tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post3177875039162421810..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Guest blogger: Abraham Lincoln By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-3940923328963189462019-01-25T07:52:03.966-08:002019-01-25T07:52:03.966-08:00Mr. Lincoln...I am aware that you were willing to ...Mr. Lincoln...I am aware that you were willing to considering as an alternative to war, expatriating every black person to Africa. That basically is Trump's strategy.Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66397798574241842392019-01-18T06:58:44.886-08:002019-01-18T06:58:44.886-08:00@Donald Benson, you beat me to it!@Donald Benson, you beat me to it!TimWarphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14741882160865926550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-79679275997348228052019-01-17T13:52:22.780-08:002019-01-17T13:52:22.780-08:00gottacook said...
The song "The Name Gam...gottacook said...<br /><br /> The song "The Name Game" wouldn't have been half as fun without the verse "Lincoln, Lincoln, bo-Bincoln..."<br /><br />Or, as us kids in elementary school sand it: "Truck, truck, bo-buck, bananana nana fo......."YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54148618652602078962019-01-16T22:37:17.867-08:002019-01-16T22:37:17.867-08:00The song "The Name Game" wouldn't ha...The song "The Name Game" wouldn't have been half as fun without the verse "Lincoln, Lincoln, bo-Bincoln..."gottacooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-71822511561844071042019-01-16T17:06:40.664-08:002019-01-16T17:06:40.664-08:00I thought Lincoln Logs were what you found in the ...I thought Lincoln Logs were what you found in the White House bathroom when Abe forgot to flush!YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58918905244825071732019-01-16T15:32:34.569-08:002019-01-16T15:32:34.569-08:00What will convince them? This, and this only: ceas...What will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly - done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated - we must place ourselves avowedly with them. Senator Douglas' new sedition law must be enacted and enforced, suppressing all declarations that slavery is wrong, whether made in politics, in presses, in pulpits, or in private. We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves with greedy pleasure. We must pull down our Free State constitutions. The whole atmosphere must be disinfected from all taint of opposition to slavery, before they will cease to believe that all their troubles proceed from us.<br />A. Lincolnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74252246495564195832019-01-16T15:17:12.464-08:002019-01-16T15:17:12.464-08:00* I also said, “Those who look for the bad in peop...* I also said, “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.” *<br /><br />Actually, that was screenwriter/director David Swift, who made it up for "Pollyanna". When he learned Disneyland had toy duplicates of the heroine's locket with that quote inside, credited to Lincoln, he had to break the news that it wasn't real. They pulled the lockets off the shelved.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64482552805331475802019-01-16T15:05:16.506-08:002019-01-16T15:05:16.506-08:00Michael (apparently a history prof/teacher) wrote:...Michael (apparently a history prof/teacher) wrote: <br /><br /><i>Well, I teach a course on Lincoln, and I plan to use this next time.</i><br /><br /> and:<br /><br /><i>Sorry, no royalties--Lincoln was a capitalist.</i> <br /><br />The latter is a non-sequitor. Capitalism is NOT about stealing intellectual property. And 99% of it is voluntary and transactional - not "exploitation".Jahn Ghaltnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35913173410769098692019-01-16T14:09:14.753-08:002019-01-16T14:09:14.753-08:00As we learn in the first episode of the Marvelous ...As we learn in the first episode of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Bob Newhart had a routine where Abe wanted to lose the beard. Breadbakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-730015218669689782019-01-16T14:03:48.230-08:002019-01-16T14:03:48.230-08:00theater jokes??? Too soon. Too soon.theater jokes??? Too soon. Too soon.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880646894752760905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5323062867785992792019-01-16T12:43:54.073-08:002019-01-16T12:43:54.073-08:00Nobody puts the ham in Abraham like Levine.
Ken...Nobody puts the ham in Abraham like Levine. <br /><br />Ken you would be a good guest on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. And maybe Jerry would do your podcast...maybe notCowboy Surferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703914886255967601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44996052906980449182019-01-16T11:41:58.510-08:002019-01-16T11:41:58.510-08:00Hello Ken,
The timing of this is too funny- I was...Hello Ken,<br /><br />The timing of this is too funny- I was just reading about Lincoln. As for "I'd lose the beard.", one of the best stories about him IMHO is that an 11 year old girl by the name of Grace Bedell wrote him a letter in the fall of 1860 about his election chances: Your face is too thin, you need to grow whiskers. <br /><br />As they say, the rest is history . . . . -LLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85990031480787759362019-01-16T11:31:32.797-08:002019-01-16T11:31:32.797-08:00No, I've seen you without the beard. You made ...No, I've seen you without the beard. You made the right choice AND you brought about a string of hirsute successors! Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18523400319227267382019-01-16T10:00:20.034-08:002019-01-16T10:00:20.034-08:00Why do I never get credit for the Lincoln Tunnel? ...Why do I never get credit for the Lincoln Tunnel? That was a hell of an engineering feat for the 1860s.<br /><br />Also, Ken Burns never photographed me from my good side.Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-89970529071483960342019-01-16T09:51:33.318-08:002019-01-16T09:51:33.318-08:00I also said, “Those who look for the bad in people...I also said, “Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.” That’s right, Robert Mueller, I’m talking to you.<br /><br />Could be taking to Beria too.Coram_Locinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46727378315793744362019-01-16T08:31:13.565-08:002019-01-16T08:31:13.565-08:00It might actually be fun to get "Honest Don&q...It might actually be fun to get "Honest Don" trending. Wm. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07281340054835334343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41598409823134320362019-01-16T08:14:10.099-08:002019-01-16T08:14:10.099-08:00Well, I teach a course on Lincoln, and I plan to u...Well, I teach a course on Lincoln, and I plan to use this next time. Sorry, no royalties--Lincoln was a capitalist.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998867386294693956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-90600363993221587662019-01-16T07:55:50.973-08:002019-01-16T07:55:50.973-08:00Welp, you did it, "Abe." You made a jok...Welp, you did it, "Abe." You made a joke about your own assassination. The final sacred cow is dead.<br />Rashad Khannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12947574556554365252019-01-16T07:27:31.793-08:002019-01-16T07:27:31.793-08:00Sorry Abe, your monument is closed for the duratio...Sorry Abe, your monument is closed for the duration.Rays profilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375762252351537791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-5738652903427968662019-01-16T06:12:58.805-08:002019-01-16T06:12:58.805-08:00Fun Fact - Lincoln Logs were invented by John Lloy...Fun Fact - Lincoln Logs were invented by John Lloyd Wright, who was the son of Frank Lloyd Wright -<br /><br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Logsslgchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947656936483533667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19207520322918339852019-01-16T06:03:59.384-08:002019-01-16T06:03:59.384-08:00Abe, are you getting royalties from the CGI penny ...Abe, are you getting royalties from the CGI penny in the car insurance commercials?Lemuelnoreply@blogger.com