<?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.post115805466240971682..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/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/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>29</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115876926711452924</id><published>2006-09-20T12:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-20T12:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t like those pictures where there&#39;s an &quot;aura...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t like those pictures where there&#39;s an &quot;aura&quot; behind the subject&#39;s head.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So much new age/&quot;demented Buddhism&quot; propaganda uses that silly imagery.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Whenever I see that &quot;aura&quot; crap, I immediately tune out.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115876926711452924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115876926711452924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158769260000#c115876926711452924' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115852162815349694</id><published>2006-09-17T15:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-17T15:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lilac made sense to me here.  Nice job, Lilac.If w...</title><summary type='text'>Lilac made sense to me here.  Nice job, Lilac.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If we use Kierkegaard we could think about the three levels he suggests:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;aesthetics (what you feel with your lower organs)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ethics (what you do according to certain legal or religious prescriptions)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;religion (what you do according to what God tells you to do)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Most poets in the west are purely oriented </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115852162815349694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115852162815349694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158521580000#c115852162815349694' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115841857962228342</id><published>2006-09-16T10:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T10:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, what can I say O?You are not lucid nor are y...</title><summary type='text'>Well, what can I say O?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You are not lucid nor are you a reliable debate partner.  I however have a long history of logical debate patterns that I honed through many years of studying the issues in the ME, the religion and the secularism that divides people.  I find that it makes for more interesting dialogue and generally speaking, dynamite poetry.  The kind that speaks from the soul, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115841857962228342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115841857962228342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158418560000#c115841857962228342' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115841777770250033</id><published>2006-09-16T10:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T10:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And hey, howaboutathat pope!Like I&#39;m saying, I thi...</title><summary type='text'>And hey, howaboutathat pope!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Like I&#39;m saying, I think he should immediately recall all Catholic troops home from the &quot;wars&quot; and if he does not do that, he should be impeached and the people vote for the Pope they like best (like the Shi&#39;i do for the Ayatollahs by accepting one guy&#39;s opinion as more &#39;weighty&#39; than another&#39;s (like say, Sistani in Iraq who has done quite a bit in terms of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115841777770250033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115841777770250033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158417720000#c115841777770250033' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115840931337879901</id><published>2006-09-16T08:21:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T08:21:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Babar is King!</title><summary type='text'>Babar is King!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115840931337879901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115840931337879901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158409260001#c115840931337879901' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115840928974193815</id><published>2006-09-16T08:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-16T08:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, is that photo of the WTC rubble-pile by Joel ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, is that photo of the WTC rubble-pile by Joel Meyerowitz?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His book of photographs on it just came out.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If we must have destruction, let the elephants do it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115840928974193815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115840928974193815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158409260000#c115840928974193815' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115836105909332408</id><published>2006-09-15T18:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T18:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There are probably not too many Hindus on this blo...</title><summary type='text'>There are probably not too many Hindus on this blog.  One Lutheran.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I like the cute baby-faced elephant god the Hindus have got.  Ganesh, I think.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Very sweet.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love elephants.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Elephants are going crazy all over the world and trampling people for some reason.  500 tramples last year alone, and many of them in India.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They want to wipe people off the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115836105909332408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115836105909332408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158361020000#c115836105909332408' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115834931605678286</id><published>2006-09-15T15:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T15:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lilac---Our comments have something in common:they...</title><summary type='text'>Lilac---&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Our comments have something in common:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;they&#39;re both so long they&#39;re (almost) virtual suicide bombs.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If not quite as absorbing, or as fiery, or as densely resonant, or as lucid.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m a drunk, but religion gets me even drunker. Thank God I&#39;m too religious to believe in God, or else I&#39;d make an excellent Prophet. (Got the voice, the look, the hysteria, the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115834931605678286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115834931605678286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158349260000#c115834931605678286' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115833822063513398</id><published>2006-09-15T12:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-15T12:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Muhammad(s.a.w) in Hindu Scriptures  Source: Email...