<?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' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278</id><updated>2012-01-22T21:53:55.573-05:00</updated><title type='text'>musclehead...</title><subtitle type='html'>Let me not be too consumed with this world</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Justin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07445101646840367488</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>762</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-6151114770680271705</id><published>2008-03-30T20:19:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-03-30T20:21:46.947-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I've Moved</title><summary type='text'>Both figuratively and literally. Now reside in Boston. And in the ether I reside at unattributed musings.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/6151114770680271705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=6151114770680271705&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6151114770680271705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6151114770680271705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2008/03/ive-moved.html' title='I&apos;ve Moved'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-7802508625615819003</id><published>2007-05-22T18:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T18:37:34.729-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Democratic Cowardice</title><summary type='text'>Once again, the Democratic Party in Congress fails to exhibit anything resembling a backbone. Faced with the White House's intransigence over the Iraq War funding bill, the Congressional leadership goes wobbly and gives Bush everything he wanted. There is no longer a timetable for ending the War. I probably should not be surprised, given the Party's lack of resolve and fight over the past seven </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/7802508625615819003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=7802508625615819003&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7802508625615819003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7802508625615819003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/05/democratic-cowardice.html' title='Democratic Cowardice'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-4576861511353967318</id><published>2007-04-25T14:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-25T14:59:16.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Wednesday Quickie</title><summary type='text'>Laura Bush is just as awful as her husband. The First Lady had the audacity to claim that, "no one suffers more than their president and I do" with respect to Iraq. Just wow. No one? Really? Do you think that maybe the families of the 3000+ soldiers who lost their lives or the tens of thousands of injured service members might suffer more than you and Shrub? God, the Bushies clearly are the scum </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/4576861511353967318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=4576861511353967318&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/4576861511353967318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/4576861511353967318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/04/another-wednesday-quickie.html' title='Another Wednesday Quickie'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-2904530594381428434</id><published>2007-04-19T14:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T14:58:11.655-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Republican Stupidity</title><summary type='text'>Ok, so maybe that headline is redundant. Apparently, John McCain thinks that turning the Beach Boys' Barbara Ann into "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran." Now that is sure presidential timber, isn't it? Nevermind the clusterfuck that is Iraq, or the Taliban's ascendance in Afghanistan and Pakistan, let's sing about bombing Iran. Ignore the fact that our military is stretched beyond the breaking </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/2904530594381428434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=2904530594381428434&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2904530594381428434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2904530594381428434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/04/republican-stupidity.html' title='Republican Stupidity'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-2675081512648980296</id><published>2007-04-18T13:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-18T14:22:29.418-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday Afternoon Quickies</title><summary type='text'>The GOP hates the free market and won't allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate drug prices on behalf of Medicare recipients. Heaven forbid that the federal government be allowed to use its market power. Instead, Republicans prefer allowing only insurance companies and pharma benefits managers to negotiate prices. Apparently benefits that accrue to their corporate masters </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/2675081512648980296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=2675081512648980296&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2675081512648980296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2675081512648980296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/04/wednesday-afternoon-quickies.html' title='Wednesday Afternoon Quickies'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-6612664111063582442</id><published>2007-04-07T15:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-07T15:04:26.929-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday Quick Hits</title><summary type='text'>John McCain is both delusional and a bigger gambler than Bill Bennett. McCain will apparently make winning in Iraq the centerpiece of his campaign. Apparently McCain thinks he can win the race for President with the votes of all three people who agree with him- Dick Cheney, George W. Bush and Joe Lieberman. I'm trying to find a way to accept McCain's bet. As they say, a fool and his money are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/6612664111063582442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=6612664111063582442&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6612664111063582442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6612664111063582442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/04/saturday-quick-hits.html' title='Saturday Quick Hits'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-7782748669659183529</id><published>2007-04-07T13:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-07T13:40:37.945-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Music We Love</title><summary type='text'>I have always wanted to use the royal we, but since there is no other musclehead it has been difficult. So, in this case the we refers to me and my pot of french roast. Chris Garneau makes achingly beautiful pop songs. Garneau uses piano and his falsetto to engage the listener even deeper into the emotional world created by his lyrics. Music for Tourists is quite simply a gem of a record, perfect</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/7782748669659183529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=7782748669659183529&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7782748669659183529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7782748669659183529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/04/music-we-love.html' title='Music We Love'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-8726999043259476284</id><published>2007-04-06T16:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-06T16:45:09.789-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Post Q1 Presidential Thoughts</title><summary type='text'>Now that the fundraising numbers are out and have been digested, I think there is a striking difference between the Clinton and Obama campaigns. We still don't know whether or not Obama beat Clinton in dollars raised for the primary election (Clinton has not disclosed the breakdown of her contributions), but we do know that Obama did best Clinton in number of donors. By about a 2 to 1 margin. And</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/8726999043259476284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=8726999043259476284&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/8726999043259476284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/8726999043259476284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/04/post-q1-presidential-thoughts.html' title='Post Q1 Presidential Thoughts'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-65769657263658870</id><published>2007-04-06T16:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-06T16:33:14.568-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No More Polls, Please!</title><summary type='text'>The deluge of presidential polls is such a phenomenal waste of time for a couple of reasons. First, spare me the national polls. We do not elect a president by popular vote. The only value in national polling is to get a sense of where people stand in the aggregate. The second problem with polls this far out is that they do a poor job of predicting actual voter behavior. Now, I am sure you think </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/65769657263658870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=65769657263658870&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/65769657263658870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/65769657263658870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/04/no-more-polls-please.html' title='No More Polls, Please!'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-1064368913869215200</id><published>2007-04-05T22:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-04-05T22:35:38.655-04:00</updated><title type='text'>While You Were Out</title><summary type='text'>Some recent developments that warrant a mention.The capture of British soldiers by Iran led to much chest-thumping in the wingnutsphere. They mustered all their chickenhawk outrage at the "cowardice" of the Brits. It would seem that many of our arm chair generals (who have never bothered to serve) would have preferred the 14 men and one woman had returned to England in bodybags. I'm sure these </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/1064368913869215200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=1064368913869215200&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1064368913869215200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1064368913869215200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/04/while-you-were-out.html' title='While You Were Out'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-1460051898962988312</id><published>2007-03-30T14:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-30T14:55:04.378-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dancing with the Devil</title><summary type='text'>Color of Change has launched a campaign to let the Congressional Black Caucus know what people think about their co-sponsorship of a Presidential debate with right wing smear artists Fox News. I urge you to sign their petition and also to contact members of the CBC directly. My congressman, John Lewis, is a member of the CBC and below is the letter I sent to his office.Congressman Lewis-I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/1460051898962988312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=1460051898962988312&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1460051898962988312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1460051898962988312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/dancing-with-devil.html' title='Dancing with the Devil'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-3136139374490825369</id><published>2007-03-28T13:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-28T14:03:18.295-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Form Over Substance</title><summary type='text'>Here's a shocker- talking about how Christian you are is more important than how you live your life, according to evangelical leaders. Just try to wrap your mind around these two comments about a Thompson candidacy coming from Focus on the Family leader James Dobson and his spokesman."Everyone knows he's conservative and has come out strongly for the things that the pro-family movement stands for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/3136139374490825369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=3136139374490825369&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3136139374490825369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3136139374490825369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/form-over-substance.html' title='Form Over Substance'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-2241665205203716228</id><published>2007-03-23T18:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T18:44:43.108-04:00</updated><title type='text'>More Media Musings</title><summary type='text'>I just love alliteration, don't you? Anyway. I have been thinking more about the media and why it continues to do such a poor job of covering the news. I've also given some thought to the incredibly negative reaction some media-types have towards those who offer criticism from what might be termed the Left. I believe that both have the same root cause.For the past twenty years or so, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/2241665205203716228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=2241665205203716228&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2241665205203716228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2241665205203716228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/more-media-musings.html' title='More Media Musings'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-2277739878400438080</id><published>2007-03-23T13:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T14:21:36.081-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Does the Press Suck?