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href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>67</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4305839326771369943</id><published>2008-09-21T19:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T19:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/4305839326771369943'/><link rel='self' 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2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8616506569407190478</id><published>2008-09-21T18:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T18:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>this present Bush got 100 points for the signature...</title><summary type='text'>this present Bush got 100 points for the signature on his Daddie&#39;s check!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/bushiq.html</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/8616506569407190478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/8616506569407190478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1222035000000#c8616506569407190478' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3476247944220597814</id><published>2008-09-21T16:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T16:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>He has an IQ of 130 according to the NY Times.He&#39;s...</title><summary type='text'>He has an IQ of 130 according to the NY Times.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He&#39;s fine, he just has a viewpoint that is over most of our heads.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not kidding.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He has a vast vision of things, like Lincoln.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/3476247944220597814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/3476247944220597814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1222030260000#c3476247944220597814' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1261420153981715029</id><published>2008-09-20T22:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-20T22:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>george bush is a fucking idiot!america is so dumbe...</title><summary type='text'>george bush is a fucking idiot!&lt;BR/&gt;america is so dumbed-down that he seems intelligent!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the other guy is an empty suit...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/1261420153981715029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/1261420153981715029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221962880000#c1261420153981715029' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' 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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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6676135265170210903</id><published>2008-09-20T01:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-20T01:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Kirby --That is perhaps the most obnoxious post I...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Kirby --&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That is perhaps the most obnoxious post I have ever read.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Max, you must be new here. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;;-)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6676135265170210903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6676135265170210903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221889080000#c6676135265170210903' 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' 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Try living in Minnesota for a while and you&#39;ll find plenty of farmers who vote democrat. In fact, the democratic party in Minnesota is called the DFL, which stands for Democratic Farmer&#39;s League. There are a lot of hardworking, blue collar folks </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/1741170189809376306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/1741170189809376306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221871140000#c1741170189809376306' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-201036217"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-93075529893695249</id><published>2008-09-19T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-19T17:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A house divided cannot stand.Lincoln said that.  H...</title><summary type='text'>A house divided cannot stand.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lincoln said that.  He was very unpopular.  He freed the slaves.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Reagan called the Soviet Union an evil empire, and freed the peoples of Eastern Europe. Let freedom ring!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;W. is doing the same for Iraq and Afghanistan.  The women of those countries can now vote and in Afghanistan they have schools.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let freedom ring.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/93075529893695249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/93075529893695249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221859260000#c93075529893695249' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-641949073519472071</id><published>2008-09-19T17:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-19T17:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, I know there are moderate Democrats, but I ne...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, I know there are moderate Democrats, but I never meet them.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I meet moderate Republicans who are well-mannered, tolerant, and much easier for me to talk with than the Democrats I meet.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Don&#39;t think about the rural skanks of Alabama. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The whole rural aspect of America votes Republican.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s the cities that vote Democratic.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The people I know who are</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/641949073519472071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/641949073519472071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221858960000#c641949073519472071' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8505270585373521461</id><published>2008-09-18T20:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T20:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>1) I think it&#39;s wrong for you to expect/extoll the...</title><summary type='text'>1) I think it&#39;s wrong for you to expect/extoll the &quot;cosmopolitanism&quot; of many on the right. I am a liberal who&#39;s pretty pissed off at a large segment of rural, conservative voters, but even I don&#39;t expect them to be &quot;cosmopolitan.&quot; I don&#39;t &lt;I&gt;want&lt;/I&gt; them or anybody else to be like me (hell, I wouldn&#39;t even call myself &quot;cosmopolitan&quot; even though I just moved to Korea), nor do I find it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/8505270585373521461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/8505270585373521461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221782400000#c8505270585373521461' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-201036217"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2096388270224870358</id><published>2008-09-18T11:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T11:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>McCain did live a big part of his early manhood ab...</title><summary type='text'>McCain did live a big part of his early manhood abroad.  He&#39;s a perfect example of your cosmopolitan ideal. Born in Panama, travelled quite a lot with his military family, spent 5 years in Vietnam, etc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;McCain matches Obama&#39;s cosmopolitanism.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t know how Palin stacks up to Biden in terms of foreign experience.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;America will still be here in four years no matter </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/2096388270224870358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/2096388270224870358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221750960000#c2096388270224870358' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4864329238290418693</id><published>2008-09-18T11:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T11:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have all kinds of people arguing with me to come...</title><summary type='text'>I have all kinds of people arguing with me to come back to the Democratic fold.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At present there is a mathematician from an Ivy League level school who writes to me daily, imploring and weighing very good evidence, but for some reason none of it goes to the heart of my despair with the left, which is probably more Orwellian than anything.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have the feeling that the left has </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/4864329238290418693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/4864329238290418693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221750780000#c4864329238290418693' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6689059357919961325</id><published>2008-09-17T20:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T20:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby --You live in New York, and I definitely thi...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby --&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You live in New York, and I definitely think that makes all the difference. We&#39;re not talking about the same &quot;hinterlands&quot; here. I grew up in a tiny, rural Connecticut town, and the main difference I noticed about the rural northeast and the rural south, for example, is that in the north people actually seem to venture out, at least in their younger years, even if they end up </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6689059357919961325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6689059357919961325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221696960000#c6689059357919961325' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-201036217"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1938625755979313052</id><published>2008-09-17T17:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T17:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Annandale, the first time I voted Republican was 2...</title><summary type='text'>Annandale, the first time I voted Republican was 2004. It was extremely difficult to do it.  