Rest in Peace

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:15 pm

ducktape wrote:

For both Levon (at 2:28) and Earl Scruggs (at 1:37).

Levon was one of my favorites. There's lots of people on that video who have gone to the Bluegrass up yonder. Johnny and June, Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, a few more. Levon was a good man.

ducktape · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:27 pm

I just found this wonderful interview that he did only 2 months ago, Feb. 2012:

raicha · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:46 pm

Rest in peace Jonathan Frid, the immortal Barnabas of original "Dark Shadows".

borealis · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:50 pm

raicha wrote:

Rest in peace Jonathan Frid, the immortal Barnabas of original "Dark Shadows".

Too bad he didn't get to see the premiere of the new movie. Or else he died of a broken heart.

John Thomas8 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:57 pm

Quote:

Rest in peace Jonathan Frid, the immortal Barnabas of original "Dark Shadows".

That talented gentleman kept me awake for hours. Such a superiour talent.

Chilidog · **Joined:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:36 pm **Posts:** 1963

raicha wrote:

Rest in peace Jonathan Frid, the immortal Barnabas of original "Dark Shadows".

I want to see the Johnny depp remake.

John Thomas8 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:24 pm

Rick Sanders, graduate of Liberty Union High School in Baltimore, Ohio, passed away this weekend of a heart attack. Being that he lived in Ohio and has been thumped by the teatard administration there he didn't get to have life insurance.

I graduated with Rick in Baltimore, Ohio. He was always always always a stand up guy and sadly he passed away this past weekend from a heart attack.

There's a Facebook page if you're inclined to donate to a fallen officer and life long decent human, here.

Tomtech · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:25 pm

borealis wrote:

raicha wrote:

Rest in peace Jonathan Frid, the immortal Barnabas of original "Dark Shadows".

Too bad he didn't get to see the premiere of the new movie. Or else he died of a broken heart.

The preview should have been enough to cause his broken heart.

raicha · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:28 pm

Sorry about your friend JT8. It must be very tough for his family.

As for Jonathan Frid, he had a cameo (at age 87) in the new movie. The flick does not appear to be the cause of death.

John Thomas8 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:31 pm

Mr. Frid had a serious impact on my upbringing.

Mr Sanders had a serious impact on my making in past 1978.

Thanks.

borealis · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:32 pm

John Thomas8 wrote:

Mr. Frid had a serious impact on my upbringing.

Mr Sanders had a serious impact on my making in past 1978.

Thanks.

Care to elaborate?

John Thomas8 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:13 pm

Yes.

Mr Brid filled a void that lacked real life friends.

Mr Sanders, on the other hand, was a real life friend that never never never judged. A kinder, more reasonable person as a high schooler you'll have never encountered.

borealis · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:51 pm

John Thomas8 wrote:

Yes.

Mr Brid filled a void that lacked real life friends.

Mr Sanders, on the other hand, was a real life friend that never never never judged. A kinder, more reasonable person as a high schooler you'll have never encountered.

I understand that. I am very sorry for your friend's loss. Not many people like that left in this world.

Whatever4 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:42 am

Levon Helm, Jonathan Frid, and Dick Clark? There goes many memories of afternoons in the late 1960's.

Estiveo · **Posted:** Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:44 am

Sometimes I hate synchronicity.

esseff44 · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:13 pm

Born again minister Watergate felon Charles Colson has died.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/us/po ... ml?_r=1&hp

He was noted for his prison ministries after his release from his time spent in prison for his part in the Watergate scandal.

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:23 pm

Charles "Grab them by the balls and their hearts and minds will follow" Colson is how I remember him.

TexasFilly · **Joined:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:52 pm **Posts:** 10643

Sterngard Friegen wrote:

Charles "Grab them by the balls and their hearts and minds will follow" Colson is how I remember him.

Quote:

Colson, with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses, was known as the "evil genius" of the Nixon administration who once said he'd walk over his grandmother to get the president elected to a second term.

"I shudder to think of what I'd been if I had not gone to prison," Colson said in 1993. "Lying on the rotten floor of a cell, you know it's not prosperity or pleasure that's important, but the maturing of the soul." [Too bad Cordwood hasn't experienced the maturation of the soul]

****

Ellsberg, for his part, said in an interview that Colson never apologized to him and did not respond to several efforts Ellsberg made over the years to get in touch with him. Ellsberg said he still believes that Colson's guilty plea was not a matter of contrition so much as an effort to head off even more serious allegations that Colson had sought to hire thugs to administer a beating against Ellsberg - an allegation that Colson states in his book was believed by prosecutors despite his denial.

