Comments on: Late Nite FDL: Gone

By: dalloway

dalloway — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:06:41 +0000

I remember a Patrick, too, who made my garden into paradise. And I remember David who sang like an angel and died just as he began to achieve his dreams. I remember Johnny, who could make me fall down laughing and Frankie who looked like Geraldo Rivera (only better, as he said) and Ron who taught me to like seaweed and Keith who composed songs for dinosaurs and Bill, who gave me my first paying job in the theatre… If there is a heaven, it’s a better, more beautiful, funnier place because of them.

By: Leslie in CA

Leslie in CA — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:08:32 +0000

TRex, I am so sorry for your pain and loss. But I am glad his parents let you be there with him in his final days, for both his sake and yours. Thank you for this beautiful tribute.

By: Samurai Sam

Samurai Sam — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 17:51:06 +0000

Thanks for that, TRex. It’s one of the most moving tributes to a friend I think I’ve ever read.

Thanks…

By: David Ehrenstein

David Ehrenstein — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:53:36 +0000

Great post, TRex.

By: orangejumpsuit

orangejumpsuit — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:30:29 +0000

Trex: I came to this post after it closed, but thanks for sharing your pain with us.

And by the way, I find it incomprehensible that people would post “Fitz!” to open this thread when it is devoted to such a heartrending issue as a dear friend dying of AIDS.

By: fahrender

fahrender — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:25:26 +0000

rcauthen (#95):

it’s fuel for her. she thrives on it. the more outrageous the better. kind of like bill o’.

i think it was earl long, the louisiana pol (brother? of huey) who said “it don’t matter what they’re sayin’ just as long as they’re talkin’ about you.”

By: *ilson46201

*ilson46201 — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:19:38 +0000

new thread – new death in the news

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:16:15 +0000

TRex & Bionic & others - thank you for sharing. Every life with its own story - that is what gets buried by the ideologists. Now and then, we need to resurrect those lives by telling the stories.

lotus - thanks for the Allbriton link, it gives an interesting perspective,

and another AMEN for MaryAnn!

I also wonder if this is why the Iraq briefing to Congress was cancelled? Waiting to be able to have this under their belt so that the focus would be on it and not the news of the general state of Iraq the last 6 mos.?

If they were able to also get some associates alive (or even just files, phones, etc.)as a part of this operation then the intelligence payoff could make this even more important - here’s hoping for the best all around and that the MaryAnnPlan becomes reality ASAP

By: fahrender

fahrender — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:14:45 +0000

Blub (#46):

i don’t think it’s a “perfectly awful” editorial. we’d better pay attention to the argument even though we disagree with it. it spells out just what might happen in a lot of places come november.
the views of “the choir” here at FDL may well not be the same as that of the general population or even the ones who actually vote. the writer may or may not end up being right but she has a view of political strategy which we can ill afford to ignore.

By: lotus

lotus — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:11:40 +0000

Well. OT, but this one from LAT will stop you in your tracks.

Judge’s Loss Stuns Experts
Election system and the jurist’s Latvian name are cited. Winner is a lawyer and shopkeeper.

http://www.latimes.com/news/lo.....-headlines

The rare defeat of a highly regarded sitting judge ousted from the bench Tuesday by a bagel store owner who’d barely practiced law in the last decade sent a jolt through Los Angeles County legal circles, leading some to question whether the system to select judges needs overhauling. … [Ya think?]

Janavs was one of only two judicial candidates of 28 in the county rated “exceptionally well qualified” by the Los Angeles County Bar Assn.

“But she has an odd name. And she is thrown out by someone who is not even practicing law,” said Loyola Law School professor Laurie Levenson. “It makes me very troubled by our whole judicial election process. This is the poster child for how really messed up things are.” …