<?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.post8551913982352760439..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/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.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>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4917097015149116231</id><published>2010-01-01T15:19:41.741-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T15:19:41.741-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We shouldn&amp;#39;t dismiss the idea that Palin, Pali...</title><summary type='text'>We shouldn&amp;#39;t dismiss the idea that Palin, Palin, Limbaugh , Beck or, choke, Ted Nugent can become President. The electorate twice elected GW Bush and a host of other fringe-clinging hard righters, a combination that has done the country no good favor.The GOP and the like understand how to work The Big Lie, and have shown a genius at manipulating a general discontent among voters, convincing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/4917097015149116231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/4917097015149116231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262377181741#c4917097015149116231' title=''/><author><name>Ted Burke</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C89YLyBFNJ0/ScOlFsNlqiI/AAAAAAAACKY/nr0_xDYD8uU/S220/DSCF2074.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368526798"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-176875762377086071</id><published>2010-01-01T13:08:56.165-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T13:08:56.165-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I for one:&#xa;&#xa;blue moon&#xa;I&amp;#39;ve just turned over &#xa;a...</title><summary type='text'>I for one:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;blue moon&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve just turned over &lt;br /&gt;a new leaf&lt;br /&gt;but, I am keeping it to&lt;br /&gt;my self&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;when next at IU  &lt;br /&gt;DO check out The Lilly Library  especially what&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks to Ruth Lilly is archived there&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in the basement is the Kerouc scroll  intact&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;save for the last little bit that some dog ate!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have a good </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/176875762377086071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/176875762377086071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262369336165#c176875762377086071' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2450420686799658189</id><published>2010-01-01T11:47:20.180-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T11:47:20.180-05:00</updated><title type='text'>With comments like Kirby&amp;#39;s maybe the warning s...</title><summary type='text'>With comments like Kirby&amp;#39;s maybe the warning should have included:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen. Be careful in here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/2450420686799658189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/2450420686799658189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262364440180#c2450420686799658189' title=''/><author><name>Annandale Dream Gazette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2669766728655697188</id><published>2009-12-31T17:51:27.289-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T17:51:27.289-05:00</updated><title type='text'>sillyman flashes a badge!&#xa;&#xa;wow.a silly show, and s...</title><summary type='text'>sillyman flashes a badge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wow.a silly show, and silly post, with the typical neo-liberal alarmism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarah Palin&amp;#39;s no scarier than ....Lieberdems</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/2669766728655697188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/2669766728655697188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262299887289#c2669766728655697188' 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/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6586110306495567871</id><published>2009-12-31T17:29:44.858-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T17:29:44.858-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There should be some kind of ban on smart people b...</title><summary type='text'>There should be some kind of ban on smart people becoming president.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What we need is a kind of Gomer Pyle, or a Peg Bundy, some kind of Forrest Gump.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The smart people overthink everything and the world just gets worse and worse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People hated Little Bush, but he wiped out Islamic terrorism in his administration (it&amp;#39;s coming back now that we have a smart guy </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/6586110306495567871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/6586110306495567871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262298584858#c6586110306495567871' 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/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5179606153401376165</id><published>2009-12-31T11:11:00.379-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T11:11:00.379-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another interesting thing about evil empires is th...</title><summary type='text'>Another interesting thing about evil empires is that even in defeat, they continue to present overwhelmingly insoluble problems.  PBS did a documentary about Russia recently, concluding (sort of) at the end, that fascism was the likely consequence there at some point in the near future.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;China, despite its attempt to remain &amp;quot;Communist&amp;quot; (i.e., a dictatorship), has become the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/5179606153401376165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/5179606153401376165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262275860379#c5179606153401376165' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2111122859954053497</id><published>2009-12-31T10:30:08.595-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T10:30:08.595-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;There is absolutely no reason that Sarah Pal...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;There is absolutely no reason that Sarah Palin, Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck or even Ted Nugent could not become president.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;there are plenty of reasons. i wouldn&amp;#39;t worry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/2111122859954053497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/2111122859954053497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262273408595#c2111122859954053497' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SXXMvQ7yRrI/AAAAAAAAAWs/iHgQG5bXM88/S220/Photo+8.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3034925840236903392</id><published>2009-12-31T10:20:27.933-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T10:20:27.933-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Glad to see you&amp;#39;ve shed the silly self-indulge...</title><summary type='text'>Glad to see you&amp;#39;ve shed the silly self-indulgence of 60s youth, prone always to look for the wrongs in someone else&amp;#39;s yard. A lot haven&amp;#39;t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I doubt young poets can say this today: haven&amp;#39;t lived a full half-century (or so) it takes to do it.It&amp;#39;s a nasty, brutish world run by unscrupulous self-interested &amp;#39;bubble-heads&amp;#39;, always have been always will be. I&amp;#39;m </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/3034925840236903392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/3034925840236903392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262272827933#c3034925840236903392' title=''/><author><name>Conrad DiDiodato</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WYu0QSkXE9I/RrfUh0dvuKI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q66ZnGQXpSY/s400/IMG_0272.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-610431874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5494111723955764099</id><published>2009-12-31T08:45:56.512-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T08:45:56.512-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, yes, thanks for the reminder.  I vow to be vi...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, yes, thanks for the reminder.  I vow to be vigilant and stay on duty.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/5494111723955764099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/5494111723955764099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262267156512#c5494111723955764099' title=''/><author><name>Nada Gordon:  2 ludic 4 U</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01448534316756256503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X-R2gU6jEQU/SchM7MkzE2I/AAAAAAAAAXY/d4U3BdcAh30/s1600-R/3371332775_79e8b4eb4f_s.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1564832188"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5514431132985242771</id><published>2009-12-31T08:20:58.261-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T08:20:58.261-05:00</updated><title type='text'>yeah&#xa;&#xa;be careful&#xa;&#xa;especially in this .com era..&#xa;&#xa;w...</title><summary type='text'>yeah&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;be careful&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;especially in this .com era..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;which has created a culture of cowards!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anything and everything you say  on the net, in an email on you twitter, facebook, utube, etc&lt;br /&gt;will &amp;quot;come back to haunt&lt;br /&gt; you&amp;quot;  10,000 fold...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;best you learn how to repair your own toilet</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/5514431132985242771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/5514431132985242771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html?showComment=1262265658261#c5514431132985242771' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2584583379283158347</id><published>2009-12-31T01:59:55.660-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T01:59:55.660-05:00</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/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/2584583379283158347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8551913982352760439/comments/default/2584583379283158347'/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/michael-conrad-1925-1983-ten-years-ago.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8551913982352760439' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8551913982352760439' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2009"/></entry></feed>