tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post2830961155817770790..comments2024-03-29T05:03:05.347+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Restoring Honor?James Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-23631739922740315482010-09-05T09:59:13.245+03:002010-09-05T09:59:13.245+03:00NYTPerdu:
I didn't know Wilentz grew up in the...NYTPerdu:<br />I didn't know Wilentz grew up in the Village in the 60's--the same years I went to NYU down there.We probably hung out at the same cafes. Wilentz is one of the most prominent American historians alive today. There ia A movement of late to characterize Bob Dylan as defining music during the late twentieth century.Oxford University Press has a new series on great Americans robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-29567726147332169642010-09-05T06:56:22.809+03:002010-09-05T06:56:22.809+03:00Well, maybe it can go in the something for everyon...Well, maybe it can go in the something for everyone dept.: I've been a very big Dylan fan since the mid-60s when I used to listen to the records and laboriously copy out his lyrics to include in letters to my brother in Vietnam era Air Force. I completely understand why he would be picked as emblematic, though I don't know Wilentz's work. To put Dylan in some--ANY-category with PalinNYT Perduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799504399477460783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-10095041104083735472010-09-05T03:43:21.374+03:002010-09-05T03:43:21.374+03:00You are a person of great depths, Robert. It is ...You are a person of great depths, Robert. It is just lovely to have you posting here.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818522346723485679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-83195901469071579022010-09-05T02:37:30.034+03:002010-09-05T02:37:30.034+03:00Given my age,fe things surprize me----but the tho...Given my age,fe things surprize me----but the thoughtof Sean Wilentz--whose every book I try to read--being put in the same setence as Bob Dylan---a celebraty I used to hiss and boo as he screeched his songs in no-name Village cafes in 1960--just freaks me out....SEAN WILENTZ just published a bookentitled BOB DYLAN'S AMERICA!!! I need to go to church tomorrow. This week with Beck, Palin and robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-65793332153320661972010-09-05T01:59:11.966+03:002010-09-05T01:59:11.966+03:00I'm spending my weekend finishing a fairly mun...I'm spending my weekend finishing a fairly mundane book--THE HARDING SCANDALS--the letters between Warren Harding and Carrie Phillips and the possibiility that Isabelle, her sister, might have been a Germsn Spy during WWI--I'll let you know how it turns outrobertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-30406928115540922872010-09-05T01:54:06.101+03:002010-09-05T01:54:06.101+03:00Good eveningGood eveningrobertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-11373712481541086682010-09-03T10:46:15.469+03:002010-09-03T10:46:15.469+03:00Haven't been on here for a couple of days. I&#...Haven't been on here for a couple of days. I'm glad the gray background works for Robert. I like it too. I usually see white background on the computer and it's almost as bad as a flashlight.<br /><br />I often Olbermann and Maddow and am starting to watch more of Chris Matthews on the midnight repeat. <br /><br />Saw something on MSNBC two nights ago about the new issue of Vanity Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11341915969684349287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-73484248594050640762010-09-02T08:02:28.019+03:002010-09-02T08:02:28.019+03:00Never seizes to amaze me how these charlatans drag...Never seizes to amaze me how these charlatans drag our founding fathers' names through the mud.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-31287676716435860982010-09-02T02:56:07.960+03:002010-09-02T02:56:07.960+03:00On Saturday our hero (Glen Beck) with a quavering ...On Saturday our hero (Glen Beck) with a quavering voice said that he had visited Mount Vernon and "Held in my hands Washington's First Inaugural." Today the curator said that he did not: "He nver got near it!" The man has no regard for the truth. He and Palin seem to be trying to evangelize politics--a very dangerous move in many respects. God and Politics don't mix robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-67099822510657178882010-09-02T02:35:28.468+03:002010-09-02T02:35:28.468+03:00Thanks Carol. Its goog yo keep in mind that my eye...Thanks Carol. Its goog yo keep in mind that my eye specialists, three of them, keep telling me my eyes are not the problem, its my brain and that glasses won't help (some suggested prisms)but I'll l00k into gray tinted glasses and ask my family doctor and the psychiatrist/nuerologist I worked with for 30 years. This new gray background on this site really helps.robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-64768921775023784872010-09-01T07:12:18.044+03:002010-09-01T07:12:18.044+03:00When A Face in the Crowd was on TCM a few months a...When A Face in the Crowd was on TCM a few months ago and I watched it for the first time the host mentioned that about Olbermann calling him that.It's a chilling and great movie with an incredible job by Andy Griffith in a dramatic role and of course a great screenplay by Bud Schulberg.JAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594625881177704355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-43334661621907994422010-08-31T23:10:41.986+03:002010-08-31T23:10:41.986+03:00ROBERT WHELAN, I described your problem to my favo...ROBERT WHELAN, I described your problem to my favorite ophthalmologist, Anna Fierz (called anagram in the old forums), and she asked if you have tinted glasses. Not knowing, I thought I'd mention her question to you. My mother's ophthalmologist has suggested that two or even three pair in varying tints of grey would help her; whether that's a prescription for you I know not.