<?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.post258334378082135796..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/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.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>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3533436854869669837</id><published>2009-09-14T23:31:24.409-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T23:31:24.409-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The unfortunate fact is that it is still very easy...</title><summary type='text'>The unfortunate fact is that it is still very easy for a small, dedicated cadre of underground plotters to bring off a catastrophic event effecting the lives of tens of thousands of people.  Nothing we have done in Asia, or at our own borders has had the smallest effect on that.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Should that worry us?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certainly there&amp;#39;s nothing that we have done on Iraq or Indonesia or</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/3533436854869669837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/3533436854869669837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252985484409#c3533436854869669837' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 14, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3380170879999726108</id><published>2009-09-13T02:15:35.706-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T02:15:35.706-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This discussion is interesting because it shows th...</title><summary type='text'>This discussion is interesting because it shows that the new division no longer takes place within the system but is a division between people who believe in the system and those who don&amp;#39;t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course there&amp;#39;s the occasional &amp;#39;nutjob&amp;#39; accusation - mass psychology tactics, learned in the classroom, perhaps - and I&amp;#39;d be happy to analyse that particular claim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/3380170879999726108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/3380170879999726108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252822535706#c3380170879999726108' title=''/><author><name>M.H.Benders</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07703259554767499699</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/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1337101138"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 13, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1737125235745005534</id><published>2009-09-11T10:13:18.625-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T10:13:18.625-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh?  You mean on the plane that was supposed to hi...</title><summary type='text'>Oh?  You mean on the plane that was supposed to hit the third tower which was already rigged to collapse?  I see.  That plane..the one where people do odd things and really screw up the best laid plans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then they had to blow up the third building.  What a lark!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And my apologies for enlightening you....Barbara Olson&amp;#39;s conversation with her husband?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/1737125235745005534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/1737125235745005534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252678398625#c1737125235745005534' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2329382210789110402</id><published>2009-09-11T02:56:46.552-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T02:56:46.552-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Solicitor General Ted Olson’s claim that his wife ...</title><summary type='text'>Solicitor General Ted Olson’s claim that his wife Barbara Olsen called him twice from Flight 77, describing hijackers with box cutters, was a central plank of the official 9/11 story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, the credibility of the story was completely undermined after Olsen kept changing his story about whether his wife used her cell phone or the airplane phone. The technology to enable cell phone </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/2329382210789110402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/2329382210789110402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252652206552#c2329382210789110402' title=''/><author><name>M.H.Benders</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07703259554767499699</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/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1337101138"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7445962233582547475</id><published>2009-09-10T15:28:38.870-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T15:28:38.870-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ot to kick a dead horsae&#xa;&#xa;but that call came from ...</title><summary type='text'>ot to kick a dead horsae&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but that call came from the plane that hit the Pentagon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;not from either plane that went into the tower..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;still it came from Ted Olson  another steller spin-doctor who had just a cpl months proor to 9/11 signed on as a lawyer for our leaders..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twed Olson was/is no relation to either Charles or Kirby or Toby   or The Olson Twins!&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/7445962233582547475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/7445962233582547475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252610918870#c7445962233582547475' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8557030116660517789</id><published>2009-09-10T15:22:42.250-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T15:22:42.250-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ed,&#xa;&#xa;Ted Olsen, then the White House counsel, spok...</title><summary type='text'>Ed,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ted Olsen, then the White House counsel, spoke with his wife before the plane she was on struck the Pentagon. Many people on all four planes used their phones that day. The Neil Young song &amp;quot;Let&amp;#39;s Roll&amp;quot; is based on a comment made by a passenger on Flight 93.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/8557030116660517789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/8557030116660517789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252610562250#c8557030116660517789' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5831654072114197594</id><published>2009-09-10T13:25:16.105-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T13:25:16.105-04:00</updated><title type='text'>seems to me that cell-phone and other phone calls ...</title><summary type='text'>seems to me that cell-phone and other phone calls came from folks trapped in the towers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;none that I am aware of ever came from thiose two planes  at least none evr released&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyway&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all of this is yet very emotional for everybody&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and who to be angry with and take action/revenge/retribution against... well  I, for one am miffed...about everything..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/5831654072114197594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/5831654072114197594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252603516105#c5831654072114197594' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5727165917983411069</id><published>2009-09-10T12:21:06.323-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T12:21:06.323-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ed, &#xa;&#xa;People used air-phones and cell phones and c...