When former (Republican) senator Lamar Alexander quoted Alex Haley, the author of Roots, at the Inauguration yesterday, Breitbart-remnant writer John Nolte knew exactly what was called for! You see, Alexander was a close friend of Haley (despite being a Republican -- weird, right?), and invoked the late writer while introducing Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor:
Best history I got was from George MacDonald Frasier&#039;s Flashman series. That and Larry Gonnick&#039;s <i>Cartoon History of the Universe</i>.
&quot;The DaVinci Code is based in fact, which is probably a plot to make the Catholic Church look bad...&quot;
Dan Brown has a long way to go before he can compete with the Church itself in making the Church itself look <a href="http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-church-files-20130122,0,3114631.story" target="_blank">awful</a>.
Best history I got was from George MacDonald Frasier&#039;s Flashman series. That and Larry Gonnick&#039;s <i>Cartoon History of the Universe</i>.
I loved the &quot;Roots&quot; tv miniseries, but would have loved it more had O.J.Simpson&#039;s character not died off screen.
WHAT MOVIE???
&quot;My name is Barry!&quot;
Kunta Kinte was not from Kenya (or Hawaii).
&quot;The DaVinci Code is based in fact, which is probably a plot to make the Catholic Church look bad...&quot;
Dan Brown has a long way to go before he can compete with the Church itself in making the Church itself look <a href="http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-church-files-20130122,0,3114631.story" target="_blank">awful</a>.
There are parts of last Saturday night that I&#039;ve memory-holed . . .
If John Nolte works really hard, maybe something he writes will be relevant enough to be memory-holed.
Because in order to be memory-holed, something has to be remembered first.
And John Nolte is forgettable.
Damn! So much for succinct snark . . .
To be sure...