Posted on 08/04/2012 4:36:27 PM PDT by Dysart
Americans love Sir Winston Churchill. That much has been obvious since even before 1963, when President Kennedy gave him the only honorary US citizenship ever awarded to a living person. Yet, in the half-century since then, that admiration and affection hasn’t abated; he is one of the only non‑Americans to have a US warship named after him, and as many books are published about him in America as in Britain. Indeed, the only bookshop in the world dedicated solely to selling his books, articles and memorabilia is the splendid Chartwell Books on Madison Avenue and 52nd Street in Manhattan. As Churchill’s mother, Jennie Jerome, was born in Brooklyn, Americans understandably regard Churchill’s extraordinary life as an almost semi-detached telling of their own national story.
So when the prestigious Morgan Library and Museum in New York decided to stage an exhibition entitled Churchill: The Power of Words, which would include the cream of the America-related items in the Churchill Archives at Churchill College, Cambridge, they knew that it would be popular.
What has astounded them – and me, despite my being a special curator of the exhibition – is quite what a stir has been created in Midtown. The crowds have exceeded all expectations, with record numbers visiting the exhibition, even in the normally quiet summer months. More than 30,000 people in the first six weeks – at least 50 per cent higher than the library’s initial expectations.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
” It should be required reading in J-school. “
Assuming you could get someone to explain the big words to the little darlings....
He lived to 90 BECAUSE of drinking, smoking, and stress, grasshopper.
a) drink was for medicinal purposes only (see the doctor's note) b) cigars enhanced his sense of well being while keeping undesirable company at bay and c) stress kept him focused and engaged in life
Obama is in the minority who does not believe Winston is cool.
The fact that he worked in bed ‘til noon and typically drank the whole time may have been the secret to his longevity. His favorite cigar,if I recall correctly, was Anthony y Cleopatra.
There ya go...
I cubic centimeter is one milliliter. He was being “prescribed” 1/4 of a liter of spirituous liquor per day.
The greatest man of the last millennium. I’ve read most of his works.
So about 8 oz of the hard stuff...the rough equivalent of 8 beers. That will certainly lubricate the faculties and over time pickle most livers.
“’Mr. Churchill, if you were my husband, I’d poison your tea!’
And if you were my wife, I would drink it!”
“’You are drunk Sir Winston, you are disgustingly drunk. ‘Yes, Mrs. Braddock, I am drunk. But you, Mrs. Braddock are ugly, and disgustingly fat. But, tomorrow morning, I, Winston Churchill will be sober.”
Go ahead, Ben... 
tell null why you weren't in Bender's Tommgun Sympathy?
Okay, Bob. Null, I told Bend to not include me because I was having a ball with my bazooka... 
and giving orders to generals--
See, what pretty fireworks... 
white phosphorus rockets make!
And I am also having fun with... 
my flame thrower--
But you have to be careful... 
when you put it down.
Anyway, I told Bend to post this showing... 
of me firing on that first giant ant we ran upon.
And, null, I... 
also give you Ben and Bob... 
tommygunning the ants while dropping in cyanide gas grenades.
Lastly, to make sure... 
you are happy--
Here's Kinnie... 
from Battleground with his tommy just before he see 'it' shine!
“The Gathering Storm” is a must-see film....Albert Finney was fantastic as Churchill, if it had not been an HBO Movie, and released in theaters, Finney wins the Oscar hands down.
“He was one of the greatest leaders of all time IMHO.”
Certainly -the- greatest leader of the twentieth century (with apologies and acknowledgement to Mr. Reagan).
Without the moral suasion of his oratory and his writing, The West might have collapsed to totalitarianism — or, at the very least, acquiesced towards it.
But only eighty years later, The West is facing a danger greater than that even Mr. Churchill confronted. Who will step forward to fill his place?
The mistake is yours. One cubic centimeter (1 cc) is equivalent to 1 ml.
I had forgotten that book. Read it years ago. Time to read it again. And there was a second volume you say? Have to check it out.
What mistake do you imagine I have made?
Yep. Th first volume was titled Visions of Glory, 1874-1032. The second was titled Alone, 1932-1940. I just discovered that Manchester’s third book is about to be published, finished I guess, by someone named Paul Reid. It’s title is Defender of th Realm, 1940-1962. The last one is in preorder status on Amazon right now. Mine is already reserved....
Oops. They would be 1874-1932 ... Not 1032. Lol
You will like this essay. Manchester condenses some of its concepts and credits Berlin in volume two but this is the full essay in defense of Churchill’s eloquence.
http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1949/09/mr-churchill/3546/
When they opened the Churchill museum in the old war bunker in London, I had the good fortune to be there that first week.
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