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:(SO LONG, JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN: The revered historian died yesterday at 94. He had a good run, at least! Here, spend the 53 minutes you would otherwise spend today looking at horse porn watching this lovely 2005 interview with Charlie Rose. He was just great in every way. [Washington Post]


11:48 AM on Thu March 26 2009
By Sara K. Smith
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  1. Serolf Divad says at 11:52 am, March 26th, 2009

    What makes Sarah think we only spend 53 minutes a day looking at porn?

  2. Serolf Divad says at 11:53 am, March 26th, 2009

    Ooops, I missed the “horse” in “horse porn” when I first reat that. Yeah, we only devote 53 minutes a day to horse porn. That’s true.

  3. Come here a minute says at 11:53 am, March 26th, 2009

    May I take your coat?

  4. Gorillionaire says at 12:04 pm, March 26th, 2009

    I first heard his name a few years ago when a friend was involved in producing a documentary about the Greensboro Sit-In. He was very gracious and helped her out alot. Long on age and first hand experience and still sharp and insightful. Then the local NPR affiliate had him on a few times and I actually became a fan of a guy who knew history and stuff and was not a rock star or an alcoholic author for a change.
    I have a neighbor who is 92 and remembers FDR pretty well. He had an Obama sign in his yard before anyone else on the street did!

  5. Mr Blifil says at 12:07 pm, March 26th, 2009

    Depends on how hung the dude was. Could be in for a Charlie Rose/horse porn twofer.

  6. jagorev says at 12:17 pm, March 26th, 2009

    Something tells me SKS listens to NPR. Me too.

  7. bitchincamaro says at 12:32 pm, March 26th, 2009

    He rocks for the name alone.

  8. I shall put him on my reading list. Uh, that is, between gigolo gigs and so forth.

    Unfortunately, during deep meditation on death and historians, my eye was caught by the Cyclone Dairy ad in the left sidebar, and my mind was violently yanked from lofty heights into wondering if cloning cows gave homogenized milk. Oooh, shiny.

  9. ‘cloned’ even.

  10. Crow T. Robot says at 12:40 pm, March 26th, 2009

    I wish there were more domestic horse porn. That Brazilian stuff just really doesn’t do the trick for me.

  11. jagorev says at 12:48 pm, March 26th, 2009

    Crow T. Robot: Better yet, we should have domestic horse porn made from cloned horses, for consistency.

  12. Texan Bulldoggette says at 12:51 pm, March 26th, 2009

    I’m glad he got to live to see Barry elected. Hopefully he & Barry’s grandmother are busting a move in heaven!

  13. thesycophant says at 1:04 pm, March 26th, 2009

    At Wonkette, even a heartfelt sendoff to an honorable American figure can work in a reference to things like horse porn. I love Wonkette.

  14. Anyone ever watch horse porn high on oxycontin??

  15. Lionel Hutz Esq. says at 1:34 pm, March 26th, 2009

    And why can’t I do both?

  16. AllHat says at 1:42 pm, March 26th, 2009

    Horse porn. SKS, you know us too well.

  17. problemwithcaring says at 1:45 pm, March 26th, 2009

    Was he really that great? I mean, have you read his mausoleum?

  18. DangerousLiberal says at 1:59 pm, March 26th, 2009

    bitchincamaro: Word. John Hope Franklin. This guy was the real deal. Getting a Harvard PhD and trying to do research, about the south, when you’re Black, also. This guy worked harder in a day that I will work my entire life. Now I gotta go read everything he wrote.

  19. Red Zeppelin says at 3:56 pm, March 26th, 2009

    I had never before heard of “horse porn,” and I really REALLY don’t want to Google it.

    But, for John Hope Franklin, I am glad that he lived long enough to see our Hopey elected.

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