<?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.post8279666310642279273..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/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>66</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5430401471174885997</id><published>2009-01-13T13:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-13T13:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It is not a hopeless situation. As soon as the US ...</title><summary type='text'>It is not a hopeless situation. As soon as the US stops supplying Israel with F16s, Apaches, tanks, ammunitions, (etc.) much of this would stop. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I trust you have all read by now that Israel has banned Arabs from running in the upcoming election? &lt;BR/&gt;http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054867.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thank you Ron for sharing yours thoughts about this. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cynthia Cruz</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5430401471174885997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5430401471174885997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231871400000#c5430401471174885997' title=''/><author><name>Cynthia Cruz</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15238330854060548383</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BHsnh9KQXqE/SU7zuyBV36I/AAAAAAAABk4/24aW-GdXarc/S220/s766015121_5020085_9495.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-501952631"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 13, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5375415753200435230</id><published>2009-01-12T11:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T11:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>no</title><summary type='text'>no</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5375415753200435230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5375415753200435230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231779360000#c5375415753200435230' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7212037845184163705</id><published>2009-01-12T00:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-12T00:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i like thattheocratical posturingi did in fact mis...</title><summary type='text'>i like that&lt;BR/&gt;theocratical posturing&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i did in fact misread it&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;sort of an optical logical illusion&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;theocratical posturing&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;mind if i steal that?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;j</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/7212037845184163705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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value="January 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-617861013467344587</id><published>2009-01-11T19:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T19:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another WarCats streak terrified through alleys,do...</title><summary type='text'>Another War&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cats streak terrified through alleys,&lt;BR/&gt;dogs and shrieking children even&lt;BR/&gt;running from the heat, hiding from&lt;BR/&gt;smoke and fire and dust.&lt;BR/&gt;Screaming half-whole mothers follow&lt;BR/&gt;children who are dying, body parts,&lt;BR/&gt;even naked organs in the bloody street.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bombs destroy the buildings on TV&lt;BR/&gt;in a brilliant flash, small and neat,&lt;BR/&gt;reduce the flesh </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/617861013467344587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/617861013467344587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231719240000#c617861013467344587' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1681124516534862508</id><published>2009-01-11T16:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T16:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;pythagoras did in fact say god made the sounds of...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;pythagoras did in fact say god made the sounds of the world possible&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;one can &quot;say&quot; anything&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As to &quot;posturing&quot;--sure.  But I didn&#39;t say &quot;theoretical&quot;; I said &quot;theocratical&quot;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1681124516534862508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1681124516534862508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231710480000#c1681124516534862508' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6698020580784650914</id><published>2009-01-11T02:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T02:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>as a matter of fact georgiepythagoras did in fact ...</title><summary type='text'>as a matter of fact georgie&lt;BR/&gt;pythagoras did in fact say god made the sounds of the world possible and he theorized that there were sounds in the heavens which were extended harmonically into the ears of musicians...he stated more than once...and OK he had a drinking problem...that the theorem bearing his name was the key to understanding the music of the spheres of the planets of the stars&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/6698020580784650914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/6698020580784650914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231657560000#c6698020580784650914' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1384352075107296256</id><published>2009-01-10T22:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T22:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;i may be wrong about this but it is my understand...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;i may be wrong about this but it is my understanding algebra derives from a peculiarly quran based way of doing financial business...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was not implying that Islam/its holy book did not in some way provide a setting for such knowledge to come about (which would be ridiculous); my point is that algebra is not specific to the Quran or Islam--i.e., you don&#39;t NEED (as my post above asks) &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1384352075107296256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1384352075107296256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231643640000#c1384352075107296256' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-915270906498636442</id><published>2009-01-10T15:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T15:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;That is because you have not even attempted to un...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;That is because you have not even attempted to understand the final communications of the one who will...in the end...finalize the whole thing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And Allah does know how this ends because Allah is not constrained by Time.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ahh,    springtime.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/915270906498636442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/915270906498636442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231618440000#c915270906498636442' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1514167476724022865</id><published>2009-01-10T14:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T14:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i may be wrong about this but it is my understandi...</title><summary type='text'>i may be wrong about this but it is my understanding algebra derives from a peculiarly quran based way of doing financial business...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;melodies which found their way to the &quot;oud&quot; many of them did originate in the &quot;sung&quot; repertoire of the quran...as do some melodies still today...calligraphy in particular was brought to a high artistry exceded perhaps only by chinese and sanskrit writing..