<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858</id><updated>2011-06-07T23:49:04.756-07:00</updated><category term='obama'/><category term='president'/><category term='hussein'/><category term='election'/><category term='barack'/><title type='text'>Briefly Put</title><subtitle type='html'>Today's young people comment on current events from a very &lt;strike&gt;un&lt;/strike&gt;&amp;nbsp;biased position...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>78</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-1499975587275221221</id><published>2008-11-05T18:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T18:38:08.575-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='president'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hussein'/><title type='text'>The Aftermath</title><summary type='text'>On Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. Although it pains me to say that, considering I was personally backing John McCain for the Presidency. A few days back, I outlined my reasons for backing him in a post entitled, "My Official Selection For President". I feel exactly the same as I did when I wrote that. I don't see Barack </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/1499975587275221221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=1499975587275221221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/1499975587275221221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/1499975587275221221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2008/11/aftermath.html' title='The Aftermath'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-117505478689574170</id><published>2007-03-27T22:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-27T22:08:31.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Howdy!</title><summary type='text'>This blog is currently on hiatus...but it may come back soon. Harrison is over at Wit or Wisdom right now and Addison is where he's always been.Stay strong as conservatives... we will return... at some point soon.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/117505478689574170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=117505478689574170' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/117505478689574170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/117505478689574170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2007/03/howdy.html' title='Howdy!'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116607123855662155</id><published>2006-12-13T20:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T20:40:38.570-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Best Commercial</title><summary type='text'>You'd better watch this... and send it to all your friends...video here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116607123855662155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116607123855662155' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116607123855662155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116607123855662155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/12/best-commercial.html' title='The Best Commercial'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116606898479798021</id><published>2006-12-13T20:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T20:03:04.813-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm a hateful Warmonger</title><summary type='text'>According to a report on Wednesday by Democratic staffers for two key panels in the U.S. House of Representatives, President Bush will seek a $100 billion more to go toward the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The administration is expected to submit an additional request early next year that will total roughly $100 billion. At least three-quarters of this request will support operations in Iraq," </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116606898479798021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116606898479798021' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116606898479798021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116606898479798021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/12/im-hateful-warmonger.html' title='I&apos;m a hateful Warmonger'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116373588375225442</id><published>2006-11-16T19:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T19:58:03.773-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Election</title><summary type='text'>I suppose it's time for my dissection of the elections on the 7th. Here it is. :)The GOP's loss of power in the House and Senate serves as a rude wake-up-call to conservatives about the party they once put faith in. I have no doubt that the majority of American's are conservative; fiscally and ethically. Why then; might one ask, did conservatives lose power this past election? They didn't. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116373588375225442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116373588375225442' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116373588375225442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116373588375225442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/11/election.html' title='The Election'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116373501324714749</id><published>2006-11-16T19:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T19:43:33.266-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: VoteHillary.org</title><summary type='text'>VoteHillary.orgSickening. To the Nth degree...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116373501324714749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116373501324714749' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116373501324714749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116373501324714749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/11/link-votehillaryorg.html' title='Link: VoteHillary.org'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116294999912724459</id><published>2006-11-07T17:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-08T09:33:20.280-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Election Returns</title><summary type='text'>As of 11:44PM:Jim Talent is leading with a 49.8% margin.Amendment 2 is failing with a 51.1% margin. As of 11:06PM:Jim Talent is leading with a 51.0% margin.Amendment 2 is failing with a 52.2% margin. As of 10:24PM:Jim Talent is leading with a 51.1% margin. Amendment 2 is failing with a 52.6% margin. As of 9:28PM:Jim Talent is leading with a 53.4% margin. Amendment 2 is not passing with a 54.0% </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116294999912724459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116294999912724459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116294999912724459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116294999912724459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/11/election-returns.html' title='Election Returns'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116292316267874167</id><published>2006-11-07T10:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T10:12:42.710-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Election Day</title><summary type='text'>Don't forget today; November 07th, 2006 is General Election Day. Take advantage of the most fundamental right a free society has to offer; a representative election.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116292316267874167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116292316267874167' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116292316267874167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116292316267874167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/11/election-day.html' title='Election Day'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116131591113756676</id><published>2006-10-19T20:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T20:45:11.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Foley Update</title><summary type='text'>Foley says he did what he did because he was raped by a member of the clergy. Whatever. When will we see our actions as our own responsibility?Original Story: Priest Denies Having Sex With Foleyvia: Breitbart</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116131591113756676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116131591113756676' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116131591113756676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116131591113756676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/10/foley-update.html' title='Foley Update'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116018183396389512</id><published>2006-10-06T17:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-06T17:46:36.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Story: U.N. warns North Korea against nuclear weapon test</title><summary type='text'>Like a Communist would listen. People just don't seem to get it. Reagan got it. He knew that the only way Gorbachev'd listen was to talk tough. You don't negotiate with a terrorist. It's like a volcano. If I had a volcano in my living room, I would try and co-habitate. I wouldn't try and pacify it with sacntions. No. The answer would be two-fold. Either the volcano must cease being a volcano, or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116018183396389512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116018183396389512' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116018183396389512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116018183396389512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/10/story-un-warns-north-korea-against.html' title='Story: U.N. warns North Korea against nuclear weapon test'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116007590110725371</id><published>2006-10-05T12:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T12:18:21.