Musings
and History
Quote
of the day:
“Holding
anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”
Buddha
Trivia
question of the day:
What
was Jackie Bouvier Kennedy's job first out of college? Answer at the
end of the blog.
A
while back investigations by federal and local authorities led them
to raid a house in a quiet community in a middle income neighborhood
in Charlotte, NC yielded 400 pounds of pot and $1 million in cash.
Five Latinos were arrested on site three of which were illegal aliens
from Mexico. The liberals would just say “They are here just
trying to make a better life.” BTW...If they had escaped and made
their way to a “sanctuary” could law enforcement go in after
them?
Last
Friday a 37 year old woman over in Gastonia, NC rammed a police
cruiser and kept going like nothing had happened. The cops finally
got her stopped and tested her for alcohol and then arrested her for
DWI. The cops knew this girl by her first name; this was her seventh
arrest for DUI. The cops knew that her license had been revoked long
ago and asked her where she got the car. She said that she took her
husband’s car without his knowledge...for a trip to the liquor
store.
This
Date in History February 22
1777
On this date Georgia heavyweight politico Archibald Bulloch is
found dead under mysterious circumstances. The ongoing opinion was
that he was poisoned. Bulloch was born in Charleston, South Carolina
in 1730 to a minister father named James, and a Puritan mother named
Jean. Bulloch was educated at the College of South Carolina Law
School (present day University of South Carolina) and opened a law
practice in Charleston. In 1764 Bulloch moved to Savannah, Georgia
and married Mary De Veaux, the daughter of a powerful judge and
landowner. Bulloch began dabbling politics and was elected to the
Georgia Commons House of Assembly in 1768 and eventually into the
Continental Congress in 1775. In 1776 when it became obvious that
Georgia would be invaded by the British, Bulloch was elected 1st
President and commander of the Georgia Militia and gave him
essentially Carte Blanche to do what he wanted to combat the English
invaders. He was given what were essentially dictatorial powers. It
was soon thereafter he showed up dead. The reason and cause of his
death was never determined. Bulloch was the great-great-grandfather
of United States President Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy named his first
son Archibald in honor of his ancestor. Bulloch County, Georgia is
also named in his honor.
1819
Finally the disposition of the lands in Florida is determined on
this date. Spanish Minister Don Luis du Onis met with American
minister John Quincy Adams and signed over Florida to the United
States. The United States received these lands just for the debts
owed by Spanish to the settlers. Spain had a claim on Florida ever
since the days of Pensacola and Saint Augustine settlements in the
16th
century.
By
the way, Saint Augustine is advertised as the oldest continuously
occupied European city in the USA. It was founded in 1565.
Pensacola was founded in 1559 but a hurricane came three years later
and the city was destroyed and the site abandoned.
1847
The United States and Mexico had been squabbling over the
ownership of Texas for several years. Finally, President James K,
Polk who believed heavily in western expansion for the United States
sends the US Army into Mexico. A 15,000 man Mexican army commanded
by General Santa Anna meets up with the recently landed 5,000 man
America army commanded by General Zachary Taylor at Angostura Pass
and the first day of the Battle of Buena Vista began. Santa Anna
sent over an emissary under a flag of truce demanding the surrender
of the Americans. In typical Taylor fashion he responded with “Tell
the son-of–a-bitch to go to hell.” Santa Anna began a two
pronged attack on Taylor’s position. Taylor organized the greater
majority of his artillery onto one of the prongs. One of the
commanders of an artillery unit was “Stonewall” Jackson. Taylor
then sent Colonel Jefferson Davis and his hawk-eyed Mississippi
sharpshooters to attack the other prong. We all recognize Jefferson
Davis as later on being the President of the Confederacy. The
American artillery on the left flank and the sharpshooters on the
right flank lay down a blistering fusillade and Santa Anna decided to
retreat. Apparently Santa Anna did not learn his lesson because he
again confronted Zachary “Old Rough and Ready” Taylor at the
Battle of Monterrey and has his ass handed to him even though he had
Taylor outnumbered. In 1848 Zachary Taylor running as a Whig
defeated the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
2006
On this date the largest robbery in the history of Great Britain
occurs at the Kent bank depot. This evening two men dressed as
policemen grab Securitis Bank president Colin Dixon as he was leaving
the bank and persuade him to get into the car with them. They then
drive to Dixon’s home and kidnap his wife and son and drive to a
remote barn and a third person takes the wife and child into the barn
and then reassured Colin Dixon that they would kill his wife and
child if he did not cooperate. They go back to the bank and Dixon
leads the other two through the bank’s security system and the two
robbers tied up and gagged 14 other bank employees. They then load
53 million pounds into a van and drive away. The take was the
equivalent of about 107 million US Dollars. Eventually one of the
banks workers got loose and notified the police. The police put out
a net for the robbers but to no avail because most of the loot was in
used bills. The bank put out a reward of 2 million pounds with no
takers. There were a few people arrested but they were all released.
The police were able to recover only 20 million pounds but the
majority of the loot is still out there.
1942
Things did not look good for the allied forces in the Philippines.
The Japanese were running rampant across the Island of Luzon and
were forcing the American army into a smaller and smaller perimeter
ending up on the Bataan Peninsula. At this point the Commander of
the American forces, General Douglas McArthur, was ordered out of the
Philippines by the President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt.
McArthur hesitated at first as he was prepared to fight to the last
with his troops but on this date he conceded and boarded a PT-boat
and was taken to New Guinea and eventually Australia where he began
planning his return.
Born
today:
1732
George Washington...The father of our country...I do not believe
he was here at this point in time by accident.
1857
Robert Baden-Powell...The founder of the Boy Scouts...He said “A
Scout always smiles and whistles no matter the circumstances.”
Obviously Mr. Baden-Powell had never been involved in a divorce
action.
1892
Edna St. Vincent Millay...American writer...She said “It is not
true that life is one damn thing after another, it is the same damn
thing over and over.” Obviously Ms. Millay has been involved in at
least one divorce action.
1900
Luis Bunuel...Mexican film maker...He said “Thank God, I am
still an atheist” No comment.
Answer
to the trivia question:
Jacqueline
Bouvier's first job out of college was an inquiring reporter with
the Washington Times-Herald newspaper.
Thanks for
listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
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