</title><summary type='text'>Stories and framing like this drive me insane. Without any evidence, David Lerman asserts that Senator Webb is a "maverick senator" who wants to "steer his party toward a centrist path." But the long quote from Webb used in the story reads-``If the Democratic Party gets back on that message, I think they have a very strong chance in red-state America."What you might ask is the message to which </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/2277739878400438080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=2277739878400438080&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2277739878400438080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2277739878400438080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/why-does-press-suck.html' title='Why Does the Press Suck?'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-395469544547453726</id><published>2007-03-23T12:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T13:24:54.383-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Worse than Nixon?</title><summary type='text'>As the evidence of politicization of the DOJ continues to accumulate, it is a legitimate question to ask. Not only do we know that eight US Attorneys were pushed out of office because of either their failure to bully Democrats with specious investigations and prosecutions or their investigations into Republican corruption, but new information suggests that other cases and areas of the department </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/395469544547453726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=395469544547453726&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/395469544547453726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/395469544547453726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/worse-than-nixon.html' title='Worse than Nixon?'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-1057029186088480574</id><published>2007-03-22T14:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T14:41:00.924-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Get Well Elizabeth</title><summary type='text'>I'd be remiss if I failed to note today's announcement by Elizabeth and John Edwards that her cancer had returned. Not only has Elizabeth's cancer returned, but it is uncurable. But, the good news is that it is treatable.My heart goes out to the Edwards family during this difficult time.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/1057029186088480574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=1057029186088480574&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1057029186088480574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1057029186088480574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/get-well-elizabeth.html' title='Get Well Elizabeth'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-8715174316963357032</id><published>2007-03-20T23:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-21T00:01:22.217-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Getting It In</title><summary type='text'>Today is/was Back Up Your Birth Control day of activism. So, if you want to know more, just click on the handy button to your right. I don't have a whole lot to say about EC except to say that its availability is under attack from the same Right Wing crackpots who want to take away all of our other reproductive freedoms. Don't fall for their bullshit about EC being the same as an abortion. EC </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/8715174316963357032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=8715174316963357032&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/8715174316963357032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/8715174316963357032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/just-getting-it-in.html' title='Just Getting It In'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-1856508059919182078</id><published>2007-03-19T19:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-19T20:11:05.780-04:00</updated><title type='text'>F*ck AIPAC</title><summary type='text'>Regular readers of this blog know that I generally side with Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflict. But over the past few years I've become more and more distressed by the demands of AIPAC and other members of the Jewish lobby. This latest bit regarding Obama's lack of support among AIPAC types just throttles me. This bit captures the essence of his lack of appeal:The root of the matter, as some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/1856508059919182078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=1856508059919182078&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1856508059919182078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1856508059919182078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/fck-aipac.html' title='F*ck AIPAC'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-3773164295515792597</id><published>2007-03-19T15:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-19T16:47:36.098-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Aiming for Mediocrity</title><summary type='text'>Mark Kleiman had a good post about public education. I believe his main point, and one which I agree with him completely, is captured by this paragraph:One of the many bad features of NCLB is that it focuses entirely on the bottom of the distribution. Our smartest students are being systematically cheated. That's less true in rich neighborhoods than in poor ones, but it's true everywhere.In email</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/3773164295515792597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=3773164295515792597&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3773164295515792597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3773164295515792597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/aiming-for-mediocrity.html' title='Aiming for Mediocrity'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-5212296462907080689</id><published>2007-03-18T12:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T13:10:07.998-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pathological Disdain for Others</title><summary type='text'>This bit about Barbara Bush (from today's Frank Rich column in NYT Select) speaks volumes of how pro-war Republican elites think of soldiers:March 18, 2003Barbara Bush tells Diane Sawyer on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that she will not watch televised coverage of the war: “Why should we hear about body bags and deaths, and how many, what day it’s going to happen, and how many this or what do you</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/5212296462907080689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=5212296462907080689&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/5212296462907080689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/5212296462907080689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/pathological-disdain-for-others.html' title='Pathological Disdain for Others'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-566092624896127158</id><published>2007-03-17T13:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-17T14:16:30.745-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Defense of Elitism</title><summary type='text'>Elitism has become something of a dirty word over the past several years. It first came under attack by the Know-Nothing wing of today's GOP, who sneer at higher learning, science and rationality. As has been noted before, the GOP and its mouthpieces in the media have used appeals to "common sense" as brickbats to discredit expertise and the scientific process. But lately the progressives, at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/566092624896127158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=566092624896127158&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/566092624896127158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/566092624896127158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/in-defense-of-elitism.html' title='In Defense of Elitism'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-4057285485561788871</id><published>2007-03-16T15:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-16T16:02:23.776-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Wow</title><summary type='text'>This is about all you need to know about the attitudes of the South and the folks who form the base of today's GOP. Georgia's Senate is about to pass a bill to make April "Confederate History" month. They want to honor the sacrifices of Georgians who fought against the Union. Of course, this comes at the same time Republican leaders have rebuffed attempts at legislation that would have the state </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/4057285485561788871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=4057285485561788871&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/4057285485561788871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/4057285485561788871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/just-wow.html' title='Just Wow'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-5121640477379107597</id><published>2007-03-15T14:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T14:30:58.269-04:00</updated><title type='text'>P 2008 Musings</title><summary type='text'>It's hard to believe that at this time next year, we will be most of the way to picking a nominee (given the front-loading) for the White House. I have been unable to make up my mind about who to support. Each candidate has their strengths, yet they also have weaknesses. Plus, one of my favored candidates, Wes Clark, has yet to decide whether he is even running. This all would have been easier </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/5121640477379107597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=5121640477379107597&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/5121640477379107597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/5121640477379107597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/p-2008-musings.html' title='P 2008 Musings'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-6145514004540749197</id><published>2007-03-14T14:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T14:46:26.209-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Realignment and Missed Opportunities</title><summary type='text'>The huge gains made by Democrats in the 2006 elections were fueled by several factors. Combined they provided the chance for a significant realignment of the the nation's politics. If the opportunity were seized the Republican Party could successfully be marginalized as a regional party of the South. However, I will argue that some of this opportunity has already been squandered, simply by a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/6145514004540749197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=6145514004540749197&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6145514004540749197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6145514004540749197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/realignment-and-missed-opportunities.html' title='Realignment and Missed Opportunities'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-3802998535808442747</id><published>2007-03-13T14:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-13T14:41:10.731-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Government as Criminal Enterprise</title><summary type='text'>Is there any other way to describe how the current administration operates? Nothing has made this more apparent than the firings of several US Attorneys. Some were sacked for their unwillingness to pursue specious voter fraud cases; others