<?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-941697816222011251</id><updated>2011-11-27T19:39:58.976-05:00</updated><category term='constitution'/><category term='Comedians'/><category term='asian'/><category term='black'/><category term='suicide'/><category term='to catch a predator'/><category term='Comedy Central'/><category term='Dateline NBC'/><category term='confused'/><category term='civil liberties'/><category term='race'/><category term='white'/><category term='life'/><title type='text'>I Was Just Thinking...</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://justthinking12.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/941697816222011251/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://justthinking12.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Joe Simmons</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zU2abZdlqoM/TC_6goI4nMI/AAAAAAAAAFg/-CeCuiCBjwk/S220/Joe+Simmons+-+10-4-09+100squared.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941697816222011251.post-8475151475315070966</id><published>2007-07-25T16:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T17:05:06.167-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='civil liberties'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='to catch a predator'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dateline NBC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suicide'/><title type='text'>"Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator" Perp Commits Suicide</title><summary type='text'>(I originally posted this on another blog, for which I am sure I am about to get flamed.  However, this post conveys my feelings not about sexual predators, but about the Constitution and our civil liberties.  It is in reference to the NBC story linked here.)I want to make something clear right off the bat: I am all for the police doing anything they can to protect our children, and to arrest the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://justthinking12.blogspot.com/feeds/8475151475315070966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=941697816222011251&amp;postID=8475151475315070966' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/941697816222011251/posts/default/8475151475315070966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/941697816222011251/posts/default/8475151475315070966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://justthinking12.blogspot.com/2007/07/dateline-nbc-to-catch-predator-perp.html' title='&quot;Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator&quot; Perp Commits Suicide'/><author><name>Joe Simmons</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zU2abZdlqoM/TC_6goI4nMI/AAAAAAAAAFg/-CeCuiCBjwk/S220/Joe+Simmons+-+10-4-09+100squared.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941697816222011251.post-8896416428790434938</id><published>2007-07-06T03:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-06T14:24:09.436-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='white'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comedians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='asian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='race'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comedy Central'/><title type='text'>Since I’m Still Awake…Something I Noticed About Race on Comedy Central</title><summary type='text'>I watch a lot of standup comedy.  I mean, a LOT.  I am basically a standup fanatic.  Other than the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, I don’t think there is anything on TV I watch more.     This means I watch “Comedy Central Presents” nearly every day, and I have seen several comedians multiple times.  One thing I’ve noticed is that every time a comedian makes any kind of joke that makes fun of a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://justthinking12.blogspot.com/feeds/8896416428790434938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=941697816222011251&amp;postID=8896416428790434938' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/941697816222011251/posts/default/8896416428790434938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/941697816222011251/posts/default/8896416428790434938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://justthinking12.blogspot.com/2007/07/since-im-still-awakesomething-i-noticed.html' title='Since I’m Still Awake…Something I Noticed About Race on Comedy Central'/><author><name>Joe Simmons</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zU2abZdlqoM/TC_6goI4nMI/AAAAAAAAAFg/-CeCuiCBjwk/S220/Joe+Simmons+-+10-4-09+100squared.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-941697816222011251.post-1050758350731165450</id><published>2007-07-06T01:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-06T02:52:41.485-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='confused'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>This Confusing Ride Called Joe's Life</title><summary type='text'>It was 3 am, and I was in sort of a crappy mood.  Confused about my life, I wanted to get some emotions out.  My main blog is a humor website, so I didn't want to post anything unfunny there, and my MySpace blog has become more or less an even crazier humor blog, so I didn't want it to be a downer there either.  So I ended up just writing it and posting it as a "MySpace bulletin", which for those</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://justthinking12.blogspot.com/feeds/1050758350731165450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=941697816222011251&amp;postID=1050758350731165450' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/941697816222011251/posts/default/1050758350731165450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/941697816222011251/posts/default/1050758350731165450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://justthinking12.blogspot.com/2007/07/test-post-ignore.html' title='This Confusing Ride Called Joe&apos;s Life'/><author><name>Joe Simmons</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zU2abZdlqoM/TC_6goI4nMI/AAAAAAAAAFg/-CeCuiCBjwk/S220/Joe+Simmons+-+10-4-09+100squared.JPG'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry></feed>
