<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553</id><updated>2010-01-06T13:16:54.191-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Old Hippie's Groovy Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Thoughts &amp; Observations, on Sociological, Environmental, And Political Happenings&amp;nbsp; (Best View = 1024x786)&lt;/b&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>917</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-2793151261496641027</id><published>2010-01-06T03:45:00.028-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-06T05:15:52.675-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I Doubt You Care, But. . .</title><summary type='text'>Just Thought You Should Know What You Are Allowing...Because Reality, As you Are Allowing It, Is Destroying my Nation, And Planet.Link To Article Here, (or on the pic.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  &lt;  B e l o w  T h e  F o l d  &gt;  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Not that you'll do anything, other than allow it without punishment - Right?While you are at it, keep allowing. . .Fox “News,” the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-doubt-you-care-but.html' title='I Doubt You Care, But. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/2793151261496641027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=2793151261496641027&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/2793151261496641027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/2793151261496641027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-doubt-you-care-but.html' title='I Doubt You Care, But. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-6289760472204097832</id><published>2010-01-05T00:01:00.026-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T00:46:59.816-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Too Little, Too Late. . .</title><summary type='text'>Articles Covering Stuff We Should Have Done/Stopped Long Ago. . .Because The “Do It Now!” Is Just...  Well...  Maybe...  Way-Way Too Late? US Is Increasing Its Hegemony As The “Global War Gladiator” Under Obama.Afghan Children Handcuffed And Killed By U.S. Soldiers.Senate’s Proposed Health Care Tax Isn’t Aimed At The Rich, It’s Aimed At You.2010 Year Of Biodiversity Tries To Rein In Runaway </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2010/01/too-little-too-late.html' title='Too Little, Too Late. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/6289760472204097832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=6289760472204097832&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/6289760472204097832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/6289760472204097832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2010/01/too-little-too-late.html' title='Too Little, Too Late. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-2835822900375169972</id><published>2010-01-03T05:52:00.028-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-03T06:49:21.348-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wake Up!  (Oops... Too Late.)</title><summary type='text'>Here, Read These, If You Have The Balls, Ovaries, Whatever...Because The price We Are All Paying Is Devastating To Our Lives, Nation, And Planet. FDA’s Corruptions On Drugs &amp; GE Foods Aid Big CorporationsMega Giant Corporations Are Very Bad For America  (well... duh!)Obama’s Royal Scam And The Iron Fist Of Rahm  (Steely Dan!)New Year's Wish: Getting My Country Back  (r-i-g-h-t...)Goodbye to 2009,</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2010/01/wake-up-oops-too-late.html' title='Wake Up!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Oops... Too Late.)&lt;/em&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/2835822900375169972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=2835822900375169972&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/2835822900375169972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/2835822900375169972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2010/01/wake-up-oops-too-late.html' title='Wake Up!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Oops... Too Late.)&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-1228617286909312365</id><published>2010-01-01T02:26:00.016-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T23:56:27.397-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Begins The Decade’s Last Year...</title><summary type='text'>And The Anger Continues To Grow Over What We’ve “Allowed”. . .by The Old Hippie Because What We’ve Allowed, and Are Still Allowing, Will Hurt Us.A federal judge has dropped all the charges against Blackwater's (now Xe) guards, because the prosecutors broke the law, even after being warned not to do so, by senior Justice Department lawyers.  So the corporate “Christian Warriors” get off scot-free </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2010/01/begins-decades-last-year.html' title='Begins The Decade’s Last Year...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/1228617286909312365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=1228617286909312365&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1228617286909312365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1228617286909312365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2010/01/begins-decades-last-year.html' title='Begins The Decade’s Last Year...'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-1071021229717169067</id><published>2009-12-27T22:23:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T22:24:44.389-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Best Article Of The Week...</title><summary type='text'>The Denial, And The Ignoring, Of Our Growing Ignorance Is Stupid.The “Allowing” Has Not Been “Allowed” to be Stopped - I Fear That, More Than Anything.                    Autumn of the Republic?The “best” article of the week.  Well, maybe not the best, more like the most frightening.  But it is at least the most perceptive of what our current reality is within our nation, and what we are all soon</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-article-of-week.html' title='Best Article Of The Week...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/1071021229717169067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=1071021229717169067&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1071021229717169067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1071021229717169067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-article-of-week.html' title='Best Article Of The Week...'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-7166545258017624858</id><published>2009-12-25T02:07:00.032-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T03:18:48.058-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas 2009. . .</title><summary type='text'>The Two Thousand Ninth Anniversary Of The Supposed Birth Of Christ.by The Old Hippie Because In Many Ways It Seems More Like 1009, Not 2009.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} We haven't come very far in this last millennium, have we?  At least as far as “not allowing” the truly religiously insane to infiltrate our halls of power, and/nor stopping its affects pushed onto the rest of us, within our daily </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-2009.html' title='Christmas 2009. . .'