</title><summary type='text'>Muhammad(s.a.w) in Hindu Scriptures  &lt;BR/&gt;Source: Email  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;BR/&gt; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One Hindu research professor, in his stunning book, claims that the description of Avatar found in the holy books of Hindu religion is infact that of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.S).  A little while ago, in India a fact revealing book has </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115833822063513398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115833822063513398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158338220000#c115833822063513398' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115825317096082875</id><published>2006-09-14T12:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T12:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmm.Zionism.  Still unable to say it out loud as t...</title><summary type='text'>Hmm.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Zionism.  Still unable to say it out loud as the cause of this huge disaster in the Middle East?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Keep trying Ron, it&#39;ll come to ya one day.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115825317096082875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115825317096082875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158253140000#c115825317096082875' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115824556529754830</id><published>2006-09-14T10:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-14T10:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Very well put, Steven.</title><summary type='text'>Very well put, Steven.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115824556529754830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115824556529754830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158245520000#c115824556529754830' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115817674451524294</id><published>2006-09-13T15:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T15:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m hoping Omby&#39;s &quot;ideally&quot; equates to freedom for...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m hoping Omby&#39;s &quot;ideally&quot; equates to freedom for anyone, anywhere, to engage in any kind of religious thinking or other thinking that they want,  including religious thinking that is demonstrably bull-shit.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At the same time, any such &quot;ideal&quot; must include a provision like the US Constitution&#39;s First Amendment clause regarding separation of church and state, but strictly interpreted (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115817674451524294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115817674451524294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158176700000#c115817674451524294' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115817539936451761</id><published>2006-09-13T15:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T15:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Geez, Omby.  You&#39;re talking about the eradication ...</title><summary type='text'>Geez, Omby.  You&#39;re talking about the eradication of about 90% of the world&#39;s population (depending on how tightly you define brainwashing).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think if you&#39;re born Islamic you must remain Islamic by law, at least in some countries.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This was the case until the early 1900s in some Lutheran countries such as Norway, too.  You were forbidden by law to change religions or to lapse.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115817539936451761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115817539936451761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158175380000#c115817539936451761' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115816845501155183</id><published>2006-09-13T13:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T13:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>By &quot;ideally&quot; you mean in an ideal world?  Or, why ...</title><summary type='text'>By &quot;ideally&quot; you mean in an ideal world?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Or, why not just support the eradication of Islam?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And, then, why wouldn&#39;t they support the eradication of Jewish religion and Christianity?--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Surprise!  They do!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115816845501155183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115816845501155183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158168420000#c115816845501155183' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115816667294995130</id><published>2006-09-13T12:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T12:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ideally, I&#39;d be tempted to support the equivalent ...</title><summary type='text'>Ideally, I&#39;d be tempted to support the equivalent of a de-Nazification program in the Middle East (the type of thing that succeeded in Germany and Japan) to eradicate Islamism---along with the Jewish and Christian equivalent in Israel and the United States. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Religious brainwashing should be abolished.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;With the exception of certain refined philosophical strains (Spinozism, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115816667294995130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115816667294995130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158166620000#c115816667294995130' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115815859237452812</id><published>2006-09-13T10:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T10:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>2 corrections -- I looked up Wallace using Wikiped...</title><summary type='text'>2 corrections -- I looked up Wallace using Wikipedia and saw that the 1943 book was entitled Century of the Common Man.  But he makes a strong case in it for American involvement in WWII in terms of the removal of fascist regimes around the world.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, he realized at least as early as 1952 that Stalin&#39;s Russia was a nightmare.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He was considered a progressive and ran in 1948 as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115815859237452812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115815859237452812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158158580000#c115815859237452812' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115815709143083233</id><published>2006-09-13T10:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T10:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dick,I really enjoyed your letter!  What a strange...</title><summary type='text'>Dick,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I really enjoyed your letter!  What a strange delight to read such a letter!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The media tends to focus on a few car bombs and not to tell us about the massive positive changes that have already taken place in Iraq and Afghanistan.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The American Century was the title of a volume by Henry Wallace that was published in 1943. Wallace was FDR&#39;s VP but was dumped in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115815709143083233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115815709143083233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158157080000#c115815709143083233' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115815521172933236</id><published>2006-09-13T09:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T09:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear aka dick:I would recommend a few things to yo...