tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post6639514485848157584..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: The man who never quitAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-33988225009505202572011-04-05T23:45:24.697-07:002011-04-05T23:45:24.697-07:00Thank you so much, Calvin; I really appreciate thi...Thank you so much, Calvin; I really appreciate this. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32555828333129626112011-04-05T16:55:38.775-07:002011-04-05T16:55:38.775-07:00Here's a selection of Watergate-related stuff....Here's a selection of Watergate-related stuff. Ancient history to you, I suppose . . . <br /><br />All the President's Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein<br /><br />Blind ambition by John W Dean<br /><br />Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation by Ken Gormley<br /><br />The Ends of Power by H.R. Haldeman<br /><br />Witness to Power: The Nixon Years by John Ehrlichman (also The Company - a barely disguised fictional account)<br /><br />An American Life: One Man's Road to Watergate by Jeb Stuart Magruder<br /><br />Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy ( for light relief?)<br /><br />The Presidential Transcripts by Bob WoodwardCalvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-65882656714130595752011-04-05T15:20:38.045-07:002011-04-05T15:20:38.045-07:00Anthony, what I dance to is salsa, which I fell in...Anthony, what I dance to is salsa, which I fell in love with when I first visited Cuba. I'm good at it.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-80585574213435389962011-04-05T15:19:26.797-07:002011-04-05T15:19:26.797-07:00Calvin, thanks. :-)Calvin, thanks. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-13997982178817512992011-04-05T08:16:47.848-07:002011-04-05T08:16:47.848-07:00But you do dance to the music? Ricky Martin is a t...But you do dance to the music? Ricky Martin is a total waste of manhood, and that was (Caesar)like the salad.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-34096361155796562562011-04-05T00:25:16.979-07:002011-04-05T00:25:16.979-07:00I'll ask.I'll ask.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-12021040719274686472011-04-04T18:03:53.199-07:002011-04-04T18:03:53.199-07:00Anthony, not another goddam Cuban. :-))Anthony, not another goddam Cuban. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42817645401263373312011-04-04T18:01:57.316-07:002011-04-04T18:01:57.316-07:00Calvin, if she can recommend any reading on the su...Calvin, if she can recommend any reading on the subject I would be most gratefulAnastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46725825507001476032011-04-04T16:47:23.540-07:002011-04-04T16:47:23.540-07:00The CIA ,Lyndon Johnson, Herbert Hoover, Many mili...The CIA ,Lyndon Johnson, Herbert Hoover, Many military chiefs of staff, Cuban Exiles , The Mafia and others despised the Kennedys, Hail Cesar! Bang! Bang! Bang!anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-87543008485908378002011-04-04T16:19:05.780-07:002011-04-04T16:19:05.780-07:00Pity he is more often remembered by his mistakes ...Pity he is more often remembered by his mistakes rather than by his acomplishments.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-13250648311098691462011-04-04T15:57:37.563-07:002011-04-04T15:57:37.563-07:00I had a long talk with my wife about Nixon and Wat...I had a long talk with my wife about Nixon and Watergate after posting, and she had some interesting things to say about watching closely as the whole affair unraveled and how each of the personalities behaved. I was in the UK at the time, so my perspective was different. There are many interesting stories still to emerge from those days.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-79559513082676089062011-04-04T15:38:52.030-07:002011-04-04T15:38:52.030-07:00Yun Yi, thanks. Do let me know what you think of ...Yun Yi, thanks. Do let me know what you think of <i>Nixon</i>. I think Hopkins is super in the lead.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66005021887800341302011-04-04T15:37:16.004-07:002011-04-04T15:37:16.004-07:00TB, yes, he was no glamour boy, no JFK; but he was...TB, yes, he was no glamour boy, no JFK; but he was a heck of a lot more effective as a president. You are not at all superficial. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42264602375449010792011-04-04T15:34:53.095-07:002011-04-04T15:34:53.095-07:00E, how I love irony. :-)E, how I love irony. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-34906553820756379932011-04-04T15:34:09.809-07:002011-04-04T15:34:09.809-07:00Calvin, that's an intriguing spin on Watergate...Calvin, that's an intriguing spin on Watergate. No, I had not heard about Hunt's confession. There is so much about this murky business that we still do not know. It may take another hundred years before all the facts are uncovered. The whole concept of a 'war' on drugs is insane. One might as well make war on moonlight.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-12254187188418952612011-04-04T12:15:37.226-07:002011-04-04T12:15:37.226-07:00Probably the worst thing Tricky Dick did in office...Probably the worst thing Tricky Dick did in office was initiate the "War on Drugs" in 1971. Pursuit of that insane project over 40 years has wreaked havoc on liberty and the Constitution - not to mention the deep corruption it has generated and the lives it has damaged or destroyed.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16431677065467476442011-04-04T08:31:54.445-07:002011-04-04T08:31:54.445-07:00thanks ana! what a intriguing writing about a poli...thanks ana! what a intriguing writing about a politician! <br />all i know about him was watergate scandal and his recovering relationship between china and usa. i don't know what good this international relationship (china and america) brought to america but china certainly benefited from this. <br />i am hooked. will watch movie (i love anthony hopkins!)<br />thanks again for the wonderful introduction of "The Tragedy of King Richard I"!Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-78825109864098022082011-04-04T05:52:18.654-07:002011-04-04T05:52:18.654-07:00Hmm...I have neither the expertise for historical ...Hmm...I have neither the expertise for historical analysis nor an in-depth (historical) knowledge of Nixon. What I do have are some increasingly vague memories of a generally dour faced, American President (no where near as dashing as JFK, Reagan, Clinton or Obama - go on, tell me how pathetically superficial I am - uh, don't bother, I just told myself) who did a really dumb thing and an even dumber thing by refusing to admit it. <br /><br />I think you're saying he did some pretty remarkable things too. Perhaps he did. My impressions of him, however, are of a man who was prepared to do anything to stay in power and that's a man who is a danger to himself and others. Wouldn't give him my vote.Thought Bubble Tenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665668153611429559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-54518793424145224732011-04-04T05:02:32.286-07:002011-04-04T05:02:32.286-07:00is this...very high level irony?is this...very high level irony?-E-https://www.blogger.com/profile/05375171079121062220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-14231856563930239062011-04-03T16:17:00.860-07:002011-04-03T16:17:00.860-07:00Don't forget Nixon's contribution to envir...Don't forget Nixon's contribution to environmental issues: the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and Clean Air Act, among others. He also began the strategic weapons reduction talks that eventually led to limits on nukes in the US & USSR. Much vilified in the press, Nixon was a Washington outsider, and even little-loved in his own party. He chose solutions none of his contemporaries favoured, and cut across the grain of dogma for both parties.<br /><br />I have wondered about Watergate - was the notorious 'bungled burglary' really a quiet coup against Nixon conducted by the secret state operatives who feared he would rein in the CIA? Had he threatened to reveal their involvement in the deaths of JFK and MLK? You may have heard Howard Hunt claimed on his deathbed to have killed Jack Kennedy . . . <br /><br />The media and the political establishment both ganged up on Nixon and forced his resignation over what now seems a trivial matter - he did not order the break-in remember, he simply failed to disown the burglars quickly enough to avoid scandal. But he must have offended so many in the political and business establishment unlike Clinton or the Bush gang. Still, at least he escaped being murdered by his enemies . . .Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.com