/><link rel='replies' 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xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-91727808590694323</id><published>2009-12-20T04:42:00.022-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-20T05:22:12.941-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Too Little, Too Late. . .</title><summary type='text'>Articles Covering Stuff We Should Have Done/Stopped Long Ago. . .Because The “Do It Now!” Is Just...  Well...  Maybe...  Way-Way Too Late? 10 Ways to Screw Over the Corporate Jackals Who've Been Screwing You.How the White House Misjudged the Political Landscape.The Senate Approves The $636 Billion Military Spending Bill.Foreclose on the Banks:  How to Give America Its Best Christmas Ever.Senators</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/too-little-too-late.html' title='Too Little, Too Late. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/91727808590694323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=91727808590694323&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/91727808590694323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/91727808590694323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/too-little-too-late.html' title='Too Little, Too Late. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-3636019236613265578</id><published>2009-12-15T07:49:00.026-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T08:27:49.362-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wake Up!  (Oops... Too Late.)</title><summary type='text'>Why Are We Stupidly Allowing Our Own “Allowed” Destruction?Because The price We Are All Paying Is Devestating To Our Nation, And To Our Lives. Protesters In Seattle Warned Us - But We Didn't Listen -Monsanto's Reach Is Even Wider Than We Thought.The Beginning Of The End, And, If So, Whose?- Too Fat To Serve - How Did We Get Here?The Self-Destruction Of Barack Obama.Our Murderers in the Sky.- Why </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/wake-up-oops-too-late.html' title='Wake Up!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Oops... Too Late.)&lt;/em&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/3636019236613265578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=3636019236613265578&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/3636019236613265578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/3636019236613265578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/wake-up-oops-too-late.html' title='Wake Up!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Oops... Too Late.)&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-2944668486341926013</id><published>2009-12-10T20:26:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T21:05:21.407-05:00</updated><title type='text'>One That Is...</title><summary type='text'>Telling It Like It Is, In Reality, Not As We Hope It is.Because Reality, As Defined By The Thieves, Is Your Reality Now.“Obama's Big Sellout”by Matt Taibbi at Rolling StoneThe president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insidersintent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway[ Here is the direct link to the article - A short and very informed article. ]= = = = = = = = = = = = = </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/one-that-is.html' title='One That Is...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/2944668486341926013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=2944668486341926013&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/2944668486341926013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/2944668486341926013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/one-that-is.html' title='One That Is...'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-5897452784334191371</id><published>2009-12-02T23:45:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T00:18:34.481-05:00</updated><title type='text'>More Reality You'll Allow.</title><summary type='text'>Why Does My Nation Keep Proving The Thieves Correct About Us...?by The Old Hippie Because So Many, Way Too Many, Are Still, Insanely, “Allowing”...  -  Here We Go Again                 “...there are fewer than 100 al-Qaida members in Afghanistan...”  -  Climate Change Denial is the New Article of Faith for the Far Right      Denial rather than scepticism - They reject all evidence they don't like</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-reality-youll-allow.html' title='More Reality You&apos;ll Allow.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/5897452784334191371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=5897452784334191371&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/5897452784334191371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/5897452784334191371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-reality-youll-allow.html' title='More Reality You&apos;ll Allow.'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-7215852012313319353</id><published>2009-11-27T04:13:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T04:41:55.990-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Most Revealing Article...</title><summary type='text'>It Continues To be Allowed To Get Worse Yet, And Still, You Allow...by The Old Hippie Because Seeing Truth Didn’t Help, Nor The Resultant Pain Of The Truth.{-The Way Many Picture Me-} The thieves have been so emboldened by the lack of any repercussions/punishments for their open thefts, that they are now just blatant about the methods of their thefts, and they know, from experience, that you, the</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/most-revealing-article.html' title='The Most Revealing Article...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/7215852012313319353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=7215852012313319353&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/7215852012313319353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/7215852012313319353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/most-revealing-article.html' title='The Most Revealing Article...'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-2464027424697927015</id><published>2009-11-22T20:57:00.024-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T22:06:42.064-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Best Article Of The Week...</title><summary type='text'>The Denial, And The Ignoring, Of Our Reality Is Deadly Stupid.The “Allowing” Has Not Been “Allowed” to be Stopped - I Fear That, More Than Anything.     15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart At The Seams.The “best” article of the week.  Well, maybe not the best, more like the most frightening.  But it is at least the most perceptive of what our current reality is within our nation, and what </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-article-of-week.html' title='Best Article Of The Week...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/2464027424697927015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=2464027424697927015&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/2464027424697927015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/2464027424697927015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-article-of-week.html' title='Best Article Of The Week...'