J. Manly Parks
- : Edgmont Twp., PA
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- : progressive
- : Democrat
- : Native of Chestertown on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Graduate of Woodberry Forest School, Colgate University, and William & Mary Law School. Law clerk for the Hon. Donald VanArtsdalen, U.S. District Court, E.D. Pa. Attorney, Duane Morris LLP (antitrust, distribution and franchise litigation, commercial litigation) Township Commissioner, Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, PA 2005-06
- : Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemmingway All Over But the Shoutin' - Rick Bragg Blue Highways - William Least Heat Moon The Lord's Oysters - Glibert Byron To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 1984 - George Orwell The Trial - Franz Kafka The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren Lord of the Flies - William Golding I Claudius - Robert Graves The Sound and the Fury - William Faulkner
- : We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
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Sargent, how'd you like that $300 billion-mortgage-buyout-on-top-of-the-Wall-Street-bailout McCain was selling last night? And that's *your* candidate!
Posted at October 8, 2008 9:44 AM in response to Election Central Morning Roundup
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I hear you -- it looks bad, but on the other hand she has not hidden the fact of the book. It was addressed in a story Howard Kurtz did for the WaPo on Sept 4. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303319.html
There is no way the McCain folks did not know about the book.
Posted at October 1, 2008 1:24 PM in response to Obama Holds Sizable Lead In Today's Tracking Polls
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I hear from my finance friends in NYC that the next things to watch for are (1) the fall of European banks (and there is nothing like the Fed in Europe to come in and bail them out) and (2) a big withdrawal of money from hedge funds and conversion of that money into cash positions.
Posted at September 30, 2008 3:14 PM in response to Obama Edging Into More Active Role On Crisis
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The thing from this bit that jumps off the page to me is the way they were proposing to handle someone they were claiming was not competent -- promote him! That is more than a bit telling about the Bush administration, isn't it.
Posted at September 30, 2008 9:27 AM in response to Rove Emails Spotlight White House Role in U.S. Attorney Firing
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Obama *ought* to make . . .
Posted at September 12, 2008 3:58 PM in response to Obama Campaign: McCain "Would Rather Lose His Integrity Than Lose An Election"
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Bring it on. Obama out to make McCain play the POW card, and play it, and play it, and play it, until it means nothing at all to the public. Devalue it and McCain is left with nothing at all.
Posted at September 12, 2008 3:52 PM in response to Obama Campaign: McCain "Would Rather Lose His Integrity Than Lose An Election"
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Seriously, lay off Biden. He has been out there every day, whether big media covers it or not.
Posted at September 12, 2008 9:33 AM in response to Election Central Morning Roundup
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Biden, joking, said "she is better looking than me, that's for sure" or something along those lines.
Posted at September 12, 2008 9:25 AM in response to New Ads: Obama Presses "Change"; McCain Spot Says Obama's "Star Is Fading"
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I suppose the other way to parse is with respect to "coming out with interviews" -- that could mean that they are being announced as having been scheduled (not that they are actually taking place) within "the next couple of days."
Posted at September 11, 2008 2:41 PM in response to McCain Says Palin Is Doing "Numerous" Interviews In Next Couple Of Days
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Nice parsing, but he said "interviews with numerous people" so particular parse is not going to work. I think the more likely parse is the one mentioned above -- McCain does not say the interviews are with folks in the press.
Posted at September 11, 2008 1:59 PM in response to McCain Says Palin Is Doing "Numerous" Interviews In Next Couple Of Days
