Blog of Myself: Jul 30, 2009

Literarisches Events (in and around Lawrence KS)

PATRICIA LOCKWOOD. Lawrence. Thursday, September 11, 7:00 p.m., Spooner Hall, KU Campus.
PATRICIA LOCKWOOD. Lawrence. Friday, September 19, 7:00 p.m. Lawrence Public Library. Sponsored by Raven Bookstore.
DENNIS ETZEL, JR. & RACHEL CROSS. Lawrence. Thursday, September 25, 7:00 p.m., Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St.
TONY TRIGILIO. Lawrence. Thursday, Oct. 2, 4:00 p.m., English Room, Kansas Union, KU Campus. FREE.
CALEB PUCKETT & JUSTIN RUNGE. Lawrence. Thursday, October 16, 7:00 p.m., Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St.
BEN LERNER. Kansas City, MO. Thursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m., Epperson Auditorium, Vanderslice Hall on the KCAI campus, 4415 Warwick Blvd.
KRISTIN LOCKRIDGE & ROBERT DAY. Lawrence. Thursday, December 4, 7:00 p.m., Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Richard Nixon, on Why Nothing Is Ever Going to Change, in the USA

Nixon had just ordered the release of Lt. William Calley, recently convicted of murdering 22 civilians in Vietnam, from military detention:

“Any person knows deep down I’m right, he knows goddam well I’m right. . . . I know what it is – the doves are really, really . . . worried about Calley. They’re worried b/c they realize that what it is is an animal instinct in this country, coming up. And most of the people don’t give a shit whether he killed them or not.”