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term='mysandry'/><category term='outreach'/><category term='Sarah Palin'/><category term='accounting'/><category term='investing'/><title type='text'>An Inconvenient Man</title><subtitle type='html'>I came of age during the Reagan Revolution, but still lived under the culture of poverty I grew up in.  I overcame my past and just graduated in May 2007 with a Bachelors in Journalism.  What I am most interested in is not politics directly, rather what lurks under the surface of our personal and political lives.
Please request to friend me at http://www.facebook.com/#!/tspriggs  You can also visit my site on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/salseroman</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>180</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8188221295464048701</id><published>2012-02-13T14:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T14:32:07.229-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catholic Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catholics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='european history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obamacare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>Charity at any Price.</title><summary type='text'>You know how I do this: I always hold my fire on a subject until I am sure about the facts and the response I wish to give.  And here, I have done it yet again.  But now that I have had the chance to stop and consider the issue, there are a few things I wish to say about the current situation brewing between the Catholic Church and the Obama administration.  I hope I at least give you some </summary><link rel='related' href='http://ricochet.com/main-feed/American-Catholicism-s-Pact-With-the-Devil' title='Charity at any Price.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8188221295464048701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8188221295464048701&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8188221295464048701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8188221295464048701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/02/charity-at-any-price.html' title='Charity at any Price.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4264557025679596859</id><published>2012-02-08T07:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T07:17:27.831-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catholic Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obamacare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leftists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gay marriage'/><title type='text'>The Imperial Left</title><summary type='text'>Should anyone yet have any doubt about the nature of the Obama administration and the left in general, such questions can now be put to rest.  The conflagration began over the Obama administration's assistance that the Catholic Institutions of America would be forced to provide insurance to all employees covering abortion and other contraceptive services.  The Catholic Church responded with a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4264557025679596859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4264557025679596859&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4264557025679596859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4264557025679596859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/02/imperial-left.html' title='The Imperial Left'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-628357165927656798</id><published>2012-02-04T13:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-04T13:10:54.962-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mitt Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republican primary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservatives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republican nomination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative principles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><title type='text'>Romney is a disaster.</title><summary type='text'>I know there are hundreds of documentaries, books and articles on the 1930's and the great depression.  But there is one subject that no one has ever studied as far as I know, and I would love to see it done.  I want to know what weakness in the American psyche allowed the American people to lock conservative ideas out of the public square for twenty years.  What drove the American people to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/628357165927656798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=628357165927656798&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/628357165927656798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/628357165927656798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/02/romney-is-disaster.html' title='Romney is a disaster.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-3707146657893039337</id><published>2012-01-31T17:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T17:30:41.687-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Senior Republican Clown Posse</title><summary type='text'>A gentle reminder of how badly the "Republican establishment" SUCKS!!!

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/3707146657893039337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=3707146657893039337&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3707146657893039337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3707146657893039337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/01/senior-republican-clown-posse.html' title='The Senior Republican Clown Posse'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/ChLg_PpqL-s/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4811768943178806179</id><published>2012-01-30T11:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T11:36:38.148-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newt Gingrich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mitt Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republican primary'/><title type='text'>Mitt the Liar.</title><summary type='text'>I thought I would take a few moments to throw together a little example of how Mitt Romney is willing to lie to be President.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4811768943178806179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4811768943178806179&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4811768943178806179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4811768943178806179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/01/mitt-liar.html' title='Mitt the Liar.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/Sq5-dHuM6Pg/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-2545633754637017872</id><published>2012-01-25T01:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T01:10:08.602-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newt Gingrich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rick Santorum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mitt Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republican primary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republican nomination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freddie mac'/><title type='text'>The Revenge of Newt.</title><summary type='text'>Do you remember way back in October, right before the first Gingrich surge really took off, the post where I endorsed Newt Gingrich?  If not, you should look through my blog and find it.  There are a couple of other very good articles in there as well, including the recent one I wrote on the difference between Sin and Error.  It's great reading.  Take your time please.

Well, tonight I sit here </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71930.html#ixzz1kRtRikwO' title='The Revenge of Newt.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/2545633754637017872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=2545633754637017872&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2545633754637017872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2545633754637017872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/01/revenge-of-newt.html' title='The Revenge of Newt.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4291607470466436059</id><published>2012-01-22T09:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T09:54:38.361-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newt Gingrich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='South Carolina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mitt Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservatives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='republican nomination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative principles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential election'/><title type='text'>Misunderstanding Romney's Problem.</title><summary type='text'>Can I tell you a secret?  I am one of those "frustrated Republican voters" you are hearing a lot about right now.  Yes, I admit it, I hate Obama and everything he has done in office, other than kill Bin Laden.  I am older, and observed the economy for a long time, and I cannot believe we are still arguing over left-wing economic policies that have never worked during the 48 years of my life.  And</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/01/gingrich_wins_south_carolina_how_can_romney_recover_from_his_terrible_defeat_.single.html' title='Misunderstanding Romney&apos;s Problem.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4291607470466436059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4291607470466436059&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4291607470466436059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4291607470466436059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/01/misunderstanding-romneys-problem.html' title='Misunderstanding Romney&apos;s Problem.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5153019761091955003</id><published>2012-01-19T16:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T16:41:56.561-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newt Gingrich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gingrich'/><title type='text'>The Difference Between Sin and Error.</title><summary type='text'>Politics is a tawdry business.  The current political cycle has brought us shining evidence of this; Weiner's weiner, Cain's (alleged) faux passes at co-workers, etc.  But this also provides the opportunity for a teachable moment, and this is one of those.

With the re-hashing of the story of Newt Gingrich's past, we get to see one of the important political markers: the difference between sin </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5153019761091955003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5153019761091955003&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5153019761091955003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5153019761091955003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/01/difference-between-sin-and-error.html' title='The Difference Between Sin and Error.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6684421862021101339</id><published>2012-01-06T15:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T15:24:27.999-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mitt Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Without a party.</title><summary type='text'>The following is a special announcement to those who call themselves "moderate Republicans": 

Bush
Bush
Dole
Bush
Bush
McCain
Romney

That is the list of limp-wristed milquetoast Republicans that have been nominated to run for President since Reagan.  And they have another thing in common; there isn't a conservative among them.  Not even close.  That leaves us with over a quarter of a century of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6684421862021101339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6684421862021101339&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6684421862021101339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6684421862021101339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2012/01/without-party.html' title='Without a party.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-2331067897768633674</id><published>2011-12-19T11:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T11:50:12.706-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boener'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Keystone pipeline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><title type='text'>Boener's Bad Politics</title><summary type='text'>For the life of me, I do not understand why Boener is so horribly pathetic at politics.  In my entire adult life, I have never seen a Speaker of the House that is anywhere near as completely inept.  If he keeps this up, he will be the ruin of the Republican Party forever.

It's not just his tendency to play the game the same way over and over; it's his inability to correctly judge the political </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/boehner-says-house-will-defeat-two-month-payroll-tax-cut-and-send-it-back-to-conference/2011/12/19/gIQAkaVW4O_story.html' title='Boener&apos;s Bad Politics'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/2331067897768633674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=2331067897768633674&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2331067897768633674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2331067897768633674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/12/boeners-bad-politics.html' title='Boener&apos;s Bad Politics'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-2551855445629323205</id><published>2011-12-13T12:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T12:48:55.636-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newt Gingrich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Glenn Beck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ron Paul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea parties'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Glenn Beck and the Tea Party</title><summary type='text'>I used to love Glenn Beck to death.  But for the last few months, I have not paid attention to him at all.  I was glad he was out there, but when he left Fox and quit doing the yeoman work I enjoy so much (and I love history) I quit paying much attention.  That is happy circumstance, considering the drivel that he just proclaimed not just about Newt Gingrich, but also about the Tea Party.

I </summary><link rel='related' href='http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/12/andrew-breitbart-glenn-beck-is-a-coward-and-a-snake/' title='Glenn Beck and the Tea Party'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/2551855445629323205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=2551855445629323205&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2551855445629323205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2551855445629323205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/12/glenn-beck-and-tea-party.html' title='Glenn Beck and the Tea Party'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8510435196329758212</id><published>2011-12-07T14:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T14:57:12.123-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newt Gingrich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ronald Reagan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mitt Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reagan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Why not Romney?</title><summary type='text'>I have in general held my tongue about the Republican candidates who are running for President.  I do occasionally forward a news article or blog post, but overall I have been slow to criticize.  But there is one urban legend I need to explode right now...the idea that Mitt Romney is more electable than the other candidates.  To a point, that is a great argument--and completely, utterly, totally </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/07/romney-misdiagnoses-his-problem/' title='Why not Romney?'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8510435196329758212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8510435196329758212&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8510435196329758212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8510435196329758212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-not-romney.html' title='Why not Romney?'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6322509027830980343</id><published>2011-12-04T15:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-04T15:48:07.873-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiscal policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='european history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='currency'/><title type='text'>Germany Might Save the Word</title><summary type='text'>I am going to say it over and over and over; if you think that the current policies and proposed policies of the liberals in the West are a good idea, you are insane.  Absolutely, certifiably, drooling-on-yourself insane.  You are a threat to the entire world and are an existential threat to the future of the human race.

I might seem to be exaggerating my position, but I do not think so.  I have</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/ess_germanhyperinflation.html' title='Germany Might Save the Word'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6322509027830980343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6322509027830980343&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6322509027830980343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6322509027830980343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/12/germany-might-save-word.html' title='Germany Might Save the Word'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6726390031990716175</id><published>2011-11-23T15:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-23T15:07:36.350-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='minority politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='minority culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='minorities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Latinos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cubans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Latin America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hispanics'/><title type='text'>Hopeless.</title><summary type='text'>It is really unfair for me to point fingers at Newt Gingrich for his stance on illegal immigration.  The political system is not exactly designed to promote a mature, reasoned and honest debate on any issue.  That does nothing, however, to ease my frustration.  I can take you on any business day you want to a street corner near my home in Mesa, Arizona where you can see illegal aliens hanging out</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/23/gingrich_prepared_to_take_the_heat_for_humane_immigration_stance.html' title='Hopeless.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6726390031990716175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6726390031990716175&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6726390031990716175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6726390031990716175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/11/hopeless.html' title='Hopeless.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-7984062540001795173</id><published>2011-11-20T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T10:30:45.025-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justin Timberlake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mila Kunis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obamacare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Penn State'/><title type='text'>A Little Clarity.</title><summary type='text'>There have been a few things that have happened lately that I have not commented on, and I kinda want to do so all in one post.  I have waited a little too long between postings and I need to catch up on some of my thoughts for you.  So here, I am going to cover three Subjects; Obamacare, China, and Penn State.

Obamacare
 
If there is any proof whatsoever that the left are ideologues who cannot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/7984062540001795173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=7984062540001795173&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7984062540001795173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7984062540001795173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/11/little-clarity.html' title='A Little Clarity.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1039292337678085824</id><published>2011-11-18T13:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T14:10:30.814-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newt Gingrich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Perry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bachmann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gingrich'/><title type='text'>The Problem with Newt's "Problem"</title><summary type='text'>If you click on the title, you will be taken to an article that appeared the other day on Bloomberg.com.  On the surface, it is a damning account of the services Newt Gingrich provided to Freddie Mac, made available just as he began rising in the polls.  Gingrich has a long public history, and he does have a large amount of "baggage".  But there is a difference with his issues compared to the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-16/gingrich-said-to-be-paid-at-least-1-6-million-by-freddie-mac.html' title='The Problem with Newt&apos;s &quot;Problem&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1039292337678085824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1039292337678085824&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1039292337678085824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1039292337678085824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/11/problem-with-newts-problem.html' title='The Problem with Newt&apos;s &quot;Problem&quot;'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5595086787141074407</id><published>2011-11-07T18:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T18:13:18.426-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='harassment charges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cain harassment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>What Cain Did Wrong.</title><summary type='text'>Let me set the record straight; I am not at all convinced by the evidence at this point that Herman Cain is guilty of anything concerning the sexual harassment charges against him.  In my mind he is guilty of something much more important; not being prepared.  He has been able to get by so far just winging it, but that will not work now.

The sad thing is, prepping for a political campaign should</summary><link rel='related' href='http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/11/07/followup-video-cains-policy-punt/' title='What Cain Did Wrong.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5595086787141074407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5595086787141074407&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5595086787141074407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5595086787141074407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-cain-did-wrong.html' title='What Cain Did Wrong.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4161585367891770276</id><published>2011-11-04T11:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-11-04T11:06:17.934-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hugh Hewitt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dennis Prager'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Issue 2'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ohio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Issue two'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leftists'/><title type='text'>A cold wind from Ohio blows</title><summary type='text'>If I wish for anyone else in this world to be honest, then I should by all means go first.  So here it goes; I am painfully aware that after years of effort and several books I have not garnered even the tiniest bit of public attention.  I have worked as hard as I can, yet still have practically no support for any of my ideas.  Practically no one will read this blog, or my books.

I know also </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/10/26/poll-issue-2-sinking.html' title='A cold wind from Ohio blows'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4161585367891770276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4161585367891770276&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4161585367891770276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4161585367891770276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/11/cold-wind-from-ohio-blows.html' title='A cold wind from Ohio blows'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4211957163900617249</id><published>2011-10-22T11:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T11:08:21.370-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative principles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roosevelt'/><title type='text'>Chapter from my new book.</title><summary type='text'>I let my friends and followers on Facebook choose between a couple of chapters to share on my blog.  The chose the chapter called, "Miseconomicalization", so here it is...if you click on the title to this post, you will get the paperback version, the Kindle version is being processed right now.  I will reorganize all of my book links soon.

Enjoy the preview!


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  </summary><link rel='related' href='https://www.createspace.com/3710978' title='Chapter from my new book.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4211957163900617249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4211957163900617249&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4211957163900617249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4211957163900617249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/10/chapter-from-my-new-book.html' title='Chapter from my new book.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4130776346575652110</id><published>2011-10-18T21:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T21:12:39.205-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential debate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nest Gingrich'/><title type='text'>My Choice.</title><summary type='text'>Well, I have been purposefully slow to make up my mind about who I am going to support in the upcoming electoral season.  The truth is, I like several of them quite well...Bachmann, Cain, Santorum, and even Perry when he first got in.  But now, I am coming to the point of making a choice.  I feel that I finally want to back someone.

Early on, I wanted to support Bachmann, and I did to a point.  </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.newt.org/' title='My Choice.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4130776346575652110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4130776346575652110&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4130776346575652110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4130776346575652110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-choice.html' title='My Choice.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6812345963455996540</id><published>2011-10-05T18:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T18:09:56.836-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Steve Jobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Apple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Microsoft'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>The Day the Music Died</title><summary type='text'>There are moments in life when it is possible to garner a certain level of clarity that is missing at other times.  The noise and motion of everyday life can blur out our ability to see life clearly.  The edges get smudged and the colors that should be bright faded because we can only focus on one thing at a time.  This is one of those moments of clarity:  Steve Jobs has died.

It is a sad moment</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.apple.com' title='The Day the Music Died'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6812345963455996540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6812345963455996540&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6812345963455996540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6812345963455996540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-music-died.html' title='The Day the Music Died'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1659264667630943951</id><published>2011-10-03T10:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T10:43:08.347-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wall Street protests'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Day of Rage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservatives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><title type='text'>Surrender by Another Name</title><summary type='text'>"Not showing up to riot is a failed conservative policy."  -SDA

If you are on Facebook this morning, you will have noticed that I am on a kick about the Hard Hat Riot of 1970.  It was a landmark event, and one that you have almost certainly never heard of.  And that is a shame.  It was a turning point in modern American history, the point at which for the first time conservative ideals actually </summary><link rel='related' href='http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/05/07/the-hard-hat-riots-on-40-years-on/' title='Surrender by Another Name'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1659264667630943951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1659264667630943951&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1659264667630943951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1659264667630943951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/10/surrender-by-another-name.html' title='Surrender by Another Name'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-7324479673730983144</id><published>2011-09-27T12:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T12:02:41.162-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Romney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Perry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bachmann'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Santorum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ron Paul'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gingrich'/><title type='text'>Losing Track.</title><summary type='text'>Republicans, in their desperation to defeat Obama, have turned the current nominating morass into a bit of a train wreck.  As I finish up my next book, a look at what is wrong with America today and how it can be fixed, I find this a bit depressing.  I would like to throw in my two cents towards the conversation, because defeating Obama is not the end-all of our cause.  If it is, we are losing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/7324479673730983144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=7324479673730983144&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7324479673730983144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7324479673730983144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/09/losing-track.html' title='Losing Track.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5620787447689586708</id><published>2011-09-15T19:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T19:51:57.540-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The End of Obama.</title><summary type='text'>There are moments in time that define a story, an event or even on occasion a person.  For Barack Obama, this summer has been one of those times.  We have have been given a glimpse into the soul of the man as he has gone about his business as President.  What we have seen is not pretty.

We now should understand why Obama has been unable to get the economy moving and solve any of the massive </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odncXZnJ_CM' title='The End of Obama.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5620787447689586708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5620787447689586708&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5620787447689586708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5620787447689586708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/09/end-of-obama.html' title='The End of Obama.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1289439378231821662</id><published>2011-07-30T13:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-30T13:39:02.270-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='France'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Norway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Breivik'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><title type='text'>Sign of Desperation.</title><summary type='text'>I know the attack in Norway was despicable and my heart goes out to the people there who lost loved ones.  However, I must deliver some bad news to you; this is not an isolated event.  Not for long.  Breivik is something that should be far more disturbing:

He is first.

It generally takes a long time - usually decades - before a cultural philosophy works its way through a society to the point of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1289439378231821662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1289439378231821662&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1289439378231821662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1289439378231821662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/07/sign-of-desperation.html' title='Sign of Desperation.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1225260201329635646</id><published>2011-07-10T13:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-10T13:23:15.373-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><title type='text'>What Did I Do Wrong?</title><summary type='text'>I was at an event recently where I overheard a nearby discussion.  One person was talking to another about how far they had fallen in the last few years.  According to the orator, at one time they had a beautiful house, six-figure income and plenty of money in the bank.  They had a good family and a middle-class life.

But now, it was all gone.  The person was living with relatives, getting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1225260201329635646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1225260201329635646&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1225260201329635646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1225260201329635646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-did-i-do-wrong.html' title='What Did I Do Wrong?'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1485918945957469277</id><published>2011-06-29T14:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-29T15:09:10.622-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservative economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='federal budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservatives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><title type='text'>Conservative Spring.</title><summary type='text'>http://www.businessinsider.com/shocking-red-states-have-the-best-public-schools-in-the-country-by-a-long-shot-2011-6

http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=581343

http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx

This blog is meant to be an encouragement to all my conservative friends and allies.  I know we continue to look on in ongoing frustration at what is happening to our government at the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1485918945957469277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1485918945957469277&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1485918945957469277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1485918945957469277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/06/conservative-spring.html' title='Conservative Spring.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5937067611433635461</id><published>2011-06-19T18:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-19T18:36:11.047-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ayn Rand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlas Shrugged'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><title type='text'>Beyond Ayn Rand.</title><summary type='text'>I was very excited when I saw part one of Atlas Shrugged at the movie theater.  So much so that I started to read Atlas Shrugged for the first time.  But I have a confession to make: after finishing less than 20% of it, I am abandoning it.

Not that I mind long novels, I love things like War and Peace.  And it is not that I disagree with the core political concepts of the novel, either.  I rather</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5937067611433635461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5937067611433635461&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5937067611433635461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5937067611433635461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-was-very-excited-when-i-saw-part-one.html' title='Beyond Ayn Rand.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-7519404266635408028</id><published>2011-06-04T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T14:00:34.917-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='international relations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='psychology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='psychological development'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='libertarianism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><title type='text'>Four Year Old Syndrome.</title><summary type='text'>I should be world-famous for making political statements that upset people.  As you well know, I am fascinated more by the psychological and cultural influences that determine political outcomes rather than the outcomes themselves.  If you are a conservative there are reasons you are a conservative and if you are a liberal there are reasons you are a liberal.

Those reasons fascinate me because </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/7519404266635408028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=7519404266635408028&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7519404266635408028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7519404266635408028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/06/four-year-old-syndrome.html' title='Four Year Old Syndrome.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6094466312796989425</id><published>2011-05-17T19:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T19:52:02.594-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government spending'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='federal budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trade deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='national debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><title type='text'>America's Debt.</title><summary type='text'>We need to have a little chit-chat about money.  In particular, I  want to discuss the difference between the federal deficit and the trade deficit.  Like nearly everything that  happens in America, there is a lot more mythology and ideology  surrounding the issue than truth.  A whole lot more.

The  ideology comes from the left, as they do not consider government  borrowing to be a serious </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6094466312796989425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6094466312796989425&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6094466312796989425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6094466312796989425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/05/americas-debt.html' title='America&apos;s Debt.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4175828382045638356</id><published>2011-05-02T19:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T19:37:25.615-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='strategy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='middle east'/><title type='text'>The Death of Bin Laden.</title><summary type='text'>The death of Osama Bin Laden should give every person on the face of the planet pause.  Far too often we see everything in simple matters of black and white; but in reality life almost never works out on some overly simple explanation.  Events take unforeseen twists and turns that lead us to unexpected results.  There are thresholds, tripwires and tipping points that determine the outcomes of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4175828382045638356/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4175828382045638356&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4175828382045638356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4175828382045638356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/05/death-of-bin-laden.html' title='The Death of Bin Laden.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1877064749886846497</id><published>2011-04-18T21:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-18T21:30:01.295-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic collapse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the great depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Storm Warning.</title><summary type='text'>Today, the United States of America took it's first hesitant step down the dark, dangerous rabbit hole that has swallowed up Greece and threatens to spread it's corrosive fingers across the rest of Europe.  Make no mistake about it, today was the first gust of a storm that threatens everything we hold dear.  The storm that hovers off our shores is stronger and more destructive than anything you </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6c97342-69bd-11e0-826b-00144feab49a.html#axzz1JwEW7D8C' title='Storm Warning.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1877064749886846497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1877064749886846497&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1877064749886846497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1877064749886846497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/04/storm-warning.html' title='Storm Warning.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1508903259446300361</id><published>2011-04-17T22:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-17T22:56:24.566-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='federal budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='environment'/><title type='text'>Pushing Forward Against the EPA</title><summary type='text'>Guest Article by Scott Portman

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In the early months of 2011, the federal budget and the U.S. deficit have been a great source of debate. A particular section of the budget though, has been sparking conflict between the Environmental Protection Agency and members of the House GOP. The issue, of course, being the extremely expensive </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1508903259446300361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1508903259446300361&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1508903259446300361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1508903259446300361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/04/pushing-forward-against-epa.html' title='Pushing Forward Against the EPA'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-3612134005049087721</id><published>2011-04-12T11:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-12T11:36:36.378-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american schools'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school vouchers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charter schools'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wisconsin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school choice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='school reform'/><title type='text'>It's All About the Teachers.</title><summary type='text'>The recent and upcoming budget battles are obvioulsy taking up the attention of the public right now.  These are important battles that must be won by conservatives in order to stave off an ever-increasing cycle of inflation and debt.  They are vital for the future of our country.

Nevertheless, I would be remiss if I did not comment on the recent battles over education.  There are some ugly </summary><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2011/04/vouchers_make_a_comeback_but_w.html' title='It&apos;s All About the Teachers.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/3612134005049087721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=3612134005049087721&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3612134005049087721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3612134005049087721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/04/its-all-about-teachers.html' title='It&apos;s All About the Teachers.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5710935226807929980</id><published>2011-04-05T19:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T19:57:53.770-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='harry reid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paul Ryan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='federal budget'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrats'/><title type='text'>Ryan and the Democrats</title><summary type='text'>I know my title sounds a lot like the name of a 60's rock band, but not in this case.  Instead, it is a fine example of the difference in leadership we are starting to see in the nation's capital.  By coming out with a long-term budget with real cuts Paul Ryan has exposed the soft underbelly of the left.

On the other side of the aisle, the Democrats look like the drunk girl at the party who does</summary><link rel='related' href='http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576242612172357504.html' title='Ryan and the Democrats'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5710935226807929980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5710935226807929980&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5710935226807929980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5710935226807929980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/04/ryan-and-democrats.html' title='Ryan and the Democrats'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6735351627519386194</id><published>2011-04-03T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T21:40:00.320-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home'/><title type='text'>God and Family part two.</title><summary type='text'>I know I said I was finished with this subject, but there is in reality nothing I can do to impress upon you how completely serious God is about the subject of family enough to do it justice.  God is altogether off the hook when it comes to family.  It's outrageous, ridiculous and utterly beyond reason.  God wants family and he is a complete sellout to get what he wants.

As I mentioned in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6735351627519386194/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6735351627519386194&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6735351627519386194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6735351627519386194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/04/god-and-family-part-two.html' title='God and Family part two.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4978190444744828077</id><published>2011-03-29T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T21:14:28.467-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marriage'/><title type='text'>One more thing.</title><summary type='text'>God places the lonely in families; he sets the prisoners free and gives  them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.  -Psalms 68:6OK, I have to admit there is one chapter I left out of the book I just wrote, and I wanted to share it with you.  It was never supposed to be in the book, God did not bring it to me until after the book was done.  And it is the most important </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4978190444744828077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4978190444744828077&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4978190444744828077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4978190444744828077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/03/one-more-thing.html' title='One more thing.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8959655801009274959</id><published>2011-03-17T17:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-17T18:13:19.604-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='european history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writing'/><title type='text'>New Book.</title><summary type='text'>Click here to see the book on Amazon.comThere is a reason I have not been blogging much recently.  Some are pretty mundane; I was practicing guitar there for a while so I can play at my Church, I have been sick lately.  But there is also another reason.  I am working on a couple of books.The first book is now complete and available on Amazon.com.   It is called Getting Free: A Christian Guy's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8959655801009274959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8959655801009274959&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8959655801009274959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8959655801009274959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-book.html' title='New Book.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ks8Z25dGg68/TYKuedB7I5I/AAAAAAAAADk/Tg6I7AyuB50/s72-c/FrontFree2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-3719114790224017089</id><published>2011-01-20T17:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T19:13:03.808-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Havana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cuba'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opportunity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>Redux</title><summary type='text'>Right now I would like to take you back to the beginning and remind you why I started this blog.  It is important for me to remind you that this blog did not start out as a political undertaking. I actually began this blog as a chronicle of my personal growth and the principles I believe have led me to achieve what success I have.  I also wanted to share what I have learned about success and life</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoJ4K7SFqOA' title='Redux'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/3719114790224017089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=3719114790224017089&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3719114790224017089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3719114790224017089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2011/01/redux.html' title='Redux'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5689736895718182490</id><published>2010-10-16T11:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-16T12:31:46.107-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic collapse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><title type='text'>Losing the War.</title><summary type='text'>While the upcoming election may put a smile on the face of Newt Gingrich and Dick Morris, I have major reservations about the value of this election.  It is very natural for conservatives and Tea Party supporters to be excited about the future, but I believe that enthusiasm is misplaced.  Yes, we are going to win this battle.  But we ARE going to lose this war.There are several indicators that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5689736895718182490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5689736895718182490&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5689736895718182490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5689736895718182490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/10/losing-war.html' title='Losing the War.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-3057139059665834586</id><published>2010-10-08T22:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-08T22:20:22.498-07:00</updated><title type='text'>World News</title><summary type='text'>World News:For all these years, I have looked for a way to get the news to you.  And look what I found!  Welcome to your one-stop place for news from around the world!  Dig in, information is power!On this page I have over 200 of the best sources of news and information from around the world.  Don't scramble around on the internet going from site to site or use a clunky rss service.  Just go to </summary><link rel='related' href='http://flavors.me/ritalynman' title='World News'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/3057139059665834586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=3057139059665834586&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3057139059665834586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3057139059665834586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/10/world-news.html' title='World News'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4452390793223977138</id><published>2010-10-05T20:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-05T20:50:05.617-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leftists'/><title type='text'>The Face of Evil</title><summary type='text'>That is twice in a single week that we have seen the face of evil.  So what does the face of evil look like?  Is it the face of a grandmother willing to kill her own young?  Is it the face of a religious believer asserting their right to dominate the world?  No.  The face of evil is much simpler than that.The real face of evil is found in any that make the claim of doing harm for the victim's own</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4452390793223977138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4452390793223977138&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4452390793223977138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4452390793223977138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/10/face-of-evil.html' title='The Face of Evil'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4586452161826097930</id><published>2010-05-09T12:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T14:18:37.767-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic collapse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stuart Varney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Latin America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><title type='text'>There's nothing new about Greece.</title><summary type='text'>http://www.amazon.com/History-Latin-America-Benjamin-Keen/dp/0618783180I know that not being a talking head on TV puts me at an incredible disadvantage when it comes to expressing my opinions or revealing the truth about the state of the world today.  Still, I slog on hoping that I can open at least a few eyes to the reality of what the world is going through today.  My conscience will not allow </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.amazon.com/History-Latin-America-Benjamin-Keen/dp/0618783180' title='There&apos;s nothing new about Greece.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4586452161826097930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4586452161826097930&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4586452161826097930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4586452161826097930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/05/theres-nothing-new-about-greece.html' title='There&apos;s nothing new about Greece.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-926012859322901964</id><published>2010-02-19T16:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-19T18:18:06.782-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cuba'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='presidential campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Latinos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marco Rubio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hispanics'/><title type='text'>I heart Rubio!!!</title><summary type='text'>One of the clearest examples of political dichotomy is found in the differences between the Cuban-American community and all the other Latino immigrant groups.  The difference boils down to the difference between knowing something and knowing about something.  The Hispanics living in Arizona know, in a twisted and unwholesome way, about Che and Castro; the Cuban community knows Che and Castro </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XY0pX5xBGE&amp;feature=player_embedded' title='I heart Rubio!!!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/926012859322901964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=926012859322901964&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/926012859322901964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/926012859322901964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-heart-rubio.html' title='I heart Rubio!!!'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-9214089305808529306</id><published>2010-01-19T18:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T19:26:18.206-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><title type='text'>it ain't over yet...</title><summary type='text'>Tonight there is quite a bit of excitement among conservatives about the win in Massachusetts tonight.  However, I think we will find our position little changed in the long run.  The fat lady has not only not sung, she is still away on vacation.  There are three bad things that might yet come our way, and they may still be able to corrupt our nation.The least likely of these is the ability to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/9214089305808529306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=9214089305808529306&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/9214089305808529306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/9214089305808529306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/01/it-aint-over-yet.html' title='it ain&apos;t over yet...'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-7751736183068413974</id><published>2010-01-17T11:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T13:29:40.191-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hong Kong'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Australia'/><title type='text'>My Strategery</title><summary type='text'>I am at the point where I normally take out my journal and write down my personal strategy for the next year.  But this year, I have decided to do something different: I want to share my personal strategy with you.  I want you to see the thinking and detail I have put into my conclusions.  I want you to be able to at least understand my reasoning if not use it yourself.There are several parts to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/7751736183068413974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=7751736183068413974&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7751736183068413974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7751736183068413974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-strategery.html' title='My Strategery'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1523191619733032707</id><published>2010-01-09T13:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T16:26:17.860-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God&apos;s law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='principles of success'/><title type='text'>Rebels without a clue.</title><summary type='text'>Every day, little boys go to the hospital because in their exuberance to explore and conquer the world, they find out the hard way that the universe contains a law called "gravity".  None of those boys had to consider the effects of gravity as they fell from various trees, roofs, and assorted stacks of unstable materials.  In fact, they do not even need to be aware of gravity to suffer the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1523191619733032707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1523191619733032707&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1523191619733032707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1523191619733032707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/01/rebels-without-clue.html' title='Rebels without a clue.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-453881232191921864</id><published>2010-01-01T19:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T20:03:05.649-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prosperity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='principles of success'/><title type='text'>The Story of the Ox and the Ass.</title><summary type='text'>Do you know the story of the Ox and the Ass?  It comes from one of my favorite books, The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason.  This one simple story should put my current attitude in focus, and explain my resistance to the creeping socialism we are facing in America.  I wish to paraphrase the story in order to not plagiarize and to make the telling simple.The story is told in the chapter </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/453881232191921864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=453881232191921864&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/453881232191921864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/453881232191921864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2010/01/story-of-ox-and-ass.html' title='The Story of the Ox and the Ass.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5919926729502589605</id><published>2009-12-26T20:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T22:15:10.690-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='principles of success'/><title type='text'>Good news...kind of.</title><summary type='text'>With everything that is going on in the country, it is easy to fall into a feeling of hopelessness.  And I have noticed the depressing effect our current situation has had on Christmas over the last couple of years.  So I thought I would give you some good news...kind of.Of course, I cannot tell you that this will be over any time soon.  I can in fact almost guarantee it will not.  I cannot say </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5919926729502589605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5919926729502589605&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5919926729502589605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5919926729502589605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/12/good-newskind-of.html' title='Good news...kind of.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8290699745886128868</id><published>2009-10-25T11:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T12:50:02.121-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american schools'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='millennials'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boomers'/><title type='text'>The Last of the Americans.</title><summary type='text'>http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/15/anita-dunn-a-corruptocrat-flack-and-a-mao-cheerleader/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCvQ8BSUv-ghttp://www.amazon.com/Saves-World-Generation-Everything-Sucking/dp/B002HREL1I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1256497141&amp;sr=8-1www.facebook.com/tspriggsI am certain beyond a reasonable doubt that America is finished as a decent, worthwhile nation.  To prove this, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8290699745886128868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8290699745886128868&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8290699745886128868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8290699745886128868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/10/last-of-americans.html' title='The Last of the Americans.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5155307571319114167</id><published>2009-10-04T10:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T13:27:37.231-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Republicans vs. Democrats -Just the Facts.</title><summary type='text'>***It has been quite a long time since I posted a new blog.  I want to apologize for being away for so long.  I have been quite busy finishing my third book and working on other projects, like this one.***PART ONE OF THREE OR FOUR -TBDOne of my favorite terms to use describing leftist thought is ideology.  I define ideology as a theoretical construct used to support a presumed reality.  This is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5155307571319114167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5155307571319114167&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5155307571319114167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5155307571319114167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/10/republicans-vs-democrats-just-facts.html' title='Republicans vs. Democrats -Just the Facts.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-273700706164653295</id><published>2009-09-12T14:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-12T14:40:18.359-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='propaganda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='march on DC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pelosi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tea parties'/><title type='text'>From 9/11 to 9/12</title><summary type='text'>Liberal theology has always had a glaring weakness of not accounting for unexpected consequences.  When Lyndon Johnson started the "Great Society" domestic programs, no one saw that providing unending welfare would eventually lead to a culture of dependency that would shackle the poor and minorities to the government.What we saw today in the March on DC was the same kind of unexpected consequence</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/273700706164653295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=273700706164653295&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/273700706164653295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/273700706164653295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/09/from-911-to-912.html' title='From 9/11 to 9/12'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4671048410410027259</id><published>2009-08-08T19:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-08T20:03:48.001-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government programs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='founding fathers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government spending'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seiu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrats'/><title type='text'>Now do you get it?</title><summary type='text'>http://www.tcotreport.com/By now, I am sure you can find may sites that have news stories just like the ones on the TCOT Report homepage.  Our challenge made to our representatives concerning the takeover of American health care has been met by violence perpetrated by the leftist shock troops of SEIU and Acorn.  This is a dangerous place for government officials to tread, and against one of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4671048410410027259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4671048410410027259&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4671048410410027259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4671048410410027259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/08/now-do-you-get-it.html' title='Now do you get it?'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5880266975260771755</id><published>2009-08-04T20:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T20:00:31.296-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberal arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Savage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='arts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communications'/><title type='text'>God Gave Rock and Roll to You</title><summary type='text'>http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/08/03/090803fa_fact_sannehhttp://www.parcbench.com/There are a lot of reason why conservatives find themselves on the defensive these days.  We can point to schools that have been taken over by old communists, judges that think it is their job to legislate from the bench, and even Hollywood stars that belch views that are considerably to the left of Stalin.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5880266975260771755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5880266975260771755&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5880266975260771755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5880266975260771755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/08/god-gave-rock-and-roll-to-you.html' title='God Gave Rock and Roll to You'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8356793751780448264</id><published>2009-07-15T21:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T22:51:26.743-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='volunteers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abortion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The Challenge</title><summary type='text'>I spend nearly every day on the internet.  I have a blog, a radio program, I spend time on twitter and constantly share information on Facebook.  I took part in both of the local Tea Parties.  I am about to finish my third book (within the week, I hope).  I sacrifice a lot of time and energy to the cause I believe in.As our country spirals towards socialism, it is easy to feel out of control and </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=105835308404' title='The Challenge'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8356793751780448264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8356793751780448264&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8356793751780448264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8356793751780448264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/07/challenge.html' title='The Challenge'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-7283621693055745961</id><published>2009-07-07T20:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T22:29:21.821-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economic growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='great depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><title type='text'>A Tale of Three Economies</title><summary type='text'>This is a tale of three economies.  Two of them are walking in the same direction, while the third chose a different way.  They stand in stark contrast to one another, and show just how far out of whack economically America is getting.The first two economies stood side by side in 1930; America and Germany.  Both had been ravaged economically, but for different reasons.  In a lot of ways, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/7283621693055745961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=7283621693055745961&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7283621693055745961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7283621693055745961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/07/tale-of-three-economies.html' title='A Tale of Three Economies'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-3909772411331411950</id><published>2009-07-05T20:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-05T22:21:41.934-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RINOs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='governors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state budgets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moderates'/><title type='text'>The Problem With RINO's</title><summary type='text'>If you want to know what is wrong with the Republican Party, you need to look no further than Governor Schwarzenegger and the new Arizona Governor Brewer.  They epitomize the problem with RINO's.  And they tell us everything we need to know about why we can't trust them.In California, The Dorkinator has talked a good talk at times, but in practice allowed the California budget to get totally out </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/3909772411331411950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=3909772411331411950&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3909772411331411950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3909772411331411950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/07/problem-with-rinos.html' title='The Problem With RINO&apos;s'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1584002721401233584</id><published>2009-06-24T18:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T13:35:06.415-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Honduras'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iranian Elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bailouts'/><title type='text'>The Little Dictator</title><summary type='text'>The federal government since the inauguration of Obama has swallowed up huge chunks of the American economy.  Automobile manufacturing and banking have already been taken over, and now energy and health care are up for assimilation.  But we have yet to ask ourselves, "What does this mean?"Putting all the pieces together has been difficult, but recent events have made it much easier.  Now, Obama </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1584002721401233584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1584002721401233584&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1584002721401233584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1584002721401233584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/06/little-dictator.html' title='The Little Dictator'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1406165410679899602</id><published>2009-06-16T00:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T00:58:10.200-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iranian Elections'/><title type='text'>Time to Go</title><summary type='text'>Until now, I have been willing to resist the current administration on the grounds of political differences, and I tacitly agree to the idea that Obama won the election fair and square.  Like Glenn Beck, I agree that the policies of the administration are leading us to destruction, but I was willing to be patient and let our resistance run it's course.  But no more.Not after today.  Today, I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1406165410679899602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1406165410679899602&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1406165410679899602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1406165410679899602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/06/time-to-go.html' title='Time to Go'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6584511537446738357</id><published>2009-06-14T13:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-14T14:49:02.771-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free speech'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iranians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iranian Elections'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='freedom'/><title type='text'>Count the Cost</title><summary type='text'>www.facebook.com/tspriggswww.twitter.com/RitalynmanI was horribly depressed after the election of Obama.  I was starting to think that hope was gone...the governments of the world had run in place after the fall of communism, switching to a socialism lite that they were able to use well enough to limit the ability of opposition.  This was true all across the Middle East and Asia as well.  It </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6584511537446738357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6584511537446738357&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6584511537446738357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6584511537446738357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/06/count-cost.html' title='Count the Cost'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6053203234475054490</id><published>2009-06-13T14:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-13T18:03:45.048-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God&apos;s law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morality'/><title type='text'>The Case for Big Government</title><summary type='text'>http://www.handelonthelaw.com/home/default.aspxOne of my guilty pleasures on the weekend is to listen to the Handel on the law show.  By his own admission he gives marginal legal advice.  And, his show is the perfect argument for Big Government.One of the calls from last Sunday's show was a perfect example of just what is wrong with America.  It revolved around the relationship between a grocery </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6053203234475054490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6053203234475054490&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6053203234475054490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6053203234475054490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/06/case-for-big-government.html' title='The Case for Big Government'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6688745013454905458</id><published>2009-06-11T22:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T22:45:43.783-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Letterman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chrysler'/><title type='text'>Debriefing!!! Fall in!!!</title><summary type='text'>There are a few small issues I want to talk about tonight...I there is a lot going on, and I want to bring your attention to a few of them tonight.  And I have some good news.1. Book Update.First, I an writing a book based on my blog along with some additional chapters, and I am making great progress...I am hoping to have it finished by the 4th of July for the Tea Parties.  I am so looking </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6688745013454905458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6688745013454905458&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6688745013454905458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6688745013454905458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/06/debriefing-fall-in.html' title='Debriefing!!! Fall in!!!'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1068056173800873986</id><published>2009-06-03T22:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T22:55:18.466-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='multiculturalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign policy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Egypt'/><title type='text'>Fail to the World.</title><summary type='text'>There are literally dozens of ways in which the socialist programme being installed by the Obama Administration is inferior to the conservative economic model of free markets.  But there are very few areas where socialism is such a quick failure for America than foreign relations.North Korea's actions in the last week underscore this point.  Under the Bush Administration, North Korea was far less</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1068056173800873986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1068056173800873986&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1068056173800873986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1068056173800873986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/06/fail-to-world.html' title='Fail to the World.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5129910375452269137</id><published>2009-05-31T13:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T13:46:34.014-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grand Torino'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clint Eastwood'/><title type='text'>Grand Torino Conservatism</title><summary type='text'>“Observe good faith and justice towards all nations.  Cultivate peace and harmony with all...”-George WashingtonFarewell AddressSeptember 17, 1796“Who is your neighbor?”-JesusI would imagine there is a sizable population of the Americans who are aware of who I am that probably consider me outright crazy.  If you dig through my Facebook and MySpace pages and my tweets from twitter, you could on </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5129910375452269137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5129910375452269137&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5129910375452269137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5129910375452269137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/05/grand-torino-conservatism.html' title='Grand Torino Conservatism'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-7855311562352773816</id><published>2009-05-29T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T13:24:24.302-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sotomayor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='minorities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soviet union'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blacks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hispanics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bigot'/><title type='text'>The Ideology of Slavery</title><summary type='text'>There is a second and unmentioned (except by me) facet to the Sotomayor nomination by Barack Obama, and that is just how communist ideology came to dominate minority groups worldwide.  It is a story you will not see in the papers or read on the internet, but it is the most important story of our lifetime.  I covered some of it in my book End of Days: 9/11 and the War on Faith, but I want to be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/7855311562352773816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=7855311562352773816&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7855311562352773816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7855311562352773816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/05/ideology-of-slavery.html' title='The Ideology of Slavery'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-939833059059112024</id><published>2009-05-27T11:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T12:31:19.510-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sotomayor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soviet union'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='man-hating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supreme Court'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bigot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mysandry'/><title type='text'>True Colors.</title><summary type='text'>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/15judge.html?_r=1I want to use the push that Rush Limbaugh started today with his response to the nomination of Sotomayor to the Supreme court.  With the nomination of Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, Obama has finally revealed his true self to the American public.  We can learn a great deal from about Obama from the nomination of Sotomayor, but three things </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/15judge.html?_r=1' title='True Colors.'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/939833059059112024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=939833059059112024&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/939833059059112024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/939833059059112024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/05/true-colors.html' title='True Colors.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8884784782296305251</id><published>2009-05-22T19:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T19:19:29.652-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nazism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greatest Generation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Conservative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World War II'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberty'/><title type='text'>The Greatest Generation.</title><summary type='text'>Early in the darkness of November 8, 1942, American transport ships loaded with troops slid through the water towards the shores of North Africa.  It was America’s first move towards the destruction of Nazi Germany.Among those troops was a young man named Winfield Cullum.  He was born in Northern Kentucky, and had recently moved to the nearest large town named Portsmouth, Ohio.  A few months </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8884784782296305251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8884784782296305251&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8884784782296305251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8884784782296305251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/05/greatest-generation.html' title='The Greatest Generation.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-9150531137313604276</id><published>2009-05-21T12:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T12:39:17.059-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='imagination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abortion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lenin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><title type='text'>Just Their Imagination...</title><summary type='text'>I have never understood liberals.  After 45 years, on this planet, I was just as lost trying to follow their reasoning as I had ever been.  I simply could not make heads or tails "liberal thought".  It did not make sense to me that otherwise seemingly rational people could be so enamored of socialism and other leftist ideas that are not only provably incorrect but at times outright in conflict </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/9150531137313604276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=9150531137313604276&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/9150531137313604276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/9150531137313604276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-their-imagination.html' title='Just Their Imagination...'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-2405347337172401635</id><published>2009-05-14T00:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T01:18:32.826-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free markets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><title type='text'>Obama's self-revelation.</title><summary type='text'>http://www.philhendrieshow.com/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm5-syPg2J8Tonight on the radio, Phil Hendrie was tearing up both liberals and conservatives for their twisted views on how Obama was going to be soft on the terrorists.  But I never made any such claim.  I made it perfectly clear in my book, End of Days: 9/11 and the War on Faith that the liberals who come to power-whoever they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/2405347337172401635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=2405347337172401635&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2405347337172401635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2405347337172401635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/05/obamas-self-revelation.html' title='Obama&apos;s self-revelation.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1473047635747887669</id><published>2009-05-09T17:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T18:44:39.664-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='budget deficit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inflation'/><title type='text'>A Simple Thing</title><summary type='text'>One of the most accurate charges made against President George "Wilbur" Bush by the left was that the government spent too much money under his reign.  One of the most ridiculous claims made by the left is that somehow Barack "Messiah" Obama is going to make things all better by racking up an equal amount of debt in a single year.My liberal friends reply with outright ignorance; "The economic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1473047635747887669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1473047635747887669&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1473047635747887669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1473047635747887669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/05/simple-thing.html' title='A Simple Thing'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SgYjQqU5jaI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Q00lDPArdrU/s72-c/Tax,_unemployment,_inflation.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6127748820768109869</id><published>2009-04-28T13:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-28T14:08:30.726-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nationalization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chrysler'/><title type='text'>On our Own.</title><summary type='text'>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/28/source-specter-intends-switch-political-parties/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/28/report-chrysler-strikes-deal-union-majority-share/If there is a lesson to be learned in the defection of Arlen Specter, it is this; we are on our own.  Both political parties have demonstrated that at heart, they are willing to allow the federal </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6127748820768109869/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6127748820768109869&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6127748820768109869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6127748820768109869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-our-own.html' title='On our Own.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-9151414340966790050</id><published>2009-04-25T11:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T12:23:33.581-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government programs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Serve America Act'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nazism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='volunteers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cultural Revolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kennedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hitler Youth'/><title type='text'>Resurrection of the Hitler Youth.</title><summary type='text'>This week, the so-called President Obama Signed "The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act" to much fanfare on the left.  They are spinning it as the greatest thing since sliced bread, this expansion of America's volunteer programs under the federal government.http://www.democrats.org/a/2009/04/edward_m_kenned.phpBut that is not the truth.  This act, like similar strengthening followup bills, has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/9151414340966790050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=9151414340966790050&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/9151414340966790050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/9151414340966790050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/04/resurrection-of-hitler-youth.html' title='Resurrection of the Hitler Youth.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4555630827305890116</id><published>2009-04-23T23:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-24T00:01:05.831-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='demographics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='secession'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hispanics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrats'/><title type='text'>Secession is the only way.</title><summary type='text'>According to the Bible a prophet is never without honor except in his own country and among his own people.  That maxim has certainly proven true in my case.  Let me quote a section from my book, End of Days: 9/11 and the War on Faith.  This was written and published last August:"They have a secret weapon that will change the face of America forever; Che Guevara.  He lives in the hearts of the 12</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4555630827305890116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4555630827305890116&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4555630827305890116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4555630827305890116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/04/secession-is-only-way.html' title='Secession is the only way.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-4097174715170445641</id><published>2009-04-17T21:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T21:28:51.337-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First Step</title><summary type='text'>When I was a kid, television programming was much simpler than it is today.  Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica were the most advanced shows around.  So to create drama, writers and producers had to rely more on the human element than they do today.One of the most common scenarios involved the person who had gone through an accident or trauma and ended up in a wheelchair unable to walk.  The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/4097174715170445641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=4097174715170445641&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4097174715170445641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/4097174715170445641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-step.html' title='First Step'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SelWSgsMTWI/AAAAAAAAACk/FVtAEfmCMMI/s72-c/TeaParty_2295.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1856401559588208943</id><published>2009-04-05T12:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-05T14:31:11.056-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God&apos;s law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianlity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>Blood of the Martyrs.</title><summary type='text'>Holy Week has begun with the celebration of Palm Sunday.  Next Sunday, we will be celebrating Easter, the point of human existence where the story changed.  I could preach about Jesus, but that is not what I want to do here.  I want to bring you a different look at what this week means, there is more to it than is usually written on the surface.The story of Jesus and the cross is not just the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1856401559588208943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1856401559588208943&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1856401559588208943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1856401559588208943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/04/blood-of-martyrs.html' title='Blood of the Martyrs.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8117030435157237769</id><published>2009-03-23T19:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T20:05:57.327-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='family law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marraige'/><title type='text'>American Woman.</title><summary type='text'>Generally speaking, I like my job.  It is, overall, a very low-stress situation.  People call for support because they need help, and are generally nice enough follow instructions.  The vast majority of the time, the issue is resolved by the end of the call.If the issue is  not resolved, there are two reasons why; either the device is not working, or the computer has an issue and cannot operate </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8117030435157237769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8117030435157237769&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8117030435157237769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8117030435157237769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/03/american-woman.html' title='American Woman.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-3633254660368336014</id><published>2009-03-15T01:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T03:16:08.009-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='positive thinking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='men'/><title type='text'>Legacy.</title><summary type='text'>Ladies, it is now your turn.  If you have heard my latest address on Blog Talk Radio, you will notice that I have been highly critical about the "stimulus package" nonsense.  Fortunately, I am all screamed out.  But I want you to know that I hold you just as responsible for the position our nation finds itself in today as the men.I would like to introduce you to a "nice" young lady named Paula </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/3633254660368336014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=3633254660368336014&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3633254660368336014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3633254660368336014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/03/legacy.html' title='Legacy.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8835394601971213167</id><published>2009-02-19T20:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T20:58:28.465-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Debriefing Time!!!</title><summary type='text'>Welcome back for a new debriefing.  Today, we have the good, the bad, and the ugly.  So let's get this thing started.The Bad.It is becoming readily apparent that conservatives are losing the war against liberal propaganda.  The proof of this comes from the new Fox poll concerning the Democratic spending spree the Obama administration has shoved down our throats.  While only a slim majority of the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8835394601971213167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8835394601971213167&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8835394601971213167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8835394601971213167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/02/debriefing-time.html' title='Debriefing Time!!!'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-7739870817392855992</id><published>2009-02-10T18:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T21:11:03.606-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Fraudulent Recession.</title><summary type='text'>The current recession - soon to be a depression - the world is facing is a fraud.  That's right, the recession we are in is nothing but a shell game played by powerful people to expand their interests and enslave the common man.  Worse, those powerful people despise the American way of life.I spent all day researching this issue, and what I found is both frightening and disturbing.  And, it is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/7739870817392855992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=7739870817392855992&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7739870817392855992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7739870817392855992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/02/fraudulent-recession.html' title='The Fraudulent Recession.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6200433412010842922</id><published>2009-02-07T12:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-07T13:31:07.449-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><title type='text'>Already Lost.</title><summary type='text'>When I think about my life as an American citizen, I am amazed and appalled at how much the nation has changed over the last few years.  If you can understand what is really going on, then we can begin to undo the damage.Just how did a nation that at the turn of the century was living through one of it's high points become such a hotbed of socialism and hatred?  What turned in the minds of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6200433412010842922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6200433412010842922&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6200433412010842922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6200433412010842922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/02/already-lost.html' title='Already Lost.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6831307057886308843</id><published>2009-02-01T22:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-01T23:55:43.598-08:00</updated><title type='text'>First Step</title><summary type='text'>http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-45There is little that makes the intentions of the new Democratic government clear more than the onerous assault on gun ownership found in HR 45, the bill reintroduced by the Democrats this year into Congress.  In fact, in the very long term, President Bush will be know for strengthening the Supreme Court's position on gun control more than </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6831307057886308843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6831307057886308843&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6831307057886308843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6831307057886308843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-step.html' title='First Step'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6968521029931399861</id><published>2009-01-30T21:14:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T21:36:32.054-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Debreifing Time!!!</title><summary type='text'>All right, here is the latest debriefing...1. White people are out of luck...http://michaelsavage.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=3882http://www.kentucky.com/787/story/677377.htmlhttp://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090130/EXTRAS99/90130009http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090130/EXTRAS99/90130010http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090130/NEWS01/90130017While thousands of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6968521029931399861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6968521029931399861&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6968521029931399861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6968521029931399861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/01/debreifing-time.html' title='Debreifing Time!!!'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-2513804946430902993</id><published>2009-01-25T11:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-06-07T03:24:24.582-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='women'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prostitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feminism'/><title type='text'>Black Eye for Women.</title><summary type='text'>This blog is not really about politics.  It never has been.  In the long run, there is a symbiotic relationship between politics and culture, in which the culture influences politics and then the political system reciprocally influences the culture.  That is why I am careful to point out that America's problems do not just consist of politicians; every American citizen is at fault.  Our current </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/2513804946430902993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=2513804946430902993&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2513804946430902993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2513804946430902993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/01/black-eye-for-women.html' title='Black Eye for Women.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-3402909949607078919</id><published>2009-01-23T21:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T23:15:21.018-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Debriefing time!!</title><summary type='text'>Time for a new debriefing.  I call these debriefings because the news has become such a degenerate purveyor of communist propaganda that it is no longer possible to know what the truth is.  So I am trying to use the debriefings to do what I always try to do--teach what the events of our time actually mean.  So here is the newest debriefing!!!First of all...I will not repeat the show here, but may</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/3402909949607078919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=3402909949607078919&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3402909949607078919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3402909949607078919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/01/debriefing-time.html' title='Debriefing time!!'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5089098558050459393</id><published>2009-01-21T23:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T23:23:32.796-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Day One.</title><summary type='text'>The Obama Presidency is off to a flying start, and it is only taking one day to get a feel for where we are headed.  Of course, I have been telling anyone who will listen that we have started along the path to Hell.  But until now it has all been just talk.  No more.So what did the Almighty Lord Obama do on his first day in office?  Why he prepared a Presidential order that will once again allow </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5089098558050459393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5089098558050459393&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5089098558050459393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5089098558050459393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/01/day-one.html' title='Day One.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-3440026618711329938</id><published>2009-01-19T21:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-19T23:22:06.175-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Communist America</title><summary type='text'>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1119783/Obama-save-says-America-polls-wave-optimism-sweeping-nation.htmlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1120043/Demi-Moore-releases-video-50-celebrity-friends-pledging-support-Obamas-community-action.htmlhttp://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/20343/Is this the nation I grew up in?  Is this the land of the free and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/3440026618711329938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=3440026618711329938&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3440026618711329938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/3440026618711329938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/01/communist-america.html' title='Communist America'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5504346526745045814</id><published>2009-01-18T20:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T21:20:24.892-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Viva the Second Revolution.</title><summary type='text'>http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/24-12-2008/106866-Obama_Hope_World-0With the coronation of Barack Obama just around the corner, it is time for us to openly consider what I have until this point merely hinted at: the Second American Revolution.  The first, held over 200 years ago, was conducted to throw off a belligerent, opressive government.  The Second Revolution, should it occur, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5504346526745045814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5504346526745045814&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5504346526745045814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5504346526745045814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/01/viva-second-revolution.html' title='Viva the Second Revolution.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-2890071656504020208</id><published>2009-01-11T20:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T20:46:27.566-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The End is Near</title><summary type='text'>It is a strange coincidence that both the Obama inauguration is taking place only a few days or so after the government reported the unemployment rate has shot up to 7.2%.  So far, detractors of my blogs and writing could hide behind the excuse that I was just being a fear monger.  Alas, this is no longer the case.  That monster under the bed which we have feared is now in the room standing over </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/2890071656504020208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=2890071656504020208&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2890071656504020208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/2890071656504020208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/01/end-is-near.html' title='The End is Near'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1133895668980280141</id><published>2009-01-05T08:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T08:52:13.777-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Star Wars'/><title type='text'>The Lesson of Star Wars</title><summary type='text'>Last night I happened to catch Star Wars Episodes 2 and 3 on Spike TV.  I had never seen 2 or the beginning of 3.  I was amazed at how much art follows life in this case.  While evil is nowhere near as obvious as it is in the movies, what happens in Star Wars when the Emperor comes to power is true to real life--in fact, the Nazis used the exact same argument about the communists to consolidate </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1133895668980280141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1133895668980280141&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1133895668980280141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1133895668980280141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2009/01/lesson-of-star-wars.html' title='The Lesson of Star Wars'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6943882109507353866</id><published>2008-12-30T07:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-30T08:11:46.529-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fascism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God&apos;s law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>Anti-Fascist</title><summary type='text'>I do not give you Bible studies very often, but this morning I am going to do so.  Many liberals here in America think they are reading geniuses, and that they have outsmarted their mindless, baby-eating Christian opponents.  But did you know the Bible warns us about liberals directly?Despite idiocy to the contrary, the Bible is anti-Fascist and anti-Communist.  The proof of this lies in 2 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6943882109507353866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6943882109507353866&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6943882109507353866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6943882109507353866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/12/anti-fascist.html' title='Anti-Fascist'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1548883530331702324</id><published>2008-12-28T15:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-28T17:10:29.010-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Insanity</title><summary type='text'>Every day, I want to move out of America a little more.  This country is hopelessly beyond repair, and quite frankly I am sick of it.  I can't stand it any more.  All this country does is lie to itself, all day every day.  I am literally out of expletives to describe it.The problem is this lying is taking some very dangerous turns, both here in America and beyond.  If we do not stop, we will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1548883530331702324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1548883530331702324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1548883530331702324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1548883530331702324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/12/insanity.html' title='Insanity'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6688735535793924079</id><published>2008-12-12T18:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T21:52:16.975-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='riots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='European Union'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greece'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spain'/><title type='text'>The New Greek Trajedy.</title><summary type='text'>http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ambrose_evans-pritchard/blog/2008/12/10/greek_fighting_the_eurozones_weakest_link_starts_to_crackChances are you know very little about the riots going on in Greece, so I thought I would fill in the details for you.  They are important to understand if you are an American, because the same type of socio-political disaster is closing in on us.  The reason for this is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6688735535793924079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6688735535793924079&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6688735535793924079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6688735535793924079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-greek-trajedy.html' title='The New Greek Trajedy.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-5372691651313727548</id><published>2008-12-05T09:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T09:56:14.136-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depression'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='recession'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Glenn Beck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><title type='text'>Warning Signs.</title><summary type='text'>So now that the depression is here, what are you going to do about it?  For millions of Americans, this is your wake up call.  The alarm clock is sounding and it is time to rise from your slumber.  America has failed.  You have failed.For most of a decade, Americans have acted like they can do whatever they wanted.  Act however they want.  Spend whatever they want.  Treat real public policy and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/5372691651313727548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=5372691651313727548&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5372691651313727548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/5372691651313727548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/12/warning-signs.html' title='Warning Signs.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-9090297114022736997</id><published>2008-12-02T17:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T18:53:12.375-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Kristmazz</title><summary type='text'>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008458044_noreligion02m.htmlA lot has happened in the days since I last posted anything.  We have had a major terrorist attack in India, and no one seems to know how to deal with it.  In America, a strange peace has settled over the country, but that is only skin deep.  Because it is now Christmas season, and that means the assault on faith in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/9090297114022736997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=9090297114022736997&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/9090297114022736997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/9090297114022736997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-kristmazz.html' title='Merry Kristmazz'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-7456215257897449324</id><published>2008-11-22T16:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-22T16:52:30.161-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='investments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fox News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bailout'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gold'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='auto industry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Glenn Beck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='unions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='UAW'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='investing'/><title type='text'>Debriefing Number Two: The Next Brick is a Golden One.</title><summary type='text'>1. Prosperity is Golden.Now that we can see the direction in which America is going, we should be able to create a personal plan to combat the issues we are going to face.  Right now, there are voices trying to distract us into worrying about "deflation" like deflation is some sort of problem.  But that is not necessarily true.  During the 1990's we had a short period of deflation caused by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/7456215257897449324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=7456215257897449324&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7456215257897449324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/7456215257897449324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/11/debriefing-number-two-next-brick-is.html' title='Debriefing Number Two: The Next Brick is a Golden One.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8056523857952548516</id><published>2008-11-18T21:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T22:23:02.997-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='american schools'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='communism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><title type='text'>This is how America Dies...</title><summary type='text'>I have a confession to make--my roommate is very much a uber-liberal.  I love the guy to death, but our interaction is one of the most disturbing things in my life.  Recently, we have had the opportunity to discuss a variety of issues, including the research I am doing on my new book.  That was a particularly upsetting conversation.My roommate was very excited to talk about the Founding Fathers.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8056523857952548516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8056523857952548516&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8056523857952548516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8056523857952548516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/11/this-is-how-america-dies.html' title='This is how America Dies...'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-6167678260429003296</id><published>2008-11-16T19:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-16T20:19:46.943-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mormons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prop 8'/><title type='text'>The Heat is on.</title><summary type='text'>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-mormons17-2008nov17,0,3771395.storyPerhaps nothing is more prophetic than the backlash against the Mormon Church over the passing of Prop 8 in California.  Every freak of nature that lives in America has decided this is the time to gut the Mormon Church for its sins, both real and imaginary--though in truth they are all imaginary.  But sickness</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/6167678260429003296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=6167678260429003296&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6167678260429003296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/6167678260429003296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/11/heat-is-on.html' title='The Heat is on.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1271675381371383743</id><published>2008-11-14T22:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-14T22:44:07.231-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soldiers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cigars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stephen Baldwin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='attitude'/><title type='text'>Guns, God and Cigars</title><summary type='text'>My grandfather fought in World War II.  Growing up around him, I got to hear some crazy stories, and eventually I became a bit of an amateur historian of the conflict.  A lot of people do not know that the war was the birthplace of the cigarette.  Before that, they were not popular, but the military wanted a convenient way to make tobacco available to American soldiers.  Thanks, Uncle Sam.One of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1271675381371383743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1271675381371383743&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1271675381371383743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1271675381371383743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/11/guns-god-and-cigars.html' title='Guns, God and Cigars'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-1698104755666774179</id><published>2008-11-09T19:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T20:40:37.387-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='founding fathers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American politics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='democracy'/><title type='text'>The Frustration of Writing.</title><summary type='text'>I love writing, it is in my blood and part of my passion.  But I hate research.  Not that I mind reading, its just that the reading isn't any fun.That probably sounds kind of funny--what kind of writer hates to read what other have written?  No, there's a lot more to it than that.  I enjoy the  research itself.  It is the results of that research I do not enjoy.No the facts and stories themselves</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/1698104755666774179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=1698104755666774179&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1698104755666774179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/1698104755666774179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/11/frustration-of-writing.html' title='The Frustration of Writing.'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610469261035900279.post-8964465429903574914</id><published>2008-11-08T09:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T11:22:27.434-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mormons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sarah Palin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Oprah Winfrey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prop 8'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marraige'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>Debriefing Time!</title><summary type='text'>Normally, I cover one subject at a time, because I want those reading these blogs to fully understand the issue I am writing about.  But today, I am going to start a new type of blog-a debriefing.  There are a few issues I want to cover all at once today, and I am going to put them all into one blog.  So welcome to the debriefing!1. It's not about Sarah Palin.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/feeds/8964465429903574914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=610469261035900279&amp;postID=8964465429903574914&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8964465429903574914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/610469261035900279/posts/default/8964465429903574914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://inconvenientman.blogspot.com/2008/11/debriefing-time.html' title='Debriefing Time!'/><author><name>TomSpriggs</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14371501129364663430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tYomHISowCs/SK5Ppd1-DPI/AAAAAAAAAAM/oAhdkud54mE/S220/bookversion.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
