<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Busted Halo &#187; Edward Ortiz</title> <atom:link href="http://www.bustedhalo.com/author/edward-ortiz/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com</link> <description>an online magazine for spiritual seekers.</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:52:44 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Compounded Trouble</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/compounded-trouble/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/compounded-trouble/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2003 23:12:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[debt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[student loans]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2508</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit it-I&#8217;m a student loan debtor . Big time. And like most of you I&#8217;m not expecting forgiveness anytime soon. My loan woe A few years ago I set out to improve myself as a writer. And what better way to do this but through a graduate program of well repute? My troubles began when I was accepted [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/compounded-trouble/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ask Mr. Flag</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/ask-mr-flag/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/ask-mr-flag/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:14:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[4th of july]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2509</guid> <description><![CDATA[My other name is Mr. Flag. It&#8217;s true?I&#8217;m a closet vexillologist . I study flags. I guess you&#8217;d say that qualifies me as a geek. Or maybe I&#8217;m just a pathological liar with a good flag collection. Regardless, Independence Day is upon us, and with it my mailbox becomes stuffed with the questions people have about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/ask-mr-flag/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Exit Stage Right</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/exit-stage-right/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/exit-stage-right/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2003 23:17:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[christine todd whitman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[environmental policies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[environmentalists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[epa]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2510</guid> <description><![CDATA[Wind Dummy? The writing was on the wall for all environmentalists the day Secretary of State Colin Powell called EPA director Christine Todd Whitman President Bush&#8217;s &#8220;wind dummy .&#8221; The term refers to the military practice of tossing a dummy out of an airplane to test which way the wind is blowing over a landing zone. Powell [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/exit-stage-right/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Price of a War Journalist&#8217;s Life</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-price-of-a-war-journalists-life/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-price-of-a-war-journalists-life/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2003 23:34:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[journalists in iraq]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2514</guid> <description><![CDATA[No doubt a sad page has been turned as a result of U.S. troop actions that led to the death of three journalists last Wednesday . It&#8217;s hard not to think that an unspoken and ominous message was delivered to the profession of journalism by way of the U.S. Army. If I were writing that message [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-price-of-a-war-journalists-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Name Game and Big Tobacco</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-name-game-and-big-tobacco/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-name-game-and-big-tobacco/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2003 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[altria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[corporate image]]></category> <category><![CDATA[philip morris companies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public consciousness]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2511</guid> <description><![CDATA[When a corporation like the Philip Morris Companies changes its name, is it a change in deed or just in word? As the umbrella company that owns such diverse products as Kool-Aid, Altoids, Oscar Meyer, and Miller Beer, Philip Morris Companies changed its name to Altria in January of this year. It&#8217;s a significant milestone for the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/the-name-game-and-big-tobacco/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>They&#8217;re in the Army Now</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/theyre-in-the-army-now/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/theyre-in-the-army-now/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2003 23:20:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[military censorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war coverage]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2512</guid> <description><![CDATA[Do &#8220;embedded journalists,&#8221; that is, those assigned to cover and travel with a particular military unit, make for balanced war coverage? As a journalist I believe embedding journalists with our troops is higly problematic. Say the word To begin with one needs only to look at the military term: &#8220;embedding.&#8221; The military&#8217;s selection of that word says it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/theyre-in-the-army-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Support the Troops, Uncle Sam</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/support-the-troops-uncle-sam/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/support-the-troops-uncle-sam/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2003 23:22:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gulf war syndrome]]></category> <category><![CDATA[war in iraq]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2513</guid> <description><![CDATA[No matter how patriotically we adhere to the slogan &#8220;Support Our Troops,&#8221; it is to the US military that the slogan should apply the most. But, in some cases, the military may be a soldier&#8217;s biggest worry, especially as far as health is concerned. That worry, apparently, goes by the name Uranium-238, or Depleted Uranium (DU). What exactly [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/support-the-troops-uncle-sam/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lust for Life</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/lust-for-life/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/lust-for-life/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:38:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[barbecue grill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[brims]]></category> <category><![CDATA[house painter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[random house dictionary]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seven deadly sins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[word life]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1547</guid> <description><![CDATA[Could it be that &#8220;lust&#8221; is one of the good          seven deadly sins? Possibly the only one that is? I love the word lust because the word brims with life. Now, when I talk about lust I&#8217;m not talking about sexual craving of another&#8217;s body, I&#8217;m taking [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/lust-for-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Thanks, Boss!