<?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.post116575706591143738..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/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><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>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116602014804532840</id><published>2006-12-13T09:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-13T09:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wonder if there is a clear principle that everyo...</title><summary type='text'>I wonder if there is a clear principle that everyone can agree on when it comes to something like marriage.  The &quot;ability to have children&quot; criterion -- thus supporting the growth and health of children, seems like a good start.  But then gay couples can adopt children and increasingly they do.  And some &quot;straight&quot; couples either can&#39;t have children or actually elect not to for some weird reason.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116602014804532840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116602014804532840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1166020140000#c116602014804532840' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116597637693553204</id><published>2006-12-12T21:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T21:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I think this is where we part company.  I thi...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I think this is where we part company.  I think that marriage is an outmoded category.  Granting Gays the &quot;right&quot; ro marry is stupid.  Marriage was created as a way of controlling the conception of children, and their subsequent indoctrination into the contract of citizenship.  It was a religious thing, but it dovetailed neatly into the cultural delineation of the sexes and the role </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116597637693553204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116597637693553204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165976340000#c116597637693553204' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116596690167746396</id><published>2006-12-12T18:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T18:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Every study I&#39;ve read suggests that in the US, 5-8...</title><summary type='text'>Every study I&#39;ve read suggests that in the US, 5-8% of males are homosexual, and 4 or 5 % of women. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lots of Christians don&#39;t go to church. Lots of priests are gay. There are denominations -- like MCC -- specifically organized around the spiritual needs of gay Christians. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s not a choice, tho the willingness to hide it might be. It&#39;s just like being Norwegian. Should we </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116596690167746396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116596690167746396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165966860000#c116596690167746396' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116596330358163092</id><published>2006-12-12T17:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T17:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, Christians make up about 80-86% of the popula...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, Christians make up about 80-86% of the population.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve known a few hundred gay people, but only one that actually goes to a church.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps my experience is peculiar in that regard.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Do you think that 80-86% of gays are Christian? Perhaps I&#39;m mistaken!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I tried to look up data to support the percentage thing. I found this which breaks down groups but </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116596330358163092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116596330358163092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165963260000#c116596330358163092' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116595614260019139</id><published>2006-12-12T15:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T15:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Gay Agenda is like the Norwegian Agenda -- bey...</title><summary type='text'>The Gay Agenda is like the Norwegian Agenda -- beyond equal access to rights &amp; liberties, it doesn&#39;t exist. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There is no evidence that I know that gays are any less Christian than any other demographic. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Stop passing off prejudice as facts, Kirby.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116595614260019139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116595614260019139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165956120000#c116595614260019139' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116595548797584677</id><published>2006-12-12T15:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T15:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My main original point is that the gay agenda does...</title><summary type='text'>My main original point is that the gay agenda doesn&#39;t necessarily overlap with the black agenda, and that those wonderfully inclusive Democrats actually have a lot of people within their ranks who don&#39;t totally accept ONE ANOTHER and so, it&#39;s tough for their politicians to hum a tune that doesn&#39;t get a big part of their coterie to get bees in their bonnets.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Blacks are mostly Christian.&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116595548797584677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116595548797584677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165955460000#c116595548797584677' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116595390726550432</id><published>2006-12-12T15:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T15:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My point, Kirby, is not (of course!) to convince y...</title><summary type='text'>My point, Kirby, is not (of course!) to convince you to embrace Gay lifestyle or to welcome Gays into your pantheon of honor, but simply to acknowledge that as a FACT, Gays have occupied places of importance and esteem throughout history.  It isn&#39;t something we can simply overlook, or pretend didn&#39;t happen.  It&#39;s uncomfortable--don&#39;t tell the kids!--and integral to the progress of civilization (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116595390726550432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116595390726550432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165953900000#c116595390726550432' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116595152219997015</id><published>2006-12-12T14:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T14:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Legion&quot; is an interesting choice of words, Curtis...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Legion&quot; is an interesting choice of words, Curtis.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I don&#39;t think I&#39;ll die. Not quite yet!  Ha ha!  Ha ha!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nero was gay.  I&#39;m not sure he was one of history&#39;s great thinkers.  Jeffrey Dahmer was gay.  I&#39;m pretty sure he was not a top mathematician, scientist, writer, or artist.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m pretty sure that neither Nero nor Dahmer will end up on a US postage stamp any </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116595152219997015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116595152219997015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165951500000#c116595152219997015' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116588414089271654</id><published>2006-12-11T19:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T19:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>For an hilarious and frank--and not at all biased-...</title><summary type='text'>For an hilarious and frank--and not at all biased--view of Gay America, try Edmund White&#39;s States of Desire: Travels in Gay America.  It&#39;s a blast.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kirby, if you guessed how many of history&#39;s great thinkers, artists, warriors, writers, mathematicians and scientists, musicians &amp; composers, have been Gay, you&#39;d probably die.  They&#39;re legion.  It isn&#39;t an affliction or a missing gland, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116588414089271654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116588414089271654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165884120000#c116588414089271654' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116587345333042171</id><published>2006-12-11T16:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T16:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, this is helpful.  We might argue whether 109t...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, this is helpful.  We might argue whether 109th and Amsterdam is Harlem but it might be at the very corner of Harlem.  I thought Harlem started at 110th.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A quibble, but I&#39;m glad to know of this place.  I don&#39;t know Newark except for the airport.  This is a very interesting addition to my lore. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;By the way, was Langston Hughes gay?  He boasts in his autobiography of all the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116587345333042171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116587345333042171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165873440000#c116587345333042171' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116587231840067368</id><published>2006-12-11T16:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T16:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Aw, Kirby. There may not be as many gay bars in Ha...