Comments on: Studs Terkel, RIP

By: tomryanran

tomryanran — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:29:57 +0000

Spambot jerkoffs get their comment deleted.

By: JohnLopresti

JohnLopresti — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:40:44 +0000

Repelled by the stark simplicity of Terkel’s paperbacks during a slightly callow youth, though hard working as soon as youth led to yet further exhuberance, I was charmed by his extensive NPR interview with Robert Zimmerman, the latter having brought an acoustic guitar to play live at some juncture during the interview, and ably. That show aired around the time there was all-day Iran-Contra hearings. Nice ST saw the world from a nonagenarian vantage for several years.

By: Loo Hoo.

Loo Hoo. — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:22:39 +0000

Sara, you amaze.

By: AZ Matt

AZ Matt — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 15:00:10 +0000

Thank you very much for that. I think Studs probably appreciated the intense interest and support he saw coming for Obama. Having lived through so much history and seeing possibly one of the greatest political progressions we will see in our lifetimes, an African American poised to become President of the United States, Studs would have smiled at the thought.

By: Minnesotachuck

Minnesotachuck — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:00:05 +0000

Sara, you have one hell of a lot of priceless history in you. I hope you’re getting it all out and down somewhere so that it will be available to those who come after us.

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:28:29 +0000

ya just don’t get stuff like this at your average corner blog

thanks

By: dipper

dipper — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:19:56 +0000

Thank you, Sara. Your comments are always wonderful to read. I think it was his 90th birthday when Amy Goodman interviewed him for the whole hour. It was spellbinding. He was still sharp as a tack.

By: masaccio

masaccio — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:05:32 +0000

That is a really nice memorial for Terkel. I’m sorry he didn’t make it to election day.

By: prostratedragon

prostratedragon — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:12:45 +0000

The Sun-Times has a nice memorial corner for Studs, which includes an article by Roger Ebert, who was in touch with Studs during these last weeks.

By: numbertwopencil

numbertwopencil — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:08:32 +0000

…I hope Obama knows some of the details of this history…

I _think_ Obama and Studs did meet but I don’t remember any details. (I don’t think they have met in the last couple years.)

Regardless, Studs on Obama:

…I’d ask Obama, do you plan to follow up on the program of the New Deal of FDR?

I’d tell him, ‘don’t fool around on a few issues, such as health care. We’ve got bigger work to do! Read FDR’s second inaugural address!’

The free market has to be regulated. And the New Deal did that and they provided jobs. The government has to. The WPA provided jobs. We have got to get back to that. We need more reg-u-la-tion.

I was just watching Alan Greenspan, he’s an idiot, and by the way so was Ayn Rand!

Community organizers like Obama know what’s going on. If they remember. The important thing is memory. You know in this country, we all have Alzheimer’s. Obama has got to remember his days as an organizer. It all comes back to the neighborhood. Well I hope the election is a landslide for Obama…

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