<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<oembed>
	<version>1.0</version>
	<type>link</type>
	<objectid>26161</objectid>
	<title><![CDATA[Something to Cry About]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley/something-to-cry-about_b_26161.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[I read in the Guardian yesterday that the US spends 422.5 billion
dollars annually for defense, and I quickly totted up my family's per
capita hit. Leaving out the ones who are grown and paying their own
taxes, I estimated that we have ponied up about $7200 per year since
2000, or some $43,000. The bang I am not getting for my buck is the
actual defense of me, my children, my partner, my dogs, and my house.
Homeland Security, it has been shown over and...]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
</oembed>