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: Foley emails a prank gone awry!</title><summary type='text'>Drudge: Foley emails a prank gone awryWhadaya know!via: Drudge Report</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116007590110725371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116007590110725371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116007590110725371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116007590110725371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/10/link-foley-emails-prank-gone-awry.html' title='Link: Foley emails a prank gone awry!'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116006880113496456</id><published>2006-10-05T10:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T10:20:01.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: Bush signs the fence bill</title><summary type='text'>The Washington Times: Bush signs the fence billFinally! A victory for the security of this great nation. via: The Washington Times</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116006880113496456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116006880113496456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116006880113496456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116006880113496456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/10/link-bush-signs-fence-bill.html' title='Link: Bush signs the fence bill'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116006810874216491</id><published>2006-10-05T10:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T10:21:47.193-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER</title><summary type='text'>Drudge: ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSERSuch are the perils of putting anything sensitive online, especially when one doesn't know how to hide it well. via: drudgereport.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116006810874216491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116006810874216491' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116006810874216491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116006810874216491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/10/link-abc-online-glitch-leads-to.html' title='Link: ABC ONLINE GLITCH LEADS TO IDENTITY OF FOLEY ACCUSER'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-116006763679312471</id><published>2006-10-05T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T10:20:29.290-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: Streisand snipes at Bush in concert</title><summary type='text'>Reuters: Streisand snipes at Bush in concertOf course she does. Isn't there one single hollywood/pop culture flake that can keep his/her mouth shut? I suppose not.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/116006763679312471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=116006763679312471' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116006763679312471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/116006763679312471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/10/link-streisand-snipes-at-bush-in.html' title='Link: Streisand snipes at Bush in concert'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115967552756196682</id><published>2006-09-30T21:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-30T21:06:21.883-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cinema Owner Closes Over `Jack*ss 2'</title><summary type='text'>This man closed his theatre as a protest to Jack*ss 2. Perhaps the worst movie (morally) ever made. Fantastic! If only so many more theatre owners had done this years ago, we wouldn't have to deal with this hollywood filth all the time. Oh well, Briefly Put congratulates him.If you're interested in why his closing is such a good thing, you can read Plugged In Online's Review. Their Warning: THIS </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115967552756196682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115967552756196682' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115967552756196682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115967552756196682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/09/cinema-owner-closes-over-jackss-2.html' title='Cinema Owner Closes Over `Jack*ss 2&apos;'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115878870010099710</id><published>2006-09-20T14:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T14:45:00.186-07:00</updated><title type='text'>At U.N., Chavez Calls Bush 'The Devil'</title><summary type='text'>Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez obviously has some serious issues. Either that or we need to reiterate what the UN is supposed to be all about. Contrary to what it has turned into, the UN is supposed to be a place where world leaders can convene to discuss problems that affect all of us. It's not just a free place where un-intelligent and vengeful people to vent there personal dislike for others</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115878870010099710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115878870010099710' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115878870010099710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115878870010099710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/09/at-un-chavez-calls-bush-devil.html' title='At U.N., Chavez Calls Bush &apos;The Devil&apos;'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115845841985295904</id><published>2006-09-16T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-30T20:58:42.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Michael Moore's 'Sicko'</title><summary type='text'>Michael Moore will once again graced us with his presence in the movie theater. Taking on America's healthcare system, his new film "Sicko" looks into the US's "broken"  medical industry. Ironic isn't it? This is an area where Moore might not be to far off base. Nevertheless, with such a film as Fahrenheit 9/11 under one's belt, you can't really take anything the guy says for granted. As a result</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115845841985295904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115845841985295904' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115845841985295904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115845841985295904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/09/michael-moores-sicko.html' title='Michael Moore&apos;s &apos;Sicko&apos;'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115827287229537000</id><published>2006-09-14T15:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-30T20:58:02.336-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: Kerry's Second Shot</title><summary type='text'>Examiner: Kerry's Second ShotHe's at it again... He seems to think that the reason he lost was the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Convinced this is not a factor this time, he says; "I am so confident of my abilities to address that and to demolish it and to even turn it into a positive." Hmmm. It would seem to me that to be a good politician for either party, you'd need to figure out what side of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115827287229537000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115827287229537000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115827287229537000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115827287229537000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/09/link-kerrys-second-shot_14.html' title='Link: Kerry&apos;s Second Shot'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115810758818056879</id><published>2006-09-12T17:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T15:44:06.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>9.11.01</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday five years ago, a declaration of war was made upon the United States, in the most vicious and inhumane way. Thousands of innocent lives were ruthlessly slaughtered by evil men, blinded and taken captive by Satan and his hatist idealogy. I'm not a racist, I'm not caught up in hate. I just don't like it when people fly planes into my buildings and kill innocent people because they think I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115810758818056879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115810758818056879' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115810758818056879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115810758818056879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/09/91101.html' title='9.11.01'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115621954153436660</id><published>2006-08-21T21:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T21:05:41.536-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: Does Iran have something in store?</title><summary type='text'>Opinion Journal: Does Iran have something in store?via Opinion Journal</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115621954153436660/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115621954153436660' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115621954153436660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115621954153436660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/08/link-does-iran-have-something-in-store.html' title='Link: Does Iran have something in store?'