Lord Haw Haw, as you remember, was the popular name of William Joyce, a German radio propaganda broadcaster during World War II. And then, right after the war:
...On May 28, 1945 Joyce was captured in a German forest by two British officers gathering a truckload of firewood. Near Flensburg on the Danish border, Capt. Alexander Adrian Lickorish of the Reconnaissance Regiment, and Lt. Perry came upon an odd, tramplike figure with a walking stick. The tramp pointed to some logs with his walking stick, and addressed the men in French. Then he said in English, "oh, there are three or four more here." The duo immediately recognized the voice of Lord Haw-Haw.
Some people couldn't keep their mouths shut to save their necks. (Literally, in Lord Haw Haw's case.) Those are the bloggers.
I find the blogs much more interesting and informative than mainstream media; of course, one has to be circumspect with his/her blogging selections (but that's true with mainstream media, also). I seldom see/read print media any more and I avoid televised media at all costs (except Tina Fey, of course -- and then I ignore her politics).
Posted by: Bruce Oksol | 07/12/2009 at 09:25 AM