<?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.post3257421261781396700..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/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.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>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3129787756940558394</id><published>2010-01-21T14:58:36.439-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T14:58:36.439-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think all I meant to say is that surrealism is b...</title><summary type='text'>I think all I meant to say is that surrealism is by nature about revolution, and therefore cannot, by definition, be about governance. It&amp;#39;s about rioting and violence, not about bureaucratic maintenance of roads, sewerage, hospitals, and so on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It can be a small movement in a large and well-run country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surrealists championed killers and criminals, and the id of any and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/3129787756940558394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/3129787756940558394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1264103916439#c3129787756940558394' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 21, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4560983098185829872</id><published>2010-01-21T00:30:25.211-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T00:30:25.211-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian,&#xa;&#xa;I do hope the &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; in that commen...</title><summary type='text'>Ian,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do hope the &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; in that comment is Kirby &amp;amp; not me,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/4560983098185829872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/4560983098185829872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1264051825211#c4560983098185829872' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 21, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9163658570545106692</id><published>2010-01-20T20:30:34.585-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T20:30:34.585-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So since this isn&amp;#39;t late empire France, you ca...</title><summary type='text'>So since this isn&amp;#39;t late empire France, you can change your blog&amp;#39;s name to Lutheran Historical Revisionism.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/9163658570545106692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/9163658570545106692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1264037434585#c9163658570545106692' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7969644660915446840</id><published>2010-01-20T16:03:40.749-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T16:03:40.749-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Problem, Ian, is that the surrealist revolution th...</title><summary type='text'>Problem, Ian, is that the surrealist revolution that you speak of did not help Haiti in the long run. It destabilized an already unstable country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The president of smaller countries has to establish matey relationships with the presidents of larger surrounding countries.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surrealists in Haiti did not back either the communists from Moscow or the capitalists in Washington, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/7969644660915446840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/7969644660915446840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1264021420749#c7969644660915446840' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 20, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5903508637257452027</id><published>2010-01-19T18:20:06.052-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T18:20:06.052-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, Carbon footprint is total greenhouse gas e...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, Carbon footprint is total greenhouse gas emissions, shown above per annum. Bush/Obama cabinet members and their predecessors have interesting positions about poor people when you get them a few scotches ... for example, when Lawrence Summers was an obscure World Bank VP he put out a memo stating not your position, but that pollution should be exported to developing nations because their </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/5903508637257452027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/5903508637257452027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263943206052#c5903508637257452027' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 19, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5926705302873033597</id><published>2010-01-19T16:18:32.392-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T16:18:32.392-05:00</updated><title type='text'>the old THIN THE HERD meme. &#xa;&#xa;&#xa;I agree, sir, in pr...</title><summary type='text'>the old THIN THE HERD meme. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I agree, sir, in principle.   So, that would imply family planning (so much for ChristCo), as well as economic planning. Really, isolationism at times does not lack a certain appeal. But an earthquake is an anomaly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really, knowing a bit about Haitian politics--let&amp;#39;s hope some old Ton Ton Macoutes don&amp;#39;t get rollin&amp;#39;--I am </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/5926705302873033597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/5926705302873033597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263935912392#c5926705302873033597' title=''/><author><name>J</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/SwIGrtWoQtI/AAAAAAAAA38/-1CpkpbL_6s/S220/Spade.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 19, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2222138556056283590</id><published>2010-01-19T15:48:53.292-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T15:48:53.292-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian:&#xa;&#xa;Carbon footprint equals = ??&#xa;&#xa;Each American ...</title><summary type='text'>Ian:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carbon footprint equals = ??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each American bears the full guilt and responsibility for all the consumption of resource on the planet.  No one else needs to worry about that.  It&amp;#39;s our fault and no one else&amp;#39;s.  It doesn&amp;#39;t matter whether I conserve water and electricity and natural gas, drive and fly less.  I&amp;#39;m still indictable for crimes against humanity </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/2222138556056283590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/2222138556056283590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263934133292#c2222138556056283590' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 19, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7506371848935400634</id><published>2010-01-19T14:36:28.930-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T14:36:28.930-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian, the surrealist revolution in 1946 was swiftly...</title><summary type='text'>Ian, the surrealist revolution in 1946 was swiftly put down though wasn&amp;#39;t it, and that&amp;#39;s when the US acted to help put in a series of stooges which led to the Duvaliers.  The Duvaliers and their TonTon Macoutes were bad, but they worked to keep the Marxist or revolutionary side out of the economy, and so the US supported them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a Faustian bargain to say the least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/7506371848935400634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/7506371848935400634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263929788930#c7506371848935400634' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 19, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8066729358265552119</id><published>2010-01-19T08:10:40.650-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T08:10:40.650-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Reducing the US population to 100,000,000 would so...