tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4657995266560074238..comments2024-03-28T06:41:07.968-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: "The passage of time has not dulled the ache"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-44236939919985472582015-04-29T22:39:32.520-05:002015-04-29T22:39:32.520-05:00One pol. forum was mentioning how years back, peop...One pol. forum was mentioning how years back, people of mixed religions or mixed races weren't suppose to marry either-thus same with the gay marriage. No, not quite the same, is it? And there's nothing wrong with having that opinion. It doesn't make one some bad person just cause a liberal reporter says so. I'm all for gay civil rights, even civil unions, but the marriage goes too far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41825919024255666912015-04-29T20:58:13.369-05:002015-04-29T20:58:13.369-05:00I appreciate that, and normally i don't sweat ...I appreciate that, and normally i don't sweat the small mistakes too much -- to write is to err -- but this is more significant, because I checked it, and tried to, and blundered in checking it. It's worth running a correction over.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6997164568752104392015-04-29T20:29:11.159-05:002015-04-29T20:29:11.159-05:00yeah! Bernie Sanders is joining the Dem. raceyeah! Bernie Sanders is joining the Dem. raceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85421017082721533482015-04-29T19:53:08.533-05:002015-04-29T19:53:08.533-05:00Does anyone else love that PBS program with Profes...Does anyone else love that PBS program with Professor Gates doing geneology searches? good stuffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62090680020606134512015-04-29T19:52:18.460-05:002015-04-29T19:52:18.460-05:00Ah, is that a sculpture of Caesar? or a bust?Ah, is that a sculpture of Caesar? or a bust?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47614552854815632352015-04-29T19:51:10.257-05:002015-04-29T19:51:10.257-05:00It amazes me how the general public or some studen...It amazes me how the general public or some students even in college, still don't know that 19th century is the 1800's, not the 1900's, as one example. Same with geography, it should be taught more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4370870009597057882015-04-29T19:48:40.612-05:002015-04-29T19:48:40.612-05:00Don't beat yourself up over it, Neil. You are...Don't beat yourself up over it, Neil. You are a fine writer and don't let the nitpickers get to you or encourage them.<br /><br />I'd like to see if they'd be perfect if they wrote publically, day after day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56515449470128961472015-04-29T19:47:22.286-05:002015-04-29T19:47:22.286-05:00yes, good one about TR, later he prob wished he ha...yes, good one about TR, later he prob wished he had sought one after being disappointed with Taft, and then splitting the election with BMoose party, handing it to dem Wilson., NOw TR was a decent repub. or more dem. in style<br /><br />It's amazing , from this pol. forum I visit, how many don't know that the south dixiecrats were conserve dems after CWar and didn't turn till after Johnson's and Civ rights time into repubs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85501664003080849262015-04-29T19:32:02.451-05:002015-04-29T19:32:02.451-05:00Re presidents who didn't seek a 2d term -- I&#...Re presidents who didn't seek a 2d term -- I'm surprised no one mentioned T. Roosevelt or Truman, both of whom had one full term after succeeding to their predecessors'terms (following death). Both chose not to run after their full termNitpickernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41242846296717186022015-04-29T19:08:15.606-05:002015-04-29T19:08:15.606-05:00After I fixed it above, I went to fix it online in...After I fixed it above, I went to fix it online in the paper, and realized an editor had already done so. So at least it's right there.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37055914660798999392015-04-29T19:06:19.707-05:002015-04-29T19:06:19.707-05:00No, I'm glad he persisted. I finally pulled do...No, I'm glad he persisted. I finally pulled down my 1977 AP Style Guide. I figured I'd learned it lowercase, and then it changed at some point. But no, it's upper case, even then. I'm just wrong. I was wrong three different ways in this column. Can't win 'em all. I'll run a correction Friday.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61602123728192093252015-04-29T19:00:20.990-05:002015-04-29T19:00:20.990-05:00And we seem to do it too. Doesn't matter to me...And we seem to do it too. Doesn't matter to me -- whatever the style is, I'll go with. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5208406146332469632015-04-29T18:57:16.123-05:002015-04-29T18:57:16.123-05:00Not that you don't have supporters. AP Style c...Not that you don't have supporters. AP Style changed to capitalize "Marines" -- the Army is pushing it to capitalize "soldiers" too. The Trib has started as well. But our style is to lowercase "marines," and I'm fine with that. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10177149593323537552015-04-29T18:51:23.275-05:002015-04-29T18:51:23.275-05:00Right, but you're looking at the wrong part. I...Right, but you're looking at the wrong part. I wasn't referring to U.S. forces, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Marines, the Army, the Marines. I was referring to 11 marines: soldiers, sailors, marines. It's a fine point, and you're forgiven for missing it. But try. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-81692732406759072522015-04-29T18:03:22.719-05:002015-04-29T18:03:22.719-05:00if you were in the service I salute you but please...if you were in the service I salute you but please...don't be analAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14837265801692913092015-04-29T17:48:55.678-05:002015-04-29T17:48:55.678-05:00oh let it go alreadyoh let it go alreadyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50183508171816036912015-04-29T15:37:25.668-05:002015-04-29T15:37:25.668-05:00some say for a non documentary, H. wood type movie...some say for a non documentary, H. wood type movie, Platoon is pretty close to realityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76325727362489902762015-04-29T15:36:32.899-05:002015-04-29T15:36:32.899-05:00Gulf of Tonkin should have been our first clue, or...Gulf of Tonkin should have been our first clue, or at least immed. exit after the Tet Offensive. And that ho chi minh trail.... fuggedabout it.<br /><br />Our embassy there in the early days had no Viet. speakers, the servants and office workers were double agents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91937633758301117052015-04-29T15:34:54.018-05:002015-04-29T15:34:54.018-05:00and the tunnels.....that Amer. couldn't fit in...and the tunnels.....that Amer. couldn't fit intoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49286431724682349182015-04-29T15:33:56.973-05:002015-04-29T15:33:56.973-05:00Viet vets said the WW2 soldiers didn't underst...Viet vets said the WW2 soldiers didn't understand them and said they were whining. Well at least the ones who served in Europe. Those who served in the Pacific in W2 knew about the humidity, pestilence, jungle, etc. <br /><br />Neil, I saw a vid of you when you were interviewed for that Hat book. You sound like Jason Alexander, a bit, when you speak. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8679632343398836542015-04-29T15:02:19.333-05:002015-04-29T15:02:19.333-05:00The war to retrieve lost plantations for their for...The war to retrieve lost plantations for their former French owners.<br /><br />Vietnam overthrew the Khmer Rouge in 1978-1979 and repelled a (Red) China invasion in 1979. So much for the Domino theory. Knowing the regional nationalistic antagonisms would have been like knowing the difference between Shia and Sunni before invading Iraq. <br /><br />What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.Deggjrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19225888154474817002015-04-29T14:47:45.077-05:002015-04-29T14:47:45.077-05:00Sure thing. I rarely get to use my slightly obses...Sure thing. I rarely get to use my slightly obsessive knowledge of 19th century Presidents, so I was happy to get to add something.<br /><br />I think the full list, of one term Presidents not trying to run again are: John Tyler, James Polk, Buchanan, Hayes, and Silent Cal. (I think, on balance, Coolidge withdrawing in 1928 would put him on this list, too.)<br /><br />If you ever want to read about a sad Presidency, read about poor President Pierce, who, while President elect, had a train derail with his family on it, with his last surviving son crushed to death in front of him.<br /><br />His Presidency did not get any happier from there. He tried for the Dem. nomination in 1856, but was defeated by a man who had one of the greatest Pre-Presidential resumes (and worst Presidencies) in history- James Buchanan.)<br /><br />This is all a side note, as I really liked the article. We have, at least so far, avoided this kind of ending in Iraq or Afghanistan. Well, so far.scottmprizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005945296255906630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63524381440400659032015-04-29T14:30:13.440-05:002015-04-29T14:30:13.440-05:00Yeah, you really have to go back to the 19th centu...Yeah, you really have to go back to the 19th century to find an example of a President not really trying. <br /><br />Looking back, I'm thinking the most recent example, before Johnson, was Rutherfraud B. Hayes, who kept his pledge to not run for a second term. scottmprizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005945296255906630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41115754771340138382015-04-29T14:08:45.211-05:002015-04-29T14:08:45.211-05:00and it wasn't that crowded with VW's
now ...and it wasn't that crowded with VW's<br /><br />now Honda's yes<br /><br />I still buy American only, whatever that is...who knows where parts are made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2961067662241584922015-04-29T13:14:35.138-05:002015-04-29T13:14:35.138-05:00A joke Germans tell each other is that Hitler corr...A joke Germans tell each other is that Hitler correctly predicted that American roads would someday be crowded with Volkswagons. Just didn't happen the way he had in mind.<br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com