<?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:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post111958944179348601..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112008324639215383</id><published>2005-06-29T18:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-29T18:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Call it torture but I think the only thing we shou...</title><summary type='text'>Call it torture but I think the only thing we should do at Guantanomo that should be altered is that P.G. Wodehouse&#39;s books should be on offer -- esp. anything with Jeeves in the title and after the prisoners had read a good dozen they should be free to go.  Wodehouse offers another kind of conflict resolution that has to do with wit and rapid changes of perspective also there are no deaths since</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/112008324639215383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/112008324639215383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1120083240000#c112008324639215383' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111990968401757891</id><published>2005-06-27T18:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T18:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I was denied access to the MJ commentary.</title><summary type='text'>I was denied access to the MJ commentary.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111990968401757891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111990968401757891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119909660000#c111990968401757891' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111990891373566143</id><published>2005-06-27T17:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T17:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I meant to say for mutual disagreement.  I find it...</title><summary type='text'>I meant to say for mutual disagreement.  I find it quite nice that people can disagree on deep matters and remain in touch with one another to some degree.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It makes me feel that America does in some way finally still function.  This place is as solid as any country has ever been.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111990891373566143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111990891373566143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119908880000#c111990891373566143' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111990879291683791</id><published>2005-06-27T17:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T17:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ll try to read this, Ron.  But it&#39;s straw men al...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ll try to read this, Ron.  But it&#39;s straw men all around.  The Christian right keeps telling us that the whole American cultural world has been taken over by Marxist think-a-likes, and the left keeps telling us that the whole American political world has been taken over by Christian think-a-likes.  So Curtis is staying awake on the left coast all in a dither, and my pastor is awake on this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111990879291683791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111990879291683791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119908760000#c111990879291683791' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111988497007498216</id><published>2005-06-27T11:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T11:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A terrific response to most of Kirby&#39;s positions c...</title><summary type='text'>A terrific response to most of Kirby&#39;s positions can be found at:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2005/06/let_them_eat_war.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And, of course, nobody said that the U.S. had a monopoly position on evil. Stop raising up these straw men.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111988497007498216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111988497007498216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119884940000#c111988497007498216' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111988060602581055</id><published>2005-06-27T09:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-27T09:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think there&#39;s a problem in the left presumption ...</title><summary type='text'>I think there&#39;s a problem in the left presumption that evil is only and always an American phenomenon.  If you read Samuel Huntington&#39;s Clash of Civilizations with its famous phrase &quot;the bloody borders of Islam&quot; you can see that also doing nothing can lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths.  The Christian slaves of the southern Sudan, the genocided Christian East Timorese, -- these are just a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111988060602581055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111988060602581055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119880560000#c111988060602581055' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111984250776486386</id><published>2005-06-26T23:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T23:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well it seems to me that advocating over the years...</title><summary type='text'>Well it seems to me that advocating over the years that the US &quot;spread democracy&quot; which involves of course  requiring that soldiers die to do so and then insisting that oh hell they died for what they believed and really let&#39;s not let a few deaths deter us from our noble purpose while all the time saying that of course one is a coward and would never be a soldier oneself is.... well a lot like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111984250776486386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111984250776486386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119842460000#c111984250776486386' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111983913193782703</id><published>2005-06-26T22:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T22:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Good to see that evil has come up.  Sounds like a ...</title><summary type='text'>Good to see that evil has come up.  Sounds like a phrase mr. bush would use.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lon, there are many tasks we benefit from in our society.  Just bc we benefit from them, does not mean we need to perform them.  When was the last time you drove a dump truck? Paved a road? Chased a criminal?  I understand yr argument, but how about halting the emotional retorts.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111983913193782703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111983913193782703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119839100000#c111983913193782703' title=''/><author><name>JWG</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15983966674045451970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1310991121"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111983835207819904</id><published>2005-06-26T22:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T22:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I know what Luther would think.  