Hi.

Sad news indeed.

RIP, MA and IB!!! *g*

that’s my favourite scene from one of my all time fave movies.

thank you mr. Antonioni

Blow UP Is a GREAT, under-appreciated, movie.

Everyone who comments on FDL, in my humble opinion, should see this movie.

the final seconds of antonioni’s “l’avventura” are truly humbling and humane

I loved Fannie and Alexander, and all of the Bergman movies.

fiance listening to jane birkin on his iPod … I am struggling with my brand new treo

How interesting that they passed this sphere so close together. My secret favorite Antonioni was Zabriskie Point. My not-at-all secret favorite Bergman was his staging and filming of Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, one of the best cinematic opera settings of all time.

Kurosawa, Bergman, Kubrick….my three favorites. Herzog, Scorsese getting up there.

Where are the true auters of today? Tarantino? I like him, but he is starting to become a little too campy. Aronoffsky is my favorite young director. I think his career is just starting. He is fantastic. Todd Field is good (Little Children/In the Bedroom), real good. But for every one of those, there is a Bret Ratner, Michael Bay just blowing sh** up.

I imagine sometome in the future the faithful Goopers will feel the same way when John Milius passes away.

-GSD

P.S Someone made the point on a Bonndad blog at KOS that the one thing the Wall Street Journal had was its name. Now it is simply another Murdoch rag and feather in his behemoth holdings.

Were British teens and twentysomethings truly that stiff when watching the Yardbirds? Or is this just MA doing another unreal-real thing along the lines of painting the leaves on the trees?

Ed*ard Teller @ 9

How interesting that they passed this sphere so close together. My secret favorite Antonioni was Zabriskie Point. My not-at-all secret favorite Bergman was his staging and filming of Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, one of the best cinematic opera settings of all time.

Zabriskie Point is required viewing.

And if you have not seen Da Duva you really should. It’s a parody of Bergman films.

I liked Zabriskie Point too. And anything Fellini.

FDL is unique among the political blogs. You are insightful and up to the minute with politics and culture.

You’re great.

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

GSD @ 10

I imagine sometome in the future the faithful Goopers will feel the same way when John Milius passes away.

Oh, God. That is a Laff. Riot. My spouse-to-be and I saw it at a party at one of his cow orkers’ homes, and we could barely breathe, we were laughing so hard. Millius must have put the mother of all price tags on licensing that thing because it just begged for the MST3K treatment.

P.S Someone made the point on a Bonndad blog at KOS that the one thing the Wall Street Journal had was its name. Now it is simply another Murdoch rag and feather in his behemoth holdings.

Yup. He’s going to rape that even harder than he did the Times, which is now a joke and a pathetic shadow of itself.

Phoenix Woman @ 11

Were British teens and twentysomethings truly that stiff when watching the Yardbirds? Or is this just MA doing another unreal-real thing along the lines of painting the leaves on the trees?

Watch this version of My Generation from the Who’s Quadrophenia to see how Brit Teens got it on. It takes about 2 minutes to get to it between Be My Baby and Rythmn of the Rain.

Dean on Olbermann.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 16

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

Are you talking late 1960s, early 1970s?

Phoenix Woman @ 12

Were British teens and twentysomethings truly that stiff when watching the Yardbirds? Or is this just MA doing another unreal-real thing along the lines of painting the leaves on the trees?

Oh, it’s all unreal…The set is a mockup of the old Ricky Tick Club in London, which closed the year before.

One thing…Pagey’s playing his Tele there, and Dreja’s on bass. They actually had a twin guitar lineup with those two for a brief happening ago…Just ask SteveAudio.

;>)

I missed the Bergman announcement. Sometime in the last few days I glanced a still photo of The iconic Bergman scene, Max von Sydow playing a game of chess with Death. It definitely wasn’t today. Could have been yesterday I guess, but it feels as though it was more like Sunday. I meant to go back and look, suspecting that the sudden appearance of that shot did not bode well for Ingmar Bergman.

Sad day. A couple of the great 20th Century artists.

not too familiar with their work but i have heard how well they’ve crafted their movies – maybe now i’ll rent some of their movies…

okk@17

i saw putney swope wayyy back in the day

Jonathan @ 21

Oklahoma kiddo @ 16

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

Are you talking late 1960s, early 1970s?

Amazon has it.

Breaking

Rumsfeld to appear before Congress tomorrow.

The House Oversight Committee reports that in a late breaking development, Donald Rumsfeld will appear tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. for a hearing entitled “The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew.” The hearing will examine what senior Defense Department officials knew about U.S. Army Corporal Patrick Tillman’s death by fratricide.

