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marcvh
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response 63 of 323:
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Jun 29 23:20 UTC 2004 |
The Bush Administration, by contrast, is a paragon of transparency who
is always happy to share information.
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tod
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response 64 of 323:
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Jun 29 23:26 UTC 2004 |
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rcurl
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response 65 of 323:
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Jun 30 00:07 UTC 2004 |
What did the Clinton Administration hide (especially things more egregious
than like Cheney's energy advisory panel)?
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tod
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Jun 30 00:09 UTC 2004 |
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rcurl
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response 67 of 323:
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Jun 30 00:19 UTC 2004 |
That would raise a stink.
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jor
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response 68 of 323:
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Jun 30 01:40 UTC 2004 |
(rim shot for tod)
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bru
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response 69 of 323:
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Jun 30 08:04 UTC 2004 |
did I say the Bush administration was perfect?
where were the first ladies papers? If they had been available the first week
it would have saved the government a load of money, but she lost them for over
2 years.
If you are being investigated, and you lose or hide needed documents, it is
going to caus ethe investigator to dig deeper.
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rcurl
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response 70 of 323:
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Jun 30 15:46 UTC 2004 |
You never lose/misplace anything?
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mcnally
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response 71 of 323:
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Jun 30 16:09 UTC 2004 |
re #70: I lose things all the time, but when I do it's pretty clear I
had no incentive to do so.. So far I've never "lost" documents that had
been subpoenaed in an investigation. Nor do I have a staff who can be
tasked with finding stuff for me.
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tod
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Jun 30 16:12 UTC 2004 |
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rcurl
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response 73 of 323:
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Jun 30 17:44 UTC 2004 |
I hope everyone would agree that someone losing something for which they
might have an incentive to lose is not necessary guility of doing so
deliberately.
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tod
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Jun 30 18:03 UTC 2004 |
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richard
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response 75 of 323:
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Jul 1 09:05 UTC 2004 |
This is the MOVIES item guys. Movies movies and more movies. What movies
have you seen?
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klg
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response 76 of 323:
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Jul 1 10:29 UTC 2004 |
"Not necessarily" but quite coincindentally.
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gregb
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response 77 of 323:
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Jul 1 17:35 UTC 2004 |
Thank you, Richard.
I saw Hellboy at the dollar theater. I've never read the comics, but I
enjoyed it. I didn't know Ron Pearlman was the star. Seems like the
only time I see him is when he's covered in makeup.
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jvmv
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response 78 of 323:
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Jul 2 06:27 UTC 2004 |
I have just watched again "Underneath", which dates
from 1995. The direction is Okay but a little rough
on the style. Trying to be clever Soderbergh didn't
get great ideas to work out. "Underneath" is interesting
to watch. As a movie itself, it's more than a experience.
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mooncat
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response 79 of 323:
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Jul 4 01:51 UTC 2004 |
I thought that Hellboy was entertaining. Okay, a bit predictable in
spots, but the character of Hellboy was fun. The rest of the cast was
all right, the fish-man (whose name is excaping me) was one of my
favorites.
Saw Harry Potter: Prizoner of Azkhaban on IMAX a few weeks ago. I
don't think that it was much better than non-IMAX, though maybe the
IMAX experience would have been better if we (all 10 of us who went)
were a few rows back and more to the center.
I do have to highly recommend the "Blue Collar Comedy Tour" with Jeff
Foxworthy, Bill Engval, Larry the Cable guy and (my favorite) Ron
White. Okay, so the humor is a bit low brow, but it never fails to
make me laugh... a lot.
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slynne
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response 80 of 323:
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Jul 4 13:11 UTC 2004 |
I just wrote a very long email to a friend about The Station Agent. It
occurred to me that I could post it here too as a review. The only
thing is that this review has a minor spoiler in it so if you are one
of those people who get really mad about those...you better skip this
post.
It was a very visually stunning movie. Every shot was
like a photograph. I have been working on developing
my eye for visual composition and I found this film to
be very enriching in that way. Naturally, I also was
very impressed with the characters which isnt a
surprise because character study as a genre has always
appealed to me.
The scene near the end where Fin is stumbling drunk on
the tracks and then falls just before the train comes
by reminded me a lot of a short story called "A Train
is an Order of Occurance Designed to Lead to Some
Result" by Sherman Alexie. Have you read that? That
story has a lot of significance for me because I read
it the day before I found out a friend killed himself
by stumbling on the train tracks while high on a
suicidal dose of some pills. I dont know if he meant
to get run over by the train but he meant to off
himself so the end result was the same. Alexie's story
also is a reason why I have a personal rule not to
walk home from the bar on the tracks even though that
is the shortest route for me.
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mary
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response 81 of 323:
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Jul 4 13:30 UTC 2004 |
I just have to start reading your blog, Lynne.
I also really enjoyed Station Agent. Fin was so unexpected and
memorable. And the movie wasn't sweet. Big plus.
Last night I watched Aria. It's a collection of shorts, by
different directors, each done to an opera aria. Three or four of
the seven or eight I'm still thinking about, and that's good. All
are visually stunning and the music is incredible, as you'd expect.
I'd like to hear from someone who knows opera (Ken, Leslie?) as to
whether the stories being told in the arias actually have much to do
with the stories acted. My ignorance of opera is vast.
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fitz
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response 82 of 323:
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Jul 4 14:07 UTC 2004 |
I rented Aria so long ago. The Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde I still
think about. Yeah. The two actors (one was Bridget Fonda) even look like
brother and sister. The incestuous relationship explains a great deal. Wow.
On the other hand, Vesti la giubba is played straight on and would be
recognizable to anyone--even if there were no music. All you need know is
that Canio has been horridly cuckolded and belts out a classic lament of
having to make the audience laugh even though his life is a disaster. That's
Caruso sing the track, by the way. I've listen to it since I was ten and,
really, I have quite wearied of hearing any more of it.
The one with the bodybuilders: I haven't a clue.
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tod
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Jul 4 17:04 UTC 2004 |
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twenex
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response 84 of 323:
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Jul 4 17:07 UTC 2004 |
Eww.
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jvmv
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response 85 of 323:
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Jul 5 08:18 UTC 2004 |
Watch "Girl with a Pearl Earring". It's fascinating.
As someone who is a great fan of movies, I highly
recommend that film.
This is a beautiful film worthy of attention. Not the
best film of the year, but certainly one to look out
for. The direction was brilliant, the acting good.
Directed by Peter Webber, made in Luxembourg, based on
a soap opera of Tracy Chevalier, "Girl with a Pearl
Earring" is definitely one of the best beautiful films.
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rcurl
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response 86 of 323:
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Jul 5 18:17 UTC 2004 |
It's not just a "soap opera" - it is am invented story woven around the
painting of the same name and the artist Johannes Vermeer. It is worth
learning more about the painting, either before or after seeing the movie.
See http://girl-with-a-pearl-earring.20m.com/.
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furs
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response 87 of 323:
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Jul 6 20:32 UTC 2004 |
Saw Spiderman 2 yesterday. I was suprised how prevalent the love story
was, but I don't know that much about the spiderman comics or orignal
series, so I'm not sure if it's dead on or not. But I like it a lot.
I thought the special effects where great and they even added a little
humor.
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