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115621928919210213</id><published>2006-08-21T21:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T21:01:29.260-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: What will today hold?</title><summary type='text'>World Mag Blog: What will today hold?via WorldMagBlog.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115621928919210213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115621928919210213' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115621928919210213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115621928919210213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/08/link-what-will-today-hold.html' title='Link: What will today hold?'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115618399969747164</id><published>2006-08-21T11:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-21T11:13:19.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Link: Is Tomorrow Doomsday?</title><summary type='text'>The Blotter: Is Tomorrow Doomsday?via ABC</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115618399969747164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115618399969747164' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115618399969747164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115618399969747164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/08/link-is-tomorrow-doomsday.html' title='Link: Is Tomorrow Doomsday?'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115568116265041583</id><published>2006-08-15T15:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T15:43:40.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Site Admin</title><summary type='text'>There are some updates that one might notice on Briefly Put as of late.For one, IE seemed to be having problem with posting from MS Word. Ironic isn't that one MS product seems to have problems with another.....On another note, some have noticed the "Friends of Briefly Put" header on the right. Not much to say, those are links to sites of good friends of Harrison and I. It was spur-of-the-moment,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115568116265041583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115568116265041583' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115568116265041583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115568116265041583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/08/site-admin.html' title='Site Admin'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115535772429403121</id><published>2006-08-11T21:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-11T21:42:04.320-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Other Threat</title><summary type='text'>With all the talk about Hezbollah and Israel and the end of the world, this seems to be the lost threat. Notice, I'm not trying to downplay the Israeli conflict, I just think that a major threat has been sidestepped. That threat can be stated in one word, China.China has publicly threatened us with Military action if we defend Taiwan. Although I believe the current Israeli conflict is the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115535772429403121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115535772429403121' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115535772429403121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115535772429403121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/08/other-threat.html' title='The Other Threat'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115395170807905881</id><published>2006-07-26T15:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T15:22:52.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>July 26</title><summary type='text'>I think what I’m going to start doing from here on out for current events review is just write articles as they come to me, and when I get on to post, everything that I have piled up will be combined into one post. It will make my posts a bit longer, but please try to bear with me. Major articles, though, like the Laws Against Sin series, will be posted individually. Also, remember that comments </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115395170807905881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115395170807905881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115395170807905881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115395170807905881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-26.html' title='July 26'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115385495797954804</id><published>2006-07-25T12:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-25T12:15:58.040-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More Things to Push in the Frenchie's Faces</title><summary type='text'>So Lance Armstrong, the legendary American cyclist retired last year, right? The French were so excited because these hillbilly Americans would no longer dominate their biking event, the Tour de France. Think again. Floyd Landis, an American, won the race, on an injured hip, no less. Eat his dust, snooties.I hate the French.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115385495797954804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115385495797954804' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115385495797954804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115385495797954804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/07/more-things-to-push-in-frenchies-faces.html' title='More Things to Push in the Frenchie&apos;s Faces'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115385177804550670</id><published>2006-07-25T11:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T15:25:29.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Electricity, and Resolve</title><summary type='text'>The Ultimate Test Okay, maybe not the ultimate test, but here’s more proof of why moderate to conservative Republicans are more fit to rule than staunch liberal Democrats. The recent storms in Missouri and Southern Illinois, compared by some to Category 2 hurricanes, knocked out much of the area’s electricity. In California, run by liberals, hot weather is causing power shortages because of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115385177804550670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115385177804550670' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115385177804550670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115385177804550670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/07/electricity-and-resolve.html' title='Electricity, and Resolve'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115362520356503717</id><published>2006-07-22T20:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-22T20:26:43.623-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Freedom's True Enemy</title><summary type='text'>This is a sort of follow-up to Harrison’s post. Forewarning, I haven’t actually read all of it, but the title really got me thinking. Wipe them out. Sure. Sounds like a great plan. That’s not all that difficult in the Middle East where Hezbollah and Israel are fighting tooth and nail. We just aid Israel with advanced military technology. However, it’s a lot harder to route out the unknown “</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115362520356503717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115362520356503717' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115362520356503717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115362520356503717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/07/freedoms-true-enemy.html' title='Freedom&apos;s True Enemy'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115359932672527217</id><published>2006-07-22T13:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-22T13:15:26.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Negotiations With Terrorists Should Go Like This: Wipe Them Out</title><summary type='text'>The last half a week or so, I have had limited access to electricity, and news. On those intermittent chances to hear Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, they have largely been discussing the situation in Lebanon. For those of you who have not been paying much attention to the news lately, the terrorist group Hezbollah has been ratcheting up its attacks against Israel. And, as might be expected, the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115359932672527217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115359932672527217' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115359932672527217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115359932672527217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/07/negotiations-with-terrorists-should-go.html' title='Negotiations With Terrorists Should Go Like This: Wipe Them Out'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115344966091445235</id><published>2006-07-20T19:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-20T19:41:00.936-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Justice for the Unborn</title><summary type='text'>The President, in a move that only serves to improve his great standing in history, vetoed a bill to extend funding for embryonic stem-cell research. Huzzah for him.