tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4738002072894602253..comments2024-03-28T12:46:54.004-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Flashback: Tussling with Oscar D'AngeloNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-29896341607256809582016-08-08T18:38:18.150-05:002016-08-08T18:38:18.150-05:00I try to be an exception to that rule. I've wr...I try to be an exception to that rule. I've written some fairly harsh obituaries -- Walter Netsch comes to mind. Jane Byrne's had an edge. I was severe enough to one of the Greylord judges that his family complained. And ... well, I really shouldn't say, but there's an old time corrupt Chicago pol who, let's say, won't be serenaded into the grave. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27829947254880878812016-08-08T16:08:59.628-05:002016-08-08T16:08:59.628-05:00I thought this was going to be an obituary, but th...I thought this was going to be an obituary, but then found it inconsistent with an old Italian proverb: "Only saints die." Meaning you have to be practically Hitler or Stalin to have an obituary writer say something bad about you.<br /><br />Tom Evans<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.com