tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post195499037656164626..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: By Any Other Name ...Larry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-15244747543799844922016-02-23T18:09:23.677-05:002016-02-23T18:09:23.677-05:00M(h)erst?M(h)erst?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-82605447941645003802016-02-23T16:32:30.025-05:002016-02-23T16:32:30.025-05:00Before the Jenner cowpox vaccine there was "v...Before the Jenner cowpox vaccine there was "variolation", a more time computing and dangerous inoculation. George Washington had large numbers of continental soldiers treated against smallpox. It was known about in Europe and North America by the 1720's and earlier in asia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988533725889408307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-63745655428147306212016-02-23T15:27:09.197-05:002016-02-23T15:27:09.197-05:00Next January 29th will be 300 years after Jeffrey ...Next January 29th will be 300 years after Jeffrey Amherst's birth date. Amherst should have a celebration. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-28463745367754912432016-02-23T14:28:33.897-05:002016-02-23T14:28:33.897-05:00Yes. And all PC baloney. It's killing us.Yes. And all PC baloney. It's killing us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-30798927326285603002016-02-23T14:24:19.622-05:002016-02-23T14:24:19.622-05:00And the natives did nothing to the settlers. Comp...And the natives did nothing to the settlers. Completely peaceful. Right? Or not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-1503176153728208132016-02-23T12:18:10.162-05:002016-02-23T12:18:10.162-05:004:36 - The difference between polka music and sma...4:36 - The difference between polka music and smallpox is there's a vaccine for smallpox.<br /><br />Ba-dum-bum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-219763981582165952016-02-22T23:13:56.771-05:002016-02-22T23:13:56.771-05:00Smallpox vaccine, the first successful vaccine to ...Smallpox vaccine, the first successful vaccine to be developed, was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1798. He followed up his observation that milkmaids who had previously caught cowpox did not later catch smallpox by showing that inoculated cowpox protected against inoculated smallpox.<br />Smallpox vaccine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccineWikipedia<br /><br />The Town of Amherst was founded and named 3 decades before, and Lord Jeff's actions were even earlier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-77628953737802939022016-02-22T20:35:50.761-05:002016-02-22T20:35:50.761-05:00Dr ed...look up the history of small pox vaccinati...Dr ed...look up the history of small pox vaccination to see what was understood about it back in the 18th century.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988533725889408307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-20640628698475776442016-02-22T16:36:38.657-05:002016-02-22T16:36:38.657-05:00is there a pattern here?
Lord Jeff and Polka time ...is there a pattern here?<br />Lord Jeff and Polka time on WMUA<br />both run out of town by "adults" pacifying student's dubious complaints<br /><br />Maybe something like an open container ordinance is neededAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-34176683268630091772016-02-22T15:29:01.985-05:002016-02-22T15:29:01.985-05:00Who f-cking cares. You don't like it here, fin...Who f-cking cares. You don't like it here, find somewhere else to cry. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-3700099670367371702016-02-22T13:49:55.808-05:002016-02-22T13:49:55.808-05:00I understand that they did Not try to infect the n...I understand that they did Not try to infect the natives. Did the natives try to kill them? Lasers aside, that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-60060253137442305152016-02-22T12:44:13.009-05:002016-02-22T12:44:13.009-05:00"It's like saying that the Union Army had..."It's like saying that the Union Army had laser rangefinders on their cannons during the Civil War, a century before lasers were even invented. <br /><br />Facts matter..."<br /><br />Your statement is ridiculous. Just because it didn't work, doesn't deflect from the fact that they tried to infect them.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-9536451177417317502016-02-22T12:23:30.721-05:002016-02-22T12:23:30.721-05:00Where only the h......oops, never mind.Where only the h......oops, never mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-86143288356113098102016-02-22T12:05:02.201-05:002016-02-22T12:05:02.201-05:00We could become: Merst.We could become: Merst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-37116210663520902682016-02-22T09:13:59.244-05:002016-02-22T09:13:59.244-05:00Spoken by a true hater.Spoken by a true hater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-16781538647531355802016-02-22T07:09:25.014-05:002016-02-22T07:09:25.014-05:00Feel free to leave.Feel free to leave.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-89037419483063154292016-02-21T23:42:11.133-05:002016-02-21T23:42:11.133-05:00The problem is that this was well over a century b...The problem is that this was well over a century before people knew what germs were.<br />Before Louis Pasteur and the rest -- back when people thought this stuff was spread by witchcraft...<br /><br />It's like saying that the Union Army had laser rangefinders on their cannons during the Civil War, a century before lasers were even invented. <br /><br />Facts matter...Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-68296999915059070112016-02-21T21:35:03.541-05:002016-02-21T21:35:03.541-05:00People will believe whatever fits the marrative du...People will believe whatever fits the marrative du jour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com