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115344966091445235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115344966091445235' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115344966091445235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115344966091445235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/07/justice-for-unborn.html' title='Justice for the Unborn'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115318411131909240</id><published>2006-07-17T17:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-17T17:55:11.333-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello Again</title><summary type='text'>I'm BAA-AACK! Not that anyone cares, and not that anyone besides mine and Addison's closest friends read this thing we call a political blog anymore anyways, but hey, at least we can get some enlightenment out of it, right guys. (Pauses for a reply. Hears a measely half-hearted three or four voices reply: "uuuum, I think so. I think I hear my mother calling me."Well, that was nice of them. Anyhow</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115318411131909240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115318411131909240' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115318411131909240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115318411131909240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/07/hello-again.html' title='Hello Again'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115110544850096516</id><published>2006-06-23T16:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-23T16:30:48.516-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy Lives</title><summary type='text'>My apologies to our faithful readers. Harrison and I have both been quite busy in our personal lives. That is, to busy even, to update on the current events. As for me, I've been running around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to get ready for an encampment out at Whiteman AFB. Harrison, has had some personal matters come up in his life as well. He can divulge more if he sees fit. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115110544850096516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115110544850096516' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115110544850096516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115110544850096516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/06/busy-lives.html' title='Busy Lives'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-115052084752692074</id><published>2006-06-16T22:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-16T22:07:27.623-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Documents Confirm Saddam/Terror Link?</title><summary type='text'>Documents recently released by The Pentagon suggest a strong tie between Saddam and terror groups such as Al Qaeda.Via: Hannity, Fox.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/115052084752692074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=115052084752692074' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115052084752692074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/115052084752692074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/06/documents-confirm-saddamterror-link.html' title='Documents Confirm Saddam/Terror Link?'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114982288011620979</id><published>2006-06-08T20:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T20:14:40.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Farewell to a Terrorist</title><summary type='text'>Zarqawi is dead. Here is a question... will the majority of Muslims mourn his death... call him a martyr and hero... or will they denounce him as a cruel and sadistic terrorist who got everything he deserved? I don't know... and I don't really care. But you can guarantee that there will be some in the Middle East who will stage rallies and mourning protests... worshipping him as a hero. This is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114982288011620979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114982288011620979' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114982288011620979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114982288011620979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/06/farewell-to-terrorist.html' title='Farewell to a Terrorist'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114935318176574047</id><published>2006-06-03T09:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-03T09:46:21.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The slow process</title><summary type='text'>Firstly, I'm sorry for not posting in a while. Harrison has kept the blog alive though, and I'm grateful.Harrison's last post sort of inspired this post, but not entirely. It's been on my mind for awhile now anyway and the Laws Against Sin series has brought it to mind.The question to ponder is this: where does sin start? True, all men are born with a sinful nature, but the Truth of the matter is</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114935318176574047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114935318176574047' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114935318176574047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114935318176574047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/06/slow-process.html' title='The slow process'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114869775005014160</id><published>2006-05-26T19:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T19:42:30.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Two Things That Shouldn't Be Linked</title><summary type='text'>Just a thought. Isn't it sad that Ron Howard, the Andy Griffith Show's Opie Taylor, directed the Da Vinci Code? Talk about falling a long way. Just another example of how it's all an act for those in Hollywood.For more on the film, read this article from World Magazine.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114869775005014160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114869775005014160' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114869775005014160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114869775005014160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/two-things-that-shouldnt-be-linked.html' title='Two Things That Shouldn&apos;t Be Linked'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114850084691084821</id><published>2006-05-24T12:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T13:00:46.926-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laws Against Sin Part Three: How Can We Make Them Work?</title><summary type='text'>I apologize that it took me so long to get the third part of this series on the site, but here it is.    &lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt; The question in the header may seem to be one that I answered in my last post on this subject. A real heart change is only going to be brought about in the country when those who make this country turn back to God. As I’ve stated, no amount of laws </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114850084691084821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114850084691084821' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114850084691084821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114850084691084821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/laws-against-sin-part-three-how-can-we.html' title='Laws Against Sin Part Three: How Can We Make Them Work?'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114801268025590686</id><published>2006-05-18T21:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-18T21:24:40.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>They did Something Right For Once</title><summary type='text'>Three cheers for the Senate.They added an amendment to the immigration bill that would make English the national language. It's about time the immigrants were required to become a part of the nation, rather than just getting free rides.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114801268025590686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114801268025590686' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114801268025590686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114801268025590686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/they-did-something-right-for-once.html' title='They did Something Right For Once'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114800304330404976</id><published>2006-05-18T16:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-18T18:46:15.216-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Republican Jesus</title><summary type='text'>I think you can guess what the blurred word is. I blurred the copyright so you can't hunt it up on the net. The image not only mocks conservatives, (quite clearly in the title) but it mocks Jesus, (God in person) as well.A lot of points could be made, but I'll make it Briefly Put.1. This falsely represents republicans. Republicans aren't against immigration! They are for it! Legal immigration is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114800304330404976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114800304330404976' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114800304330404976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114800304330404976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/republican-jesus.html' title='Republican Jesus'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114788833131332551</id><published>2006-05-17T10:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T10:52:11.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hucksworld</title><summary type='text'>Good news finds, and frequently odd ones, too.James Huckabee</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114788833131332551/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114788833131332551' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114788833131332551'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114788833131332551'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/hucksworld.html' title='Hucksworld'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114783827355798090</id><published>2006-05-16T20:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-16T21:09:30.