tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post424503895090705192..comments2024-03-25T07:15:16.752+00:00Comments on white rabbit: Happy 4th July...white rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-41308582270374688672010-07-05T18:19:49.008+01:002010-07-05T18:19:49.008+01:00now, rabbit, y'all know i love you, but really...now, rabbit, y'all know i love you, but really? <i>cricket?</i> that ranks right up there with curling as sports i have labored to understand... xoxoxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-47692359245805812052010-07-05T18:18:56.913+01:002010-07-05T18:18:56.913+01:00DHG - Indeed so.
Maven - I really don't know....DHG - Indeed so.<br /><br />Maven - I really don't know. Two different theories...<br /><br />Mahal - Ermmmm.... I don't think it's about endorsing a bunch of slaveowners who were able to put their names to the proposition that 'all men are created equal' with a straight face but - like Tony says it's about saying Happy Birthday America! to the people there now to the people who aren't at fault for that nastiness.<br /><br />ps I commented on a previous 4th July in a comment to savannah that John Adams uniquely among the founding fathers hated slavery and his farm was staffed by free men. He died with $100,000 in the bank. Jefferson, the slave owning southern gentleman, died $100,000 in debt.<br /><br />Maybe a lesson there...<br /><br />Oh and I think Brad Neely's 'Washington' (follow da link) - apart from being very funny - is clearly aiming to subvert the cult of Washington as cross between saint and suoerman,white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-57915950027301106882010-07-05T04:01:40.586+01:002010-07-05T04:01:40.586+01:00Happy Birthday America!Happy Birthday America!tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-50018179531714780402010-07-05T01:30:59.104+01:002010-07-05T01:30:59.104+01:00Happy July 4th! :DHappy July 4th! :DJoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-68133930685001249002010-07-04T21:23:04.290+01:002010-07-04T21:23:04.290+01:00Why celebrate an unrepentant slave-owner (crickete...Why celebrate an unrepentant slave-owner (cricketer or otherwise)?Mahalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-79629984972403859022010-07-04T18:03:58.863+01:002010-07-04T18:03:58.863+01:00I'm pretty sure Gilbert used the unfinished po...I'm pretty sure Gilbert used the unfinished portrait as a prototype. He reproduced the image many times over and was paid handsomely for each repro.<br /><br />Happy 4th Rabbit!The Dental Mavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07901307714698063274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-85047709042087709592010-07-04T17:30:30.571+01:002010-07-04T17:30:30.571+01:00Cricket. The sport of Gods.Cricket. The sport of Gods.Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-24408871523839737282010-07-04T17:05:33.620+01:002010-07-04T17:05:33.620+01:00Catchy - Knowledgeable you!!!
:DCatchy - Knowledgeable you!!!<br /><br />:Dwhite rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-75708126362604605992010-07-04T16:58:51.829+01:002010-07-04T16:58:51.829+01:00The portrait wasn't finished because Washingto...The portrait wasn't finished because Washington was too tall to fit on the paper.Catch Her in the Wryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052541966405145087noreply@blogger.com