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Hillman to Worcester T&G:

“A friend asked me, ‘If your grandfather and father were horse thieves, would you be a horse thief?’ I told, him, no, I’d be a Democrat,” Hillman said, according to the paper.

Now, before everyone gets their panties in a bunch here, let’s be clear: Hillman wasn’t saying that all Democrats were horse thieves; only that horse thieves are Democrats. And it’s well known, after all, that the North American Equine Acquisition Association (NAEAA, pronounced “neigh”) is a major donor to Democratic candidates.

Hey, horse russ’lers: Yew gonna take that from Mister Baldy-Headed Lyootenant Guvnur Candy-date? Or are yew gonna draw …

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    • it’s better than being called a “broad”. MAybe that is what people from Sturbridge really think, after all it is home to the old village and maybe the old vilage is missing it’s old idiot.

  3. Of course we have to go back a few more generations….

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    The Littles were one of many families along the English-Scottish border whose primary occupation from about 1250-1650 was to pillage property, kidnap/murder each other, and steal livestock — mostly horses. The Border Reivers, as they were collectively known, gave rise to a number of English terms, such as “blackmail” and “bereaved”.

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    The history of the “Debateable Lands” — a land literally between English and Scottish law for nearly 400 years — makes for fascinating reading for British history buffs.

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    I guess Nate Little, Healey’s campaign manager, is the black sheep of the family — although one could argue that he’s inherited certain less-desirable familial traits.

  4. to knock the very people paying his pension.

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    the question for all Republicans is: Would you swallow the poison you’re forcing down everyone else’s throats?

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    well?

    • Please advise connection between horse theft joke, and poisoned throats?

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      For people who expect me to be a good sport about Chimpy McHitler jokes, you’re AWFULLY thin-skinned.  Or have guilty consciences.

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      For the record, my Viking ancestors pounded the Irish and Scots to jelly while stealing their silver and women.  I believe WE are the originators of the term ‘blackmail’.

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      ‘Bereaved’ does sound like the Clans, those Border Lords and reivers.

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      ‘O God, protect us from the Norsemen and from their mighty boats’ – futile 15th century prayer

      • blackmail
        1552, second element is M.E. male “rent, tribute,” from O.E. mal “lawsuit, terms, bargaining, agreement,” from O.N. mal “speech, agreement;” related to O.E. mæðel “meeting, council,” mæl “speech,” Goth. maþl “meeting place.” From the practice of freebooting clan chieftains who ran protection rackets against Scottish farmers. Black from the evil of the practice. Expanded c.1826 to any type of extortion money. Verb is 1880.

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        Also:
        Blackmail – Its origin had nothing to do with the post office. Mail in this sense was an old Anglo-Norse term for rent or tribute. During the time of border warfare between England and Scotland, freebooters extorted payment from farmers of the area in exchange for protection and immunity from plunder. As the inhabitants were generally very poor, the tribute was paid in “black mail,” that is, grain, meat, or the lowest coinage (copper), as opposed to “white mail,” which was silver. In time the word took on the meaning of any payment extorted by threat of exposure of an incriminating secret.

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        And, of course, Wikipedia.
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        … Definitely a Viking influence, no doubt, but perfected as a way of life by the Scots. (Who, by that time, had thoroughly interbred with their Norse neighbors anyways.)

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