"I have no reason to doubt his evangelism," Ellsberg said of Colson. "But I don't think he felt any kind of regret" for what he had done, except remorse that he had been ineffective and got caught.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75426.html

Joseph Robidoux III · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:17 pm

I'm still convinced the only thing Chuck Colson ever regretted was the fact he got caught. Colson was a hatchet man who found religion just in time to get a reduced sentence. How convenient.

Sterngard Friegen · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:20 pm

Joseph Robidoux III wrote:

I'm still convinced the only thing Chuck Colson ever regretted was the fact he got caught. Colson was a hatchet man who found religion just in time to get a reduced sentence find a new career. How convenient.

borealis · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:31 pm

TexasFilly wrote:

Sterngard Friegen wrote:

Charles "Grab them by the balls and their hearts and minds will follow" Colson is how I remember him.

Quote:

Colson, with his trademark horn-rimmed glasses, was known as the "evil genius" of the Nixon administration who once said he'd walk over his grandmother to get the president elected to a second term.

"I shudder to think of what I'd been if I had not gone to prison," Colson said in 1993. "Lying on the rotten floor of a cell, you know it's not prosperity or pleasure that's important, but the maturing of the soul." [Too bad Cordwood hasn't experienced the maturation of the soul]

****

Ellsberg, for his part, said in an interview that Colson never apologized to him and did not respond to several efforts Ellsberg made over the years to get in touch with him. Ellsberg said he still believes that Colson's guilty plea was not a matter of contrition so much as an effort to head off even more serious allegations that Colson had sought to hire thugs to administer a beating against Ellsberg - an allegation that Colson states in his book was believed by prosecutors despite his denial.

"I have no reason to doubt his evangelism," Ellsberg said of Colson. "But I don't think he felt any kind of regret" for what he had done, except remorse that he had been ineffective and got caught.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75426.html

And we will certainly rest peacefully once Liddy joins him. Oh. Wait. He's headed for a hot destination. Or an icy lake. Take your pick.

Joseph Robidoux III · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:24 pm

I was taught long ago not to speak ill of the recently departed, although in Chuck Colson's case an exception seems warranted.

CBN News wrote:

Colson was indicted in 1974 for conspiring to cover up the Watergate burglary. When news of his conversion leaked to the press, the Boston Globe reported, "If Mr. Colson can repent of his sins, there just has to be hope for everybody."
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/Apri ... ies-at-80/

Sorry folks, I'm not buying it.

NY Daily News wrote:

Five years later [2005], when it was revealed that Mark Felt was the infamous "Deep Throat" responsible for the fall of the Nixon administration, Colson was disgusted, having worked so closely with Felt. "He goes out of his life on a very sour note, not as a hero," Colson said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... ntpostform

ducktape · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:07 pm

Joseph Robidoux III wrote:

I was taught long ago not to speak ill of the recently departed, although in Chuck Colson's case an exception seems warranted.

CBN News wrote:

Colson was indicted in 1974 for conspiring to cover up the Watergate burglary. When news of his conversion leaked to the press, the Boston Globe reported, "If Mr. Colson can repent of his sins, there just has to be hope for everybody."
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/Apri ... ies-at-80/

Sorry folks, I'm not buying it.

NY Daily News wrote:

Five years later [2005], when it was revealed that Mark Felt was the infamous "Deep Throat" responsible for the fall of the Nixon administration, Colson was disgusted, having worked so closely with Felt. "He goes out of his life on a very sour note, not as a hero," Colson said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... ntpostform

Nor am I. He was a corrupt, evil man, who got religion as his next lever of power. Good riddance ...

Estiveo · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:06 am

I have no problem speaking ill of the dead as long as I hold ill feelings. (yes, I can hear the collective "DUH!" from the Boogle.)

Mr. Colson is added to my list. The heading of the list is: I Hope It Hurt When You Died

To be clear, I hope it hurt when he died. I'm really not a nice person sometimes, but I'm mostly not nice to the dead. Mostly.

SueDB · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:02 am

Estiveo wrote:

I have no problem speaking ill of the dead as long as I hold ill feelings. (yes, I can hear the collective "DUH!" from the Boogle.)

Mr. Colson is added to my list. The heading of the list is: I Hope It Hurt When You Died

To be clear, I hope it hurt when he died. I'm really not a nice person sometimes, but I'm mostly not nice to the dead. Mostly.

Hey There....What have the dead gone out of their way and done to you???

Falsehoods unchallenged only fester and grow.

Rest in Peace

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