John Dean on Olbermann:

White House distancing itself from Gonzo.

Official name-TSP-weakness of the defense is telling. The larger question is will congress run with it. There’s a lot here.

The closest to this is during the Harding admin. We’ve never had an AG that has shown such incompetence as AGAG.
This is not healthy having the director of the FBI at odds with the DOJ.

darkblack @ 22

Phoenix Woman @ 12

Were British teens and twentysomethings truly that stiff when watching the Yardbirds? Or is this just MA doing another unreal-real thing along the lines of painting the leaves on the trees?

Oh, it’s all unreal…The set is a mockup of the old Ricky Tick Club in London, which closed the year before.

One thing…Pagey’s playing his Tele there, and Dreja’s on bass. They actually had a twin guitar lineup with those two for a brief happening ago…Just ask SteveAudio.

;>)

Page, Beck and Clapton all played in the Yardbirds.

Jonathan @ 21

Oklahoma kiddo @ 16

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

Are you talking late 1960s, early 1970s?

1969.

snowbird42 @ 27

Breaking

Rumsfeld to appear before Congress tomorrow.

The House Oversight Committee reports that in a late breaking development, Donald Rumsfeld will appear tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. for a hearing entitled “The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew.” The hearing will examine what senior Defense Department officials knew about U.S. Army Corporal Patrick Tillman’s death by fratricide.

So did he get the memo from Cheney that said lying under oath is cool?

Cheney lies of King. He says she is demanding details of withdrawal plans.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 29

Jonathan @ 21

Are you talking late 1960s, early 1970s?

1969.

Yes. I’m that old.

Loo Hoo. @ 32

Cheney lies of King. He says she is demanding details of withdrawal plans.

on King-Hillary.

Phoenix Woman @ 12

Were British teens and twentysomethings truly that stiff when watching the Yardbirds? Or is this just MA doing another unreal-real thing along the lines of painting the leaves on the trees?

Some of them looked pretty stoned to me. At least until Beck threw them a “souvenir.”

raven @ 28

darkblack @ 22

Oh, it’s all unreal…The set is a mockup of the old Ricky Tick Club in London, which closed the year before.

One thing…Pagey’s playing his Tele there, and Dreja’s on bass. They actually had a twin guitar lineup with those two for a brief happening ago…Just ask SteveAudio.

;>)

Page, Beck and Clapton all played in the Yardbirds.

The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on guitar, played in my high school cafeteria, Christ the King HS, Middle Village, Queens, NY, in 1968.

There’s a picture in my yearbook of Page playing.

juslin @ 25

okk@17

i saw putney swope wayyy back in the day

;0)

Oklahoma kiddo @ 17

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

“Putney says the Boreman-six girl gots to have soul!”
I saw it liked it!

Michael Harold @ 35

Phoenix Woman @ 12

Were British teens and twentysomethings truly that stiff when watching the Yardbirds? Or is this just MA doing another unreal-real thing along the lines of painting the leaves on the trees?

Some of them looked pretty stoned to me. At least until Beck threw them a “souvenir.”

Check out some of the scenes of the Dead playing in Petulia with George C Scott and Julie Christie.

raven @ 29

Page, Beck and Clapton all played in the Yardbirds.

Yes…Beck replaced Clapton, Page joined on bass until Chris Dreja learned the instrument, then they were a twin guitar band for a short moment until Beck left and Pagey turned a bird into a blimp.

My reference was to the video above, in which Pagey plays guitar, not bass…Hardly a matter of great consequence, I suppose.

;>)

james @ 36

raven @ 28

Page, Beck and Clapton all played in the Yardbirds.

The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on guitar, played in my high school cafeteria, Christ the King HS, Middle Village, Queens, NY, in 1968.

There’s a picture in my yearbook of Page playing.

Damn! An inch away from Zep!

Edelman vs. Hillary in Senate Armed Services Committee later this week. Closed session.

Keith says Rummy is shhowing up tomorrow for the hearing.

Cheney clip on KO – sounded like Cheney said, speaking of the Edelman letter to Hillary, “and that’s why I gave – I agreed with the letter.”

I might have misheard, but it sounded like the letter was run through the Veep’s office for approval, and Dick approved it.

JPL @ 31

So did he get the memo from Cheney that said lying under oath is cool?

Some stay closer in touch with Deadeye than others:

Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, whose home back in Alaska was raided by federal investigators Monday in a wide-ranging corruption investigation, has threatened to place a hold on the Democratic-drafted ethics legislation just passed by the House and expected on the Senate floor by week’s end.

The senator told a closed session of fellow Republicans today, including Vice President Dick Cheney, that he was upset that the measure would interfere with his travel to and from Alaska – and vowed to block it.

And Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), confirming Steven’s threat, said bluntly: “There could be a lot of holds on this bill.”

what a strange club these guys think they’re sttill running…

Arca @ 38

Oklahoma kiddo @ 17

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

“Putney says the Boreman-six girl gots to have soul!”
I saw it liked it!

Wonderful flick.

Phoenix Woman @ 11

Were British teens and twentysomethings truly that stiff when watching the Yardbirds?

In the 1960s, kids were looking backwards, toward the stiff 1950s, as well as toward the future.

I saw Beck with some skinny dude singing and the madman on the 88’s in Chicago in the Winter of 68. It was Rod Stewart and Niki Hopkins. I ain’t superstitious but a black cat crossed my trail.

Helen @ 43

Keith says Rummy is shhowing up tomorrow for the hearing.

To invoke either; Executive Privilege, and/or, ‘I don’t recall!’ :-(

james @ 35

raven @ 28

Page, Beck and Clapton all played in the Yardbirds.

The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on guitar, played in my high school cafeteria, Christ the King HS, Middle Village, Queens, NY, in 1968.

There’s a picture in my yearbook of Page playing.

get the phoque out!!!

only band that played in my cafeteria was a Genesis cover band.

moi @ 50

james @ 35

The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on guitar, played in my high school cafeteria, Christ the King HS, Middle Village, Queens, NY, in 1968.

There’s a picture in my yearbook of Page playing.

get the phoque out!!!

only band that played in my cafeteria was a Genesis cover band.

Styx came from my high school, Willowbrook in Villa Park, IL but my young ass was long gone to SE Asia by then!

darkblack @ 39

raven @ 29

Page, Beck and Clapton all played in the Yardbirds.

Yes…Beck replaced Clapton, Page joined on bass until Chris Dreja learned the instrument, then they were a twin guitar band for a short moment until Beck left and Pagey turned a bird into a blimp.

My reference was to the video above, in which Pagey plays guitar, not bass…Hardly a matter of great consequence, I suppose.

;>)

when you put it that way i owe Paul Samwell Smith big thanks for Led Zeppelin, then.

Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, whose home back in Alaska was raided by federal investigators Monday in a wide-ranging corruption investigation, has threatened to place a hold on the Democratic-drafted ethics legislation just passed by the House and expected on the Senate floor by week’s end.

The senator told a closed session of fellow Republicans today, including Vice President Dick Cheney, that he was upset that the measure would interfere with his travel to and from Alaska – and vowed to block it.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/…..bill_.html

No mention by Shuster, that, Teddy had a heads up to the Raids! :-(

Cheney on Trip to Ashcroft’s Hospital Bedside: “I Don’t Recall”
By Paul Kiel – July 31, 2007, 4:52 PM
From Dick Cheney’s interview tonight with Larry King
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003825.php

raven @ 51

moi @ 50

get the phoque out!!!

only band that played in my cafeteria was a Genesis cover band.

Styx came from my high school, Willowbrook in Villa Park, IL but my young ass was long gone to SE Asia by then!

Raven, you’ve spent time in Champaign, Illinois, and in Southeast Asia. FWIW, so have I.

raven @ 51

but my young ass was long gone to SE Asia by then!

{{{{Raven!}}}}

darkblack @ 22

Phoenix Woman @ 12

Were British teens and twentysomethings truly that stiff when watching the Yardbirds? Or is this just MA doing another unreal-real thing along the lines of painting the leaves on the trees?

Oh, it’s all unreal…The set is a mockup of the old Ricky Tick Club in London, which closed the year before.

One thing…Pagey’s playing his Tele there, and Dreja’s on bass. They actually had a twin guitar lineup with those two for a brief happening ago…Just ask SteveAudio.

;>)

I’ll never forget watching this trippy, cool movie – not knowing what the hell it was – when all of sudden that scene is dropped into the middle. My jaw hit the floor as I immediately recognized who it was… that is a great flick.

signed, a guy who saw Zeppelin live

moi @ 52

when you put it that way i owe Paul Samwell Smith big thanks for Led Zeppelin, then.

Well…Paul was long gone before the debacles that left Pagey and Grant as last men standing with rights to the name and a handful of gigs.

But if you want to thank him, I won’t bar the door.

;>)

Jonathan @ 56

raven @ 51

Styx came from my high school, Willowbrook in Villa Park, IL but my young ass was long gone to SE Asia by then!

Raven, you’ve spent time in Champaign, Illinois, and in Southeast Asia. FWIW, so have I.

Damn bro, when and where? I came home from Nam in 69 and went straight to the U of I. Hung around Chin’s, 501, the Leather Shop, the Record Service. Moved to Athens, GA in 84. markann at hotmail dot com

Went back last summer for the 40th Anniversary of the Red Lion.

Make the Incredible Hulk pull an all-nighter on the floor of the Senate, as his former idol, Strom had done! Teddy’s recusal from holding the Ethics Bill hostage is direly necessary!

sen lott says stevens is a fine stand-up senator – thats damning him with faint praise imho stevens and co ran alaska as his personal fiefdom – money services etc……

CTuttle @ 54

No mention by Shuster, that, Teddy had a heads up to the Raids! :-(

That was very disappointing. David knows better than that. Perhaps he was not able to confirm that report. But still…

Here’s a look at Champaignin the 60’s and 70’s

Kevster @ 63

CTuttle @ 54

No mention by Shuster, that, Teddy had a heads up to the Raids! :-(

That was very disappointing. David knows better than that. Perhaps he was not able to confirm that report. But still…

Teddy’s Lawyers’ Loose Lips Sunk That Battleship!!! *g*

Arca @ 38

Oklahoma kiddo @ 17

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

“Putney says the Boreman-six girl gots to have soul!”
I saw it liked it!

Saw it and thought it was one of the greatest movies of all time. Saw it again recently. When I was a teenager, in the sixties, if anyone of us stuttered or couldn’t find a word, we would demand of him, “how many syllables, Mario? How many syllables?”

I thought Bergman did a great job with “Pretty Woman”

raven @ 60

Jonathan @ 56

Raven, you’ve spent time in Champaign, Illinois, and in Southeast Asia. FWIW, so have I.

Damn bro, when and where? I came home from Nam in 69 and went straight to the U of I. Hung around Chin’s, 501, the Leather Shop, the Record Service. Moved to Athens, GA in 84. markann at hotmail dot com

Hey, Raven, we need to talk. I did electrical engineering and law at Illinois. Served in the Nam 1971-72. ROTC officer (kept me from the draft in law school). Intelligence officer in the Nam. Wow. Rats. Bugs. Mortars. 122 mm rockets. Learned Cambodian and Vietnamese. Sorry for all of this. Old memories.

darkblack @ 58

moi @ 52

when you put it that way i owe Paul Samwell Smith big thanks for Led Zeppelin, then.

Well…Paul was long gone before the debacles
that left Pagey and Grant as last men standing with rights to the name and a handful of gigs.

But if you want to thank him, I won’t bar the door.

;>)

but, wasn’t Jimmy asked to join after Clapton left and he recomended his pal Beck for the job and it was only after Samwell-Smith left that Jimmy finally agreed to join the Yardbirds? had he remained a session musician…maybe no Led Zep?

raven @ 59

Jonathan @ 56

Raven, you’ve spent time in Champaign, Illinois, and in Southeast Asia. FWIW, so have I.

Damn bro, when and where? I came home from Nam in 69 and went straight to the U of I. Hung around Chin’s, 501, the Leather Shop, the Record Service. Moved to Athens, GA in 84. markann at hotmail dot com

Went back last summer for the 40th Anniversary of the Red Lion.

I got to Nam 3 August 69…left 24 May 71

Final assignment: Presidential Helicopter Squadron HMX-1 til 13 April 73.

I’ve spent my time in hell.

Big Mitch,

How do you feel about Jake Metcalfe flying around the country as Chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party on the Democratic Party’s dime up to the moment he announced to stand against Diane Benson in the August 2008 Democratic primary to run against Don Young?

BigMitch @ 66

Arca @ 38

“Putney says the Boreman-six girl gots to have soul!”
I saw it liked it!

Saw it and thought it was one of the greatest movies of all time. Saw it again recently. When I was a teenager, in the sixties, if anyone of us stuttered or couldn’t find a word, we would demand of him, “how many syllables, Mario? How many syllables?”

;0)

TeddySanFran @ 8

fiance listening to jane birkin on his iPod … I am struggling with my brand new treo

Brand new Treo? But I thought you were going to the Apple Store to look at laptops. Were you not seduced by the iPhone?

james @ 70

raven @ 59

Damn bro, when and where? I came home from Nam in 69 and went straight to the U of I. Hung around Chin’s, 501, the Leather Shop, the Record Service. Moved to Athens, GA in 84. markann at hotmail dot com

Went back last summer for the 40th Anniversary of the Red Lion.

I got to Nam 3 August 69…left 24 May 71

Final assignment: Presidential Helicopter Squadron HMX-1 til 13 April 73.

I’ve spent my time in hell.

Hey, James. What unit? When? Where?

