<?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/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622829.post116754925315030480..comments</id><updated>2007-04-16T19:12:57.950-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Living In The Surreal World: Thought for the Day</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lesbates.blogspot.com/feeds/116754925315030480/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5622829/116754925315030480/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lesbates.blogspot.com/2006/12/thought-for-day_31.html'/><author><name>Leslie Bates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10928555454437303212</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622829.post-116771208968986447</id><published>2007-01-01T22:28:09.690-06:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T22:28:09.690-06:00</updated><title type='text'>One of the points that Ayn Rand made when she wrot...</title><summary type='text'>One of the points that Ayn Rand made when she wrote ATLAS SHRUGGED was that when a threat is made against one's job (or other form of material support) it is in effect a threat against one's life. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As I point out in the previous post the parasite cannot live in a society where social and economic relationships are based on consent. Liberty IS death to them. The parasite needs to compel </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5622829/116754925315030480/comments/default/116771208968986447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5622829/116754925315030480/comments/default/116771208968986447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lesbates.blogspot.com/2006/12/thought-for-day_31.html?showComment=1167712089690#c116771208968986447' title=''/><author><name>Leslie Bates</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12578834069353377567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://lesbates.blogspot.com/2006/12/thought-for-day_31.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622829.post-116754925315030480' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5622829/posts/default/116754925315030480' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622829.post-116766945024763457</id><published>2007-01-01T10:37:30.246-06:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T10:37:30.246-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Those with advanced BDS are practically foaming at...</title><summary type='text'>Those with advanced BDS are practically foaming at the mouth over the fact that a genocidal facist has been removed from the gene pool.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course, those folks are so far removed from the shared reality of rational adults, that they wouldn't know an actual facist even if one had their jackboot on their throat.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5622829/116754925315030480/comments/default/116766945024763457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5622829/116754925315030480/comments/default/116766945024763457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lesbates.blogspot.com/2006/12/thought-for-day_31.html?showComment=1167669450246#c116766945024763457' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11817671491339442729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://lesbates.blogspot.com/2006/12/thought-for-day_31.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5622829.post-116754925315030480' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5622829/posts/default/116754925315030480' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>