<?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.post115901669843633754..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/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/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>38</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115982285634753477</id><published>2006-10-02T17:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-02T17:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>America has had some decent politicians.  Or shall...</title><summary type='text'>America has had some decent politicians.  Or shall we call them statesmen?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Certainly Jefferson.  Madison.  Adams.  Lincoln.  Wilson.  The two Roosevelts.  Truman.  Some have done good things, but were terrible in other areas.  On balance, it&#39;s impossible to be all things to all men.  Class conflict guarantees that.  We&#39;ve had some stinkers: Grant.  Harding.  And this pipsqueak Bush II,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115982285634753477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115982285634753477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159822800000#c115982285634753477' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115965163886868589</id><published>2006-09-30T17:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-30T17:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m so tired of political people, and political to...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m so tired of political people, and political topics.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We get two choices.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One choice driven by the kids fresh out of college with all kinds of bright ideals who have the time to run errands for the Democratic candidates.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The other choice driven by the Christian right who don&#39;t mind working around the clock to drive the issues of the Republican party.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Either</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115965163886868589'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115965163886868589'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159651620000#c115965163886868589' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115962871016863626</id><published>2006-09-30T11:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-30T11:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I guess that&#39;s like being Clinton&#39;s Ho?  Ho Ho Ho....</title><summary type='text'>I guess that&#39;s like being Clinton&#39;s Ho?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ho Ho Ho.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ho Ho Caribou.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115962871016863626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115962871016863626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159628700000#c115962871016863626' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115956083301364973</id><published>2006-09-29T16:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-29T16:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fox News had a professor from the U. of Minnesota ...</title><summary type='text'>Fox News had a professor from the U. of Minnesota on the other night who claimed that he had a video of Cheney laughing as the planes went toward the WTC towers.  Even Alan Colmes was surprised, and had to stifle his laughter.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d like to see the video.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Picture this, according to the prof:  Apparently Cheney is sitting in a chair ejaculating with merriment, as the planes got </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115956083301364973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115956083301364973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159560780000#c115956083301364973' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115946472648861479</id><published>2006-09-28T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-28T13:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love the expression on Dubya&#39;s face in the Flori...</title><summary type='text'>I love the expression on Dubya&#39;s face in the Florida classroom, when he&#39;s given the news.  The expression of an imbecile who&#39;s been reminded to wipe his butt.  Classic.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115946472648861479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115946472648861479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159464720000#c115946472648861479' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115937547487400297</id><published>2006-09-27T12:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-27T12:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i&#39;ve been away for most of the summeraway from com...</title><summary type='text'>i&#39;ve been away for most of the summer&lt;BR/&gt;away from computers and blogs&lt;BR/&gt;but have returned only recently&lt;BR/&gt;to scan and peruse&lt;BR/&gt;with amusement&lt;BR/&gt;these discussions&lt;BR/&gt;which i find to be fascinating&lt;BR/&gt;and the posts are&lt;BR/&gt;really fine&lt;BR/&gt;really great stuff&lt;BR/&gt;for my grwoing awareness&lt;BR/&gt;of poetix and art&lt;BR/&gt;and performance and such&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;to comment on kirby&#39;s query&lt;BR/&gt;as to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115937547487400297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115937547487400297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159375440000#c115937547487400297' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115935593634249483</id><published>2006-09-27T07:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-27T07:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why is it that a nation rich in oil revenues cannn...</title><summary type='text'>Why is it that a nation rich in oil revenues cannnot police its own territory to prevent crime and mayhem?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It doesn&#39;t say much for the governing body.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Chavez looks and sounds like Castro in his heyday.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Or like Farrakan when he had his 15 minutes of fame.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Or like Yasser Arafat.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;All strut and bluster.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The same old story over and over </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115935593634249483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115935593634249483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159355880000#c115935593634249483' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115929601813615387</id><published>2006-09-26T14:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-26T14:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I put into google &quot;rampant violence in Venezuela u...</title><summary type='text'>I put into google &quot;rampant violence in Venezuela under Chavez&quot; and up popped a few million documents.  I didn&#39;t use quotes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=269741&amp;area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The article above is from the Mail &amp; Guardian.  Catching a slug in Caracas these days is considered like taking an iron supplement in this country.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115929601813615387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115929601813615387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159296000000#c115929601813615387' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115924499964318184</id><published>2006-09-26T00:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-26T00:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The correct name of the Venezuelan film I discusse...