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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:50 AM Original message |
Some eerily pertinent yet soothing words from Thomas Jefferson |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Unfortunaltely................... |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So what can be done about it? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. You know that Elizabeth Edwards posted that quote here about a week |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I got in in an email from a coworker (actually an upper exec at our corp) |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Ask him where he got it, because it looks like he knows someone who knows |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Given his position in the company I think I'll pass on that. I only know |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Maybe he monitors computer usage and he's trying to confess to everyone |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I agree - it could be someone scooped it up from DU put it in an e-mail |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:15 AM Original message |
I know I passed that quote around quite a bit |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. Barbara Streisand put it on her blog 3 days after Edwards posted it here. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 01:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
47. He could have written it himself - he and a coworker have been reading |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It depends on whether that letter had been published anywhere prominent |
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Pikku (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
70. Didn't Garrison Keillor read it last week on PHC? |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I do remember him quoting oft that day! |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think this statement should become the DU Maxim |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I hope I'm not being too PC |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well you need to get over it - he's using metaphor not being literal |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I'll get over it when Christians apologize for the milllions of burnings |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You sound just like the people who want to ban Huck Finn cause it has |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Jefferson rocks |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. There is a big difference |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh my God |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. How do you feel about the Eagles' Witchy Woman? |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Or the "Witch Winds of November" which sank the Edmond Fitzgerald? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Gotta go with 'Season of the Witch' by Donovan. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Frank Sinatra's "Witchcraft" |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Nick Drake on the lighter side of paganism. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. That's one of my favorite Sinatra songs and I wouldn't say that I'm a huge |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Its shameful the way Warren Zevon slandered the Brithish Lupine community |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:54 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Whatever. At least he knows to call a lawyer when the shit hits the fan. |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. We in the Lupine community prefer "trans-species," than you very much |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:37 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Next you'll be calling Mummies "Preserved-royalty" |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Don't get me started on the Hyper-pedal Nomadic Americans either. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. And post-death-brainovores |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Or Macbeth? |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Don't forget Harry Potter. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Right. Full-blooded witches: bad. Half-human half-witch: good. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:51 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Or Bugs Bunny |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Hi... |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Very well said indeed |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. I have to share this |
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Chelsea Patriot (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. "Fundamentalist lunatics"?! You're the one with literal reading! |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. LOL! |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Oh, for God's sake, toughen up. |
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ventvon (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
27. William "Jefferson" Clinton is related to Thomas Jefferson |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
32. Deleted message |
Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Oh, get over it. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Good Lord- Lighten up. We're all on the same damn side |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Umm...no |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Unless I'm way off, people who chose to self-identify as witches do so |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 01:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Huh? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. What does "Wiccan" mean to people though? |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. It's my religion |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. No one is making fun of you, seriously. We're kidding around. Listen, |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:00 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. There is a reason for that.. |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. This is an anonymous forum. You still haven't come out. |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:44 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. clarification |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Wiccans didn't coopt the term "witch" until 125 years after Jefferson's |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Let me say LiberalEsto -I respect your religion no doubt-please don't take |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 08:30 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. Wasn't that Alistaire Crowley's motto - or was his simply "Do what thou |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. What's the connection between "Wiccan" today and the witches that... |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Wicca is a religion |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:15 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. See, if it's something that started in the last 75 years and the people... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. And to add one more thing: |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. This may have been clarified above, but |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. good point. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
35. What happened in 1798 isn't as remote as you might think |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
44. Do you think the founding fathers called him Tommy? |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 01:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Maybe "Tom" -- I don't think "Tommy" had been invented yet |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 01:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Thats what I was thinking |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I heard Ben Franklin was fond of calling him "T-Money." |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. And Hamilton went by the monicker "10-Piece" |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
61. Oddest. Thread. Ever. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. We do our best - hey we're the creative class :-) |
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Wat_Tyler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. says 'Remedial' on the door. |
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