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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>barackobama | The Love Network</title><link>http://barackobama.love.com</link><language>en-us</language><docs>http://barackobama.love.com/rss.xml</docs><description>A Blog with news about barackobama</description><copyright>AOL LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith | Relegence | AOL LLC.</generator><item><title>Obama's bracket goes bust</title><link>http://t.love.com/311144100</link><description><![CDATA[For everyone who picked Kansas to win the men's NCAA basketball title, the president feels your pain. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:28:24</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton pokes fun at Dems, GOP and himself</title><link>http://t.love.com/311144075</link><description><![CDATA[Former President Bill Clinton poked fun at Republicans, Democrats, his own health and his audience of reporters Saturday night, telling the Gridiron Club's annual dinner he was there because "I really didn't have anything much better to do tonight." 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:28:20</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama close to health law success that eluded past</title><link>http://t.love.com/311144035</link><description><![CDATA[Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:28:08</pubDate></item><item><title>Final push on for landmark vote</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143933</link><description><![CDATA[Victory within reach, President Barack Obama exhorted House Democrats on Saturday to stay true to their party's legacy and make history by bringing health insurance to millions of struggling families now left out. 
Leaders exuded confidence as they defused thorny problems in the countdown to a landmark vote. 


Obama evoked Abraham Lincoln's moral compass and extolled Democratic achievements such as Social Security and Medicare - once controversial, now an essential part of the social fabric - on a day mark]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:27:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials watch health care debate, hope for $100M for state hospitals</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143903</link><description><![CDATA[Connecticut officials are closely watching the health care debate in Washington this weekend, hoping that a $100 million grant program for hospital construction projects will be part of the final legislation. 


The federal funds are considered a financial linchpin for a massive, $352 million plan to overhaul the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, put the 50-year-old facility on firm financial footing, boost the reputation of the UConn medical and dental schools and create thousands of j]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:27:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Moment of truth arrives for Obama as House votes on health care reform</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143700</link><description><![CDATA[After almost a year and a half of false starts and missed deadlines, the moment of truth has arrived. 


America's House Of Representatives will vote yes or no on health care reform today. 
If Speaker Nancy Pelosi can deliver a majority, Barack Obama will sign the most important piece of social legislation since the 1960s. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:26:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Healthcare Reform Limits Further Pain for Pharmas</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143687</link><description><![CDATA[US health reform in what may be its final form is a mixed bag for pharmaceutical manufacturers and will have differing effects on various sectors of the industry. 
Gone is the ban on "pay-for-delay" deals between generic and branded manufacturers, gone is any chance of speedy entry by generic biologicals, and added is $19.8bn in new assistance over a decade for the elderly to purchase drugs ( Obama healthcare reform puts new focus on 'pay for delay' deals , February 26, 2010 ). 


But while an immediate thr]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:26:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Taxpayers need to know about Schedule M</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143466</link><description><![CDATA[D onald Dobrow of Baltimore is a government accountant who has always prepared his own paper tax return. 


"I don't enjoy doing it, but I'm able to do it," the 63-year-old says. 
"Plus, it's not that complicated." 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:25:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Today in History</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143462</link><description><![CDATA[The Oakland, Calif. 
Police Department saw its deadliest day when parolee Lovelle Mixon shot and killed two motorcycle officers; Mixon killed two SWAT team members while holed up in an apartment before he was killed by other officers. 
A busload of activists representing working- and middle-class families paid visits to the lavish Connecticut homes of American International Group executives to protest the tens of millions of dollars in bonuses awarded by the struggling insurance company after it had receive]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:25:00</pubDate></item><item><title>M Obama's designer goes bankrupt</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143327</link><description><![CDATA[US first lady Michelle Obama's favourite city-based designer Maria Pinto is going out of business as sales have waned in a bad economy. 


Pinto, whose clientele also includes talk show host Oprah Winfrey, is closing her store Lola Black LLC. 
In a five-day sale starting here next week, her collection of daywear, eveningwear and accessories would be liquidated at 50-70 per cent off. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>US House expects showdown over health care vote</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143244</link><description><![CDATA[Democrats in the US House of Representatives were preparing for a showdown over a critical vote Sunday on a sweeping overhaul of the health care system. 


President Barack Obama was on Capitol Hill Saturday rallying Democratic lawmakers, who believed they had secured enough support - the 216 votes needed for the health legislation to pass. 


"Clearly, we believe we have the votes," said Steny Hoyer, the second-highest ranking House Democrat. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>GALLERY: Kansas, ’Nova bust Obama’s bracket</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143140</link><description><![CDATA[For everyone who picked Kansas to win the men's NCAA basketball title, the president feels your pain. 


President Barack Obama's bracket was busted yesterday when the Jayhawks, the tournament's top seed, were stunned by No. 9 seed Northern Iowa 69-67. 
Obama picked Kansas to beat Kentucky for the championship. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:23:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Taliban kill three alleged US spies in Pakistan</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143055</link><description><![CDATA[Pakistani officials said on Sunday that Taliban militants had killed three people allegedly for spying for the US government in the lawless North Waziristan district. 


The bullet-ridden bodies of three men were found dumped along a road in the Mir Ali area of the district. 


An intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity said one of the victims was a former Taliban commander named Sajjad Khan, who was detained by the militants around a week before as a suspected US informer. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Protesters boo Obama motorcade...A river restrained...</title><link>http://t.love.com/311143034</link><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama got a less than friendly reception as he rode to Capitol Hill to try to help squeeze the last few Democratic votes needed to pass the health care overhaul. 
Obama's motorcade was delayed and as he rode up to Capitol Hill, many protesters demonstrating against the plan booed and gave him a thumbs down. 
The House votes today. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Antiwar protesters march in Washington, want troops removed from Iraq, Afghanistan</title><link>http://t.love.com/311142941</link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of protesters -- many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama -- marched through the nation's capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. 


Friday marked the seventh anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. 

"Arrest that war criminal!" 
Sheehan shouted outside the White House before her arrest, referring to Obama. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>A raucous, ugly run-up to the vote</title><link>http://t.love.com/311142797</link><description><![CDATA[House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. 
And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress. 


Most of the day's important work leading up to today's historic vote on health care was being done behind closed doors. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:20:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Historic health care vote expected today</title><link>http://t.love.com/311142795</link><description><![CDATA[Democratic and Republican members of the Rules Committee sparred Saturday over the substance and procedure for a mammoth health care bill as the House of Representatives headed toward a Sunday vote on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. 


In the balance hangs a $940 billion, 10-year overhaul of the health care system that aims to expand insurance coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans. 


Passage by the House, with a vote scheduled for 10 a.m. today, would hand Obama a huge victory in his y]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:20:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Thousands Rally on Iraq War Anniversary</title><link>http://t.love.com/311142462</link><description><![CDATA[by berlinfoto-2009 March 21, 2010 2:53 AM EDT "The country is broke, this war is a joke." 


Ralph Nader said "there has been no real difference in American foreign policy since Mr. Obama's election." 


Americans, you need to get it through your thick heads, the reason there is no difference in foreign policy under OBush, is that the same people are running the nation, "the secret government". 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:16:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama to Dems: Health Reform Is in Your Hands</title><link>http://t.love.com/311142459</link><description><![CDATA["Pelosi & I are going to use Our Secret Weapon to get MY Healthcare Bill. We're going to use THE SLAUGHTER PROCEDURE early & often on The Unborn Of This Country to get OUR Bloody Package of Federal Funded Abortions in MY Healthcare Bill." 

Reply to this comment by --One_American-- March 21, 2010 1:15 AM EDT I watched the Obama pep rally for Socialist health care today. 


It was vile, digusting, and deplorable. 


Like watching a Hugo Chavez propaganda speech, where he drones on and on and on... attacking ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:16:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Blacks support Obama's race-neutral stance</title><link>http://t.love.com/311141639</link><description><![CDATA[In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama's insistence that a rising economic tide for all will lift blacks' boats. 


Yet despite surging discontent among some black advocates over Obama's refusal to specifically target rising black unemployment, it's hard to find average black folks here who disagree with the president's approach. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:09:00</pubDate></item><item><title>House Democrats appear headed to pass Senate health care overhaul</title><link>http://t.love.com/311141195</link><description><![CDATA[With Democrats increasingly confident they have enough support, the House of Representatives planned for a historic vote today that would enact the most dramatic changes in the nation's health care system in decades. 


