A day that lives in infamy

[alice wellintown]

You can't be serious. Nixon obstructed justice after the Burglary. The
burglary was a far more serious crime than anything Obama has been accused
of, and the cover up, which some place higher than the burglary, though
doing so  is questionable, caused the president to resign because he, as
president, tried to subvert the constitution, to undermine the essence of
our democratic system. He did not only engage in crimes of political
espionage, spy on the competition, he engaged in crimes of sabotage.
Remember too, that many o the people, groups of people he, through abuse of
power, damaged, were "competition" only in his paranoid mind. Nixon's
competition, those who suffered from his crimes, include, anyone who
opposed his filthy wars, the free press, our system of election, our system
of justice. Not to mention our History. Your quip here seems to side with
Nixon on the last of these.

The paranoid man in the theatre / theater can't here the rocket. What? It's
important to keep things in perspective: Obama is not the new Nixon. The
world is changed, for he better, despite the sufferings from h excesses of
global capital. We ain't livin in no Nixon Land no mo.


On Friday, August 9, 2013, wrote:

> In light of the present-day levels of surveillance, his actions seem
> almost lovably benign and even comical. Ooh, he spied on the competition -
> horrors!
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Livingston **
> Sent: Aug 8, 2013 11:31 PM
> To: pynchon -l **
> Subject: A day that lives in infamy
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> http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2013/aug/08/photography-president-nixon
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