<?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.post112592691307062097..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/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/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>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112615614540411531</id><published>2005-09-08T01:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-08T01:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stephen,Your attention to Charles Olson rings true...</title><summary type='text'>Stephen,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your attention to Charles Olson rings true to me and beneficial both to this and now: searching for a copy. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Subsequent to your response, I just read that:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;_ The Maximus Poems: Volume Three_, appeared posthumously in 1975, reconstructed from among Olson&#39;s working drafts by a former student, George F. Butterick, and by Charles Boer, a colleague at the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112615614540411531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112615614540411531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126156140000#c112615614540411531' title=''/><author><name>Arlee Christian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200416510821299942</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112612974472821542</id><published>2005-09-07T17:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T17:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The full list of hurricane names can be found at:h...</title><summary type='text'>The full list of hurricane names can be found at:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was disappointed that my name doesn&#39;t appear on any of the lists.  Ron&#39;s doesn&#39;t either.  Not even Curtis&#39; name.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They used to all be named for women, but in 1979 femninists complained, and now they alternate.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They have the lists already made up for years in advance </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612974472821542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612974472821542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126129740000#c112612974472821542' 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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112612968984546220</id><published>2005-09-07T17:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T17:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hal Meyerson has always been one of my favorite po...</title><summary type='text'>Hal Meyerson has always been one of my favorite political analysts, even when he was doing it for an L.A. weekly paper. Now he&#39;s the best columnist for the &lt;I&gt;Washington Post&lt;/I&gt; and has an excellent piece on this topic today:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A&gt;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/06/AR2005090601363.html&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612968984546220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612968984546220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126129680000#c112612968984546220' 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='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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112612300776825912</id><published>2005-09-07T15:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T15:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, I just looked up the names of hurricanes...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, I just looked up the names of hurricanes.  They apparently alternate now between men and women&#39;s names and they proceed alphabetically.  So the next one might be called Kirby although that could be either a man&#39;s or a woman&#39;s name.  No doubt if it is called Kirby it will be a real ankle biter.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612300776825912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612300776825912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126122960000#c112612300776825912' 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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112612187936808771</id><published>2005-09-07T15:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T15:37:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There were over 200 school busses that could have ...</title><summary type='text'>There were over 200 school busses that could have been used to get the people of New Orleans out of the mess.  When faced with the question of why he didn&#39;t use some common sense and use the busses, the mayor of New Orleans looked embarrassed.  So perhaps he does admit some kind of shame, which is the beginning of a reappraisal of blame.  Perhaps he&#39;s even willing to shoulder some of the blame, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612187936808771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612187936808771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126121820001#c112612187936808771' 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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112612187712800171</id><published>2005-09-07T15:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T15:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for reminding me of Howard Jarvis. I hav...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you for reminding me of Howard Jarvis. I have been saying that it started with Newt Gingrich and his &quot;Contract (on) America&quot; and has continued through the evil Grover Norquist. The tax cut mentality has meant that coordinated, focussed services have been cut to the bone. Combine that with the over-extension to the mismanaged &quot;Homeland Security&quot; department, the billion-dollar-a-week war in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612187712800171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612187712800171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126121820000#c112612187712800171' title=''/><author><name>tizzie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00945526194904327225</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1065615839"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112612166670104761</id><published>2005-09-07T15:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T15:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612166670104761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112612166670104761'/><author><name>tizzie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00945526194904327225</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1065615839"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112610622425497578</id><published>2005-09-07T11:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T11:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>too simplistic, I meant</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;too&lt;/I&gt; simplistic, I meant</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112610622425497578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112610622425497578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126106220000#c112610622425497578' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112610617226184467</id><published>2005-09-07T11:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T11:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,your post was very interesting and thought-pro...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;your post was very interesting and thought-provoking. I do agree W. can be seen as a scapegoat in this case, in the sense that it may seem to simplistic to blame him for the whole catastrophe. It is, indeed, necessary for all  U.S. citizens to take responsibilities for their actions and inactions. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;From some comments here, though, it seems like actual possibilities of dialogue </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112610617226184467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112610617226184467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126106160000#c112610617226184467' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112610360707652405</id><published>2005-09-07T10:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T10:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,I have no problems with the choice of words ...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have no problems with the choice of words of the mayor of New Orleans. It was quite appropriate to the occasion. Sometimes you are the best argument &lt;I&gt;against&lt;/I&gt; the symbolic order one could imagine. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112610360707652405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112610360707652405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126103580000#c112610360707652405' 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='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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112610349797011561</id><published>2005-09-07T10:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T10:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ernesto,The reason I&#39;m not focusing on W. &amp; his ga...</title><summary type='text'>Ernesto,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The reason I&#39;m not focusing on W. &amp; his gang (the top three administrators at FEMA have exactly zero experience coordinating disasters, the head previously ran the International Arabian Horse Association -- but all are major Bush allies from the private sector) is that the problem predates him &amp; ultimately runs deeper than just him. He&#39;s too convenient a scapegoat, tho goat he </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112610349797011561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112610349797011561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126103460000#c112610349797011561' 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='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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112609757726494222</id><published>2005-09-07T08:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T08:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lutheran Surrealism, c&#39;est moi, n&#39;est-ce pas?Still...</title><summary type='text'>Lutheran Surrealism, c&#39;est moi, n&#39;est-ce pas?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Still, I do think that politicians should watch their language on national TV.  This was a disgrace and gives children entirely the wrong impression of how to be an appropriate political figure.  W. would never have spoken thus.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We need dignity in speech and dress in order so that faith in the symbolic order can be restored.