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818522346723485679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-30153353371203637692010-08-31T16:31:23.866+03:002010-08-31T16:31:23.866+03:00Lonesome Rhodes... so that's where that name c...Lonesome Rhodes... so that's where that name comes from! Keith Olbermann calls him Lonesome Rhodes Beck.<br /><br />Nice to start the morning with such great news -- Robert is back! -- and great conversation. A great joke at the Atlantic, too!avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-20199116541613905962010-08-31T11:25:27.562+03:002010-08-31T11:25:27.562+03:00What worries me the most is how the Democrats once...What worries me the most is how the Democrats once again let themselves be suckered into the Republicans' game. I was fit to be tied when Harry Reid weighed in on the mosque "controversy," saying he disagreed with Obama. What the hell was Reid thinking. It was neither a matter that should have concerned him nor one he needed to address, but there he was trying to align himself James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-88350817538581477442010-08-31T11:13:39.504+03:002010-08-31T11:13:39.504+03:00What a productive day.People have done so much to ...What a productive day.People have done so much to help me that its hard to express my appreciation clearly--but each thing done for me brings me closer to total normality--I can't wait to call my opthamologist. Its 4AM here and time to sleep for a few hours<br /> God that screen looks good!!!!robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-76359401483556694312010-08-31T11:05:42.464+03:002010-08-31T11:05:42.464+03:00Beck reminds me of the character played by Andy Gr...Beck reminds me of the character played by Andy Griffth or Griffin in "A FACE IN THE CROWD" ---Lonesom Rhodes---play stupid and naive while you manipulate your audiene--but as I remember the character, Rhodes believed everything he said----Beck? I don't know---he can't be that stupid. Professionally people of his personality disorder who are also addicted or alcoholic, are alsorobertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-75218215924006352812010-08-31T10:49:21.553+03:002010-08-31T10:49:21.553+03:00Good Lord!!!!!! THAT'S PERFECT!!! Thank you so...Good Lord!!!!!! THAT'S PERFECT!!! Thank you so much---its so much easier to read---not perfect, but as close as can be gotten.robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-80363825403615288142010-08-31T10:16:50.441+03:002010-08-31T10:16:50.441+03:00Beck comes across as an aspiring Hitler. It is ob...Beck comes across as an aspiring Hitler. It is obvious that this guy wants desperately to get into politics. Broadcasting isn't enough for him and a rally like this is his way to "legitimize" his draw. <br /><br />For years now he has posting one bestseller after another, presented as some clever perversion of a well-known title or phrase. He seems to view himself as a true blueJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-24039984211451955142010-08-31T10:08:56.045+03:002010-08-31T10:08:56.045+03:00This gray is a lighter, robert. Font sizes you ca...This gray is a lighter, robert. Font sizes you can adjust through your computer, by "zooming in" in the "view" heading on Mozilla Firefox, which I use, or by enlarging the fonts on other browsers.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-69534259983215761832010-08-31T06:40:31.458+03:002010-08-31T06:40:31.458+03:00The thougt of Glen Beck, evangelist asking America...The thougt of Glen Beck, evangelist asking Americans to stop the divisiveness is enouhj to question his hold on reality. I think he needs psychiatric care before he begins to talk to God directly--he is approaching a dangerous phase in his personality presentation...He now believes he has been destined by God for some vague purpose. On topof it all,he is paranoid and truly belives we are doomed robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-4949415236480005012010-08-31T06:28:43.658+03:002010-08-31T06:28:43.658+03:00How do you do things like that --- the white on b...How do you do things like that --- the white on blue is stunning. What a change--it might prove better than grayrobertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-34834497342935310072010-08-31T06:26:28.798+03:002010-08-31T06:26:28.798+03:00I notice when I right clicked snd pressed SELECT A...I notice when I right clicked snd pressed SELECT ALL, everything came up with a bright blue with white print.Can this be done? Can you up my font size two levels?robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-41732130191689056362010-08-31T05:48:50.283+03:002010-08-31T05:48:50.283+03:00Good evening: My screen is has turned dark gray. I...Good evening: My screen is has turned dark gray. I thank whoever did that, but find that the shade of gray is too dark for me. Is therea lighter shade to help me out?robertwhelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734928563705595948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-48288191505782021362010-08-31T05:35:25.047+03:002010-08-31T05:35:25.047+03:00I read The Atlantic every month (a little to my ri...I read The Atlantic every month (a little to my right, good fiction, some good writing in general) and have never before looked at its website. Thanx for taking us there, nyt.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818522346723485679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-131003268086003992010-08-31T05:09:34.334+03:002010-08-31T05:09:34.334+03:00Good one, NYT.Good one, NYT.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.com