<?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:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7759411763742521019..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: Greg Ballard Unplugged</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7597944905105000310</id><published>2007-07-27T08:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T08:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>OOOOO..it got a rise out of her.  Excellent....</title><content type='html'>OOOOO..it got a rise out of her.  Excellent....</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/7597944905105000310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/7597944905105000310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html?showComment=1185543840000#c7597944905105000310' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7759411763742521019' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7759411763742521019' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="8:44 AM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-6403182794118646075</id><published>2007-07-26T13:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-26T13:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>In basic economics one learns of Gresham&#39;s Law whe...</title><content type='html'>In basic economics one learns of Gresham&#39;s Law whereby bad money drives out good. The anonymous nattering nabobs of negativity with personal attacks on other commenters drive out the good folk who dont conceal themselves cravenly behind the deceitful label of &quot;anonymous&quot;. Blogs are thus reduced to mendacious nonentities exchanging insults unchecked by reason or civility. Pitiful...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/6403182794118646075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/6403182794118646075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html?showComment=1185474360000#c6403182794118646075' title=''/><author><name>Wilson46201</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7759411763742521019' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7759411763742521019' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1419979273"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="1:26 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3353056457901214493</id><published>2007-07-26T08:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-26T08:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wilson: I FINALLY get it! All this time I&#39;ve been ...</title><content type='html'>Wilson: I FINALLY get it! All this time I&#39;ve been taking you seriously. I FINALLY got the joke: You&#39;re playing the part of a brain-numbed partisan kook who spent his entire life sucking off the public teat and can&#39;t generate an original thought due to the loss of all those brain cells in the &#39;60&#39;s. Very funny!! You should appear on the Daily Show with this character.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/3353056457901214493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/3353056457901214493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html?showComment=1185454980000#c3353056457901214493' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7759411763742521019' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7759411763742521019' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="8:03 AM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2678036762007582053</id><published>2007-07-25T18:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T18:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>McANA has long toiled in the vineyards of zoning a...</title><content type='html'>McANA has long toiled in the vineyards of zoning and Comprehensive Plan.  It&#39;s rough work, but they put in the thousands of hours required each year.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No thanks to the Judy Conleys of the world.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The 5:19 post is a scream. I laughed out loud and scared the dog.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And the Front Porch Alliance was a boondoggle.  The spirit was there, and it almost worked, but in the end, it was an abject failure.  It was Goldy&#39;s attempt to inject religion as subtly as possible into city government.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Odd for a man who ran from his religion for years.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I digress...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/2678036762007582053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/2678036762007582053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html?showComment=1185406080000#c2678036762007582053' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7759411763742521019' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7759411763742521019' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="6:28 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8590756667399152082</id><published>2007-07-25T18:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T18:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A mayoral candidate promising to work with existin...</title><content type='html'>A mayoral candidate promising to work with existing community groups? &lt;B&gt;WOW!!!&lt;/B&gt; Is he for God, motherhood and apple-pie too?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(Of course, the Right-to-Life crowd may have detailed questions about the motherhood part...)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/8590756667399152082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/8590756667399152082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html?showComment=1185405300000#c8590756667399152082' title=''/><author><name>Wilson46201</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7759411763742521019' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7759411763742521019' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1419979273"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="6:15 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8597919351955857708</id><published>2007-07-25T17:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T17:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wilson, as Ballard explained his intent with the F...</title><content type='html'>Wilson, as Ballard explained his intent with the Front Porch Alliance&quot; to me it is his intent to work closely with the existing network of neighborhood associations, which comprise MCANA. A feeble attempt on your part to use this as an excuse to link Ballard to Eric Miller</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/8597919351955857708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/8597919351955857708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html?showComment=1185404100000#c8597919351955857708' title=''/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7759411763742521019' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7759411763742521019' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1884480062"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="5:55 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5486005108287267394</id><published>2007-07-25T17:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T17:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Which 8 families does the Center Township Trustee ...</title><content type='html'>Which 8 families does the Center Township Trustee help. &lt;BR/&gt;1.Drummer Family&lt;BR/&gt;2.Duncan Family&lt;BR/&gt;3.McAtee Family&lt;BR/&gt;4.Peterson Family&lt;BR/&gt;5.Talley-Sanders Family&lt;BR/&gt;6.Gray Family&lt;BR/&gt;7.Brown Family&lt;BR/&gt;8.Spears Family.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Like Wilson says, thats just the first 2 hours of every day. Give to the rich and steal from the poor.&lt;BR/&gt;Sounds like a Democrat is in the Center Twsp. Trustees office.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/5486005108287267394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/5486005108287267394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html?showComment=1185401940000#c5486005108287267394' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7759411763742521019' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7759411763742521019' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1114923450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="5:19 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4309756319419115243</id><published>2007-07-25T17:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T17:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I was astounded to see Steve Goldsmith&#39;s creaky &quot;F...</title><content type='html'>I was astounded to see Steve Goldsmith&#39;s creaky &quot;Front Porch Alliance&quot; included. I recall a big press conference Mayor Goldsmith held praising 8 churches for helping eight families. Exactly sort of things churches should be doing but helping eight families is only about 2 hours work by the Center Township Trustees Office. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The old Front Porch Alliance was one of those faith-based political schemes... how close is Ballard to the Eric Miller wing of the GOP???</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/4309756319419115243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/7759411763742521019/comments/default/4309756319419115243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html?showComment=1185401460000#c4309756319419115243' title=''/><author><name>Wilson46201</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2007/07/greg-ballard-unplugged.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7759411763742521019' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/7759411763742521019' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1419979273"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="5:11 PM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>