OT: AND THE MEMORIES OF NIXON
Didn’t enemies lists go out of style back in the ’70s? It seems that Maryland Gov. Erhlich may be taking a stroll down Memory Lane.
Gov. Robert Ehrlich of Maryland has pushed the public interest aside by promulgating an extraordinary ban forbidding tens of thousands of state employees from talking to two Baltimore Sun journalists whose coverage has displeased him. The gag order is a sweeping attempt to cut the two – the statehouse bureau chief and a columnist – from the flow of information vital to democracy. It is no surprise that The Sun has felt obliged to go to court to defend the journalists and accuse the governor of violating the First Amendment right of free speech.
In a heavily Democratic state, this has got to backfire on him in the long run.
BONUS: You know how the game is played. Group name and album title. If you’re really good, come up with the song title, too. No fair Googling.
UPDATE: Did I stump y’all? A hint: What have we done? Maggie, what we have done?
6 Responses to “OT: AND THE MEMORIES OF NIXON”
 Comment by andyo January 22nd, 2005 at 5:34 pm |
The update line sounded familiar, but I couldn’t hear the tune. Googled it and now I understand why: I liked them, but I was never I huge fan… |
 Comment by Laura January 23rd, 2005 at 12:32 am |
Ack! The Post War Dream, I think. But who was it? Pink Floyd? |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi January 23rd, 2005 at 4:27 am |
Close enough. Pink Floyd’s “The Final Cut.” The Maggie quote was indeed from the track “The Post War Dream.” The Nixon quote is from the track, “The Fletcher Memorial Home.” The lyrics to that whole album are some of the most depressing ever written. The album ends with global thermonuclear war. (Shall we play a game?) |
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Comment by Tim Haas January 23rd, 2005 at 10:31 am |
Ah, Maggie is Margaret Thatcher. The only song I remember from that album is “Not Now John”, mostly because the first line is “F— all that”, something of a surprise on the radio in 1983. They’d probably bleep it now. |
 Comment by Rikki January 24th, 2005 at 10:56 am |
heh, at least I got the ‘shall we play a game’ reference without looking. 😉 |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi January 24th, 2005 at 11:24 am |
What’s really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have figured it out it if I hadn’t said anything? And where’s this one from? (It’s WAY easy) |