Evaluating the Case against LBJ

[Seamus Coogan]

My favorite fart joke:

Jim Fetzer.

Hahahaha sheesh that had me in hysterics. What's funny, is I actually liked Rick Mayall and the Young Ones. I remember TV was pretty banal in the 80's and this was pretty refreshing stuff. I thought he was superb as B'stard as well Jan. In saying that I do think Spike is the king and in his later years I did find Mayall a little tedious. Indeed, I found Ben Elton writing bloody tedious as well, I mean 'Maybe Baby' what a horrific piece of shit that was. CD got me thinking with his fart comment. I mean we actually have a cast of characters for a comedy show....Fetzer, Cinque, Nelson, Cahalan, Hankey have been creating some awful stuff over the past few years. I mean we couldn't call it 'Full House' but 'Full of Shit' might work.

[Magda Hassan]

My favorite fart joke:

Jim Fetzer.

Hahahaha sheesh that had me in hysterics. What's funny, is I actually liked Rick Mayall and the Young Ones. I remember TV was pretty banal in the 80's and this was pretty refreshing stuff. I thought he was superb as B'stard as well Jan. In saying that I do think Spike is the king and in his later years I did find Mayall a little tedious. Indeed, I found Ben Elton writing bloody tedious as well, I mean 'Maybe Baby' what a horrific piece of shit that was. CD got me thinking with his fart comment. I mean we actually have a cast of characters for a comedy show....Fetzer, Cinque, Nelson, Cahalan, Hankey have been creating some awful stuff over the past few years. I mean we couldn't call it 'Full House' but 'Full of Shit' might work.

Now, French and Saunders is quite another matter.
We've definitely had some jokers here.

[Adele Edisen]

Adele

Jim DiEugenio asked Larry Hancock when the photo was taken. Larry's reply at http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index....ntry253825

Jim, the photo was taken during the Kennedy campaign, it was a national security brief for Johnson as the VP candidate. The stock photo was later used prior to the Texas trip as an example of VIP visitors to the LBJ ranch and that caused many folks to wrongly think it was circa 63.

I questioned the date of the photo, for the visit of Allen Dulles to LBJ on his ranch in 1960 was known, and there was a photo at that time. There was a photo also printed in 1963, and indeed captioned "former director of CIA"--however, it seems the photo was not taken in 1963.

I don't think the photo is necessary to Dulles in Dallas close to the big dance.

And his referring to Ruth Paine as Oswald's landlady is precious, as vintage Dulles as his referring to the murdered president with, "That little Kennedy. . .he thought he was a god."

Landlady. No, Ruth is a treasure to the Hieronymus Bosch corpse of CIA, beneath the 17,000 worker bees, in the creepy innards with the spiders and the millipedes.

In the sense that Colonel Rosa Klegg was a cleaning lady, yes, then Ruth Paine was Marina's "landlady."

Phil,

Thank you for clearing that up for me.

And Colonel Rosa Klegg - who is she? Off topic here, but I'd like to know.

Thanks.

Adele.

[Charles Drago]

Adele

Jim DiEugenio asked Larry Hancock when the photo was taken. Larry's reply at http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index....ntry253825

Jim, the photo was taken during the Kennedy campaign, it was a national security brief for Johnson as the VP candidate. The stock photo was later used prior to the Texas trip as an example of VIP visitors to the LBJ ranch and that caused many folks to wrongly think it was circa 63.

I questioned the date of the photo, for the visit of Allen Dulles to LBJ on his ranch in 1960 was known, and there was a photo at that time. There was a photo also printed in 1963, and indeed captioned "former director of CIA"--however, it seems the photo was not taken in 1963.

I don't think the photo is necessary to Dulles in Dallas close to the big dance.

And his referring to Ruth Paine as Oswald's landlady is precious, as vintage Dulles as his referring to the murdered president with, "That little Kennedy. . .he thought he was a god."

Landlady. No, Ruth is a treasure to the Hieronymus Bosch corpse of CIA, beneath the 17,000 worker bees, in the creepy innards with the spiders and the millipedes.

In the sense that Colonel Rosa Klegg was a cleaning lady, yes, then Ruth Paine was Marina's "landlady."

Phil,

Thank you for clearing that up for me.

And Colonel Rosa Klegg - who is she? Off topic here, but I'd like to know.

Thanks.

Adele.

Phil is referencing the character "Rosa Klebb," the Soviet SMERSH honcho who, at the end of the film version of From Russia, With Love, poses as a hotel maid to get a shot at James Bond's -- how shall I describe it -- "suite spot."

[Adele Edisen]

Phil wrote:

In the sense that Colonel Rosa Klegg was a cleaning lady, yes, then Ruth Paine was Marina's "landlady."

Phil,

Thank you for clearing that up for me.

And Colonel Rosa Klegg - who is she? Off topic here, but I'd like to know.

Thanks.

Adele.

Charles wrote:

Phil is referencing the character "Rosa Klebb," the Soviet SMERSH honcho who, at the end of the film version of From Russia, With Love, poses as a hotel maid to get a shot at James Bond's -- how shall I describe it -- "suite spot."

I remember seeing that film and the scene you mentioned. Thanks, Charles.

[Adele Edisen]

Hey awesome back and forth. Phil here's some direct confirmation for Larrys call. This is from the LBJ oral history collection.

http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/arc...b%2017.pdf

Check out page four it's all there.

Will do, Seamus. And thank you.

Adele