Comments on: Three thousand and counting! http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/10/three-thousand-and-counting/ Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don't say you weren't warned. By the way, this blog's name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, "All politics is applesauce." Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Pat Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/10/three-thousand-and-counting/#comment-3939 Pat Cunningham Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:29:52 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/10/three-thousand-and-counting/#comment-3939 Ah, sweet memories. We're just like our parents and their parents and so on. We long for the hometowns of our early years. I grew up in Freeport, and I could cry when I visit there. The town of yore is gone. Ah, sweet memories. We’re just like our parents and their parents and so on. We long for the hometowns of our early years. I grew up in Freeport, and I could cry when I visit there. The town of yore is gone.

]]> By: Menlo Bob http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/10/three-thousand-and-counting/#comment-3934 Menlo Bob Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:53:53 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/2008/07/10/three-thousand-and-counting/#comment-3934 I've enjoyed many movies at the Midway and it is sad to see it and Rockford in the condition they are. Longtime residents remember a vastly better city. Remind me; Was the last event at the Midway that rap concert riot? The community I currently reside in has one of those old movie theaters that has been restored to the glory of an earlier era. Lsst Saturday night it was filled to capacity to watch the 1953 movie classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Me,_Kate_(film)" rel="nofollow">Kiss me Kate</a> which was based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. In addition to such stars as Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson and Ann Miller, the movie featured two lovable gangster characters James Whitmore and your relative Keenan Wynn. No computer generated nonsense, nothing had to blow up and no foul language. It was like being transported to the sweetness of the Rockford of my youth. All that was missing was stopping by the Alps Drive-in afterwards. I’ve enjoyed many movies at the Midway and it is sad to see it and Rockford in the condition they are. Longtime residents remember a vastly better city. Remind me; Was the last event at the Midway that rap concert riot?

The community I currently reside in has one of those old movie theaters that has been restored to the glory of an earlier era. Lsst Saturday night it was filled to capacity to watch the 1953 movie classic Kiss me Kate which was based on Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. In addition to such stars as Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson and Ann Miller, the movie featured two lovable gangster characters James Whitmore and your relative Keenan Wynn. No computer generated nonsense, nothing had to blow up and no foul language. It was like being transported to the sweetness of the Rockford of my youth. All that was missing was stopping by the Alps Drive-in afterwards.

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