were canned for investigating Republicans; some were axed for failing to indict Democrats before the elections. This level of politicization of the DOJ is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/3802998535808442747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=3802998535808442747&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3802998535808442747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3802998535808442747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/government-as-criminal-enterprise.html' title='Government as Criminal Enterprise'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-7845432906637644647</id><published>2007-03-07T23:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-08T00:03:47.482-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Perception v. Reality</title><summary type='text'>One of the main truisms about Democrats is the one that says Democrats are weak because they are liberal. But is there really any truth to it, or is it a mere canard. Or, perhaps it is truthiness.The leadership of the Democratic Party is almost uniformly moderate. Don't believe me? Take a look at pre-2001 Gore, Kerry, Senator Reid, Representative Emanuel, etc. All have sort of muddled along </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/7845432906637644647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=7845432906637644647&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7845432906637644647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7845432906637644647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/perception-v-reality.html' title='Perception v. Reality'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-5030995370252627644</id><published>2007-03-07T14:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T14:30:51.599-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Freebie for the Non-Romney</title><summary type='text'>Here is a free ad script for any of the Republicans running against Romney. Thank me later.A conservative from Massachusetts? Well, that's like a jumbo shrimp.A conservative from Massachusetts wants the government to take only half your money.A conservative from Massachusetts only allows gay marriage on Saturdays.A conservative from Massachusetts supports school prayer, as long as it's kept on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/5030995370252627644/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=5030995370252627644&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/5030995370252627644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/5030995370252627644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/freebie-for-non-romney.html' title='Freebie for the Non-Romney'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-9041754891269699181</id><published>2007-03-06T17:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T18:06:39.856-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Alrighty Then</title><summary type='text'>The other day, in the parking garage at my gym, I saw a bumpersticker that read "Not a Redneck Just a Southerner with an Attitude" complete with a Confederate flag. I was tempted to leave a little note, but I wanted to get home and shower. But it got me to thinking- what sort of attitude does that person have? Is it the attitude that black people should be property instead of citizens? Now, I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/9041754891269699181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=9041754891269699181&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/9041754891269699181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/9041754891269699181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/alrighty-then.html' title='Alrighty Then'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-3627981497137215610</id><published>2007-03-06T15:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T15:49:43.974-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who's a Faggot?</title><summary type='text'>By now, everyone is well acquainted with this past weekend's Ann Coulter moment at CPAC. After the fallout and the distancing by some Republicans, there are at least two important takeaway points to be made. [I should make it clear that I do believe it is a positive development that companies are pulling their ads from Coulter's website and that many conservatives are distancing themselves from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/3627981497137215610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=3627981497137215610&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3627981497137215610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3627981497137215610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/03/whos-faggot.html' title='Who&apos;s a Faggot?'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-3411244701277604753</id><published>2007-02-28T16:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T16:54:54.128-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Progress</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes it comes in very small steps. But those small steps eventually become a wide open path. So it brings me much joy (and a bit of pride) that my alma mater has become the second school in New England to hire an African American head football coach.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/3411244701277604753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=3411244701277604753&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3411244701277604753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/3411244701277604753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/02/progress.html' title='Progress'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-6934801851187758794</id><published>2007-01-22T14:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-22T14:17:06.356-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging for Choice</title><summary type='text'>As you may have noticed on the sidebar, today is Blog for Choice day. Our mission is to explain why we are pro choice. So, here goes.My own personal story is probably different than many other pro-choice people in that I started off in abortion politics are adamantly pro-life. Not only did I have pro-life posters in my bedroom during high school, but I also helped to form the Students for Life </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/6934801851187758794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=6934801851187758794&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6934801851187758794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6934801851187758794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/01/blogging-for-choice.html' title='Blogging for Choice'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-2096615456683149647</id><published>2007-01-22T13:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-22T14:02:06.231-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bands Who Changed Music</title><summary type='text'>When one looks over the course of modern music, there are only a handful of acts that truly changed the face of music. Here, the term modern refers to the post-Elvis days. These bands were so vital to the development of music that should they never had strummed a chord, our current perceptions of music would exist on a different plane.They are, in no particular order-The BeatlesThe Beach BoysThe </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/2096615456683149647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=2096615456683149647&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2096615456683149647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2096615456683149647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/01/bands-who-changed-music.html' title='The Bands Who Changed Music'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-6369489432993231787</id><published>2007-01-20T22:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-20T22:57:22.167-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Holy Joe, Still a Douchebag</title><summary type='text'>Joe Lieberman is still a raging Bush-loving douchebag. Now, Holy Joe claims he will filibuster any attempts to rein in BushCo over Iraq. Joe is part of a three person party- himself, Bush, and McCain- who actually think the Iraq War is going swell. Can we please lose the bullshit about Lieberman being some sort of moderate? He's a megalomaniacal asshole, end of story.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/6369489432993231787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=6369489432993231787&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6369489432993231787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6369489432993231787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/01/holy-joe-still-douchebag.html' title='Holy Joe, Still a Douchebag'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-1690097060048424324</id><published>2007-01-20T14:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-20T14:27:14.985-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Common Mistakes</title><summary type='text'>Although the mistakes I see weekly at the gym are too numerous to list, there are a handful that beg to be addressed. 1. Lat pulldowns. This is an exercise meant to target the latissimus dorsi, thus the upright position. However, more often than not people lean back as they pull down on the handle, turning this into part lower back exercise and part cable row. Not only is this body english bad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/1690097060048424324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=1690097060048424324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1690097060048424324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/1690097060048424324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/01/common-mistakes.html' title='Common Mistakes'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-7859310629343323352</id><published>2007-01-19T17:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-19T17:38:48.313-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Roid Rage</title><summary type='text'>So much ink has been spilled over steroid use in the past few years that one begins to think it's our nation's number one problem. The government is breathing down the neck of Major League Baseball, the NFL suspends players, and anti-steroid zealots continue their drug war rhetoric.  All the while tens of thousands of American men safely, effectively, and legally use oral, injectible or cream </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/7859310629343323352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=7859310629343323352&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7859310629343323352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7859310629343323352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2007/01/roid-rage.html' title='Roid Rage'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-7326614981856383094</id><published>2006-12-01T23:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T23:37:11.193-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Goats Are Good for Cheese</title><summary type='text'>But not so much for ice cream and yogurt. In my never ending search for food that is tasty and full of protein I came across ice cream and yogurt made from goat milk. As you may already know, goat milk is one of nature's most complete sources of protein and at least one supplement company is bringing it to the bodybuilding industry.Anyway.. I'm at Whole Foods (the best supermarket on earth) last </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/7326614981856383094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=7326614981856383094&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7326614981856383094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/7326614981856383094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/12/goats-are-good-for-cheese.html' title='Goats Are Good for Cheese'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-4472241785011021763</id><published>2006-11-18T17:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-18T17:49:27.635-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Score Another One for the Flat Earth Society</title><summary type='text'>Despite an overwhelming rejection of the Right Wing nutjob agenda two weeks ago, Bushie still seems intent on rewarding his insane base. The latest atrocity is his appointment of Dr. Eric Keroack to head the Office of Family Planning in HHS. What is remarkably kooky is that the Office is charged with "provid(ing) access to contraceptive supplies and information to all who want and need them with </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/4472241785011021763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=4472241785011021763&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/4472241785011021763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/4472241785011021763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/11/score-another-one-for-flat-earth.html' title='Score Another One for the Flat Earth Society'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-2892255247208139109</id><published>2006-11-15T14:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-15T15:13:37.607-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lessons Not Learned</title><summary type='text'>So now that the election is over, we can get a better picture of just what has changed in DC. And the answer is not a damn thing. It's more of the same from both parties. The Democrats are in the midst of a heated battle for the number two spot in the House. It pits Jack Murtha against Steny Hoyer. Both voted in favor of the awful, industry sponsored bankruptcy bill. Beyond that, Murtha was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/2892255247208139109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=2892255247208139109&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2892255247208139109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/2892255247208139109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/11/lessons-not-learned.html' title='Lessons Not Learned'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-6853763422342325506</id><published>2006-11-13T16:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T16:56:38.470-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Connections</title><summary type='text'>Clean elections folks, Public Campaign Action Fund, asks whether the Republicans could pick someone without connections to Abramoff or other campaign finance scandals to head head the RNC. This comes after Sen. Martinez (FL) was named to succeed Ken Mehlman. Obviously, the people at Public Campaign are being sarcastic, because we all know there is no such Republican in DC.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/6853763422342325506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=6853763422342325506&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6853763422342325506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/6853763422342325506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/11/connections.html' title='Connections'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-151535461818143560</id><published>2006-11-12T13:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T14:04:42.821-05:00</updated><title type='text'>People I Hate</title><summary type='text'>You know you're bored when you start writing out a shit list.1. Joe Lieberman- Is there a bigger douche bag in American politics? Holy Joe and his sanctimonious bullshit continues unabated. Just after the Democrats retake both houses of Congress and several state houses, Joe says that both parties are on probation and that this was not a major realignment. Can you be any more clueless than Joe </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/151535461818143560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=151535461818143560&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/151535461818143560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/151535461818143560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/11/people-i-hate.html' title='People I Hate'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-116334679513555329</id><published>2006-11-12T10:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:57.588-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Feingold is Out of '08</title><summary type='text'>This news makes me very sad. I was leaning heavily towards Feingold. There just aren't that many politicians with the integrity and character that Russ has. While I understand his desire for happiness in life, I regret his decision not to pursue the Democratic nomination.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/116334679513555329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=116334679513555329&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116334679513555329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116334679513555329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/11/feingold-is-out-of-08.html' title='Feingold is Out of &apos;08'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-116301542526019158</id><published>2006-11-08T14:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:57.189-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Post Election Ruminations</title><summary type='text'>Something that really stuck out to me last night as I watched the election coverage on CNN was the ridiculous spin and lack of journalistic honesty. At the time, it didn't bother me all that much, probably because we were kicking the crap out of the GOP. But what Bill Bennett, JC Watts and the rest of the gang on CNN were engaged in was a clever ploy to recast yesterday's results. According to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/116301542526019158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=116301542526019158&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116301542526019158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116301542526019158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/11/post-election-ruminations.html' title='Post Election Ruminations'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-116296684894555270</id><published>2006-11-08T01:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:56.792-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Out of Three</title><summary type='text'>Ain't so bad. I picked Kirsten Gillibrand to oust frat boy wannabe John Sweeney in NY 20. And I hit that one. I also picked Jim Webb to knock that cracker, racist pick Macaca Allen out of the Senate in VA. And I hit a home run there. But, on the negative side, I did go with Ford in TN Senate. It was a close race, and maybe if Ford was not African American I would have been three for three. And </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/116296684894555270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=116296684894555270&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116296684894555270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116296684894555270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/11/two-out-of-three.html' title='Two Out of Three'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-116296575855218508</id><published>2006-11-08T01:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:56.334-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Big Night</title><summary type='text'>So if you click on this you'll see that winning runs in my family. This time, it's my dad picking up a seat on the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates. This latest result runs the Anderson record to 4-0 in local elections (two for dad and two for me). Which means I need to head back home and win another election. I just can't allow my dad to break my record of wins. And 2008 just happens to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/116296575855218508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=116296575855218508&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116296575855218508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116296575855218508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/11/big-night_08.html' title='Big Night'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-116216469418332585</id><published>2006-10-29T17:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:54.600-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In Defense of Outing</title><summary type='text'>Much has been made in recent days about the outing of homosexual politicians and staffers. In fact, the Times even had a front page piece on the issue. The current controversy was fueled by a combination of the Foley scandal and allegations that Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) and Charlie Crist (Republican candidate for governor, FL) are closeted gays. As is to be expected, the GOP and its defenders </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/116216469418332585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=116216469418332585&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116216469418332585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116216469418332585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/10/in-defense-of-outing.html' title='In Defense of Outing'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-116197034892334950</id><published>2006-10-27T13:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:53.516-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Crunch Time</title><summary type='text'>Or, maybe it's "put up or shut up" time. But if you are tired of failed Republican leadership of our country, you need to pony up some cash and/or volunteer your time. I have put out a few bucks (I won't say how much, but substantial for a full-time student) to three candidates- Webb in VA, Ford in TN, and Gillibrand in NY-20- and so should you. Today is about the last day for money to matter. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/116197034892334950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=116197034892334950&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116197034892334950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116197034892334950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/10/crunch-time.html' title='Crunch Time'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-116196911152676903</id><published>2006-10-27T13:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:53.128-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Recommended Reading</title><summary type='text'>Balloon Juice, a blog by a Republican from W. VA is on my daily must-read list. And, it ought to be on yours, too. John Cole, the proprietor of the blog, is one of the few actual conservatives in the blogosphere. By actual conservative I mean not a Bush cultist. I don't agree with Cole on everything, but reading him reminds me how much rational people have in common. And gives me hope for our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/116196911152676903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=116196911152676903&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116196911152676903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116196911152676903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/10/recommended-reading.html' title='Recommended Reading'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-116197226559152243</id><published>2006-10-27T12:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:54.061-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lazy Rainy Day Music Post</title><summary type='text'>So, I've not posted in ages. And all you're going to get from me is a random ten from my iPod. Someday I will write again. There are tons of ideas bouncing around in my head, ranging from knowledge as a commodity in the policy process to dystopian fiction. Hopefully I'll spill a bit of it this weekend. 'Til then, cue the music.1)Slow Dazzle- Wedding Dance2)Paul Weller- All Along the Watchtower3)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/116197226559152243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=116197226559152243&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116197226559152243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/116197226559152243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/10/lazy-rainy-day-music-post.html' title='Lazy Rainy Day Music Post'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115967668624902929</id><published>2006-10-01T00:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:52.663-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The King</title><summary type='text'>Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you the 2006 Mr. Olympia- Jay Cutler. After a string of second places, Jay took down eight time champ Ronnie Coleman. Big ups to my fellow Bay State native!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115967668624902929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115967668624902929&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115967668624902929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115967668624902929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/10/king.html' title='The King'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115963842420259510</id><published>2006-09-30T13:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:52.191-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That'll Learn 'Em a Lesson</title><summary type='text'>It's so nice to see that parts of our country still believe that corporal punishment is a good idea. Seriously, it is 2006 and some parts of the US still think it's 1606. Is it so hard to fathom that using violence to punish violence is non-sensical and detrimental? It is more than a bit ironic that the same people who rail against the evils of the public schools and its teachers are the same </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115963842420259510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115963842420259510&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115963842420259510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115963842420259510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/09/thatll-learn-em-lesson.html' title='That&apos;ll Learn &apos;Em a Lesson'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115963569453927456</id><published>2006-09-30T12:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:51.500-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Eyes on the Prize</title><summary type='text'>At times like these, one of the most difficult things to do is to keep your eyes on the prize. Just this week, Congress eviscerated our Constitution and over nine hundred years of international norms. We are now a nation that tortures at will and denies the basic legal right of habeas corpus. All in the name of fear. Bush likes to say that the terrorists hate us for our freedoms, but at the rate </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115963569453927456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115963569453927456&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115963569453927456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115963569453927456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/09/eyes-on-prize.html' title='Eyes on the Prize'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115906788840566885</id><published>2006-09-23T22:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:51.196-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday Night Random 10</title><summary type='text'>Because I am excited to have found 6' wide bamboo blinds and.. well, because I have not written anything since before I moved.1. Lansing Dreiden- ICU2. The Decemberists- Los Angeles, I'm Yours3. Comets on Fire- Hatched Upon the Age4. The Stills- Love and Death5. Jim Noir- I Me I'm Your6. Badly Drawn Boy- Using Our Feet7. UNKLE- In a State8. Dr. Octagon- 30009. The Divine Comedy- Charmed Life10. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115906788840566885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115906788840566885&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115906788840566885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115906788840566885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/09/saturday-night-random-10.html' title='Saturday Night Random 10'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115733677546078563</id><published>2006-09-03T21:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:50.718-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What Do We Owe</title><summary type='text'>Does God call us to take care of our less fortunate fellow men? That is a question much on my mind in recent weeks. You see, as part of my daily commute to school and the gym I pass by areas where the homeless of Atlanta congregate and sleep. Every night I drive by church steps where men and women sleep. Every day I see the lines for food at the soup kitchens. And I think to myself, what is so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115733677546078563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115733677546078563&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115733677546078563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115733677546078563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-do-we-owe.html' title='What Do We Owe'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115708602009141124</id><published>2006-09-01T00:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:50.275-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a Real Democrat Sounds Like</title><summary type='text'>This is the complete text (courtesy of The Salt Lake Tribune) of Mayor Rocky Anderson's speech from August 30. This, my friends, is what a Democrat should sound like. And would sound like if we had any non-neutered ones in DC.Transcript of Mayor Rocky Anderson's speechSalt Lake TribuneWashington Square Salt Lake City, Utah August 30, 2006     A patriot is a person who loves his or her country.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115708602009141124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115708602009141124&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115708602009141124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115708602009141124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-real-democrat-sounds-like.html' title='What a Real Democrat Sounds Like'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115610041678159838</id><published>2006-08-20T14:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:49.770-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Time for Another Random 10</title><summary type='text'>I seem to be amiss at posting these lately. A lot of my blogging time has been spent on the comments section of others' blogs this past week or so. As school begins next week, I'll probably post a bit more frequently here. 1. The Six Parts Seven - On Marriage2. Amusement Parks on Fire - Venus Center (I really love these guys.. and you will too if you like(d) Ride or My Bloody Valentine)3. My Life</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115610041678159838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115610041678159838&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115610041678159838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115610041678159838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/08/time-for-another-random-10.html' title='Time for Another Random 10'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115587654923861233</id><published>2006-08-18T00:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:49.288-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ackkk</title><summary type='text'>What a shrieking harpy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115587654923861233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115587654923861233&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115587654923861233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115587654923861233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/08/ackkk.html' title='Ackkk'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115587426855541543</id><published>2006-08-18T00:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:48.884-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Senator Hatch is Unhinged</title><summary type='text'>Senator Hatch joins the bandwagon of Right-Wing douchebags who equate a Democratic victory in the fall with a terrorist attack. Bravo, jackass! Here is an email I sent to Orrin-Although I do not agree with your positions most of the time, I still believed that you were a man of integrity. Unfortunately I was wrong. Your comment linking a Democratic victory in November with a terrorist attack is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115587426855541543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115587426855541543&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115587426855541543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115587426855541543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/08/senator-hatch-is-unhinged_18.html' title='Senator Hatch is Unhinged'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115513913050144200</id><published>2006-08-09T11:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:48.203-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Party of One</title><summary type='text'>So, the dust has begun to settle in Connecticut and Holy Joe still thinks he is more important than his Party. Despite his resounding defeat, HoJo will soldier on, in an effort driven solely by his megalomania, in his attempt to hold onto his beloved Senate seat. If there was any doubt in your mind about Joe's true allegiances, they should be gone right now. HoJo cares only about himself and his </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115513913050144200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115513913050144200&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115513913050144200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115513913050144200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/08/party-of-one.html' title='Party of One'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115496483841834269</id><published>2006-08-07T11:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:47.952-05:00</updated><title type='text'>F*ck Girls Gone Wild</title><summary type='text'>Is it really a surprise that the creator of Girls Gone Wild is not only a raging jackass, but also hates women and likes to force drunk ones into having sex with him. Oh, and he also likes to get violent, too. Read the whole story here.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115496483841834269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115496483841834269&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115496483841834269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115496483841834269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/08/fck-girls-gone-wild.html' title='F*ck Girls Gone Wild'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115463961195926427</id><published>2006-08-03T17:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:47.679-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stu Rothenberg Just Doesn't Get It</title><summary type='text'>In his guest appearnace at Political Wire today, Rothenberg rolls out the usual tripe from the Beltway about the Lamont-Lieberman race. Oh, and he even refers to Lamont supporters and (presumably) the netroots as "the crazies in the party." Below is my email to Stu.Dear Mr. Rothenberg-Although I have been an admirer of your work for many years, your coverage of the Lieberman-Lamont primary has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115463961195926427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115463961195926427&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115463961195926427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115463961195926427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/08/stu-rothenberg-just-doesnt-get-it.html' title='Stu Rothenberg Just Doesn&apos;t Get It'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115392296108489741</id><published>2006-07-26T09:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:47.461-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Moving Week Random 10</title><summary type='text'>musclehead central is moving this week from the Emory 'burbs area down to the art district of Castleberry Hills. 1. Heated Pool and Bar- John Vanderslice2. Dance 1- Kiss Me Deadly3. Five Stars and Two Thumbs Up- Danielson4. Bow Wow- The Fiery Furnaces5. Set Yourself on Fire- Stars6. Stadiums and Shrines II- Sunset Rubdown7. Deckchairs and Cigarettes- The Thrills8. Runes and Men (reprise)- Death </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115392296108489741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115392296108489741&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115392296108489741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115392296108489741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/07/moving-week-random-10.html' title='Moving Week Random 10'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115371604642774849</id><published>2006-07-24T00:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:47.146-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FDA's Lame Attempt at Curbing Conflicts of Interest</title><summary type='text'>The New York Times reports that the FDA is planning to reform its waiver granting process for doctors and scientists who sit on its advisory boards. Unfortunately, it is not the extent necessary to eliminate the conflicts that plague these boards. According to the story, the FDA will make the waiver process more transparent and would bar those doctors and scientists who have current financial </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115371604642774849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115371604642774849&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115371604642774849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115371604642774849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/07/fdas-lame-attempt-at-curbing-conflicts.html' title='FDA&apos;s Lame Attempt at Curbing Conflicts of Interest'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115360166191525201</id><published>2006-07-22T16:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:46.858-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Not Much To Say</title><summary type='text'>I have yet to write about the Israel-Hezbollah-Lebanon-Hamas fiasco. Partly because there are far more knowledgeable folks already doing so. But also because I find the whole thing beyond heartbreaking. On the one hand, I have always been an ardent supporter of Israel and her right to security. Yet, my support for Israel is not so blind or unconditional not to be moved by images such as these, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115360166191525201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115360166191525201&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115360166191525201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115360166191525201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/07/not-much-to-say.html' title='Not Much To Say'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115301770451275996</id><published>2006-07-15T22:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:46.527-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Say NO to Right Wing Hatemongers</title><summary type='text'>Click on over here to sing the petition calling on the media to pull the plug on Right Wing hate merchants who have all spoken openly about the execution of public officials (Supreme Court Justices) and bombing of news outlets that don't swear loyalty to the Bush propaganda machine. People like Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck and Melanie Morgan do not deserve the attention of decent Americans. And, by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115301770451275996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115301770451275996&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115301770451275996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115301770451275996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/07/just-say-no-to-right-wing-hatemongers.html' title='Just Say NO to Right Wing Hatemongers'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115286178650732182</id><published>2006-07-14T03:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:46.161-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Child Abuse????