</title><summary type='text'>The correct name of the Venezuelan film I discussed is &quot;El Caracazo&quot;, NOT &quot;El Caracazano&quot;.  Released in 2005, directed by Roman Chalbaud.  Accent on the &quot;a&quot; of Roman.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Lo siento.&lt;/I&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115924499964318184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115924499964318184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159244940000#c115924499964318184' 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/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115922666266280381</id><published>2006-09-25T19:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T19:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Guillermo,Thanks for giving us a detailed answer r...</title><summary type='text'>Guillermo,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for giving us a detailed answer regarding your view of the Venezuelan crime situation (and your sense of growing &quot;totalitianism&quot;).  I have no knowledge with which to comment, except to say that your report that Chavez (sorry that I haven&#39;t learned how to create accent marks yet) proclaimed that if you&#39;re poor it&#39;s alright to steal reminds me of the Venezuelan agit-prop </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115922666266280381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115922666266280381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159226640000#c115922666266280381' 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/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115920694975580968</id><published>2006-09-25T13:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T13:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Did Chavez have a general amnesty or something tha...</title><summary type='text'>Did Chavez have a general amnesty or something that released felons?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I too would like a better picture of what&#39;s going on there.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, I&#39;m throwing out a general political question:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Does anyone know of any completely surreal third parties that have ever been elected to major office in the US?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In Washington State the Owl party got more than a hundred thousand </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115920694975580968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115920694975580968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159206900000#c115920694975580968' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115919881152911781</id><published>2006-09-25T11:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T11:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Guillermo,Stephen nicely voices my own question, o...</title><summary type='text'>Guillermo,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Stephen nicely voices my own question, or somewhat-confusion, aface sentences of yours such as this one:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;&lt; Even Chavista legislators have been victims of assaults, robberies, kidnappings, etc. &gt;&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-- which seem to point to a general chaos (or increase in the &quot;culture of violence and lawlessness&quot; so to speak), but the relationship with that and the president is unclear </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115919881152911781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115919881152911781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159198800000#c115919881152911781' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115918971509673198</id><published>2006-09-25T09:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T09:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Into the serious discussion I will insert an act o...</title><summary type='text'>Into the serious discussion I will insert an act of flippant promotion.  For a closer look at Guillermo&#39;s experiences in Venezuela early this century, please have a look at his &lt;I&gt;Caracas Notebook&lt;/I&gt;, recently published by my &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.cygistpress.com&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Cy Gist Press&lt;/A&gt;.  It is a fantastic book of poems, whether one supports Chavez or not.  And at $6, oh so much cheaper </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115918971509673198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115918971509673198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159189680000#c115918971509673198' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12907078718133120295</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1006589168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115916558991382284</id><published>2006-09-25T02:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T02:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Stephen,Ian and I have had a couple &quot;debates&quot; (...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Stephen,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ian and I have had a couple &quot;debates&quot; (more like arguments) here before. I&#39;d rather not get into an exchange with him because I find it to be a futile endeavor, since he and I see Venezuela from such diametrically opposed stances. He says tomato I say tomahto. I do promise to do my best to not yell at him if we do end up discussing the matter here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In terms of Chávez</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115916558991382284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115916558991382284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159165560000#c115916558991382284' title=''/><author><name>GJPW</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13383940105241352465</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-669631030"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115915008482823198</id><published>2006-09-24T22:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T22:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Guillermo,I&#39;m hardly inclined to be a big booster ...</title><summary type='text'>Guillermo,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m hardly inclined to be a big booster of Chavez, what with his total support of Ahmadinejad and other such crudities (though his program of heating aid to poor USAmerican communities is kinda brilliant and nice), but as someone who indeed doesn&#39;t know much about Venezuela I ask you: what are the policies of Chavez that you consider related to the awful rise in crime?  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115915008482823198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115915008482823198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159150080000#c115915008482823198' 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/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115914543939673081</id><published>2006-09-24T20:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T20:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I hear pros and cons from different Venezuelan sou...</title><summary type='text'>I hear pros and cons from different Venezuelan sources concerning what Chavez is doing for the poor and the economy. I&#39;m sympathetic to socialism, so I want to think that things could go well there. And I like the glee he obviously has in poking fun at Bush. But it&#39;s Chavez&#39;s cult of personality that I find frightening.