<?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.post4834538656359817162..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/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.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>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4421594648873997086</id><published>2008-11-09T18:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T18:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just read McClatchy&#39;s poem--I&#39;m back now for the 5...</title><summary type='text'>Just read McClatchy&#39;s poem--I&#39;m back now for the 50&#39;s.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/4421594648873997086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/4421594648873997086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1226272740000#c4421594648873997086' title=''/><author><name>Name: Matthew Guenette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06901074740673802260</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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-188382328"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4235746730436109458</id><published>2008-11-07T15:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T15:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;..can&#39;t help thinking it&#39;s awesome that there has...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;..can&#39;t help thinking it&#39;s awesome that there has been such long lines all over... people taking a greater interest in public issues is always a good thing..&quot; Agreed, and that is the beauty of the Whitman thought&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, .... I’d name—the still small voice vibrating—America’s choosing day,&lt;BR/&gt;(The heart of it not in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/4235746730436109458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/4235746730436109458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1226090340000#c4235746730436109458' title=''/><author><name>C.D.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11950053072248270770</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='22' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jo6fwUscHDw/SP-on_tkPwI/AAAAAAAABfg/og-hVKNqyKc/S220/l_3f68108b2fba393c84c5e2fc2b3a2b38.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866930026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8595142156763147432</id><published>2008-11-07T03:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T03:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i can&#39;t help thinking it&#39;s awesome that there has ...</title><summary type='text'>i can&#39;t help thinking it&#39;s awesome that there has been such long lines all over... people taking a greater interest in public issues is always a good thing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/8595142156763147432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/8595142156763147432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1226045520000#c8595142156763147432' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Roberts</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02397839550090715753</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Q6gVBoOmDFY/SPETTNYEFqI/AAAAAAAACMw/oC4qhuSLSeg/S220/braveheart+battle+scene.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-772218315"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4561503035865949063</id><published>2008-11-06T22:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T22:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>As a neighbor to the north I watched you election ...</title><summary type='text'>As a neighbor to the north I watched you election race, er, marathon for quite a few months upon months.&lt;BR/&gt;My Lord, these candidates spent more time in my home than the wife!&lt;BR/&gt;Aside from the modern tendency to gain votes through developing fears of &#39;the other guy&#39; instead of instilling confidence in themselves, these people gave great speeches!&lt;BR/&gt;Delivery like this is usually a gift </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/4561503035865949063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/4561503035865949063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1226030160000#c4561503035865949063' title=''/><author><name>giveitaname</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14218614927360980192</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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-912166607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5462684745774096315</id><published>2008-11-06T18:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blood, sweat and tears.It ain&#39;t a lot of fun.Sound...</title><summary type='text'>Blood, sweat and tears.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It ain&#39;t a lot of fun.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sounds good, though.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/5462684745774096315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/5462684745774096315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1226014260000#c5462684745774096315' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4303480796077104306</id><published>2008-11-06T12:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T12:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I was very interested to see McCain, in his conces...</title><summary type='text'>I was very interested to see McCain, in his concession speech, acquiesce to the heroic narrative that is being generated around Obama.  On the surface, it seems like a magnanimous gesture, a basic acknowledgment of the historic significance of electing a black president.  But I sense that behind it lies something more calculating--namely, a desire to create heroic expectations among the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/4303480796077104306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/4303480796077104306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225993560000#c4303480796077104306' title=''/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13580825628499533530</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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1541164050"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7634064043735993229</id><published>2008-11-06T11:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T11:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Posted yesterday&#39;s morning, London, England time, ...</title><summary type='text'>Posted yesterday&#39;s morning, London, England time, &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://neverneutral.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/quite-serious/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on my blog&lt;/A&gt;:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;    &quot;America this is quite serious.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;    -Allen Ginsberg&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I am Mexican.&lt;BR/&gt;I live in London town.&lt;BR/&gt;One of my sisters, also born in Mexico, lives in the deep south, a state of peaches and apple pie.&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/7634064043735993229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/7634064043735993229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225990320000#c7634064043735993229' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1006173844853822971</id><published>2008-11-06T08:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T08:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;we&quot; were thrilled when Jack Kennedy was elected.....</title><summary type='text'>&quot;we&quot; were thrilled when Jack Kennedy was elected... this euphoric (mostly the young) celebrationing very similar&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;an huge Occasion  then a Catholic /now/ a Black...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was born in D.C.  and yet live &quot;inside the beltway&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;:this is just &#39;politics-as-usual&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;nothing much came of/from the Kennedy era.... except {..