<?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.post5216400943367344128..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/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.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>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3663443588992463809</id><published>2009-06-22T17:26:34.798-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T17:26:34.798-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Let&amp;#39;s just say then that anyone who wants a on...</title><summary type='text'>Let&amp;#39;s just say then that anyone who wants a one-party state, and that any one-party states, are evil?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/3663443588992463809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/3663443588992463809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245705994798#c3663443588992463809' 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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6016628671957563522</id><published>2009-06-22T15:55:40.818-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T15:55:40.818-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fair enough!  they are hard to separate, but any g...</title><summary type='text'>Fair enough!  they are hard to separate, but any group can adopt democratic principles. It does seem that most groups would like to do this outside of communist and a few theocratic groups who want one-party rule rather than pluralistic factionalization.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/6016628671957563522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/6016628671957563522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245700540818#c6016628671957563522' 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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7648493685477739243</id><published>2009-06-22T10:32:10.780-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T10:32:10.780-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,&#xa;&#xa;please remember that when you call a count...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;please remember that when you call a country evil you condemn the whole population. i&amp;#39;ve no problem with calling governments evil, though&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;swaym</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/7648493685477739243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/7648493685477739243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245681130780#c7648493685477739243' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18014279624033048950</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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 22, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1597692963461265975</id><published>2009-06-21T14:04:16.314-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T14:04:16.314-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There are two Islamic Republics that have at least...</title><summary type='text'>There are two Islamic Republics that have at least partial freedom: Kuwait and Pakistan. Iraq is moving in the right direction, but it&amp;#39;s yet to be seen where that&amp;#39;s going to end up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The whole world, even the youth in communist countries such as N. Korea and China, are looking toward America.  Everyone wants an electoral democracy with a free press and an independent judiciary.&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/1597692963461265975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/1597692963461265975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245607456314#c1597692963461265975' 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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8405457515482850502</id><published>2009-06-21T13:02:29.165-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T13:02:29.165-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Another link worth posting.  Including some inform...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://iran.whyweprotest.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Another link worth posting&lt;/a&gt;.  Including some information on how to &lt;a href=&quot;http://iran.whyweprotest.net/keeping-your-anonymity-iran/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;help Iranian bloggers stay anonymous&lt;/a&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/8405457515482850502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/8405457515482850502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245603749165#c8405457515482850502' title=''/><author><name>Iain</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15197666388360786350</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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1107385782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1033392794857181851</id><published>2009-06-21T11:08:33.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T11:08:33.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis,&#xa;&#xa;It&amp;#39;s working as of 11:07 EDT,&#xa;&#xa;Ron</title><summary type='text'>Curtis,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s working as of 11:07 EDT,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/1033392794857181851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/1033392794857181851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245596913001#c1033392794857181851' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3666468730539419368</id><published>2009-06-21T10:30:38.011-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T10:30:38.011-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The &amp;quot;10 YouTube Videos&amp;quot; you link appear ...</title><summary type='text'>The &amp;quot;10 YouTube Videos&amp;quot; you link appear to have been disabled--none of them works on that site.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/3666468730539419368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/3666468730539419368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245594638011#c3666468730539419368' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1295373087271966869</id><published>2009-06-21T10:25:55.263-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T10:25:55.263-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ayatollah has spoken.&#xa;&#xa;Now all good Islamic ch...</title><summary type='text'>The Ayatollah has spoken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now all good Islamic children kneel down in obeisance and pray for forgiveness.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allah is angry!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you question the will of God?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Forget Iraq!  Forget Afghanistan!  Forget Pakistan!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s time to invade Iran!  Weapons of mass destruction!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This will not stand!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s seven </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/1295373087271966869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/1295373087271966869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245594355263#c1295373087271966869' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7222296946455111579</id><published>2009-06-21T10:06:54.841-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T10:06:54.841-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I like this column here, by Leyla Ferani and publi...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/5543122/Iran-can-no-longer-suppress-its-youth.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I like this column here, by Leyla Ferani and published in the &lt;i&gt;Telegraph&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ferani&amp;#39;s a young British-Iranian woman who recently spent a month in Teheran.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Among the things she writes about: underground raves in Teheran, fueled by smuggled </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/7222296946455111579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/7222296946455111579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245593214841#c7222296946455111579' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2764725864210606360</id><published>2009-06-21T08:57:52.441-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T08:57:52.441-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Could North Korea be next?  Myanmar?</title><summary type='text'>Could North Korea be next?  Myanmar?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/2764725864210606360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/2764725864210606360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245589072441#c2764725864210606360' 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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-453990956486730464</id><published>2009-06-21T07:58:41.819-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T07:58:41.819-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran (pronounced /ɪˈrɑːn/; Persian: ايران  [ʔiˈɾɒn...</title><summary type='text'>Iran (pronounced /ɪˈrɑːn/; Persian: ايران  [ʔiˈɾɒn]), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persia until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/453990956486730464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/453990956486730464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245585521819#c453990956486730464' title=''/><author><name>ryan manning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12388299572002030189</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/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1308019349"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4657271183168081717</id><published>2009-06-21T00:06:59.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T00:06:59.006-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What an amazing photo!!</title><summary type='text'>What an amazing photo!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/4657271183168081717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5216400943367344128/comments/default/4657271183168081717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html?showComment=1245557219006#c4657271183168081717' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/06/crisis-in-iran-10-youtube-videos.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5216400943367344128' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5216400943367344128' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 21, 2009"/></entry></feed>