[Rhodes22-list] Ayers Finally Speaks

Herb Parsons hparsons at parsonsys.com
Tue Dec 9 16:36:58 EST 2008


"Close friends" is a relative term. The thing I heard bandied about was 
about the party for Obama in 1995. I think it's pretty fair to say that 
they were, at least at that point, friendly.


Steven Alm wrote:
> Sorry, I meant to add the other "fact" he disputes is that he was close
> friends with O.
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Herb,
>>
>> The "facts" that he disputes are those that claim he was and still is a
>> terrorist:
>>
>> "Peaceful protests had failed to stop the war. So we issued a screaming
>> response. But it was not terrorism; we were not engaged in a campaign to
>> kill and injure people indiscriminately, spreading fear and suffering for
>> political ends.
>>
>> I cannot imagine engaging in actions of that kind today. And for the past
>> 40 years, I've been teaching and writing about the unique value and
>> potential of every human life, and the need to realize that potential
>> through education."
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Actually, I didn't see any "facts" that he disputed. What did I miss?
>>> Oh wait, I forgot, when did the facts matter to the detractors?
>>>
>>>
>>> Lowe, Rob wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Steve,
>>>> Thanks for posting.  I saw something he wrote a week ago that wasn't
>>>> quite as long.  As he said, their association was portrayed falsely, but
>>>> when did the facts matter to the detractors. - rob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Steven Alm
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:04 PM
>>>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Ayers Finally Speaks
>>>>
>>>> Of course the conservative bloggers are all over this like the hot kiss
>>>> at
>>>> the end of a wet fist, (Nick Danger, Third Eye) but here it is:
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/35770229.html?elr=KArksc8P
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