Posted on 07/14/2008 1:37:21 PM PDT by Dukes Travels
Now we must turn down an empty glass for Tony Snow. The expression comes from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, as translated from the Persian by the English eccentric Edward FitzGerald. The FitzGerald translation also gave us “The moving finger writes and having writ, moves on . . .” and many other quotable lines.
Anyway, at one time, journalists, particularly those who worked for newspapers, liked to treat “The Rubaiyat” as a kind of drinking song without music. It was very popular in saloons frequented by journalists, who insisted on being called newspapermen or women. It wasn't really until the rise of television that “journalist,” an old-fashioned term, re-emerged, probably because newspapermen and women were appearing more and more on TV.
When we lost one of our own, we'd turn down an empty glass. We'd also upend a few bottles as we mourned our loss – another good soul destined for that great newsroom in the sky.
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He was NOT one of “us”......he liked liberals and dealt with them with aplomb and kindness and Christian VIRTUE.....I have a hard time having a dinner with liberals.
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