"Speech is civilization itself.”
-- Thomas Mann, writer
The Professional Left Podcast with Driftglass and Blue Gal
Ep 338 The Left Remembers
Watching HBO's "All the Way (with LBJ)" brings lots of lessons for progressives and their issues today. Also third party Republicans might choose Libertarians over No Labels, and the one person you don't want against you when you protest. More at professionalleft.blogspot.com.
- David Brooks breaks down and confesses that he is terrible at his job.
2 comments:
And I fell for it. Shit. I'll probably be back tomorrow after I hear the podcast...
-Doug in Oakland
OK, LBJ. Molly Ivins said that if you set aside the Vietnam war, he clearly would have gone down in history as one of greatest presidents we've had, although she did note that he was a man who could not have passed any character test ever devised by the human imagination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxw2GofpNgI
And our cat likes to sleep in the bathroom sink also, but I haven't been able to get a picture of her to send to you yet, but when I manage it, you'll get it.
I don't know whether we have HBO here, but when I find out, I'll figure a way to watch the movie, as the trailer seems more than awesome.
-Doug in Oakland
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