</title><summary type='text'>Ed, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People used air-phones and cell phones and called family etc. while the hijackings ensued.  People who were there, and soon died, said to others what had happened, and was happening, in the planes.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/5727165917983411069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/5727165917983411069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252599666323#c5727165917983411069' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3630323671532532835</id><published>2009-09-10T11:16:53.365-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T11:16:53.365-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;It is like they can&amp;#39;t believe &amp;#39;evil ...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;It is like they can&amp;#39;t believe &amp;#39;evil is amongst us&amp;#39;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe nutjobs are amongst us in this comment stream...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/3630323671532532835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/3630323671532532835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252595813365#c3630323671532532835' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SXXMvQ7yRrI/AAAAAAAAAWs/iHgQG5bXM88/S220/Photo+8.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8460287665438825314</id><published>2009-09-10T10:02:24.553-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T10:02:24.553-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;&amp;amp; potential for the environment to make ...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;&amp;amp; potential for the environment to make Katrina look like a walk in the park,&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While your ultimate point is true, your quote implies that the severity of the Katrina disaster was related to the severity of the storm. Katrina was not such a horrible disaster because it was such a severe hurricane, but rather because of the failure the levees.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/8460287665438825314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/8460287665438825314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252591344553#c8460287665438825314' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</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/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4284706809881914644</id><published>2009-09-10T09:20:51.168-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T09:20:51.168-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hey&#xa;&#xa;how do you know what those guys had as weapon...</title><summary type='text'>hey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;how do you know what those guys had as weapons?  both planes and all the people in them and all the  paraphernalia, etc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;was 125 % desttroyed  ..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;not much evidence or proof of facts beyond what physically happened... and lots of that have been (officially) edited out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think a few made for tv movies have since been made to present the &amp;quot;facts&amp;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/4284706809881914644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/4284706809881914644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252588851168#c4284706809881914644' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-831326345277306980</id><published>2009-09-10T06:49:31.236-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T06:49:31.236-04:00</updated><title type='text'>was up in Manhattan working with Fay Chin on finis...</title><summary type='text'>was up in Manhattan working with Fay Chin on finishing up our book  Wild Orchid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;every morning while there I would walk over to that bookstore across from the church for coffee and whatever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on Sept 10, 2001 at about 9:30 am I went into the tower nearest the Hudson and went up the stairs to where the elevator was  to go up  not knowing that there was a charge to ride up I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/831326345277306980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/831326345277306980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252579771236#c831326345277306980' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3039170497242302748</id><published>2009-09-10T05:06:37.014-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T05:06:37.014-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This whole essay takes &amp;#39;whatever is presented ...</title><summary type='text'>This whole essay takes &amp;#39;whatever is presented to me as propaganda is real&amp;#39; as its premise, since its based on the idea that &amp;#39;Al Queda&amp;#39; was behind the 911 attacks, something we&amp;#39;ve not seen any evidence for. In fact, if there was any &amp;#39;evidence&amp;#39; it strongly points to the opposite direction. That americans find such direction &amp;#39;unthinkable&amp;#39; is probably exactly why </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/3039170497242302748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/3039170497242302748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252573597014#c3039170497242302748' title=''/><author><name>M.H.Benders</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07703259554767499699</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/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1337101138"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-269468645315770504</id><published>2009-09-10T00:53:10.114-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T00:53:10.114-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama&amp;#39;s speech tonight on healthcare reform wa...</title><summary type='text'>Obama&amp;#39;s speech tonight on healthcare reform was very, very strong. It renewed my hope that he will actually get something done in that arena.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/269468645315770504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/269468645315770504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252558390114#c269468645315770504' title=''/><author><name>Annandale Dream Gazette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</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/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6057484882998432338</id><published>2009-09-10T00:32:17.918-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T00:32:17.918-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron,&#xa;&#xa;I&amp;#39;m just back from vacation but anywa...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m just back from vacation but anyway I find myself stuck on your phrase or statement, made in reference to Al Queda&amp;#39;s killing of roughly 3,000 on September 11, 2001, that: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;all of which it achieved with a handful of suicidal young men &amp;amp; less than two dozen box cutters.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&amp;#39;s not quite right, and on something like this, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/6057484882998432338'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/258334378082135796/comments/default/6057484882998432338'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html?showComment=1252557137918#c6057484882998432338' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/09/this-day-eight-years-ago-proved-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-258334378082135796' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/258334378082135796' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 10, 2009"/></entry></feed>