<?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.post114164922501809524..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/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/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>106</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114306584365429646</id><published>2006-03-22T17:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-22T17:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>yesterday I received my copyof poeta en San Franci...</title><summary type='text'>yesterday I received my copy&lt;BR/&gt;of poeta en San Francisco&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve read it through once&lt;BR/&gt;fast  too fast&lt;BR/&gt;but the writing itself&lt;BR/&gt;impelled me&lt;BR/&gt;accelerated me&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think it is a FINE collection&lt;BR/&gt;of poetry&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;significant writing&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and from the writing &lt;BR/&gt;the Mind Behind &lt;BR/&gt;(barbara jane, the woman)&lt;BR/&gt;appears &lt;BR/&gt;sorrowful&lt;BR/&gt;compassionate&lt;BR/&gt;smart and</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114306584365429646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114306584365429646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1143065820000#c114306584365429646' title=''/><author><name>suzanne</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18396449966859846043</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-769341666"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114266645826224241</id><published>2006-03-18T02:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-18T02:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>since lilac&#39;s diatribe continues with such passion...</title><summary type='text'>since lilac&#39;s diatribe continues with such passion on the march 15th (the ides) blog and it bears no real indication that she has read said blog (no, not said&#39;s blog...said is dead...but we should still read him) it might well be that thusly we should all agree to add her tirade to this stream and set a big ole fuggin world record...yet...so much print in response to so little&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;m having</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114266645826224241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114266645826224241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142666400000#c114266645826224241' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114262617928870263</id><published>2006-03-17T15:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-17T15:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I understand friendship and loyalty and the feelin...</title><summary type='text'>I understand friendship and loyalty and the feeling of having to fight uphill against the grinding inertia of Quietude.  I remember trying to defend Barry Watten&#39;s early poems against a wave of censure directed against them by Michael Ryan and others in Marvin Bell&#39;s Poetry Workshop in 1970.  Everyone was trying to write poems like William Stafford and Donald Justice and Anne Sexton--except for a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114262617928870263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114262617928870263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142626140000#c114262617928870263' 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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114262300148252548</id><published>2006-03-17T14:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-17T14:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>here you go, just for the record.muah.</title><summary type='text'>here you go, just for the record.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;muah.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114262300148252548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114262300148252548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142622960000#c114262300148252548' title=''/><author><name>tsismosa</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839812409996482686</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-173650749"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114255455710338533</id><published>2006-03-16T19:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T19:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>102.  One more and we tie the record.</title><summary type='text'>102.  One more and we tie the record.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114255455710338533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114255455710338533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142554500000#c114255455710338533' 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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114255134257675750</id><published>2006-03-16T18:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T18:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>101 seems like a much more hopeful number than 100...</title><summary type='text'>101 seems like a much more hopeful number than 100&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;blogging and the modern critique 101</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114255134257675750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114255134257675750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142551320000#c114255134257675750' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114242560608773427</id><published>2006-03-15T07:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-15T07:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>susanI believe you speak the truth here.Which is w...</title><summary type='text'>susan&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I believe you speak the truth here.&lt;BR/&gt;Which is why I ordered a copy of the book.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have also checked out &lt;BR/&gt;the critical and poetic work&lt;BR/&gt;of James Longenbach, Susan Stewart, and Elizabeth Alexander &lt;BR/&gt;the three judges who selected Barbara Jane&#39;s work&lt;BR/&gt;for the 2005 James Laughlin Award.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And while I like to make up my own mind &lt;BR/&gt;as to whether a poem </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114242560608773427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114242560608773427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142425560000#c114242560608773427' title=''/><author><name>suzanne</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18396449966859846043</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-769341666"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114239520421497657</id><published>2006-03-14T23:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T23:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>what happened is that bj became the catalyst for t...</title><summary type='text'>what happened is that bj became the catalyst for this very long-winded discussion.  but it stopped being about bj a long time ago.  it became a heated debate between very strong minded individuals at the opposite ends of the spectrum.  offering to send out bj&#39;s book or inviting people to buy it is now irrelevant.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114239520421497657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114239520421497657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142395200000#c114239520421497657' title=''/><author><name>tsismosa</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839812409996482686</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-173650749"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114238920427512179</id><published>2006-03-14T21:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T21:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am the publisher of Reyes&#39;s book.  I haven&#39;t bee...</title><summary type='text'>I am the publisher of Reyes&#39;s book.  