tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post2107926209240939514..comments2023-10-17T08:19:58.196-04:00Comments on FreeThinke: FreeThinkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-40027498164988896342015-06-21T07:39:02.271-04:002015-06-21T07:39:02.271-04:00Perhaps the older I get, the more I can identify w...Perhaps the older I get, the more I can identify with what Hood presents in this poem.<br /><br />I think that I read this poem in school -- perhaps in a <i>McGuffey Reader</i>. That series of readers often included poems like this.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-9731743813404717112015-06-20T17:52:22.671-04:002015-06-20T17:52:22.671-04:00AHEM!!!<b>AHEM!!!</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-24676543244169575612015-06-20T15:37:55.138-04:002015-06-20T15:37:55.138-04:00You should have told him not to confuse Thomas Hoo...You should have told him not to confuse Thomas Hood with Edgar Guest, FT. Dorothy Parker forever endeared herself to me when she wrote<br /><br />I'd rather flunk my Wassermann test<br />Than listen to rhymes by Edgar Guest.<br /><br />----------------------> Katharine HeartburnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-80894249398722951262015-06-20T15:31:51.946-04:002015-06-20T15:31:51.946-04:00I can't stand Hamilton. It's a shame that...I can't stand Hamilton. It's a shame that Burr didn't do him in much earlier. :p<br /><br />Bring back the Articles of Confederation!-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-20242686343206009522015-06-20T14:27:38.306-04:002015-06-20T14:27:38.306-04:00I know, but I thought it would make interesting co...I know, but I thought it would make interesting conversation .The Most Interesting Man in the Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139603300668910468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50877231043336321692015-06-20T13:34:08.161-04:002015-06-20T13:34:08.161-04:00Much of your statement is open question and could ...Much of your statement is open question and could be debated. Also, it has no real relationship to the poem, to Thomas Hood and his time, or even to poetry in general. However, you at least tried to make it sound relevant, and I agree with much of what you said, so I'll let it stay. Besides, I like your avatar. ;-)FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-50960349810406337972015-06-20T13:01:52.513-04:002015-06-20T13:01:52.513-04:00I doubt very much, Ducky, if you've ever felt ...I doubt very much, Ducky, if you've ever felt anything other than perpetual dissatisfaction, contempt and counterfeit indignation. You seem to see everything from a dry, detached, academic perspective. Whatever capacity you may have had for spontaneous affection and unabashed enthusiasm was crushed out of you by the sedulous application of Critical Theory long long ago. You strike me as a classic Red diaper baby in all respects save one. You re not Jewish.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-52192040332888153782015-06-20T12:54:01.323-04:002015-06-20T12:54:01.323-04:00I tried to call C-Span's Washington Journal th...I tried to call C-Span's Washington Journal this morning to suggest getting rid of Andrew Jackson and Abe Lincoln, instead of the brilliant, underrated Alexander Hamilton to whom we owe so much. Replacing those two mass murderers with women would tickle me pink, but alas! I couldn't get through –– almost nothing but blacks got to speak. I guess they get first dibs now.<br /><br />My first choice would be Abigail Adams for what should be obvious reasons. Martha W. has already been represented on our paper money –– in 1807, I believe. After Mrs. Adams, I thought perhaps, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojourner Truth, or Harriet Tubman might be good choices. <br /><br />What do YOU think, Vib? I agree they ought to leave Alexander H. right where he is.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-68157248013907009192015-06-20T12:36:33.275-04:002015-06-20T12:36:33.275-04:00Maybe, Freethinke but I know sentimental doggerel ...Maybe, Freethinke but I know sentimental doggerel when I read it.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-67307908553220910902015-06-20T11:38:49.434-04:002015-06-20T11:38:49.434-04:00I remember Pearl Harbor, and I remember 9-11
I R...I remember Pearl Harbor, and I remember 9-11 <br />I Remember when Al Gore said - I invented the internet... <br />I Remember in the 1950's, there were more than 90 American companies that made TV sets. Today, the last American-owned television manufacturer, the Zenith Electronics Corporation, gave up its battle to survive and sold their controlling interest to the South Korean industrial giant LG.<br />And I remember that my father fought in WWII and my mother served as a Nurse.<br />I also remember when all of the Top automobiles were made in America..<br />Obama really thinks he's a man of accomplishment when the truth is that without affirmative action he'd be on welfare.<br /><br />And I remember when FDR, a Democrat deceived the American people and provoked the Japanese into an act of aggression so as to lead American’s willingly into the second World War, and General Omar Bradley, General George Patton, and General Eisenhower all Republicas were responsible for winning the war, The Most Interesting Man in the Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139603300668910468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-34497862977546029672015-06-20T10:31:41.040-04:002015-06-20T10:31:41.040-04:00Not yet at least, though perhaps she'll be Mr ...Not yet at least, though perhaps she'll be Mr Hamilton's replacement?<br /><br />http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/17/woman-on-10-bill-alexander-hamilton-jack-lew/28882687/<br /><br />Can't have pictures of those dusty old Federalists circulating around to remind us of the Republic that we used to be.<br />viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-80954616597816866582015-06-20T09:04:09.668-04:002015-06-20T09:04:09.668-04:00Corrected. Thank you. Being nearly blind, as I am,...Corrected. Thank you. Being nearly blind, as I am, does little to improve one's typing skills. Mine were never great to begin with, so you can imagine what a challenge it must be to produce a clean copy these days.<br /><br />Your critical attention is much appreciated. Most people wouldn't notice if I boldly stated, "Martha Washington's face appears on the one dollar bill." ;-}FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145653764764266444.post-33854258433441683922015-06-20T07:56:17.075-04:002015-06-20T07:56:17.075-04:00The dates on the picture are an obvious error... ;...The dates on the picture are an obvious error... <a href="http://thersitescorner.blogspot.com/2015/06/an-allegory.html" rel="nofollow">;p</a>Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.com