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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark
Oops.
Why not just stay off his blog.
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark
I may move to L.A. some day.
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark
Ouch! Then again, I’m old enough to remember when Democrats cheered Code Pink. Not my personal style, but the establishment cannot be mocked enough anymore, IMO.
Hi, guys and gals.
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the diary post NSA Surveillance: Diversions From The Message Aren’t Working by E. F. Beall.
You made a comparison to Nixon. The NSA scandal shows that Obama is worse than both Nixon and Bush. It’s unprecedented. We’re talking about proto-fascism. Not garden-variety criminality (Nixon) or fear-stricken empty suit bungling (Bush). This one is worse, because it shows the whole system is rotten. It shows the presidency–not Democratic or Republican leadership–but the [...]
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the diary post NSA Surveillance: Diversions From The Message Aren’t Working by E. F. Beall.
Thank you E.F. for this essay. It has certainly provoked a lot of thought. As far as everyone’s having known this all along, if only they were paying attention, no one in D.C. seems to be acting as though all Snowden releasted was old news from 2006. Howard Dean said he was shocked about the [...]
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the diary post NSA Surveillance: Diversions From The Message Aren’t Working by E. F. Beall.
The sideshow of partisanship (with the usual scandals that get aired in the second term) is the diversion, from the collapse of rule of law in this country.
Hammer. Nailhead.
But they don’t strike at the heart of our democracy like this does. This is the government turning on its own citizens.
I am not sure [...]
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the diary post NSA Surveillance: Diversions From The Message Aren’t Working by E. F. Beall.
Not really. NSA surveillance long pre-dated the AP scandal, in which a single newsgathering organization was surveilled, supposedly to find out who made a specific leak to it. Rather than the NSA stuff being an extension of the AP “scandal,” AP is but one tiny part of the Bill of Rights violations inherent in the [...]
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the diary post NSA Surveillance: Diversions From The Message Aren’t Working by E. F. Beall.
From my perspective, who’s in the White House-what jersey he wears-is irrelevant.
I agree in great part, but also disagree in great part. Unequivocally and emphatically, yes, the issues are what matter, not (D) versus (R). However, the (D) versus (R) issue seems to consume the majority of Americans, often to the point of altering their [...]
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the diary post NSA Surveillance: Diversions From The Message Aren’t Working by E. F. Beall.
It doesn’t have to be “either or.” The Snowden story could be cover for both (1) “scandals” unrelated to the NSA story and (2) worse things that the NSA and our government in general have been doing to us in the name of protecting us (as well as protecting them from us). Doubt D.C. is averse to [...]
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the diary post Whistleblowers: Seize the Moment by MSPB Watch.
I was disappointed to read in one of Kevin Gosztola’s excellent diaries that Ellsberg was critical of Manning at one point. It certainly has not been forty years since Manning’s courageous whistleblowing, so Ellsberg is skipping right over Manning in this praise of Snowden. Reading Ellsberg’s wiki, it seems that Ellsberg was much more involved [...]
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
I have no idea how to say “you’re most welcome” in Hawaiian, but you’re most welcome. Think I’ll take off now. Have beautiful dreams Suzanne and CTut.
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
Maybe because, back in the day, dads were not as engaged with kids as they are now? Also, they tended to be the disciplinarians.
Sure, some looked up to their Dads and some Dads did the fun things with kids, but the one who cooked and took care of them when they were ill was usually mama. My Father in Law’s mom had 14 kids and took in her brother and his son when her sister in law died or left.
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
I don’t remember specifically that Fort Devens had to close. But, I do remember the sky dumping on us every few days circa 1994, though I can’t swear that was the year.
The roads and most of the streets get snowplowed, but I don’t drive and the sidewalks are hit and miss. Boston is not very good about handing out tickets for failure to clean off the sidewald,
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
In a few minutes, I will head out to poke around he board some more to see what I may have missed today.
I just wanted to say hi to you and Suzanne as the time difference usually has me missing LLN. Also, as I said, I wasn’t sure if you had an obligation to hang here waiting for someone to show up.
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
Once you let go of Boston weather, it’s easy to be happy in Boston, too, I think.
Being grateful for all kinds of weather was one of my few huge epiphanies. Until then, I resented the weather a lot.
In the 1990s, we had one huge blizzard after another. Of course, global warming makes living in the Northeast somewhat easier.
I find gratitude to be a great tranquilizer. Not many negative side effects, either.
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
Anything for you, CTuttle.
I just searched the song title. There are other versions, too.
Must have been hard to choose between Monroe and Lee in Fathers’ Days past, I guess.
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
Seems as though a lot of FDLers are still celebrating the holidy.
If I hadn’t shown up, would you have taken off, or do you have to keep the thread open for a certain time?
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
Fine, as far as I know, CTuttle, though I have not taken a poll.
According to Twitter tweets, you are living in one of the two happiest states in the union. I’m not sure where Massachusetts falls.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57586920/tweets-may-show-way-to-saddest-city-in-the-u.s/
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
My Heart Belongs to Daddy-Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCuIyA7kXvI
(I had no idea that she had sung this.)
Peggy Lee version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjKj1tQrOcg
(I had no idea she did this either.)
And what I believe was the original, Mary Martin
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nixonclinbushbama commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: I Got You
Hi guys. I logged on to poke around FDL and post a bit, but I wanted to say hi and thank CTuttle for devoting part of his Fathers’ Day to serenading FDL.
Happy Fathers’ Day, CTuttle! Hope you had a pleasant one.
Hi, Suzanne.
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