<?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.post8080191272524751506..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/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.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>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1656740653676800899</id><published>2009-01-25T16:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-25T16:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I certainly wouldn&#39;t hold him up as a model.  He i...</title><summary type='text'>I certainly wouldn&#39;t hold him up as a model.  He is, though, far-left on a number of foreign policy questions.  My point is that you can&#39;t campaign on &#39;change&#39;, continue to talk about it through your inauguration, etc., etc., and then use something as mechanistic/lowly as &#39;employment&#39; to be the thing that &quot;beat change.&quot;  Which he&#39;s not really doing--you&#39;re arguing that angle.  I think HE is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/1656740653676800899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/1656740653676800899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232917440000#c1656740653676800899' title=''/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 25, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3586914353462371029</id><published>2009-01-25T00:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-25T00:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dennis Kucinich is a career politician who has nev...</title><summary type='text'>Dennis Kucinich is a career politician who has never held a job outside elected office--furthermore, most of his career has been spent inside the Ohio political machine--not the cleanest shop in politics.  He&#39;s been in Congress for 12 years as a member of the Democratic party.  Although he holds some views that are relatively leftist, what makes you think he is any less a member of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/3586914353462371029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/3586914353462371029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232861160000#c3586914353462371029' title=''/><author><name>jeneva</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14796890614666454443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E3tUrMZNEDA/SPiw34zQNfI/AAAAAAAAAKk/lQeoEtIRkB4/S220/Photo+64.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1656364242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 25, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1540217035442434099</id><published>2009-01-24T15:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T15:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Again, I find this an empty argument.  Because the...</title><summary type='text'>Again, I find this an empty argument.  Because there are many jobs to fill, and the process involved is &#39;difficult&#39;, the jobs must be filled by incompetents (or malevolent competents--or even well-intentioned competents whose views produce rotten ends).  ?  This makes no sense to me.  Tell me why appointing Kucinich as Secretary of State, for instance, would not be a more accurate embodiment of &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/1540217035442434099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/1540217035442434099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232830380000#c1540217035442434099' title=''/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4139171224940215052</id><published>2009-01-24T12:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-24T12:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Georgie, I appreciate all of the points you&#39;ve mad...</title><summary type='text'>Georgie, I appreciate all of the points you&#39;ve made here, and I share many of your concerns.  However, few people outside DC really appreciate how tremendous the transition is within the individual federal departments.  As the linked article points out, over 3,000 federal jobs need to be filled with political appointees.  Most departments do not have much leadership other than the Secretary right</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/4139171224940215052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/4139171224940215052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232816460000#c4139171224940215052' title=''/><author><name>jeneva</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14796890614666454443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E3tUrMZNEDA/SPiw34zQNfI/AAAAAAAAAKk/lQeoEtIRkB4/S220/Photo+64.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1656364242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7266862764139764777</id><published>2009-01-23T18:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T18:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>While I understand your point--and am glad you wer...</title><summary type='text'>While I understand your point--and am glad you were never a Hillary supporter--I still think the argument is false.  It is true that practicality should be called for at the moment--a moment of crises, as you say.  My problem is that he is appointing people who have been in the past what I would consider part of the cause of said problem.  Interventionist (I&#39;m not concerned with particular wars; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/7266862764139764777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/7266862764139764777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232752320000#c7266862764139764777' title=''/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 23, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-896241206937269312</id><published>2009-01-23T10:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T10:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Georgie, let me clarify. First, I was never a Hill...</title><summary type='text'>Georgie, let me clarify. First, I was never a Hillary supporter, so those remarks are not driven by loyalty to the Clintons or the establishment. Yes, someone from outside can run a federal department, but it will take them many months, if not over a year or more to become familiar with the day-to-day machinations of the federal government and Congress. Being a cabinet member is more than being </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/896241206937269312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/896241206937269312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232724240000#c896241206937269312' title=''/><author><name>jeneva</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14796890614666454443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E3tUrMZNEDA/SPiw34zQNfI/AAAAAAAAAKk/lQeoEtIRkB4/S220/Photo+64.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1656364242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 23, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3878593675250657073</id><published>2009-01-22T19:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T19:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot; people who are capable of making a department st...</title><summary type='text'>&quot; people who are capable of making a department start moving forward with an agenda on day one&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What exactly does this mean? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This seems to imply that non-Clinton people (or other establishment-branded people) could not intelligently set and implement &quot;an agenda.&quot;  I don&#39;t understand this (and I&#39;ve also seen this fairly empty argument put forward on the &#39;left&#39; whenever someone </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/3878593675250657073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/3878593675250657073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232669220000#c3878593675250657073' title=''/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7073559923273343211</id><published>2009-01-22T16:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-22T16:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron - Was curious about your opinion of the inaugu...</title><summary type='text'>Ron - Was curious about your opinion of the inaugural poem. I personally agree with G.M. that it was not the best piece that could have been presented,especially in light of the significance of the day. Would be interested in your professional opinion.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/7073559923273343211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/7073559923273343211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232660640000#c7073559923273343211' title=''/><author><name>Christine</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05104589339552606242</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wyclOE8kexY/SPY2pja_jJI/AAAAAAAAAVE/xxNTxjwzTAA/S220/n709249339_894303_7478.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1768896168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 22, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-427393147032282753</id><published>2009-01-21T10:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T10:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gary,It was a terrible poem, sophomoric, boring, a...</title><summary type='text'>Gary,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://strongverse.blogspot.com/2009/01/inaugural-poems.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;It was a terrible poem,&lt;/A&gt; sophomoric, boring, and empty.  Worse, her delivery was the stuff of shoegazing coffee-shop horror.  My students who all were watching turned around and ignored her after the first two lines. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In contrast, they perked up when Lowery began to read from &quot;Lift </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/427393147032282753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/427393147032282753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232550360000#c427393147032282753' title=''/><author><name>G. M. Palmer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515043039690357593</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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1949224702"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8341440832235466572</id><published>2009-01-21T07:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T07:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You keep your enemies close.  Friends...well...the...</title><summary type='text'>You keep your enemies close.  Friends...well...they are already your friends.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nothing suits me better than having that Pro Israeli war mongerer (Clinton) have to go and sit down and have a nice chat with Iran.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You make THEM do the dirty work and boy...is Israel ever in a world of hurt and hurt a&#39;coming.  And if it goes wrong?  Well...all Hillary&#39;s fault and likewise, her Zionist</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/8341440832235466572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/8341440832235466572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232539980000#c8341440832235466572' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/R-T_8p07tdI/AAAAAAAAALk/-vDDGcPoXP0/S220/Cotton+gully.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 21, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8255856299138469202</id><published>2009-01-20T21:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T21:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think we should all dance naked to Orchestra Bao...</title><summary type='text'>I think we should all dance naked to Orchestra Baobab&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;just to make&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;happy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Barack after all is a name&lt;BR/&gt;meaning blessing..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;this feels right.&lt;BR/&gt;after 911, Barack Baraka&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;not sure if any kind of golden age is possible anymore with etc, but&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This fits.&lt;BR/&gt;If 911 was art.&lt;BR/&gt;This is a masterpiece.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/8255856299138469202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/8255856299138469202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232504220000#c8255856299138469202' 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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5324065420069076703</id><published>2009-01-20T20:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T20:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>a quick follow up to my post here, if you will ind...</title><summary type='text'>a quick follow up to my post here, if you will indulge me Ron, i couldn&#39;t help thinking about what i thought i heard Obama say, and  a resonance with the work of the (idealogically flawed but ideas driven and interesting) author Ayn Rand&#39;s Atlas Shrugged, published in 1957.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;if change is going to happen,it might well be change that should have happened during the cold war years, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/5324065420069076703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/5324065420069076703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232499600000#c5324065420069076703' title=''/><author><name>Louise</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00134209058300460374</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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1993933462"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4365628637069938283</id><published>2009-01-20T19:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T19:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>it&#39;s 10.30 am where i am at the moment, in cental ...</title><summary type='text'>it&#39;s 10.30 am where i am at the moment, in cental east coast oz.&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;ve just spent an two hours or so watching sound bites and coverage of the inauguration celebrations.&lt;BR/&gt;one tv talk fest involved informed guests guessing which sentence or phrase would stand out from Obama&#39;s speech (in years to come) similar to the Kennedy &quot;ask not...&quot; phrase.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;none of the comments mentioned an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/4365628637069938283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/4365628637069938283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232497380000#c4365628637069938283' title=''/><author><name>Louise</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00134209058300460374</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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1993933462"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6842924544333289378</id><published>2009-01-20T16:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T16:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Key word timorously.</title><summary type='text'>Key word timorously.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/6842924544333289378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/6842924544333289378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232485320000#c6842924544333289378' title=''/><author><name>Larry Sawyer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18209176066752392711</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='21' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V4TdVjSvuHY/SWo3Vztl81I/AAAAAAAAA-8/dQVYhYwvbHA/S220/e.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-633681119"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6964730762036579813</id><published>2009-01-20T14:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T14:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So...What did everybody think of Elizabeth Alexand...</title><summary type='text'>So...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What did everybody think of Elizabeth Alexander&#39;s poem?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/6964730762036579813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/6964730762036579813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232480520000#c6964730762036579813' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jd60l7fjpIE/SWUBq9hPgcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DUpzzvPlxb8/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6817239129659226426</id><published>2009-01-20T14:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T14:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I very much enjoyed and liked Elizabeth Alexander&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>I very much enjoyed and liked Elizabeth Alexander&#39;s poem (I was worried...I had gritted my teeth in dismay listening to Maya Angelou 16 years ago). The poem was plain spoken and interesting, and it dovetailed into the spirit of the occasion and Obama&#39;s speech. Reading a recently written poem to 2 million people and television cameras just after they heard an Obama speech is a scarey proposition. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/6817239129659226426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/6817239129659226426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232478720000#c6817239129659226426' title=''/><author><name>Bobby Byrd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17990783036661848472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_n2Wex_QRk70/R8WsKZZ0emI/AAAAAAAAAG0/RaDXpHkOIbA/S220/2008_January_Debbie%27s%2BLee%2Band%2BBobby.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1846872364"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8637855504401675021</id><published>2009-01-20T10:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T10:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t think of the Obama &quot;regime&quot; as the beginni...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t think of the Obama &quot;regime&quot; as the beginning of anything, it&#39;s the end of a lot of stuff (hopefully).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The end of the Administration of the worst President in U.S. history.  Which took a budget surplus and turned it into the biggest deficit in our history.  Which ignored the threat of domestic terrorism, and then cycnically used a national tragedy, by strong-arming its own </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/8637855504401675021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/8637855504401675021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232466960000#c8637855504401675021' 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/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7444250597819624627</id><published>2009-01-20T10:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T10:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;...and where many gay &amp;amp; lesbian citizens...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;...and where many gay &amp;amp; lesbian citizens are far from equal in the face of the law.&amp;quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Though I noted that Obama included &amp;quot;gay and straight&amp;quot; in his Philadelphia rally: &amp;quot; “I believe that our future is our choice and that if we could just recognize ourselves in one another and bring everyone together – Democrats, Republicans and independents, north, south, east </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/7444250597819624627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/7444250597819624627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232466660000#c7444250597819624627' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://static.flickr.com/35/125078083_0408f03b6f_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-837377571"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1479993844805858311</id><published>2009-01-20T02:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T02:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>While I share your concerns about a cabinet that&#39;s...</title><summary type='text'>While I share your concerns about a cabinet that&#39;s filled with former Clinton types, he does need people who are capable of making a department start moving forward with an agenda on day one.  There is a tremendous symbolism involved in cabinet appointments, but let&#39;s not forget that even the Department of Education, which is one of the smaller departments, has 6 or 7 primary divisions and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/1479993844805858311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8080191272524751506/comments/default/1479993844805858311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html?showComment=1232437440000#c1479993844805858311' title=''/><author><name>jeneva</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14796890614666454443</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E3tUrMZNEDA/SPiw34zQNfI/AAAAAAAAAKk/lQeoEtIRkB4/S220/Photo+64.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/barack-obama-in-paoli-pa-nine-months.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8080191272524751506' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8080191272524751506' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1656364242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2009"/></entry></feed>