<?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.post7758241297155264873..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/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.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>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7366694575207715632</id><published>2010-03-10T18:07:12.374-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T18:07:12.374-05:00</updated><title type='text'>THE LUMINIST GROUP PROTESTS THE RACIST, XENOPHOBIC...</title><summary type='text'>THE LUMINIST GROUP PROTESTS THE RACIST, XENOPHOBIC, AND ENTIRELY REACTIONARY VIEWS OF CURTIS FAVILLE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE LUMINIST GROUP CONSISTS OF WILLIAM MICHAEL MICHAELANGELI, JANE CHEN, JANINE KAWABATA, ANGELA YANG, STEVEN FRATTALI, GERD ROSSELL, AND STEVEN LEVINE,WRITERS, AND HO CHAO-TI, DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE LUMINIST GROUP CONSISTS OF EXPAT AMERICAN AND SOME FOREIGN WRITERS </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/7366694575207715632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/7366694575207715632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1268262432374#c7366694575207715632' title=''/><author><name>steven</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06569858949224992052</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/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992290025"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4617491601964353548</id><published>2010-03-07T22:47:13.647-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T22:47:13.647-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I believe in free speech, but I think it&amp;#39;s tim...</title><summary type='text'>I believe in free speech, but I think it&amp;#39;s time to ban Curtis on the grounds of utter fucking stupidity.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/4617491601964353548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/4617491601964353548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1268020033647#c4617491601964353548' title=''/><author><name>Levari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03797267895979862964</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ox5qHYptFN4/Sc8eFdNJzEI/AAAAAAAAAJc/ykoG0H96b7s/S220/IMG_0309_1.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1958627702"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 07, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4170675688159980338</id><published>2010-03-07T11:14:02.243-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T11:14:02.243-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven,&#xa;&#xa;thanks for having the guts to say what I ...</title><summary type='text'>Steven,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks for having the guts to say what I wanted to say about comments regarding &amp;quot;the backgrounds and skill-sets of those who are of a different racial background&amp;quot;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/4170675688159980338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/4170675688159980338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267978442243#c4170675688159980338' title=''/><author><name>Conrad DiDiodato</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WYu0QSkXE9I/RrfUh0dvuKI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q66ZnGQXpSY/s400/IMG_0272.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-610431874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 07, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6636738935543132120</id><published>2010-03-07T09:36:00.043-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T09:36:00.043-05:00</updated><title type='text'>maybe  just maybe   y&amp;#39;all are confusing   by a...</title><summary type='text'>maybe  just maybe   y&amp;#39;all are confusing   by an huge a tad&lt;br /&gt;  race and/with culture?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean  just one step and you&amp;#39;ll get to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;the only good Indian is a dead Indian&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and... after the slaughter we can say  &amp;quot;oppps, we had BAD intelligence&amp;quot;  and then re:right (write) OUR history via our (seemingly) predominant culture... such as it is.&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/6636738935543132120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/6636738935543132120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267972560043#c6636738935543132120' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 07, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1997277676204035212</id><published>2010-03-06T21:04:21.478-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T21:04:21.478-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, &#xa;&#xa;your comment, in its assumption the back...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;your comment, in its assumption the backgrounds and skill-sets of those who are of a different racial background than you, and further assuming that their &amp;quot;problems&amp;quot; and skill-sets are somehow different than those of any other bunch of kids, anywhere, at any time, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is ignorant, ugly-ignorant. The reasons why are embedded in what I just wrote.  Shame on you</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/1997277676204035212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/1997277676204035212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267927461478#c1997277676204035212' 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/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 06, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3187398709607039040</id><published>2010-03-05T13:52:52.084-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T13:52:52.084-05:00</updated><title type='text'>on the business channel&#xa;via comcast  which I pay f...</title><summary type='text'>on the business channel&lt;br /&gt;via comcast  which I pay for and STILL get non-stop commercials&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(originally cable for a fee was supposed to be commercial free &amp;#39;acause I paid for it)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is talking with two expert Talking Heads about&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;just what yous say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;facebook, UTube, twitter have been giving their product away... yes a product  and they are all privately</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/3187398709607039040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/3187398709607039040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267815172084#c3187398709607039040' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7360046362630984378</id><published>2010-03-05T12:06:21.643-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T12:06:21.643-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is pretty much the reaction I was after.&#xa;&#xa;My ...</title><summary type='text'>This is pretty much the reaction I was after.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My deeper point, which no one read--because they heard what they wanted to hear--is that the public consciousness of what has actually taken place in the public schools administrations across the country had become complacent.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People thought there was no limit to the fruits of publicly funded education.  Grammar school, free!  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/7360046362630984378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/7360046362630984378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267808781643#c7360046362630984378' 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/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-984794001369344536</id><published>2010-03-05T10:35:54.826-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T10:35:54.826-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Soak the rich when necessary should be the de fact...</title><summary type='text'>Soak the rich when necessary should be the de facto economic code. Tax rates are still low, historically speaking. In the 60s under LBJ and Nixon the upper brackets paid out more in taxes--upwards of 60-70 percent; even during Reagan&amp;#39;s first term the bourgeois paid out more (a modest increase in capital gains would help out greatly well). When some teabagger yokel starts into his anti-tax </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/984794001369344536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/984794001369344536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267803354826#c984794001369344536' title=''/><author><name>J</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/SwIGrtWoQtI/AAAAAAAAA38/-1CpkpbL_6s/S220/Spade.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-657790439508141453</id><published>2010-03-04T22:43:04.847-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T22:43:04.847-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;fairly modest tax increases at state and fed...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;fairly modest tax increases at state and fed levels could bring in the revenues to repair schools, and preserve teachers&amp;#39; jobs--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prop 13 also gutted the state, but the ostentatiously wealthy of CA can&amp;#39;t stand the idea of paying the normal rate on their second or third property. An increase in property tax rates (especially on westside chateau owners...) would not penalize</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/657790439508141453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/657790439508141453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267760584847#c657790439508141453' title=''/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11754789361301067279</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/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-709244397"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2027200411631725552</id><published>2010-03-04T17:29:08.123-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T17:29:08.123-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;we&amp;quot; cld pay a  ten-cents tax on posting...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;we&amp;quot; cld pay a  ten-cents tax on posting a comment on The Silliman blog... and every other blog (what are there  400,000 million blogs created every day?) and on every email and raise taxes on food, clothing, booze, gasoline,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;heck&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we could tax dope, prostitution, churches (who own a lot), soft drinks, candy, diapers...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;raise bus fares by $1.00 a trip boy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/2027200411631725552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/2027200411631725552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267741748123#c2027200411631725552' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8016779528876389732</id><published>2010-03-04T17:07:15.379-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T17:07:15.379-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Where&amp;#39;s my first post??   Or is this chime-alo...</title><summary type='text'>Where&amp;#39;s my first post??   Or is this chime-along-with-Sir Faville as he paraphrases-Ayn Rynd day. J-k Sir F. John Galt lives!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ahhnuld and the GOP yacht club gutted the Calif. education budget (while taking out more in loans than Davis--). The usual rabid anti-tax types bring up the usual alarmist points--hellions, gangsters, violence, etc--and there&amp;#39;s some truth to that. Yet </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/8016779528876389732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/8016779528876389732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267740435379#c8016779528876389732' title=''/><author><name>J</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/SwIGrtWoQtI/AAAAAAAAA38/-1CpkpbL_6s/S220/Spade.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5615825890761090620</id><published>2010-03-04T16:14:31.139-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T16:14:31.139-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis has a point. Where do you cut?  Things are ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis has a point. Where do you cut?  Things are so bad the city&amp;#39;s not even bothering to fix the street lights on my block, they just don&amp;#39;t have the money, and I don&amp;#39;t know how you raise taxes even more in Cali at this point without driving every business, person who makes any money or creates any job that is not government affiliated out of here completely.  I have thought about </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/5615825890761090620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/5615825890761090620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267737271139#c5615825890761090620' title=''/><author><name>Lee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11754789361301067279</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/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-709244397"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8042975495167367829</id><published>2010-03-04T14:06:23.795-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T14:06:23.795-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought that the football and basket ball teams ...</title><summary type='text'>I thought that the football and basket ball teams in their brand new gazillion dollars facilities&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and their lucrative tv/cable contracts/incomes paid for everything!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;back in 1967 I used to buy used text-books to save money&lt;br /&gt;because the semester&amp;#39;s tuition (for a max of 12 semester hours) at U of Md went horrendously up... to $450 per semester.. now UC is gonna raise </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/8042975495167367829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/8042975495167367829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267729583795#c8042975495167367829' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3934663121703131108</id><published>2010-03-04T11:15:17.763-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T11:15:17.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, &#xa;&#xa;Well you know, I hope, what I believe sh...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well you know, I hope, what I believe should be cut, at least here in California.  Google around a bit if you&amp;#39;re curious.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there&amp;#39;s something else that needs to be done, something that no elected official or candidate will EVER come out and say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RAISE TAXES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People paid more, tax-wise, for me to go to school, we ought to do the same </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/3934663121703131108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/3934663121703131108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267719317763#c3934663121703131108' 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/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5158916780548890614</id><published>2010-03-04T11:08:57.941-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T11:08:57.941-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis,&#xa;&#xa;that was exactly the rhetoric of the Harr...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that was exactly the rhetoric of the Harris government: bloated school budgets needed to be trimmed, teachers more closely monitored (read given more teaching duties), and declining literacy/numeracy rates addressed through tougher school curricula. None of which worked. In fact, drop-out rates in the Greater Toronto Area school boards steadily increased, teacher morale </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/5158916780548890614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/5158916780548890614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267718937941#c5158916780548890614' title=''/><author><name>Conrad DiDiodato</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WYu0QSkXE9I/RrfUh0dvuKI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q66ZnGQXpSY/s400/IMG_0272.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-610431874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4441022807829392456</id><published>2010-03-04T10:05:53.969-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T10:05:53.969-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What part of the budget do people think should be ...</title><summary type='text'>What part of the budget do people think should be cut to allocate the funds to maintain the public schools in the manner to which they&amp;#39;ve become accustomed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cost of public education has risen, like health care, faster than the cost of living, while during this same unprecedented increase, standards and performance have been steadily declining.  Clearly, spending more money on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/4441022807829392456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/4441022807829392456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267715153969#c4441022807829392456' 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/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6423466983622733396</id><published>2010-03-04T08:13:42.586-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T08:13:42.586-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wish I could join my teacher-colleagues in Calif...</title><summary type='text'>I wish I could join my teacher-colleagues in California! Teachers in Ontario (CANADA) went through something like it in the 90s under a very harsh insensitive Mike Harris Conservative government that saw Ontario teachers walking pickets for months!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If Obama doesn&amp;#39;t do something about this he should be impeached: or, at the least, lose his Democratic teacher support. I can&amp;#39;t see</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/6423466983622733396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7758241297155264873/comments/default/6423466983622733396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html?showComment=1267708422586#c6423466983622733396' title=''/><author><name>Conrad DiDiodato</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WYu0QSkXE9I/RrfUh0dvuKI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q66ZnGQXpSY/s400/IMG_0272.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/03/national-map-of-march-4-th-actions.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7758241297155264873' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7758241297155264873' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-610431874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2010"/></entry></feed>