Comments on: Hillary Clinton has stolen my idea for a Lincoln-Douglas-type debate

By: hokumboy

hokumboy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:41:51 +0000

Ok,
I’m on track now. Monday morning with a good head cold can play havoc with the thought process. That, combined with the snow falling, is telling me I shouldn’t think of doing any gas or electrical work around the house today.

By: Pat Cunningham

Pat Cunningham — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:23:47 +0000

Hoke: I think you meant for Comment No. 23 to go with the post about the National Day of Prayer. But you’re right, the sticker looks a little like a Swastika. As for your Comment No. 22 (in reply to Comment No. 21), see Comment No. 17. It’s getting a little complicated here, isn’t it?

By: hokumboy

hokumboy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:16:06 +0000

Is it just me? Or is there something Schutzstaffel scary about this window sticker?
http://www.ndptf.org/catalog/prod_NP223.cfm?series=0&brand=0

By: hokumboy

hokumboy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:00:14 +0000

Huh?
Please excuse this old man for not quite getting that last comment.

By: Ms Rodham

Ms Rodham — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:18:14 +0000

You’re related to Bat Guano? Well that would seem to explain a few things.

By: hokumboy

hokumboy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:42:45 +0000

God,
are we old!
My grandfather was born in 1863. In New York City.
I tell the kids that when they watch GANGS OF NEW YORK to look at it with the idea that those folks in the film could be our ancestors.
I think the family history that’s a bit suspect is always more interesting than the verifiable stuff. Our family motto is “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story”.

By: Pat Cunningham

Pat Cunningham — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:35:31 +0000

Yeah, of course, Ed was Keenan’s father. Frankly, I never cared for Ed’s comedy. Too vaudeville-like for my tastes. But I thought he did a good job in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” When I say the Wynns were distant cousins, I’m only going on what my late mother said. I’ve never traced the relationship myself. By the way, since this post has something to do with Lincoln, lemme lay this one on you: My paternal grandfather — my dad’s dad — was born during Lincoln’s presidency. So, I’m the grandson of a Lincoln contemporary, sort of. That makes me feel a lot older than I actually am. But it also indicates that we Cunninghams don’t study history so much as we just remember it.

By: hokumboy

hokumboy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:30:32 +0000

Keenan Wynn?
Hell, Pat, that makes you distantly related to Ed Wynn. Now, that’s somethin’ !!

By: Pat Cunningham

Pat Cunningham — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:36:01 +0000

By the way, Bob, a distant cousin of mine, actor Keenan Wynn, played the part of Col. Bat Guano in “Dr. Strangelove.” He’s the guy who warned the British officer that he would “have to answer to the Coca-Cola Company” for breaking into a vending machine to get change for a phone to call the president.

By: Menlo Bob

Menlo Bob — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:26:23 +0000

That and the pure military genius of Gen. Buck Turgeson.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2AfuRdwyPC4&feature=related