I haven&#39;t been able to get through the comments, because they&#39;re disturbing me so.  Many of you seem to have firm opinions on the quality of her work, based on what?  A single poem quoted by Silliman on his blog.  I encourage you to travel to tinfishpress.com, where you can buy a copy of the book (no postage) and read it through.  It is really a book-length </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114238920427512179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114238920427512179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142389200000#c114238920427512179' title=''/><author><name>Susan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11149093537815104761</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-916968898"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114236610132615782</id><published>2006-03-14T14:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T14:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>you are correct, manand i would suggest further th...</title><summary type='text'>you are correct, man&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and i would suggest further that barbara uses the medium of her faith choice more than she does the concession to the given of her ethnic imprint...even though at another level the two ingredients are like an already baked cake....catholics have this terrible burden of predestination riding in their souls...baptised into death so soon after breathing our first as we 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source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114235894298240926</id><published>2006-03-14T12:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T12:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>John Hanson was the name of the president of the c...</title><summary type='text'>John Hanson was the name of the president of the continental congress -- he was a Lutheran so I hoped you might be too.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The record was 103 posts, I think.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It was a thread on Billy Collins.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The last post (or nearly) was by Silliman himself.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Even Berhle hasn&#39;t gone past 100.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I really doubt if this thread will surpass 100.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think this will </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114235894298240926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114235894298240926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142358900000#c114235894298240926' 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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114231665945818182</id><published>2006-03-14T01:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T01:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>kirby   you hit upon something  march 9 post i bel...</title><summary type='text'>kirby   you hit upon something  march 9 post i believe   ...which i find to be at the core of the difference between the lutheran protestant world and the catholic...it has alwasy been believed that it was very possible   very accessible on the part of believers to attain to sanctity    to dismiss it as sanctimonious is to necessitate at least the suggestion of an eye exam...it would do me no </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114231665945818182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114231665945818182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142316600000#c114231665945818182' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114231118486948980</id><published>2006-03-13T23:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T23:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ok niggah gurl     how&#39;d you cop my password    ho...</title><summary type='text'>ok niggah gurl     how&#39;d you cop my password    how you know i iz yo jimbob   ron  he tell you   shiiiit</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114231118486948980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114231118486948980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142311140000#c114231118486948980' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114230963793191476</id><published>2006-03-13T23:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T23:13:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And just one more tiny little thing...you shouldn&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>And just one more tiny little thing...you shouldn&#39;t apologize for your wealth Grandisima.  Back when I was first faced with hiring a maid it really bothered me.  Of course, there weren&#39;t any &quot;white&quot; or European maids in Riyad and if there were, they would be cost prohibitive.  But then I realized a VERY important thing....I realized that I was giving someone a job.  Someone who needed a job and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230963793191476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230963793191476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142309580001#c114230963793191476' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114230958866163498</id><published>2006-03-13T23:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T23:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>wow, lilac.  i&#39;m speechless...(quite frankly, i&#39;ve...</title><summary type='text'>wow, lilac.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;m speechless...(quite frankly, i&#39;ve little desire to keep on here).  if this thread makes it to 100, as john forecasts, i&#39;ll have contributed 3 (and only 3) times.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;over and out.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230958866163498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230958866163498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142309580000#c114230958866163498' title=''/><author><name>Lee Herrick</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13989557906560291595</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-541253829"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114230816939677363</id><published>2006-03-13T22:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T22:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Lee,I just wanted to place this here to show ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Lee,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I just wanted to place this here to show you why I have the right to say this word.  Because I am not a published poet you wouldn&#39;t know this poem or this thinking.  It was written when I was more like Ms. Reyes...the argumentative poet.  Many people do like this poem even though it is probably one of the more technically weak poems written by a much less mature person.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230816939677363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230816939677363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142308140000#c114230816939677363' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114230667764036251</id><published>2006-03-13T22:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T22:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hanson slipped...my post predates yours buddy haha...</title><summary type='text'>Hanson slipped...my post predates yours buddy hahaha but my computer goofed yet again...but I&#39;ll read yours with some relish I know..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Grandisima tells it like it is.  This is true about society there.  Jun had some things that honestly, I couldn&#39;t relate here.  It would not be my right to do so.  