<?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.post116031769057850563..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/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116069157170873503</id><published>2006-10-12T18:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T18:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lilac, the Bible is scary enough!Thanks for these ...</title><summary type='text'>Lilac, the Bible is scary enough!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for these updates.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So the thing to do is if you&#39;re travelling on an airplane a lot you should probably grow a big beard and put some dayglo in it, and you&#39;ll be left alone.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for these tips, Lilac!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116069157170873503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116069157170873503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160691540000#c116069157170873503' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116046123351630720</id><published>2006-10-10T02:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T02:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And if you are a betting person like me...I&#39;m almo...</title><summary type='text'>And if you are a betting person like me...I&#39;m almost sure that the script will evolve a scene of decapitations as well.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This sort of playing around with consciousness is everywhere you look.  For a muslim like me...it is quite painful.  No doubt about it.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The movie Syriana is a perfect example of this &quot;confusion&quot; producing media type of pseudo-propaganda that leaves a person </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116046123351630720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116046123351630720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160461200000#c116046123351630720' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116046051862590293</id><published>2006-10-10T02:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-10T02:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Man Kirby.  Thanks for that.  It shows something r...</title><summary type='text'>Man Kirby.  Thanks for that.  It shows something really well...er...classic.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;:)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You know Kirby, in the Arabic language, there are perhaps fifty words for the word &quot;virgin&quot; and seventy words for the word &quot;tree&quot;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It all depends on how you look at it.  In one verse of the Quran, the &quot;pure mates&quot; that meet a muslim in heaven have eyes like &quot;pickled eggs&quot;.  Yummy.  But you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116046051862590293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116046051862590293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160460480000#c116046051862590293' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116041832472783749</id><published>2006-10-09T14:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T14:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This was actually helpful, Lilac, except the last ...</title><summary type='text'>This was actually helpful, Lilac, except the last post.  I didn&#39;t have enough context to be able to understand what it was about.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I esp. liked learning that the older Shia like this Sistoli fellow and the younger people follow Sadr.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In some journal I read called The Christian Research Journal there was an article that said that what Al-Qaida wants is the total unification of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116041832472783749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116041832472783749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160418300000#c116041832472783749' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116038453847364130</id><published>2006-10-09T05:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T05:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The excerpt that pertains to &quot;social classes&quot; and ...</title><summary type='text'>The excerpt that pertains to &quot;social classes&quot; and the duties of any given ruler is in this little blurb:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Emir Ali Mu&#39;mineen (pbuh):&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You must know, Maalik, that the people over whom you rule are divided into classes and grades and the prosperity and welfare of each class of the society individually and collectively are so interdependent upon the well-being of the other classes </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116038453847364130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116038453847364130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160384520000#c116038453847364130' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116038395676580175</id><published>2006-10-09T04:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T04:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>For the record though....this comprador thingie......</title><summary type='text'>For the record though....this comprador thingie...ahem.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron, Islam was around before Marx and the society described in this.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It is important but it certainly is not the basis for the whole argument.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For those who wish to read a tremendously eloquent speech,I am providing a link.  This speech is probably one of the best of what can be recommended from the lengthy text </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116038395676580175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116038395676580175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160383920000#c116038395676580175' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116037953230477542</id><published>2006-10-09T03:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T03:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well Kirby, that goes to show how much you underst...</title><summary type='text'>Well Kirby, that goes to show how much you understand &quot;minority&quot; thinking.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It is impossible to determine what the Kurds want as they are one.  Traditionally, minority groups in the ME usually side with the victor.  When, of course, they are made into the apparatus of the &quot;imaginary&quot; victor (democracy), I guess it could go either way.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What Ron has demonstrated here is a fairly </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116037953230477542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116037953230477542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160379480000#c116037953230477542' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116037756377660477</id><published>2006-10-09T03:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T03:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Whoa there!I wouldn&#39;t say it is completely based o...</title><summary type='text'>Whoa there!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wouldn&#39;t say it is completely based on the U.S. occupation in Iraq.  First of all, I see many parallels to the Vichi Government in France (Baltar).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In fact, you can say the metal toasters are similar to the German stormtroopers.  I know many are saying it is akin to Iraq, and I can understand it.  I just see more parallels to WW2 France.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116037756377660477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116037756377660477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160377560000#c116037756377660477' title=''/><author><name>George Tuttle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08816880341987391743</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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1321047036"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116036020924646971</id><published>2006-10-08T22:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-08T22:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Mentioning Abraham Lincoln&#39;s name in the same brea...</title><summary type='text'>Mentioning Abraham Lincoln&#39;s name in the same breath with those running this country right now is sacrilege. The present debacle in Iraq exists because Bush Jr. was bent on rounding up the man who tried to kill his daddy.  He&#39;s using the U.S. military as his own personal police force. Now when a legitimate threat arises we&#39;ll lack all credibility on the world stage and our resources will be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116036020924646971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116036020924646971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160360160000#c116036020924646971' title=''/><author><name>Larry Sawyer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18209176066752392711</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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-633681119"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116034700985155543</id><published>2006-10-08T18:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-08T18:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,perhaps my US civil war history is a bit spo...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;perhaps my US civil war history is a bit spotty; I needed &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperheads_(politics)&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Wikipedia entry&lt;/A&gt; on the Copperhead epithet to bring me up to speed on your allusion.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m a long ways from Iraq, but the impression one gets from stray newspapers reading is that the problem of insurgent violence is to some degree </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116034700985155543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116034700985155543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160346960000#c116034700985155543' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116033084320510327</id><published>2006-10-08T14:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-08T14:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The American and British led intervention in Iraq ...</title><summary type='text'>The American and British led intervention in Iraq led to the first free election in 50 years.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Kurdish north doesn&#39;t want us to leave.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Shiite south doesn&#39;t want us to leave.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s only the Sunni triangle that continues to present a problem as that small proportion of the population had enjoyed a stranglehold on the nation&#39;s political power under Saddam.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116033084320510327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116031769057850563/comments/default/116033084320510327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html?showComment=1160330820000#c116033084320510327' 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/2006/10/brother-cavil-dean-stockwell.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116031769057850563' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116031769057850563' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2006"/></entry></feed>