Comments on: Molly Ivins http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Belizean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24550 Belizean Sun, 04 Feb 2007 02:45:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24550 <blockquote>I...enjoyed the perspective she brought to the worst administration in American history.worst administration in American history.</blockquote> I didn't think that you would have been old enough to have been reading her during the Carter administration.

I…enjoyed the perspective she brought to the worst administration in American history.worst administration in American history.

I didn’t think that you would have been old enough to have been reading her during the Carter administration.

]]> By: Jean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24546 Jean Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:30:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24546 A great loss indeed! She was an original, and her commentary was always on target. May she rest in peace -- or may she haunt her favorite targets, whichever makes her happiest! A great loss indeed! She was an original, and her commentary was always on target. May she rest in peace — or may she haunt her favorite targets, whichever makes her happiest!

]]> By: Scott http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24544 Scott Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:43:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24544 One of the scariest columns she wrote was when she explained how the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution has basically been done away with---the powers that be can now find ways to search your "private" living area without a warrant. One of the scariest columns she wrote was when she explained how the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution has basically been done away with—the powers that be can now find ways to search your “private” living area without a warrant.

]]> By: Alice http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24545 Alice Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:28:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24545 It is a political and social loss. I have wondered, and still do--why did she remain front and foremost when the males got demoded to 'hard to find?' like Noam Chomsky--(uproarious laughter follows) or Mark Russell (Have to go through several layers of contacts to locate him). Yet she always stayed front and center.Does that mean that the power centers never took her seriously because after all 'she was only a woman?' It is a political and social loss. I have wondered, and still do–why did she remain front and foremost when the males got demoded to ‘hard to find?’ like Noam Chomsky–(uproarious laughter follows) or Mark Russell (Have to go through several layers of contacts to locate him). Yet she always stayed front and center.Does that mean that the power centers never took her seriously because after all ’she was only a woman?’

]]> By: Jennifer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24547 Jennifer Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:08:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24547 Mark, thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard. I thought she was a wonderful writer, funny and sharp and I loved her book Shrub. I'm really sad to hear this, I thought she had the cancer beat. Damnit. Mark, thanks for posting this, I hadn’t heard. I thought she was a wonderful writer, funny and sharp and I loved her book Shrub. I’m really sad to hear this, I thought she had the cancer beat. Damnit.

]]> By: astropixie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24543 astropixie Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:31:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24543 she was one of the best. let her message live on... raise more hell! she was one of the best. let her message live on… raise more hell!

]]> By: Z http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24548 Z Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:45:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24548 But I doubt Bush will be shedding too many tears. But I doubt Bush will be shedding too many tears.

]]> By: Elliot http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24549 Elliot Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:20:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2007/01/31/molly-ivins/#comment-24549 Yes it was sad news indeed. To tell the truth in Texas these past years took courage, humor, and insight. She was blessed with all three. May she rest in peace. Yes it was sad news indeed. To tell the truth in Texas these past years took courage, humor, and insight. She was blessed with all three. May she rest in peace.

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