presidency, President Obama and his supporters are once..."</title><description>“Facing the first real rough patch of his presidency, President Obama and his supporters are...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/151701036</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/151701036</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:40:43 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>B.O. = Body Odor</title><description>Is it just me or do you want to poke your eyes out every time Barack Obama speaks. I am a little...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/147709180</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/147709180</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:12:45 -0400</pubDate><category>Universal health care</category><category>health care</category><category>Obama</category><category>Thomas Sowell</category><category>economics</category></item><item><title>"The US Government has spent more than $79 billion of taxpayers’ money since 1989 on policies related..."</title><description>“The US Government has spent more than $79 billion of taxpayers’ money since 1989 on policies...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/147643497</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/147643497</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:14:14 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Hot dogs may be as American as baseball and apple pie, but an anti-meat advocacy group says..."</title><description>“Hot dogs may be as American as baseball and apple pie, but an anti-meat advocacy group says...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/146926178</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/146926178</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:55:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"President Obama’s “science czar,” Paul Holdren, once floated the idea of forced..."</title><description>“President Obama’s “science czar,” Paul Holdren, once floated the idea of...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/146291371</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/146291371</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:33:17 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will..."</title><description>“Under current law, the federal budget is on an unsustainable path, because federal debt will...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/143585112</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/143585112</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:50:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>They cut out the part where Obama says, “Oh crap oh...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="312"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/external/player.swf" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="FlashVars" value="config_settings_showUpdatedInFooter=true&amp;playlist=http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/emp/8140000/8149300/8149320.xml&amp;config=http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/config/default.xml?1.3.114_2.11.7978_8433_20090514110202&amp;config_settings_language=default&amp;config_settings_showFooter=true&amp;config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType=eav6&amp;config_settings_showPopoutButton=false&amp;config_settings_showPopoutCta=false" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/external/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="312" flashvars="config_settings_showUpdatedInFooter=true&amp;playlist=http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/emp/8140000/8149300/8149320.xml&amp;config=http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/config/default.xml?1.3.114_2.11.7978_8433_20090514110202&amp;config_settings_language=default&amp;config_settings_showFooter=true&amp;config_plugin_fmtjLiveStats_pageType=eav6&amp;config_settings_showPopoutButton=false&amp;config_settings_showPopoutCta=false"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;They cut out the part where Obama says, “Oh crap oh crap… uhhhh kjhahdgiuhqluheouhaf”. Well played BBC, well played.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/141545824</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/141545824</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:03:53 -0400</pubDate><category>Obama</category><category>teleprompter breaks</category><category>teleprompter</category><category>BBC</category></item><item><title>10 Reasons You Are a Rich, Racist, Idiot</title><description>
You do not understand that in order to fix a budget you must first quadruple it
You deny the fact...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/140899134</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/140899134</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:41:00 -0400</pubDate><category>10 reasons</category><category>rich</category><category>racist</category><category>idiot</category><category>liberal</category><category>global warming</category></item><item><title>This is just funny</title><description>&lt;img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/5nFNNkSQkpqp6x4o50b7Jw0Fo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is just funny&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/139131301</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/139131301</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:59:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"When the president travels out of country, his secretary of state customarily follows. 

Not so with..."</title><description>“When the president travels out of country, his secretary of state customarily follows. 

Not...</description><link>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/138534215</link><guid>http://barackosmodernlife.tumblr.com/post/138534215</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:40:14 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
