Comments on: Blasts from the past http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/05/21/blasts-from-the-past/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SADIE http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/05/21/blasts-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-49721 SADIE Fri, 22 May 2009 03:48:01 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=6574#comment-49721 Great, can't wait to hear and see today's 'speed reader' (hired by Congress) to read the climate bill or whatever they're calling it into the minutes today. Only a short clip of this man reading to the applause of those that couldn't bear to hear what they had written was just too much for me. I wasn't sure if I was watching government inaction or a Barrett-Jackson auto auction on the Speed Chanel. If there is any justice, the newly hired reader just sold a Chrysler to all of the legislators at full price and without warranty, of course. Great, can’t wait to hear and see today’s ‘speed reader’ (hired by Congress) to read the climate bill or whatever they’re calling it into the minutes today.

Only a short clip of this man reading to the applause of those that couldn’t bear to hear what they had written was just too much for me. I wasn’t sure if I was watching government inaction or a Barrett-Jackson auto auction on the Speed Chanel.

If there is any justice, the newly hired reader just sold a Chrysler to all of the legislators at full price and without warranty, of course.

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]]> By: David Foster http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/05/21/blasts-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-49712 David Foster Thu, 21 May 2009 22:00:09 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=6574#comment-49712 Here's a good Annie Oakley story: Circa 1889, she was touring Europe with the Wild West Show. At one stop, the newly-annointed Kaiser Wilhelm II was in attendance. As usual, Oakley asked for a volunteer to smoke a cigar while she shot the ash off the end of it. (Her husband always played this role when no other volunteer could be found.) To the horror of his courtiers, Wilhelm II came forward and assisted on the honor. After the war began, Oakley wrote the Kaiser and asked if she could have a second shot... Here’s a good Annie Oakley story:

Circa 1889, she was touring Europe with the Wild West Show. At one stop, the newly-annointed Kaiser Wilhelm II was in attendance. As usual, Oakley asked for a volunteer to smoke a cigar while she shot the ash off the end of it. (Her husband always played this role when no other volunteer could be found.) To the horror of his courtiers, Wilhelm II came forward and assisted on the honor.

After the war began, Oakley wrote the Kaiser and asked if she could have a second shot…

]]> By: Zhombre http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/05/21/blasts-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-49706 Zhombre Thu, 21 May 2009 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=6574#comment-49706 Oh no ... according to VP Joe Biden, that execution was the real thing. The man who later ghosted Shakespeare's plays used an early camera obscura. Oh no … according to VP Joe Biden, that execution was the real thing. The man who later ghosted Shakespeare’s plays used an early camera obscura.

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