<?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:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547</id><updated>2012-02-16T09:33:57.275Z</updated><category term='sovereign funds'/><category term='segregation in New York'/><category term='war on terror'/><category term='American values'/><category term='McCain'/><category term='US election'/><category term='insurgency'/><category term='healthcare'/><category term='iraq'/><category term='New York City'/><category term='foreign direct investment'/><category term='economy'/><category term='NY statistics'/><category term='Palin'/><category term='Wall Street'/><category term='Obama'/><category term='crisis'/><category term='globalization'/><category term='war'/><category term='capitalism'/><category term='pax americana'/><title type='text'>Quiet Connect</title><subtitle type='html'>Perennial Work in progress.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-5291258976775541377</id><published>2009-11-10T03:42:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-11-10T03:58:11.324Z</updated><title type='text'>The Quiet Connect</title><summary type='text'>Life is busy and by the by things pass in the manner we expect- with great difficulty and endless nuisance. Health-care is frontline, the environment hangs in the backdrop- sword of inertia drooping ominously above. The Financial sector is also going through an expected regulatory overhaul. The wars continue/the insurgents do their thing, an unfortunate fact for Pakistan and the world. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/5291258976775541377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2009/11/quiet-connect.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/5291258976775541377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/5291258976775541377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2009/11/quiet-connect.html' title='The Quiet Connect'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-8059525955088796387</id><published>2009-07-18T04:26:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-07-18T05:06:28.681Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American values'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capitalism'/><title type='text'>The Care for Health</title><summary type='text'>The entire point of the State is to protect it's citizens. For what other reason would men band together, adhere to specified values and customs, and even accept the authority of another human being, if not for the compact of mutual assistance when any individual's physical existence is imperiled?Sovereignty is held by the people, a principle established and reaffirmed at the creation of each </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/8059525955088796387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2009/07/care-for-health.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/8059525955088796387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/8059525955088796387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2009/07/care-for-health.html' title='The Care for Health'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/SmFS_kfgdjI/AAAAAAAAAEk/rTX01Yqynwc/s72-c/US-GreatSeal-eagle.svg.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-7764357283420285602</id><published>2009-04-23T05:51:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-07-18T05:05:04.108Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wall Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capitalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='globalization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Harnessing the power of the word "Clean"</title><summary type='text'>For the past few months my physical and mental space have been occupied almost exclusively by the global campaign to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and create a clean energy economy. So I haven't written anything, especially on a subject so dependent on science (that is too complicated and technical for me to have a worthwhile opinion on) as is climate change. However, here is my bit. Our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/7764357283420285602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2009/04/harnessing-power-of-word-clean.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/7764357283420285602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/7764357283420285602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2009/04/harnessing-power-of-word-clean.html' title='Harnessing the power of the word &quot;Clean&quot;'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/SfANlwrw4NI/AAAAAAAAAEc/zH-mJsYujwg/s72-c/earth_1_apollo17.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-2013943220850385186</id><published>2008-12-01T00:38:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-07-18T05:02:01.667Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American values'/><title type='text'>Virtues of Survival</title><summary type='text'>When you take leave of home, parting to begin the day's work, you do so with Faith. The Faith that somehow, in the grand scheme of things, today is not your last Farewell.  The road just begun is always besieged by Fear.  In the cold mathematical world of probabilities, there is always a chance of a random fluke event, that may change your life.  Fear will have you locked in a self constructed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/2013943220850385186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/12/virtues-of-survival.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/2013943220850385186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/2013943220850385186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/12/virtues-of-survival.html' title='Virtues of Survival'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/ST3kgXudYCI/AAAAAAAAADc/pz9xiVw0uFg/s72-c/Lrrh.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-2650234990374270299</id><published>2008-11-05T16:46:00.010Z</published><updated>2009-07-18T05:00:43.901Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wall Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='insurgency'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Last Remarks on a New Beginning</title><summary type='text'>The US  Election went as expected. The face of change, international cooperation and reform is the President-elect.Americans are proud- and hopeful. The future. . . however, is not bright. The most optimistic of Obama's supporters will likely be disenchanted, but I hope not.Now that November Fourth has passed, Wall Street will resume it's decline. Putin has already responded to our shift in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/2650234990374270299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/11/last-remarks-on-new-beginning.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/2650234990374270299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/2650234990374270299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/11/last-remarks-on-new-beginning.html' title='Last Remarks on a New Beginning'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/SRHX75RLY9I/AAAAAAAAACY/cJtgaLoayuc/s72-c/windowslivewritersmokeemifyougotem-12634obama-smoking2.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-891567705171606721</id><published>2008-09-17T16:31:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-09-26T16:03:22.257Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sovereign funds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American values'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pax americana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='McCain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capitalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foreign direct investment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='globalization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wall Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US election'/><title type='text'>"Once in a Century"</title><summary type='text'>THE SKY IS FALLING! On some, on others... not so much.  Many have debated whether or not there is a recession- in America, abroad or both. Certainly, after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and AIG this week many agree that there is a crisis of some sort. I am particularly fond of President Bush's choice of words: painful adjustments. The choice of words is, I feel, very apt. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/891567705171606721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/09/once-in-century.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/891567705171606721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/891567705171606721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/09/once-in-century.html' title='&quot;Once in a Century&quot;'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/SNExMx56UnI/AAAAAAAAACQ/B_L25ufcFbQ/s72-c/rooster2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-4920055491100634632</id><published>2008-09-01T23:15:00.013Z</published><updated>2008-09-06T21:19:22.924Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='McCain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Palin'/><title type='text'>McCain: Hungry? I guess not.</title><summary type='text'>




