Simón Bolívar - Lies - Extra History
Added 2017-01-20 09:13:54 +0000 UTCTime for Lies: James talks about our mistakes, and adds additional stories, for the Simón Bolívar series!
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Comments
Thanks for the added details. I thought the episodes were well done, though for me they were depressing, because of what actually happened. I don't think I could stand reading more, though I would like to know what started "Statutory neglect." And yes, it was really confusing to hear you saying "statutory neglect," over and over, while "Salutary neglect" was displaye beside you, throughout. Again, I gues the artist and you didn't communicate quite enough. I'm sure you'll all continue to work on that. :)
Bill Lemmond
2017-02-09 17:15:17 +0000 UTCThat would be tipping my hand, now wouldn't it?
Veteran of the Mushroom Wars
2017-01-28 03:18:03 +0000 UTCNon-american here too, hence the smiley at the end ;)
Antti Björklund
2017-01-24 22:31:50 +0000 UTCAs a non-american: Nope, still lies.
Nessf
2017-01-24 22:04:37 +0000 UTCAs of today they aren't lies, they're "alternative truths". :P
Antti Björklund
2017-01-23 19:46:48 +0000 UTCI nominate Someone Else to make it!
Extra History
2017-01-23 02:49:30 +0000 UTCHmmm well in the South Sea Bubble series you talked about Walpole's involvement in the War of Spanish Succession, but that happened a quarter century before the War of Jenkin's Ear. You know what we need? A chart with Walpole connections, with connections made in yarn like in cheesy Hollywood films!
Connor Raikes
2017-01-22 21:34:40 +0000 UTCBetter than Numb-Butt?
Extra History
2017-01-21 13:12:38 +0000 UTCWelcome, initiate. Now you have begun to understand the Way of Walpole.
Extra History
2017-01-21 13:05:29 +0000 UTC! That Carrie, always sneaking in jokes.
Extra History
2017-01-21 13:05:01 +0000 UTCDidn't we use Jenkins' Ear last time? Or... maybe I researched that as one possible Walpole option, and my brain is confusing me.
Extra History
2017-01-21 13:04:16 +0000 UTCD'awww. We missed you too!
Extra History
2017-01-21 13:03:29 +0000 UTCIs this like a Highlander situation where there can only be one James?
Extra History
2017-01-21 13:03:22 +0000 UTCYour suffering fills me with glee.... but I recognize that's a personal failing. Thank you so much for the content, it's interesting as always. Feel better soon.
Veteran of the Mushroom Wars
2017-01-21 06:42:16 +0000 UTCI forget how much I love the opening music for this series. Every time you guys go on vacation, I miss you!
Sean Sarff
2017-01-21 05:53:56 +0000 UTCAwww sorry to hear you were sick. I wish you had a chance to bring up José Antonio Páez and the Battle of Las Queseras del Medio - when the Venezuelan patriot Llanero cavalry were outnumbered nearly 8-to-1, and were on the retreat - when Paez rallied his troops, had them turn and took the Royalists by surprise, inflicting heavy losses. In particular, there's a small controversy about how he rallied them. Historical accounts declare that he said "¡Vuelvan Caras!" or "About Face!", and it's become a famous slogan in Latin America. However, some historians argue it was more likely he said "¡Vuelvan, Carajo!" which is more or less "Turn around, goddammit!" or "Turn the f*** around!" and historical accounts sanitized it some. I was really sure the Robert Walpole connection was going to involve the War of Jenkins' Ear! It's got such a good (if historically dubious) story behind it, with a welsh mariner Robert Jenkins getting his ear cut off by a Spanish inspector and supposedly putting it in a pickling jar to Parliament. It involved numerous British attacks on New Granada and served as an important lead up to the Seven Years War and, ultimately, the British interest in Spanish American independence. It was also one of the last major political controversies of Walpole's career.
Connor Raikes
2017-01-21 00:54:12 +0000 UTCIRON ASS?!?!?! LOL!!!
Joo-Hwan Jun
2017-01-20 19:22:32 +0000 UTCNice Movies with Mikey reference
Leslie Nichols
2017-01-20 16:37:10 +0000 UTCWait... That means that Walpole is also responsible for the French Revolution and by extension the world as we know it.
Parker
2017-01-20 13:44:27 +0000 UTC
