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		<description>Comments by Jim Howard</description>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Nude full frontal photos of stars</title>
<link>http://www.hnb1982.com/2009/10/16/nude-full-frontal-photos-of-stars/#IDComment177464824</link>
<description>  The photos you are talking about are NOT photoshop photos.  They are PR photos taken for the Broadway play &amp;quot;Equus.&amp;quot;  There has been some discussion that the PR photos were not expected to be put on the Internet! It must have been some PR firm that knows nothing about the Internet!      I suspect that Radcliffe is wanted the photos out of himself or he would not have posed for them.  I think he is pretty smart and knows that he wants to end the idea of him being a kid.  Those photos were the way to do it.    There is also a report out that he asked to have fully nude waxwork made of him.  He is reported to have asked the experts at Madame Tussauds to do it and that he is willing to pay the full cost of the nude.  The fully nude wax work would cost him 150K pounds but he can afford it because when he turned 18 he got 20 million pounds.     The report is that the waxwork of him will be something that Radcliffe wants for &amp;quot;private display&amp;quot; but I think it is more PR from him.  He know that photos and videos of it will get out and I think that is what he wants.  He sounds like he is going to do great in life.  He is a real self promoter.  </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Personal Money Store Financial News Blog : Medical loss ratio rules could pay insurance rebates to millions</title>
<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/11/22/medical-loss-ratio-rules/#IDComment119328076</link>
<description>Wow I had on idea this was in &amp;quot;Obamacare&amp;quot;  The White House and the Democrats need to get information like this out to the public.   So no wonder the new GOP House is going to try and come in and kill our new national health care plan. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>HNB: Fort Worth TX : Truck Chase to Love Field</title>
<link>http%3a%2f%2fhnbbs.com%2f%3fp%3d397#IDComment94268018</link>
<description>  I think that was a police department truck that had the road spikes that they put out.  Not sure if they use it for undercover or if it is just one that they keep spikes in ...I just wonder why they would not have the spikes in most all of their cars.   It is just a guess on the spikes in the truck.  </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>HNB: Fort Worth TX : 14,500 Teachers Jobs Saved in Texas</title>
<link>http%3a%2f%2fhnbbs.com%2f%3fp%3d391#IDComment92554160</link>
<description>  When I see the word &amp;quot;union&amp;quot; I replace it with the word &amp;quot;worker&amp;quot;.. So what I see you saying is the bailout is going to workers.     Unions support causes that their members want them to support.  So some of the the worker&amp;#039;s money goes to help good causes.     Major corporations, the NRA and others use their stockholders or members money to support causes that they want to support.   It is the way American works...I wish, myself, that we paid for elections with public money and did not allow unions, corporations and other groups to use money to control government.   Now.. I can not understand how the right can hate unions so much.  Most everything we have that is good in the United States today is because of unions.  If there had been no unions ... Today we would be working six days a week from sun up to sun down.  Our little children would be working with us.  We would not get time and a half for over time.  Hell, we would not get over time.  We would not have safety and health rules.  We would not have retirement plans.  Many of us would be living in company towns and buying everything from a company store.  The corporations would pit races and religions against each other.  Not only would you not get an increase in pay.. no cost of living increase..from time to time the corporation would increase your work load and cut your pay.   Anyone that does not see that unions, in the past, were a God send... if you and they can not see it then you do not know history.   God bless the labor leaders of the past..  the current unions..now days.. some have started to be more like corporations.. Many have lost that old time religion.     I worked for 11 years at a small hospital...I was the only employee at the hospital that liked unions.. All the other employees would say how bad unions were.. things over the years got bad for the employees and then the hospital was sold to a for profit major medical corporation and the nurses contacted a labor union and joined the union.  Others in other departments wanted to join a union.   I was a member in the past of Boilermakers union and the UAW.  Both great unions. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Connecticut News, Weather and Traffic | WTNH.com : Nine killed when gunman opens fire at Manchester beer distributor | WTNH.com Connecticut</title>
<link>http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/hartford_cty/manchester-shooting-?hpt=T1#IDComment90655193</link>