</title><summary type='text'>Aw, Kirby. There may not be as many gay bars in Harlem as there are in say Chelsea or the West Village, but the gay scene in NYC is definitely more racially integrated than that in most neighborhood bars. Also, bars in NYC are (duh) subject to zoning laws that keep them out/limit their number in some neighborhoods, particularly if they are cabarets (i.e. those with dancing). So saying there </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116587231840067368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116587231840067368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165872300000#c116587231840067368' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.shannacompton.com/shanna.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116586393821831146</id><published>2006-12-11T14:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T14:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,When in Harlem, try Saints (Amsterdam &amp; 109t...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When in Harlem, try Saints (Amsterdam &amp; 109th Streets). When in Newark, try Rainbow Tuesday at 99 Monroe.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gays have been as much a part of the black community since the days of Langston Hughes &amp; Bayard Rustin as they have of the white world. The homophobia of the black church is not unlike the homophobia of the Catholic church -- it&#39;s homophobia.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116586393821831146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116586393821831146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165863900000#c116586393821831146' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116585353114644973</id><published>2006-12-11T11:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-11T11:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wish I understood the history of both parties mu...</title><summary type='text'>I wish I understood the history of both parties much better.  I keep meaning to read a history of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) that helped to vault Reagan into office.  Even in the sixties they were defending western civilization against the multiculturalists who were already arguing that western civ should no longer be taught on American campuses.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Republicans are the smaller </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116585353114644973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116585353114644973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165853520000#c116585353114644973' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116581300708189732</id><published>2006-12-10T23:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T23:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The right has only one true core constituency: ev...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The right has only one true core constituency: evangelical conservatives&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What about small government, fiscal conservatives like Andrew Sullivan? The theocrats are only one wing of what once was a great party. There still exist plenty of other fairly vibrant columns: Republican Main Street Partnership, Our Party, Too!, Log Cabin Republicans, Liberty Caucus, etc..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Assumptions </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116581300708189732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116581300708189732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165812960000#c116581300708189732' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116580524284283942</id><published>2006-12-10T21:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T21:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Okay, I&#39;ll bite on Kirby&#39;s more troll-ish assertio...</title><summary type='text'>Okay, I&#39;ll bite on Kirby&#39;s more troll-ish assertions. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Korea, Iran, and Iraq weren&#39;t an axis of evil at all, as they were not aligned.  Bush&#39;s metaphor didn&#39;t work.  It was in fact stupid.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bush has made plenty of &quot;false step&quot; statements. &quot;Mission accomplished&quot; on the banner on the aircraft carrier -- printed Presidential speech -- is the one that history will probably ridicule</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116580524284283942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116580524284283942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165805220000#c116580524284283942' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116580452717517660</id><published>2006-12-10T21:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T21:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, when you say what you do about the SF MOMA, a...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, when you say what you do about the SF MOMA, are you seriously saying that the art collection is lacking in some way?  That museum has THE BEST Mark Rothko in the world!  HANDS DOWN!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe I&#39;m sensitive because it&#39;s where I saw the Philip Guston exhibit, which was one of my favorite exhibits of all time.  It was so great that I wish it was still there, always there, always SOMEWHERE!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116580452717517660'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116580452717517660'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165804500000#c116580452717517660' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116580216133675295</id><published>2006-12-10T20:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T20:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Bruce Langhorne,one of the great musiciansof the ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Bruce Langhorne,&lt;BR/&gt;one of the great musicians&lt;BR/&gt;of the last half century&lt;BR/&gt;needs your help&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Should&#39;ve had a real job with real benefits.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;---&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;The right has only one true core constituency&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Uh, small government, fiscal conservatives a la Andrew Sullivan?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116580216133675295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116580216133675295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165802160000#c116580216133675295' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116579532656071210</id><published>2006-12-10T19:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T19:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bush is quite good with language. At least his lan...</title><summary type='text'>Bush is quite good with language. At least his language generally makes sense.  He called Kerry a &quot;flip-flopper&quot; which was simple, clear and accurate.  He called Korea, Iran and Iraq the Axis of Evil which was again simple clear and accurate.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His language is limpid and energetic.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kerry&#39;s passive constructions or Gore&#39;s bureaucratic gobbledygook were no match for Bush&#39;s downhome </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116579532656071210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116579532656071210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165795320000#c116579532656071210' 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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116577695702552054</id><published>2006-12-10T13:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T13:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Polishing&quot; the language? I&#39;ll bet Bush&#39;s fundamen...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Polishing&quot; the language? I&#39;ll bet Bush&#39;s fundamental knowledge of them comes from ethnic jokes. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Polish the policing, policing the po&#39; lice with po&#39; lies.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He gets a &quot;Medal of Freedom&quot; for telling people how they shouldn&#39;t be allowed to speak.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dubya should also give a National Medal of Freedom to the Clean Air Act.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His people must have realized he&#39;d be mocked </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116577695702552054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116577695702552054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165776900000#c116577695702552054' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116576709278878456</id><published>2006-12-10T11:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T11:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Looks like a stapler.</title><summary type='text'>Looks like a stapler.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116576709278878456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116575706591143738/comments/default/116576709278878456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html?showComment=1165767060000#c116576709278878456' title=''/><author><name>Kevin Doran</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08640770705948611352</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/2006/12/one-museum-opens-in-new-location-while.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116575706591143738' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116575706591143738' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-405491431"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry></feed>