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laws Against Sin Part Two: Why Don't They Work?</title><summary type='text'>  Last week I posted the first of a three-part series on legislating against sins that are popularly accepted. In that post, I looked at whether these laws work or not, using the prohibition movement as an example. In this post, I’d like to take a closer look at why the laws do not solve anything.    &lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt; In the Bible, there is a verse somewhere that says </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114783827355798090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114783827355798090' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114783827355798090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114783827355798090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/laws-against-sin-part-two-why-dont.html' title='Laws Against Sin Part Two: Why Don&apos;t They Work?'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114781483608841279</id><published>2006-05-16T14:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-16T14:27:16.150-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Armed Forces Day</title><summary type='text'>This Saturday, 20 May, is Armed Forces Day, first set aside in 1949 by President Harry Truman to recognize the unification of the Armed Forces under the Department of Defense and to acknowledge the extraordinary dedication of America's uniformed Patriots standing ready in harm's way at home and around the world.In the words of President Dwight Eisenhower, "It is fitting and proper that we devote </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114781483608841279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114781483608841279' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114781483608841279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114781483608841279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/armed-forces-day.html' title='Armed Forces Day'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114737818332977648</id><published>2006-05-11T13:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-11T13:14:45.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rumsfeld on Current Events(Audio)</title><summary type='text'>Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on current affairs from the Hugh Hewitt Show.05-09rummy.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object) via Real Clear Politics</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114737818332977648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114737818332977648' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114737818332977648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114737818332977648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/rumsfeld-on-current-eventsaudio.html' title='Rumsfeld on Current Events(Audio)'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114737403475500571</id><published>2006-05-11T12:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-11T12:07:18.323-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Da Vinci Code</title><summary type='text'>The below linked article prompted this post on the Da Vinci Code.Firstly, I'm not going to see it. I didn't read the book, I won't go see the movie.Here's why:The Da Vinci Code may be a very gripping read. It may be a clean story. (Although I've heard it's not) It may have literary value. However, it is  lies. Now, for someone like me, I could probably go see it, and actually enjoy it because I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114737403475500571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114737403475500571' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114737403475500571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114737403475500571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/da-vinci-code.html' title='The Da Vinci Code'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114711996848420022</id><published>2006-05-08T13:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-08T13:26:08.503-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laws Against Sin Part One: Are They Effective</title><summary type='text'>December 5, 1933, Washington D.C. The leaders of the congress have just ratified the 21st Amendment to the Constitution. Its purpose? To repeal the 18th Amendment, otherwise known as the Prohibition Amendment. Despite the law-making of well-meaning politicians and lobbyists, the work of preachers such as Billy Sunday, and the courageous efforts of law officers throughout the country, the movement</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114711996848420022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114711996848420022' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114711996848420022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114711996848420022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/laws-against-sin-part-one-are-they.html' title='Laws Against Sin Part One: Are They Effective'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114695051531523695</id><published>2006-05-06T14:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-06T14:23:24.356-07:00</updated><title type='text'>All We Need is... Money?</title><summary type='text'>My last article on schools and one of the comments on it have prompted me to wonder about this question. What is the effect of government funding on any institution? Whether it’s schools, utilities, services, or whatever. Does government involvement, particularly government funding, help or hurt those institutions? Or does it make a difference? A strong example of it failing is of course, public </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114695051531523695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114695051531523695' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114695051531523695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114695051531523695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/all-we-need-is-money.html' title='All We Need is... Money?'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114667921285450692</id><published>2006-05-03T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T11:00:12.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>National Day Of Prayer May 4th, 2006</title><summary type='text'>On 06 May 1982, Ronald Reagan offered these words: "Today, prayer is still a powerful force in America, and our faith in God is a mighty source of strength. Our Pledge of Allegiance states that we are 'one nation under God,' and our currency bears the motto, 'In God We Trust.' The morality and values such faith implies are deeply embedded in our national character. Our country embraces those </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114667921285450692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114667921285450692' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114667921285450692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114667921285450692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/national-day-of-prayer-may-4th-2006.html' title='National Day Of Prayer May 4th, 2006'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114666834802814811</id><published>2006-05-03T07:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T07:59:08.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What a great idea...</title><summary type='text'>And 97% of the people think so to...Sheriff to Start Posse Patrols to Curb Illegal Immigration Flowvia Matt Drudge</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114666834802814811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114666834802814811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114666834802814811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114666834802814811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-great-idea.html' title='What a great idea...'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114590868037566116</id><published>2006-04-24T12:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T12:58:00.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Grade Is In</title><summary type='text'>I was reading an article the other day in World Magazine about the failure of our public school system. In it, they quoted a report in the New York Times which said that one-third of the kids in America’s government-funded institutions of elementary and high-school level learning never graduate. Let me say that again in case you’re doubting what you just read. Only 66% of public school students </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114590868037566116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114590868037566116' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114590868037566116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114590868037566116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/04/grade-is-in.html' title='The Grade Is In'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114556090047130460</id><published>2006-04-20T12:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T12:21:40.473-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Too Many Presidents, Not Enough Generals</title><summary type='text'>This whole generals criticizing Rumsfeld thing is making me sick. I’d really like to know what kind of accomplishments these guys really have, or are they desk generals that never fought a campaign? Personally, I’d far rather listen to Tommy Franks and Ollie North than I would to Wesley Clark. What in the world provokes these guys to say the things they say? And did you ever notice that they are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114556090047130460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114556090047130460' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114556090047130460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114556090047130460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/04/too-many-presidents-not-enough.html' title='Too Many Presidents, Not Enough Generals'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114489631231705455</id><published>2006-04-12T19:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-12T19:45:12.