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40. Roger Taney* will NEVER escape his obituary.....
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:23 PM
5 hrs ago

*Roger Taney, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, wrote the terrible Dred Scott decision that helped precipitate the Civil War. He will always be known for that, regardless of anything else good that he might have done.

Similarly, Addison Mitchell McConnell will always be remembered for two things: 1) stealing two Supreme Court appointments from Democrats, and 2) preventing Pres. Obama from bringing out Donald tRump's connections to Putin.

And tRump? He will be remembered for SO MANY evil acts that nobody will be able to remember them all. (I hope someday, somebody will publish an "Encyclopedia of tRump" describing them all in detail.)

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make a tontine with someone! ret5hd 8 hrs ago #1
But my worry is that... LuckyCharms 8 hrs ago #3
Worry BOSSHOG 8 hrs ago #10
How you lived your life is how you will be remembered Grim Chieftain 7 hrs ago #21
To me, is has to be in writing to be valid. LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #22
Well that's depressing. marble falls 7 hrs ago #29
Not if you lived your life well Grim Chieftain 7 hrs ago #31
Could you write a letter to the warden, please? There's a pack of cigarettes in it for you. marble falls 7 hrs ago #32
Gladly, friend Grim Chieftain 7 hrs ago #34
Sure, we can vouch for each other! Save on a stamp. marble falls 7 hrs ago #36
HAAAAAA! LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #37
Considering the scope of "eternity" safe to figure just about all of us will eventually get over any pique we may have. Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #30
What if you go together? marble falls 7 hrs ago #28
I wrote mine. multigraincracker 8 hrs ago #2
Did you seriously write yours? LuckyCharms 8 hrs ago #4
Yep. Gave it to my wife to post. I read a lot multigraincracker 8 hrs ago #5
Ain't that the truth BOSSHOG 8 hrs ago #11
I'll tell you something that is kind of eating me up with guilt... LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #12
It can be incredibly difficult to get anyone's phone number these days. PoindexterOglethorpe 5 hrs ago #41
Does it really matter since you will be dead and won't know the difference Bluestocking 8 hrs ago #6
Oh, I'll know alright. LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #14
Have a number of dead friends who wrote theirs. cachukis 8 hrs ago #7
What a great idea. Who could write your obit. better than you? OAITW r.2.0 8 hrs ago #8
I felt your post. LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #15
Life just sucks, sometimes. OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #20
We're about the same age? I'm 67. LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #23
Yeah, I'm turning 73, OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #24
I've grown old, but I've never... LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #25
If only the really young ones knew how juvenile we really are.... OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #33
I'm online enough to where I'm trying to talk like people much younger than me... LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #35
It's like Yogi Berra said (kinda): rsdsharp 8 hrs ago #9
When you come to a fork in a cemetary, take it? BOSSHOG 7 hrs ago #13
Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. rsdsharp 7 hrs ago #16
If you don't go to your friends funeral BOSSHOG 7 hrs ago #18
I looked up my name and I'm happy to report I'm anonymous kimbutgar 7 hrs ago #17
My name is more common than i expected... LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #19
I wrote mine, too. quaint 7 hrs ago #26
Here's to many more birthdays for you, quaint. LuckyCharms 7 hrs ago #27
An auto-obituarty. CrispyQ 6 hrs ago #38
Some decades ago I took a Thanatology class, death and dying. PoindexterOglethorpe 5 hrs ago #42
If you want something done right.... Ol Janx Spirit 5 hrs ago #39
Roger Taney* will NEVER escape his obituary..... lastlib 5 hrs ago #40
I'm a lot more concerned about my jewelry than my obit. PoindexterOglethorpe 5 hrs ago #43
If you kick off before I do, I'll be sure to write something but I'm pretty sure you won't have any opinion of it... NNadir 4 hrs ago #44
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