tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post3439280790220582068..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: But It'll Never Match "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion"Bucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-27586682354452070772011-03-07T13:51:06.387-08:002011-03-07T13:51:06.387-08:00Rum, sodomy and the lash.Rum, sodomy and the lash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-19324364469913265312011-03-07T04:23:48.288-08:002011-03-07T04:23:48.288-08:00john sparkman won -- democratic designation then w...john sparkman won -- democratic designation then was sure ticket to victory -- primaries were the real elections. other democratic senator lister hill had to have his last election stolen for him -- the voting rights reaction was taking serious effect in alabama do lister's totals were "enhanced" in selected counties and he "won." sparkman was not a statesman -- once when talk was alabama's heavily black counties could be abolished by the legislature, split into other counties where possible so there would be white majorities, sparkman said the legislature has the right to set county borders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-70059169584818944732011-03-06T18:49:22.112-08:002011-03-06T18:49:22.112-08:00This doesn't have a "ring" to it but...This doesn't have a "ring" to it but here goes: Your Life, Your Wife or Your Property is Safe When Congress is in Session.dilbert dogbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-45955675556000271572011-03-06T10:05:54.385-08:002011-03-06T10:05:54.385-08:00Well, sure. More euphonious than "the pursui...Well, sure. More euphonious than "the pursuit of happiness." But if we must shift to dignified oratory--<br /><br />Our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor.<br /><br />Dedicate, concentrate, hallow.<br /><br />Of, by and for....<br /><br />etc. etc. etc.Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-5903247276648703992011-03-06T09:57:26.016-08:002011-03-06T09:57:26.016-08:00What about "Life, liberty, and property"...What about "Life, liberty, and property"? (Or the rewritten version.)Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-63877253582114236842011-03-06T09:39:58.205-08:002011-03-06T09:39:58.205-08:00I'm beginning to realize that a lot of these t...I'm beginning to realize that a lot of these threesomes are just unprintable. Or should be. <br /><br />Was it true of Sparkman?Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-51238012103873103712011-03-06T09:38:55.042-08:002011-03-06T09:38:55.042-08:00i had thought for many years that joe mccarthy had...i had thought for many years that joe mccarthy had started the business of saying the "democrat" party instead of the "Democratic" party, upon advice of a pr man. the pr man said "democratic" sounds good, not "democrat." but, not too long ago, i read or heard that it actually originated with joe martin, of martin, barton and fish fame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-8518796919439767642011-03-06T09:35:56.861-08:002011-03-06T09:35:56.861-08:00many years ago james simpson, prominent head of a ...many years ago james simpson, prominent head of a major birmingham law firm, said, "nobody is for (senator) john sparkman except niggers and jews and the birmingham news."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com