Comments on: The Birthday Party http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: wps946 http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73892 wps946 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:01:07 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73892 My little girl was going to be one, and my husband was turning the 'big 3-0' soon, so I wanted to have an extra special birthday party invitations for both occasions. I spent a long time searching the internet until if found these great sites for <a href="http://www.cardsshoppe.com/productlist.asp?catid=2" rel="nofollow"> Children Birthday Invitations</a>, <a href="http://www.express-invitations.com/party_invitations/Party-Invitations-Cards.php" rel="nofollow"> Adult Surprise Birthday Party Invitations</a> and <a href="http://www.cardspersonalized.com" rel="nofollow"> Personalized Birthday Invitations for Children and Adults</a>. These sites have cute and unique birthday party invitations, and you can use my own birthday wordings with lots of sample birthday party sayings for me to use. I ordered from <a href="http://www.cardsshoppe.com" rel="nofollow">Cards Shoppe</a>, and the birthday invitations cards were beautiful. Everyone loved them! My little girl was going to be one, and my husband was turning the ‘big 3-0′ soon, so I wanted to have an extra special birthday party invitations for both occasions. I spent a long time searching the internet until if found these great sites for Children Birthday Invitations, Adult Surprise Birthday Party Invitations and Personalized Birthday Invitations for Children and Adults. These sites have cute and unique birthday party invitations, and you can use my own birthday wordings with lots of sample birthday party sayings for me to use. I ordered from Cards Shoppe, and the birthday invitations cards were beautiful. Everyone loved them!

]]> By: hurley http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73891 hurley Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:48:50 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73891 Fiddlesticks: First you make unsubstantiated allegations that Cockburn is a drunk, a conspiracy theorist and, perhaps most egregiously of all, British. Then you make the far more serious, and again unsubstantiated, allegation that he is an anti-semite. That's a grave accusation, libellous if untrue. It is inconceivable to me that you would level such a charge lightly, say in a fit of malicious whimsy, because to do so would be to trivialize a legacy of tragic scope and dimension. Your accusations therefore imply a solemn obligation. I urge you to do the right thing, the decent thing, and to step out from behind your moniker and take the charge to him directly, in your own name. Amass your evidence, make your case, publish your conclusions. Anything else would suggest cowardice and irresponsibility on your part . Be warned, however, that he's dealt with this sort of thing before, and none too gently. Pursue it to it's conclusion, as you are morally bound to do, and you're likely to find yourself in court. I'm through with this subject. Fiddlesticks: First you make unsubstantiated allegations that Cockburn is a drunk, a conspiracy theorist and, perhaps most egregiously of all, British. Then you make the far more serious, and again unsubstantiated, allegation that he is an anti-semite. That’s a grave accusation, libellous if untrue. It is inconceivable to me that you would level such a charge lightly, say in a fit of malicious whimsy, because to do so would be to trivialize a legacy of tragic scope and dimension. Your accusations therefore imply a solemn obligation. I urge you to do the right thing, the decent thing, and to step out from behind your moniker and take the charge to him directly, in your own name. Amass your evidence, make your case, publish your conclusions. Anything else would suggest cowardice and irresponsibility on your part . Be warned, however, that he’s dealt with this sort of thing before, and none too gently. Pursue it to it’s conclusion, as you are morally bound to do, and you’re likely to find yourself in court.

I’m through with this subject.

]]> By: fiddlesticks http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73890 fiddlesticks Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:30:46 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73890 "I disagree with you, Fiddlesticks. Alexander Cockburn a great choice " The man is a Jew hater. He may be a "greta choice for you, but he does not belong on a public radio show supported by taxpayer dollars. Hurley. “I disagree with you, Fiddlesticks. Alexander Cockburn a great choice ”

The man is a Jew hater. He may be a “greta choice for you, but he does not belong on a public radio show supported by taxpayer dollars. Hurley.

]]> By: DevanJedi http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73889 DevanJedi Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:34:39 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73889 Was Alex Cockburn "disconnected" deliberately after he attacked the "blabosphere"? :D Was Alex Cockburn “disconnected” deliberately after he attacked the “blabosphere”? :D

]]> By: hurley http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73888 hurley Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:57:39 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73888 Yes, I do have better things to do, but the link fails moments after HRM drones on. Yes, I do have better things to do, but the link fails moments after HRM drones on.

]]> By: hurley http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73887 hurley Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:20:27 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73887 Grazie. Grazie.

]]> By: hurley http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73886 hurley Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:44:04 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73886 The requested URL /ros/open_source_060810.mp3 was not found on this server. The requested URL /ros/open_source_060810.mp3 was not found on this server.

]]> By: hurley http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73885 hurley Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:14:48 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73885 And now if only someone would kindly fix the link... And now if only someone would kindly fix the link…

]]> By: hurley http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73884 hurley Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:12:53 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73884 I disagree with you, Fiddlesticks. Alexander Cockburn a great choice -- and he's not British. Au contraire, as his great countryman famously replied to the same misrepresentation. And on what basis do you have it that he's "perpetually inebriated" (sounds like you're thinking of Hitchens -- a less savory character, but his drinking is his own business)? That's a strong accusation -- reckless even -- to be throwing around about someone you presumably don't even know. As for his alleged preference for conspiracy theories, he's done more than his part to debunk the biggest conspiracy theory of them all, the alleged conspiracy surrounding the assassination of JFK (and yes, I am familiar with Whiteout). He also happens to be one of the supplest prosers around. He can write in any tone or mood, be it satirical, forensic, polemical, elegiacal...He wrote a description of a group of hammerhead sharks tearing into a school of bonefish off Key West that is one of the best bits of nature writing I've ever read. I suggest you read him if you haven't, even if you think you disagree with him. Amitie. I disagree with you, Fiddlesticks. Alexander Cockburn a great choice — and he’s not British. Au contraire, as his great countryman famously replied to the same misrepresentation. And on what basis do you have it that he’s “perpetually inebriated” (sounds like you’re thinking of Hitchens — a less savory character, but his drinking is his own business)? That’s a strong accusation — reckless even — to be throwing around about someone you presumably don’t even know. As for his alleged preference for conspiracy theories, he’s done more than his part to debunk the biggest conspiracy theory of them all, the alleged conspiracy surrounding the assassination of JFK (and yes, I am familiar with Whiteout). He also happens to be one of the supplest prosers around. He can write in any tone or mood, be it satirical, forensic, polemical, elegiacal…He wrote a description of a group of hammerhead sharks tearing into a school of bonefish off Key West that is one of the best bits of nature writing I’ve ever read. I suggest you read him if you haven’t, even if you think you disagree with him. Amitie.

]]> By: David Weinstein http://www.radioopensource.org/the-birthday-party/#comment-73883 David Weinstein Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:34:16 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/514/#comment-73883 Coud the Cuban people remain "romantic, rebellious and joyous" under a less repressive system? Coud the Cuban people remain “romantic, rebellious and joyous” under a less repressive system?

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