<description> I agree with your comments.  We do not know the details yet but top management and first line supervisors need to be on top of things like this.. How as this guy acting?  What was he saying to people?      I worked 30 years hospital security but before that I worked for 10 years as a welder.  When I was a welder one company had hundreds of employees and the Director of Personnel knew all of our names  when he saw us.   One hospital I worked at we, security, ran police checks on new employees.  A new employee was hired in with out a police check. Turns out a management officer&amp;#039;s wife worked with some ex-con group and got the hospital to hire him and try and help him.  He killed about five or six people before the police got him.  He killed a couple on his lunch break from the hospital.  He walked over two blocks and killed them. He held up business and never left anyone alive.   The same hospital had a guy that worked in plant operations.  He acted crazy and would fly off the handle at times.  He asked permission to bring his gun into the hospital because he did not want to leave it in his car!  The Director of Security was going to give him permission because he did not want to upset the guy.  I told the boss NO WAY and he refused him permission.   Someone else commented on this...but mental health service are very important.     I know this will upset people because people are crazy on this subject but some gun control is needed.     Was this guy a gun nut?  Did he talk about guns?  Did he have a bumper sticker on his car?  Had he been approved for a concealed weapons permit.  I think for a concealed weapons permit that a background check needs to be done - NOT an instant computer check.     </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Birther Army Lt. Col. Refuses to Obey Orders! V2.0</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/04/birther-army-lt-col-refuses-to-obey-orders-v2-0/#IDComment69517070</link>
<description>  The more I think about this the more I have to agree with you.  It is pure racism on his part.   I respect everyone that has served in the military and I think we need to respect their service.    This guy, a doctor, has served the nation for 18 years.  He could have made more money as a doctor not in the military.  Even with him being a racist I still think I would not go with a dishonorable discharge.  That is a hard burden to carry.   But if I was his commanding officer I would give him some orders.  If he failed to obey any of them I would order him again and again..Explaining what was going to happen.. So unless he changed his  mind he would have everything come down on top of him.  I guess it is up to him to decide.   When I was a hospital security office and supervisor I had an entire shift that had racism taking place.  I talked to the supervisor of that shift.  I talked to each man on the shift and told them that I would not allow racism.  One man decided he was not going to listen to me.  The next time he pulled some racist crap I told the department supervisor I wanted him fired.  He said NO.  I went to the Personnel department and they said it would have to wait because their director was a meeting out of town.  I told the acting department head NO it was not going to wait and I went to the assist CEO of the hospital and told him.  After I told what happened he said the guy was fired.  My department head would not do the firing so I had to fire they Chuck.  Chuck and his wife had been to my house for dinner in the past.  But there was nothing else for me to do but fire him.  I had warned him and ordered him not to talk the way he did and act the way he did.   So I would do the same if I was in the military.   I wonder how long it will be before we find out what happens to this guy? </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Wal-Mart &#039;appalled&#039; at announcement &ndash; CNN Story</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/03/wal-mart-appalled-at-announcement-cnn-story/#IDComment62772402</link>
<description>  Thanks for reminding me.  You know my position... That it is always the Republicans fault.  No matter what.. fire, flood or you name it ... I blame the Republicans.   I forgot this time... I will make up for it next time.   My back hurts today.. It is the Republicans fault.   </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Sex Chair?</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2009/08/sex-chair-2/#IDComment58882654</link>
<description>  Wow that makes sense I think.  I had no idea why anyone would have such a chair but that might be the reason.  I agree with Cassandra however about not wanting to sit in it after someone else.  IF it felt good I could see having one of them at home. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Alabama shooting survivor</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/02/alabama-shooting-survivor/#IDComment57448968</link>
<description>After I posted this post and after I made the video on YouTube.  I read a statement and I think it was by the husband of the woman that did the shooting and he said that well people like his wife that had a PHD &amp;quot;ran hot and cold&amp;quot; and that you had to cut them some slack or  understand that.     THANK GOD I did not read that statement before I wrote the post because I would still be POUNDING on the keyboard.  Thank God I did not read it before I made the video or I would be on the video breaking things and screaming like Beck from Fox &amp;quot;news.&amp;quot;  Hell I might be crying the way he does.  It would have made me crazy like he is. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : No Power for 20 Hours in Cowtown</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/02/no-power-for-20-hours-in-cowtown/#IDComment56833121</link>
<description>  Yes that was part of my problem here.  I had no information.  I did not even have a working radio.  I will correct that soon.   I did not read my post but I may have not been clear.  All the people here have fireplaces in these apartments.  I saw a few taking in wood but never saw any smoke coming out of any place.   I will also make sure I have some firewood on hand.  But Darlene said this is the first time in five years that this place has lost power.    </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : China faces 24M bride shortage by 2020</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/01/china-faces-24m-bride-shortage-by-2020/#IDComment51855925</link>
<description>  Well I do not approve of abortion as birth control but they say by having their one child policy they have 400 million less people.  That is good for the world and for world peace.   I wonder if we could send them 30 million of  our Republican woman.  I am sure many of the family value Republican men would like to have a sex change operation and we could send them.  Give them a tax break.  Let them have the operation for free and give a tax break and let them go to China.  It sounds like a good idea to me.  </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
<guid>http://hnbdo.com/2010/01/china-faces-24m-bride-shortage-by-2020/#IDComment51855925</guid>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : I have TV now!</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/01/i-have-tv-now/#IDComment51706553</link>
<description>  There is just one cable outlet on the antenna.  It pulls in about 60 channels but some of them just have a test screen or nothing and I guess the station plans to add stuff.  Many of the stations are Spanish speaking and a lot are religion stations.   It will be interesting to see what I can get over the air for free now days.    </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Soda fountains contained fecal bacteria</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/01/soda-fountains-contained-fecal-bacteria/#IDComment51339331</link>
<description>Oh God I did not even think of places like Quick Trip or &amp;amp;-11.  I am sure they are dirty.  For the reasons you say and because you got homeless people using them etc.   I bet it is rare for them to even get cleaned.     I never get something from those fountains.  Not for the reason you mention.    I love to eat out ... but I it is getting scary.  I should not read those sort of articles. </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Claws Mail for Windows</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/01/claws-mail-for-windows/#IDComment50928223</link>
<description>Well not sure if they have improved it or made changes but I have had a hotmail account for years.  I never use it or look at it.  My guess is that I have a Windows Live mail account set up but I will go and check it out and see if they have done something to it.   I have lots of email accounts.. that is part of my problem. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Ronald Reagan&rsquo;s grandson arrested</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/01/ronald-reagans-grandson-arrested/#IDComment50925052</link>
<description>  True but I do not pretend to be &amp;quot;Fair and Balanced&amp;quot; here.  I see as one goal in my life as sticking my finger in the eye of Fox &amp;quot;news.&amp;quot;  Give me an opening to say something bad about them and you just made my day.   I will leave it to a news organization or someone like that to do a researched in depth study of the subject.   I do not consider however Fox &amp;quot;news&amp;quot; to be a &amp;quot;news&amp;quot; organization any more that I did Radio Moscow or Radio Havana Cuba.    </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
<guid>http://hnbdo.com/2010/01/ronald-reagans-grandson-arrested/#IDComment50925052</guid>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Claws Mail for Windows</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2010/01/claws-mail-for-windows/#IDComment50876965</link>
<description>I am only running Windows.  This is a Windows install of the program.  It seems to be a nice little program so far. I never used it when I ran Linux.  </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : The last day of the year</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2009/12/the-last-day-of-the-year/#IDComment49891811</link>
<description>I bet I forgot to send you an email.  In the user options I had you set up as a &amp;quot;Contributor&amp;quot;  and I changed it to &amp;quot;Editor&amp;quot; to give you more power.   The Comments plug in is by Intense.  It is a plug in that is for Word Press but is not part of the Word Press release and so far I do not see how I adjust the settings to allow you to post without my approval.  If I run across a setting that will do it I would of course do it.   Keep in mind that I get about 25 spam comments each day that I have do delete.  I can not just set WP to allow all comments to appear without my approval. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : The last day of the year</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2009/12/the-last-day-of-the-year/#IDComment49891259</link>
<description>  I posted about it.  I think I added it as an addition to that post.  The apartment here will not allow you to put an antenna on the roof.  You can only put the dish on your patio or the patio fence.  That is why there are so few dish antennas here.  You can not get a line of site on the satellite. She can not get the dish.   She called and canceled and signed up to get Charter.  That will be interesting.  They will be out Saturday. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Rush Limbaugh Hospitalized in Hawaii</title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2009/12/rush-limbaugh-hospitalized-in-hawaii/#IDComment49862091</link>
<description>Wow.. Well that is great for him.  I am sure they are showing old photos of him on the media. I did not know he last weight.  OH God, I may be more over weight than Rush now! I bet he gave up smoking if he lost a lot of weight.  I am sure he is still drinking.   I hope he did not take some crazy drug to lose weight that messed up his system. </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Howard&#039;s Notebook : Snow in Fort Worth </title>
<link>http://hnbdo.com/2009/12/snow-in-fort-worth-2/#IDComment49496606</link>
<description>  Darlene called the apartment people and they do allow a dish BUT there is a deposit of $150.00 required.  Plus it has be mounted on your patio and can not be on the roof.  The highest you could get it would be on the patio fence.  The manager said that she is very sure that they can not get a dish to work for Dar&amp;#039;s apartment.   I think the dish people want to send out an install guy anyway to see...But it does not look like Dar is going to have dish TV at this point.    </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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