<?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-5257808</id><updated>2011-10-10T21:17:46.968-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Patrick Ruffini</title><subtitle type='html'>Temporary site for Patrick Ruffini's Rants.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257808.post-92545371</id><published>2003-04-13T18:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-02-16T11:44:22.873-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>MY SITE'S BACK UP: My new Movable Type-powered blog is now up and running.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92545371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92545371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/my-sites-back-up-my-new-movable-type.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257808.post-92437235</id><published>2003-04-11T12:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-11T12:49:53.873-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>THERE'S NOTHING FINER than a weekend of liberation and Augusta...

And installing Movable Type, of course. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92437235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92437235' title='245 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92437235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92437235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/theres-nothing-finer-than-weekend-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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>245</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257808.post-92430732</id><published>2003-04-11T11:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-11T11:02:41.640-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>BOYCOTT CNN: Despite the reasonably fair coverage at home, they’ve been playing a double-game abroad, providing Al Jazeera-like coverage on their international network. Now, it comes out that they covered up the Iraqi regime’s atrocities, in part to protect their Iraqi employees, but also to protect their access. They’re not winners in my book.     </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92430732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92430732' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92430732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92430732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/boycott-cnn-despite-reasonably-fair.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92426521</id><published>2003-04-11T09:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-12T13:25:01.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92426521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92426521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92426521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92426521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92331583</id><published>2003-04-09T22:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-12T13:25:34.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>

Isn't it a shame our President is alienating these people with his unilateral foreign policy?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92331583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92331583' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92331583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92331583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/isnt-it-shame-our-president-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92323545</id><published>2003-04-09T19:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-09T20:01:47.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YES, I'VE BEEN READING FALLACI: This MoDo column, while perhaps not rising to Immutable Laws levels of idiocy, does elicit a certain je ne sais quoi...

Mr. Cheney's war guru, Victor Davis Hanson, writes in his book "An Autumn of War" that war can be good, and that sometimes nations are better off using devastation than suasion. Mr. Hanson cites Sherman's march through Georgia, the 19th </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92323545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92323545' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92323545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92323545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/yes-ive-been-reading-fallaci-this-modo.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92313017</id><published>2003-04-09T16:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-09T16:32:52.966-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>PATRICKRUFFINI.COM IS BACK UP as of five minutes ago. But this site will remain active until I can get Movable Type installed, which will probably be in a couple of days. All of your permalinks/bookmarks should lead directly here until that happens. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92313017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92313017' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92313017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92313017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/patrickruffini.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92292597</id><published>2003-04-09T10:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-09T10:48:38.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>IT'S 1776 and 1989 in Baghdad this morning.

What do want to bet Al Jazeera is playing the Omar Sharif E! True Hollywood Story as we speak?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92292597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92292597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92292597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92292597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/its-1776-and-1989-in-baghdad-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92257448</id><published>2003-04-08T21:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-08T21:12:00.090-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>HEART OF TEXAS: Congratulations to Ben for his surprise move to Sen. John Cornyn's office. I think he's made the right career move.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92257448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92257448' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92257448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92257448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/heart-of-texas-congratulations-to-ben.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92249126</id><published>2003-04-08T18:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-08T18:25:26.170-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>PATRICKRUFFINI.COM HELD HOSTAGE: DAY 4</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92249126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92249126' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92249126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92249126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/patrickruffini_08.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92221215</id><published>2003-04-08T10:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-08T10:05:21.780-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>BUSH WITH BLAIR TODAY: Relaxed, confident, victorious. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92221215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92221215' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92221215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92221215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/bush-with-blair-today-relaxed.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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-5257808.post-92189260</id><published>2003-04-07T21:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2003-04-07T21:48:08.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>WEEKEND FROM HELL: If case you're tried to access my site any time since Friday night and are wondering what's going on, here's your answer: yes, it's that bad. Well, not bad in the sense of my 840 or so entries getting zapped, but my web site has been inaccessible for almost 72 hours now, and out of desperation (and in anticipation of Iraq Liberation Day), I'm setting up shop here at Blogspot </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/feeds/92189260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257808&amp;postID=92189260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92189260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5257808/posts/default/92189260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://patrickruffini.blogspot.com/2003/04/weekend-from-hell-if-case-youre-tried.html' title=''/><author><name>Patrick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16054177332038763900</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></feed>
