<?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-1925568113329975261.post400259007934911724..comments</id><updated>2010-05-12T18:13:34.679-06:00</updated><category term='Trash talk'/><category term='Doing Nothing'/><category term='Hate'/><category term='Political Humor'/><category term='World Problems'/><category term='Political Parody'/><category term='Evil'/><category term='Taxes'/><category term='Terrorism'/><category term='Parody'/><category term='Afghanistan'/><category term='simple philosophy'/><category term='government'/><category term='Bubba'/><category term='Greenspan'/><category term='Wars'/><category term='Hypocrisy'/><category term='Political Satire'/><category term='Jessica Stern'/><category term='Internet Security'/><category term='Blogging'/><category term='evildoers'/><category term='Montana'/><category term='gun rights'/><category term='Satire'/><category term='Solzhenitsyn'/><category term='Obama'/><category term='Humor'/><category term='Brady Bill'/><category term='Racism'/><category term='Perception'/><category term='Bandwagon'/><category term='Middle East'/><category term='Equality'/><category term='National Rifle Association'/><category term='Alaska'/><title type='text'>Comments on Big Sky Vistas: Do We Treat People Like An Unbreakable Horse?</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/feeds/400259007934911724/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html'/><author><name>Dennis A Carroll</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10387226895914069178</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='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iIS7HMBJBkc/TbLrHhM1OFI/AAAAAAAABiM/SkgsGydMpV4/s220/1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-6005808628191187140</id><published>2009-08-01T19:48:28.154-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T19:48:28.154-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you all for leaving comments.  It makes the ...</title><content type='html'>Thank you all for leaving comments.  It makes the writing that much more fun.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/6005808628191187140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/6005808628191187140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1249177708154#c6005808628191187140' title=''/><author><name>Dennis A Carroll</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10387226895914069178</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='32' height='29' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UXfP4_jnDe8/SVGE06Cl4nI/AAAAAAAAADQ/vEyEFxePE1c/S220/2212.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1160795472'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-3004194079033735722</id><published>2009-08-01T16:07:42.424-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T16:07:42.424-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Excellent post. I&amp;#39;m going to link here from my...</title><content type='html'>Excellent post. I&amp;#39;m going to link here from my own blog. I want more people to read this.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/3004194079033735722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/3004194079033735722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1249164462424#c3004194079033735722' title=''/><author><name>enlightenedhorsemanship</name><uri>http://enlightenedhorsemanship.wordpress.com/</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://img1.blogblog.com/img/openid16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1791572179'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-2080007157731611570</id><published>2009-08-01T15:17:41.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T15:17:41.001-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Great post!  I came here from the carnival and am ...</title><content type='html'>Great post!  I came here from the carnival and am enjoying your writing style and your introspections.  I&amp;#39;ll be back!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/2080007157731611570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/2080007157731611570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1249161461001#c2080007157731611570' title=''/><author><name>Michelle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09290776916085658669</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><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1131841675'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-1390311983568189222</id><published>2009-07-17T08:37:31.606-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T08:37:31.606-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, folks.

I will never write something as th...</title><content type='html'>Thanks, folks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will never write something as thought provoking as Plato&amp;#39;s Republic, but in this piece I have tried to come close to duplicating the various levels that can be reached with the same words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you again.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/1390311983568189222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/1390311983568189222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1247841451606#c1390311983568189222' title=''/><author><name>Dennis A Carroll</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10387226895914069178</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='32' height='29' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UXfP4_jnDe8/SVGE06Cl4nI/AAAAAAAAADQ/vEyEFxePE1c/S220/2212.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1160795472'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-1175201934845799065</id><published>2009-07-17T08:17:24.925-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T08:17:24.925-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Dennis, I love your writing.  It&amp;#39;s so dynamic ...</title><content type='html'>Dennis, I love your writing.  It&amp;#39;s so dynamic and funny.  You really have a gift for sarcasm, not for sarcasm&amp;#39;s sake, but for making a humane point. I read your letter to the editor post above and this one on wild horses.  The first one had me laughing hysterically, and this nodding in enthusiastic agreement.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/1175201934845799065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/1175201934845799065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1247840244925#c1175201934845799065' title=''/><author><name>Nothing Profound</name><uri>http://wwwaphorismscom.blogspot.com</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://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-738716755'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-6314122159407760899</id><published>2009-07-17T06:12:15.721-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T06:12:15.721-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Dennis, not only was the thought provoking, it was...</title><content type='html'>Dennis, not only was the thought provoking, it was very well done!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can apply the &amp;quot;Hidden Parallel&amp;quot; to many different aspects of our lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;        Rudy</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/6314122159407760899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/6314122159407760899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1247832735721#c6314122159407760899' title=''/><author><name>Winded Bowhunter</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05680053667872473451</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><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1937025134'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-5661476173173361462</id><published>2009-06-23T17:28:50.032-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-23T17:28:50.032-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Timethief,
Thank you.

It is always nice to get co...</title><content type='html'>Timethief,&lt;br /&gt;Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is always nice to get comments, whether from horse people or non-horse people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great day.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/5661476173173361462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/5661476173173361462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1245799730032#c5661476173173361462' title=''/><author><name>Dennis A Carroll</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10387226895914069178</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='32' height='29' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UXfP4_jnDe8/SVGE06Cl4nI/AAAAAAAAADQ/vEyEFxePE1c/S220/2212.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1160795472'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-1759789892757903900</id><published>2009-06-23T17:24:52.181-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-23T17:24:52.181-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Well written. I&amp;#39;m a horse person too. Up until...</title><content type='html'>Well written. I&amp;#39;m a horse person too. Up until 2 years ago when I said goodbye to my last two,  horses have always been an important part of my life. I rescued and re-trained so-called &amp;quot;problem&amp;quot; horses and I also shaped some from birth onward. They taught me many lessons about living, loving and coping  with &amp;quot;problem&amp;quot; people.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/1759789892757903900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/1759789892757903900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1245799492181#c1759789892757903900' title=''/><author><name>timethief</name><uri>http://thistimethisspace.com</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://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-45764443'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-6204336425730565222</id><published>2009-06-20T22:02:12.819-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T22:02:12.819-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you, Albert.

I kind of liked it and wanted ...</title><content type='html'>Thank you, Albert.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I kind of liked it and wanted to share it with everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great day.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/6204336425730565222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/6204336425730565222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1245556932819#c6204336425730565222' title=''/><author><name>Dennis A Carroll</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10387226895914069178</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='32' height='29' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UXfP4_jnDe8/SVGE06Cl4nI/AAAAAAAAADQ/vEyEFxePE1c/S220/2212.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1160795472'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-3817471824560420296</id><published>2009-06-20T21:46:26.483-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T21:46:26.483-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Nicely done Dennis, nicely done.

Albert</title><content type='html'>Nicely done Dennis, nicely done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Albert</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/3817471824560420296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/400259007934911724/comments/default/3817471824560420296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html?showComment=1245555986483#c3817471824560420296' title=''/><author><name>Albert A Rasch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11431765456546701021</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='31' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_UyiffDFtfIU/R2GFH_WXf6I/AAAAAAAAAJk/TfPFMQiwTx8/S220/100_0090+c+small.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.bigskyvistas.com/2009/06/do-we-treat-people-like-unbreakable.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1925568113329975261.post-400259007934911724' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1925568113329975261/posts/default/400259007934911724' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-866493004'/></entry></feed>
