"Our Long National Nightmare Is Over"

[stilltrucking]

Where is Gerald Ford when we need him?

[Arcadia]

Did Gerald Ford say that?. What was the backyard of his methapor?

[Zlatko Waterman]

Here's a link that explains ST's reference, Arcadia:

http://watergate.info/ford/ford-swearing-in.shtml

Gerald Ford will probably be remembered, ironically, as the president who issued a full pardon to Richard Nixon, one of the most duplicious and untrustworthy of American presidents, not that all of them haven't been untrustworthy to some extent.


Aquí está un acoplamiento que explica la referencia del ST, Arcadia:

http://watergate.info/ford/ford-swearing-in.shtml

Gerald Ford será recordado probablemente, irónico, como el presidente que publicó un perdón completo a Richard Nixon, uno el del más "duplicious" y "untrustworthy" de los preseidents americanos, no que todos no han sido "untrustworthy" hasta cierto punto.

(favor de dispensar mi traduccion lo mas peor . . .)


--Z

[Arcadia]

Milhous...! (I thought it was a Simpson's invention!!!!)

"In 1971, the Pentagon Papers were published. These secret Defense Department documents on American involvement in the Vietnam war were leaked to the New York Times by an official in the Defense Department, Dr. Daniel Ellsberg. Nixon challenged the publication of the documents in the Supreme Court and lost when the court ruled 6-3 in favour of publication.

Around this time, a White House Special Investigations Unit was established, known as the "Plumbers". This secret group investigated the private lives of Nixon's critics and political enemies. It burgled the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist in an attempt to discover damaging information.

Nixon was reported to have a "hate list", containing the names of many Democrats, James Reston, Jack Anderson, Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand and Paul Newman.

Somewhere around 1971, voice-activated tape recorders were installed in the Oval Office in the White House."

bad, bad man!.

[jimboloco]

Gerry Ford was old Norman Rockwell Americano
harmless
save for his affirmation of Suharto the Indonesian dictator
sent him some golf balls
toasted him
when the massacre in East Timor happenned
made sure that nothing was ever said
harmless
Jimmy Carter was the best prezidential person
during that time I was a bum
ah the 1970's
started as a military pilot
ended as a waif
on the Bowery, NYC,
Christmas on the Bowery, Providence Hotel,
1980, mercy
Winston Davis, fellow at Art Students Leage,
bought me corned beef and cabbage for good luck.
many more years of travail,
for what?
angst and alienation,
the great openers of inner compassion,
opening like a lotus
in the mud.