<?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.post8908310529576495802..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/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.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>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7375305195538639329</id><published>2007-11-08T06:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-08T06:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The real terrorism is directed by the State agains...</title><summary type='text'>The real terrorism is directed by the State against people. We are headed toward &#39;1984&#39;.  The Patriot Act (Anti-Terrorist laws) is in use (in various hybrids but all are essentially the same) in many countries around the world as well as the US (e.g. Britain, Australia, NZ, India are some - Arundhati Roy (in &#39;The Chequebook and the Cruise Missile&#39;) talks about the anti terrorist laws being sued </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7375305195538639329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7375305195538639329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1194521280000#c7375305195538639329' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2351705114316082153</id><published>2007-10-31T09:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-31T09:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I eat Wheaties.</title><summary type='text'>I eat Wheaties.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/2351705114316082153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/2351705114316082153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193835600000#c2351705114316082153' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8740332793780579265</id><published>2007-10-30T13:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T13:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>@kirby:what are you eating under there?</title><summary type='text'>@kirby:&lt;BR/&gt;what are you eating under there?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/8740332793780579265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/8740332793780579265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193765160000#c8740332793780579265' title=''/><author><name>bill</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11793432497053531472</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-194843872"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1201296323665439760</id><published>2007-10-30T09:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T09:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i pulled out my guitar in a full room of waiting f...</title><summary type='text'>i pulled out my guitar &lt;BR/&gt;in a full room of waiting flyers&lt;BR/&gt;this past summer&lt;BR/&gt;sang some tunes against &lt;BR/&gt;the wall&lt;BR/&gt;into a  din of timidity&lt;BR/&gt;no&lt;BR/&gt;palpable fear&lt;BR/&gt;i sang and twanged away&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a security lady came and stood before me&lt;BR/&gt;and spoke into the mic&lt;BR/&gt;on her shoulder&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a guy reading a book smiled in &lt;BR/&gt;amazement and glee&lt;BR/&gt;a young woman came forth and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/1201296323665439760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/1201296323665439760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193752500000#c1201296323665439760' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1327181852273905565</id><published>2007-10-30T09:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T09:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t see what the huge problem is. The police w...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t see what the huge problem is. The police were doing their job, and there&#39;s no sign of them doing it impolitely.  They just asked if he was a terrorist. When he said no, he was a poet, they left, and probably laughed.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s a tough time.  Perhaps he&#39;d rather have his train blown off the rails.  Give him something to write about!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Al Qaeda is everywhere. Even in your </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/1327181852273905565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/1327181852273905565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193751780000#c1327181852273905565' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-650164020224537951</id><published>2007-10-30T01:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-30T01:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, what they&#39;re doing is being &quot;democratic&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, what they&#39;re doing is being &quot;democratic&quot; because they think that randomness will defeat indignation (an old saw).  I.e., &quot;we searched every 13th passenger, that&#39;s what the computer search program told us to do, and we thought that craziness was probably as good as any other plan we could come up with, so we let all the Arabs and Saudis pass through without a search, just to show our </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/650164020224537951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/650164020224537951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193722740000#c650164020224537951' 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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 30, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2592755372468868868</id><published>2007-10-29T22:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T22:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>it occurs to me that at this timeit behooves anyon...</title><summary type='text'>it occurs to me that at this time&lt;BR/&gt;it behooves anyone with the wit and the gut feeling of despondency with the way it&#39;s all panning out&lt;BR/&gt;that there is a sort of moral obligation to &lt;BR/&gt;&quot;play with the bastards&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i used to say&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;it can&#39;t get wierd enough for me&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i am ready to concede that the whole scene is near ludricous&lt;BR/&gt;or any other term that would make absurd sound</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/2592755372468868868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/2592755372468868868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193710380000#c2592755372468868868' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6997220600885479102</id><published>2007-10-29T21:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T21:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby is completely right. We need more police. In...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby is completely right. We need more police. In fact, I think I&#39;ll only start feeling safe when every human being on planet earth down to the last, including all the commenters in this blog, is a police officer.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/6997220600885479102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/6997220600885479102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193707680000#c6997220600885479102' title=''/><author><name>Samuel Vriezen</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16229066450439148225</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1125742735"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9013290248525571454</id><published>2007-10-29T18:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T18:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>took the &#39;over-night&#39; train in 1967 or 1968 from P...</title><summary type='text'>took the &#39;over-night&#39; train in 1967 or 1968 from Paris to Madrid..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;not too far into Spain I was detained by the train-nazis and questioned intensely for at least an hour... about the book that i was reading:&lt;BR/&gt;   POETA EN NUEVA YORK&lt;BR/&gt;1955 1st English/Spanish edition..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I convinced them I was only reading the Belitt part.. they took the book.&lt;BR/&gt;soon as I got to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/9013290248525571454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/9013290248525571454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193696760000#c9013290248525571454' title=''/><author><name>Ed</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='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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2214249276856098063</id><published>2007-10-29T17:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T17:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Glenn, just because it&#39;s your grandmother doesn&#39;t ...</title><summary type='text'>Glenn, just because it&#39;s your grandmother doesn&#39;t mean that she isn&#39;t dangerous!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/2214249276856098063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/2214249276856098063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193694840000#c2214249276856098063' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7238482769883542490</id><published>2007-10-29T16:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T16:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Then we need more police.  This is no longer 1968....</title><summary type='text'>Then we need more police.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is no longer 1968.  The times they area-changing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We need to be extra-alert.  This sounds like the police were tipped off to a possible terrorist.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think the citizenry of Detroit should remain on full-alert until further notice.