tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post113746411434903020..comments2024-03-28T05:37:00.942-04:00Comments on By Neddie Jingo!: Men Feared Witches and Burned WomenNeddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1138059452461567762006-01-23T18:37:00.000-05:002006-01-23T18:37:00.000-05:00I wish I'd known you were there. I would have enjo...I wish I'd known you were there. I would have enjoyed meeting you.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it was amazing. I was over in the press section with the Beltway whores, who looked askance at the bloggers who lept to their feet, applauding. I mean, how gauche.Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135960591938097732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137615858245727852006-01-18T15:24:00.000-05:002006-01-18T15:24:00.000-05:00I found this via a link from Redneck Mother. Wond...I found this via a link from Redneck Mother. Wonderful post, and wonderful blog! <BR/><BR/>When Reagan's last term was winding down, I used to have this nagging feeling that maybe he was going to refuse to leave the White House when it was time. Maybe the premonition was just a few years too early.The Subversive Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980058154838873164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137608511757092332006-01-18T13:21:00.000-05:002006-01-18T13:21:00.000-05:00I hope the NSA doesn't have access to the names pr...I hope the NSA doesn't have access to the names printed on the tix to get in to hear GOre speakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137538535723566502006-01-17T17:55:00.000-05:002006-01-17T17:55:00.000-05:00Dem, funnily enough, though the original e-vite wa...Dem, funnily enough, though the original e-vite warned of no handbags, the need to show picture ID matching the names on the printed ticket, etc., there was NO security when Ned and I sauntered in at 10:30 a.m. How refreshing is that?<BR/><BR/>This kind of freedom -- the <A HREF="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/01/16.html#a6727" REL="nofollow">security of anonymity</A> -- is, I believe, a big part of what enabled Gore to speak so well and so forcefully on the subject. Will he be able to keep it, if he decides to run in '08 (as I hope he will)? Bill asked where "this oratorical flair" was "when it counted," and the answer is, of course, that he was moderating himself -- with the help of handlers who hopelessly bungled the job -- to appeal to the widest possible audience. I hope Al now knows that he doesn't need to do that -- given what's happened to us since 2000, he can present himself as he is, he can run on his record, and he can win the presidency.<BR/><BR/>I hope.<BR/><BR/><BR/>lzlsq (the gurgle of hope trying to once again rise to the surface)XTCfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361374492348913096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137536876985818182006-01-17T17:27:00.000-05:002006-01-17T17:27:00.000-05:00You're so fortunate to be able to stroll in to the...You're so fortunate to be able to stroll in to the hall for a speech like that. I just chanced to turn on C-SPAN in the middle of the speech, and by the end I was alternately dabbing tears from my eyes, and pumping my fist. <BR/>Gore has turned out to be quite the orator. But it's not only style: it's brains and lots of heart, qualities that I expect these days only when Howard Dean gives a speech. The speech was reasoned, historically informed, forceful, and just beautiful. If he runs in '08, I'll be ecstatic.<BR/>And I'll bet no one had to swear loyalty to Gore before they were admitted to the hall!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137533681227854722006-01-17T16:34:00.000-05:002006-01-17T16:34:00.000-05:00Hey, he BETTER give a good speech. He was elected...Hey, he BETTER give a good speech. He was elected PRESIDENT, right?<BR/><BR/>hhuhbhdh- wow. what are th' odds.Bobby Lightfoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00671706326620424357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137526414761363332006-01-17T14:33:00.000-05:002006-01-17T14:33:00.000-05:00We live in a scary time, and one of the scariest t...We live in a scary time, and one of the scariest things is that I have high school students living in my own home who are more articulate than the President of the United States. <BR/><BR/>There was a time when you HAD to be speak with eloquence to be taken seriously. There was a time when intelligent discourse was expected from our leaders. <BR/><BR/>Al Gore's speech from a technical stand point alone, apart from the content, stands as a glaring reminder of just how little we expect from President Bush.The Viscount LaCartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137515648152985862006-01-17T11:34:00.000-05:002006-01-17T11:34:00.000-05:00So cool that you were there, Neddie.I watched it a...So cool that you were there, Neddie.<BR/><BR/>I watched it at home, and clapped along with you.<BR/><BR/>What struck me the most, I think, was Gore's erudition. The concept of a politician who is also a student of American history, and who is able to bring his knowledge to bear on our current situation, seems almost alien after five years of rule by "a dangerous and malignant loon."<BR/><BR/>Sadly, I wonder if such articulate intellectualism still has currency in our political arena, for the reasons that Al himself described. Indeed, that section of the speech was one of my favorite parts:<BR/><BR/>"And it is 'We the people' who must now find once again the ability we once had to play an integral role in saving our Constitution.<BR/><BR/>"And here there is cause for both concern and great hope. The age of printed pamphlets and political essays has long since been replaced by television - a distracting and absorbing medium which sees determined to entertain and sell more than it informs and educates.<BR/><BR/>"Lincoln's memorable call during the Civil War is applicable in a new way to our dilemma today: "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."<BR/><BR/>"Forty years have passed since the majority of Americans adopted television as their principal source of information. Its dominance has become so extensive that virtually all significant political communication now takes place within the confines of flickering 30-second television advertisements.<BR/><BR/>"And the political economy supported by these short but expensive television ads is as different from the vibrant politics of America's first century as those politics were different from the feudalism which thrived on the ignorance of the masses of people in the Dark Ages."<BR/><BR/>It was a historic day for those of us who have already disenthralled ourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137514791330153212006-01-17T11:19:00.000-05:002006-01-17T11:19:00.000-05:00Bill:In among the rock-n-roll rhetoric, Gore laid ...Bill:<BR/><BR/>In among the rock-n-roll rhetoric, Gore laid out a five-point plan that is eminently reasonable and commonsensical:<BR/><BR/>1. Appoint a Special Counsel<BR/>2. Expand whistleblower protection<BR/>3. Have real Hill hearings<BR/>4. Stop the reauthorization of Patriot Act<BR/>5. Make telecom companies obey the law<BR/><BR/>Of course, Citizen Al can't make any of these happen -- only your local Congresscritter can do that. Perhaps he or she might hear from you on the topic. <BR/><BR/>But from where this wretched yuppie sits, it looks like path-forging.Neddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079885040758748553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137510754979197262006-01-17T10:12:00.000-05:002006-01-17T10:12:00.000-05:00Don't get me wrong-- I'm a fan-- but where was thi...Don't get me wrong-- I'm a fan-- but where was this oratorical flair when it counted?<BR/><BR/>A big part of the problem that right thinking candidates have consistantly backed off from confronting the current President and his henchmen with the real names from what they are doing. Good for Al that he's doing it now-- that puts him in a class with Howard Dean and a bunch of bloggers. I don't see that he is forging a path out of the wilderness. Yet.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100176174975448724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137499346135729312006-01-17T07:02:00.000-05:002006-01-17T07:02:00.000-05:00And, for this boy, hope for 2008.And, for this boy, <A HREF="http://www.algore-08.com/" REL="nofollow">hope for 2008</A>.XTCfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361374492348913096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261187.post-1137491473337519032006-01-17T04:51:00.000-05:002006-01-17T04:51:00.000-05:00Yeah, that last bit is great! Thanks for the eyew...Yeah, that last bit is great! Thanks for the eyewitness account. Nice to get a taste of the feeling in the Hall.Neil Shakespearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228133426669625273noreply@blogger.com