The FISA change has been postponed:

http://thehill.com/leading-the…..07-31.html

driving by —

{{{{for the Nam vets here}}}}

Ed*ard Teller @ 71

Big Mitch,

How do you feel about Jake Metcalfe flying around the country as Chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party on the Democratic Party’s dime up to the moment he announced to stand against Diane Benson in the August 2008 Democratic primary to run against Don Young?

The Democratic party will fuck Diane. Can I make it any plainer? That Patty is now the Chairperson changes nothing.

That looks like a good presentation.

moi @ 69

but, wasn’t Jimmy asked to join after Clapton left and he recomended his pal Beck for the job and it was only after Samwell-Smith left that Jimmy finally agreed to join the Yardbirds? had he remained a session musician…maybe no Led Zep?

Or perhaps the Beck’s Bolero version of Zeppelin.

I’ve been told Page was keen to join, but was less keen to give up the session loot for the poverty that was an English rocker’s lot then.

Paul’s departure was his cue, though…Never one for a loss at a main chance, that Pagey.

;>)

LS @ 75

The FISA change has been postponed:

http://thehill.com/leading-the…..07-31.html

i sure as hell hope so. it should be postponed for at least as long as it takes to get to the truth about what this administration has been doing and the justice in the DOJ is replaced with a functional unit.

and after that we should give it a good long think first.

jeeze.

Ed*ard Teller @ 71

Big Mitch,

How do you feel about Jake Metcalfe flying around the country as Chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party on the Democratic Party’s dime up to the moment he announced to stand against Diane Benson in the August 2008 Democratic primary to run against Don Young?

Rumsfeld to appear at Tillman hearing!!!

Late news – Rumsfeld appearing tomorrow:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..-tomorrow/

I’m gonna watch the vice president on Larry King. I just wish Brando was still around to join them in the studio.

Ted Stevens to Dana Bash – “Can you Understand English!!” He’s freaking out:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..d-english/

james @ 70

raven @ 59

Damn bro, when and where? I came home from Nam in 69 and went straight to the U of I. Hung around Chin’s, 501, the Leather Shop, the Record Service. Moved to Athens, GA in 84. markann at hotmail dot com

Went back last summer for the 40th Anniversary of the Red Lion.

I got to Nam 3 August 69…left 24 May 71

Final assignment: Presidential Helicopter Squadron HMX-1 til 13 April 73.

I’ve spent my time in hell.

Amazing, I came home Sept 3, 69. Day Ho died! Again email markann at hotmail dot come

where are you?

ET–

Diane was on the KUDO morning talk show the other day. They asked her if she would jump to another party if she didn’t get the D nomination. She said something other than “No fucking way.” And so today the hostess, Shannyn Moore, is reporting today that Diane will jump ship. When called on it, she said, “well, we had conversations off-mic, too.”

BigMitch @ 77

Ed*ard Teller @ 71

Big Mitch,

How do you feel about Jake Metcalfe flying around the country as Chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party on the Democratic Party’s dime up to the moment he announced to stand against Diane Benson in the August 2008 Democratic primary to run against Don Young?

The Democratic party will fuck Diane. Can I make it any plainer? That Patty is now the Chairperson changes nothing.

Ding! Patty’s a virgin along the lines of Oscar Levant’s description of Doris Day, at least in my book…

So, are you supporting Jake, Diane or enticing Ethan?

Jonathan @ 73

james @ 70

I got to Nam 3 August 69…left 24 May 71

Final assignment: Presidential Helicopter Squadron HMX-1 til 13 April 73.

I’ve spent my time in hell.

Hey, James. What unit? When? Where?

Third Force Recon Company, 3rdMarDiv, Quang Tri for about three weeks. Then the unit was broken up and we were reassigned to 1st Force in Danang. Operated in Quang Tri,Quang Nam, west of Danang (Laos), Thua Thien (Hue), Quang Ngai.

By the time we left, the entire unit had been absorbed by 1st Recon Battalion.

We did trail recon, Stingray missions, snatches.
A lifetime ago but sometimes like yesterday.

Raven, Since this morning we were talking about birthdays, you must have gone when you 18. What a horrible experience.

OT a bit

Given that he/she’s been discussed on earlier threads today:

If anyone wants to read the “Vanity Fair” piece on Judith Giuliani, it’s available online.

Judith Giuliani

LoudounLib @ 76

driving by —

{{{{for the Nam vets here}}}}

and those who would have been here.

Hey, James. What unit? When? Where?

Third Force Recon Company, 3rdMarDiv, Quang Tri for about three weeks. Then the unit was broken up and we were reassigned to 1st Force in Danang. Operated in Quang Tri,Quang Nam, west of Danang (Laos), Thua Thien (Hue), Quang Ngai.