Throw an inkpot a...</title><summary type='text'>I know what Luther would think.  Throw an inkpot at your fey ass.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111983835207819904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111983835207819904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119838320000#c111983835207819904' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111982685536706457</id><published>2005-06-26T19:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T19:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I wonder what Michael Harold thinks.</title><summary type='text'>I wonder what Michael Harold thinks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111982685536706457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111982685536706457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119826800000#c111982685536706457' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111982091565489134</id><published>2005-06-26T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T17:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;If they die at least they died for something that...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;If they die at least they died for something that was meaningful to them.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You need to get out more, Kirby and meet some real people.  Can&#39;t do that?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;You have to see the very big picture if you can, not get stuck on a few car-bombed marines. If they die at least they died for something that was meaningful to them. I personally would never join the army. That much is true. I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111982091565489134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111982091565489134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119820860000#c111982091565489134' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111982013549121035</id><published>2005-06-26T17:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T17:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, actually, I care a bit, but what the hell ca...</title><summary type='text'>Well, actually, I care a bit, but what the hell can you do.  You just have to hope that this surgery that W. performed  on Iraq does in some way improve the lives for those folks.  It may.  It may on the other hand make things much worse.  The surgery Lincoln performed definitely fucked things up in the south for at least a few years.  Can&#39;t imagine the folks in Georgia enjoyed Sherman&#39;s march </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111982013549121035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111982013549121035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119820080000#c111982013549121035' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111981022030657391</id><published>2005-06-26T14:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T14:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Exactly.The mistake that is made is to take Kirby ...</title><summary type='text'>Exactly.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The mistake that is made is to take Kirby seriously.  He&#39;s simply having fun and so on.  The dead, the dying, actually trying to think about that...nah, he&#39;d rather have everybody on with &quot;our beautiful all volunteer army&quot; etc.  His wit. Nothing there and very awful in the real world.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111981022030657391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111981022030657391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119810180000#c111981022030657391' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111980216670658522</id><published>2005-06-26T12:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T12:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Send in the clowns...&quot;</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Send in the clowns...&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111980216670658522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111980216670658522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119802140000#c111980216670658522' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111980171297246329</id><published>2005-06-26T12:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T12:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The meaning of those events (Vietnam, Cambodia, et...</title><summary type='text'>The meaning of those events (Vietnam, Cambodia, etc.) is not fixed. McNamara admitted that he goofed up in terms of understanding the mind of the Vietnamese.  They thought it was an invasion in which we were trying to take over Vietnam.  McNamara saw it from within another paradigm -- communism vs. liberal capitalism.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s hard to understand the mind-set of the terrorists in Al Qaida.  &lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111980171297246329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111980171297246329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119801660000#c111980171297246329' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979889465145790</id><published>2005-06-26T11:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T11:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby, there isn&#39;t going to be &quot;world peace.&quot;  Pos...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby, there isn&#39;t going to be &quot;world peace.&quot;  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Post-Reagan, there was concensus around the country, in nearly every political circle, that &quot;preemptive&quot; military intervention could no longer be a useful practice.  But the Republicans revived that derelict mode, using 9/11 as an excuse.  In fact, as you may or may not recall, Bush II ran his first campaign on an isolationist platform, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979889465145790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979889465145790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119798840000#c111979889465145790' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979659837726246</id><published>2005-06-26T10:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T10:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jesus -- what self serving twee look at me nonsens...</title><summary type='text'>Jesus -- what self serving twee look at me nonsense.  What Garrison Keillor could have been had he suffered a cerebral accident and was stuck with only Mrs Cheney to talk with.  Again, I love the &quot;we&quot; which means that, as usual, others can go die so that you maintain your sense of self.  Have you ever ever taken any of the risks you require from others so that you can spread democracy?  It&#39;s not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979659837726246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979659837726246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119796560000#c111979659837726246' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979574393625575</id><published>2005-06-26T10:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T10:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, Ron, here&#39;s a link on the Republicanism of Olm...