04-06-2012, 08:59 PM
My fondest EF memories include making the cyber-acquaintances of Jan, David Guyatt, Magda, Dawn, Terry Mauro, Peter Lemkin, among a small group of enlightened thinkers/writers/researchers.
I also thoroughly enjoyed a prolonged, enlightening exchange of divergent views with Robert Charles-Dunne on some arcane JFK-related subject.
My outing of the "Colby" entity, accomplished by spotlighting wide variances in the literary qualities (or lack thereof) of "his" posts, and of the historic Colby's father, a Big Tobacco scientist who, based on the record, likely bears a huge responsibility for the leafy holocaust, were particularly satisfying.
My all-time favorite activity in the Swamp was engaging Andy "Nine-Iron" Walker in a battle of wits; contrary to popular opinion, I do so enjoy engaging an unarmed enemy. (The "Nine-Iron" nickname originated with my speculation as to which club that avid golfer prefers to shove up his arse.)
For a brief time, John Simkin and I carried on a private e-mail correspondence; it happened during a very sad period in John's life, and in its wake I actually came to believe that he was basically on the side of the angels.
If memory serves, it was in the immediate aftermath of my "Colby" exposure that my access to the Swamp was cut off and then, for a time, restored. Nine-Iron lied about it -- repeatedly. At its height, during an "on" period, he sent a private e-mail to me -- a one word response to my repeated calls for an explanation: "Think."
I saved many of the exchanges, which now reside on a preserved computer hard drive.
I may have some of them readily available for review: if so, I'll check them out and, if appropriate, repost on this thread.
I also thoroughly enjoyed a prolonged, enlightening exchange of divergent views with Robert Charles-Dunne on some arcane JFK-related subject.
My outing of the "Colby" entity, accomplished by spotlighting wide variances in the literary qualities (or lack thereof) of "his" posts, and of the historic Colby's father, a Big Tobacco scientist who, based on the record, likely bears a huge responsibility for the leafy holocaust, were particularly satisfying.
My all-time favorite activity in the Swamp was engaging Andy "Nine-Iron" Walker in a battle of wits; contrary to popular opinion, I do so enjoy engaging an unarmed enemy. (The "Nine-Iron" nickname originated with my speculation as to which club that avid golfer prefers to shove up his arse.)
For a brief time, John Simkin and I carried on a private e-mail correspondence; it happened during a very sad period in John's life, and in its wake I actually came to believe that he was basically on the side of the angels.
If memory serves, it was in the immediate aftermath of my "Colby" exposure that my access to the Swamp was cut off and then, for a time, restored. Nine-Iron lied about it -- repeatedly. At its height, during an "on" period, he sent a private e-mail to me -- a one word response to my repeated calls for an explanation: "Think."
I saved many of the exchanges, which now reside on a preserved computer hard drive.
I may have some of them readily available for review: if so, I'll check them out and, if appropriate, repost on this thread.
Charles Drago
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
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