RE: Here comes the EGO-MANiac again - Ralph's

["dok" <rock-and-roll>]

Personally, I read this list for Patti specific information, notes, concert
updates, the sense of community, etc. I'm aware of the thin thread of
connection between herself and Mr. Nader, but *this thread* quickly became
non-Patti and spiralled down the path of who was right and who was wrong,
politically speaking, with virtually no Patti relevance. Best guess is that
there better forums to continue that dialogue. 

In the interim, I like your last paragraph best. =]

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-babel-list
[mailto:owner-babel-list] On Behalf Of Carol Green
Sent: March-02-08 11:20 AM
To: Lybbie; babel-list
Subject: Re: Here comes the EGO-MANiac again - Ralph's

I don't know, but I did wonder if the people who don't want to talk politics

here are the same people that go to Patti's gigs? If so, what do they do 
when Patti starts singing Rock N Roll Nigger? Disappear to the bathroom?

While I'm here could I just clarify something I said on a previous post. The

thing I put in "quotes" about Nader's paperwork wasn't in quotes because it 
was something Patti had said, it was in quotes as I was quoting from a 
newspaper - nothing to do with Patti. Sorry if I confused anyone.

What I said about hoping Patti says whatever she wants at the Lincoln Centre

was because I was fed up with people on this list blaming her (indirectly, 
perhaps) for everything from Bush being elected to what happened on 9/11.

Anyway, any reports from people who were at the Lincoln Centre last night? 
What was the setlist? What stories did she tell....

carol

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lybbie" <lydonr>
To: <babel-list>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Here comes the EGO-MANiac again - Ralph's


> Wow I'm surprised to see this kind of message appear on this list.
> I don't post very often at all but I always thought politics was discussed

> pretty freely here.
> When did it change?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jane Sooby" <jane>
> To: <babel-list>
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:19 PM
> Subject: RE: Here comes the EGO-MANiac again - Ralph's
>
>
>> Sorry to be a buzz kill but this thread is entirely off topic, given the
>> topic is Patti Smith, and it's filling up my inbox with a bunch of crap.
>> Please cease and desist. Is this list not moderated?
>>
>> Thank you for returning to the topic at hand, Patti Smith!
>>
>> Jane
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-babel-list
>> [mailto:owner-babel-list] On Behalf Of weapons of mass
>> destruction-related program activities
>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:40 AM
>> To: babel-list
>> Subject: Re: Here comes the EGO-MANiac again - Ralph's
>>
>> Gart, Mitchell (Mitchell.Gart) wrote:
>>>
>>> But he didn't and now he's going to
>>> try to screw things up again.  Unforgiveable.
>>
>> And this year, with a deep division in the Democratic
>> Party over the nomination running 50-50, a whole lotta
>> progressive folks are going to be walking around this
>> Fall after the convention feeling at least disenchanted
>> and disenfranchised, to say nothing of bitter.
>>
>> So Saint Ralph has the best shot he's had since 2000 at
>> scraping some scum off the top of the pond. Which is good
>> for him, because even though he's had eight years to build
>> something resembling a viable 3rd party, getting people
>> elected, participating in debates, etc - you know, *work* -
>> he apparently prefers to wait, like a vulture, for a
>> bunch of disaffected quasi-liberals to be found alongside
>> the road baking in the hot sun. Yum!