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-1155137149175054928</id><published>2009-11-21T21:57:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-21T22:22:35.667-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Says It All. . .</title><summary type='text'>Some Can Nail It With “Jest”, Some Just Nail It.by Tom Tomorrow, et al...= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  &lt;  B e l o w  T h e  F o l d  &gt;  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time...</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/says-it-all.html' title='Says It All. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/1155137149175054928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=1155137149175054928&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1155137149175054928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1155137149175054928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/says-it-all.html' title='Says It All. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-1144192865262607378</id><published>2009-11-13T00:28:00.046-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-20T04:46:17.087-05:00</updated><title type='text'>R-i-g-h-t. . .</title><summary type='text'>Ahh...  Reality...  Obviously Is Something We Pretend We Understand.Ahh...  Reality...  Obviously Is Something We Pretend We Understand. Oil Reserve Numbers Deliberately Inflated [lied about] to Avoid Panic, Appease the US.Taliban, Eat Your Heart Out!  Lack Of Health Care Killed 2,266 US veterans Last Year.If Any Question Why We Died, Tell Them Because Our Fathers Lied.“Really, Does This Surprise</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/r-i-g-h-t.html' title='R-i-g-h-t. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/1144192865262607378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=1144192865262607378&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1144192865262607378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1144192865262607378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/r-i-g-h-t.html' title='R-i-g-h-t. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-3753220679674091012</id><published>2009-11-08T08:57:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T09:47:21.284-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wake Up!  (Oops... Too Late.)</title><summary type='text'>Why Are We Stupidly Allowing The Ongoing Allowed Destruction?Because The price We Are All Paying Is Devestating To Our Nation, And To Our Lives. America Performs Its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator.Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%.Unemployment Up Dramatically!  Stocks Rise!  Huh?US Foreign Policy is Straight Out of the Mafia.Steve Fraser On the Crisis of </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/wake-up-oops-too-late_08.html' title='Wake Up!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Oops... Too Late.)&lt;/em&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/3753220679674091012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=3753220679674091012&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/3753220679674091012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/3753220679674091012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/wake-up-oops-too-late_08.html' title='Wake Up!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Oops... Too Late.)&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-8537659448300092435</id><published>2009-11-04T02:14:00.014-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T03:26:34.506-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wake Up!  (Oops... Too Late.)</title><summary type='text'>Why Are We Ignorantly Allowing The Radical-Fringe Stupidity?Because The price We Are All Paying Is Devestating Our Nation, And Our Lives. Undercover Inside The Weird World Of Right-Wing Abortion FoesClimate Change Deniers Are Not Skeptics - They’re SuckersWe Only Have Months, Not Years, To Save Civilisation...Noam Chomsky: No Change In US ‘Mafia Principle’Lobbying Cash Obscures US Climate </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/wake-up-oops-too-late.html' title='Wake Up!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Oops... Too Late.)&lt;/em&gt;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/8537659448300092435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=8537659448300092435&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/8537659448300092435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/8537659448300092435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/11/wake-up-oops-too-late.html' title='Wake Up!&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Oops... Too Late.)&lt;/em&gt;'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-9133529424765437307</id><published>2009-10-27T09:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T09:38:47.712-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Says It All, Again. . .</title><summary type='text'>Some Can Nail It With “Jest”, Some Just Nail It.by Tom Tomorrow, et al...= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  &lt;  B e l o w  T h e  F o l d  &gt;  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else needed at this time - Right?</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/says-it-all-again.html' title='Says It All, Again. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/9133529424765437307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=9133529424765437307&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/9133529424765437307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/9133529424765437307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/says-it-all-again.html' title='Says It All, Again. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-4446388822179644125</id><published>2009-10-15T22:50:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T23:18:32.743-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Says It All. . .</title><summary type='text'>Some Can Nail It With “Jest”, Some Just Nail It.by Tom Tomorrow, et al...= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  &lt;  B e l o w  T h e  F o l d  &gt;  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/says-it-all.html' title='Says It All. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/4446388822179644125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=4446388822179644125&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/4446388822179644125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/4446388822179644125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/says-it-all.html' title='Says It All. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-3737744536736085901</id><published>2009-10-11T05:40:00.025-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T06:57:54.515-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Those That Are. . .</title><summary type='text'>Telling It Like It Is, In Reality, Not As We Hope It is.Because, Quite Often, The Exposed Reality Can Not Be ‘Allowed’ To Be Ignored.  -  The Uneducated American      The results of [our] educational neglect have been gradual - a slow-      motion erosion of America’s relative position.  