</title><summary type='text'>Dear aka dick:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I would recommend a few things to you, based on your post above.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One) Do not assume that because you have had a functional presence &quot;on the ground&quot; in a large, sprawling, nation which is in evident chaos both politically and socially, that you have &quot;seen the truth&quot; &quot;up close&quot; and are therefore qualified and authorized to tell others about the larger issues at </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115815521172933236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115815521172933236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158155160000#c115815521172933236' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115814232332984946</id><published>2006-09-13T06:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T06:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr.  Silliman,First let me say that I have enjoyed...</title><summary type='text'>Mr.  Silliman,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;First let me say that I have enjoyed your blog for the last year and a half or so.  I have found it insigthfull, have appreciated your accuracy for facts, appreciated yuor critical thought process, and enjoyed your insightful reviews of poetry.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thats why I feel most inclined to address your latest post.  Though I agree with your over all summation, It is your </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115814232332984946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115814232332984946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158142320000#c115814232332984946' title=''/><author><name>aka dick</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18267894842620927224</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-750113654"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115811674401685966</id><published>2006-09-12T23:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T23:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That&#39;s why the phone companies et al are trying to...</title><summary type='text'>That&#39;s why the phone companies et al are trying to destabilize the net, so they can carve it up &amp; sell it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115811674401685966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115811674401685966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158116700000#c115811674401685966' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115811481994277308</id><published>2006-09-12T22:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T22:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>best thing we can hope for I think is some miracul...</title><summary type='text'>best thing we can hope for I think is some miraculous unprecedented reversal in terms of our national political&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;pipe dreaming, there. the fix is in everywhere but here...on the, uh, &quot;Internets&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;which even if, worst nightmares pending,  is disabled, will live on in terms of a mindset, one of an unequivocally free set of people&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;one hopes</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115811481994277308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115811481994277308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158114780000#c115811481994277308' title=''/><author><name>Mott Cromby</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15714352578150044042</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1743258609"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115811422261811423</id><published>2006-09-12T22:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T22:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Ron.  I shoulda thunk to run &quot;Anbar&quot; not &quot;w...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks Ron.  I shoulda thunk to run &quot;Anbar&quot; not &quot;west of Baghdad&quot; through Google. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I could quibble and point out that the Marine&#39;s assessment spoke of the Sunni insurgency (which multi-headed) and stated that al Qaeda is the strongest political force in that region, which leaves open the quesion of exactly how strong al-Qaeda politically (my hypothesis is that politics (formal government</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115811422261811423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115811422261811423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158114180000#c115811422261811423' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115810321369081739</id><published>2006-09-12T19:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T19:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve,My source for that was the U.S. Marines repo...</title><summary type='text'>Steve,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My source for that was the U.S. Marines report on Anbar province in the news just this week. Hardly Noam Chomsky.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115810321369081739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115810321369081739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158103200000#c115810321369081739' 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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115809157087744632</id><published>2006-09-12T16:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T16:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Imagine a beer spokes-modelwith an attraction-to-d...</title><summary type='text'>Imagine a beer spokes-model&lt;BR/&gt;with an attraction-to-disaster IQ of 180&lt;BR/&gt;has real dedication he expends&lt;BR/&gt;on inventing a purpose for being&lt;BR/&gt;a fief-cheif, multi tasking&lt;BR/&gt;as gang master of the glamorous staff of&lt;BR/&gt;peace-nicks manning the decks at&lt;BR/&gt;suicide hotline in central Bagdad.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Say he works out the answer to&lt;BR/&gt;middle East peace on the back of a&lt;BR/&gt;coaster&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115809157087744632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115809157087744632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158091560000#c115809157087744632' title=''/><author><name>IRISH POETS</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15137576329670368944</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1154523763"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115808706800636670</id><published>2006-09-12T14:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T14:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Here&#39;s more along the same lines that&#39;s sure to tu...</title><summary type='text'>Here&#39;s more along the same lines that&#39;s sure to turn your stomach. They called it Operation Northwoods, a false flag operation against the American people by the American government that was to be pinned on Cuba to justify an attack. http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060907/bs_prweb/prweb434292_2&amp;printer=1</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115808706800636670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115805466240971682/comments/default/115808706800636670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html?showComment=1158087060000#c115808706800636670' title=''/><author><name>Nate the Writer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13738644181345761853</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/2006/09/maybe-from-down-in-tribeca-or-battery.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115805466240971682' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115805466240971682' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-511930811"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 12, 2006"/></entry></feed>