Good
morning,
Quote
of the day:
“Happiness
is not found in possessions and gold; Happiness is found only in the
soul.
Democritus
I
cannot get over the Syrian and Iranian “immigrants” that are
flooding into the Balkan countries. It looks like 90% are men
between the age of 16 and 30. These men are running away from ISIS
domination giving their country to them without a fight. Their
problem appears to be that they paid a lot of money to “transporters”
to get them to the European borders and now they are not allowed to
cross immediately and are angry and rioting. Regardless, what would
you do if ISIS attacked the United States from Mexico? Would you run
away to Canada, Iceland or Ireland and riot if they did not let you
in immediately...or would stay at home and fight and die if necessary
to protect your country using the weapons that the 2nd
Amendment guarantees you? I think I know the answer to that one. I
have nothing but contempt for those men...no, they are not men they
are gutless children.
As
most of you know the administration and the media are terrified of
Donald Trump. The reason is that Donald does not need political
office to make a living and therefore he does not need the approval
of anyone especially the political cabal and the media...only the
people. Both are looking for anything to discredit Donald. I am no
fan of Donald (it is Carly Fiorina for the present) but when the
media jumped Donald for the following it just shows how desperate
they really are on which side their bread is buttered. A person at a
meeting where Donald was in attendance said that he thought Obama was
a Muslim and Donald said nothing. The media jumped all over that
saying that Donald should have admonished this person for making that
statement. Donald said that he is not a defender of Obama and
everyone has a right to their opinion...and it proves just how
dishonest and prejudiced the media really is. Donald also said that
he would serve as President with no pay. Look and see how much
Michelle Obama makes. I don't know if Obama is a Muslim or not but
he certainly is no Patriot.
A
few days after D-day a trumpeter/bugler came ashore and was playing
Reveille
in the morning and Taps
at night. On one particular n ight his commander told him to not
play Taps
because they knew of one particular German sniper out there that they
had not been able to locate. The trumpeter known as Captain
Jack
decided to play anyway, except he played Lili
Marlene, which
is almost the national song of Germany. Jack was not shot at but the
next morning a team of Allied soldiers brought in 15 German prisoners
and one of them said in broken English, “Who played the trumpet?”
Captain Jack said that he was the trumpeter and they shook hands.
The prisoner said that when he heard Lili
Marlene he
thought
of his girl friend, his brothers and sister, his parents and
grandparents and decided that he had rather live and surrendered. In
this case, music made a difference.
A
while back 31 immigrants from all over the globe completed the
process and took the oath of allegiance to the United States and
became citizens. The ceremony took place in the amphitheater on the
property of poet/writer Carl Sandburg near Flat Rock, North Carolina.
These people I welcome with open arms. It is the fence jumper,
river swimmers and drug dealers that cross our borders illegally that
I have a real problem with.
This
Date in History September 21
1915 Henry Ford II
takes over at Ford after the sudden death of his father. The company
was rapidly approaching bankruptcy and needed help. The first thing
Henry II did was fire the Personnel Chief Harry Bennett who for years
had used strong armed tactics and a anti-union stance that made Ford
famous for bad labor relations. Henry had virtually no management
training or experience and he knew it. So he hired several young
financial wizards led by Robert McNamara known as the “Whiz kids”.
Among these young guys was a Princeton graduate named Lee Iacocca.
As we all may or may not remember Robert McNamara later became the
Secretary of Defense under JFK and Iacocca became president of
Chrysler. The “whiz kids” saved Ford from bankruptcy and the
rest is history.
1961
The US 5th
Special Forces Group, 1st
Special Forces is activated at Fort Bragg, NC by President JFK.
Kennedy was very interested in this unit and came to visit. While
there he specified that the unit was to be used to train the
Vietnamese people to do their own counter-insurgency work. He also
allowed them to wear a special headgear, the Green Beret. The 5th
Special Forces Group went to Nam in 1964 and assumed responsibility
for all Special Forces. They zeroed in on the mountain people known
as the Montagnards and trained them extensively. By 1970 there were
about 42,000 men and women trained by the Green Berets in Nam and the
Green Berets transferred responsibility to the South Vietnam Border
Rangers for the rest of the war. The 5th
was withdrawn from Nam in February of 1971. The Green Berets
executed their mission magnificently but sadly it seems that it was
all for naught.
1942
On this date the first B-29 Super Fortress went on a test flight in
Seattle, Washington. The bomber was an idea dreamed up by US Gen.
Hap Arnold that wanted a bomber that could lift nearly its own weight
and have a range of 3,000 plus miles. Boeing got the contract and
delivered the bomber in minimum time. This bomber was instrumental
in ending the war in the Pacific as the B-17 Flying Fortress was in
ending the war in Europe during WWII. I guess the 2 most famous
B-29s were the Enola
Gay
and Bock’s
Car.
The morning of August 6, 1945 saw the Enola
Gay
over Hiroshima, Japan and the morning of August 9, 1945 saw Bock’s
Car
over Nagasaki, Japan.
Bock’s Car
got its name from the pilot John Bock but on this day the pilot was
Major Charles Sweeney.
Born
today:
1821
English writer H.G. Wells. He said “Every time I see an adult
riding a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human
race.” It will take a lot more than that for me to lose my
despair.
1950
US comic Bill Murray. He said “I am a nut, but not just any
nut.” Me neither.
1954
US drummer Phil Taylor. He said “We go home afterward safe in
the knowledge that we have deafened a few.” Not this horse, Phil.
Died
today:
19BC
Roman writer Virgil. He said “It does not bother the wolf as to
how many sheep there are.” That sounds like Robert E. Lee to me.
Thanks
for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
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