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Separation of Church and State</title><summary type='text'>Is there really any Truth to the popular rallying cry, “separation of church and state”? ‘Tis the question that will be pondered today on Briefly Put.The concept of the Separation of Church and State refers to the idea that the church, (collectively; religious institutions) should be separate from the state. (collectively; the state, the government) The popular meaning is twisted to somehow mean </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114489631231705455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114489631231705455' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114489631231705455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114489631231705455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/04/separation-of-church-and-state.html' title='Separation of Church and State'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114472413065120769</id><published>2006-04-10T19:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-10T19:55:30.666-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why We Stand Behind Our Troops</title><summary type='text'>"Suppot the troops" we often hear. Indeed NBC, CBS, and ABC will tell us that is a commendable sentiment. Yet if liberals truly believed it, they would publish stories like the one about Brian Chontosh. They "stand behind our troops" to save face, and look patriotic. We stand behind our troops because they are the finest men and women our nation has to offer. In their dedication, bravery, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114472413065120769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114472413065120769' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114472413065120769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114472413065120769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/04/why-we-stand-behind-our-troops.html' title='Why We Stand Behind Our Troops'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114437878177991785</id><published>2006-04-06T19:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T19:59:41.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow...</title><summary type='text'>Got this in an email. Isn't it rather amazing how people rip off other's ideas? Clueless? See this link.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114437878177991785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114437878177991785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114437878177991785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114437878177991785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/04/wow.html' title='Wow...'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114437676418525699</id><published>2006-04-06T19:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T19:26:04.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Truth about Bush bashing</title><summary type='text'>What is really at the heart at of the popular art of badmouthing, ridiculing, or otherwise belittling our current President; George W. Bush? Is it the fact that what they’re saying is really true? Is he really a fascist, antichrist-like, extremist after oil and wanting to legalize street killings, and abolish everything good? Well, I think not. Is it that those who engage in this are just “</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114437676418525699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114437676418525699' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114437676418525699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114437676418525699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/04/truth-about-bush-bashing.html' title='The Truth about Bush bashing'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114352330783118568</id><published>2006-03-27T21:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T21:43:58.810-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Border Security... or Lack Thereof</title><summary type='text'>It seems that lately, the topic of Border Security has been in the news a lot. Two distinct instances were brought to my attention, in my perusing of the web tonight.Instance one: A massive protest, mostly by Hispanics, on U.S. immigration policies.Today, over 500,000 people marched on city hall in L.A., protesting proposed immigration reforms. Many of these people are presumably illegal aliens </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114352330783118568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114352330783118568' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114352330783118568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114352330783118568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/03/border-security-or-lack-thereof.html' title='Border Security... or Lack Thereof'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114351914138526888</id><published>2006-03-27T20:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T20:12:21.413-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The battle of ‘08</title><summary type='text'>This is something that’s been on my mind for awhile now and is just now coming to a head. I apologize in advance for the length of this post. “Briefly Put” means that our views are a no-crud way of looking at things and they will be posted in a format that everyone can understand.If a democrat gets elected in ’08 one of two things will happen as it relates to the war. Actually, these could really</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114351914138526888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114351914138526888' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114351914138526888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114351914138526888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/03/battle-of-08.html' title='The battle of ‘08'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114324149558361771</id><published>2006-03-24T15:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-24T15:05:38.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The News Media... Time Travel</title><summary type='text'>A few weeks ago there was a post on this blog called, We’re Still at War… Right? The answer of course is yes. The news media, however, sadly does not see the realities of this war and just how successful it is. Let me throw out a scenario for you. Suppose the New York Times or Washington Post or some other major liberal newspaper of today were reporting on one of our nation’s previous wars, such </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114324149558361771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114324149558361771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114324149558361771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114324149558361771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/03/news-media-time-travel.html' title='The News Media... Time Travel'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114264034316610944</id><published>2006-03-17T16:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-17T16:05:43.176-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bird Flu</title><summary type='text'>Warning: I’m going to use very non-technical/medical terminology here.The current worry is that the Bird Flu will somehow “mutate” (?) into something that can infect humans and kill us all. Right. With arguments like this, I’m the world’s biggest skeptic. One should wear a homemade helmet constructed of aluminum foil to prevent the government from reading our mind’s via satellites that are in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114264034316610944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114264034316610944' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114264034316610944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114264034316610944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/03/bird-flu.html' title='Bird Flu'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114239695238657923</id><published>2006-03-14T20:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T20:29:12.426-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We are still at war... Right...?</title><summary type='text'>Is it just me, or has the average American forgotten that we are a nation at war? It seems that as time goes on, (war time that is) people just gradually let it slip their minds that we are at war. People go about their lives oblivious to the war it seems.      During World War II, people fought the war at home just as much as the men on the front lines did. There were rubber drives, papers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114239695238657923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114239695238657923' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114239695238657923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114239695238657923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/03/we-are-still-at-war-right.html' title='We are still at war... Right...?'