Comments for Propeller Week In Review: May 2, 2008 »
Posted By JamesMarcus 1 year, 6 months ago in NewsJeremiah Wright's return to the spotlight stirred up some indignant commentary from the Propeller crew. But the community also sounded off on LSD, insomnia, Iraq, and our impending rebate checks.
Read Full Story at newsquake.netscape.com »
RSS Join the Discussion
+ Add CommentShowing 56 of 62 Comments
-
-
-
-
Neutral
Zubbie1 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
ok well I just wanted to say this..but most of what Wright said I agree with. I mean I think the people who got upset over it were either in denial, ignorant, or just didn't want to believe it was true. America has had it's finger in a lot of pies, and something like 9/11 was bound to happen with all the crap that had been going on - unbeknownst to much of the public. It's sad but I think Wright is taking blame for a bigger issue - which happens to be ignorance of ones own countrys doings.
The only thing he was a bit off on was the CIA and the AIDS thing which is more a conspiracy then anything else. There was a lot of truth in what he said, he even mentioned America supporting Israel in its ever increasing attacks against Palestinian civilians. I'm concerned that people are going back to being over-protective of a military that is out of control.
Reply
-
-
-
-
Neutral
tanglang1 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Just for you James.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjhi_FHxY8k
Reply
-
-
Neutral
Nixie1 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Try this:
http://music.propeller.com/story/2008/03/10/mel...
The song is lovely and the video is heart-wrenching. It may change your mind!
Reply -
-
-
-
-
-
-
Neutral
gamahuche1 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
James: Regarding your comment that Hoffman "discouraged all recreational use", I'm sure you're correct. But I suspect because he was officially and also morally obliged to. Had he been publicly a promoter of "turn on, tune in, drop out" he could have been seen as responsible - and liable - for every acid mishap that ever occurred.
From what I've heard of his lifestyle he was, perhaps inevitably, a head.
He hung out privately with many of the more prominent acid-promoters/disciples, attended conferences which were far removed from the dry scientific realm and, I BELIEVE that he celebrated his 100th birthday with some recreational ingestion. I think I heard it on the BBC at the time but unfortunately can't find it archived.
He found time to visit Goa, where he was photographed communing with the hippie population and didn't look as if he was on a missionary rescue expedition..
A loveable old fellow whose whole life was irrevocably altered by his first acid trip!
Reply-
Neutral
JamesMarcus1 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
"Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream...." Well, I'm sure you're right, he couldn't let himself become the dotty poster boy for DIY experimentation. As for Goa--I was there five years ago, and didn't ingest a single mind-enhancing substance. But perhaps I'm the exception to the rule.
Reply-
Neutral
gamahuche1 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Sorry! The Goa reference was a red-herring.. When I repeated the search i discovered that it was a picture of Hoffman with a hippy PERSON called Goa, not a picture of Hoffman IN Goa with hippies..
However, I found this quote from his 100th birthday celebration:
In many ways, the conference, LSD: Problem Child and Wonder Drug, an International Symposium on the Occasion of the 100th Birthday of Albert Hofmann, was a scientific coming-out party for the drug Hofmann fathered.
"LSD wanted to tell me something," Hofmann told the gathering Friday. "It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation."
Bent with age but still eloquent, Hofmann said he hoped the symposium would encourage the renewed therapeutic and spiritual use of LSD in supervised settings.
***
The BBC recording re his birthday which my gf believed was on her computer has the introductory remarks followed by silence..
Reply
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Neutral
ind061 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
(And finally, there was this video. I couldn't bring myself to click on it for a while, because I thought it was that terrible James Blunt song--but how wrong I was! In fact, this Claymation masterpiece prompted an emotion-drenched exchange between two Propeller stalwarts. Said ind06 (who posted it): "It's not easy being blue." Responded ranchhand: "Oh indi my emotions are all over the place. Boo hoo that was beautiful." Stop, guys, I'm welling up again.)
You like me! You REALLY like me! :D
Reply -
-
Neutral
ETproductions1 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
I love these WIR efforts, James. Thanks so much. As usual, you capture some priceless moment I missed during the hectic week. This time it was at the very end. Even though I read the Claymation thread and posted in it, I missed Ranchhand's priceless comment.
Reply -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Neutral
most_reasonable1 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Notice on the Daily show, Jon Stewart was blaming the press for keeping Wright in the forefront. Ending how that was unfair and then bringing up Hillary's statement on her trip to Kosovo. The day before Jon was defending Wright in not realizing that Obama was preparing to distance himself from the wayward Reverend.
Reply -
-
-
ranchhandComment removed: Retracted by user
-
-
Neutral
Leemck021 year, 6 months ago
This comment is below the standard viewing threshold View It »
Fun with Rev Wright might take our minds off the failing dollar. We will be lucky if only a recession or depression is brewing for the next few years. If the Euro becomes the choice for oil or we can't pay foreign investors interest, then America faces an economic collapse, like the Soviet Union. Who can see pass Rev Right to the question of handling business, whether America will be damned or not, such as an economic collapse? You will not be voting for the Reverend. Will the Republican no tax and spend policy, get it? Will Hillary be ready day one or any time after to reverse thousands of years practice with oil brokers, who are not accustomed to dealing with a woman? If you think about what an economic collapse means, I am sure you will be less thrilled to toy with simplicity. The same people that bought you Ronnie, "H" and "W", all needing national bail outs, will bring you Mac. Our treasury and production are weaker than before, think possible collapse.
Reply
Add a Comment
Sign In With Your Propeller Account
Please keep your comments relevant to this story.
To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.