<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Blogcritics: Comments on HELL MAKES US BETTER.</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/</link>
<description>A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously.</description>
<language>en</language>
<copyright>Copyright 2005 by the authors</copyright>
<lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:28:44 EDT</lastBuildDate>
<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs>
<generator>Blogcritics.org custom software</generator>

<item>
<title>Comment by Jim Carruthers</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/28/131054.php#comment-76651</link>
<description>Isn&#039;t that Acid Discount Outlet right next to that Angus Young Driving School for Young Fellas and Paving Company?
</description>
<guid isPermaLink="false">76651@blogcritics.org</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:28:44 EDT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Comment by Eric Olsen</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/28/131054.php#comment-76630</link>
<description>that&#039;s the acid talking</description>
<guid isPermaLink="false">76630@blogcritics.org</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:56:15 EDT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Comment by Jim Carruthers</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/28/131054.php#comment-76622</link>
<description>Mr. R. Erikson of Austin&#039;s Other Planes Research Group was recently interviewed, and he said he&#039;d been to Hell, and it was over-rated, and not what it used to be.
</description>
<guid isPermaLink="false">76622@blogcritics.org</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 19:10:07 EDT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Comment by Bellman</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/28/131054.php#comment-76617</link>
<description>Blogcritics isn&#039;t picking up on my trackback ping, so consider this a trackback:

Chinese have a lot of hells
at &lt;a href=&quot;http://thebellman.org&quot;&gt;The Bellman&lt;/a&gt;</description>
<guid isPermaLink="false">76617@blogcritics.org</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:43:37 EDT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Comment by JR</title>
<link>http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/28/131054.php#comment-76616</link>
<description>On the other hand...

&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=167&quot;&gt;The Global Attitudes study&lt;/a&gt; correlated views on religion with annual per capita income and found that wealthier nations tend to place less importance on religion &amp;ndash; with the exception of the United States.&quot;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/newsh/items/article/item_8426.html&quot;&gt;Are the Most Religious Nations Among the Most Corrupt?&lt;/a&gt;

The least corrupt counties from Transparency International&#039;s 2003 report:

1. Finland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. New Zealand
5. Singapore
6. Sweden
7. Netherlands
8. Australia
9. Norway
10. Switzerland

Not exactly hotbeds of religious fervor.

The most corrupt nations:

1. Bangladesh
2. Nigeria
3. Haiti
4. Paraguay
5. Myanmar
6. Angola
7. Azerbaijan
8. Camaroon
9. Georgia
10. Tajikistan
</description>
<guid isPermaLink="false">76616@blogcritics.org</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:00:59 EDT</pubDate>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>