Daily history

Good morning,


Quote of the day:

“Remember what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, except for herpes, that shit comes home with you.”

                        Jeffrey Tabor in the movie “The Hangover”

I guess all of y’all saw where President Calderon of Mexico and President Obama of Fairyland got together with their bare faces hanging out and condemned Arizona’s law cracking down on illegal immigrants. I have heard hypocrites before but Calderon takes the cake. There is no question that the Mexican Mafia controls the Mexican economy with murder and torture and it goes on unabated because of the impotent and corrupt law enforcement officials. Then this grease ball condemns an American state for trying to stop that kind of garbage from crossing over and setting up business in Arizona. When I said grease ball, I was talking about both of them. The Arizona law is a copy, almost word for word, of an existing Federal Law. If the Feds cannot or will not enforce their own laws then it is up to each state to do something about it. The reason they don’t is because there is a large Latino voting block out there and doing the right thing takes a back seat to getting re-elected. It is disgusting. Calderon, get your skinny ass back into Mexico and deal with the drug cartels, that is if you want to get tortured and beheaded.

A few weeks ago a South Korean warship was torpedoed and sunk by a North Korean submarine. Forty-six sailors were killed and about 50 were plucked from the frigid Yellow Sea. The North Koreans claimed that the ship was in North Korean waters. A committee of civilians gathered to examine this event to see what really happened. The report came out this past Thursday and it said the there is no question that the South Korean warship was in international waters and the sinking was an act of piracy by North Korea. North Korea immediately said that if there is any act of retribution or sanctions there would be total war with South Korea. This would mean that the United States would be involved since South Korea and the United States are members of the SEATO mutual defense group. It would not be a long war because I am sure there are several nuclear missile submarines on station in the Yellow Sea.

Russia has stated that Iran will have an operating nuclear reactor by August. I’ll bet Israel is very interested.

Here in South Carolina there are three people in the forefront in the race to replace Governor Sanford whose term expires in January. They are South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMasters, state representative Nikki Haley and US Congressman Gresham Barrett. All are Republicans but Haley is by far the most conservative. A political action group from Charleston, SC has endorsed Haley and reinforced here flagging political pocketbook. Haley is now in the lead. Barrett’s political committee has filed a law suit against Haley’s TV ads. They sued stating that the political group from Charleston is chartered to either back or oppose different state issues but cannot endorse an individual candidate. A judge from Spartanburg, SC has issued a temporary restraining order against Haley’s TV ads and they will argue it out in court soon. Ah, South Carolina politics, keeping in mind our horny Governor; it is a never ending carnival.

The cops over in Union, SC were finally able to stop a speeder. It was Janet Powell that is about 55 years old. This girl was clocked at doing 106 MPH in a 45 MPH zone. The cops asked her why she was going so fast and she said " I am late for my hair appoinment". The cops snickered and threw Janet into the joint for a 12 hour visit. What the hell is this world coming to? Risking lives because you need a haircut! Give me a break.

There will be no lesson over the weekend, I have discovered how to smell the roses.

This date in history May 21

1539    In about 1500 a man later known as Estevan was born on the west coast of Morocco. At an early age he was sold into slavery to the Spanish explorer Andre de Carranza. Carranza was the leader of an ill-fated expedition to Florida in 1527 where through a series of disasters reduced the original force of 300 to only four men: Dorantes de Carranza, Cabeza de Baca, Alonzo Del Castillo and Estevan. These guys decided to live with the Indians on the Florida Gulf Coast for several years. They finally decided to head west with the hopes of reaching Mexico City. With the help of Spanish slave hunters; they reached Mexico City in 1536. Their tale of survival caused a sensation and the Spanish Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza decided to take advantage these men’s knowledge of the southwest area and organized an expedition looking for the alleged “cities of gold” in Pueblo country. The three white men said hell no. They had been gone for nine years and they wanted to go home. Estevan had no choice because he was a slave and off he went back where he came from. Estevan was leading the expedition commanded by Fray Marcos de Niza. As usual their was a Catholic friar along and several porters to carry their supplies and they left Mexico City on March 7, 1539 headed into present day Arizona and New Mexico. The pious Marcos was irritated by Estevan’s penchant for turquoise and native women but he sent Estevan to scout ahead. Six days later Estevan sent word back to Marcos that he had encountered some Indians that had told him that wonderful things lay ahead. Marcos assumed that the “wonderful” things ahead were the fabled cities pf gold. On this date an Indian contacted Marcos to tell him the Estevan was dead. Marcos found out that on his previous transcontinental crossing, Estevan had found out that a gourd filled with pebbles and rattled was big medicine with the plains tribes. He tried that with the Pueblos and demanded women and treasure. The Pueblo were very suspicious of anything to do with the plains tribes, especially a black man demanding treasure. They held him for three days and then killed him near the present day Arizona border near Zuni, New Mexico. Upon hearing this, Marcos got his young ass back to Mexico City. Everybody thinks it was the Spaniard Coronado that was the first to penetrate the southwestern area of the present day United States, it wasn’t, it was a black slave named Estevan. If I was Estevan I would have just reported myself killed and been a free man. In fact, I would to choose to believe that rather than that bullshit about a gourd filled with pebbles.

1940    Previously Adolph Hitler had ordered all those deemed mentally “unfit” in East Prussia moved to a common facility also in East Prussia. On this date this date an “investigation” squad was sent to the facility by Hitler. This squad killed over 1,500 of these poor people in three days.

1942    On this date 4,300 Jews were corralled in the Polish city of Chelm and sent to the concentration camp of Sobibor where they were all gassed to death in a week. The Germans at Sobibor were responsible for the deaths of over 230,000 Jews. Also on this date the German manufacturing giant IG Faber opened a plant near the concentration camp of Auschwitz in order to take advantage of the Jewish slave labor in the camp close by. The people that survived working in that factory reported that the treatment in the plant was just as bad as it was in the concentration camp. IG Faber today is known as Hoechst, Bayer and BASF. Think on that the next time you take an aspirin.

1758    On this date little 10 years old Mary Campbell is kidnapped by the Linape Indians in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. This incident became an icon of the French and Indian War. The greatest majority of the Indians was allies of the French and had no problem with attacking English villages at will. Mary lived with the family of chief Netawatwees in the Ohio Valley. The French and their Indian allies were a formidable foe but the English finally kicked them out. Mary returned to her English settlement when she was 16. Mary got married in 1770 and had issue of seven children. She lived long enough to see her native Pennsylvania become independent from England.

Born today:

427BC    Greek philosopher Plato. He said “An empty vessel make the loudest noise.”

1265    Italian writer Dante Alighieri. He said “There is a special place in hell for those that in the time of great crises maintain their neutrality”. Amen, brother.

1867    Kentucky senator Augustus Stanley. He said of the Governor of Kentucky “I will stand by Governor Fields if he is right, if he is not I will stand beside him because he is a Democrat.” Gus, shut up.

Died today:

1983    US philosopher Eric Hoffer. He said “Non-conformists normally travel in bunches. You rarely find a non-conformist that travels alone. And woe to him in the non-conformist clique who does not conform to non-conformity.” Eric, you were a hell of a philosopher.

Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow