Letters to the Editor
Lamont Cranston
Published Letters: 14
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The Shadow Knows
[Read the article: "Brothers"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I thought they would get me, instead of the president," he told his Justice Department press aide, Edwin Guthman, as they walked back and forth on the backyard lawn at Hickory Hill on the afternoon of Nov. 22. Guthman and others around Bobby that day thought "they" might be coming for the younger Kennedy next."
Hoffa's the key. As you may recall his mot regarding an annoying barking dog -- cut of the dog's tail and it still barks, cut off its head, and Bobby Kennedy's just another lawyer.
Farrell Dobbs, lead honcho of the Trotskyist SWP had been Hoffa's mentor in 1934 since Dobbs had organized the Minneapolis Teamsters.
The NYC SWP had the "concession" for Fair Play for Cuba (FPFC) while in other cities the Stalinists harbored the organization.
Hoffa put in a phone call to Farrell Dobbs who (1) had connections to Lee Harvey who was leading 3 lives -- eg an FBI double agent and (2) supplied the man behind the fence and the grassy knoll dudes -- I believe these hitmen were (a) Cary Reinstein, a Bronx trotskyist with a twitch and (b) Leo Cygnes a painter and a marksman -- the quid pro quo was to get rid of Oswald which Hoffa's connexions took care of.
Neat sweet complete.
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No Cojones
[Read the article: When Democrats collapse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why the hell did Carter wait until now to blast the GOP war -- no cojones -- why wasn't Carter making some sort of political statement back in 2003 and coalescing the opposition to Bush's foolishness -- no cojones
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Hillary Redux
[Read the article: Hillary Studies]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The basic thing that has puzzled me about HDRC is that she was born in CHICAGO -- moved to Park Ridge when she was three.
In fact, she was born in the 48th Ward of Chicago ... I think on the west side of Winthrop just north of Hollywood where her bedroom was backed by the el tracks ...
She's been back to the ward to raise money -- but never never never done a photo op with any of the lady pols of the ward -- and there is mucho (mucha?) feminine representation of the area -- something about the Lake Michigan waters. #1 the Alderman -- Mary Ann Smith -- #2 the Congressional Rep -- Jan Schakowski --
When HDRC was selling her book at Women & Children First in the 48th Ward -- somehow she didn't have the political moxie to invite the Alderman and the Congresswoman ...
If one is running for the Democratic Nomination for President, the 48th Ward has GOT to be a bigger asset than Park Ridge, donchya think?
Some groovy great lakes legislation w/Rep Schakowski and other Congresspeople whose districts on on the GL shores would be an act of deep political/national strategy, donchya think?
I know where she's coming from -- but she apparently doesn't.
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The Yearly Kos --
[Read the article: Cheerful boos for Hillary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Chicago loves big parties -- the bloggers & the (corporate) rockers at lollapalooza put a little bit of toddle in the action.
I'm an astrologer in the 48th Ward ... with a hard core jones for politics ... considering doing a regular online blog with astro insights on the campaign.
Here's a little navigation to get you through eclipse season -- the next new moon (Aug 12) at 19 leo is right on Obama's Midheaven -- that's the career point in a horoscope -- watch him & his camp carefully for new starts -- maybe a new issue -- the Great Lakes infrastructure issue is looming large -- local Chicago investment is the BP dumping crap in Lake Michigan -- my alderman has declared a boycott of BP -- that's an issue with very long legs and should involve the energies of the Great Lake States -- 8 of them -- 6 are blue
The first eclipse full moon August 28 -- 4 vi/pisces -- now if Hillary is born 8 AM chicago -- this eclipse is right on her nadir and she won't take her natal ward -- the 48th -- i don't think she knows the alderman's name ...
The second eclipse is a solar -- and it is ugly it is on 9/11 2007, right across the zodiac from planet uranus which suggests a very explosive set of possibilities
Hold your fire and choices until you've assessed how these would be helmsmen of our nation navigate through the eclipse season.
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Hillary's a hypocrite
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton: Coal isn't going away]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fer gawdsake, the woman represents NYState including Niagara Falls which is a fairly clean energy source -- and she has not done anything that I or my friends can think of to improve the conditions in Western NY.
NY State borders 2 Great Lakes -- both connected by the thunderous Niagara (rhymes with Viagra) -- Erie & Ontario. This is a natural for a Great Lakes conservation issue that would tie together the 8 great lake states that are with notable exceptions -- Ohio & Indiana -- blue states, creating a platform ... but nada comes from the grandstanding junior senator.
Chicago (where this would be president was born) recently went through a head to head with British Petroleum that got permission from Indiana governor and EPA to piss in the common pool even more than they already do so ...
There's the issue that someone (Barack didn't pick it up either to run with it) ... no one GL state should have the authority to permit an entity within it to further poison this great American resource --
Well, Chicago's motto is I Will -- & starting w/my alderman who initiated a BP boycott on up -- kind of sort of forced BP to reconsider this new toxicity
Where the hell was Hillary?
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Ring - Index Finger
[Read the article: Cupid's science]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Among chiromancers -- a long ring (Apollo) finger implies the artist, if longer than the Saturn (middle) finger -- a gambler, risk taker -- the long index (jupiter) finger is the director -- sort of an ego/talent dichotomy
and the 4 temperament types go back to -- well I think the platonic types were improperly cited ... the humors & the 4 elements to be sure
astrologically speaking -- if his mars is in aspect to her venus, ergo erotic chemistry --
if A's mercury aspects B's mercury -- damn, we CAN talk --
This anthropology major prefers metaphysics to academic pseudo science