Musings
and History
Quote
of the day:
“My
first psychiatrist said I was paranoid, but I want a second opinion
because I think he is out to get me.”
Tom
Wilson
At
the risk of being called a racist, I must question the actual goals
and aims of Black Lives Matter. I appears that it is not black lives
they are interested in saving because they are not in Chicago,
Cleveland, Detroit, Gary, In., Compton, Ca., or any other city where
black gang bangers are killing each other wholesale. They are not
interested unless a cop or a white person of any caste is involved.
It
is clear to me that it is they that are the racists.
Why aren't they and the Black Panthers down in Baton Rouge helping
those that really need it? How are they funded? They show up at
different cities and stay for a few days before moving on. Who pays
for this? I do not believe they are self funded. Who profits the
most from demonstrations both peaceful and violent? It has to be
some entity that profits from racial turmoil. The media sells a hell
of a lot of air time and printed matter covering these events. I
wonder.
I
suppose all of you saw where Colin Kaepernick, QB for the 49ers
refused to stand during the playing of the National Anthem. That is
an insult that I take personally. He claims that “this country”
does not treat the minorities like he thinks it should but what he
failed to mention is the thousands of American Patriots that suffered
and died giving him the freedom to make a damned good living here in
“this country”.
How
are women treated by the Muslims worldwide, and they are the
majority? Why did all those Syrian refugees NOT go to those Arab
nations just a few miles from them on the Arabian peninsula like
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Baharain Oman, Somalia, etc.? They
were denied sanctuary because the Syrians are of the Shia branch of
Islam and the others are Sunnis. That, my friends, is prejudice in
its barest form. It is true that Kaepernick has the right to express
his opinion anyway he wants to...and so do I. Screw you Colin
Kaepernick and the jackass you rode in on...you have no class.
This Date in
History August 29
2005 Earlier a
small Category 1 hurricane named Katrina
slipped out of the Caribbean Sea, took a swipe at the southern tip of
Florida and then broke loose in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico
on a northwest course. The warm waters of the Gulf pump Katrina up
to a Category 3 in short order. It looked like the hurricane was
going ashore in Mobile, Alabama or maybe Pensacola, Florida. But on
this date, the storm took dead aim at the Mississippi River delta and
New Orleans. Early on this morning Katrina quickly expanded to a
Category 4 and then briefly to a Category 5 and then back to a
category 3 and stormed ashore in the Mississippi river delta packing
winds of 140 MPH and a storm surge of 22 feet. The eye of the storm
reached New Orleans intact and the excess water and wind quickly
overwhelmed the levees holding back the Mississippi River and Lake
Pontchartrain. From what I have read, the majority of Big Easy is at
least 6 feet lower than the River and the Lake. Once the levees
failed, the center of New Orleans was flooded with the 9th
Ward being the hardest hit. Hundreds of people were stranded on the
roofs of their houses and just had to wait to be rescued by boats or
helicopters. There were some areas that boats were not allowed
because of downed power lines and the rescuers just had to try to
block out the screams for help in those areas. As we have all seen,
the unflooded areas of the commercial districts were subject to
unobstructed looting while being observed by the NOPD. The next few
days were a montage of events of pure bravery and further events of
battles with gangsters trying to take control of the city by force.
The arrival of the 82nd
Airborne and the Louisiana National Guard put a stop to this. But of
those that evacuated 9th
Ward to the tune of at least 100,000, almost none have returned. I
do not know the exact amount of evacuees that left their homes as a
result of Hurricane Katrina including parts of Mississippi, but many,
many remain in cities like, Atlanta, Houston, Austin and many others,
there does not seem to be a desire to return to the Gulf Coast. It
looks like they are no longer evacuees but settlers in new lands. It
was the worst natural disaster in United States history. I do not
remember any presence of the 82nd
Airborne or any looting during the flooding in central Iowa. What’s
up with that?
1779 On this day
the American Continental army commanded by Major General John
Sullivan and Brigadier General James Clinton engage a combined
Loyalist/Indian army commanded by British Captain William Butler and
Iroquois chief William Brandt. The engagement took place near
Chemung, New York which is Elmira today. Earlier George Washington
had tasked Patriot General Horatio Gates with going to the Finger
Lake region and subduing the Iroquois Indians under Chief Brandt who
are on constant attack of the new settlements. Gates refused the
assignment so Washington assigned the task to Major General John
Sullivan. Sullivan and company departed Easton, Pennsylvania and
travel by the Susquehanna River to the area of conflict. The Patriot
artillery was too much for the Indians and they fled leaving a small
contingent of Loyalist which were killed or captured by the Patriot
infantry. Sullivan ordered his troops to burn and destroy the
Iroquois villages and supplies. His troops laid waste to 40 Indian
villages and mountains of supplies which made the following winter a
severe one for the Iroquois but it did not belay their spirit and the
attacks continued at least for a while. Eventually Iroquois leader
Charles Brandt saw that the Patriots were going to win the war and
took his tribe into Canada to lands given to them by the British.
1885 On this date
German inventor Gottfried Daimler invented the prototype of the
modern motorcycle. The motorcycle was used extensively WWI by both
sides as a messenger vehicle. The popularity fell between WWI and
WWII but the motorcycle was again used extensively by both sides
during WWII. After the war the returning veterans had developed a
taste for them and the demand rose precipitously. The down side of
the rise in motorcycle craze was led by a group of hardcore gangsters
led by the leader of a San Bernardino group of bikers that organized
themselves into a club named the “Hell’s Angels”. Their leader
was Sonny Barger. From then many “Hell’s Angels” clubs and
clubs like them were formed world wide fostering a wild, unfettered
lifestyle. They wanted to project a tough, “Don’t mess with me
image” and they indeed succeeded. But today the greatest majority
by far, is middle class America that holds meets without the gangster
types. For instance this month a motorcycle rally is held in
Sturgis, South Dakota that over 500,000 motorcyclists attend, not to
mention those rallies at Daytona Beach, Fla., Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina among other places and they all seem to happen without a lot
of trouble. I was a rider at one time. But I did not ride on the
street that much, I preferred to ride a trail bike in the mountains
up and down logging trails or make my own trails, the rougher the
better. It was not a glorifying type of avocation but I enjoyed the
hell out of it. I can’t do it now because of my age, but I miss
the challenges.
Born
today:
1876 US inventor
Charles Kettering. He said “I am more interested in the future
because that is where I am going to spend the rest of my life.”
Kettering invented the electric starter for automobiles among other
things.
Thanks
for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
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