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Quote of the day:

“Liars when they finally tell the truth are not believed.”

                                  Aristotle

Here is a short questionnaire for you. Who is the most dead?

Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri?

The two black teenagers that were killed in Chicago by members of a Latino drug gang during the same time period?

A black teenager killed in Cleveland by members of a black street gang during the same time period?

Three young Latinos killed in East Los Angeles by an opposing Latino street gang during the same time period?

The black kid that was killed by a cop in Chicago?

Why was there no riots and looting in Cleveland, East Los Angeles and Chicago but there was in Chicago after a cop was involved? Who is the most dead and what is the logic behind the riots in Chicago? Was it because a cop was involved? The lack of response to those murders NOT involving a cop indicate that it is. It sounds like it is acceptable for blacks to kill blacks, blacks to kill Latinos or Latinos to kill both Latinos and blacks but it is not acceptable for a cop to kill either one. We had something similar happen a short while ago in Seneca, SC. The cops got wind of a drug deal going down behind a fast food restaurant and rushed in. There was a teen aged boy in a car that had been involved in the deal for a bag of weed. All of this is captured of the cop's dash camera. The cop got out ran up to the car with pistol drawn yelling for the driver (teenager) to get out of the car. The driver chose to speed away and the cop shot through the driver side window at point blank range killing him. The cop claimed that the driver tried to run him over but the camera says otherwise. At no time as the cop in front of the car he was only beside the car the whole time. The left front tire was as close as the driver but the cop chose to shoot the driver rather than the tire. I think the cop was angered because he was not immediately obeyed and the idea of just stopping the car never crossed his mind. In the cop's defense he was a long time career officer and all he has seen for the last 20 years is criminals and the trash of humanity. This probably effected his judgment...but the kid is just as dead.

Why was there no rioting in Charleston, SC when a white lunatic killed nine black people in a church, for crying out loud?

The media asked a local black leader and Sullivan's Island (near Charleston) resident actor Bill Murray why there was no rioting. They both said “The blacks in Charleston have more class than that”...but the shooter was not a cop.

Marble Falls is west of Austin about 35 miles and is on the Colorado River. Before a dam was built, there was a series of shoals on the river with the river bed being very hard stone. The rushing water polished the stone to a marble like appearance. At one point Marble Falls was at the very edge of our western expansion much to the anger of the mighty Comanche and Kiowa nations. Much blood was shed and there were atrocities galore on both sides. As I have said before, even the US cavalry acknowledged the mounted Comanche as the finest light cavalry in the world. They could travel faster, further with less rest, food and water than anyone out there. A while back my friend sent me a book about the history of the Comanche...what an amazing people. They were considered the “trailer trash” of the plains by the other tribes...that is until they were the first to catch, break and mount the wild Spanish ponies brought over by the conquistadors...then they were the unchallenged masters of the Great Plains.

I finished with the other book titled Bonnie Sue. That was the name of a US Marine helicopter squadron in the summer of 1966 in Vietnam.. The beginning of the book was a fight known as The Battle of Groucho Marx. It was called that because the fight began when a Marine recon team known as Groucho Marx was dropped onto a high rock outcropping to spot for Marine artillery and air strikes...they had enough food and water to stay three days...there were eight of them. The recon team did indeed see and hear the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and called in an artillery barrage. The NVA knew that there had to be a spotter calling in the artillery for it to be so accurate and they began a rock by rock search. They did not find them right away but eventually did and a fight erupted. The recon team called for an extraction helicopter to get them the hell out of there. The Marines sent four helicopters, two extraction and two gunships. The extraction helicopters were given bad information about the LZ. They were landing downhill with a tailwind and both of them crashed with no serious injuries. The combat helicopters had combat Marines aboard to protect the LZ (Landing Zone) during the pickup. Now they had about 30 Marines on the ground in a small perimeter and the NVA knew it. A ferocious firefight erupted and the Marines had to be re-supplied with ammo and water several times at extreme peril for the helicopter pilots. The Marines were being attacked on three sides by at least 500 NVA. Suddenly a strange aircraft showed up. It was a WWII cargo aircraft known as a C-47 (later they were C-130's) except this bad-ass had a mini-gun (looks like a Gatling gun) capable of firing 6,000 rounds a minute. The pilot of this aircraft figured out where the Marines were and the gunner laid down a solid stream of hot lead around the stranded Marines. The NVA did not want any part of this and melted away into the jungle....There were five Marines killed and nearly everybody had a wound of some type. The Battle of Groucho Marx was over. I will have more about this book later.

This Date in History November 27

1922 Earlier archaeologist Howard Carter had discovered an unopened tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh name Tutankhamen but waited to enter the tomb until his financier English Lord Caernarvon arrived to be there for the opening. Carter knew then name of the pharaoh because of the hieroglyphs on the portal. On this date Carter and Caernarvon standing shoulder to shoulder cut a small hole in the doorway to take a look. Carter stuck his arm through the hole while holding a candle and peeked inside. Lord Caernarvon asked Carter what he saw and Carter answered “Things, wonderful things.” After the opened a hole large enough to crawl inside they uncovered one of the most dazzling and important archaeological discoveries ever found. Carter was a veteran explorer and in the past had found the tombs of Queen Hatsheput and King Thutmose IV. Both were important discoveries but nowhere the equal of King Tut. What a thrill it had have been to have been the first human being to lay eyes on that tomb in 2,500 years. I am sure that we all have seen the gold funeral mask of King Tut. What a beautiful work of art it is as with many other pieces found there.

1792 US Suffragist Sarah Grimke is born. She said “I ask nothing for my sex. All I ask is that my brethren get their feet off our necks.” That’s a real peculiar position for sex, Sarah...just joking.

Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow.