<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620114982464607718</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2024 14:22:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>CNN  North  Korea  Detonates  Nuclear  Weapon  Underground</category><title>Let&#39;s Try Politics</title><description>Anything, everywhere, and everything about what is going on these days in the world news and such with a college kid twist.</description><link>http://chinesehelpdesk.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (IT solutions )</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620114982464607718.post-2821668456335274604</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-05-29T10:26:46.540-07:00</atom:updated><title>Just a tip to those looking for legal way to watch movies online</title><description>This is Absolutley wonderful, I was able to watch any movie I wanted and on top of that NO Late Fees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give it a look http://freespot4all.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We watch wall-e with the family, I watched crank High voltage with my GirlFriend. 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Well let me hear what you readers think of this interesting dilemma we have after watching the embedded video below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script src=&quot;http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=dom&amp;amp;vid=/video/world/2009/05/27/clinton.n.korea.consequences.cnn&quot; type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;Embedded video from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/video&quot;&gt;CNN Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;It&#39;s the College Twisted news blog...dare to look?&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://chinesehelpdesk.blogspot.com/2009/05/cnn-with-some-very-unsettling-news.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (IT solutions )</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620114982464607718.post-1665079931957195264</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-17T07:34:18.005-08:00</atom:updated><title>Make Legitimate Money Online - wikiHow</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Legitimate-Money-Online&quot;&gt;Make Legitimate Money Online - wikiHow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;It&#39;s the College Twisted news blog...dare to look?&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://chinesehelpdesk.blogspot.com/2009/02/make-legitimate-money-online-wikihow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (IT solutions )</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3620114982464607718.post-3764644548310819044</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-05T11:42:30.636-08:00</atom:updated><title>Are you smarter than a congressman?</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 102, 102);&quot;&gt;Well it appears pretty apparent that MANY of our nation&#39;s lawmakers don&#39;t know their head from a hot biscuit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; ;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 102, 102);&quot;&gt;These people with advanced degrees in political science, sociology, business, law, engineering, medicine, etc., scored &quot;abysmally&quot; according to the surveyors.  Maybe THIS is where we need to start, huh?  This story came from Yahoo and was reported originally by the AFP.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 102, 102);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center; &quot;&gt;*******************************************************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1  style=&quot; font-weight: bold; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;US officials flunk test of Amerian history, economics, civics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; ;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;WASHINGTON (AFP) – US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;yn-story-content&quot;  style=&quot; ;font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_0&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Intercollegiate Studies Institute&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;(ISI).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI&#39;s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_1&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;civic literacy test&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned,&quot; said Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at ISI.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;How can political leaders make informed decisions if they don&#39;t understand the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_2&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;American experience&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;?&quot; he added.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;The exam questions covered American history, the workings of the US government and economics.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Among the questions asked of some 2,500 people who were randomly selected to take the test, including &quot;self-identified elected officials,&quot; was one which asked respondents to &quot;name two countries that were our enemies during &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_3&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;World War II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Sixty-nine percent of respondents correctly identified Germany and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_4&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Japan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;. Among the incorrect answers were &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_5&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Britain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;, China, Russia, Canada, Mexico and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_6&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Spain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Forty percent of respondents, meanwhile, incorrectly believed that the US president has the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_7&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;power to declare war&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;, while 54 percent correctly answered that that power rests with Congress.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Asked about the electoral college, 20 percent of elected officials incorrectly said it was established to &quot;supervise the first &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_8&quot;  style=&quot;background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background- cursor: pointer; background-position: 0% 0%; color:transparent;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;televised presidential debates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;In fact, the system of choosing the US president via an indirect &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_9&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;electoral college vote&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt; dates back some 220 years, to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;yshortcuts&quot; id=&quot;lw_1227209200_10&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;US Constitution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;The question that received the fewest correct responses, just 16 percent, tested respondents&#39; basic understanding of economic principles, asking why &quot;free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government&#39;s centralized planning?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Activities that dull Americans&#39; civic knowledge include talking on the phone and watching movies or television -- even news shows and documentaries, ISI said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, civic knowledge is enhanced by discussing public affairs, taking part in civic activities and reading about current events and history, the group said.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;All of this clears the way for NBC-TV&#39;s new hit game show, &quot;Are You Smarter Than a Congressman?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;All I can say is, Oh--My--God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-size:18px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;http://www.tuberobo.com&#39;&gt;youtube friend adder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;It&#39;s the College Twisted news blog...dare to look?&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://chinesehelpdesk.blogspot.com/2008/12/are-you-smarter-than-congressman.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (IT solutions )</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYx78o8aD_DX7jUKExaN_Uqb4BC0pRzMVOXOE7l3fPET2OTIlEetcrRxl0Cwsp3hKJB8xwCj76j3tXAC6OztUaWJW-yMM-KMqKcFDBVBZmexbbkzZa_U049fu9IKVMTQVKSNUl4hIMGPo/s72-c/funny-pictures-bravo-bunny.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>