<?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-5664520957684218500</id><updated>2012-01-18T11:31:41.015-07:00</updated><category term='public service'/><category term='Moleskine'/><category term='Mortimer Hooch'/><category term='bugs'/><category term='American dream'/><category term='Hemingway'/><category term='legal system'/><category term='writer'/><category term='military strategy'/><category term='congress'/><category term='scumbags'/><category term='grub worms'/><category term='SEC'/><category term='creative types'/><category term='colorado'/><category term='fireflies'/><category term='fiction'/><category term='banking'/><category term='flyover war'/><category term='IRS'/><title type='text'>Flyover Bugs</title><subtitle type='html'>The entomology for the dehumanization strategies of The Flyover War.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ron at CM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwHKiCytBA/TWIHFma7ULI/AAAAAAAAAM8/6zWnizGRpII/s220/newduck_400.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664520957684218500.post-9145554467914639513</id><published>2012-01-18T11:31:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T11:31:41.022-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stop SOPA/PIPA</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/feeds/9145554467914639513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2012/01/stop-sopapipa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/9145554467914639513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/9145554467914639513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2012/01/stop-sopapipa.html' title='Stop SOPA/PIPA'/><author><name>Ron at CM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwHKiCytBA/TWIHFma7ULI/AAAAAAAAAM8/6zWnizGRpII/s220/newduck_400.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664520957684218500.post-2349969375029300029</id><published>2010-01-31T12:56:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T13:00:39.498-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mortimer Hooch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military strategy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='public service'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='congress'/><title type='text'>Speaking of Public Service</title><summary type='text'>My daddy, Mortimer T. Hooch, has a philosophy about the value of public service. He said "If they got paid their real value to the country, the line soldiers would the the guys in the six and seven figure range. Senators and Representatives would get minimum wage, and congressional aides would get $5 per hand-job."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/feeds/2349969375029300029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2010/01/speaking-of-public-service.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/2349969375029300029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/2349969375029300029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2010/01/speaking-of-public-service.html' title='Speaking of Public Service'/><author><name>Ron at CM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwHKiCytBA/TWIHFma7ULI/AAAAAAAAAM8/6zWnizGRpII/s220/newduck_400.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664520957684218500.post-1469447445458350578</id><published>2009-12-03T15:13:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T15:39:29.218-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='legal system'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grub worms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='banking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IRS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American dream'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scumbags'/><title type='text'>Public Disservants</title><summary type='text'>An excerpt from The Flyover Bug Entomology by Gen. Myron T. Hooch (ret.)There are millions of useful, productive, and valuable public servants throughout our country. Military, law enforcement, emergency services, teachers, infrastructure guys--hell, even a few politicians. Then we've got the grub worms.These scumbags are the people who are going to be the death of this country, I can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/feeds/1469447445458350578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/12/public-disservants.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/1469447445458350578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/1469447445458350578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/12/public-disservants.html' title='Public Disservants'/><author><name>Ron at CM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwHKiCytBA/TWIHFma7ULI/AAAAAAAAAM8/6zWnizGRpII/s220/newduck_400.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsBW8rU_G98/Sxg5BSiAElI/AAAAAAAAAH4/SZevHK9z5Ic/s72-c/worms_200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664520957684218500.post-3635893486257732657</id><published>2009-04-18T11:38:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T15:40:52.299-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bugs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flyover war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fireflies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colorado'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='creative types'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='writer'/><title type='text'>More About Fireflies</title><summary type='text'>An excerpt from The Flyover Bug Entomology by Gen. Myron T. Hooch (ret.)The one of the biggest problems we're going to run into in trying to get a handle on things is this group of creatives, these fireflies. Several years ago, we had them contained for the most part, in places like New York and Los Angeles, with a few in Miami and Orlando, not much to speak of in Chicago. Things are changing. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/feeds/3635893486257732657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-about-fireflies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/3635893486257732657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/3635893486257732657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-about-fireflies.html' title='More About Fireflies'/><author><name>Ron at CM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwHKiCytBA/TWIHFma7ULI/AAAAAAAAAM8/6zWnizGRpII/s220/newduck_400.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsBW8rU_G98/Sxg3qM2ZtKI/AAAAAAAAAHw/Ueb-9lGmnkw/s72-c/firefly-200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664520957684218500.post-6895421686826060283</id><published>2009-04-01T13:12:00.009-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T15:41:36.822-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Financial Districts - the Mosquitoes</title><summary type='text'>An excerpt from The Flyover Bug Entomology by Gen. Myron T. Hooch (ret.)Nothing gets built, nothing gets produced, and nothing gets created. Big mossy green puddles of cash float around in circles and every time it passes by these creatures suck a little bit out.  Some of it goes back into the system, while a lot more gets set aside for a millenium's worth of rainy days, much of it in offshore </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/feeds/6895421686826060283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/04/financial-districts-mosquitoes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/6895421686826060283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/6895421686826060283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/04/financial-districts-mosquitoes.html' title='Financial Districts - the Mosquitoes'/><author><name>Ron at CM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwHKiCytBA/TWIHFma7ULI/AAAAAAAAAM8/6zWnizGRpII/s220/newduck_400.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VsBW8rU_G98/SdO-2yJt8AI/AAAAAAAAAEU/vZPRf9rxr1s/s72-c/mosquito-200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664520957684218500.post-6774080389869328305</id><published>2009-03-30T08:55:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T15:42:04.515-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Creative Types - Fireflies</title><summary type='text'>An excerpt from The Flyover Bug Entomology by Gen. Myron T. Hooch (ret.)You know who these guys are, you see them everywhere. Writers, artists, actors, you know the lot.What do they do for the everyday people of the world?A real problem with these guys is that they are geographically everywhere. Makes it damned hard to keep them under control because it's difficult to just run out and round them </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/feeds/6774080389869328305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/03/creative-types-fireflies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/6774080389869328305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/6774080389869328305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/03/creative-types-fireflies.html' title='The Creative Types - Fireflies'/><author><name>Ron at CM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwHKiCytBA/TWIHFma7ULI/AAAAAAAAAM8/6zWnizGRpII/s220/newduck_400.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VsBW8rU_G98/SdDdwMmVlKI/AAAAAAAAAEE/9VQsanCAHJk/s72-c/firefly-200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664520957684218500.post-2535225358965900725</id><published>2009-03-27T18:07:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T15:03:38.557-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hemingway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bugs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moleskine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='military strategy'/><title type='text'>The Tension Rises</title><summary type='text'>Throughout the country, tension is rising as a dozen different factions try to determine their best positioning in the power struggles behind the economic collapse. As we travel around the country, we hear dozens of terms to describe "them", "the other side", "the enemy", "those a******s". Most of them seem to equate the members of the opposition to some sort of creepy-crawly insect. So we're </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/feeds/2535225358965900725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/03/tension-rises.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/2535225358965900725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5664520957684218500/posts/default/2535225358965900725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyoverbugs.blogspot.com/2009/03/tension-rises.html' title='The Tension Rises'/><author><name>Ron at CM</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EYwHKiCytBA/TWIHFma7ULI/AAAAAAAAAM8/6zWnizGRpII/s220/newduck_400.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
