25-05-2012, 03:44 AM
Back to the "Colby" discussion.
Over at the EF, our indispensable comrade Greg Burnham succinctly referenced the "Colby" hydra reality in the following exchange with Josiah Thompson, whose original post is rendered in boldface; Greg's response is in red:
Josiah Thompson, on 25 May 2012 - 12:46 AM, said:
Thank you, Greg. I think the term "bloviator" was coined by H. L. Mencken in the 1920s. My contribution in terms of descriptors for Professor Fetzer is "the Great Wind from the North." I thnk Len Colby put together a definition for the verb "to fetzer" and it was taken up on the internet by a dictionary of slang. Certainly, we should keep all this staight.
JT
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[COLOR="#FF0000"]To which one of the many "Colbys" do you refer?
Never mind-- [/COLOR]
Over at the EF, our indispensable comrade Greg Burnham succinctly referenced the "Colby" hydra reality in the following exchange with Josiah Thompson, whose original post is rendered in boldface; Greg's response is in red:
Josiah Thompson, on 25 May 2012 - 12:46 AM, said:
Thank you, Greg. I think the term "bloviator" was coined by H. L. Mencken in the 1920s. My contribution in terms of descriptors for Professor Fetzer is "the Great Wind from the North." I thnk Len Colby put together a definition for the verb "to fetzer" and it was taken up on the internet by a dictionary of slang. Certainly, we should keep all this staight.
JT
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[COLOR="#FF0000"]To which one of the many "Colbys" do you refer?
Never mind-- [/COLOR]
Charles Drago
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If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene