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 Posted: Mon May 17th, 2010 01:41 am
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 I'm appreciating the effort HC is making with "Us." Overly simplistic and skipping over important stuff and dwelling on romantic things is annoying, but we have to remember that the audience is not "us."

We're a bit freakish with our devotion to history; maybe about 98 percent of the American public isn't (I made that up.).

So we gather in groups like Round Tables and discussion boards to avoid the rolling eyes, and indulge ourselves in elite sniffing and neener, neener. At least, the History Channel is reaching some who might develop an interest in history and, one might hope, the Civil War.

Ole

PS. And I enjoy finding out how they make candy bars and HoHos, and the differering styles of lumbering, and why in heck someone would take a multi-ton rig over a frozen lake.

Last edited on Mon May 17th, 2010 01:45 am by ole