Sunday, March 9, 2008

March 8/9 weekend update & historical commemoration

--“I have read parts of a book, but never a full book. I attempted the wrong sort of book.”—Paul Raymond, British erotic entrepreneur NYT A13 [UK Hugh Hefner equivalent] 3-8-2008

--Mr. Bush confided to a friend a few months ago, as he predicted a Giuliani win, that he’ll eventually come out and campaign for the nominee big time. Talk about throwing the drowning man an anvil. –Peggy Noonan, WSJ A14 3/8/9-2008

--...there’s something horrible and undefeatable about people who have no life except the worship of power ... people who don’t want the meeting to end, the people who just are unstoppable, who only have one focus, no humanity, no character, nothing but the worship of money and power. They win in the end.—Christopher Hitchens, WSJ A14 3/8/9-2008

--Glenn Beck of CNN asked the Rev. John Hagee, a conservative evangelical, what the odds are that Mr. Obama is the Antichrist. NYT WK13

--I’d rather be ruled by a wise Turk than a foolish Christian. – Martin Luther, ibid.

March 8-9, 1968. Warsaw U. students clash with police, shouting “Down with censorship”” and Long live Czechoslovakia!”

March 9, 1968. Student demonstrations in Nancy calling for modernization of curriculum and reduction in size of classes. Worker demonstrations in Nancy against unemployment

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