Good
morning,
Quote
of the day:
After
getting kicked out of professional baseball for allegedly being
involved in the throwing of the 1919 World Series, “Shoeless Joe”
Jackson ended up back here in his home town of Greenville, SC. He
owned a liquor store on the West End. The greatest player of all
time Ty Cobb and Joe were good friends and he dropped by to see him
one day. Joe ignored him for a while and finally Ty said “Joe,
don't you know who I am?” Joe answered “I know who you are Ty,
but I did not think you would want to know me anymore.” By the
way, Ty Cobb ended up as one of the richest men in America...he was
an early investor in Coca-Cola.
That
grieving father whose son was shot to death by that mad man in Santa
Barbara continued to raise hell about increasing gun control. In my
opinion he is doing this only because of HIS son that was killed with
a firearm. There were others that were stabbed to death by the same
lunatic. What about them? Does the loved ones of those that were
knifed to death want government control of edged implements? The
killer was under the care of a psychiatrist...what about him not
telling the cops about this man's mental illness? Is that a
violation of doctor/patient privilege even at the risk to the
community? If it is, where do you draw the line? The people to
blame is not those that sell firearms it is those, including his
family, that knew this man was deranged and did nothing even though
he had already said that he was prepared to commit a massacre. I
have a .38 Special Smith & Wesson on my bedside stand and to my
knowledge it has never arisen and shot anyone. Lets see...would
increased gun control have effect on the Mexican drug gang MS-13 and
others like them, or the five crime families in New York and many
other cities nationwide...or the Hell's Angels, Mongols, Banditos,
Outlaws and all the other motorcycle gangs, all the street gangs like
the Bloods and the Crips etc. etc.? Well would it? Of course
not...don't be naive.
On
June 2, 1944 the countries of England, Ireland and Scotland are
packed to the scuppers with over a million men at arms and all the
tools of war required. The allies are on the cusp of the invasion of
Hitler’s Germany beginning on a stretch of beach in southern France
known as Normandy. Since 1934 Hitler has been enslaving one nation
after another seeking world domination. Now it is time for
retaliation. Hitler will commit suicide in April of 1945 essentially
ending the war. Europe and hell rejoiced at the arrival of one of the
most evil creatures that ever existed. By the way, the Allies agreed
to allow the Russian troops to be the first to enter Berlin. The
Russians had had over 26,000,000 of their civilians and soldiers
slaughtered in German “Operation Barbarossa”. This was Hitler’s
attempt to overrun Russia. Not only that, it was the Russians that
liberated many of the unspeakably horrible concentration and death
camps in Poland and other places. Having seen these horrors first
hand and remembering the slaughter of millions of their citizenry,
once they entered Germany they showed no mercy and killed every air
breather they encountered including livestock, pets, men,women,
children, etc. They literally were taking no prisoners. When they
entered Berlin they raped an estimated 420,000 German women of which
about 45,000 committed suicide.
A
few days ago down in the South Carolina low country near the town of
Socastee a 25 year old man was beating the hell out of a woman. He
was pulling across the floor by her hair and had struck her several
times with his fists. A 14 year old boy saw what as going on,
retrieved a butcher knife and stabbed the man in the throat severing
his jugular. The man bled out and died before the emergency vehicle
arrived. The coroner and the chief of police examined the evidence
and said they were not going to pursue this event any further stating
that this was indeed justifiable homicide. I like it.
Also
a few days ago, the Greenville, SC city cops were called to a fight
in progress in the middle of a street in a residential neighborhood.
When the cops arrived there was about 100 people standing around
watching the fight but after the cops arrived they began to
disperse...all except a small group who refused. The cops were able
to break up the fight and then turned their attention to the
belligerents who still were in defiance. There was a K-9 unit on the
scene and that officer (who thought his dog was locked up in the
back) got out to help deal with the defiant ones. As soon as he
opened the door the dog (who was NOT locked up in the back) forced
his way out and headed for the defiant ones at a gallop. As you
might suspect, that really encouraged them to disperse. As y'all
know, no human can outrun a police dog in a short sprint. Before the
cop could stop the dog he had latched on to the buttock of one of the
group and was shaking his head like we all have seen. The cop
finally was able to get the dog under control and the bad-ass with
rips and tears in his ass was taken to the hospital for stitches.
The dog was relieved of duty while an investigation is underway. The
dog was doing exactly as trained so what the hell is the problem?
Don't fault the dog...or the cop.
This
Date in History June 2
1935
George Herman Ruth was born in Baltimore in 1898. He parents were
very poor and sent George was sent to a Catholic parochial school.
He excelled at sports especially baseball. He was drafted by the
Baltimore Orioles which was a farm club for the Boston Red Sox at the
time. He quickly came into the major leagues as a pitcher and won 69
games for the Red Sox before 1920. For reasons known only to the
Boston Red Sox front office, they traded Ruth to the New York
Yankees. This stupid trade gave the Red Sox what was called “The
Babe Ruth curse” meaning they did not win another World Series
until 2004, while the Yankees won seven pennants and four World
Series. It was not until Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in an extended
season that Ruth’s record of 60 home runs in one season was broken
and Hank Aaron broke his record of 711 home runs. But Ruth’s
slugging percentage of .690 has never been equaled. In his later
years Ruth was traded to the Boston Braves hoping he would become the
manager but “The Babe” decided he liked gambling, girls and booze
better and on top of that he developed cancer of the throat. Babe
Ruth retired on this date and died in 1948. His body was held in
repose in Yankee Stadium for two days and his corpse was visited by
over 150,000 people. Ruth was one of the most beloved sports figure
in world history. Yes, his memory rests in the Baseball Hall of Fame
in Cooperstown, NY.
Born
today:
1947
US swimmer and gymnast Jocelyn Smith...She said “Live young”.
She is one of my dearest friends and is my pleasure to know her.
Thanks
for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
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