</title><summary type='text'>Ok, so that title is a bit of a stretch, especially given my own work in Republican politics at a young age. But there is something a bit creepy about these home schooled kids busting their humps for the GOP. What I find troublesome is the sort of indoctrination into a certain belief system that these parents subject their kids to. When I was involved in GOP politics (hey, I was young and in MA </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115286178650732182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115286178650732182&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115286178650732182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115286178650732182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/07/child-abuse.html' title='Child Abuse????'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115230025642740675</id><published>2006-07-07T15:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:45.837-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Disingenuous Sully the Pooh</title><summary type='text'>Andy has his own little take on the Lieberman-Lamont debate last night. He quotes an exchange about earmarks where Ned Lamont says Lieberman ought not be boasting about his performance and then goes on to say that earmarks really ought to be done away with. Sully closes with what he thinks is a pithy line about the food being in the restaurant being awful and such small portions.Ugh... I know </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115230025642740675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115230025642740675&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115230025642740675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115230025642740675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/07/disingenuous-sully-pooh.html' title='Disingenuous Sully the Pooh'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115186678197445526</id><published>2006-07-02T14:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:45.472-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Video of the Day</title><summary type='text'>Thank f*cking god for bands like Ministry, who are not afraid to mount a frontal assault on the corrupt, fearmongering George W. Clusterf*ck administration. This is the video for the newest single Lieslieslies off of the album Rio Grande Blood. It is their second anti-Bush album in two years. Perhaps those of us who love Ministry should thank Bushie for invigorating one of the best industrial </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115186678197445526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115186678197445526&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115186678197445526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115186678197445526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/07/video-of-day.html' title='Video of the Day'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115174151182881527</id><published>2006-07-01T04:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:45.218-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Could you pass the U.S. citizenship test?</title><summary type='text'>Not only can I pass, but I aced this mock citizenship test. I knew that being a government and politics nerd would payoff one of these days.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115174151182881527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115174151182881527&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115174151182881527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115174151182881527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/07/could-you-pass-us-citizenship-test.html' title='Could you pass the U.S. citizenship test?'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115160671426171859</id><published>2006-06-29T14:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:44.814-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Recommended Blog</title><summary type='text'>I don't recall ever promoting Orcinus. Perhaps I have to some of you in private emails, but I really want to point out the excellent work that David Neiwert does on a daily basis. He keeps tabs on the right-wing nutjobs in the US and provides such detail that one cannot help but to be impressed with his work. If you care about the threat posed to America by hate groups, this is the place for you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115160671426171859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115160671426171859&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115160671426171859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115160671426171859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/recommended-blog.html' title='Recommended Blog'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115156123646977341</id><published>2006-06-29T01:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:44.228-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Everybody Hates Beckham</title><summary type='text'>Looking through my traffic reports, I see that something like 35% are coming here to read an old post trashing Beckham. In fact, Beckham Sucks! is the 4th ranked google search for those terms. Wow. That post was written in 2004, during the Euro 2004 tournament, where Mr. Posh Spice sent a penalty kick flying over the net. And, although my reasons for disliking David remain intact, I have to say </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115156123646977341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115156123646977341&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115156123646977341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115156123646977341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/everybody-hates-beckham.html' title='Everybody Hates Beckham'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115147036233402557</id><published>2006-06-28T00:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:43.847-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Aww.. Let's Just F*ck the Whole 1st Amendment</title><summary type='text'>Nevermind that Bush himself, as well as members of his administration, publicly spoke about monitoring the financial transactions of terror suspects, the GoOPer House wants to pass a resolution condemning the NYT for writing about the SWIFT program. Nevermind, too that the Republican mouthpiece Wall Street Journal published a similar story on the same day as the times... And, of course, you also </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115147036233402557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115147036233402557&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115147036233402557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115147036233402557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/aww-lets-just-fck-whole-1st-amendment.html' title='Aww.. Let&apos;s Just F*ck the Whole 1st Amendment'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115138328868138170</id><published>2006-06-27T00:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:43.227-05:00</updated><title type='text'>He's a Fat Drug Addict Who Can't Get It Up and Nobody Likes Him</title><summary type='text'>So, Fatty McPill Popper needs a bit of the Viagra to get it up. This is not only funny, but interesting because Limbaugh serves as the mouthpiece to the Right Wing fringe in this country, a group of people who believe that all sex outside of procreative marital sex is a sin. So, will Rush fess up to his sin? Will his Cheetos eating lemmings feel a sense of cognitive dissonance? I suppose the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115138328868138170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115138328868138170&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115138328868138170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115138328868138170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/hes-fat-drug-addict-who-cant-get-it-up.html' title='He&apos;s a Fat Drug Addict Who Can&apos;t Get It Up and Nobody Likes Him'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115125928328469341</id><published>2006-06-25T14:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:42.727-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Book Plug</title><summary type='text'>I am a bit late to the party, so to speak, but I heartily recommend Glenn Greenwald's How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok. As Glenn makes the case in his book (as he has on his blog), Bush's power grab really finds no home in either conservative or liberal ideology. But rather it is a sort of totalitarianism inimical to core American values. Hopefully this</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115125928328469341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115125928328469341&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115125928328469341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115125928328469341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/book-plug.html' title='Book Plug'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115074388492242388</id><published>2006-06-19T15:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:41.946-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So Much for Sisterhood</title><summary type='text'>Louisiana Governor Blanco, a Democrat, signed a bill to ban abortions in that state. Unlike the South Dakota abortion ban, this is actually a trigger law. In other words, when the Bush Supreme Court overturns Roe, sending it back to the states, LA will instantly prohibit abortions. Just like the SD ban, though, this provides no exception for rape or incest.Congratulations, Kathleen, you've sold </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115074388492242388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115074388492242388&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115074388492242388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115074388492242388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/so-much-for-sisterhood.html' title='So Much for Sisterhood'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115065927552127633</id><published>2006-06-18T15:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:41.519-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Can't More Dems Be Like Murtha?</title><summary type='text'>In other words, why can't they have a f*cking spine? In response to Karl Rove's latest bullshit, Jack Murtha said- He's in New Hampshire. He's making a political speech. He’s sitting in his air-conditioned office on his big, fat backside-saying stay the course. That’s not a plan! We've got to change direction. You can't sit there in the air-conditioned office and tell troops carrying seventy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115065927552127633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115065927552127633&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115065927552127633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115065927552127633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/why-cant-more-dems-be-like-murtha.html' title='Why Can&apos;t More Dems Be Like Murtha?'