tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26133282.post6415374547750518703..comments2023-06-27T08:41:51.463-04:00Comments on This Historian for Hire...: Tempest in a teapot...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26133282.post-74698841147151071432009-05-11T13:20:00.000-04:002009-05-11T13:20:00.000-04:00Yep. I'll take double-entendres for 100 please Ale...Yep. I'll take double-entendres for 100 please Alex.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09796984906951797416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26133282.post-72697165135025504712009-05-11T13:11:00.000-04:002009-05-11T13:11:00.000-04:00Nick,
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I'd ...Nick,<br /><br />Not to put too fine a point on it, but I'd hate to have to be the middle school teacher leading a room full of seventh grade boys in that last stanza, if you get my drift,<br /><br />MannieMannie Gentilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225923971073419275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26133282.post-78775775977836268722009-02-25T10:05:00.000-05:002009-02-25T10:05:00.000-05:00Yes. Also, the "patriotic gore" that flecked the ...Yes. Also, the "patriotic gore" that flecked the streets of Baltimore was the blood from the Pratt Street Riot. <BR/><BR/>A riot brought about by a bunch of hoodlums with paving stones who went after a contingent of armed troops just trying to get through town. <BR/><BR/>What were they expecting?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09796984906951797416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26133282.post-30385529705553117502009-02-25T07:18:00.000-05:002009-02-25T07:18:00.000-05:00Let's not forget:THE DESPOT’S heel is on thy shore...Let's not forget:<BR/><BR/>THE DESPOT’S heel is on thy shore, <BR/>His torch is at thy temple door, <BR/>Avenge the patriotic gore<BR/>That flecked the streets of Baltimore, <BR/><BR/>The Despot being Abraham Lincoln.<BR/><BR/>Or<BR/><BR/>“Sic semper” tis the proud refrain,<BR/><BR/>Which while not referring to Booth's infamous utterance (rather to the state motto of Virginia) is still pretty horrible given the context. On second thought, the fact that this is *still* the state motto of Virginia is what's pretty horrible...Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11178300872349244849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26133282.post-7502196677100035622009-02-24T14:53:00.000-05:002009-02-24T14:53:00.000-05:00I also like the "Huzza."I also like the "Huzza."Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09796984906951797416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26133282.post-68422015149785473292009-02-24T14:44:00.000-05:002009-02-24T14:44:00.000-05:00I don't care either way, but they really should le...I don't care either way, but they really should leave the "Huzza" in there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512369678051380428noreply@blogger.com