By the time we left, the entire unit had been absorbed by 1st Recon Battalion.

We did trail recon, Stingray missions, snatches.
A lifetime ago but sometimes like yesterday.

One of my best friends was E 2/7 KIA in Meade River, Nov 22 1968. I was way down in the Delta driving a truck at the time.

I have personal issues with Ethan. Diane if she can run to win, but it is no time for a “standard bearer” candidate. Jake declined to endorse impeachment on Shannyn Moore today, which to me is lack of balls.

punaise @ 91

LoudounLib @ 76

driving by —

{{{{for the Nam vets here}}}}

and those who would have been here.

Definitely.

I_M_bobo @ 23

I missed the Bergman announcement. Sometime in the last few days I glanced a still photo of The iconic Bergman scene, Max von Sydow playing a game of chess with Death. It definitely wasn’t today. Could have been yesterday I guess, but it feels as though it was more like Sunday. I meant to go back and look, suspecting that the sudden appearance of that shot did not bode well for Ingmar Bergman.

Sad day. A couple of the great 20th Century artists.

The Seventh Seal video on google here

JPL @ 88

Raven, Since this morning we were talking about birthdays, you must have gone when you 18. What a horrible experience.

The average age of grunts in Nam was 19.

I had just turned 19 when i got there in 69.

LS @ 75

The FISA change has been postponed:

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/hearing-with-d
ni-chief-canceled-amid-fisa-furor-2007-07-31.html

Thanks!

JPL @ 89

Raven, Since this morning we were talking about birthdays, you must have gone when you 18. What a horrible experience.

Nov 10 (Marine Corps Birthday) 1966, my 17th birthday. The judge gave me my choice and I was much to pretty to go to St Charles. Went to Korea first because you had to be 18 to go to the Nam. I was so fucking stupid it’s unreal!

james @ 88

Jonathan @ 73

Hey, James. What unit? When? Where?

Third Force Recon Company, 3rdMarDiv, Quang Tri for about three weeks. Then the unit was broken up and we were reassigned to 1st Force in Danang. Operated in Quang Tri,Quang Nam, west of Danang (Laos), Thua Thien (Hue), Quang Ngai.

By the time we left, the entire unit had been absorbed by 1st Recon Battalion.

We did trail recon, Stingray missions, snatches.
A lifetime ago but sometimes like yesterday.

James, thanks. I had an easier time. Intelligence officer. Indirect and a little direct fire. But, God, what an education. Thank you.

james @ 96

JPL @ 88

Raven, Since this morning we were talking about birthdays, you must have gone when you 18. What a horrible experience.

The average age of grunts in Nam was 19.

I had just turned 19 when i got there in 69.

I was 2 months short of my 20th when I came home.

Thousands of adolescents work as unpaid baggers in Wal-Mart’s Mexican stores. The retail giant isn’t breaking any laws—but that doesn’t mean the government is happy with the practice.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20…../newsweek/

Jonathan @ 99

james @ 88

Third Force Recon Company, 3rdMarDiv, Quang Tri for about three weeks. Then the unit was broken up and we were reassigned to 1st Force in Danang. Operated in Quang Tri,Quang Nam, west of Danang (Laos), Thua Thien (Hue), Quang Ngai.

By the time we left, the entire unit had been absorbed by 1st Recon Battalion.

We did trail recon, Stingray missions, snatches.
A lifetime ago but sometimes like yesterday.

James, thanks. I had an easier time. Intelligence officer. Indirect and a little direct fire. But, God, what an education. Thank you.

Some gave all
All gave some

welcome home bro’s (and any sisters out there who served)

Oklahoma kiddo @ 16

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

Oh yes you have. And I could get anyone for free!

raven @ 102

Jonathan @ 99

James, thanks. I had an easier time. Intelligence officer. Indirect and a little direct fire. But, God, what an education. Thank you.

Some gave all
All gave some

welcome home bro’s (and any sisters out there who served)

Thanks, Raven. It’s good to reconnect.

Cheney Says He Was Wrong About Iraq Insurgency in `Last Throes’

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomb…..ffeuhqztto

My ONLY red carpet experience was going to the Academy (yes, that academy) in LA at around 1995 for the opening of the AFI film festival. red carpet was for the (US? world?) premiere of Antonioni’s film, Beyond the Clouds.

I was a gawker (my friend had to coach me to smile and keep walking on the red carpet) and I hardly knew anything about this filmmaker — but I saw the reaction and respect of the audience as they honored this man, whose stroke, at that time, was recent… and who directed the movie using whispers or notes or pointing and facial expressions or some other noteworthy but extremely diminished form of communication with his cast and crew.