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115914543939673081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115914543939673081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159145400000#c115914543939673081' title=''/><author><name>Joseph</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12350813388072485198</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-953809779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115914154421795694</id><published>2006-09-24T19:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T19:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The question of Venezuela&#39;s &quot;booming&quot; economy is o...</title><summary type='text'>The question of Venezuela&#39;s &quot;booming&quot; economy is open to some poking around, I would think. Here are its growth in Gross Domestic Product for 2004-2007 (2006 projected on current data, next year&#39;s projected overall) as well as the Consumer Price Index there for the same years:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;GDP: (2004) 17.9, (2005) 9.3, (2006) 7.5, (2007) 3.7&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;CPI: (2004) 21.7, (2005) 15.9, (2006) 12.1, (2007)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115914154421795694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115914154421795694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159141500000#c115914154421795694' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115913698333763518</id><published>2006-09-24T18:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T18:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As Ian Keenan points out, Venezuela&#39;s economy is i...</title><summary type='text'>As Ian Keenan points out, Venezuela&#39;s economy is indeed booming right now. We all know how high oil prices are and that can only benefit the Venezuelan government. (I have family who are doing very well financially right now because they have business contracts with sectors of the Venezuelan government. I have family who hate Chávez and family that love him.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;However, as I wrote above, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115913698333763518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115913698333763518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159136940000#c115913698333763518' title=''/><author><name>GJPW</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13383940105241352465</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-669631030"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115913164944711796</id><published>2006-09-24T17:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T17:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Chavez is clearly the one who is besieging his own...</title><summary type='text'>Chavez is clearly the one who is besieging his own people.  Listen to Guillermo. The left has always blindfolded itself -- unable to believe that Stalin was killing millions until after Solzenitsyn published his books in the early 60s.  That&#39;s thirty years of denial.  During Mao&#39;s reign of terror the French left continued to demonstrate for the Cultural Revolution even into the 70s: the whole Tel</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115913164944711796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115913164944711796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159131600000#c115913164944711796' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115912841620545654</id><published>2006-09-24T16:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T16:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, I don&#39;t know enough about Chavez either. B...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, I don&#39;t know enough about Chavez either. But from what I&#39;ve read and the documentaries I&#39;ve seen it seems evident that he is significantly different to Castro. As I understand it the upper and middle classes (who aren&#39;t really middle at all) basically wanted Chavez out of power or dead, preferably the latter. But they have never managed to oust him, due largely to his huge public support.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115912841620545654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115912841620545654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159128360000#c115912841620545654' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115912248923453995</id><published>2006-09-24T14:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T14:28:00.000-04:00</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/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115912248923453995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115912248923453995'/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14661806559842869136</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1812046502"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115911353477178853</id><published>2006-09-24T11:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T11:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;We get the government we deserve.&quot;Gosh, if that&#39;s...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;We get the government we deserve.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gosh, if that&#39;s true, I must have been a very bad person.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Americans have been systematically misled.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think it&#39;s simply a matter of cheek.  If a man tells you he&#39;s raped your daughter, stolen your car, emptied your bank account, and peed on your living-room rug, you stop and think a moment, then start to look into the matter.  By </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115911353477178853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115911353477178853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159113480000#c115911353477178853' 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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115907543371095024</id><published>2006-09-24T01:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T01:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>We get the government we deserve.</title><summary type='text'>We get the government we deserve.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115907543371095024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115907543371095024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159075380000#c115907543371095024' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115906867605258633</id><published>2006-09-23T23:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-23T23:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Venezuela has the fastest growing economy in the h...</title><summary type='text'>Venezuela has the fastest growing economy in the hemisphere, BECAUSE Chavez has rooted out corruption.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115906867605258633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115906867605258633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159068660000#c115906867605258633' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115906837566838881</id><published>2006-09-23T23:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-23T23:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That article about reading is incredibly depressin...</title><summary type='text'>That article about reading is incredibly depressing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115906837566838881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115901669843633754/comments/default/115906837566838881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/09/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html?showComment=1159068360000#c115906837566838881' title=''/><author><name>L. Trent</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12175950201511243122</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/hugos-book-club-pushes-chomsky-onto.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115901669843633754' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115901669843633754' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1878720032"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 23, 2006"/></entry></feed>