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LOL, doing great now,

LisB — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:15:00 +0000

In reply to Yup, all good. As long as the

LOL, doing great now, thanks. I'm not understanding the bowel and scatalogical refs, but that's me. In the dark as usual, hee. Anyway, glad we got to clear the air. Thanks for being understanding.

Yup, all good. As long as the

quinn esq — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:05:51 +0000

In reply to And Quinn, I apologize for

Yup, all good. As long as the world's full of properly-functioning bowels, I'm happy. ;-)

Hope yer doin' great.

And Quinn, I apologize for

LisB — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:55:00 +0000

In reply to LisB, I luvs ya bunches, and

And Quinn, I apologize for going off on you the other night, in the comment above. I hope you and yours are doing well too.

I didn't support Bush. I

LisB — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:30:00 +0000

In reply to LisB, I luvs ya bunches, and

I didn't support Bush. I voted for him reluctantly in 2000 and then slowly became a Democrat by 2006. Just wanted to correct that for the record. Thanks.

It wasn't the Sherred story I

Donal — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:37:15 +0000

In reply to Since Sherred published

It wasn't the Sherred story I was remembering, though they share a similar theme. It was The Dead Past by Asimov.

FYI, it was released almost a

DF — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:42:48 +0000

In reply to Hey, I was jolted out of my

FYI, it was released almost a month ago.

Since Sherred published

Doctor Cleveland — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:54:37 +0000

In reply to Well that name wasn't on the

Since Sherred published little else, and this is his one well-known piece, no.

But it has been on my mind the last few days, so I didn't dredge it from the depths immediately. I remembered the title, and googled for Sherred's name.

Well that name wasn't on the

Donal — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:49:59 +0000

In reply to To take this thread back in

Well that name wasn't on the tip of my tongue.

To take this thread back in

Doctor Cleveland — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:34:38 +0000

In reply to Whistleblowing vs Privacy?

To take this thread back in another direction, the story you're looking for (or one much like it) is T. L. Sherred's "E for Effort." It's widely anthologized.

The time-viewer in that case is used to reconstruct history, and especially the history of war, starting with Alexander the Great and moving up to World War I and World War II (the story is from 1947). The people using the machine initially disguise their results as fictional movies. (Wow! What a believable take in Alexander the Great, even if they got so many details wrong!) When they get arrested for the World War movies, they reveal that these have actually been documentaries all along. And the national security state clamps down on them.

I would say, for the record, that the documents released last week were NOT heavily classified (not even rated "secret") and seem not to have done much harm. And most of what got said to American diplomats was consciously spoken to foreign diplomats. The speakers were always aware that they enjoyed a very limited and imperfect confidentiality.

LisB, I luvs ya bunches, and

quinn esq — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:14:23 +0000

In reply to From one who's only been

LisB, I luvs ya bunches, and hope you're doing great, but... did you - a lifelong Republican - just ask me where my sense of outrage was prior to 2008? (I was protesting, lobbying, writing, speaking, organizing, and doing whatever I could 24/7, since the early 80's.)

And at that point I just gotta say... you're kindof out of credibility. Because YOU were the Bush-supporting Republican, and yet, you're accusing ME of being late to game? Hello?

As for your comments after that... you haven't READ the leaks? Well, that's just awesome. Good on ya. Another proud American. I think some of you guys are losing it, you know? Really. Illogical and wrong-headed blogs like this, nonsense comments below, and now advice and commentary from someone who admits they haven't read it?

Priceless.