A day that lives in infamy

[Ian Livingston]

Nah. I'm just a little foggy this morning. I rather thought you did, but I
have my days when I oughtta just chop some wood and carry some water before
I shoot off at the fingertips.



On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:

> Obviously I need to turn the ironizer up to 11 again (plus more cowbell).
> I agree with you.****
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> *From:* Ian Livingston [mailto:igrlivingston at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, August 09, 2013 1:01 PM
> *To:* Monte Davis
> *Cc:* pynchon -l
> *Subject:* Re: A day that lives in infamy****
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> Yep, that's the official line. Some of us think it might have inspired us
> to positive action--seeing the Crook in the box--to taking part in a
> responsive government. You may thank God for Gerald Ford's having saved us
> from a government of the people, by the people and for the people, but I
> damn him and all his kind to the eternal hells.****
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> On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis at verizon.net>
> wrote:****
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> IL> September 8, 1974, which I count as the day the government officially
> announced its status as an agency independent of the will of the people,
> and the beginning of all that happened after.****
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> It was *for our own good*, Ian.  We stole a continent, we broke from an
> empire, we fought a civil war and two world wars, we’d had four presidents
> assassinated -- but the spectacle of a former president in the dock,
> accountable to the law and to his fellow citizens, would have shattered us
> to quivering bits. God bless Gerald Ford for saving us from that horror.**
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