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114231607529251720</id><published>2006-03-13T21:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T22:01:15.303-08:00</updated><title type='text'>World Magazine</title><summary type='text'>This is the blog run by some of the writers at World Magazine, which is the premiere Christian news magazine out there today.World Magazine Blog</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114231607529251720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114231607529251720' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114231607529251720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114231607529251720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/03/world-magazine.html' title='World Magazine'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114153000632411408</id><published>2006-03-04T19:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-04T19:40:06.540-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Democrats/Liberals and Republican's</title><summary type='text'>Why is most of the derogatory stuff Harrison and I say about democrats? I’ll explain. They have a hard time seeing America’s real needs. They think all needs can be solved by some government program guaranteed to give the common man what he is entitled to. However, it doesn’t seem occur to them that none of these government programs for this, that, and everything else are doing anybody any good. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114153000632411408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114153000632411408' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114153000632411408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114153000632411408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/03/democratsliberals-and-republicans.html' title='Democrats/Liberals and Republican&apos;s'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114118869485845542</id><published>2006-02-28T20:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T21:02:59.653-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ports, ports, and more ports</title><summary type='text'>I'm not really sure about this whole turning some of our ports over to an Arab company. I really think that right now there are a lot of people who are talking about it that really don't know what is going on. For example, there seems to be a common misconception that the port security will be turned over to this Arab company. That is simply not true. The U.S. Coast Guard and the Port Authority </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114118869485845542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114118869485845542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114118869485845542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114118869485845542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/ports-ports-and-more-ports.html' title='Ports, ports, and more ports'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114109817682729037</id><published>2006-02-27T19:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-27T19:53:03.706-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Things People Should Remember</title><summary type='text'>Anonymous said...             "I ran across your blog and I found it very interesting that people DO PAY attention to NPR and such. I have seen a pattern in your writings you tend to speak of the Republican party a lot I do not know your political prefrence butI expect that it is republican. My advice to you is this , if you are going to have a political blog I suggest you talk about all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114109817682729037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114109817682729037' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114109817682729037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114109817682729037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/things-people-should-remember.html' title='Things People Should Remember'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114066647606983421</id><published>2006-02-22T19:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-22T19:47:56.123-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Protest Warrior</title><summary type='text'>No comment, just a link. This is a valuable resource for all things neo-con. Oh, Neo-con stands for neo-conservative. Protest Warrior</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114066647606983421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114066647606983421' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114066647606983421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114066647606983421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/protest-warrior.html' title='Protest Warrior'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114058671382900888</id><published>2006-02-21T21:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-21T21:38:33.846-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oil in... ALASKA! HELLO!</title><summary type='text'>   I believe our President seems to be forgetting something very obvious in his whole “run away from oil” campaign. Lately, he has been going around, saying that he wishes to find some other energy source than oil. Good for him. Go at it. But please realize that it takes more than saying to do this. First, he has been saying that more than just reducing our reliance on oil, he wants to reduce our</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114058671382900888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114058671382900888' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114058671382900888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114058671382900888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/oil-in-alaska-hello.html' title='Oil in... ALASKA! HELLO!'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-114032306977014706</id><published>2006-02-18T20:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-18T20:24:29.783-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dick Cheney's ACCIDENT</title><summary type='text'>As it is now widely known, Dick Cheney had a hunting accident over the weekend in which he accidentally shot a friend of his with some BB’s from a shotgun. As usual, the left-wing scumbag media has decided that this constitutes some sort of right to rip into the Vice President for a bunch of stuff that really doesn’t exist. In fact it was even asked of a White House corespondent whether the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/114032306977014706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=114032306977014706' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114032306977014706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/114032306977014706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/dick-cheneys-accident.html' title='Dick Cheney&apos;s ACCIDENT'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113995209858431046</id><published>2006-02-14T21:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T13:21:38.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Mourning</title><summary type='text'>This post is not related to politics in any way, but I feel an exception is necessary.Approximately 24 hours ago, we received word that Dr. Kyle Guimon, a missionary sent out by our church, Grace Baptist Church,  went to be with his Maker. Dr. Guimon was a true example of how a man should live for God, and we greatly mourn his passing. Our thoughts and certainly our prayers are with his family, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113995209858431046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113995209858431046' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113995209858431046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113995209858431046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/our-mourning.html' title='Our Mourning'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113995180234404333</id><published>2006-02-14T13:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T13:16:44.436-08:00</updated><title type='text'>VP</title><summary type='text'>When will the lefties understand that the Vice President would not shoot his friend on purpose, much less attempt to cover it up afterwards. Many left-wing blogs are claiming stuff like this, and now the mainstream media is running with it. Harry Reid called it a cover-up. Excuse me. That is ridiculous. Hunting can be a dangerous activity when not done properly. The man came behind Cheney and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113995180234404333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113995180234404333' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113995180234404333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113995180234404333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/vp.html' title='VP'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113980510149660680</id><published>2006-02-12T20:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-12T20:31:42.753-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inflammatory Cartoons Part 2</title><summary type='text'>So, the controversy continues. Now, here’s the deal. The cartoons are fine. Read closely, they are inflammatory, but that’s fine. Inflammatory is covered under the first amendment. However, I’ve seen plenty of inflammatory cartoons that portray our President in a very dishonorable way. However, such are the perils of living in a society that allows free speech. Let me quickly clarify that I am