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7238482769883542490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7238482769883542490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193690400000#c7238482769883542490' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7161981201671974092</id><published>2007-10-29T15:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T15:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>When I accompanied my frail 82 year old mother on ...</title><summary type='text'>When I accompanied my frail 82 year old mother on a flight from SF to Seattle she was randomly chosen to undergo a thorough security search. The officials said I could go thru the regular line. I said, &quot;I&#39;m not going to make my mother go thru that alone!&quot; So they said, &quot;You&#39;ll have to do it, too.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It was pretty weird. My choice: get hassled with her or wait for her on the other side. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7161981201671974092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7161981201671974092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193685960000#c7161981201671974092' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6930767114237275029</id><published>2007-10-29T14:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T14:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,Just to show you how ridiculous that stateme...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just to show you how ridiculous that statement is, consider the number of white males using laptops on airplanes or Amtrak&#39;s Accella Express. If cops stopped even a fraction of them, you wouldn&#39;t even have any cops left to catch Republicans in bathrooms.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/6930767114237275029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/6930767114237275029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193684100000#c6930767114237275029' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1963321615744468161</id><published>2007-10-29T14:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T14:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>go rumi go richard hugogo red soxgo go goon the ne...</title><summary type='text'>go rumi &lt;BR/&gt;go richard hugo&lt;BR/&gt;go red sox&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;go go go&lt;BR/&gt;on the new rodeo&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;go go go on &lt;BR/&gt;the space radio&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;if it&#39;s a police state they&lt;BR/&gt;want&lt;BR/&gt;then&lt;BR/&gt;let us drink tea&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;or promote clandestine forms&lt;BR/&gt;of&lt;BR/&gt;literary disobedience&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i know you can&#39;t stand it baby&lt;BR/&gt;but i got them dirty blues&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;j</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/1963321615744468161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/1963321615744468161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193683680000#c1963321615744468161' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5398357090921542007</id><published>2007-10-29T13:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T13:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>iF THE COPS HAD BEATEN THE POET HALF TO DEATH i WO...</title><summary type='text'>iF THE COPS HAD BEATEN THE POET HALF TO DEATH i WOULD FEEL THAT THAT WAS WRONG. bUT AFTER THE BOMBINGS IN mADRID, THIS SEEMS a PROPOS.  vIVE lA pOLICE!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/5398357090921542007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/5398357090921542007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193679180000#c5398357090921542007' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7166458155008014418</id><published>2007-10-29T00:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T00:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Writing in notebooks is definitely a suspicious ac...</title><summary type='text'>Writing in notebooks is definitely a suspicious activity--especially in public places.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Writers beware!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What could be more provocative?  If we must force grandmothers in wheelchairs to take off their slippers, certainly we can advise poets to expect surveillance.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7166458155008014418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7166458155008014418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193633040000#c7166458155008014418' 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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2730249964840942084</id><published>2007-10-28T20:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T20:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If I did that in Madison, the cops would probably ...</title><summary type='text'>If I did that in Madison, the cops would probably sit down with me and start writing their own poems...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/2730249964840942084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/2730249964840942084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193617140000#c2730249964840942084' title=''/><author><name>Matthew Guenette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06901074740673802260</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-188382328"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3446063270252960770</id><published>2007-10-28T20:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T20:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>sheesh. Just imagine if he&#39;d tried that in an airp...</title><summary type='text'>sheesh. Just imagine if he&#39;d tried that in an airport.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/3446063270252960770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/3446063270252960770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193616780000#c3446063270252960770' title=''/><author><name>Tiel Aisha Ansari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_PrYnug9SYl0/RfAtQKUW8ZI/AAAAAAAAAAc/VOR-9ZYkAP0/s320/Picture+001.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659844337"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7999796652404672387</id><published>2007-10-28T19:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T19:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>man, they&#39;d never stop stopping trains in brooklyn...</title><summary type='text'>man, they&#39;d never stop stopping trains in brooklyn if writing in a notebook was &quot;suspicious.&quot;  jeez.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7999796652404672387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/7999796652404672387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193615100000#c7999796652404672387' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://www.shannacompton.com/shanna6-07.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8694980630466630879</id><published>2007-10-28T17:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T17:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow.  And you were just four years old!</title><summary type='text'>Wow.  And you were just four years old!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/8694980630466630879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/8694980630466630879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193606880000#c8694980630466630879' title=''/><author><name>born in carbondale</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02861260686593355752</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/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2019562635"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6877233052505165317</id><published>2007-10-28T15:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T15:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why were the police guarding trains? Aren&#39;t they s...</title><summary type='text'>Why were the police guarding trains? Aren&#39;t they supposed to be in men&#39;s rooms, picking up the cruisers?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/6877233052505165317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/6877233052505165317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193600700000#c6877233052505165317' title=''/><author><name>Andrew Shields</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3606/2093/1600/andrew%20shields2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1602067710"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6643536523760692220</id><published>2007-10-28T13:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T13:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m glad that the police are on the case!</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m glad that the police are on the case!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/6643536523760692220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/6643536523760692220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193592900000#c6643536523760692220' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5096013876939734364</id><published>2007-10-28T12:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T12:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow.</title><summary type='text'>Wow.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/5096013876939734364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8908310529576495802/comments/default/5096013876939734364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html?showComment=1193589660000#c5096013876939734364' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Detritus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/true-tales-of-poetry-surveillance.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8908310529576495802' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8908310529576495802' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry></feed>