BigMitch @ 93

I have personal issues with Ethan. Diane if she can run to win, but it is no time for a “standard bearer” candidate. Jake declined to endorse impeachment on Shannyn Moore today, which to me is lack of balls.

I like Ethan, but Diane has charisma, and I know she won’t bolt – we’ve talked about this emerging scenario more than once. Eric told me he’s about to sign on to Diane’s campaign. He’s pissed at Jake (not as much as I am). We could use your help too, Mitch! I gotta stop before I tell ‘em more than I want ‘em to know.

GordonM @ 103

Oklahoma kiddo @ 16

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who has.

Oh yes you have. And I could get anyone for free!

;0)

Jonathan @ 104

raven @ 102

Some gave all
All gave some

welcome home bro’s (and any sisters out there who served)

Thanks, Raven. It’s good to reconnect.

I logged in so my facebook thing should show up, leave a message there if you don’t want to email.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 101

Thousands of adolescents work as unpaid baggers in Wal-Mart’s Mexican stores. The retail giant isn’t breaking any laws—but that doesn’t mean the government is happy with the practice.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20056614/site/newsweek
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This is just sick and it should not be legal for any American company to treat it’s employees in this way. Revolting.

Abrams on ABU.

Cheney on Larry King now

ET and Big M: Heard Ted Stevens on NBC a while ago saying that this investigation is an attack on ALL ALASKANS.

Just wanted to give y’all a heads up, in case you need to bury your wine cellars or something.

Darth Cheney is up…Ist line the “polls” are unreliable…brings up Lincoln…..hold your noses….

Eureka Springs @ 112

Cheney on Larry King now

Watch it for me will ya, I’m coiled!

Ed*ard Teller @ 107

BigMitch @ 93

I have personal issues with Ethan. Diane if she can run to win, but it is no time for a “standard bearer” candidate. Jake declined to endorse impeachment on Shannyn Moore today, which to me is lack of balls.

I like Ethan, but Diane has charisma, and I know she won’t bolt – we’ve talked about this emerging scenario more than once. Eric told me he’s about to sign on to Diane’s campaign. He’s pissed at Jake (not as much as I am). We could use your help too, Mitch! I gotta stop before I tell ‘em more than I want ‘em to know.

Eric’s endorsement will do it for me.

Eureka Springs @ 112

Cheney on Larry King now

You can keep me updated, because I refuse to listen to his lies.

raven1 @ 110

Abrams on ABU.

ygm at hotmail
and a friend request thru fb

Cheney would still go into Iraq. The president has the biggest burdon….one of the most difficult things anyone has to do.

Note Larry is in a different setting than usual. He is not sitting up higher than his guests, they are at a round table on equal footing discussion-wise.

FYI, Eli is upstairs

oddmommy @ 113

ET and Big M: Heard Ted Stevens on NBC a while ago saying that this investigation is an attack on ALL ALASKANS.

Just wanted to give y’all a heads up, in case you need to bury your wine cellars or something.

To bury my wine cellar, I’d have to dig up the box with my Commodore 64, encased in the lead sheathing I got when they demolished a radiology lab 25 years ago. We usually drink it too soon to think about such stuff – the wine, not the lead sheathing.

Alaska is a progressive plumb, waiting to fall into the blue lap. OTOH…

DArth says when he walks out of office he is going to hold his head high…WOOOWZA…..what a masochist…that is besides being totally psychopatic!

To anyone who can bear to watch this……WOW. You are my heroes.

I won’t last much longer…the Rovian talking points are flowing exponentially now!

john in sacramento @ 94

The Seventh Seal video on google here

John – Thanks! I’ve only seen the film once. NYC PBS ran Bergman’s first 7(?) films on 7 straight Saturday nights in the late ’60’s. I’d say that’s long enough to wait between viewings.

bobo

Franco @ 122

DArth says when he walks out of office he is going to hold his head high…WOOOWZA…..what a masochist…that is besides being totally psychopatic!

Kettle meetin Pot, ‘I hope congress has an open mind, when Betray-us reports’!!!

ET,

I am waiting to see Diane on ActBlue, it’s important….

I just turned it off.. It’s all from the same old play book.. Cheney even referred to an article in yesterdays NYT by a bunch of neo nuts to justify a position he wanted to make today..

egregious @ 127

ET,

I am waiting to see Diane on ActBlue, it’s important….

(((Happy Birthday)))!!! 8-)

I have Wild Strawberries cued up for when I have the time to appreciate it.

That two true greats went within a day makes me half-wonder whether they had a bet.

