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Walter E. Williams 1936-2020
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| 12/2/2020
| Thomas Sowell
Posted on 12/02/2020 7:21:22 PM PST by rktman
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I know there have been several other pieces today about Mr. Williams but I hadn't seen this one from another brilliant thinker, Mr. Thomas Sowell, who considered Mr. Williams his best friend for 50 years.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:21:22 PM PST
by
rktman
To: rktman
He was a great substitute host for Rush - with a very good running joke series about Christmas gifts for Mrs. Williams. RIP, Walter E. Williams, deepest sympathy to his family.
To: rktman
Thank you for posting this. I had not heard this sad news.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:26:14 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
To: rktman
Thomas Sowell is America’s Greatest Living Intellectual, but Dr. Williams was no slouch.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:26:33 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Know Jesus, know peace.)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
He was a great substitute host for Rush Yes he was.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:27:41 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
To: Pontiac
This is one of many tributes to him today and I figured if Mr. Sowell felt he should post it, it was worth sharing. Both great thinkers. I know certain other folks purported to be great thinkers that couldn’t hold a candle to either of these great men.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:29:52 PM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: rktman
Man, we,re taking somebody blows these days. Sheila Robinson’s passing, Trump’s loss, now the death of one of our champions.
The Lord’s giving us a lot to bear.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:31:50 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: rktman
“We may not see his like again. And that is our loss.”
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:32:00 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: rktman
May his soul rest in peace and may Perpetual Light shine upon him.
He was a good man.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:34:22 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
To: rktman
RIP. And we could use a lot more like him right about now.
To: rktman
The only exposure I ever had to him was when he filled in for Rush. He was excellent as a fill in...along with Steyn he was the best of the fill ins. I loved the way he,an economics professor,used to say “if I want to sell my kidney I should be able to do so”.
To: nickcarraway
The rabble we’re left with is purty durn sad!
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:38:22 PM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
RIP, Mr Williams. It was a pleasure listening to you on the radio from time to time (mostly as guest host for Rush) over the past 30 years.
I am sure you have heard the words "Well done, good and faithful servant" by now.
We, on the other hand are poorer for your leaving.
To: rktman
Requiescat in pace
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:40:23 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: rktman
Dang. the collective IQ of the human race is a few points lower today.
RIP Dr. Williams - you will be greatly missed down here.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:49:41 PM PST
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
I loved it when Williams would fill in for Rush and brag about conversations while working out in the gym, claiming the women asked him to take off his shirt. At 80 years old. LOL
But that's not his "Certificate of Amnesty and Pardon" to white peoples so we'd quit apologizing over and over for stuff done before we were born. LOL
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:51:38 PM PST
by
Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: rktman
I've been watching Sowell interviews on YouTube lately, but I'll catch up with Williams today.
Two great men whom I read since college days (80's-90's).
RIP Walter.
To: Wally_Kalbacken
He was a great substitute host for Rush. . . There are very few people whom I can endure listening to for a long period of time.
Walter William's was one of them.
RIP
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:52:03 PM PST
by
Semper Mark
(Vlad Tepes was a piker.)
To: rktman
Ever hear Sowell and Williams talk together?
Brilliant. I have economic degrees and was in heaven listening when Williams hosted for Rush and had Sowell on for an hour or two.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:54:25 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(The Republican Party is DEAD. Rot in he'll ALL of them!)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
LOL, vacuum, iron, broom. Funny stuff.
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posted on
12/02/2020 7:55:14 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(The Republican Party is DEAD. Rot in he'll ALL of them!)
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