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1514167476724022865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1514167476724022865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231614060000#c1514167476724022865' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7535105920223012888</id><published>2009-01-10T13:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T13:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think religion should be left out of this issue,...</title><summary type='text'>I think religion should be left out of this issue, because when religion, which is so subjective, is used in an argument it denigrates any reason that argument might have had. When we speak of Israel’s horrendous acts towards a people we should not be speaking of religions but rather the people involved. And as someone who comes from the Middle East and has witnessed Israeli brutality first hand,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/7535105920223012888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/7535105920223012888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231613700000#c7535105920223012888' title=''/><author><name>Zee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08353399640495983613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='18' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GcrRtj_RUIg/SV8gboKBzWI/AAAAAAAAACE/Z0DwGehKDxM/S220/free_palestine.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1978249648"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6515740759396040616</id><published>2009-01-10T09:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T09:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Islam is superior.Allah....that is..for those here...</title><summary type='text'>Islam is superior.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Allah....that is..for those here who actually believe in the Creator...doesn&#39;t mince words.  Nor does Allah contradict Allah.&lt;BR/&gt;Nor does Allah fail in promises.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The notion that Allah is the best witness (for Allah and about Allah)...well...is lost on those who don&#39;t believe.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Now if you believe in several &quot;Gods&quot; or no God at all...I am absolutely </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/6515740759396040616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/6515740759396040616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231598100000#c6515740759396040616' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7234116814109192830</id><published>2009-01-09T19:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T19:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pretty much as I was typing that little note last ...</title><summary type='text'>Pretty much as I was typing that little note last night, Dennis Ross&#39; thinktank WINEP bragged that Ross has been selected by Obama as his chief advisor and ambassador at large to the Middle East, which means he may have to devote less time to the Lewis Libby Defense Fund steering committee he serves on.  If this is true, score this in favor of the &#39;no solution in 6,000 years&#39; argument.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/7234116814109192830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/7234116814109192830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231546440000#c7234116814109192830' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-713849890271645354</id><published>2009-01-09T16:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T16:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;I&#39;m sure Allah knows exactly what&#39;s the outcome o...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;I&#39;m sure Allah knows exactly what&#39;s the outcome of all of this.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What an utterly fatuous comment.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;i&#39;m willing to believe that islam has something that is spiritually superior to judaism or christianity&lt;BR/&gt;it&#39;s just that i&#39;ve never really seen it play out in the world&lt;BR/&gt;signs of it have not been apparent &lt;BR/&gt;since the 15th century&lt;BR/&gt;when muslim philosophers and poets and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/713849890271645354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/713849890271645354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231535700000#c713849890271645354' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-959963946349602766</id><published>2009-01-09T13:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T13:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rule #2No more religion</title><summary type='text'>Rule #2&lt;BR/&gt;No more religion</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/959963946349602766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/959963946349602766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231527060000#c959963946349602766' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4898298861579274826</id><published>2009-01-09T10:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T10:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>maybe we should get the american indigenous folks ...</title><summary type='text'>maybe we should get the american indigenous folks to start up gambling casinos in palestine&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;come play at&lt;BR/&gt;SINAI SANDS&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;j</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/4898298861579274826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/4898298861579274826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231516380000#c4898298861579274826' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5754992100437043102</id><published>2009-01-09T10:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T10:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah...don&#39;t worry Curtis.I&#39;m sure Allah knows exact...</title><summary type='text'>Ah...don&#39;t worry Curtis.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m sure Allah knows exactly what&#39;s the outcome of all of this.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And if you rely on Allah...you&#39;ll sleep much better in the interim preceding your death.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sometimes....Allah reminds us of the way in which conflict is resolved.  Sometimes unfortunately it is through the deaths of martyrs.  Sometimes it is through the weakening of an oppressor from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5754992100437043102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5754992100437043102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231515900000#c5754992100437043102' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5736203312756018078</id><published>2009-01-09T10:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T10:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>in the broader context of my statements previous i...</title><summary type='text'>in the broader context of my statements previous i would like to suggest to my palestinian brothers and sisters that they find a different reason for being a nation....acknowledge the political context of struggle and blood in the beginning of this mess but decide inwardly to transcend that&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i dont&#39; know whether ISRAEL has the right to exist or not&lt;BR/&gt;i do know they ain&#39;t going anywhere&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5736203312756018078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5736203312756018078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231514640000#c5736203312756018078' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1224719811602264876</id><published>2009-01-09T10:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T10:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Henry, I know a lot of Jews in America who have tr...