On 12/07/2012 08:24 PM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> 71 years and counting.
>
> I still remember.
>
> Lew
>
>
>
I honor it, but I don't remember it - it was 4 years before I was born.
How old are you, Lew?
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
> 71 years and counting.
>
> I still remember.
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"Doug Winterburn" wrote:
> I honor it, but I don't remember it - it was 4 years before I was
> born. How old are you, Lew?
--------------------------------------------------
75.
I was 4 that Sunday when they hit Pearl.
All I remember was my mother screaming when the news came
over the radio.
It wasn't until later that I understood that it meant war, but what
was
"war" to a 4+ year old.
Lew
"Larry Blanchard" wrote:
> Same here Lew - my father had already taught me to read the
> newspaper so
> I got the full effect over the next several days.
>
> Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, the first shuttle crash, and 9/11 - hard to
> forget any of those.
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Nor the loss of Bobby, Martin & John in one decade.
Lew
On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 12:23:33 -0500, "Existential Angst"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Monkey see, money do. Only, you have about a tenth of the brain power
of any monkey.
On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:40:57 -0500, Keith Nuttle wrote:
> On 12/8/2012 7:50 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
>> On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:05:48 -0800, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>
>>> "Larry Blanchard" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Same here Lew - my father had already taught me to read the newspaper
>>>> so
>>>> I got the full effect over the next several days.
>>>>
>>>> Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, the first shuttle crash, and 9/11 - hard to
>>>> forget any of those.
>>
>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------- Nor the
>>> loss of Bobby, Martin & John in one decade.
>>>
>>>
>> Much as I hate to dispell my liberal image, and I certainly don't
>> condone assassinations, none of those impressed me. John and Bobby
>> were just another pair of crooked politicians who couldn't keep it in
>> their pants. Precursors for Clinton.
>>
>> Martin was certainly a good spokesman for civil rights, but he was
>> initially talked into participating by a railroad porter. The porters
>> union was a lot more active in civil rights than most realize. When
>> King gave his famous speech, most folks don't even know that he was the
>> second speaker - the head of the porters union (Randolph) was the
>> first. And despite (or maybe because) being a Baptist preacher, he
>> couldn't stay zipped either.
>>
>> Yes, all three of them did some good, more than most of us will, but
>> they were a long way from being the saints a lot of people make them
>> out to be.
>>
> I wonder if Martin Luther King were alive today what he would think of
> the way the current generation has twisted his words and ideas. I do
> not think he would have approved of some of the things that are being
> done today in his name. From reading his speech and books he wanted the
> Afro Americans to be independent and proud of their race, not wards of
> the government, and relinquishing their independence for government
> support.
>
> Today I doubt there is a person alive who realizes it was the Democrats
> who stood on the school house steps and similar places to keep the
> Afro-Americans "in the back of the bus".
In Alabama the democrat emblem on the ballot was a white rooster with
the words "White Supremacy" on a banner around the bird.
That has been conveniently forgotten by most.
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Parko explained :
> On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:27:44 +1100, John G wrote:
>
>> Lew Hodgett laid this down on his screen :
>>>
>>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>>> 71 years and counting.
>>>>
>>>> I still remember.
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> "Doug Winterburn" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I honor it, but I don't remember it - it was 4 years before I was
>>>> born. How old are you, Lew?
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> 75.
>>>
>>> I was 4 that Sunday when they hit Pearl.
>>>
>>> All I remember was my mother screaming when the news came over the
>>> radio.
>>>
>>> It wasn't until later that I understood that it meant war, but what was
>>> "war" to a 4+ year old.
>>>
>>> Lew
>>
>> Gosh!
>> the 2nd World war was 2 years old by then.
>
> It was a bit older than that if you lived in China. BTW Darwin was bombed
> more heavily, more often than Pearl Harbour.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Darwin
Quite So.
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On 12/9/2012 11:59 AM, Dave wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Dec 2012 12:23:33 -0500, "Existential Angst"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Monkey see, money do. Only, you have about a tenth of the brain power
> of any monkey.
Didn't work for Keith (Unisaw A100), won't work for anyone else ...
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On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:27:44 +1100, John G wrote:
> Lew Hodgett laid this down on his screen :
>>
>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>>> 71 years and counting.
>>>
>>> I still remember.
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> "Doug Winterburn" wrote:
>>
>>> I honor it, but I don't remember it - it was 4 years before I was
>>> born. How old are you, Lew?
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 75.
