LQD: Blessed Are the Fundsmakers | 24 comments (24 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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I resorted to synopsis instead of re-reading the relevant parts of Gibbon. Some other of my recollections are based on passages from books I may still have in my library, but the names of which will no longer come to mind and still others are from lectures more than 45 years ago.

I too am a sometime fan of Vidal. He has a taste for the juicier historical subjects that most of those in his generation shunned. I always thought that Al Gore's relation to Gore Vidal plus his heritage from his father hinted that there might be depths to Al that were not on display.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Oct 10th, 2009 at 11:05:21 AM EST
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"depths to Al" LOL. Have you read Inconvenient Truth? lordamercy, hand him his literary jeans.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Oct 10th, 2009 at 06:09:38 PM EST
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Re: LQD: Blessed Are the Fundsmakers (none / 0)

Al's Nobel was not in literature.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sun Oct 11th, 2009 at 02:15:09 AM EST
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We can say that again. Assualt on Reason. woosh.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Oct 11th, 2009 at 10:18:51 AM EST
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Re: LQD: Blessed Are the Fundsmakers (4.00 / 2)

I saw the movie. It wasn't bad.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun Oct 11th, 2009 at 04:34:52 AM EST
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LQD: Blessed Are the Fundsmakers | 24 comments (24 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)