President Barack Obama scheduled a last-minute push for the overhaul, setting a meeting with the House's 253 Democrats for Saturday afternoon. 
Behind closed doors, House leaders worked to round up the last undecided votes to reach the 216 needed for passage. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:04:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Crunch time for health care</title><link>http://t.love.com/311141095</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's last-ditch effort to push lawmakers to approve his signature health care reform faces an uncertain future. 
The final version of the plan is expected to be voted on by the House and Senate within the next several days. 


A failure to enact meaningful reform now will probably set back affordable health care for perhaps another generation. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 4:02:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Top seeds go 16-0 on first day for third time</title><link>http://t.love.com/311140419</link><description><![CDATA[For only the third time since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1994, the top seeds went unbeaten on the opening day of the NCAA women's tournament. 
In 1997 and 2003 the top teams were undefeated on the first day. 
In both instances there were two upsets the next day. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Health bill threatens future of U.S.</title><link>http://t.love.com/311140182</link><description><![CDATA[I agree with Frank Solis' March 17 letter, "No one will keep same health plan," on the effects of the pending passage of President Barack Obama's health reform bill as written, without sufficient Republican input. 


Consider the almost gangster-like style in which the far-left congressional leadership has been treating the American public in its effort to sneak the 2,007-page health care bill through, especially before its economics are properly analyzed. 


Instead of new health care legislation, Congress]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:57:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Notes: Huskers have some Twin Cities ties</title><link>http://t.love.com/311139010</link><description><![CDATA[It's a homecoming weekend for Cory Montgomery, but fellow senior Kelsey Griffin has been eyeing a Twin Cities trip for some time, too. 


Griffin's mom, Jan, grew up in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and her maternal grandparents still live close by. 


Griffin is from Alaska, but she'll still have plenty of supporters in the stands when No. 1 seed Nebraska plays 16 seed Northern Iowa at 6:06 p.m. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:52:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Cameron should distance himself from Climate Scare</title><link>http://t.love.com/311138318</link><description><![CDATA[Both David Cameron and Barack Obama have enjoyed miraculous success in the polls over the past two years, and this has been partly due to their populist commitment to "do something" about climate change. 
Indeed, it seems that the 'political consensus' – nowadays much more important than any 'scientific consensus', is such that no politician could have survived the last two years without towing a similar line. 


Inspiration can however be drawn from The Liberal Party of Australia – whose views seem much mo]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:50:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks</title><link>http://t.love.com/311138163</link><description><![CDATA["What I heard from the prime minister in response to the requests we made was useful and productive," she said, "and we are continuing our discussions with him and his government." 


That was a far cry from Clinton's earlier condemnation of the housing plan in east Jerusalem as an insult, delivered for maximum effect during a visit to Jerusalem by Vice President Joe Biden. 
Clinton had a curt conversation with Netanyahu a week ago in which she laid out U.S. expectations from here, including a rollback to t]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:50:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Politics as usual is not a thing of the past</title><link>http://t.love.com/311137750</link><description><![CDATA[What a difference a year makes! 
The election of Barack Obama to the highest office on Earth brought with it throngs of people who actually believed that "politics as usual" would be a thing of the past. 


Gone were the days of Inside-the-Beltway partisanship because, to hear them tell it, the Republican Party (and conservatism along with it) was relegated to the history books; Democrats and liberalism were in power now, and for years and years to come, that's how it would (and should) remain. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:48:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton Returns to Washington, Needling Himself, Obama and the Press</title><link>http://t.love.com/311137288</link><description><![CDATA[Former President Bill Clint on made a return to Washington's public life, speaking to the annual Gridiron Dinner as a stand-in for President Barack Obama and poking some fun at himself, his Oval Office successors and the press corps before getting in pitches for passage of health legislation and aid to Haiti. 


Mr. Clinton, known to friend and foe alike as a gifted political orator, showed he hasn't lost much in that category in the nine years since he left the White House. 
Presidential speeches to the Gr]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:42:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Republicans seeking to end Dem dominance of 1st District congressional seat</title><link>http://t.love.com/311136976</link><description><![CDATA[Not since Reconstruction has a Republican been elected to Congress from the 1st District, a traditionally Democratic region covering 26 counties in eastern Arkansas, but widespread voter dissatisfaction with Washington has two GOP candidates thinking they have a shot to change history this year. 


Long-time political observers who live in the region say voters are just independent enough to consider going Republican, but they are divided on whether the district will actually switch from blue to red in Nove]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:38:00</pubDate></item><item><title>News Briefs Daylong Protest</title><link>http://t.love.com/311136900</link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of protesters — many directing their anger squarely at President Barack Obama — marched through the nation's capital Saturday to urge immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. 


