Comments on: Obama’s tenure on an organization that worked to subvert the 2nd Amendment http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/06/obamas-tenure-on-an-organization-that-worked-to-subvert-the-2nd-amendment/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:36:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tiresias http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/06/obamas-tenure-on-an-organization-that-worked-to-subvert-the-2nd-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-30801 Tiresias Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:38:51 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4062#comment-30801 Always enjoyed the fact that the US Secretary of State who lied like a rug (a democrat, natch) back in the early days of the 20th century when he was counting the votes in the Constitutional amendment proces to decide if we had voted to tax ourselves was named Phillander Knox. "Phillander?" I guess his parents knew what they had the moment he popped out... Why not just call the kid "Sleazy Liar" Knox? Always enjoyed the fact that the US Secretary of State who lied like a rug (a democrat, natch) back in the early days of the 20th century when he was counting the votes in the Constitutional amendment proces to decide if we had voted to tax ourselves was named Phillander Knox.

“Phillander?” I guess his parents knew what they had the moment he popped out…

Why not just call the kid “Sleazy Liar” Knox?

]]> By: suek http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/06/obamas-tenure-on-an-organization-that-worked-to-subvert-the-2nd-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-30792 suek Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:21:24 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4062#comment-30792 I have an ongoing "hobby"... connecting people's occupations with their names. I have to wonder if the name - which probably originated with the occupation of someone in their ancestry - means there's a family familiarity with the occupation, or if the name itself influences their occupation. The fun for me is that I am also fairly fluent in German, and lots of our family names are German in addition to the obvious English ones. I wish I had the same fluency with other languages - it would be interesting to find out if there were the connection... My favorite so far was the AFN radio show on dental health hosted by "Fill Molar". "What a catchy name for the show" I thought. Then I went to the dental clinic, and reading names while waiting my turn, realized that "Phil Molar" was actually one of the dentists who ran the clinic. That's the only one I can specifically remember, but I've run across others. Especially when the name was German, the question always arose in my mind as to whether or not the person knew that the name was an occupational description. Trite, but amusing. I have an ongoing “hobby”… connecting people’s occupations with their names. I have to wonder if the name – which probably originated with the occupation of someone in their ancestry – means there’s a family familiarity with the occupation, or if the name itself influences their occupation. The fun for me is that I am also fairly fluent in German, and lots of our family names are German in addition to the obvious English ones. I wish I had the same fluency with other languages – it would be interesting to find out if there were the connection…

My favorite so far was the AFN radio show on dental health hosted by “Fill Molar”. “What a catchy name for the show” I thought. Then I went to the dental clinic, and reading names while waiting my turn, realized that “Phil Molar” was actually one of the dentists who ran the clinic.

That’s the only one I can specifically remember, but I’ve run across others. Especially when the name was German, the question always arose in my mind as to whether or not the person knew that the name was an occupational description.

Trite, but amusing.

]]> By: Tiresias http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/10/06/obamas-tenure-on-an-organization-that-worked-to-subvert-the-2nd-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-30790 Tiresias Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:02:40 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=4062#comment-30790 "Bogus"... what a wonderful name for a lawyer! “Bogus”… what a wonderful name for a lawyer!

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