</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/thanks-boss/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/thanks-boss/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:36:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2515</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just when you think you&#8217;ve heard it all comes this nugget: Joblessness may be good for you. This curious theory comes courtesy of University of North Carolina economist Christopher Ruhm. Ruhm&#8217;s theory, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, states that for every 1 percent rise in the unemployment rate the death rate [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/thanks-boss/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doubting Teresa</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/doubting-teresa/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/doubting-teresa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2003 13:23:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[insurmountable obstacle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[london daily telegraph]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mother teresa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mystical experiences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[peace prize winner]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1558</guid> <description><![CDATA[Can there be any example more illuminating about what faith demands than Mother Teresa&#8217;s recently revealed crisis of faith? Crisis of faith…and Mother Teresa? Yes, the two go together. She was human after all. Her crisis of faith is revealed by biographer Saviero Gaeta in his forthcoming book Il Segreto di Madre (Mother Teresa&#8217;s Secret). Gaeta [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/doubting-teresa/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Windfalls of War</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/windfalls-of-war/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/windfalls-of-war/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:37:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oil interests]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2516</guid> <description><![CDATA[Who will be the benefactors of any war on Iraq ? The winners are all about past relationships. And where President George W. Bush&#8217;s administration is concerned, those past relationships are measured in barrels of crude oil. Take Condoleezza Rice , our nation&#8217;s current National Security Advisor. Rice owns the distinction of being the only cabinet member [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/windfalls-of-war/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Driving Irony</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/driving-irony/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/driving-irony/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2002 23:38:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[auto industry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[automobile industry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electric cars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fuel economy standards]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hybrid vehicles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[zero emission vehicles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2517</guid> <description><![CDATA[Can a government honestly say it&#8217;s an advocate for the public&#8217;s health while siding with the auto industry against electric cars quotas? It&#8217;s doubtful given the ill effects of smog and pollution from gas guzzling automobiles. Nonetheless, the White House is now supporting the automobile industry in its legal bid to eliminate requirements that auto manufacturers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/driving-irony/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hiding Dick Cheney</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/hiding-dick-cheney/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/hiding-dick-cheney/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2002 23:40:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[halliburton company]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vice president dick cheney]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2518</guid> <description><![CDATA[Any cop will tell you it&#8217;s the guilty who run at the scene of a crime. Believe that and you&#8217;ll find Vice President Dick Cheney&#8217;s disappearances during recent terrorist alerts puzzling. During last month&#8217;s &#8220;code orange&#8221; terrorist alert Cheney was once again whisked off to what the White House calls &#8220;secure and undisclosed&#8221; locations, thus leaving [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/hiding-dick-cheney/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pay the Victims?</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/pay-the-victims/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/pay-the-victims/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2002 23:42:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2519</guid> <description><![CDATA[How about $0? Now, before you get into your car and head over to my place to tar and feather me, please rest assured that I, like you, believe that the Catholic Church owes a very great deal to every victim of sex abuse. I just happen to think that cash is a fast and easy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/pay-the-victims/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Civil Rights</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/civil-rights/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/civil-rights/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2002 23:43:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2520</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was until my freshman year in college that I read the book &#8220;Farewell to Manzanar&#8221; &#8211; the true account of a Japanese-American family&#8217;s struggle as prisoners in a U.S. internment camp during WW II. That book, authored by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James Houston , was forever seared into my memory for it proved [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/civil-rights/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ten to Topple?</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/ten-to-topple/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/ten-to-topple/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:46:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[saddam hussein]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2522</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of my favorite buttons, which I attached to my backpack during my freshman year in college, was one that sported a photo of Frank Sinatra and read, &#8220;It&#8217;s Frank&#8217;s world; we just live in it.