<?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.post116264527067057048..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/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.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>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116295901154055722</id><published>2006-11-07T23:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T23:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear d-b:I really don&#39;t &quot;disagree&quot; with anything y...</title><summary type='text'>Dear d-b:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I really don&#39;t &quot;disagree&quot; with anything you&#39;ve said here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I do think that the dialectic that someone like O&#39;Reilly attempts to set up does indeed have certain intended pre-ordained conclusions.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Most Neo-Con radio jocks aren&#39;t really &quot;arguing&quot; with anyone--either they&#39;re smarming with their allies, or bashing their &quot;enemies&quot;.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The challenge--for any &quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116295901154055722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116295901154055722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162959000000#c116295901154055722' 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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116292111600631743</id><published>2006-11-07T12:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-07T12:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>dear curtis:what you write demonstrates one of my ...</title><summary type='text'>dear curtis:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;what you write demonstrates one of my points--&lt;BR/&gt;that  persons who support either Bill or Bruce, will hear what they want to hear, and feel that their person has done well--&lt;BR/&gt;as i noted, each speaker has their own jargon, opacities of language vis-a vis each other--and the same goes for their partisans--&lt;BR/&gt;the language Bruce Andrews used is specific to his profession </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116292111600631743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116292111600631743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162921080000#c116292111600631743' title=''/><author><name>David-Baptiste Chirot</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04615801257240774205</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38922887"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116286214860862253</id><published>2006-11-06T20:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-06T20:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>NO, Monsieur Chirot, on the contrary.I thought the...</title><summary type='text'>NO, Monsieur Chirot, on the contrary.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I thought the exchange was characterized by a clear demarcation between the attempt by O&#39;Reilly to exploit the occasion to make points against a &quot;harmless&quot; &quot;Leftist&quot; academic, and Andrews&#39;s insistence on specificity and relevance.  O&#39;Reilly wanted to show that American colleges now &quot;teach&quot; Liberal ideologies--certainly not a very original thought, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116286214860862253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116286214860862253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162862100000#c116286214860862253' 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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116283614372056406</id><published>2006-11-06T13:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-06T13:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Watching the clip, I thought, well, they could hav...</title><summary type='text'>Watching the clip, I thought, well, they could have mailed this one in.  The script for it was written ages and ages ago--the clash between the loud mouthed overbearing jingoistic Man Behind the Desk (who in films, on stage, in fiction, tv  and fact cd be left wing right wing or wing nut of any persuasion) and the Usual Suspect the moderately liberal mild mannered professor whose choice of books </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116283614372056406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116283614372056406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162836120000#c116283614372056406' title=''/><author><name>David-Baptiste Chirot</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04615801257240774205</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38922887"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116274947580964756</id><published>2006-11-05T12:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T12:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought Bruce Andrews did well, and was able to ...</title><summary type='text'>I thought Bruce Andrews did well, and was able to answer O&#39;Reilly quite well.  O&#39;Reilly&#39;s interview lasted five full minutes which is an eternity on national television and for more than half of that time it was Bruce Andrews who had the floor.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sean Hannity is much worse than O&#39;Reilly.  I think O&#39;Reilly does back off and allow his subjects to speak, but Hannity gets plain furious and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116274947580964756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116274947580964756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162749420000#c116274947580964756' 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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116270723203359782</id><published>2006-11-05T01:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-05T01:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think it&#39;s important to note, however, that Fox ...</title><summary type='text'>I think it&#39;s important to note, however, that Fox News&#39;s editorial slant is no more a reflection of the corporation&#39;s political agenda (see regular Fox Channel programming for a demonstration of the no-aim values of Rupert Murdoch) than is that of CNN, MSNBC, etc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Fox News&#39;s decidedly right-wing bias is simply a shrewd niche marketing move in which its talking heads paint every other </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116270723203359782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116270723203359782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162707180000#c116270723203359782' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116269458291890240</id><published>2006-11-04T21:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T21:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don’t recall Bill Moyers asking his poets about ...</title><summary type='text'>I don’t recall Bill Moyers asking his poets about the Kennedy assassination.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116269458291890240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116269458291890240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162694580000#c116269458291890240' 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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116269108154056403</id><published>2006-11-04T20:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T20:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can&#39;t play the Fox video on my Mac--it just disp...</title><summary type='text'>I can&#39;t play the Fox video on my Mac--it just displays &quot;loading loading loading&quot; over and over again and nothing happens.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Pity, I&#39;d love to hear Andrews talking with O&#39;Reilly....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116269108154056403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116269108154056403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162691040000#c116269108154056403' 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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116269051076180937</id><published>2006-11-04T20:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T20:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>O&#39;Reilly is a harbinger of the &quot;new journalism&quot;--f...