As for Blow-Up, it just reminds me of a key point of distinction between the US and UK: Americans emerged from WW2 in the late 1940s, the UK (and Europe, for that matter) in the early 60s.

Also, this.

egregious @ 127

ET,

I am waiting to see Diane on ActBlue, it’s important….

They’re apparently refusing to put her in there. The Dem party has a primary winner page that Jake Metcalfe put up before he announced, but they haven’t yet put up the Diane Benson page I created a week ago yesterday.

james @ 36

raven @ 28

Page, Beck and Clapton all played in the Yardbirds.

The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on guitar, played in my high school cafeteria, Christ the King HS, Middle Village, Queens, NY, in 1968.

There’s a picture in my yearbook of Page playing.

One of my favorite bands. Wow!

One summer in Chapel Hill, I saw every Ingmar Bergman movie ever made. I was a college student, 19 years old — must have been 1969 or 70. Tiny little screen in a church basement just off campus. Every Tuesday night, all summer.

When I saw that wonderful scene in “The Seventh Seal” where Max Von Sydow is playing chess with death on the beach, I turned to my girlfriend and whispered “Wow, cool. Playing chess with death!”

30 years later — I rent the video one night and I’m showing it to my 17-year old son as one of my favorite movies of all time. When the movie gets to that chess scene, my son turns to me and says, “Wow, Dad. Cool. He’s playing chess with death!”

What a powerful movie.

Seeing Bergman and Antonioni (both around the same time) as a high school student in the 1970’s exploded my typical pop culture/suburban view on the outside world.

Yes, Blow Up and The Passenger (with Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider) are wonderful, and Antonioni’s earlier work like L’Avventura and L’Eclisse are also amazing, haunting takes on sex, class and the alienating effect of society on the individual. They’re also exciting, moving and entertaining. Virtually every shot the man created is beautiful and intelligent.

Bergman was obviously also a great master. Persona is maybe my favorite, but so many of his films are among the greatest ever made.

It’s very beautiful that these two artists passed away almost simultaneously.

Vita Breva, Ars Longa…Salud!

Wow! Jimmy Page on BASS!

Fabulous blast from the past. Jimmy is my favorite concert guitarist of all time, and J. Beck ruled, too.

Thanks, Jane. Will we see you at YKos? One of my life’s minor goals is to shake your hand, offer you my soul-power, and tell you how much I respect you.

All that being said, if you can’t make it, I’ll understand. Saw you on CNN (?) the other night debating this embarrassing young GOPer, and was very proud of you, though I would’ve been much more aggressive. But that’s just me; you let the moron’s words stand for themselves.

Be well, in any case.

John O

We Nordics are a damn serious bunch. Last night, some friends and I were toasting the memory Ingmar Bergman. We agreed that he was historically important, a careful craftsman, an inspired intellect, and a treasure to the Nordic people. BUT…There were also suggestions that his topics were a bit frivolous. Read that again. Some Scandinavian Americans were suggesting that the director of Persona could have improved his moviemaking if only he had been MORE serious.

P.S.

Do not scoff at the concept of soul power.

I may not have it, but it exists. And personally I think we all have it. So there.

Margot @ 132

james @ 36

The Yardbirds, with Jimmy Page on guitar, played in my high school cafeteria, Christ the King HS, Middle Village, Queens, NY, in 1968.

There’s a picture in my yearbook of Page playing.

One of my favorite bands. Wow!

Wow, again!

I have an uncle who saw The Who at the Rand Roller Rink in 1965 or so, before anyone knew who they were.

I myself saw Springsteen in 1979, in a 1/3 full hall, before anyone knew who HE was.

Magic moments, indeed.

The double bill, Blow up and the Passenger. Use to play at the Harvard Square Theatre. I own both of them.

“Those with a deep and abiding hatred of dirty fucking hippies are probably just bitter about being left out of all the fun.”

i’m sure glad to know that you were part or the crowd that didn’t get left out.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 17

Anyone ever see a movie called Putney Swope. I’ve never run to any one who haI have indeed seen Putnet Swope-a great satire on the advertising industry, racism, and modern life in general. s.

Man, sure screwed that last comment up. My point was that I would recommend Putney Swope to anyone who likes satire. Particularly the scene with the nun, Santa, and the little foul-mouthed boy. What a hoot!

Putney Swope, by the great iconoclastic Greenwich Village freak, Robert Downey, Yup that Guy. Remember “Greaser’s Palace”, “if you feel, you’re healed” and the estimable “Pound” in which the human and the dog roles were reversed.

While we’re saluting the great Antonioni, remember too Zabriskie Point, an outstanding work with an equally outstanding sound track.