Legacies & The Internet

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

It seems to me, that given the internet and it's role in history, assuming you expect it along with technology in general, to provide an accurate record of what transpired.

Given that, one thing I notice about records on the internet, you are most often remembered by THE LAST THING(S) SOMEONE DID. In other words, people chronicle history in terms of your last act, not necessarily what preceded it.

So the final Wikipedia entry for Budd Dwyer shows how he was indicted, and 24 hours away form being sentenced to prison and convicted for serious crimes while in office. So, he calls a press conference, and on live tv and in front of reporters, ends it all. When you look this guy up on the internet, there is not much about his overall tenure, but more about his career ending crimes, and most prevalent of all, his conclusion.

So, how will history remember Foley? Resigning his COVETED & PRIZED office of 12 years? Resigning his COVETED & PRIZED office DURING A CAMPAIGN he was widely expected to win in a blowout?

Or will that be the preface, the introduction to the novel about to follow on how he propositioned a 16 year old boy, in a story so ripe with trivia and suggestion as to make a romance novel writer cringe?

Make sure you remember the "good" things about Mr. Foley. Whatever decent qualities he has, Foley deserves to be remembered for those final acts which brought about his demise.

I hate when bad things happen to good people, don't you?

[Redstone]

1. So what is it that makes him a good person?

Redstone

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. Sorry

:sarcasm:

[Redstone]

3. I'm serious. I'm curious about what redeeming qualities he has. Not being

snotty to you, or questioning your premise.

Redstone

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

4. Regarding Your Question....

What bothers me is how repubs.....some democrats too I guess, but repubs especially, have this phony air of "niceness" and "happiness" and friendliness, so when something like this happens, you hear people come out and say "Oh, he was such a NICE guy. I can't imagine how he could have done this." Or how he was a good friend, and helpful, etc.

I suppose some of it could be due to PHONINESS or an Act, but it is annoying. I know some repubs, and they put on this air, that makes you somehow seem like a bad person if you don't like them, or agree with them. So you too have to put on this fake niceness, like you give a shit about them, when you know they're FULL OF SHIT.

[Redstone]

5. Good God, I COMPLETELY misinterpreted your post. Sorry about that.

I cold not agree more. I apologize yet again for not understanding what you were saying.

Redstone