&#8221; If I were sporting a button today, that button would read, &#8220;It&#8217;s the Dubya&#8217;s world&#8211;everybody else just lives in it.&#8221; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/ten-to-topple/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Saint Francis at Bat</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/saint-francis-at-bat/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/saint-francis-at-bat/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:44:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[baseball]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sports]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2521</guid> <description><![CDATA[What does a sport of rich owners and multi-million dollar players teach us about forgiveness, that concept so near and dear to all Christians? With baseball &#8211; plenty. The three R&#8217;s And the answer to why is as plain as the seed that groundskeepers spread in winter. Three concepts are crucial to making a baseball diamond fit for [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/saint-francis-at-bat/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Simulation Alley</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/simulation-alley/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/simulation-alley/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Entertainment & Lifestyle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[content texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graphic sexual content]]></category> <category><![CDATA[independent media outlets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[man breasts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mother of all bombs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[time craft]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1606</guid> <description><![CDATA[Virtual AmericaConstruct your own &#8220;virtual neighborhood&#8221; where hundreds of clones of Sam Walton, Michael Eisner, and Rupert Murdoch compete inside a gated community. Play as one of the three and set sales quotas for products that an army of immigrants, who toil underground for minimum wage, will want to buy. Caution: not for sale in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/simulation-alley/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nonviolent by Faith</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/nonviolent-by-faith/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/nonviolent-by-faith/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:28:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion & Spirituality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[catholic bishops]]></category> <category><![CDATA[images of war]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outreach coordinator]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outreach programs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[physical disabilities]]></category> <category><![CDATA[psychological questions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[youth outreach]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=1604</guid> <description><![CDATA[As images of war fill a greater share of the nation&#8217;s TV news, many Catholics are tuning in to organizations like Pax Christi USA  to uphold the doctrine of nonviolence. A peace movement of over 14,000 members and 140 U.S. Catholic bishops, Pax Christi USA is considered a crucial component of the global peace [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/nonviolent-by-faith/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Doubt</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/doubt/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/doubt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2002 23:51:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[doubt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[september 11th]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terror]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2526</guid> <description><![CDATA[Who can blame those who lost friends and loved ones on 9/11 for thinking God let them down? And who can blame them for thinking that a benevolent and loving deity, if it exists, is not so benevolent and kind? And after all the falling concrete, steel, and blood, who can blame them for thinking [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/doubt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oh, Angola, Tell Me You Love Me</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/oh-angola-tell-me-you-love-me/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/oh-angola-tell-me-you-love-me/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2002 23:47:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2523</guid> <description><![CDATA[Could it be that the United States is suffering a severe case of &#8220;sympathy envy&#8221; these days? Surely no other nation&#8217;s been too keen on the morality of U.S. war aims since it earned the honor of the first nation to use weapons of mass destruction on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/oh-angola-tell-me-you-love-me/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Should the U.S. Attack Iraq?</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/should-the-us-attack-iraq/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/should-the-us-attack-iraq/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2002 23:49:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[middle east affairs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weapons inspection team]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weapons inspectors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[weapons of mass destruction]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2524</guid> <description><![CDATA[Will we ever know why the elder and younger Presidents Bush have such a fervent obsession with toppling Iraq? Morally, can the United States government justify making war on the people of Iraq on the grounds that it possesses weapons of mass destruction when the U.S. is the only nation ever to have used the atomic [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/should-the-us-attack-iraq/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Criminal Intent</title><link>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/criminal-intent/</link> <comments>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/criminal-intent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2002 23:50:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Edward Ortiz</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics & Culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enron employees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kenneth lay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[public outrage]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://beta.bustedhalo.com/?p=2525</guid> <description><![CDATA[It was playwright Bertold Brecht who said that the only crime greater than robbing a bank was founding one. Brecht must have been thinking of powerful and cunning individuals like Enron chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay when he said that. Lay, who drew a salary and compensation package of nearly $42 million in 1999, and other [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/criminal-intent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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