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115043741611596382</id><published>2006-06-16T01:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:41.038-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Decisions, Decisions</title><summary type='text'>The more I contemplate the fall semester, the more I consider changing a couple of my courses. As of right now the lineup is as follows-Trusts and EstatesBankruptcyCriminal Procedure IIAdministrative LawFundamentals of Income TaxationBut I am contemplating swapping out of Crim Pro II in order to take Mergers and Acquistions; nixing Fundamentals of Income Taxation for Corporate Finance; and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115043741611596382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115043741611596382&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115043741611596382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115043741611596382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/decisions-decisions.html' title='Decisions, Decisions'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115032000479811430</id><published>2006-06-14T17:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:40.594-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Beltway Dems Must Go</title><summary type='text'>According to this report from Hotline On Call, the DSCC might support Lieberman's independent run for reelection should he lose the CT primary to Ned Lamont. This is just one of myriad reasons why we need to replace the ENTIRE DC Democratic establishment. As usual, the idiots got a nice email from me.Hello-I am writing to express my extreme displeasure with Sen. Schumer's comments with respect to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115032000479811430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115032000479811430&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115032000479811430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115032000479811430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/beltway-dems-must-go.html' title='Beltway Dems Must Go'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115022531246346083</id><published>2006-06-13T14:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:40.194-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ten Random</title><summary type='text'>Straight from the iPod--1) Dresden Dolls- Mandy Goes to Med School The Dresden Dolls' indie cabaret is something of an acquired taste. And I may be more willing to embrace it since they're from Boston. 2) The Decemberists- California One Youth and Beauty Brigade The Decemberists made something of a splash last year with their video for Sixteen Military Wives, which mocked the US and its </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115022531246346083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115022531246346083&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115022531246346083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115022531246346083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/ten-random.html' title='Ten Random'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-115015261779610362</id><published>2006-06-12T18:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:39.328-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pumpkinhead Follies</title><summary type='text'>So, Pumpkinhead Russert believes that National Review's Byron York is an interesting, objective observer of American politics. He probably also thinks that McDonalds is a fine steakhouse. Seriously, York's latest "book" is entitled The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy and is published by Crown Forum, purveyors of such right wing porn as Ann Coulter, L. Brent Bozell and John Podhoretz. Like any good </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/115015261779610362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=115015261779610362&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115015261779610362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/115015261779610362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/pumpkinhead-follies.html' title='Pumpkinhead Follies'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114953914641918326</id><published>2006-06-05T16:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:38.906-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Appealing to the Morons</title><summary type='text'>Now that Congress-critters are back from vacation, they plan on taking on such important matters as... Iraq War? Nope. Energy Prices? Nyet. Poverty? No siree. Instead, the GoOPers will focus on weighty issues like gay marriage and flag burning. Woo hoo. I am sure that the majority of Americans find health care, rising gas prices and casualties in Iraq far more pressing than fags and flags. But, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114953914641918326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114953914641918326&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114953914641918326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114953914641918326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/appealing-to-morons.html' title='Appealing to the Morons'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114935285807674989</id><published>2006-06-03T12:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:38.559-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where the Morons Are</title><summary type='text'>According to the New York Times, there are only three portions of the country where Bushie has approval ratings above 50%. And the three are not Halliburton HQ, the Southern Baptist Conference, and the mental ward. It's actually Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. In other words, dumbfuckistan. I mean, what do any of those states have to offer the country, aside from Mormons, potato farmers and Dick Cheney?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114935285807674989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114935285807674989&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114935285807674989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114935285807674989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/06/where-morons-are.html' title='Where the Morons Are'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114911420094955534</id><published>2006-05-31T18:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:38.189-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sick of the Two Major Parties?</title><summary type='text'>Yet still not sure about the whole third party movement and whether it would be viable? Well, Unity '08 could be just the ticket. They are not building a new party, but rather seek a Prez/VP ticket comprised of folks from each party (or independents). Unity 08 believes that the two major parties no longer represent the majority of Americans, and play only to their special interest base. Perhaps </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114911420094955534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114911420094955534&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114911420094955534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114911420094955534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/sick-of-two-major-parties.html' title='Sick of the Two Major Parties?'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114865785073260113</id><published>2006-05-26T11:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:37.853-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Affirmative Action for the Prez Mint Carrier</title><summary type='text'>Despite completing only one year of college, Blake Gottesman has been accepted to Harvard Business School. Gottesman is a Texas native who in the past dated Jenna Bush and then went on to become Bush's personal assistant. In other words, he "resident Bush’s breath mints and makes him peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches." This somehow qualifies Gottesman to attend HBS without even bothering to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114865785073260113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114865785073260113&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114865785073260113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114865785073260113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/affirmative-action-for-prez-mint.html' title='Affirmative Action for the Prez Mint Carrier'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114850600426719440</id><published>2006-05-24T17:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:32.157-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Wimpy Dem</title><summary type='text'>So, the frontrunner for the Dem nomination for GA Gov turns out to be no better than the Republican she hopes to replace. Putting "good politics" above principle, Cathy Cox has turned her back on Georgia's gays and lesbians in their quest for equal marriage rights. Below is a copy of the email I sent to her campaign.In light of recent events I would like for you to remove my email address from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114850600426719440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114850600426719440&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114850600426719440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114850600426719440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/another-wimpy-dem.html' title='Another Wimpy Dem'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114850569343201263</id><published>2006-05-24T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:31.732-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why I Am No Longer a Democrat</title><summary type='text'>This is the final straw. Yesterday, four of the seven Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee voted in favor of General Hayden's nomination to head the CIA. Not only would Hayden's ascension mean that all major US intelligence operations will be headed by a military person, but even more troubling is that Hayden was the head of the National Security Agency (NSA) when the illegal </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114850569343201263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114850569343201263&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114850569343201263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114850569343201263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/why-i-am-no-longer-democrat.html' title='Why I Am No Longer a Democrat'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114711103735346424</id><published>2006-05-08T13:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:31.384-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Guilty Pleasure</title><summary type='text'>So, I grabbed the covers album by Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs. I am enjoying it much more than I ought to. I have to remind myself that Matthew Sweet is sorta indie, so that I do not feel so dirty and corporate. Best track so far- Cinnamon Girl.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114711103735346424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114711103735346424&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114711103735346424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114711103735346424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/guilty-pleasure.html' title='Guilty Pleasure'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114697103732075776</id><published>2006-05-06T22:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:31.038-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Music Saturday</title><summary type='text'>(or, my musical taste is so much more indie and cool than yours)Here is what's newish on the musclehead iPod.Secret Machines- Ten Silver DropsCasiotone for the Painfully Alone- EtiquetteGnarls Barkley- St. ElsewhereDresden Dolls- Yes, VirginiaGrandaddy- Just Like the Fambly CatDrive-By Truckers- A Blessing and a CurseBand of Horses- Everything All the TimeA Northern Chorus- Bitter Hands </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114697103732075776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114697103732075776&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114697103732075776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114697103732075776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/new-music-saturday.html' title='New Music Saturday'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114662808413632227</id><published>2006-05-02T23:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:30.714-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tell Steny Hoyer to Shove It</title><summary type='text'>Minority Whip Steny Hoyer came to the defense of Bushie today, saying that Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner went over the line and that "Bush deserves respect." Well, if you're so inclined you can go here and tell Steny just what you think. Of course, you'll have to dig up a Maryland zip code in order to even email the Congressman (oh, one like </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114662808413632227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114662808413632227&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114662808413632227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114662808413632227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/tell-steny-hoyer-to-shove-it.html' title='Tell Steny Hoyer to Shove It'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114654543543074727</id><published>2006-05-02T00:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:30.339-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who's The Boss?