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Title: William F. Buckley Dies at 82
Source: CNN
URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/27/obit.buckley.ap/index.html
Published: Feb 27, 2008
Author: AP
Post Date: 2008-02-27 11:54:40 by Rupert_Pupkin
Keywords: Buckley, National Review
Views: 4256
Comments: 21

William F. Buckley dies at 82 Story Highlights William F. Buckley dies in Connecticut at age 82

Buckley one of the founders of modern conservative movement

Writer founded National Review magazine, wrote several books

NEW YORK (AP) -- Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. has died at age 82.

His assistant Linda Bridges says Buckley died Wednesday morning at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.

Buckley became famous for his intellectual political writings in his magazine, the National Review.

Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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I'd wouldn't mind seeing National Review go along with its founder. NR today is no different from any other neoconservative rag.

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#1. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#0)

He should be buried ass-up.

nobody  posted on  2008-02-27   11:56:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Well he certainly had a large vocabulary.

'He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.'
U.S. conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, imagining presidential hopeful John McCain in the White House.

robin  posted on  2008-02-27   11:58:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

William F. Buckley dies in Connecticut at age 82

So, no matter what, we all die, and my bet is he did not take anything with him when he left.

Was all of the prostitution to his masters worth it? Is he 'money ahead' RIGHT NOW?

So too will end the carrers of Bush, Cheney and all the rest. They spent their lives follishly, lived in fear and tension, and gained nothing. Perhaps they will learn that it would have been better had they never been born.

When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.

richard9151  posted on  2008-02-27   12:01:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I had to look up "sesquipedalian" in the dictionary while reading the NYT obit.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-02-27   12:02:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I could never get past his later-life facial ticks and undulating tongue. WTF was that about?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2008-02-27   12:05:18 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Well he certainly had a large vocabulary.

I have a hard time finding anything else good to say about him, so that's as close to a eulogy as we'll get for him here.

Rupert_Pupkin  posted on  2008-02-27   12:07:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

The Decline of National Review

As we meandered our way through the ever busy Bree Street, Harry could not help observing how filthy downtown Johannesburg had become. I had made the same disturbing observation myself the day I arrived, but had been reluctant to accept the disturbing fact that decay of public infrastructure seems to be the story in areas of the city inhabited by blacks. Predominantly black areas have become an eyesore. The beautiful lawns and flowerbeds I noticed in some areas three years earlier now tell sad stories of degradation. Some of them have become open-air urinals.

Tauzero  posted on  2008-02-27   12:15:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I had to look up "sesquipedalian" in the dictionary while reading the NYT obit.

For those with a preference for ponderous polysyballic prose a sesquipedalian turn of verbiage becomes an addiction of brobdinagian proportions.

Of course if one wishes to communicate it might be advisable to be less showy in ones choice of words.

"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken

Original_Intent  posted on  2008-02-27   12:39:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

So, no matter what, we all die, and my bet is he did not take anything with him when he left.

Was all of the prostitution to his masters worth it? Is he 'money ahead' RIGHT NOW?

So too will end the carrers of Bush, Cheney and all the rest. They spent their lives follishly, lived in fear and tension, and gained nothing. Perhaps they will learn that it would have been better had they never been born.

A most astute set of observations. However, I suspect they had no choice upon their birth. The rest lies like a dark and heavy weight upon their spirit. I would not care to be any of them. A life of evil is ultimately a life of wretchedness.

"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken

Original_Intent  posted on  2008-02-27   12:42:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I had to look up "sesquipedalian" in the dictionary while reading the NYT obit.

How very appropriate! (I'm sure there's is a better word for "very appropriate", but too bad)

'He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.'
U.S. conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, imagining presidential hopeful John McCain in the White House.

robin  posted on  2008-02-27   12:48:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Have you ever noticed how George F. Will tries to imitate Buckley's tedious writing and speaking style?

Rupert_Pupkin  posted on  2008-02-27   12:50:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

A life of evil is ultimately a life of wretchedness.

That is a line that is worthy of becoming a forever tag line. It is an ultimate Truth.

When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.

richard9151  posted on  2008-02-27   12:55:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I could have used this news about 50 years ago.

And the men who loan money to governments, so called, for the purpose of enabling the latter to rob, enslave, and murder their people, are among the greatest villains that the world has ever seen. And they as much deserve to be hunted and killed (if they cannot otherwise be got rid of) as any slave traders, robbers, or pirates that ever lived. ... Lysander Spooner

noone222  posted on  2008-02-27   12:58:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Thank you for the kind words.

Yes, it is no mystery why such people have to live on tranquilizers, anti-depressants and alcohol. There is no joy to be found in evil - only, in the end, misery.

"The difference between an honorable man and a moral man is that an honorable man regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked and he is in no danger of being caught." ~ H. L. Mencken

Original_Intent  posted on  2008-02-27   13:32:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I could never get past his later-life facial ticks and undulating tongue.

I think he may have had some sort of medical condition that caused his facial ticks. but his way of showing his tongue & undulating it was stupid.

1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Red Jones  posted on  2008-02-27   13:35:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Thank you for the kind words.

Oh, no thanks neccessary cause I stole it!

with a small adaptation, that is;

When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest. Attention, Shrub; A life of evil is ultimately a life of wretchedness.

richard9151  posted on  2008-02-27   13:37:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

Crossing my fingers for a neocon/boneslobberer three-fer....

nobody  posted on  2008-02-27   13:45:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

As somebody observed on the Daily Kos thread about Buckley's death, Gore Vidal has outlasted the guy.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-02-27   13:59:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

It always seemed to me that for Buckley, political sparring was little more than a way to amuse himself. He sealed his own irrelevance with the jaw-dropping dud "In Search of Anti-Semitism" (where there is none) in '92: 40,000 plus words indicting PJB, Joe Sobran, and Sam Francis without a shred of evidence.

Old Fud  posted on  2008-02-27   14:22:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

I think he may have had some sort of medical condition that caused his facial ticks. but his way of showing his tongue & undulating it was stupid.

Tourette syndrome?

Jethro Tull  posted on  2008-02-27   19:11:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

BILL: Is this Heaven?

SATAN: No.

When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

YertleTurtle  posted on  2008-02-27   20:09:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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