</title><summary type='text'>Oh, Ron, here&#39;s a link on the Republicanism of Olmsted.  It&#39;s from an interview with a man named Witold Rybczynski -- a prominent urbanist whose writing is good in terms of content but who has no style alas.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.booknotes.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1537&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can imagine somebody taking something out of context that Olmsted said and calling it socialist -- ?  In many ways </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979574393625575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979574393625575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119795720000#c111979574393625575' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979491319347640</id><published>2005-06-26T10:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T10:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As Jael Silliman notes, while she herself comes fr...</title><summary type='text'>As Jael Silliman notes, while she herself comes from Calcutta, her family&#39;s roots and the origin of her name come from the Jewish community of Baghdad.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979491319347640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979491319347640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119794880000#c111979491319347640' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979473979281317</id><published>2005-06-26T10:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T10:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Olmsted was a Republican and the park was backed b...</title><summary type='text'>Olmsted was a Republican and the park was backed by Republicans.  The Democrats got on board only when it became a scheme to get Tammany a source of jobs.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A couple of other odd things.  One, there are about 10,000 Lutheran Palestinians.  I have no idea how they got there.  The Israelis bulldozed a couple of their churches and they came out and say, hey, we&#39;re Lutherans.  So the Israelis </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979473979281317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979473979281317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119794700000#c111979473979281317' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111979295379029628</id><published>2005-06-26T09:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T09:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, guys, I think it is important to try and see...</title><summary type='text'>Well, guys, I think it is important to try and see things through the eyes of the mainstream and through the eyes of Bush himself.  Bush sees, and I think correctly, that Democracy is the ONLY option for world peace.  We&#39;re not in a pre-WWII set-up any longer.  Anybody, anywhere, can get to the US within a day.  It used to take a month or more.  Now it&#39;s a cinch.  So we have to begin to set up </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979295379029628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111979295379029628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119792900000#c111979295379029628' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111976978279645229</id><published>2005-06-26T03:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T03:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry: 0  Darfur: 0  McDonalds:3,192</title><summary type='text'>Poetry: 0  Darfur: 0  McDonalds:3,192</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111976978279645229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111976978279645229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119769740000#c111976978279645229' title=''/><author><name>JWG</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15983966674045451970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1310991121"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111976422095901075</id><published>2005-06-26T01:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-26T01:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Kirby:Let&#39;s lower the heat on the stove just ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Kirby:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let&#39;s lower the heat on the stove just a bit.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Soldiers, and civilians, are dying in Iraq as we speak, just as they are dying in Africa, Indonesia, South America, Chechnia, and other places.  Luckily, we can talk calmly about these matters, without immediate fear of reprisal from the spooks in Virginia.  (But I suspect that that complacency might well be challenged in</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111976422095901075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111976422095901075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119764220000#c111976422095901075' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111975102465280469</id><published>2005-06-25T21:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-25T21:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How much do you have to pay not to go through all ...</title><summary type='text'>How much do you have to pay not to go through all this twice?  Kirby is put off by the &quot;politically correct&quot; and the campus Maoists there in the Poconos and declares that he&#39;s not giving up on Iraq.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I remember when I was in the Army during Vietnam.  I remember all the fucking assholes who declared there were not giving up yet as they offered me a donut and told me to be careful and then </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111975102465280469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111975102465280469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119751020000#c111975102465280469' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111974899767394080</id><published>2005-06-25T21:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-25T21:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby, &quot;Jumping up &amp; down with joy?&quot; Where do  you...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Jumping up &amp; down with joy?&quot; Where &lt;B&gt;do &lt;/B&gt; you get your news? Not, obviously, from the general of US forces on the ground there who told Congress last week that the insurgency was as strong as ever. Not from the fact that before the war only 3 percent of Iraqi children went hungry at night, compared with today&#39;s 40%. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is so full of non-sequiters that it is, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111974899767394080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111958944179348601/comments/default/111974899767394080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html?showComment=1119748980000#c111974899767394080' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/06/following-list-comes-from-email-sent.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111958944179348601' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111958944179348601' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 25, 2005"/></entry></feed>