McCain on SNL in May, 2008Although Sen. Lieberman made a wonderful, compelling and undoubtedly true, case for Sen. McCain's brave dedication to our country, as the Republican party is engaged in what seems to be a very tasteful Convention; the Candidate has not shown any true desire to win these elections. Contributing factors such as: McCain's lifeless public appearances and public </summary><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=73feef64cee6c4b5&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/4920055491100634632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-hungry-i-guess-not.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/4920055491100634632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/4920055491100634632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-hungry-i-guess-not.html' title='McCain: Hungry? I guess not.'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-4246174275456411250</id><published>2008-08-08T00:51:00.008Z</published><updated>2008-09-26T15:55:15.869Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American values'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capitalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='globalization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Emergence of the Lost Word</title><summary type='text'>"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light."From the primordial energy extant before the Big Bang, we can imagine an emergent system, within which Deity is the primal unit that is giving impulse through the Word or Bang. The interactions of energy, which is neither created nor destroyed, but may be communicated, form extropic patterns. The tendency of a system is to create order from,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/4246174275456411250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/08/emergence-of-lost-word.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/4246174275456411250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/4246174275456411250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/08/emergence-of-lost-word.html' title='Emergence of the Lost Word'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/SJu3-HWyb5I/AAAAAAAAABw/Rf02PBnLCOw/s72-c/Ant+nest+tree.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-7393339499182932954</id><published>2008-04-23T07:11:00.007Z</published><updated>2008-09-26T16:07:40.718Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NY statistics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='segregation in New York'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='economy'/><title type='text'>Map: Segregation in NYC</title><summary type='text'>Anti-Discrimination Center New York Times articleNYT:Subprime loan graph</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/7393339499182932954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/map-segregation-in-nyc.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/7393339499182932954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/7393339499182932954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/map-segregation-in-nyc.html' title='Map: Segregation in NYC'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/SDnx-sAMg7I/AAAAAAAAABg/JlnQD0iPzI8/s72-c/nypdlarge.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-8091073913732716792</id><published>2008-04-20T09:36:00.013Z</published><updated>2008-09-26T15:59:21.736Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pax americana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='US election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war on terror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='insurgency'/><title type='text'>Whence We Came, Where to Now: Rebirth or Awakening?</title><summary type='text'>When not breathing the same air as those walking the halls of power, it is easy to forget exactly what privileges come with power. Amongst the most important perks is unrestrained access to information, analysis... One of the errors in interpretation that we have been primed to make, over the past eight years, is that the Bush administration somehow fumbled the ball when it came to the war in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/8091073913732716792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/whence-we-came-where-to-now-rebirth-or.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/8091073913732716792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/8091073913732716792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/whence-we-came-where-to-now-rebirth-or.html' title='Whence We Came, Where to Now: Rebirth or Awakening?'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/SAsvXdU67sI/AAAAAAAAABA/Qh6lV1nu5Co/s72-c/saddam_Rumsfeld%5B1%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-3949435080016401518</id><published>2008-04-08T22:35:00.009Z</published><updated>2008-09-26T16:06:14.911Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crisis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pax americana'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American values'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war on terror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='insurgency'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='globalization'/><title type='text'>On What is Folly in Times of Love and War</title><summary type='text'>Entangled in a new abstract war, that was announced at its beginning to be an experiment in a new type of warfare, we in the West are left wandering and lost in the forest of our own rhetoric. This historical period's scare is Terrorism, or the Insurgent. But, who are the Insurgents, and why are they terrorizing? The US military defines an insurgency as an organized movement aimed at the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/3949435080016401518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-what-is-folly-in-times-of-love-and.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/3949435080016401518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/3949435080016401518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-what-is-folly-in-times-of-love-and.html' title='On What is Folly in Times of Love and War'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_wLhjPJO3I/AAAAAAAAAA4/wvkfD-VSLoo/s72-c/elephant2_wideweb__470x334,0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598070913508634547.post-1286630626208466736</id><published>2008-04-07T05:28:00.012Z</published><updated>2008-09-26T16:06:14.913Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='American values'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='globalization'/><title type='text'>My Brother's Keeper</title><summary type='text'>We share the same mental and physical space. Neurons firing in the same body, sending our currents across the Earth's body in ever increasing amounts at higher velocities.Apparent chaos gives birth to the functional conception of individuality.I think I am, therefore I am separate.We are deluding ourselves into non-cooperative games by mutually assured distraction. A series of petty struggles </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/feeds/1286630626208466736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-brothers-keeper.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/1286630626208466736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4598070913508634547/posts/default/1286630626208466736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://quietconnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-brothers-keeper.html' title='My Brother&apos;s Keeper'/><author><name>Dubious Source Text</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12308645981640764094</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_vq-DPJO2I/AAAAAAAAAAw/qJ16mHLBwoo/S220/n14818249_36906787_3064.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_ubZdoVHyNNw/R_nGBjPJO0I/AAAAAAAAAAk/WdwOXvE7YDs/s72-c/gif2.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
