<?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.post117032658366659360..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/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.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>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117071207538520469</id><published>2007-02-05T16:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T16:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, and friends!I do believe that there is one...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, and friends!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I do believe that there is one form of government that is RIGHT, in that it is better for everyone to have checks and balances on power.  The original Project for a New American Century charter proposed that we try to change the world into a confederation of democracies.  9/11 gave the justification for doing this to at least one of the three countries identified as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117071207538520469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117071207538520469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170712020000#c117071207538520469' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117069293018108189</id><published>2007-02-05T11:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T11:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Belittle&quot; is an odd choice of words to describe t...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Belittle&quot; is an odd choice of words to describe the call to accountability for a man who has done his level best to shrink the historical protections of the constitution, downsize government through &#39;outsourcing&#39;, and diminish the power of the polling booth through two election cycles.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Belittle&quot; is hardly apt.  One would hope he is obliterated.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As for &#39;looking down one&#39;s nose&#39;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117069293018108189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117069293018108189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170692880000#c117069293018108189' title=''/><author><name>Karykeion</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10575265082523757745</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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-189835782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117062077921724262</id><published>2007-02-04T15:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-04T15:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve recently had the possibly naive idea that we ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve recently had the possibly naive idea that we Do need a draft.  Because if a major war is worth fighting for, it&#39;s worth drafting for - if we&#39;re not willing to draft to achieve a certain goal, that goal isn&#39;t important enough to engage in war for in the first place.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I&#39;m pretty sure, in praxis, that logic probably doesnt&#39; hold up as well as I wish it did.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If Bush had </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117062077921724262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117062077921724262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170620760000#c117062077921724262' title=''/><author><name>Rain Delay</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02882791018391366108</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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1598785473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117054057900290122</id><published>2007-02-03T17:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-03T17:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby, you&#39;ve got the whole argument backward.You ...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby, you&#39;ve got the whole argument backward.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You don&#39;t defend a man on personal grounds because of the decisions he makes.  You either defend, or attack, his politics.  We all grant our leader the tacit &quot;respect&quot; he deserves--operatives of both parties, the media, etc., all approach him and interact with him civilly.  The character that a statesman projects, however, is fair game, not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117054057900290122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117054057900290122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170540540000#c117054057900290122' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117047009142282217</id><published>2007-02-02T21:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-02T21:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This was too rough. Let me argue with myself a lit...</title><summary type='text'>This was too rough. Let me argue with myself a little.  It&#39;s too bad the poor lady died.  But I can&#39;t understand why she or other Democrats want so bad to belittle Bush.  First off, he&#39;s our leader.  Tying his hands behind his back, tying his shoelaces together, whatever else, while we&#39;re in a horrible fight?  Leaving millions to be massacred in Iraq just to show that it was a bad idea in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117047009142282217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117047009142282217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170470040000#c117047009142282217' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117046110089116958</id><published>2007-02-02T19:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-02T19:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>the texas observer is also accepting (much needed)...</title><summary type='text'>the texas observer is also accepting (much needed) memorial donations in molly&#39;s name. she did TONS of fundraising for them, and donating royalties of her books, etc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.texasobserver.org/molly_obituary.php&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;click here for more info on donating to the texas observer.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;she was a Texan in the best, very blue, very liberal tradition. she and anne </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117046110089116958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117046110089116958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170461100000#c117046110089116958' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117045653901412862</id><published>2007-02-02T17:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-02T17:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So, Dickens, Hemingway and Garcia Marquez should h...</title><summary type='text'>So, Dickens, Hemingway and Garcia Marquez should have looked down their noses at...themselves?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117045653901412862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117045653901412862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170456480000#c117045653901412862' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117045638349838907</id><published>2007-02-02T17:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-02T17:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis -- your original post clearly alluded to Te...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis -- your original post clearly alluded to Texas politics, not its gun culture or legal system, which you now maintain are inferior to California.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I stand by my claim that when it comes to politics, Texas ain&#39;t any worse than California.  In some ways, California is worse.  Texas at least didn&#39;t build impossible to operate mega-prisons of more than 5,000 or even more than 7,000 men,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117045638349838907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117045638349838907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170456360000#c117045638349838907' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117044656132381695</id><published>2007-02-02T15:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-02T15:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I admit that I thought she was a basket case: no s...</title><summary type='text'>I admit that I thought she was a basket case: no style, the usual triumphalist substance.  Two years ago the Democrats called for a surge.  Kerry campaigned on the surge.  Now that Bush wants a surge, no surge.  Now the Democrats don&#39;t want a surge.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Surge or no surge, I never saw anything approaching &quot;razor-sharp wit&quot; in Molly Ivins.  She was no worse than the more conservative pundits, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117044656132381695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117044656132381695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170446520000#c117044656132381695' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117043573517417449</id><published>2007-02-02T12:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-02T12:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven:  Did you know ordinary garden variety lawy...</title><summary type='text'>Steven:  Did you know ordinary garden variety lawyers in Houston and Fort Worth routinely carry handguns in their brief cases?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We see legal hijinks occasionally on television, where judges and DA&#39;s make &quot;deals&quot; and special arrangements in chambers.  In Texas there are at least three levels of justice--at the top justice is meted out as a function of power and political favoritism.  In </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117043573517417449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117043573517417449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170435720000#c117043573517417449' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117036228422460042</id><published>2007-02-01T15:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T15:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Molly will be sending me.  Thanks, Ron.</title><summary type='text'>Molly will be sending me.  Thanks, Ron.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117036228422460042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117036228422460042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170362280000#c117036228422460042' title=''/><author><name>John</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10346667118243205070</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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1530025638"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117035023763820009</id><published>2007-02-01T12:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T12:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The dirty play in Texas ain&#39;t much different than ...</title><summary type='text'>The dirty play in Texas ain&#39;t much different than that here in California, Curtis.  The last 25 years have seen plenty of legislators here caught doing &quot;dirty&quot; things (and I ain&#39;t referring to today&#39;s story about the SF mayor, but rather the various stings and investigations over the years involving bribes and other beyond hardball moves in Sacramento).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And RIP Molly Ivins.  &quot;Shrub&quot; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117035023763820009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117035023763820009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170350220000#c117035023763820009' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117034566172036529</id><published>2007-02-01T11:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T11:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>RIP, Molly. You were better than we deserved.</title><summary type='text'>RIP, Molly. You were better than we deserved.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117034566172036529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117034566172036529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170345660000#c117034566172036529' title=''/><author><name>Tiel Aisha Ansari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/28/2503/640/IMG_43631.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659844337"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117034095016927514</id><published>2007-02-01T09:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-01T09:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>One of Molly&#39;s most salutory accomplishments was i...</title><summary type='text'>One of Molly&#39;s most salutory accomplishments was in ripping the Tyvek American flag off of the Lone Star State&#39;s dirty politics.  That took courage, because they really play dirty down there.  Her life could be said to have often been in literal jeopardy from oil and corporate interests, which have always run the state.  As Texas turned red again with the election of Bush following Ann Richards, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117034095016927514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/117032658366659360/comments/default/117034095016927514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html?showComment=1170340920000#c117034095016927514' 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/2007/02/molly-ivins-1944-2007-when-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117032658366659360' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/117032658366659360' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 01, 2007"/></entry></feed>