BY</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113980510149660680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113980510149660680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113980510149660680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113980510149660680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/inflammatory-cartoons-part-2.html' title='Inflammatory Cartoons Part 2'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113954422878198409</id><published>2006-02-09T20:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-09T20:03:48.783-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Wiretapping and your rights</title><summary type='text'>Ok. Somebody needs to clearly lay out what is right and what is wrong on this issue. So, here it goes.Let me state first that I don’t know for sure what the U.S government wants to do, this is just the straight right and wrong of the issue.As I understand it, the government wants to monitor calls received by people in the United States that originate from third world countries known to harbor </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113954422878198409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113954422878198409' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113954422878198409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113954422878198409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/wiretapping-and-your-rights.html' title='Wiretapping and your rights'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113937120670929081</id><published>2006-02-07T19:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-07T20:00:09.656-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Is there still Racism in America?</title><summary type='text'>Hmm. So the last week or so there has been a big stink in St. Louis because four police officers beat up a black guy. This guy tried to run the cops over, they didn't know if he was armed, and he was resisting arrest. And everyone is on the cops case, three of whom were white. Many have claimed that race was an issue. Oh really. I haven't seen the video, but I will say that the whole thing sounds</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113937120670929081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113937120670929081' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113937120670929081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113937120670929081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/is-there-still-racism-in-america.html' title='Is there still Racism in America?'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113919926748160710</id><published>2006-02-05T20:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-05T20:14:27.496-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"Inflammatory" Cartoons</title><summary type='text'>A(nother) wave of anti-Americanism riots have broken out. This time, it’s because of some cartoons. Oops, I’m sorry, some SHOCKING cartoons. Whatever. I think the best way is for me to post them, let the comments flow in, then in couple of days post some commentary on them. That way, you’ll have the wonderful opportunity of formulating your own opinion.Anyway, here they are:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113919926748160710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113919926748160710' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113919926748160710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113919926748160710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/inflammatory-cartoons.html' title='&quot;Inflammatory&quot; Cartoons'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113894026153859262</id><published>2006-02-02T20:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-02T20:17:41.536-08:00</updated><title type='text'>HUUUUUH?</title><summary type='text'>What’s this?I just turned Sean Hannity on, and I heard something that should make anyone angry. Apparently, the Capitol police have apologized to Cindy Sheehan for arresting her. Huh? She now says she’s going to sue. What is wrong with them? She violated the law by staging a protest inside the Capitol building. You don’t apologize to lawbreakers. Briefly Put: The Capitol needs a new police chief.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113894026153859262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113894026153859262' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113894026153859262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113894026153859262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/huuuuuh.html' title='HUUUUUH?'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113894021178041067</id><published>2006-02-02T20:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-02T20:16:51.790-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Great State</title><summary type='text'>I promised to actually analyze the President’s speech. So here it is.I got to say, this president is a brilliant man. He stood up there Tuesday night and let the Democrats have it. Apparently, some media pundits are claiming that it was a sort of defensive speech, or he was making concessions. I don’t think so. He was incredibly challenging and bold, confronting those who disagree with him in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113894021178041067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113894021178041067' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113894021178041067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113894021178041067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/great-state.html' title='A Great State'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113885658101657569</id><published>2006-02-01T21:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-01T21:03:01.030-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Text: State of the Union Address</title><summary type='text'> Text: State of the Union Address</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113885658101657569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113885658101657569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113885658101657569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113885658101657569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/02/text-state-of-union-address.html' title='Text: State of the Union Address'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113877147618583209</id><published>2006-01-31T21:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-31T21:24:36.186-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bad idea</title><summary type='text'>I think our name may not have been the best idea. Perhaps veryextensivelyput would have been good.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113877147618583209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113877147618583209' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113877147618583209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113877147618583209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/01/bad-idea.html' title='Bad idea'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113877109308028890</id><published>2006-01-31T21:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-31T21:18:13.100-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Opening Sequence</title><summary type='text'>Tonight, following our president’s annual State of the Union Address, Briefly Put makes its debut. About now Governor Tom Kaine of Virginia is making his response to Bush’s speech. About now millions of Americans are hitting their favorite button on the remote, the OFF key. I did so before he could even finish his first paragraph. All the loser libs out there are reading this and saying, “What a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113877109308028890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113877109308028890' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113877109308028890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113877109308028890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/01/opening-sequence.html' title='Opening Sequence'/><author><name>Harrison Beckmann</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00626530792132431939</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602858.post-113876868958087668</id><published>2006-01-31T20:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-31T21:01:41.523-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Liveblogging the State of the Union</title><summary type='text'>State of the Union is Strong. The following is what I heard during the State of the Union. Also, it's just what stuck out to me, obvisouly I couldn't get everything. The stuff in all caps is my notes  of things I saw or commented on. At the end where I comment on the Democratice response I clearly labled what should be listened to, and what should be ignored. Enjoy!Corretta Scott King will be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/feeds/113876868958087668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=15602858&amp;postID=113876868958087668' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113876868958087668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/15602858/posts/default/113876868958087668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://brieflyput.blogspot.com/2006/01/liveblogging-state-of-union.html' title='Liveblogging the State of the Union'/><author><name>Addison Todd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02194896850983082590</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/_WtIVFVeDXKY/SRlKBdYPaII/AAAAAAAAACo/VxxlPiQT-tE/S220/n510034806_799800_6913.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