But things are about      to get much worse, as the economic crisis deals its severe blow.  -  And They Wonder</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/those-that-are.html' title='Those That Are. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/3737744536736085901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=3737744536736085901&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/3737744536736085901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/3737744536736085901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/those-that-are.html' title='Those That Are. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-4205247195803569030</id><published>2009-10-10T01:09:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-10T01:23:19.663-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Example. . .</title><summary type='text'>Another Example Of The ‘How’ Of Manipulated Subtle Propaganda...by Think Progress  &lt;  source &amp; updatesFor those that didn’t notice, that’s a 2:1 ratio.Very Fair, and very Balanced. . .  Right?= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  &lt;  B e l o w  T h e  F o l d  &gt;  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-example.html' title='Another Example. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/4205247195803569030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=4205247195803569030&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/4205247195803569030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/4205247195803569030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-example.html' title='Another Example. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-7809423975603165141</id><published>2009-10-09T01:34:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T02:13:43.327-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just An Example. . .</title><summary type='text'>One Small Example Of The ‘How’ Of Manipulated Subtle Propaganda.And You Continue To “Allow” Them Their “Allowed” Theft... And Control... Of You.Want to know the ‘how’ of Fox News being “the most popular” in our nation?  Comcast Cable - Fox is a part of their cheapest basic cable choices, ‘real’ news, particularly MSNBC, can only be had by paying a higher price for the upgrade package.  Therefore,</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-example.html' title='Just An Example. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/7809423975603165141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=7809423975603165141&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/7809423975603165141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/7809423975603165141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/just-example.html' title='Just An Example. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-5042826468352364486</id><published>2009-10-07T03:38:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T04:27:33.235-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Golden Rule. . .</title><summary type='text'>Those That Have The Gold. . .  Rule.And You Continue To “Allow” Them Their “Allowed” Theft.I haven’t posted anything for over a week because... I had to ‘take a step back,’ and try to observe my nation’s continued ‘allowed’ deterioration from the ‘outside,’ so to speak.I went back into the archives of this blog, and others, like CommonDreams, Crook and Liars, Truthout, Truthdig, Democracy Now!, </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/golden-rule.html' title='The Golden Rule. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/5042826468352364486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=5042826468352364486&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/5042826468352364486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/5042826468352364486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/10/golden-rule.html' title='The Golden Rule. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-6701597322274472726</id><published>2009-09-28T01:34:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T23:37:45.460-04:00</updated><title type='text'>(s-i-g-h...)</title><summary type='text'>Just Fucking... s-i-g-h...by Bill Watterson, creator of "Calvin and Hobbs"The bad people never get away, unless the good people give up.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  &lt;  B e l o w  T h e  F o l d  &gt;  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Nothing else at this time.</summary><link rel='related' 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value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-280075888683526266</id><published>2009-09-22T18:45:00.022-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T19:40:49.443-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Umm. . .</title><summary type='text'>Protect The Insurance Companies, Something 80% Of ‘Us’ Do Not Want.But something the other 20%, (collaborators, sycophants, arrogantly ignorant ‘patriots’,) do want.Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell[original source link, in case of problems playing it here.]= = = = = = = = = = = = = = =  &lt;  B e l o w  T h e  F o l d  &gt;  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I hope at least a few of the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/09/umm.html' title='Umm. . .'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/280075888683526266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=280075888683526266&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/280075888683526266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/280075888683526266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/09/umm.html' title='Umm. . .'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8084553.post-1273362723616209371</id><published>2009-09-18T08:52:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T09:34:59.448-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Best Article Of The Week...</title><summary type='text'>This - Also - By Itself - Says It All - About The State Of Our Nation.Local Oklahoma News and Matthew Ladner at the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs75% of Oklahoma School Students Can't Name the First President of the U.S.It is seriously well worth one’s time to read this short article.  I personally think with only 3% of the students actually passing this test, (the actual test for American </summary><link rel='related' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/09/best-article-of-week_18.html' title='Best Article Of The Week...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/feeds/1273362723616209371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8084553&amp;postID=1273362723616209371&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1273362723616209371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8084553/posts/default/1273362723616209371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://oldhippies.blogspot.com/2009/09/best-article-of-week_18.html' title='Best Article Of The Week...'/><author><name>The Old Hippie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09707197167888722181</uri><email>hippie@aye.net</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03862612062900093561'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry></feed>