Communist Threat
Just one of those items that I hadn’t heard, and which I thought was worth mentioning:
Soviet documents released in 2003 reveal that, despite being a fan of Wayne’s movies, Joseph Stalin ordered Wayne’s assassination due to his strong anti-communist politics. Stalin died before the killing could be accomplished. His successor, Nikita Khrushchev, reportedly told Wayne during a 1959 visit to the United States that he had personally rescinded the order. – wikipedia
What would the cult of John Wayne look like if it could truly be said that commies had shot Liberty Valance?
John Wayne said that Gene Hackman was the worst actor ever. As far as I’m concerned, that would have been more than good enough a reason to shoot him, regardless of his political views… 😉
Agreed – Gene Hackman is good in anything. There was a lot of weird animosity between the “classical” and “method” actors.
Too bad John Wayne didn’t live long enough to find that little tid-bit out! The cold war might have ended a little earlier.
I like Hackman too, but that’s crazy talk Mac!
Hey, I wasn’t serious about shooting him, I used the wink smiley 😉 Breaking one of his legs would have sufficed (I’m kidding, I’m kidding!!!)
Technical problem: I don’t see the “get notified of replies” button – is that my problem or something you’re aware of? It gets pretty hard to follow any discussion like this, is there something I’m doing wrong?
Ha – I can’t help you with Wayne’s leg, but I think I’ve fixed the problem with being emailed follow-up comments. Give the new system a try and let me know if it does what you’re hoping for. 🙂
(sorry if that joke offended anyone, we do not have the right to bear arms in Italy, except for those attached to our shoulders, so saying something like that for an Italian is like syaing “I’d have him teleported to Jupiter” for an American – I probably made that joke a bit too lightly. Intercultural communication problems, I guess)
Thanks for fixing that, I’ll give it a try in 3..2…1.. now!
Didn’t work the first time, let me try again…
No offense taken, I just don’t want to have to do all that digging to get to his leg bone. 🙂
Hmm, it’s sounding like the comments situation still isn’t right – I likely need to try a different plugin.
OK, either this system is different (doesn’t require a confirmation of the notification request) or it doesn’t work, but I’ll wait for someone to post something and see what happens, I’ll let you know 🙂
OK, I was notified of your comment, it works 🙂 And it doesn’t ask for confirmation via email that you actually want to be notified, which is a lot better than the other system 🙂
(Barry, if ou’re reading this, I think you should implement the same system, it’s a lot less akward)
It really isn’t up to me, Mac. WordPress does all the hosting work, templates, etc. I just type some stuff and go along for the ride. If I had to self host or take care of the system myself the ensuing crash would likely take the internet down with it. However, I’ll poke around with the wordpress options and see what I can do.