Comments on: History Video Blog#7

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:51:08 +0000

Cat-a-fan: Do you have a sudden craving for lutefisk (cod filet soaked in lye, dried in the sun, washed, and rehydrated in time for Christmas dinner)? If not, you probably do not have Viking forebears. On second thought, You DO have Viking ancestors, based on your (real) Norman name. So what do you do when you have those cravings for lutefisk?

By: cat-a-fan

cat-a-fan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:57:00 +0000

So that is where the Russians came from.
That makes sense. WOndering where I really came from? Was there a Viking in my background?
Or how about a Chief?

The question. I like revolutionary history but dont have cable. So the best I get is PBS.
And the video blog by Liam Atchison.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:51:01 +0000

Dee Anne: This is not something worth dying for. Repent.

By: Dee Anne

Dee Anne — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:00:22 +0000

Still keeping the smiley face! Deduct all the points you want, I’m staying strong!

By: admin

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:17:44 +0000

Dee: Another -1000 points! At his rate you will join Dante in purgatory! Better than joining Machiavelli wherever he is.

By: Dee Anne

Dee Anne — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:47:58 +0000

Ah, the History Channel. What entertainment! (Although I tend to take it as 90% fiction.) I’ll get sucked into any program that takes place before 1880. Just like literature, I’m not a fan of that modern stuff. 20th Century. . .yuck.

By: will

will — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:31:02 +0000

pfft. fancy-cable-havin’, History-Channel-watching elitists!
i’m only half-joking

By: admin

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:30:56 +0000

Andrew: You found the right station; some playfully refer to the History Channel as the “World War II Channel”.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:29:23 +0000

Hope: Yes, the name Belarus means something like “White Russia.”

By: andrew elf

andrew elf — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:16:15 +0000

WWII programming draws me in, Seeing “The greatest Generation” in action.

By: Hope

Hope — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:16:04 +0000

Does “rus” have any connection to the country of Belarus, then?

Yes, the History Channel should never ever be used as a means for concrete information. I call it ‘hollywood history:’ the writers and producers of the shows, even though they have hired researchers, tend to use the old cut-and-paste method of piecing history together to make it excitingly screen-worthy. They turn unknown items or opinions into concrete facts.

Even so, there are sometimes some awesome shows on, and a lot of the time, they have their info correct. My personal favorite is anything pertaining to good ol’ honest Abe, the Civil War, the Great Depression, Industrial Revolution and the old American west. There’s something so haunting and mesmerizing about the American west… perhaps because it is our very own not-so-distant past! I love comparing how people thought then to how they think now. Basically, if there is ever a show aired on HC that dates from between 1800-1935 and is set in the U.S., I’m totally there.

Oh, and one more thing – NO, More should not have been deemed a Saint. That’s just silly :p

By: Dr. Liam Atchison

Dr. Liam Atchison — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:18:09 +0000

New Post: Who was Sweyn Forkbeard and what did he have in common with Jacob Pullen? http://is.gd/7UTXq The Raft. #hvb #fearthebeard