Friday marked the seventh anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. 

"Arrest that war criminal!" 
Sheehan shouted outside the White House before her arrest, referring to Obama. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:38:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama Urges Dems To Come Together For Healthcare</title><link>http://t.love.com/311135814</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://wafb.images.worldnow.com/images/static/hdr/hdr_branding.jpg"><br>Healthcare legislation finally comes to an up or down vote in the House on Sunday, and Democratic leaders have been making a final bid to unite party members behind it. 


Congressman Joseph Gao, R-Louisiana, supported the House version of the bill back in November. 
However, he said he will not support the Senate bill because it does not do enough to block federal funding for abortions. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:27:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama Rolls Out Small Business Plan</title><link>http://t.love.com/311135343</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-FK732_obaman_D_20100202163417.jpg"><br>NASHUA, NH—President Barack Obama rolled out a $30 billion small business lending program Tuesday, as the White House tried to make congressional passage of its jobs initiatives a test of Republican commitment to bolstering the weak economy. 


"It's one thing to have an honest difference of opinion on something. .. It's another to walk away from your responsibilities to confront the challenges facing this country because you think it's good short-term politics. That's what we can't afford," Mr. Obama said ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Cruelty of existing health insurance system shows why reform bill must pass</title><link>http://t.love.com/311133928</link><description><![CDATA[One way or another, the fate of health care reform will be decided any day now. 
If House Democratic leaders find 216 votes, reform will almost immediately become the law of the land. 
If they don't, reform may well be put off for many years — possibly a decade or more. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:14:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Marching along: Purdue's Kramer vs. A&amp;M's Loubeau</title><link>http://t.love.com/311133925</link><description><![CDATA[One of the most intriguing matchups in today's NCAA Tournament games figures to come in Spokane, Wash., when Purdue's 6-foot-3 Chris Kramer goes against Texas A&M's David Loubeau, a springy, 6-8 forward. 


The gritty, hard-nosed Kramer, left, is a guard. 
But with 6-8 Robbie Hummel out for the season with a knee injury, the 214-pound Kramer often draws the opponent's top forward, regardless of the height difference. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 3:14:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Kenly considers canceling Independence Day fireworks</title><link>http://t.love.com/311130774</link><description><![CDATA[Budget woes have already led to higher trash-pickup rates and one layoff for this Johnston County town. 
Next to feel the pinch could be the community's annual July 4 fireworks show. 


Picture "renewable energy," and you probably think of turning windmills and sun rays on solar panels. ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 2:44:00</pubDate></item><item><title>CBS Sports Wire: Kansas, Villanova bust Obama's men's bracket</title><link>http://t.love.com/311126375</link><description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) -For everyone who picked Kansas to win the men's NCAA basketball title, the president feels your pain. 


President Barack Obama's bracket was busted Saturday when the Jayhawks, the tournament's top seed, were stunned by No. 9 seed Northern Iowa 69-67. 
Obama picked Kansas to beat Kentucky for the championship. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 2:02:00</pubDate></item><item><title>President's goal for foreclosure aid in dispute</title><link>http://t.love.com/311126009</link><description><![CDATA[Last year, the message was clear. 
Now it is murky. 


When President Barack Obama first announced a sweeping effort to combat foreclosures in February 2009, he said the program would "enable as many as 3 to 4 million homeowners to modify the terms of their mortgages." 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 2:01:00</pubDate></item><item><title>March blandness: All women’s top seeds win</title><link>http://t.love.com/311125105</link><description><![CDATA[For only the third time since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1994, the top seeds went unbeaten on the opening day of the NCAA women's tournament. 
In 1997 and 2003 the top teams were undefeated on the first day. 
In both instances there were two upsets the next day. 

]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 1:54:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Hatch Says It's "Nuts" To Think Health Care Issue Resolved On Monday; House Majority Leader Says Bill Is Constitutional</title><link>http://t.love.com/311122114</link><description><![CDATA[A flurry of news reports abound as President Obama puts on a full court press to pass legislation no one really wants except the President and those who have been bribed. 
Let's take a look at a handful of articles. 


March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats need about six more votes from House members to pass a U.S. health-care overhaul, Obama administration officials said today. 

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