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Started by Hoss, December 16, 2014, 01:17:17 PM

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Hoss

Two brothers, both diametrically opposed on issues as R vs D, were on C-Span this morning when someone unexpected called in.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4519563/joy-woodhouse-calls-c-span-brothers

Hilarity ensued.

heironymouspasparagus

"We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another--until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices."

Just a few short years before he called out the National Guard to kill students at Kent State....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Richard_Nixon


"So he brandished a gun, never shot anyone or anything right?"  --TeeDub, 17 Feb 2018.

I don't share my thoughts because I think it will change the minds of people who think differently.  I share my thoughts to show the people who already think like me that they are not alone.

Ed W

Nixon didn't send the National Guard to Kent State. That was Ohio Governor Rhodes, may he rot in hell.

Ed W
Ed

May you live in interesting times.

heironymouspasparagus

Quote from: Ed W on December 16, 2014, 03:14:00 PM
Nixon didn't send the National Guard to Kent State. That was Ohio Governor Rhodes, may he rot in hell.

Ed W


Since 2001....not nearly long enough!


I know, but Nixon was Supreme Commander.  He bears ultimate responsibility - the whole "buck stops here" thing....

"So he brandished a gun, never shot anyone or anything right?"  --TeeDub, 17 Feb 2018.

I don't share my thoughts because I think it will change the minds of people who think differently.  I share my thoughts to show the people who already think like me that they are not alone.

Townsend

Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on December 16, 2014, 04:17:51 PM

Since 2001....not nearly long enough!


I know, but Nixon was Supreme Commander.  He bears ultimate responsibility - the whole "buck stops here" thing....



That was Truman.

I believe Nixon's was "Well, I am not a crook."

heironymouspasparagus

Quote from: Townsend on December 16, 2014, 04:32:19 PM
That was Truman.

I believe Nixon's was "Well, I am not a crook."


Yep.  But every one of them since Truman has embraced it....

"So he brandished a gun, never shot anyone or anything right?"  --TeeDub, 17 Feb 2018.

I don't share my thoughts because I think it will change the minds of people who think differently.  I share my thoughts to show the people who already think like me that they are not alone.

Hoss

Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on December 16, 2014, 04:44:12 PM

Yep.  But every one of them since Truman has embraced it....



Nixon?   Not so much I think...

Ed W

Clinton didn't inhale. I'm not sure about the others. Rumor has it that Truman enjoyed a fattie now and then
Ed

May you live in interesting times.

Breadburner

The Kim Chee is rampant in this thread.....
 

heironymouspasparagus

Quote from: Breadburner on December 16, 2014, 07:07:26 PM
The Kim Chee is rampant in this thread.....


Ahhh...it's now time for the yeast infection....


"So he brandished a gun, never shot anyone or anything right?"  --TeeDub, 17 Feb 2018.

I don't share my thoughts because I think it will change the minds of people who think differently.  I share my thoughts to show the people who already think like me that they are not alone.