<?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.post7616056832376617714..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/3738579/7616056832376617714/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/some-thoughts-looking-back-on-busy-time.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>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5669255834807060669</id><published>2008-04-30T22:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T22:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>that is one ugly facade!</title><summary type='text'>that is one ugly facade!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7616056832376617714/comments/default/5669255834807060669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7616056832376617714/comments/default/5669255834807060669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/some-thoughts-looking-back-on-busy-time.html?showComment=1209610200000#c5669255834807060669' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/some-thoughts-looking-back-on-busy-time.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7616056832376617714' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7616056832376617714' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-48488644352723164</id><published>2008-04-30T17:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-04-30T17:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s hard to tell what&#39;s politics and what isn&#39;t i...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s hard to tell what&#39;s politics and what isn&#39;t in such choices.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The closer you get to the epicenter the more stories you&#39;re likely to hear.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Would a contest be better if it was just a lottery?  That all the books put into the pot were chosen at random?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hard to know.  Would we do worse in the presidential election if every citizen was simply given a ticket to be CEO</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7616056832376617714/comments/default/48488644352723164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7616056832376617714/comments/default/48488644352723164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/04/some-thoughts-looking-back-on-busy-time.html?showComment=1209592380000#c48488644352723164' 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/2008/04/some-thoughts-looking-back-on-busy-time.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7616056832376617714' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7616056832376617714' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2008"/></entry></feed>