tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post8788943872638891561..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76348220538899123382012-07-18T08:44:59.494-04:002012-07-18T08:44:59.494-04:00Steve,
WOW! Mark Twain!!!
That's pretty damn...Steve,<br />WOW! Mark Twain!!!<br /><br />That's pretty damn close to pulling Marshall McLuhan out of the movie line to explain something!!!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-56373238569973264392012-07-18T06:48:51.025-04:002012-07-18T06:48:51.025-04:00Is there a special connection between him and the ...<i>Is there a special connection between him and the Confederacy?</i><br /><br />Yes:<br /><br /><i>It was Sir Walter that made every gentleman in the South a Major or a Colonel, or a General or a Judge, before the war; and it was he, also, that made those gentlemen value their bogus decorations. For it was he that created rank and caste down there, and also reverence for rank and caste, and pride and pleasure in them. Enough is laid on slavery, without fathering upon it these creations and contributions of Sir Walter. Sir Walter had so large a hand in making Southern character, as it existed before the war, that he is in great measure responsible for the war.</i> Mark Twain - <i>Life on the Mississippi.</i><br /><br />See <a href="http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/civilwar.htm" rel="nofollow">this</a> and <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/06/the-author-of-the-civil-war/" rel="nofollow">this.</a>Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-39123959829994004232012-07-18T06:00:11.872-04:002012-07-18T06:00:11.872-04:00You wrote, "Braveheart is for 21st-century ne...You wrote, "<i>Braveheart</i> is for 21st-century neo-Confederates what Sir Walter Scott was for early generations of Confederates and Confederate nostalgists."<br /><br />Walter Scott became the most popular writer of his time with Waverly, Rob Roby, and Ivanhoe.<br /><br />Is there a special connection between him and the Confederacy?Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-9307300755224297842012-07-17T15:55:43.741-04:002012-07-17T15:55:43.741-04:00Congratulations, Mr. Sununu - you're today'...Congratulations, Mr. Sununu - you're today's winner of Konfederate Keno!<br /><br />And you did it without resorting to the old, time-tested, "N*GGER!!!"<br /><br />Masterful.<br /><br />"N*GGER!!!" screams, coming soon. Very soon!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com