Comments on: Walter Cronkite: Our Troops Must Leave Iraq

By: SadieSue

SadieSue — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:17:42 +0000

I guess I should have said “completely verboten”. I really wish I could get preview to work. sigh.

By: SadieSue

SadieSue — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:16:23 +0000

Hi RBG - that makes perfect sense. One of the things I’ve always liked about FDL is that the comment section is so organic & shifts & changes as various comments are made so it’s good to know it isn’t verboten to go OT.

Thanks for answering my question.

By: RBG

RBG — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:51:01 +0000

That’s a great question. We don’t want to discourage off topic comments, but we hope the news headline comments can be used for more in depth conversations so the thread doesn’t get completely derailed.

Does that make sense?

By: SadieSue

SadieSue — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:45:05 +0000

Oh – & Walter Cronkite has always been one of my heroes & I am absolutely delighted to see him call for withdrawal.

By: SadieSue

SadieSue — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:43:41 +0000

In response to grumpyoldvet @ 21

Iraq War Veterans to Launch “Winter Soldier” Investigation

[mod note; Discuss this story and other current events over at FDL’s news section.]
reply

I’ve seen this mod note on other comments & I have a question: is this just a reminder that there is now a news section for our perusal or a gentle hint that we shouldn’t be going off-topic anymore?

By: Spotsy

Spotsy — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:12:43 +0000

I’m late reading this, so perhaps someone else has posted the answer. But I think you are referring to “National Brotherhood Week” on the album “That Was the Year that Was”

By: JamesJoyce

JamesJoyce — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:29:01 +0000

“Thank you Walter Cronkite. Thank you Scarecrow…”

Ditto, This post made me feel better today!!!!

By: leftdcin72

leftdcin72 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:27:49 +0000

Yale used to have a walk on law review when I was in law school. Why do people continue to think that institutional academic credentials such as law school are tied to later excerising good judgment or are a credential that would lead one to exercise good judgment later on. Back to the 19th century when academic institutions were not branding exercises and lawyers were good lawyers because they won cases in front of good and bad judges alike. Yoo like Clarence Thomas are guys who sought the branding of institutions but are they for real, not really.

By: QuakerGirl

QuakerGirl — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:15:28 +0000

Thank you Walter Cronkite. Thank you Scarecrow and good morning.

Tomorrow I go to San Francisco and again stand with a dedicated group of people who oppose the war in Iraq. They also opposed the war in Afghanistan. Simply, they oppose war. At first people walked by the silent vigil and shouted or made nasty comments to the vigilers. But now signs of support for the end of war in Iraq are in business windows and those walking by ask if they can stand with the protesters before returning to work.

Homeland Security parks in front of the protesters observing, what I haven’t figured out. Often, someone in the vigil will walk up to Homeland Security and ask if they would like to join the vigil or hand them one of our pamphlets so they can read what we are about.

For years now, rain, shine, cold foggy weather these good people stand there. Every Thursday at noon in front of the old Federal Building on Larkin Street, near City Hall. Their numbers have grown. Their message is opposing war and violence. They are a constant. It is an eclectic group.

By: nemo

nemo — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:58:49 +0000

The Space Merchants really does hold up well! Great satire from the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction (when everyone was 12)