tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779775550270586883.post3247545362657156713..comments2024-02-18T15:47:53.674-08:00Comments on Hard Honesty: He is the Goodsrdhardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07086771345621272408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779775550270586883.post-8963606532246803072022-01-09T08:20:05.453-08:002022-01-09T08:20:05.453-08:00I am a descendant of Andrew Tribble. I have lived ...I am a descendant of Andrew Tribble. I have lived in Madison Co KY my entire life and recently found out he was one of my great grandfathers. jaclynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529093314007857222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779775550270586883.post-83647114982191752262013-10-29T12:48:29.282-07:002013-10-29T12:48:29.282-07:00Portland-based ad agency, turning "cultural v...Portland-based ad agency, turning "cultural values into corporate value," builds momentum for a Halloween party by posting guests in blackface. 'Reymont' commented: "When was the last 'real' blackface used? The '20s? I imagine a lot of the people at the party had never heard of it. If you have to explain to innocent people why something is racist...is it still racist?"<br /><br />Story here:<br />http://www.portlandmercury.com/gyrobase/blogs/Post?basename=nemo-design-posted-a-photo-of-two-dudes-in-blackface-on-fb&day=28&id=BlogtownPDX&month=10&year=2013rdhardestyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086771345621272408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779775550270586883.post-26689845787244430592013-08-23T16:33:32.842-07:002013-08-23T16:33:32.842-07:00As regards Lincoln's remarks on cultural appro...As regards Lincoln's remarks on cultural appropriation of the tune Dixie, I found it interesting that, as General McClellan brought the Union Army of the Potomac forward into Fairfax Court House, Virginia in March 1862, local secessionists, gathered at the new Union headquarters, were treated thus:<br />"Here the word was given to halt, the Fifth’s band commenced playing sweet strains of music. After this was over, the 6th Maine’s band was invited to play, when they struck up the tune of Dixie."<br /> [E.B. Quiner, Correspondence of Wisconsin Volunteers, 1861-1865, V.3, p.167, c.2, 1866, Wis. Hist. Soc., as cited in The Fare Facs Gazette, V.9, p.5 #1]rdhardestyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086771345621272408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779775550270586883.post-50866011844943870692013-07-23T10:57:20.044-07:002013-07-23T10:57:20.044-07:00It is said that imitation is the surest form of fl...It is said that imitation is the surest form of flattery, exaggeration being the most intense, but buffoonery is flattery in its truest because whatever makes dollars makes sense.<br /><br />Victori~victori7https://www.blogger.com/profile/15152345333011486130noreply@blogger.com