It was almost like a leap of faith.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I had been thinking about it for a long time.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This year however I&#39;m going to vote for McCain and Palin as if it&#39;s a more or less done deal.  I would have preferred somebody even further to the right: Huckabee or Brownback, but it&#39;s partially because I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/1938625755979313052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/1938625755979313052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221687420000#c1938625755979313052' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2990152928865120493</id><published>2008-09-17T16:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T16:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>changed his &quot;ways&quot; in 1957?                A I Gth...</title><summary type='text'>changed his &quot;ways&quot; in 1957?&lt;BR/&gt;        &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;        A I G&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the three Buddhist evils that cause ALL suffering&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anger   Ignorance   Greed</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/2990152928865120493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/2990152928865120493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221684060000#c2990152928865120493' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4526009751165132288</id><published>2008-09-17T15:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T15:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What year was it when you changed your politics, K...</title><summary type='text'>What year was it when you changed your politics, Kirby?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/4526009751165132288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/4526009751165132288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221679380000#c4526009751165132288' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2737194091838548900</id><published>2008-09-17T11:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T11:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>there is all-sothe singing and the dancing...and &#39;...</title><summary type='text'>there is all-so&lt;BR/&gt;the singing and the dancing...and &#39;community&#39; (sangha)  include-ed/embraced&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;dervishing and shokeling&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;in fact Reb Bognar (at my old orthodox shul (on 8th and Eye St. N.E.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;used to sway so forcefully that he ended up on the other side of the room when he prayed!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;what did Nanao sakaki say?:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;sing&lt;BR/&gt;dance&lt;BR/&gt;leave</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/2737194091838548900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/2737194091838548900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221665220000#c2737194091838548900' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6721312500141778161</id><published>2008-09-17T10:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T10:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Max, I guess it makes sense except that it doesn&#39;t...</title><summary type='text'>Max, I guess it makes sense except that it doesn&#39;t.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My pastor for instance knows Greek and Latin and Hebrew and Aramaic and Coptic, and can speak German, French and Spanish, and he&#39;s been to Europe, to Vietnam, to South America and to Africa.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He understands the history of western philosophy and even knows relatively smaller philosophers like Hamann, and he knws ot he history </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6721312500141778161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6721312500141778161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221660420000#c6721312500141778161' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1444835320317842932</id><published>2008-09-17T07:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T07:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby --I think you&#39;re romanticizing the hinterlan...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby --&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think you&#39;re romanticizing the hinterlands. I lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama for 4 years, and what I saw outside the student population were very superficially nice, polite, outgoing people. The kind of people who&#39;d call you &quot;sir&quot; even though you&#39;re only 24 years old. But really, many of them are terribly judgmental, and all too eager to support legal measures whereby your life </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/1444835320317842932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/1444835320317842932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221649200000#c1444835320317842932' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-201036217"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-370638280873686512</id><published>2008-09-17T06:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-17T06:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>wld reply, KO, howeverit is in the 6 amand  I gott...</title><summary type='text'>wld reply, KO, however&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it is in the 6 am&lt;BR/&gt;and  I gotta go over to my&lt;BR/&gt;neighbor&amp;#39;s   got an huge rat last night via a spring-trap&lt;BR/&gt;and wanna dump it before &lt;BR/&gt;it starts tuh smell...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;then, later today, go over to my &amp;#39;x&amp;#39; s and replace the innards of&lt;BR/&gt;leaky toilet..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;then deposit my $400 SS check&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;read a page or two out of Martinique and&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/370638280873686512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/370638280873686512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221647460000#c370638280873686512' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6860234856586384628</id><published>2008-09-16T23:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-16T23:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>All those &quot;mean-spirited people&quot; have heard and pr...</title><summary type='text'>All those &quot;mean-spirited people&quot; have heard and probably read the 2nd amendment, which was squibbed by Madison.  They&#39;ve also read the first amendment, also by Madison.  And mostly they would approve of the picture of the shot moose.  To many people outside the cities hunting is not only a major recreational activity but a very important right, and a major food source.  In some houses around </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6860234856586384628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6860234856586384628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221622260000#c6860234856586384628' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6077612501581034441</id><published>2008-09-16T17:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-16T17:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6077612501581034441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/6077612501581034441'/><author><name>Georgie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8924898617634007976</id><published>2008-09-16T10:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-16T10:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby, what Ron was getting at was that labeling t...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby, what Ron was getting at was that labeling the New York Times as &quot;liberal&quot; elitist Leftists is inaccurate: They hire columnists who are also considered far Right, like Kristol and Brooks.  With the continuing consolidation of the media, there is the very real danger that big capital--which for the most part is who owns newspapers, and tv and radio stations--will push the spectral meter to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/8924898617634007976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/8924898617634007976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221576600000#c8924898617634007976' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7719563985030421380</id><published>2008-09-15T18:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-15T18:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>But how many people do you know like yourself who ...</title><summary type='text'>But how many people do you know like yourself who actually read outside of the left, Ron? I grant that you do, but it&#39;s very rare.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Going down even through your blog roll I would wager that 95% of those don&#39;t read outside their comfort zone, or if they do, it&#39;s with nervous snarky laughter, rather than with respect at trying to understand where someone from another position is coming from</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/7719563985030421380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/7719563985030421380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221516300000#c7719563985030421380' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4934456693727000413</id><published>2008-09-15T16:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-15T16:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, Kirby, I subscribe to the Wall Street Journa...</title><summary type='text'>Well, Kirby, I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal and have a brother ordained as a minister by the Assembly of God, and I think your rants like this are just sad and muddled. If you think that William Kristol and David Brooks are &quot;the left,&quot; you are completely confused. The guy who edits the NYT book review likewise is active on the right. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The left is so far ahead on the &quot;war of ideas</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/4934456693727000413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6463079058621170052/comments/default/4934456693727000413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html?showComment=1221509400000#c4934456693727000413' 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/2008/09/underestimating-gov.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6463079058621170052' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6463079058621170052' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 15, 2008"/></entry></feed>