</title><summary type='text'> By this picture it would sure seem as if the boss is NOT me. And I am still stuck on the floor here. But when asked, Charlie will sit down. (Doing so with a treat in my hand makes it much more likely, though.)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114654543543074727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114654543543074727&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114654543543074727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114654543543074727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/whos-boss.html' title='Who&apos;s The Boss?'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114651722104973523</id><published>2006-05-01T16:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:30.085-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Dubious Anniversary</title><summary type='text'>Today is the three year anniversary of Chimpy McFlighsuit's landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln to declare "mission accomplished." Since that day, over 2,000 troops have lost their lives; nearly 16,000 more have been wounded; insurgent attacks have gone from 8 per day to about 75 per day; and, US taxpayers have ponied up another $240 billion to pay for it all.So, one has to ask- what the f*ck have</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114651722104973523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114651722104973523&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114651722104973523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114651722104973523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/dubious-anniversary.html' title='A Dubious Anniversary'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114651679697086414</id><published>2006-05-01T16:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:29.666-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kids These Days Aren't All Bad</title><summary type='text'>Ava Lowery is a fifteen year old peace activist from Alabama who blogs and makes animations for the web at Peace Takes Courage. You really should go check it out. Just like everyone else who dares question Emperor Bushie, she has received more than her fair share of death threats and nasty emails. As she says at the end of an animation that features some choice quotes from these missives, "I'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114651679697086414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114651679697086414&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114651679697086414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114651679697086414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/05/kids-these-days-arent-all-bad.html' title='Kids These Days Aren&apos;t All Bad'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114318077904009689</id><published>2006-03-24T01:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:29.335-05:00</updated><title type='text'>About That Big Announcement</title><summary type='text'>I almost forgot to post it here, though many people already know what it is (since I solicited advice from quite a few folks).Despite suffering through two different law schools in two different cities and driving myself nearly insane in the process, I have decided to head on back. I will be registering for classes sometime next week before I leave for my MA vacation (have to celebrate dad's 60th</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114318077904009689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114318077904009689&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114318077904009689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114318077904009689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/03/about-that-big-announcement.html' title='About That Big Announcement'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114231739648318616</id><published>2006-03-14T01:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:29.044-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Been a Long Time</title><summary type='text'>And still I haven't much to say that is original or not driven by outright anger at the fundamental misdirection of this country.Anyhow... look for big news regarding my plans for next fall. I will likely blog about it later in the week, after all the important people in my life hear about it from me first.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114231739648318616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114231739648318616&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114231739648318616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114231739648318616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/03/been-long-time.html' title='Been a Long Time'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114010263864704534</id><published>2006-02-16T10:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:28.725-05:00</updated><title type='text'>GA Legislature Trying to Squelch Gay Student Groups</title><summary type='text'>Although they do not come out and admit it, GA legislators are trying to kill gay student groups. Today's AJC has the story. Note the comments by Representative Walker, who is also a Methodist minister, at the end of the piece. I took the time to email him and have posted it here.Dear Representative Walker-I read with interest your comments about after-school clubs in today's AJC. However, I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114010263864704534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114010263864704534&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114010263864704534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114010263864704534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/02/ga-legislature-trying-to-squelch-gay.html' title='GA Legislature Trying to Squelch Gay Student Groups'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114006247830443894</id><published>2006-02-15T23:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:28.420-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What Liberal Media??</title><summary type='text'>Drop what you're doing and go read this piece from Peter Daou. It lists, with detail, numerous times where the mainstream media has sloppily swallowed the GOP spin on current events. It is part of a challenge issued by Daou to conservative bloggers that the MSM is indeed liberal and biased. As I have written before, the members of the media may be left of center personally but their reporting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114006247830443894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114006247830443894&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114006247830443894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114006247830443894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-liberal-media.html' title='What Liberal Media??'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-114002995516241234</id><published>2006-02-15T13:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:28.062-05:00</updated><title type='text'>sjhfjfhdjfdj^U^&amp;^dfdfjdio#</title><summary type='text'>That is about how I feel today after reading the news. (1) GOP Senators on the intelligence committee have been cowered by Karl Rove and Big Time Dick Cheney (maybe he was wielding his girlie gun) into backing off an investigation into NSA wiretapping. This is despite polls showing most Americans believe the wiretapping was wrong and want an investigation.(2) Girlie shooter Cheney is finally </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/114002995516241234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=114002995516241234&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114002995516241234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/114002995516241234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/02/sjhfjfhdjfdjudfdfjdio.html' title='sjhfjfhdjfdj^U^&amp;^dfdfjdio#'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-113989667464814790</id><published>2006-02-14T00:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:27.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>F*ck Bill Frist</title><summary type='text'>Ahh.. the joys of being the Senate Majority Leader. He does not have to worry about such things as the Iraq debacle, warrantless spying on Americans, mine safety, budget deficits or anything else of actual substance. Instead, he gets to focus all of his attention on making sure those icky homosexuals cannot get married. Speaking to this year's CPAC conference, Frist promised to bring up a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/113989667464814790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=113989667464814790&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/113989667464814790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/113989667464814790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/02/fck-bill-frist.html' title='F*ck Bill Frist'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-113987018800510848</id><published>2006-02-13T17:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:27.485-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lenny the Foster Dog</title><summary type='text'> This is Lenny, our latest foster dog. He's back at the shelter this week because we are just too busy to take care of two dogs. Believe it or not, this little guy is part chihuahua and part sheltie.Of course, I had to throw in a pic of Sophie, too. She is a sheltie and rough collie mix and 100% royalty (at least in this condo).</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/113987018800510848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=113987018800510848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/113987018800510848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/113987018800510848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/02/lenny-foster-dog.html' title='Lenny the Foster Dog'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-113986495574928749</id><published>2006-02-13T16:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:27.142-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Deadeye Dick?</title><summary type='text'>Well, not only did the senile codger known as our VP shoot someone over the weekend, but he did so with a lady's gun- a 28 gauge. For those of you who are not gun-knowledgeable, a 28 gauge is the type of gun you give a girl learning to shoot. IT has virtually no recoil, as opposed to a more manly 12 gauge. Sure, some hunters will tell you the 28 gauge is a specialized gun, good for certain types </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/113986495574928749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=113986495574928749&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/113986495574928749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/113986495574928749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/02/deadeye-dick.html' title='Deadeye Dick?'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050278.post-113951589680432272</id><published>2006-02-09T15:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-12T13:34:26.701-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Same as the Old Boss, Part Deux</title><summary type='text'>Not content with simply acting like Tom DeLay, new Majority Leader Boehner is bringing over at least one of the Bug Man's former staffers. And we're still supposed to believe that things in the House will change. Monkeys might fly out of my ass first.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/feeds/113951589680432272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5050278&amp;postID=113951589680432272&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/113951589680432272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5050278/posts/default/113951589680432272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://musclehead.blogspot.com/2006/02/same-as-old-boss-part-deux.html' title='Same as the Old Boss, Part Deux'/><author><name>musclehead</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