>>
>> I was 4 that Sunday when they hit Pearl.
>>
>> All I remember was my mother screaming when the news came over the
>> radio.
>>
>> It wasn't until later that I understood that it meant war, but what was
>> "war" to a 4+ year old.
>>
>> Lew
>
> Gosh!
> the 2nd World war was 2 years old by then.
It was a bit older than that if you lived in China. BTW Darwin was bombed
more heavily, more often than Pearl Harbour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Darwin
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On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:22:30 -0800, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------- 75.
>
> I was 4 that Sunday when they hit Pearl.
Same here Lew - my father had already taught me to read the newspaper so
I got the full effect over the next several days.
Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, the first shuttle crash, and 9/11 - hard to
forget any of those.
--
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and
carrying a cross.
On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:05:48 -0800, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Larry Blanchard" wrote:
>
>> Same here Lew - my father had already taught me to read the newspaper
>> so
>> I got the full effect over the next several days.
>>
>> Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, the first shuttle crash, and 9/11 - hard to
>> forget any of those.
> ----------------------------------------------------------- Nor the loss
> of Bobby, Martin & John in one decade.
>
Much as I hate to dispell my liberal image, and I certainly don't condone
assassinations, none of those impressed me. John and Bobby were just
another pair of crooked politicians who couldn't keep it in their pants.
Precursors for Clinton.
Martin was certainly a good spokesman for civil rights, but he was
initially talked into participating by a railroad porter. The porters
union was a lot more active in civil rights than most realize. When King
gave his famous speech, most folks don't even know that he was the second
speaker - the head of the porters union (Randolph) was the first. And
despite (or maybe because) being a Baptist preacher, he couldn't stay
zipped either.
Yes, all three of them did some good, more than most of us will, but they
were a long way from being the saints a lot of people make them out to be.
--
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and
carrying a cross.
On 12/8/2012 7:50 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:05:48 -0800, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
>> "Larry Blanchard" wrote:
>>
>>> Same here Lew - my father had already taught me to read the newspaper
>>> so
>>> I got the full effect over the next several days.
>>>
>>> Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, the first shuttle crash, and 9/11 - hard to
>>> forget any of those.
>
>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------- Nor the loss
>> of Bobby, Martin & John in one decade.
>>
>
> Much as I hate to dispell my liberal image, and I certainly don't condone
> assassinations, none of those impressed me. John and Bobby were just
> another pair of crooked politicians who couldn't keep it in their pants.
> Precursors for Clinton.
>
> Martin was certainly a good spokesman for civil rights, but he was
> initially talked into participating by a railroad porter. The porters
> union was a lot more active in civil rights than most realize. When King
> gave his famous speech, most folks don't even know that he was the second
> speaker - the head of the porters union (Randolph) was the first. And
> despite (or maybe because) being a Baptist preacher, he couldn't stay
> zipped either.
>
> Yes, all three of them did some good, more than most of us will, but they
> were a long way from being the saints a lot of people make them out to be.
>
I wonder if Martin Luther King were alive today what he would think of
the way the current generation has twisted his words and ideas. I do
not think he would have approved of some of the things that are being
done today in his name. From reading his speech and books he wanted the
Afro Americans to be independent and proud of their race, not wards of
the government, and relinquishing their independence for government
support.
Today I doubt there is a person alive who realizes it was the Democrats
who stood on the school house steps and similar places to keep the
Afro-Americans "in the back of the bus".
On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:40:57 -0500, Keith Nuttle wrote:
> Today I doubt there is a person alive who realizes it was the Democrats
> who stood on the school house steps and similar places to keep the
> Afro-Americans "in the back of the bus".
I'm old enough to remember there were "Democrats" and there were
"Southern Democrats" (aka Dixiecrats) and never the twain should meet.
The Tea Party is the (more successful) Republican equivalent :-).
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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and
carrying a cross.
Lew Hodgett laid this down on his screen :
>
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> 71 years and counting.
>>
>> I still remember.
> --------------------------------------------------
> "Doug Winterburn" wrote:
>
>> I honor it, but I don't remember it - it was 4 years before I was born. How
>> old are you, Lew?
> --------------------------------------------------
> 75.
>
> I was 4 that Sunday when they hit Pearl.
>
> All I remember was my mother screaming when the news came
> over the radio.
>
> It wasn't until later that I understood that it meant war, but what was
> "war" to a 4+ year old.
>
> Lew
Gosh!
the 2nd World war was 2 years old by then.
--
John G