</title><summary type='text'>Reducing the US population to 100,000,000 would solve many of the world&amp;#39;s problems.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/8066729358265552119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/8066729358265552119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263906640650#c8066729358265552119' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 19, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3184707952004744496</id><published>2010-01-18T23:41:48.330-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T23:41:48.330-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby, I am pleased to read that the Haitian peopl...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby, I am pleased to read that the Haitian people have earned your solidarity; Curtis would be fortunate to know more about their culture.  I&amp;#39;m also a fan of Depestre and he is indeed living in Lézignan-Corbières now between Carcassonne and Narbonne.  Haiti had a full-fledged Surrealist Revolution in 1946 with Depestre&amp;#39;s contribution which improved the country for over a decade until </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/3184707952004744496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/3184707952004744496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263876108330#c3184707952004744496' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 18, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4417318089160532320</id><published>2010-01-18T19:53:42.787-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T19:53:42.787-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There are structural problems in Haiti.  &#xa;&#xa;Lack of...</title><summary type='text'>There are structural problems in Haiti.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lack of fresh water, lack of good roads, lack of supervision with regard to building safety, a general collapse of morals -- 250,000 child slaves.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the greatest problems is that taxation isn&amp;#39;t evenly applied.  Those who make the most money pay the least in taxes. This is because the giant corporations that take the sugar </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/4417318089160532320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/4417318089160532320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263862422787#c4417318089160532320' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 18, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2685447327141410022</id><published>2010-01-18T17:12:51.308-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T17:12:51.308-05:00</updated><title type='text'>One of the problems of poverty is overpopulation. ...</title><summary type='text'>One of the problems of poverty is overpopulation.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There&amp;#39;s certainly enough blame to go around that everyone can share in it, but in the end, solutions can only come from sensibly addressing practical causes and effects.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The nation of Haiti cannot support its present population, at least not in any dignified, or comprehensive way. (The same could be said of Los </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/2685447327141410022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/2685447327141410022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263852771308#c2685447327141410022' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 18, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7720681372598972058</id><published>2010-01-18T11:10:56.069-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T11:10:56.069-05:00</updated><title type='text'>One of the enormous problems in Haiti is that the ...</title><summary type='text'>One of the enormous problems in Haiti is that the land is largely owned by giant international corporations.  This is because in 1915 when America invaded the country we rewrote their constitution.  Their original constitution had stated that only Haitians can own Haitian land. In order to introduce investment in the backward land, the Americans decided to allow foreign capital.  But they bought </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/7720681372598972058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/7720681372598972058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263831056069#c7720681372598972058' 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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 18, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-80056226751553671</id><published>2010-01-18T10:29:36.128-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T10:29:36.128-05:00</updated><title type='text'>thanks for this post, ron&#xa;&#xa;here&amp;#39;s another sour...</title><summary type='text'>thanks for this post, ron&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here&amp;#39;s another source&lt;br /&gt;for aid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://crs-blog.org/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i&amp;#39;m sometimes amazed at the catholicity of yoru thought&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;peace&lt;br /&gt;comes flowing like a river&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jh</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/80056226751553671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/80056226751553671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263828576128#c80056226751553671' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGxzozVkZvg/SoNWqdZHBoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IGjF8tvmWwg/S220/sculpture_crop2%5B1%5D.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 18, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4232594990489730878</id><published>2010-01-18T02:44:06.774-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T02:44:06.774-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Doctors Without Borders is excellent.  It&amp;#39;s go...</title><summary type='text'>Doctors Without Borders is excellent.  It&amp;#39;s good to see them on the list.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/4232594990489730878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/4232594990489730878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263800646774#c4232594990489730878' title=''/><author><name>Camouflage Lenses</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01511029457067047838</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/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-926308882"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 18, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8693107577099166306</id><published>2010-01-18T02:38:23.678-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-18T02:38:23.678-05:00</updated><title type='text'>God bless them</title><summary type='text'>God bless them</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/8693107577099166306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3257421261781396700/comments/default/8693107577099166306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html?showComment=1263800303678#c8693107577099166306' title=''/><author><name>luckyless</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17699384328076944302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_qIUmwBb4pLo/R5Dqj6zTfXI/AAAAAAAAAEA/mdgPjkCIbMY/S220/thlittlemisssunshine17.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/friends-as-you-know-haiti-and-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3257421261781396700' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3257421261781396700' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-247194593"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 18, 2010"/></entry></feed>