Good morning,
To all of the members of the "Four o'clock Club", I am taking a hiatus from all that debauchery to let my body and soul detoxify. I will be back eventually.
Quote of the day:
"The only thing that saves us from bureaucracy is its inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy would take all of our liberty."
Eugene McCarthy
Down in Tampa the SEC championship game was played Saturday afternoon. I guess all of you football fans out there saw that the juggernaut from Tuscaloosa is going to Pasadena to play for the national championship by beating the crap out of Tim Tebow and the Gators from Gainesville. They will play Colt McCoy and the Longhorns from Austin (maybe). My money is on Alabama. Even though the Bama quarterback has been at best mediocre for most of the year, he played the best game of his career this weekend. The Bama offensive line blew out the Florida Gator defense and Mark Ingram, the chief running back for Bama, ran wild. Against the supposed best defense in the country, the Crimson Tide had nearly 500 yards of offense. The Gators from Gainesville were simply outcoached. Coach Urban Meyer did not allow the running game to be established and I think he panicked when he found his team overpowered.
Down in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta it was the Clemson Tigers against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets for the ACC championship and an invite to the Orange Bowl in Miami. It was essentially a contest of the Georgia Tech defense stopping the ACC player of the year in Clemson running back C.J. Spiller, and Clemson stopping the Tech quarterbach Josh Nesbitt. Nesbitt is a tough runner that demands attention from the defense. Even though C.J. Spiller ran for four touchdowns and gained over 250 yards of total offense, the game was decided by the downright toughness of Josh Nesbitt. The Yellow Jackets are going to the Orange Bowl as ACC champions.
Early Sunday morning the Pensacola police were called by a man attesting that a woman was chasing him around with a butcher knife at the Pensacola Village apartments. The man used an alias. He was really Derrick Cox from Gonzalez, Louisiana. When the police arrived they could not find the man nor the woman. It seems that Derrick was looking for this particular woman and could not find her and hoped the police could. This did not sit well with the cops. They finally spotted Cox leaving Babe's strip joint on Davis Street and pulled him over, one car in front and one car behind. Cox did not have a driver's license and chose to drive backward toward a police officer who opened fire with his trusty 40 caliber Glock. Cox then went forward toward the cop in front who opened fire also. Cox finally stopped after being hit three times. Cox is critical condition in the Baptist Hospital. Not only does he not have a drivers license, he doesn't have any common sense either.
This date in history December 7
1941 At 7:55a on Sunday of this date 355 Japanese aircraft launched a surprise attack against the United States naval and air forces on the Hawaiian Islands. Earlier President Roosevelt had talked with the Japanese Emperor about Japan signing an alliance with Germany and Italy who were ravaging Europe. Roosevelt knew that Japan would not withdraw from the so-called Axis so he ordered all oil and scrap metal to be withheld from Japan making it very difficult for that country to manufacture the tools of war. Roosevelt knew this and was expecting an attack by the Japanese but he did not know where. Australian coast watchers reported that a large Japanese fleet has been spotted heading south down the Malayan peninsula and the target appears to be Thailand. This turned out to be a diversion and the real target was the Hawaiian Islands that were going to be attacked by a Japanese task force sporting four aircraft carriers. This whole scenario was planned by the brilliant and Harvard trained Admiral Yamamoto. The attack came in four waves. First came the fighters to suppress any American fighter counter-attack, second came the torpedo planes and finally the dive bombers. There was no American counter-attack. Nearly all of American fighter-bombers were destroyed before they could get off the ground. The Japanese attack was a complete success. They had destroyed 17 ships and nearly all of the American warplanes on the Islands. Fortunately for us, three of our Hawaii based aircraft carriers were out to sea and escaped attack. For reasons known only to the Japanese, they could have occupied Hawaii or sailed on east and attacked the west coast of the United States but they did neither and sailed on back to the house. But the United States Navy was severely damaged. While the Japanese upper military command were singing and dancing about the victory in Hawaii Admiral Yamamoto rose up and said “It is a great victory, but I fear that all we have done is awakened a sleeping giant.” The prophetic words proved to be truthful because Yamamoto knew the manufacturing power available in the good old United States and four years later Japan was prostrate and in ruins administered by the American military.
