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Yesterday, I went to Mark Felt's (Deep Throat) funeral

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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 04:40 PM
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Yesterday, I went to Mark Felt's (Deep Throat) funeral
After all the speculation about who Deep Throat was, it turned out he was a guy living in my hometown of Santa Rosa, California. His memorial service was open to the public, and get this, in a place that used to be a movie theater I worked in for three years. I never knew that all the years I spent sweeping popcorn off the floor of that theater that it would one day be where Deep Throat's funeral was held, and that I would be attending.

It was quite a lovely ceremony. Both Woodward and Bernstein were there and they gave speeches. Woodward talked about the need for more people like him to come forward and expose the torture and secret prisons that we have operating around the world today. His children and grandchildren came forward and talked about the simple things they used to do with him, like when he'd rent a room at the Flamingo Hotel in the summer just so the kids could swim in the pool.

I looked around at all the people crammed into this former movie theater, which is now a kind of spiritual center, some of them friends and family of the man that changed the course of history, but most of them people just like me, strangers that had come to pay their respects. Some of them were crying. It was very beautiful. And the thing that I walked away from it was how important it is to always do the right thing, no matter who you have to defy in order to do it. Mark Felt did that, and not only gave the nation a great gift, but also all of us that were there yesterday. It goes to show you that our actions can have a powerful effect on others, even when we are gone. Maybe especially when we're gone. What a wonderful and inspirational legacy that man left behind. I only can hope that when I go, I leave behind a legacy as noble as his was.

Happy journey Mr. Felt. This nation owes you a great debt.
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   Well said.  aquart   Jan-17-09 04:41 PM   #1 
   k&r  spanone   Jan-17-09 04:42 PM   #2 
   thanks for sharing this. n/t  G_j   Jan-17-09 04:43 PM   #3 
   You went to a movie theater for Deep Throat? n/t  IanDB1   Jan-17-09 04:46 PM   #4 
   LOL!  Downtown Hound   Jan-17-09 04:49 PM   #5 
   duzy!  unblock   Jan-17-09 06:16 PM   #13 
   Woodward needs to be exposed.  formercia   Jan-17-09 04:50 PM   #6 
   a great man. thanx for the post.  onethatcares   Jan-17-09 05:17 PM   #7 
   PATRIOT  Froward69   Jan-17-09 05:35 PM   #8 
   Woodward should heed  Autumn   Jan-17-09 05:46 PM   #9 
   Yes, it's important to "do the right thing". But what holds a lot of people back is  bobbolink   Jan-17-09 05:49 PM   #10 
   Well said. n/t  Downtown Hound   Jan-18-09 02:00 PM   #18 
   Wow! Did you hear Rod Serling in the background as Woodward  acmavm   Jan-17-09 05:52 PM   #11 
   Woodward only wants those people to come forward...  misanthrope   Jan-17-09 05:53 PM   #12 
   k&r  yawk09   Jan-17-09 08:56 PM   #14 
   K&R  DeepModem Mom   Jan-18-09 12:47 AM   #15 
   *Gulp*.......I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but I don't believe Mark Felt was "deep throat" n/t  Mind_your_head   Jan-18-09 12:49 AM   #16 
   I'm curious, what makes you say that?  Downtown Hound   Jan-18-09 01:51 PM   #17 
   Jim Hougan's - Secret Agenda: Deep Throat was Sen Robert Bennett (R-UT)  MinM   Jan-18-09 02:04 PM   #20 
   k & r  MPK   Jan-18-09 02:00 PM   #19 
 
aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 04:41 PM
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1. Well said.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jan-17-09 04:42 PM
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2. k&r
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G_j (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 04:43 PM
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3. thanks for sharing this. n/t
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 04:46 PM
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4. You went to a movie theater for Deep Throat? n/tUpdated at 12:21 AM
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 04:49 PM
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5. LOL!
Back in the day, I actually did um, see Deep Throat in that theater on a few occasions when I was supposed to be working. Don't tell anybody. That theater was famous for being a, um, fun place to work.
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unblock (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 06:16 PM
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13. duzy!
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jan-17-09 04:50 PM
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6. Woodward needs to be exposed.
More street theater from the boys. Ironic they would do it in a theater. Just actors on a stage.

I think the joke is on us.
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onethatcares Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 05:17 PM
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7. a great man. thanx for the post.
Peace.
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Froward69 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 05:35 PM
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8. PATRIOT
:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:
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Autumn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 05:46 PM
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9. Woodward should heed
his own advice.
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Jan-17-09 05:49 PM
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10. Yes, it's important to "do the right thing". But what holds a lot of people back is
being left alone and hung out to dry.

What WE can do if we REALLY want people to do more of this is to offer support and care for whistleblowers.

We are such a damned rugged individualist society that we think by demanding that people "do the right thing" that they will sacrifice all for the cause. That's not only unrealistic, it's immoral.

I've seen people arrested at peace rallies, and nobody bothers to find out who they are, to follow up and see if they need help, if their families are OK, etc. We just leave them to their own devices. That is no way to have the kind of society we NEED.

It's up to US.
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Jan-18-09 02:00 PM
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18. Well said. n/t
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 05:52 PM
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11. Wow! Did you hear Rod Serling in the background as Woodward
unveiled his speil?
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 05:53 PM
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12. Woodward only wants those people to come forward...
...if they agree to speak to him exclusively and he can write books about them. It will allow him to clutch key information and brag about his insider status, regardless of what justice demands.
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yawk09 (11 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Jan-17-09 08:56 PM
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14. k&r
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sun Jan-18-09 12:47 AM
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15. K&R
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16. *Gulp*.......I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but I don't believe Mark Felt was "deep throat" n/t
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17. I'm curious, what makes you say that?
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20.  Jim Hougan's - Secret Agenda: Deep Throat was Sen Robert Bennett (R-UT)
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MinM/134

http://www.counterpunch.org/hougan06082005.html

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MinM/97
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