Tuesday

                           Musings and History

Quote of the day:

“Those that think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us that do.”

                                              Isaac Asimov

After the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the assassination of Lincoln, oncoming President Andrew Johnson issued a presidential pardon to all the soldiers of the Confederacy with the exception of Lee, J. Davis and James Longstreet saying these three were responsible for so much misery and death. But in 1868 Congress issued a pardon for these three and they were American citizens once again.

Longstreet had known Ulysses S. Grant at West Point and they fought side by side in the Mexican War, he also attended Grant's wedding before the war. After the war Longstreet campaigned for Grant's election to the presidency and his reward was an ambassadorship to the Ottoman Empire. All of this didn't sit well with most of the ex-Confederates who were still carrying a grudge and felt he had sold out.

At the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg a gathering of both side was held on the Gettysburg battlefield. Longstreet was not invited. During a series of speeches all of a sudden a tall man with a long beard in a tailored Confederate officers uniform proudly walked down the center isle toward the dais...it was the 72 year old ram-rod straight James Longstreet. Amid screams, rebel yells and an ocean of tear from a lot of gray haired old men he mounted the dais, gave salute and walked back out...it was a momentous occasion.

                                  The Damned Media

I feel like I have had a great awakening, it all seems very clear now. We the general public are being played like a piano. The maestro is the media networks. The are trying to control our thoughts and emotions for one purpose only...ratings. Ratings are the percentage of people within a certain age group that are watching a particular network. The higher the ratings the more advertising and higher price they can demand. It is for money, y'all. Make no mistake, turmoil sells...peace doesn't. They are not interested in issuing unbiased information, they want racial strife. There can be no question in your mind that the media is promoting an agenda that includes a giant conspiracy by all the American police nationwide to kill black men.

When was the last time you saw a news program about the cops killing a Caucasian, Latino, Middle Eastern (other than a terrorist), Native American, Asian, Greek, Italian, Turk, with or without a gun, etc, etc? You must know that there have been but these are ignored in favor of reporting in depth those killings that will cause the most angst. They are causing unrest in the long run because it is to their financial benefit. Not many people realize that they have already been turned into a parrot bespeaking what the media has taught them and believe they are free thinkers. What GOOD did showing the police video in Charlotte do? It only aroused anger and disgust to no avail. The media wants you to make a judgment on the guilt or innocence of the police and/or the victim. That is not your business, that is the business of the judicial system. They want you to be angry and disgusted because it diverts you attention from the real issue..and that is mind control so they can make more money. I know a person that was in the media but quit because this person realized they were governed only by their ratings...the quality of the programming be damned. Why do they only want a network news person to moderate the presidential debate? There are plenty of respected people out there that could serve without bias, but no, they want to make a choice that suits their agenda. There was a movie I saw once where everyone was screaming “I AM MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.”

If you were not a personal eye or ear witness to a specific event then it is suspect if you are depending on the media to keep you informed, they have an agenda, y'all. They are not journalists, they are comedians like Richard Pryor or Red Skelton...only they ain't funny but they are clowns.

             This Date in History   November 7

1989 This date will go down as one of the most important in history. The head a borough in New York City is elected mayor and the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia is elected as Governor. It was David Dinkins of New York and Douglas Wilder of Virginia both are African-American. This is the first timer in history that a black man was elected Governor. Virginia law forbids a Governor from staying in office for more than two terms so Wilder was out after two terms. Mayor David Dinkins was defeated at the end of his first term by Rudy Giuliani.

1965 Earlier in 1964 a drag racer from Ohio named Art Arfons build a drag racer utilizing a J-79 jet engine with afterburner. Art has eyes for the land speed record and hauls that beast he named The Green Monster out to the Bonneville Salt Flats to see what he could do. Art unleashed his car and ran a measured mile at a new record of 434.034 MPH. However the record did not stand but six days when another speed burner named Craig Breedlove piloting his jet powered car named The Spirit of America to a new record speed of 468.719 MPH. Art Arfons packed up his car and went back to Ohio and tweaked the Monster for almost a year. On this date he returned to Bonneville with a new and improved Green Monster and blistered the track at a new world record speed of 576.553 MPH. If I am not mistaken the latest world speed record is about 762 MPH which is beyond the speed of sound, y'all. That is scary.

1985 On this date a salesman named David Hendricks was traveling in Wisconsin and called the police in Bloomington, Illinois. Hendricks said that he had been trying to call his family in Bloomington all weekend and had received no response. The police went to the Hendricks house only to find his wife and thee children had been cut to pieces with an axe and a butcher knife. The police could not find any sign of forced entry and almost no sign of a struggle making the killings very suspicious. The police were at a loss for clues so they examined the father more closely. The father said that he had taken the family out for pizza at about 7:30p and allowed the kids to play in an amusement are and eventually arrived back home at about 9:30p. He said that soon thereafter he left for a business trip to Wisconsin. The Hendricks family belonged to a very religious organization called the Plymouth Brethern which was similar to the Quakers. The police examined each and every thread of clothing in Hendrick’s car which proved to be inconclusive. However, the coroner found that the food in the intestines of the children proved to be a vegetable pizza that was not sufficiently digested to comply with the timeline in Hendrick’s alibi. The police charged him with murder even though they did not have a scintilla of a motive since his religion forbade violence. During the trial Hendrick’s attorney hammered at the food digestion process that can be altered with a lot of physical activity knowing the kids had been in a playground after eating. He was right about the food digestion process but in spite the prosecution not having a motive and the problem with the food digestion, Hendricks was convicted of four counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. This just goes to show you that the justice system here in the good old USA ain’t perfect.

Born today:

1897 US movie producer Herman Mankiewicz. After being sick after a formal dinner and asked how he felt he said “I am fine. The white wine came up with the fish.” Hey Herman, it wasn’t the wine.

             Thanks for listening   I can hardly wait until tomorrow