</title><summary type='text'>O&#39;Reilly is a harbinger of the &quot;new journalism&quot;--for which, read: rabid, aggressive, rude, in-your-face, haranguing, accusatory, impatient, condescending, chauvinistic talking head for the New Conservatism.  It&#39;s not news.  It&#39;s not &quot;opinion&quot;--it&#39;s attack journalism, meant to smash and obliterate its victims in one-sided shouting matches.  Typically, the &quot;host&quot; will only permit the &quot;guest&quot; to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116269051076180937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116269051076180937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162690500000#c116269051076180937' 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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116269010165097526</id><published>2006-11-04T20:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T20:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wrote my previous comment before Steven&#39;s was up...</title><summary type='text'>I wrote my previous comment before Steven&#39;s was up here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Steven, I think Andrews did try to make the statement you wanted, a few times, but never got more than a couple of words in before the famed O&#39;Reilly Cutoff.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116269010165097526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116269010165097526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162690080000#c116269010165097526' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116268688827939749</id><published>2006-11-04T19:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T19:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Obvously this is another wonderful example of Fox ...</title><summary type='text'>Obvously this is another wonderful example of Fox News employing bully tactics to further the right-wing agenda through a) ALWAYS having that last word (this interview is an excellent case in point); b) deliberately confusing a debate on foreign policy with whether or not one is pro- or anti- American; c) occupying the infuriating space of telling the country that the left-wing are the bullies </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116268688827939749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116268688827939749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162686840000#c116268688827939749' title=''/><author><name>textosterone</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03692712355940476964</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1552149360"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116268380809258662</id><published>2006-11-04T18:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T18:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bruce Andrews seems to be doing very, very well gi...</title><summary type='text'>Bruce Andrews seems to be doing very, very well given the aggressiveness of the whole situation.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What interests me, though (and I&#39;m in Amsterdam, don&#39;t even watch TV here, and I&#39;m simply not so used to this sort of thing) is that it is apparently a valid political tactic (validated by some apparent usefulness to FOX) to aggressively insist on stupidity and disinterest. O&#39;Reilly isn&#39;t </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116268380809258662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116268380809258662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162683780000#c116268380809258662' title=''/><author><name>Samuel Vriezen</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16229066450439148225</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1125742735"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116267136723872820</id><published>2006-11-04T15:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T15:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>True, Bruce &quot;stood his ground,&quot; as a &quot;stand-up guy...</title><summary type='text'>True, Bruce &quot;stood his ground,&quot; as a &quot;stand-up guy,&quot; a polite academic defending the thought-space of the classroom against the closed burp-slogans of ideofauxtainment at its lumpenmost core. &quot;Context is everything, Bill.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A man of reason, in short. &quot;That he who will not defend the truth may be compelled to defend a lie,&quot; etc. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Outrage of the week! Of the minute! Of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116267136723872820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116267136723872820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162671360000#c116267136723872820' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116265930878832950</id><published>2006-11-04T11:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T11:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think Andrews did just fine on the Factor. Here,...</title><summary type='text'>I think Andrews did just fine on the &lt;I&gt;Factor&lt;/I&gt;. Here, as has been the case the couple of times I&#39;ve met him briefly, I find him straightforward and pleasant to listen to. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps we should all write to Bill, recommending &lt;I&gt;I Don&#39;t Have Any Paper (So Shut Up! Shut Up! Shut Up! Shut--)&lt;/I&gt;. He might find the tone appealing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116265930878832950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116265930878832950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162659300000#c116265930878832950' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116265898070277372</id><published>2006-11-04T11:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T11:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That&#39;s an amazing clip. I love how O&#39;Reilly is una...</title><summary type='text'>That&#39;s an amazing clip. I love how O&#39;Reilly is unable to differentiate between a book&#39;s &quot;neutral&quot; purpose when introduced to the marketplace and the potential for it to be recontextualized for a different purpose in the classroom.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;From what I gathered (and I may be completely wrong on this, since O&#39;Reilly gave Andrews little room to actually explain the aim of his course), the entire </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116265898070277372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116265898070277372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162658940000#c116265898070277372' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116265696115944270</id><published>2006-11-04T11:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T11:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t know if &quot;guests&quot; are ever more than props ...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t know if &quot;guests&quot; are ever more than props on &lt;I&gt;The O’Reilly Factor&lt;/I&gt;.  The &quot;host&quot; listens very little to the answers the &quot;guest&quot; gives, instead moving on to the next soundbite question.  It&#39;s not so much a conversation as a firing squad.  There&#39;s a question of whether it is ever worth it to go on something like that. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andrews did maintain equilibrium and and made his points, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116265696115944270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116265696115944270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html?showComment=1162656960000#c116265696115944270' 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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116265219531932412</id><published>2006-11-04T09:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-04T09:56:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116265219531932412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116264527067057048/comments/default/116265219531932412'/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</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/2006/11/to-watch-bruce-andrews-spar-with-bill.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116264527067057048' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116264527067057048' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2006"/></entry></feed>