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Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
Didn't Douglas have a stroke not too long after he married his last wife. I know that the last year or two he was on the bench he was in a wheel chair, some maybe he didn't have the capacity.— February 6, 2012 10:32 p.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
I remember reading about one attempt while in high school. We were learning about the Rosenbergs. It seems that Douglas granted a temporary stay of execution in their case. The AG complained to the Chief Justice and at some point, someone in the House initiated impeachment proceedings that eventually fell apart. I thought there was another one in the 60's that Bob Dole tried to start, but I haven't been able to find anything on it.— February 6, 2012 10:28 p.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
Wasn't this at least the 2nd time someone tried to impeach him. And wasn't Ford's attempt also at least partially politically motivated? Here's a speech Ford gave about the attempted impeachment. I found it pretty interesting: http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/speeches/70041…— February 6, 2012 4:41 p.m.
Back to My Groupie Days...
should be NYD made it's concert debut 1-12-83 not 1-12-82. my bad.— February 6, 2012 11:54 a.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
"Agreed, Obama was the biggest let down there ever was-Arnold a close second." Guess that depends on what you expected to get. Put concisely, I thought Obama was a political neophyte who didn't have much of a chance in terms of being able to stand his ground to pressure or opposition defiance. My choice was Hillary. I thought she had, and still has, bigger balls than Obama and would have had no problem going the full 15 rounds toe to toe to get the job done.Sometimes you just need a shrew to get the job done. I had/have no such hopes for Obama. It's bad when the best remaining choice is really just the lesser of two evils. As for Arnie, as we all know, he got elected because people were pissed off enough by Grey Davis to recall him.We all know the story and it's been bandied about here in the Reader many many times. Petey's deregulation, Enron's manipulation, Grey's procrastination, etc, etc, etc. The fallout is what took Grey Davis down and like most people I voted for Arnie because I was pissed at Davis. And as we later learned, it wasn't quite so simple. I didn't have great expectations for Arnie, but I thought he would at least be better than Davis. Boy was I wrong. He started off ok, but then he started taking money from the very same people he said he wouldn't take from and things went downhill from there. When Arnie vetoed AB849 in 2005 and Ab 4 in 2007, that was pretty much it for me. And from there, well as they say , the rest is history.— February 6, 2012 10:14 a.m.
Back to My Groupie Days...
I'm sure we probably saw some shows there but I don't remember for sure. Most of the time we went to the Fillmore West or the Avalon or Winterland, usually to see the Dead. The Fillmore West actually had a full size basketball court set up inside it!— February 6, 2012 9:43 a.m.
Back to My Groupie Days...
It's nice that you support surfpuppy619, mindy. I'm sure he appreciates it. But it's not a question of belief, it's a question of the facts. All I'm doing is trying to refresh surfpuppy619,s memory. The fact is that U2 opened for JGiles in mid 1982 and NYD made it's concert debut 1-12-82 and was noy played live in the US untilApril '83 at the earliest on the rd leg od the War tour and not at the SF Civic until 6-1-83. So neither one of us could have heard it on the JGiles tour.— February 6, 2012 9:37 a.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
The only issue I really have with Warren is that when I saw her in an interview on MSNBC a couple of weeks ago, she claimed that she isn't a wealthy individual who owns a lot of stock. She tried to back peddle by having a spokesman say she was referring to not having a big stock portfolio like a lot of members of Congress do. I just have a problem with someone whose own financial disclosure form list her wealth at possibly more than $14 million, and then uses the phrase I'm not wealthy in any way shape or form.— February 6, 2012 8:41 a.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
Oh, come on surfpuppy619. He daughter is in her mid 30's and you're what, about 50? Lots of hotshot lawyers have wives 10-15 years younger. Course there's that pesky old husband to deal with. LOL— February 6, 2012 8:24 a.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
Ah, come on, he wasn't quite that bad, Twister. According to Wiki, he was only 66 not in his 80's, but then again she was only 22, not 32. And only 3 yrs earlier, he had married a 23 yr old. Apparently, he had a weakness for women he worked around. His 1st wife was a HS teacher at the same school he was, his 2nd was his research asst and his 3rd was one of his law clerks. He met his 4th the old fashioned was, at a party. But at least he was able to claim the distinction of having the 1st,2nd and 3rd divorce ever but a sitting Chief Justice.— February 6, 2012 8:09 a.m.