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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:12 PM
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I love Keith Olbermann.
Edited on Mon Mar-13-06 08:25 PM by ocelot
A news guy who quotes Yeats...!

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer.
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold..."
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XanaDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:14 PM
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1. I love him, too
:)
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:17 PM
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2. Actually,
he was quoting Sam Waterston's character in the Oliver Stone movie about Richard Nixon in a scene that was cut from the final edit.

Waterston's character quoted Yeats, and KO used that background to put it into a political frame of reference. Very slick.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:26 PM
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6. dew tell. w/ storms, I missed most of the show.
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:30 PM
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8. Where are you?
That's all - he just quoted Waterston quoting Yeats so that he could put it in the current political context. The story he did was about Bush's low ratings (I think - I was doing other stuff).

We're getting some storms tonight, but it'll just drop the temps 30 degrees or so. Wherever you are, stay safe.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:32 PM
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9. sud of Chi-town, and power be outaged til just now.
sw, actually.

the wind has been so strong, my dogs wanted in, not out.

same to you, 'cause, I'm becoming a muddle aged leftie lawyer.

:)
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:35 PM
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10. All right!
Good for you. I started law school in Chicago - loved it there.

I'm just now hearing about damage in Springfield, and remembering some time I spent in a Joliet cemetery one night.

You'll be a great leftie lawyer, I bet. Best of luck to you. (And remember that you'll learn everything you need in your Bar Review course...........)
:toast:
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 09:15 PM
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11. bin laden with practice for 20 yrs, but I've seen the light about
what is ethical, right and wrong.
So becoming a left-oriented lawyer is more of an awakening and a new honorable task, something that must be done, that is,
if I want to sleep at nights.
And I like looking in the mirror and saying, Heh, I did good for the little guy.
Somehow, it makes it all worthwhile.


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WiseButAngrySara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:27 PM
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7. Oh, that's right. I remember the goosebumps. ....n/t
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:19 PM
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3. Yep, the man is so easy on the ears
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:24 PM
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5. he is easy on the eyes too
yes INDEED :thumbsup:
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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-13-06 08:21 PM
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4. Ever Wonder Why We Live In A Country Of Idiots?
A News Man like Olbermann gets beaten cleanly by a Bozo like O'Lielly.
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