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Kennedy Jr.'/><category term='Veteran&apos;s Administration'/><title type='text'>Comments on Billy Rubin's Blog: A Dose of Christmas Humbug</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.billyrubinsblog.org/feeds/3860568071209100698/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7655407863660711763/3860568071209100698/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.billyrubinsblog.org/2009/12/dose-of-christmas-humbug.html'/><author><name>Billy Rubin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04850166742797443954</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655407863660711763.post-1475817499901974360</id><published>2009-12-28T08:07:39.073-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T08:07:39.073-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Not sure if becoming more extreme will have health...</title><content type='html'>Not sure if becoming more extreme will have healthy long-term effects. The problem in a system with non-linear feedback is that reactions can reinforce each other to the point where they tear the system apart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that another answer is for more moderate citizens to support canditates who run against extreme ones. Essentially passing the extremist &amp;quot;litmus test&amp;quot; would give the opposing candidate access to financial resources from a national organization.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7655407863660711763/3860568071209100698/comments/default/1475817499901974360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7655407863660711763/3860568071209100698/comments/default/1475817499901974360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.billyrubinsblog.org/2009/12/dose-of-christmas-humbug.html?showComment=1262005659073#c1475817499901974360' title=''/><author><name>Joe</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.billyrubinsblog.org/2009/12/dose-of-christmas-humbug.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7655407863660711763.post-3860568071209100698' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7655407863660711763/posts/default/3860568071209100698' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1192708332'/></entry></feed>
