<?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-9828899.post112401498064011573..comments</id><updated>2007-02-19T09:17:16.841-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on bridgesitter: The Noble Sacrifice of Kevin Benderman</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/feeds/112401498064011573/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html'/><author><name>bridgesitter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10048082421930616620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112456841588302088</id><published>2005-08-20T13:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-20T13:06:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I should've said  "... with it's subsequent incons...</title><content type='html'>I should've said  "... with it's subsequent inconsolable sorrow and grief."</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112456841588302088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112456841588302088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html?showComment=1124568360000#c112456841588302088' title=''/><author><name>Donna Lee Michas</name><uri>http://paradoxity.typepad.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112401498064011573' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/posts/default/112401498064011573' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112456796123230435</id><published>2005-08-20T12:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-20T12:59:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>"I know what a chunk it tears from ... my soul ......</title><content type='html'>"I know what a chunk it tears from ... my soul ... [and] for most parents who have the brightest part of their lives snuffed out to serve some part of an incomprehensible machine."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There simply is no better way to capture the essence of unjust wars, so I felt compelled to repeat what you wrote. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thank you for that most complete expression of true tragedy ~ &lt;EM&gt;preventable&lt;/EM&gt; premature death, sorrow and grief.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112456796123230435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112456796123230435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html?showComment=1124567940000#c112456796123230435' title=''/><author><name>Donna Lee Michas</name><uri>http://paradoxity.typepad.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112401498064011573' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/posts/default/112401498064011573' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112433938977112177</id><published>2005-08-17T21:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-17T21:29:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I am award-winning journalist with a project, Rumi...</title><content type='html'>I am award-winning journalist with a project, Ruminations on America (www.ruminationsonamerica.blogspot.com). I have called for essays from coast to coast on true core values and the current state of the union and I would like to invite you and your readers to participate. The last few essays might interest you greatly as well (including the essay Camilo Mejia wrote for Iraq Veterans Against the War about Sergeant Benderman and an essay from a Veterans for Peace member who rode to Crawford with Cindy Sheehan).</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112433938977112177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112433938977112177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html?showComment=1124339340000#c112433938977112177' title=''/><author><name>Eureka Dejavu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04867220906860526295</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112401498064011573' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/posts/default/112401498064011573' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112407173741265384</id><published>2005-08-14T19:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-14T19:08:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes it is, Ed Williams is a wonderful writer.</title><content type='html'>Yes it is, Ed Williams is a wonderful writer.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112407173741265384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112407173741265384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html?showComment=1124071680000#c112407173741265384' title=''/><author><name>bridgesitter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10048082421930616620</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12841098014746246089'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112401498064011573' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/posts/default/112401498064011573' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112405738160159511</id><published>2005-08-14T15:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-14T15:09:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Incredible post, Bridge!</title><content type='html'>Incredible post, Bridge!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112405738160159511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/112401498064011573/comments/default/112405738160159511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html?showComment=1124057340000#c112405738160159511' title=''/><author><name>Aravis</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16552457383913002791</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://bridgesitter.blogspot.com/2005/08/noble-sacrifice-of-kevin-benderman.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9828899.post-112401498064011573' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9828899/posts/default/112401498064011573' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>