tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4362752560617991219..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: McCain-LiddellAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64912878255588458792009-07-31T20:28:17.202-04:002009-07-31T20:28:17.202-04:00Oh, that's it. I hadn't known about Liddel...Oh, that's it. I hadn't known about Liddell having enough notoriety to get release, and giving up his release so that another could go.<br /><br />(I did know that Liddell died in that camp in Weihsien, now known as Weifang. Curiously, I read an autobiographical book by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Boys-War-Omf-Book/dp/9971972719" rel="nofollow">someone else</a> who was interned in that camp. That book mentioned Liddell in passing, and that led me to read a biography of Liddell, which led me to the movie.)karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-65667272303489468822009-07-31T20:23:00.864-04:002009-07-31T20:23:00.864-04:00Before I look...both spent time in a foreign priso...Before I look...both spent time in a foreign prison during wartime?<br /><br />Liddell wasn't a soldier, and so wasn't a POW. But he was interned at a Japanese camp for missionaries and other foreign nationals late during his time in China.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-83376722475545222232009-07-31T11:16:50.491-04:002009-07-31T11:16:50.491-04:00I thought perhaps it was when they ran for somethi...I thought perhaps it was when they ran for something, everyone called them "unconventional."<br /><br />the real answer was cooler.Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58593083700281656052009-07-30T21:22:35.415-04:002009-07-30T21:22:35.415-04:00Knew how to play the theme song on the piano at an...Knew how to play the theme song on the piano at an early age, but I never saw it. <br /><br />My word verification is "ingso" How Orwellian.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803753870981743904noreply@blogger.com