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112609757726494222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112609757726494222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126097520000#c112609757726494222' 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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112609726502606115</id><published>2005-09-07T08:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T08:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>...and, Ron, shouldn&#39;t the bigger picture be &quot;very...</title><summary type='text'>...and, Ron, shouldn&#39;t the bigger picture be &quot;very voter – who ever voted for [current President] has blood on their hands&quot;?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why is it so obvious to &lt;I&gt;anyone&lt;/I&gt; outside the U.S.?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112609726502606115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112609726502606115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126097220000#c112609726502606115' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112609711052187204</id><published>2005-09-07T08:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T08:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow. America, America...(*sigh*)</title><summary type='text'>Wow. America, America...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(*sigh*)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112609711052187204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112609711052187204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126097100000#c112609711052187204' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112609163507202036</id><published>2005-09-07T07:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T07:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No, Kirby, you are an ankle biter.Ron</title><summary type='text'>No, Kirby, &lt;I&gt;you&lt;/I&gt; are an ankle biter.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112609163507202036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112609163507202036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126091580000#c112609163507202036' 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='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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112606213670938216</id><published>2005-09-06T23:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T23:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lutheran Surrealism is an ankle biter, Stephen.</title><summary type='text'>Lutheran Surrealism is an ankle biter, Stephen.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112606213670938216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112606213670938216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126062120000#c112606213670938216' 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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112605927584227311</id><published>2005-09-06T22:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T22:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Arlee,Charles Boer&#39;s _Olson in Connecticut_ is a r...</title><summary type='text'>Arlee,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Charles Boer&#39;s _Olson in Connecticut_ is a real treat, I&#39;d say. It&#39;s the memoir of a man who was truly captivated by Olson&#39;s Thought and Presence, despite O&#39;s impositions (a central section is about O. as the houseguest who won&#39;t leave) and fumbles (O.&#39;s attempt to discuss agriculture with a cattle farmer ends very comically).  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This will  at least give you a very </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112605927584227311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112605927584227311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126059240000#c112605927584227311' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112605807073970609</id><published>2005-09-06T21:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T21:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear faville:Neither. I meant what I said, in a ci...</title><summary type='text'>Dear faville:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Neither. I meant what I said, in a civil and matter-of-fact way.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112605807073970609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112605807073970609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126058040000#c112605807073970609' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112604724224639584</id><published>2005-09-06T18:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T18:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear primeau:Irony, or bad manners?</title><summary type='text'>Dear primeau:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Irony, or bad manners?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112604724224639584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112604724224639584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126047240000#c112604724224639584' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112604007900078997</id><published>2005-09-06T16:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T16:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>pardon, sires, but i vote for tax cuts because i w...</title><summary type='text'>pardon, sires, but i vote for tax cuts because i want a better car. y&#39;know, so i have a coupla extra bucks for junk. so i can enjoy an extra beer or two. dig?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;forget that civic responsibility yackin. it&#39;s making my eyes die. you see my fingernails are gone. you see i don&#39;t need another lesson.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;deporkification. decronyism. wiser spending, more focused fund management. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112604007900078997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112604007900078997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126040040000#c112604007900078997' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112603910342852968</id><published>2005-09-06T16:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T16:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yet in writing &quot;Against Oblivion&quot; had the author a...</title><summary type='text'>Yet in writing &quot;Against Oblivion&quot; had the author anticipated this?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Also, the mayor of New Orleans took the Lord&#39;s name in vain on national television. It gives some sense of the character of the people.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We go down to the dwimmering dark as Kirby proves our utter inablity to anticipate just how awful it can get.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112603910342852968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112603910342852968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126039080000#c112603910342852968' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112603803148736033</id><published>2005-09-06T16:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T16:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As a returning student from a year in Japan, our s...</title><summary type='text'>As a returning student from a year in Japan, our son was eligible to attend either El Cerrito or Albany High Schools.  These are not to be confused with the Richmond School District.  Ron, you and I attended high school way back in the early 1960&#39;s, before the prop 13 thing.  My point is not to play one district against another, or imply that teachers should be underpaid, or that students should </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112603803148736033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112603803148736033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126038000000#c112603803148736033' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112603270393718332</id><published>2005-09-06T14:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T14:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ANOTHER POETICS OF REPUDIATION AND SUBMISSIONOnce ...</title><summary type='text'>ANOTHER POETICS OF REPUDIATION AND SUBMISSION&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Once again, as ALWAYS happens in this section of the blogosphere, the discussion becomes:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;  ***a complicated intermeshing of repudiation and submission***&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; [this time it is a forum for a politics and economics here validated … or rather should  I say “as if here” validated  in terms of  rhetoric, because in this case it a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112603270393718332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112603270393718332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126032660000#c112603270393718332' title=''/><author><name>Arlee Christian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08200416510821299942</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-551028600"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112603012473139514</id><published>2005-09-06T14:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T14:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe -- I think it&#39;s your post that makes no sense....</title><summary type='text'>Joe -- I think it&#39;s your post that makes no sense.  It&#39;s not George Bush&#39;s job to design disaster evacuation in the state of Louisiana.  It is each state&#39;s job.  Louisiana failed.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It doesn&#39;t surprise me.  Nor do I think that all the money in the world would have helped them, and I don&#39;t think anybody should be so nutty as to assume that it would.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The whole evacuation plan as it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112603012473139514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112603012473139514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126030080000#c112603012473139514' 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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112602447936403595</id><published>2005-09-06T12:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T12:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That should be:  &quot;Kirby, can you see that your pos...</title><summary type='text'>That should be:  &quot;Kirby, can you see that your post makes no sense whatsoever?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Really?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Please say yes.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112602447936403595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112592691307062097/comments/default/112602447936403595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html?showComment=1126024440000#c112602447936403595' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</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/2005/09/mississippi-rubbing-our-own-noses-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112592691307062097' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112592691307062097' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2005"/></entry></feed>