</title><summary type='text'>Henry, I know a lot of Jews in America who have trouble with Israel&#39;s behavior over the last four decades.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They still believe in the possibility of a Jewish state, but they question the motivation and expedient policies that have been promulgated in its name.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;American foreign policy was for a long time based on a deliberate misinterpretation of what was actually happening on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1224719811602264876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1224719811602264876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231513200000#c1224719811602264876' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3919271978027276510</id><published>2009-01-09T09:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-09T09:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gosh, what a collection of propaganda-meisters &amp;am...</title><summary type='text'>Gosh, what a collection of propaganda-meisters &amp;amp; conspiracy theorists has gathered here!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;All you have to do is read Hamas&amp;#39; declarations &amp;amp; observe their actions toward Israel to understand why they have been designated a terrorist organization.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The truth is that, with a few VERY IMPORTANT exceptions, for decades the Arab world has chosen war and terrorism as their </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/3919271978027276510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/3919271978027276510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231510020000#c3919271978027276510' title=''/><author><name>Henry Gould</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763188178644726622</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3390/124/320/268619/PA100027.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1295597322"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5842608559029557291</id><published>2009-01-08T23:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T23:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>JH....it&#39;s really too bad that Ron didn&#39;t have the...</title><summary type='text'>JH....it&#39;s really too bad that Ron didn&#39;t have the pelotas to post my post for you to read.  Your logic i.e. &quot;Palestine wasn&#39;t a state&quot; is ludicrous.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Saudi wasn&#39;t a state, Lebanon wasn&#39;t a state, Jordan wasn&#39;t a state and therefore...Israel must indeed have the right to murder all of them eh?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bogus and remedial classes are obviously required.  Unfortunately, I&#39;m not offering any</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5842608559029557291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/5842608559029557291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231476780000#c5842608559029557291' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1552093354551236433</id><published>2009-01-08T19:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T19:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree, Ron, with your argument that all Jewish r...</title><summary type='text'>I agree, Ron, with your argument that all Jewish refugees should have been allowed in to the US as this would have led to a better country with a stronger civil rights movement, but such a policy, which would have been unique at the time, would not have made much of a dent in the Zionist movement which before the rise of the Nazis was stronger in Russian and Eastern Europe than in Western Europe.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1552093354551236433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/1552093354551236433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231462080000#c1552093354551236433' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7834447501393091290</id><published>2009-01-08T19:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T19:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Alright.  Well, I&#39;m going to stop going back and f...</title><summary type='text'>Alright.  Well, I&#39;m going to stop going back and forth here as it&#39;s going nowhere.  You didn&#39;t answer the straight-forward questions I asked of you, and continue to play the role of the &quot;voice of the voiceless&quot; here at &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron Silliman&#39;s blog comment board.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/7834447501393091290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/7834447501393091290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231459860000#c7834447501393091290' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6424281352389517527</id><published>2009-01-08T18:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T18:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Henry, you&amp;#39;ve as much as admitted you don&amp;#39;...</title><summary type='text'>Henry, you&amp;#39;ve as much as admitted you don&amp;#39;t know the first thing about the history of the conflict. Are all stories to be &amp;quot;balanced&amp;quot; the way you suggest? Since you bring up the Holocaust, a non sequitur in this context, how about this: shall we tell the Nazis&amp;#39; side of the story? No? Well, I thought &amp;quot;one-sided polemics&amp;quot; only bring out mythology? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/6424281352389517527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/6424281352389517527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231456980000#c6424281352389517527' title=''/><author><name>Murk Plectrum</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16906246427435976604</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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-220580364"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6446370065187390740</id><published>2009-01-08T16:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T16:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>kfd313when israelis (jewish ones) hit the shore in...</title><summary type='text'>kfd313&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;when israelis (jewish ones) hit the shore in 1947 the only agriculture going on in palestine was were kibbutzim some of which had been going since 1900...that and some shepherding&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;there had been no real building in the area for years and years&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;there were some palestinians (less than a million) living there rather peaceably and the sobras and early kibbutzim had </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/6446370065187390740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/6446370065187390740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231451520000#c6446370065187390740' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-265462178806459355</id><published>2009-01-08T15:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T15:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I would always get upset when people referred to t...</title><summary type='text'>I would always get upset when people referred to the conflict in Northern Ireland as a &quot;religious&quot; war. I pointed out that it was a war about land, about ownership of what was invaded and occupied by a foreign entity. The fact that the invaders were Protestant and those subjugated Catholic was secondary. The religious differences were emphasized and exaggerated by the brutality, yes, but it was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/265462178806459355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8279666310642279273/comments/default/265462178806459355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html?showComment=1231445520000#c265462178806459355' 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/i-have-been-asked-more-than-once-if-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8279666310642279273' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8279666310642279273' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2009"/></entry></feed>