<?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/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Imprtnt Ephemera &#187; The Media</title>
	<atom:link href="http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/category/the-media/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>politics: personal and global</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:59:48 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='bitsworld.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/09a01ceb1931d8bf7ec1d734d6d66aba?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Imprtnt Ephemera &#187; The Media</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Imprtnt Ephemera" />
		<item>
		<title>Calder to Japan: Hurry up and Wait?</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/calder-to-japan-hurry-up-and-wait/</link>
		<comments>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/calder-to-japan-hurry-up-and-wait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DPJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kent Calder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taro Aso]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/?p=52</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lesson in ineffective diplomacy
Today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal article, &#8220;Rise of a New Era in Japan,&#8221; carries this most vexing and perplexing quote from well-regarded Asia scholar (and former special adviser to the U.S. Ambassador to Japan) Kent Calder:
It is crucial to wait and see right now. I&#8217;d say at least until the upper-house elections [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=52&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/calder-to-japan-hurry-up-and-wait/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7169427b366390464210dce90d8939?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Keith G</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Governor Sanford&#8217;s Odyssey Begins Now</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/governor-sanfords-odyssey-begins-now/</link>
		<comments>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/governor-sanfords-odyssey-begins-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moral values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/?p=47</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent Wall Street Journal article titled &#8220;Sanford Odyssey Ends in Tears,&#8221; poses a challenging assertion. That the odyssey somehow ends with his Great Confession from the South Carolina State House. When I look at the picture on page 1, I can see how that conclusion could be drawn. He says, &#8220;What I did was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=47&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/governor-sanfords-odyssey-begins-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7169427b366390464210dce90d8939?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Keith G</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Steve Ballmer&#8217;s &#8220;Adam Smith&#8221; Idiocy at Microsoft</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/steve-ballmers-adam-smith-idiocy-at-microsoft/</link>
		<comments>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/steve-ballmers-adam-smith-idiocy-at-microsoft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/steve-ballmers-adam-smith-idiocy-at-microsoft/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, was quoted in the recent Wall Street Journal article, &#8220;Is Bing the Thing?&#8221; with this: &#8220;I think most of the world thinks it would be great to have more-dynamic competition in search.&#8221; 
Oh, really, Steve? Would you like to hear what I think? Well, I&#8217;m gonna tell you anyway. 
I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=44&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/steve-ballmers-adam-smith-idiocy-at-microsoft/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7169427b366390464210dce90d8939?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Keith G</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8220;Felony Stupidity&#8221; in the White House Military Office</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/felony-stupidity-in-the-white-house-military-office/</link>
		<comments>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/felony-stupidity-in-the-white-house-military-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/?p=42</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I didn&#8217;t coin the term, but &#8220;felony stupidity,&#8221; as coined by former Homeland Security adviser Frances Townsend, certainly seems to fill the bill. It covers the possibility that the actions of Mr. Louis Caldera, director of the White House Military Office, were simply the result of not having thought it through (this would be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=42&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/felony-stupidity-in-the-white-house-military-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7169427b366390464210dce90d8939?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Keith G</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Boycott the Opening Ceremonies at Beijing 2008</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/boycott-the-opening-ceremonies-at-beijing-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/boycott-the-opening-ceremonies-at-beijing-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rohrabacher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/?p=36</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rohrabacher and Amadinejad. The International Olympic Committee and the government of China. What&#8217;s going on here? 
Today Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) spoke to the BBC on his House Resolutions calling on the President to boycott the 2008 Olympic Games in China ([H.RES.608.IH], [H.RES.610.IH], [H.RES.628.IH]). Some are saying that he is watering down his initial proposal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=36&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/boycott-the-opening-ceremonies-at-beijing-2008/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7169427b366390464210dce90d8939?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Keith G</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Electronic Big Brother?</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/electronic-big-brother/</link>
		<comments>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/electronic-big-brother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Brother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blackberry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook Beacon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kleiner Perkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/?p=35</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent announcement by Apple that its iPhone will soon be open to more robust business applications, putting into direct competition with RIM&#8217;s Blackberry, sounded good on the surface, but was a little scary to think about. 
Along with this announcement, Apple announced a partnership with vaunted venture capitalists, Kleiner Perkins. And John Doerr, a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=35&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/electronic-big-brother/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7169427b366390464210dce90d8939?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Keith G</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Matt Drudge is an asshole.</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/matt-drudge-is-an-asshole/</link>
		<comments>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/matt-drudge-is-an-asshole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Drudge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince Harry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There, it&#8217;s been said. Many times, and in many ways before, but still, I wanted to join in. Mr. Drudge can think he&#8217;s the shit, for breaking the story about Prince Harry serving in Afghanistan, running counter to the voluntary embargo on that story that all the rest of the news media agreed to. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=34&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/matt-drudge-is-an-asshole/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7169427b366390464210dce90d8939?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Keith G</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Obesity in children caused by widescreen TV</title>
		<link>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/obesity-in-children-caused-by-widescreen-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/obesity-in-children-caused-by-widescreen-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith G</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Today]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/?p=27</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the truth is hidden in plain sight. As so many researchers are struggling to comprehend why the percentage of kids and teens who meet the definition of obesity is increasing at what some consider an alarming rate, consider these facts:

kids watch a lot of television
kids are very influenced – actively and subliminally – by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bitsworld.wordpress.com&blog=419173&post=27&subd=bitsworld&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bitsworld.wordpress.com/2008/02/16/obesity-in-children-caused-by-widescreen-tv/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fc7169427b366390464210dce90d8939?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Keith G</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://bitsworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/bx7e-023b.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Basketball, normal vs widescreen</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://bitsworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/shakira-4x3-16x9.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Shakira, normal and widescreen</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>