tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post5926215024153219361..comments2024-03-28T20:37:26.897-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Toshi Seeger’s remarkable life!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-30892866954235208552013-07-16T23:13:07.549-04:002013-07-16T23:13:07.549-04:00Is this "David" Horowitz?
Sounds like i...Is this "David" Horowitz?<br /><br />Sounds like it. Only someone like DH would think that this was even an issue today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12795544242076461692013-07-16T19:38:35.923-04:002013-07-16T19:38:35.923-04:00Pete Seeger initially attended Harvard and was giv...Pete Seeger initially attended Harvard and was given an honorary degree there later. He dropped out because he couldn't study the music he was interested in. He recounts asking about campus performing groups and being told he could join an acapella singing group. That didn't interests him so he left school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82545034582848238092013-07-16T19:14:19.172-04:002013-07-16T19:14:19.172-04:00Most who looked toward communism in the 1930s did ...Most who looked toward communism in the 1930s did so because people were starving and industry was exploiting the desperation of the working class. At that time, the Russian "experiment" was still believed to be working. It was an economic issue, not subversive. <br /><br />The hate groups that pursued such people during the HUAC and other witch hunts are still defended by many Republicans.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-15099736881578960752013-07-16T17:47:13.063-04:002013-07-16T17:47:13.063-04:00What an incredibly diverse and talented family. Li...What an incredibly diverse and talented family. Like Bob, Pete's dad is a Harvard grad. Fielding Mellischnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26722278183439050572013-07-16T16:44:30.046-04:002013-07-16T16:44:30.046-04:00Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, h...Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82939877089989865732013-07-16T16:41:48.002-04:002013-07-16T16:41:48.002-04:00Remind me not to invite you to the next funeral I ...Remind me not to invite you to the next funeral I attend.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-84063360134516423992013-07-16T16:25:20.710-04:002013-07-16T16:25:20.710-04:00I was an enormous fan of Pete Seeger growing up. I...I was an enormous fan of Pete Seeger growing up. I have a happy memory of attending a performance of his at Sarah Lawrence College. However, my last experience was a downer. <br /><br />In high school, I was part of a two-day march into NY City for some liberal cause. At one point, Pete Seeger and the other leader discussed whether the group should do a particular illegal action that would lead to our being arrested. They decided not. That was fortunate for me, because I surely would have done whatever they asked.<br /><br />Later, it came out that Seeger was secretly a member of the Communist Party at that time. Literally, a card-carrying member. It still bothers me that a group of naïve, idealistic teen-agers might have incurred an arrest record, to unknowingly do the work of the Communist Party.David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-67174975101219708812013-07-16T13:55:11.527-04:002013-07-16T13:55:11.527-04:00At a square dance? You never know what you'll ...At a square dance? You never know what you'll learn at the Howler. RIP, Toshi. Peace and good thoughts to Pete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26318110805275801622013-07-16T12:59:28.183-04:002013-07-16T12:59:28.183-04:00Is there a greater living American than Pete Seege...Is there a greater living American than Pete Seeger? I can't think of one.David Crisphttp://www.billingsnews.comnoreply@blogger.com