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  • YOhio
    Hipster Mode
    • Nov 2008
    • 26165

    #1

    You're doing the Lord's work

    Says David McCullough to the Mormons.
  • CardiacCoug
    вот так штука
    • Nov 2008
    • 11013

    #2
    Originally posted by YOhio View Post
    Says David McCullough to the Mormons.
    Cool.

    Maybe he's taking the discussions.

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    • Jeff Lebowski
      Corporate lackey for Jesus
      • Nov 2008
      • 69535

      #3
      Awesome.

      But I hope he hurries home and works on another book. Look at his white hair. The clock is ticking!
      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
      "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
      "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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      • YOhio
        Hipster Mode
        • Nov 2008
        • 26165

        #4
        If he were a literary critic I bet he would think the Book of Mormon is worthy of exegesis.

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        • Jeff Lebowski
          Corporate lackey for Jesus
          • Nov 2008
          • 69535

          #5
          Originally posted by YOhio View Post
          If he were a literary critic I bet he would think the Book of Mormon is worthy of exegesis.
          You might want to be careful. SU is in one of his moods this week.
          "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
          "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
          "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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          • YOhio
            Hipster Mode
            • Nov 2008
            • 26165

            #6
            Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
            You might want to be careful. SU is in one of his moods this week.
            SU and I are amigos. These are the times when he especially needs me.

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            • il Padrino Ute
              Junior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 19161

              #7
              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
              You might want to be careful. SU is in one of his moods this week.
              This would be good for SU to have to prove he's correct rather than make a snarky comment or think that his opinion is the only one that matters.
              "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


              "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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              • Levin
                Senior Member
                • Mar 2009
                • 1152

                #8
                Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post

                But I hope he hurries home and works on another book. Look at his white hair. The clock is ticking!
                This made me laugh. I always thought it was a shame that McCullough hasn't written more and found his calling relatively late in life. If you ask me, he's the one doing the Lord's work. What I know of his personal life makes me think he's lived one of the better lives.

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                • Jeff Lebowski
                  Corporate lackey for Jesus
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 69535

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Levin View Post
                  This made me laugh. I always thought it was a shame that McCullough hasn't written more and found his calling relatively late in life.
                  I don't know, I seem to recall that he spent almost ten years writing the Truman bio. He has been cranking them out since the 70's. That's a remarkable body of work if you ask me.

                  Originally posted by Levin View Post
                  If you ask me, he's the one doing the Lord's work. What I know of his personal life makes me think he's lived one of the better lives.
                  Yes. He is a truly great man.
                  "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                  "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                  "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                  • Non Sequitur
                    Where did I put my bodkin
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 5773

                    #10
                    I wonder how much his appearance fee was.
                    "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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                    • il Padrino Ute
                      Junior Member
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 19161

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post
                      I wonder how much his appearance fee was.
                      In these days of PR, whatever it was, I'm sure it was worth it.
                      "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                      "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                      • Jeff Lebowski
                        Corporate lackey for Jesus
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 69535

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post
                        I wonder how much his appearance fee was.
                        He spoke at commencement at the U last week. I am sure they piggy-backed on that visit.
                        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                        • il Padrino Ute
                          Junior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 19161

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                          He spoke at commencement at the U last week. I am sure they piggy-backed on that visit.
                          That'll make SU very happy.
                          "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                          "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                          • myboynoah
                            Senior Member
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 21719

                            #14
                            “You are caring for a national treasure here. The story of the Latter-day Saints, of Joseph Smith, of Brigham Young, and that incredible migration here is a great American story.”
                            Sounds like the guy has lost it.
                            Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                            For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                            Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                            • RobinFinderson
                              Banned
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 10548

                              #15
                              Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View Post
                              This would be good for SU to have to prove he's correct rather than make a snarky comment or think that his opinion is the only one that matters.
                              I have found that nothing makes an opinion matter more than being right.

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