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	<title><![CDATA[Why Did Reid Pull the Telecom Bill?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/why-did-reid-pull-the-tel_b_77299.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>I'd like to believe that Harry Reid pulled the telecom bill yesterday because members of the Senate actually <em>did</em> realize how <a href="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/can-i-get-big-old-yeeeeaaarrrgh-by.html">shameless and horrifying</a> their soliloquies on behalf of the poor beleaguered telecos made them sound, but I'm skeptical. </p> <p>As I listened to Barb "Ma Kettle" Mikulski (D-LCD) on the floor of the Senate pining for the days when <em>"blackberries wuz sumpin' yew put on yer breakfast cereal,"</em> I didn't pick up an iota of self awareness that...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:48:00-04:00</date_published>
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