And that is what it boils down to...a person&#39;s right(and obligation) to self analyse as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230667764036251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230667764036251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142306640000#c114230667764036251' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114230422576932349</id><published>2006-03-13T21:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T21:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>looking back over the whole discussion...i wonder ...</title><summary type='text'>looking back over the whole discussion...i wonder if that is not one of the real purposes of poetry...to ignite passion...the way stravinsky&#39;s    rite of spring did&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;ll confess to a catholic of the roman variety bias...and lilac...i&#39;ll have you know i don&#39;t wear underwear...i do hava a big S tattooed on my chest however...i got it so i could remember my philosophy classes on nietzche&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230422576932349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230422576932349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142304180000#c114230422576932349' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114230091412836147</id><published>2006-03-13T20:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T20:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>push it people....keep posting...you&#39;ve all missed...</title><summary type='text'>push it people....keep posting...you&#39;ve all missed the point...ain one o&#39; you mofo&#39;s speak of the blessed virgin...hey one hundred posts may be a blog record...nothing like sex and war to stimulate the synapses...sarotonin rush...bring on the endorphines.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230091412836147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114230091412836147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142300880000#c114230091412836147' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114229907838338175</id><published>2006-03-13T20:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T20:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thought i would chime in again, since i&#39;m a sucker...</title><summary type='text'>Thought i would chime in again, since i&#39;m a sucker for the playground insinuations about the &quot;hit and runs.&quot;  i posted briefly &lt;I&gt;waaay&lt;/I&gt; back around post #15 and haven&#39;t posted since.  i&#39;ve kept up with the chatter since then, but i&#39;ve been swamped this week with various projects, i read and post on many other blogs more frequently, and although i thought the discussion (though very </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114229907838338175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114229907838338175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142299020000#c114229907838338175' title=''/><author><name>Lee Herrick</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13989557906560291595</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-541253829"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114227446342790969</id><published>2006-03-13T13:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T13:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Answer to Ernesto: Ron Silliman has said that he b...</title><summary type='text'>Answer to Ernesto: Ron Silliman has said that he backs the first amendment.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Probably if you google that term in his search engine you&#39;ll find the rationale.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In other words, he is not a Stalinist.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I like to hear contrary opinions: I like Lilac&#39;s, and just loved this Grandisima.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Too bad only the PC folks feel comfortable signing their own names.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114227446342790969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114227446342790969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142274420000#c114227446342790969' 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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114227082114093156</id><published>2006-03-13T12:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T12:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>lilac, you write the way a tita of mine would spea...</title><summary type='text'>lilac, you write the way a tita of mine would speak.  full of stories, everything in life interwoven with the past, present, future.  plus, you make me laugh.  most of what you say are things i cannot say myself.  because if i did, as a flipino/woman/writer... someone would probably shoot me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you&#39;re right that it is all about poverty.  it is more about class than race.  put it this way, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114227082114093156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114227082114093156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142270820000#c114227082114093156' title=''/><author><name>tsismosa</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839812409996482686</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-173650749"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114226648026247345</id><published>2006-03-13T11:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T11:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And Dear JimR.Thanks.  I am glad you are still off...</title><summary type='text'>And Dear JimR.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks.  I am glad you are still offering.  Now I have a great idea and I know it would mean alot to both me and Lita.  Lita is Boston&#39;s maid who was forced to have an abortion in order to stay in Lebanon so that she can send money home to her husband and four boys.  I&#39;ll accept the book but warn you that the international postage might be a bit much...I don&#39;t really know </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114226648026247345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114226648026247345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142266440000#c114226648026247345' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114226180108481944</id><published>2006-03-13T09:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T09:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, hoping somehow for the post blow-out to die ...</title><summary type='text'>Well, hoping somehow for the post blow-out to die down, feeling disappointed at the loss this could cause to so many people in terms of their reputation, I am relieved to find a person who actually reads, who actually understands that I primarily write about race/gender/xenophobia, almost exclusively.  I do keep coming back hoping that someone will exercise a bit of something better than what has</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114226180108481944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114226180108481944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142261760000#c114226180108481944' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114223502107888621</id><published>2006-03-13T02:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T02:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Obviously, I meant &quot;There is nothing worse than th...</title><summary type='text'>Obviously, I meant &quot;There is nothing worse than three radically conservative right-wingers with too much &lt;I&gt;time&lt;/I&gt; on their hands to browse the internet.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114223502107888621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114164922501809524/comments/default/114223502107888621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html?showComment=1142235000000#c114223502107888621' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2006/03/one-of-ironic-coincidences-of-american.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114164922501809524' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114164922501809524' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry></feed>