}&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;most people who voted haven&#39;t got a clue who</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/1006173844853822971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/1006173844853822971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225976940000#c1006173844853822971' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-876035692669775321</id><published>2008-11-06T02:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T02:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>by Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass, 1892) If I ...</title><summary type='text'>by Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass, 1892) &lt;BR/&gt;If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show,&lt;BR/&gt;’Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado,&lt;BR/&gt;Nor you, Yosemite—nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyserloops ascending to the skies, appearing and disappearing,&lt;BR/&gt;Nor Oregon’s white cones—nor Huron’s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/876035692669775321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/876035692669775321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225957440000#c876035692669775321' title=''/><author><name>Clifford Duffy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11950053072248270770</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='22' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Jo6fwUscHDw/SP-on_tkPwI/AAAAAAAABfg/og-hVKNqyKc/S220/l_3f68108b2fba393c84c5e2fc2b3a2b38.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866930026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6175473046085873159</id><published>2008-11-06T01:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T01:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Concession speeches are never bitter. Gore&#39;s conce...</title><summary type='text'>Concession speeches are never bitter. Gore&#39;s concession in 2000 wasn&#39;t bitter, even though he had a lot of reason to be.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The first half of McCain&#39;s concession was authentic, I felt, in that it didn&#39;t feel rehearsed. He came out, congratulated Obama, and told his supporters not to harbor a grudge, but to respect the office, etc, etc, etc. That was the part that felt &quot;real&quot; to me. But he </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/6175473046085873159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/6175473046085873159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225952040000#c6175473046085873159' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15889533139054155082</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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-201036217"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7387847147322703904</id><published>2008-11-05T22:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T22:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On today&#39;s Democracy Now! Amy Goodman reminds us t...</title><summary type='text'>On today&#39;s &lt;I&gt;Democracy Now!&lt;/I&gt; Amy Goodman reminds us that Sarah Palin at the RNC mocked specifically Obama&#39;s background as a community organizer. Sweet revenge eh?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I waited for 3 1/2 hours here in Saint Louis, a small price to pay to participate in history. But since you mention the iVotronic touch-screen, I thought I might ask about that, because the Obama volunteers urged us to vote</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/7387847147322703904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/7387847147322703904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225941480000#c7387847147322703904' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-455349266362719335</id><published>2008-11-05T21:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T21:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It is a good thing Mr Obama will now be our presid...</title><summary type='text'>It is a good thing Mr Obama will now be our president. It sounds like you put in a day of work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Last night heard joyous honking and screaming for hours as people in Berkeley celebrated Obama&amp;#39;s election. Unfortunately my partner &amp;amp; I, who married just before the election, were in no mood. Prop 8 is cruel and I am feeling suspicious and angry. Though I know most the people in my </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/455349266362719335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/455349266362719335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225939740000#c455349266362719335' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995</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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1398196999657842388</id><published>2008-11-05T20:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T20:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yesterday was thrilling, driving folks to the poll...</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday was thrilling, driving folks to the polls on the south side of Madison, laughing while they got juggling lessons in the back seat of the van, while kids ran after us cheering enthusiastically, getting back to the campaign office just in time to hear that Ohio had been called for Obama. Feeling like all those slivers had added up, that democracy had functioned meaningfully on a national </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/1398196999657842388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/1398196999657842388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225934460000#c1398196999657842388' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6095268832683725020</id><published>2008-11-05T17:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T17:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Matt, Javier--Obama&#39;s voice saying &quot;I oppose same-...</title><summary type='text'>Matt, Javier--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Obama&#39;s voice saying &quot;I oppose same-sex marriage&quot; was used in Yes on 8 robocalls, too. I received one. His opposition to 8 may have been a fact but it was lost on his base. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curtis--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yeah, I prefer Obama to McCain ... but celebrate??? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I understand strategy, etc, and the but how can I celebrate the victory of a man who is willing to throw gays (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/6095268832683725020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/6095268832683725020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225925460000#c6095268832683725020' title=''/><author><name>John B-R</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01041221232768939991</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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-574567698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-869098227033273999</id><published>2008-11-05T14:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T14:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>john b-r:Sentiments aside, one thing to remember a...</title><summary type='text'>john b-r:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sentiments aside, one thing to remember about American voting:  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;America is a huge country--like China and Russia and India.  It&#39;s divided into regions, provinces almost, which--despite media and transportation homogenization--are still vastly different in outlook and tradition.  The nine Bay Area Counties all voted (I think) against Prop 8.  It was the rest of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/869098227033273999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/869098227033273999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225914540000#c869098227033273999' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8269149795364563373</id><published>2008-11-05T14:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T14:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The organized get out the vote effort yesterday --...</title><summary type='text'>The organized get out the vote effort yesterday -- and in many places, such as Washoe County Nevada it started days and days before (due to early voting)) -- was extraordinary. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also extraordinary was how the BOH campaign melded (?) community organizing principles to the internet in the months and months before election day. Hundreds of thousands of names so gathered, with many giving, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/8269149795364563373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/8269149795364563373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225913880000#c8269149795364563373' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7837549390588401064</id><published>2008-11-05T14:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T14:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Huge congrats on both the World Series and the Wor...</title><summary type='text'>Huge congrats on both the World Series and the World Serious victories. Let us know how many millions you win with that lottery ticket!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/7837549390588401064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/7837549390588401064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225913460000#c7837549390588401064' title=''/><author><name>Steve Caratzas</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221547121279731283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.robertquine.com/blogimages/spc_cutout.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1051147615"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1161780957738023422</id><published>2008-11-05T14:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T14:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The passing of Prop. 8 in California is heartbreak...</title><summary type='text'>The passing of Prop. 8 in California is heartbreaking. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And, yes, the high turn-out of black voters probably didn&#39;t help the No on 8 cause. The &quot;Latino vote&quot;, too, by the way also seems to be divided on the issue. It is a complex problem: why would a state that voted so overwhelming for Obama vote to ban gay marriage. Will &quot;change&quot; now begin to be qualified?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To Obama&#39;s credit, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/1161780957738023422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/1161780957738023422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225913040000#c1161780957738023422' title=''/><author><name>javier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08255808577088503182</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_WGtQZLU-M8w/R6rCs7n7fSI/AAAAAAAAAAQ/TT9tVjjJR4w/S220/DSC00195.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1533146441"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-804509895947512350</id><published>2008-11-05T13:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T13:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama was against prop. 8</title><summary type='text'>Obama was against prop. 8</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/804509895947512350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/804509895947512350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225911480000#c804509895947512350' 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://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SKc8UMRiyeI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/mInUuxveZbU/S220/Photo+8.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-691506879894406692</id><published>2008-11-05T13:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T13:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I like to think of it as my blog being one of the ...</title><summary type='text'>I like to think of it as my blog being one of the few with comments from the Amish .... ;-)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/691506879894406692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/691506879894406692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225911360000#c691506879894406692' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6072483748878149041</id><published>2008-11-05T13:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T13:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It was like that moment at the end of Return of th...</title><summary type='text'>It was like that moment at the end of Return of the Jedi when Anakin sort of reappears. McCain, for a few minutes, was 2000 McCain, and not Reverse Maverick, listening to Karl Rove to win an election.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Consider your comment stream officially geekified with the Star Wars reference.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/6072483748878149041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/6072483748878149041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225910100000#c6072483748878149041' title=''/><author><name>Amish Trivedi</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839976680249253602</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/661905087_10a77a8653.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-832955061"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9162091221590399422</id><published>2008-11-05T11:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T11:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Poem For The Day After Election Day, or, In This S...</title><summary type='text'>Poem For The Day After Election Day, or, In This Simulacrum of So-Called History, Jim Crow Or Worse Is Still Alive, and Guess Who Supports It?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mr Yes We Can&lt;BR/&gt;Said No You Can’t&lt;BR/&gt;To same-sex couples.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His words were used&lt;BR/&gt;In ads to help&lt;BR/&gt;Pass California’s Proposition 8.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who voted overwhelmingly for&lt;BR/&gt;This new permanent stain?&lt;BR/&gt;His African-American base.&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/9162091221590399422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/9162091221590399422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225903200000#c9162091221590399422' title=''/><author><name>John B-R</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01041221232768939991</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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-574567698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7426818668407374729</id><published>2008-11-05T09:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T09:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My one and only campaign work was for Kennedy, in ...</title><summary type='text'>My one and only campaign work was for Kennedy, in 1959.  I wore a little white plastic hat, and went door to door, handing out leaflets and promoting the Democratic ticket.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In 1959, people where we lived still didn&#39;t lock their doors, and it was unthinkable that any child or teenager might be at risk, wandering alone in neighborhoods.  Today, it would be difficult to imagine that.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/7426818668407374729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/7426818668407374729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225896600000#c7426818668407374729' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-358016127410132348</id><published>2008-11-05T09:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T09:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, are you kidding? I hope you&#39;re kidding. McCai...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, are you kidding? I hope you&#39;re kidding. McCain&#39;s speech was 98 percent damage control. The speech was written by someone else, and a truer glimpse of McKKKain&#39;s own sentiment is to be found in his non-scripted debate moments.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On the other hand, Obama&#39;s speech was a tearjerker. Profound, beautiful, moving.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/358016127410132348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4834538656359817162/comments/default/358016127410132348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html?showComment=1225894920000#c358016127410132348' 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/2008/11/one-great-irony-last-night-was-that.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4834538656359817162' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4834538656359817162' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-867727005"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2008"/></entry></feed>