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(Sen) Hollings Retirement a Big Win for Liberty
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| 10-9-03
| radley balko
Posted on 10/09/2003 10:29:36 AM PDT by wheelgunguru
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:37:21 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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When a long-serving politician leaves office, media types generally tend to reflect fondly upon his career -- to recall the highlights, gloss over the embarrassments and heap praise on his dedication to public service.
But what is one to do when there is virtually nothing praiseworthy about a long-serving, retiring politician
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: fritzhollings
To: wheelgunguru
Senator Foghorn Leghorn is indeed a doddering old fool. Good riddance to him.
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posted on
10/09/2003 10:34:14 AM PDT
by
GunsareOK
To: All
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posted on
10/09/2003 10:34:15 AM PDT
by
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To: wheelgunguru
This article is too pro-Hollings for my taste...
To: wheelgunguru
One down, many, many to go.
I've been talking with my congressman and senators, trying to educate them on technological issues and how they tie into terms they can understand, like rights, privacy and the economy. They do seem pretty receptive.
One quote I remember: "What's open source software?" when I was discussing a rediculous P2P bill (H.R. 2885) coming up in the House. That's how far behind they are, folks.
You need to educate them if you want them to make sound decisions.
To: wheelgunguru
Let's not sugar coat it. This piece is far too flattering.
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posted on
10/09/2003 10:56:29 AM PDT
by
tdadams
To: wheelgunguru
But ... but Fritz ... has such nice hair! And teeth! And sometimes I actually understands some of the "words" he says!
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posted on
10/09/2003 11:00:03 AM PDT
by
pogo101
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To: wheelgunguru
When I lived in South Carolina, I met and spoke to both Hollings and 96 year old Strom Thurmond. Strom was intelligent and articulate. Hollings was a senile, blathering idiot.
The media always portrayed the exact opposite of this.
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posted on
10/09/2003 1:13:16 PM PDT
by
UNGN
(I've been here since '98 but had nothing to say until now)
To: GunsareOK
Does ANYONE on FR know of anything this man has accomplished in his nearly 40 years in the Senate? I can not think of one thing!!
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posted on
10/09/2003 1:16:25 PM PDT
by
PISANO
To: wheelgunguru
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
--Daniel Webster
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.
--Henry Clay
There's too much consumin' goin' on
--Ernest Hollings
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posted on
10/09/2003 1:29:57 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: PISANO
Can't think of anything he accomplished in the Senate but when he was governor, he instituted the South Carolina Technical Education School System. It has been good for SC and I have to give him credit for that. Otherwise, I draw a blank.
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posted on
10/09/2003 2:24:52 PM PDT
by
Between the Lines
("What Goes Into the Mind Comes Out in a Life")
To: Between the Lines; dixie sass; SC Swamp Fox
Fritz is living proof of how hard it is to unseat an incumbent, even an arrogant, stupid one like him. I am a constituent and his office will not respond to my requests to explain why he voted against Estrada's nomination. He can't leave office soon enough for me.
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posted on
10/14/2003 2:57:01 AM PDT
by
doosee
To: wheelgunguru
Sen. Ernest Hollings made his greatest effort on behalf of liberty this session than any hes struck in his 36-year Senate career. He announced his retirement. Ummmmm, well, I thought it was!
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posted on
10/14/2003 3:13:06 AM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: PISANO
He graduated from the Citadel and attended several Tea Dances?
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posted on
10/14/2003 3:14:45 AM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: wheelgunguru
"A win for liberty" my ass.
It is not a victory when your enemy decides to retire to his castle to enjoy the spoils of his longstanding corruption-it is evidence of your own weakness.
Any more "wins" like this, and we are undone.
To: ExGuru
Sen. KKK will live on forever in West Virginia. Every other road, building, bridge, kid is named after the evil ba$tard. West Virginians love him so much that they would probably keep reelecting him after he is dead.
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posted on
10/14/2003 3:18:25 AM PDT
by
RushLake
To: doosee
High five on that one doosee! You could call Thurmond's office or now, Graham's office and get an answer, Fritzie's - nope - been there, done that, and wore the t-shirt!
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posted on
10/14/2003 4:20:22 AM PDT
by
dixie sass
(GOD bless America)
To: PISANO
He signed the bill that put the Confederate battle flag on top of the South Carolina Statehouse in 1962. Funny how the media never told you that during the flag flap a couple years back, huh?
Hollings is a dangerous man on technological issues, especially your information privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. He is so firmly in the pocket of Big Mouse, the RIAA and MPAA, and the "entertainment" companies, that he is now basically their shill. Ironically (and sadly for the Republican party), the legislator that may be the most savvy on those tech issues is a Democrat--Rep. Rick Boucher, Ninth District of Virginia.
}:-)4
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posted on
10/14/2003 4:39:38 AM PDT
by
Moose4
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