PBS showed Ken Burns Huey Long Documentary again tonight....

[jus_the_facts]

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/hueylong/






...I posted this youtube video after watching it again....just thought I'd share the Kingfish's words here too...for what it's worth.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=156110&mesg_id=156110

[RFKJrNews]

1. Thanks for posting

Saw the doc tonight and it's marvelous!

[jus_the_facts]

3. You're welcome....Randy Newman's song at the end is haunting to me now....

...since Katrina....guess we're doomed to keep repeating history...instead of ever learning from it. :(

[The Magistrate]

2. Nothing Like The Kingfish, Ma'am....

"Never write what you can phone; never phone what you can say; never say what you can nod; never nod what you can wink; never wink what you can smile."

[jus_the_facts]

4. Thanks Mr. Magistrate...

....seems some of the greatest men in our American history...who tried to make great changes for the betterment of ALL the people... ended up getting assassinated. :(

[The Magistrate]

5. He Was A Mixed Bag, Ma'am

I think very highly of him as a practical politician, but he suffered, shall we say, from the defects of his virtues. His greatest saving grace was his excellence in choosing enemies, with the exception of Mr. Roosevelt....

[jus_the_facts]

9. I agree with you...

....completely. :hi:

[pnorman]

6. I'm TV-free, and intend to stay that way for the forseeable future.

But here it is at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000BITUHK/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

I just put it in the Shopping Cart, and will most likely order it.

pnorman

[jus_the_facts]

12. I'm usually TV free...except for PBS...

..it's the only station I'll watch..once it all goes digital however...that's the end for me too...only DVD's after Feb. of next year.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

7. And he said this....

Fascism will come to America wrapped in the guise of patriotism.

[Rageneau]

8. My Dad's folks, who were poor rednecks from North Louisiana, revered him.

They said he gave a damn about poor people, brought them hospitals, roads and schools.

So of course he had to be assassinated by the usual "crazed lone gunman."

If the right wing would run out of crazed, lone gunmen, America might yet fulfil her dream.

[jus_the_facts]

11. As I stated above in response to The Magistrate.....

....yet in hindsight...I will never believe Oswald acted alone.

I'm from N.E. Louisiana too...what neck o'the woods did your parents live? :hi:

[jus_the_facts]

10. I have that quote on my journal page from the movie JFK...

"In the name of anti-fascism" - it will
come in the name of your security -
they call it "National Security," it
will come with the mass media
manipulating a clever concentration
camp of the mind. The super state
will provide you tranquility above
the truth, the super state will make
you believe you are living in the
best of all possible worlds, and in
order to do so will rewrite history
as it sees fit."

....and that's exactly what's happened...prophetic.