eBay to Dr. Conspiracy: you’ve been outbid!

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1. misha says:

   May 16, 2011 at 4:37 am  misha(Quote)

   Reminds me of Alan Sherman: “A genuine copy of a fake Dior.”
2. Eglenn harcsar says:

   May 16, 2011 at 10:24 am  Eglenn harcsar(Quote)

   Here little chuckle regarding your quote of the day.
   Ah Sandra day. I cut her lawn when I was a student at the request of a neighbor who likewise lived out the end of mass ave. The day-conners were out of town! I’ll make the the go ahead joke that that’s the closest this birther will ever get to the supremes.

   Andrew Jackson’s Birthplace Controversy

   By Historian Louise Pettus

   Probably most people in this area are aware of the Andrew Jackson birthplace controversy. Was he born in South Carolina or North Carolina? Each state has a marker making the claim.

   The question never arose in Jackson’s lifetime. He died in 1845. In 1858 the Daughters of the American Revolution of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina erected a monument at the site of the George McKemey cabin in Union County, NC that claimed Jackson was born there. Mrs. McKemey was the sister of Andy’s mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson.

   Between 1845 and 1858 there were at least six biographies of Jackson and several hundred sketches of his life published. All of the publications stated that Jackson was born in South Carolina. In 1911, A. S. Salley, Jr., head of South Carolina Archives, wrote that William Richardson Davie, a native of the Waxhaws and governor of North Carolina, “stated positively, in answer to a question, that Jackson was born in the Waxhaw settlement of what was subsequently Lancaster district.” Mills Atlas in 1826 showed the site in Lancaster District where Jackson, at least six times, said he was born on his uncle’s plantation.

   So, why, with evidence to the contrary, did the Mecklenburg members of the DAR make their claim for Jackson’s birth in North Carolina?

   Salley wrote, “About 1858 a Mr. [Thomas] Cureton acquired a farm in Union county, North Carolina, which was shown by his muniments of title to have belonged to one George McKemey at the time of Jackson’s birth in 1767. Mr. Cureton had heard a tradition to the effect that Jackson was born in McKemey’s house while his mother was visiting there.” Cureton was convinced that he now owned the land on which Jackson was born. “He told Gen. Walkup of Union county about it and Gen. Walkup gathered a lot of hearsay statements from old people in the neighborhood and succeeded therewith in convincing over-credulous and poorly informed people that Jackson was born on the Cureton tract. Not a single one of the hearsay witnesses had heard a statement direct from a grown person who had been present at Jackson’s birth. . . .”

   Not only was there no evidence that Jackson was born in uncle George McKemey’s house, Salley added that “there is no proof whatsoever that McKemey’s house stood on his own tract of land three miles away from the place where Jackson himself has said that he was born.” Salley ended with this: “I call upon all people of South Carolina and elsewhere who despise humbuggery to unite in an effort to rebuke the falsehood that has been proclaimed on that stone in Union County, North Carolina.” Salley proposed that that South Carolina form a birthplace association that would mark the spot where Jackson was born in South Carolina.

   Through the work of a number of organizations and private individuals, enough money was raised to erect a monument on a donated Lancaster county 3 – ton, 6 ft. tall boulder. Mr. Salley, who claimed to have spent 26 years researching the question, selected the exact spot for the monument.

   The marker was unveiled on May 24, 1929. On one side the inscription was “Andrew Jackson’s Birthplace, erected by the Catawba Chapter, D.A.R. of Rock Hill, South Carolina.” On the reverse side of the monument was inscribed extracts from a letter written by Andrew Jackson in 1832 to John Witherspoon of Lancaster in which Jackson said that he was always told that he was born on his uncle’s plantation in South Carolina.

   Since that time there have been hundreds of additional biographies of Andrew Jackson. The majority state that Jackson was born in South Carolina. Some avoid the question by using such phrases as “Carolina frontier,” or “Carolina backcountry.” A few still claim North Carolina, Pennsylvania or even Ireland as his birthplace. Others simply mix up Waxhaw, N. C., named for a railroad stop in the late 1800s, with the Waxhaws of Lancaster County, SC which was a prominent pre-Revolutionary community that still carries the name as a Lancaster county township.
3. Dr. Conspiracy says:

   May 19, 2011 at 9:49 am  Dr. Conspiracy(Quote)

   The item sold for $56.
4. charo says:

   May 23, 2011 at 9:57 am  charo(Quote)

   My husband is a fan of Lewis Black. I thought this clip was irrelevant …. until this morning after listening to the Donald on Fox and Friends. Trump: After observing the field, not ruling out a return to the race. I personally think he doesn’t like that Herman Cain (business man) is receiving some attention (less attention to Trump). I don’t believe for a second that Trump doesn’t know anything about Herman Cain. Anyways, link:

   http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-22-2011/back-in-black—trump-2012
5. Dr Kenneth Noisewater (Bob Ross) says:

   May 23, 2011 at 1:42 pm  Dr Kenneth Noisewater (Bob Ross)(Quote)

   charo: My husband is a fan of Lewis Black. I thought this clip was irrelevant …. until this morning after listening to the Donald on Fox and Friends. Trump: After observing the field, not ruling out a return to the race. I personally think he doesn’t like that Herman Cain (business man) is receiving some attention (less attention to Trump). I don’t believe for a second that Trump doesn’t know anything about Herman Cain. Anyways, link:http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-22-2011/back-in-black—trump-2012

   I like Lewis Black. I saw him live last year with my wife. It was the first time she saw a live act here. I even got a picture with him and I flipping off the camera. Great guy.
6. misha says:

   May 23, 2011 at 2:31 pm  misha(Quote)

   charo: My husband is a fan of Lewis Black.

   Dr Kenneth Noisewater (Bob Ross): I like Lewis Black.

   This is the BEST Lewis Black clip I’ve yet seen:

   http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-12-2010/back-in-black—glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s
7. Dr Kenneth Noisewater (Bob Ross) says:

   May 23, 2011 at 3:51 pm  Dr Kenneth Noisewater (Bob Ross)(Quote)

   misha: This is the BEST Lewis Black clip I’ve yet seen:http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-12-2010/back-in-black—glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s

   Yeah I remember that one when it aired. It was funny
8. Dr. Conspiracy says:

   May 29, 2011 at 1:25 am  Dr. Conspiracy(Quote)

   eBay subsequently removed this auction.

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