1787 On this date the thirty members of the Delaware delegation ratify the newest American Constitution making them the first state in the United States. The law was that nine of the thirteen colonies had to ratify the Constitution for it to become law. In June 1788 New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution and it became the law of the land making us the first Democratic Republic is history.
1982 On this date the predictable staff at the Huntsville, Texas prison executes Charles Morris, Jr. who had been convicted of murdering an auto mechanic. Executions in this infamous prison are not news; they lead the nation in executions only this time they did it with an injection rather than, poison gas, the electric chair or hanging. Texas was the first to use sodium pentothal in excessive amounts to kills someone. Sodium pentothal is normally used as a “truth serum” is smaller amounts. Very soon after the execution of Morris 30 states adopted the lethal injection as their method of execution.
1993 Earlier a black man named Colin Ferguson emigrated from Jamaica to the American west coast and then to New York City. On this date he boards a subway train and after a couple of stops, he jumps up and produces a pistol. He then begins running up and down the aisles shooting people at random. He killed 6 and injured nine. Soon thereafter famous defense lawyer William Kuntsler offers Ferguson his services and had already began putting together a defense using “black rage” as the motive. This defense even infuriated Ferguson and he fired Kuntsler and chose to be his own attorney. First he said that he was not the shooter but that it was a white man that had stolen his gun and tried to pin the murders on Ferguson, then he changed horses and said that it was some other guy with his facial features. All of this in spite of a parade of witnesses that pointed to Ferguson as the shooter. The jury was not fooled and convicted and sentenced Ferguson to 6 life term without the possibility of parole. What a dumb-ass.
1805 After reaching the Pacific Ocean a few weeks earlier, the Lewis and Clark expedition elects to make camp and spent the winter on a small creek off the Columbia River near what is now Portland Oregon. They named it Fort Clatsop after a local Indian tribe. Even though the weather is relatively mild as compared the storms raging in the Cascade Mountains a few miles away, the downside was that in the three months they spent there it rained all but 12 days resulting in wet clothing most of the time causing colds and rheumatism. They had planned to retrace their tracks on there way out the following spring but the local Indians showed them a much easier route to cross the Rockies. In the middle of March 1806, the Voyage of Discovery departed Fort Clatsop and headed east back toward Saint Louis.
Born today:
1873 US writer Willa Cather. She said “Where there is great love there is always miracles.”
1883 English writer Joyce Cary. She said “The less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.” Sounds like Pat Robertson to me.
1932 US actress Ellen Burstyn. She said “What a lovely surprise it is to realize how unlonely being alone can be.” Me too Ellen.
1947 US baseballer Johnny Bench. He said “I have never seen a horny baseball player walk into a bar and not let everyone know what he does for a living.”
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Monday, December 7, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Daily history
Good morning,
Quote of the day:
"Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy to those who think"
Horace Walpole
I think I told y'all about the John Ludwig case. It was about a very wealthy and connected man here in Greenville, SC who was doing at least 85 MPH on a 35 MPH road in his Maserati and lost control, went through a large pasture and crashed completely through a house killing the owner who was sitting in his living room watching TV. When Lugwig came to trial, through a plea agreement he plead guilty to a charge of reckless homicide rather that murder as was the original charge. The circuit judge named James Williams, Jr. cited the fact that Ludwig had given a lot of money to charity, gave Ludwig 3 years probation and 500 hour of community service. The community as a whole hit the freaking roof and screamed that Ludwig got such a ridiculously light sentence because of wealth and fraternization with those in influential positions. The Solicitor (district attorney) Bob Arial hit the roof also and requested that Judge Williams reconsider his sentence. The Judge arrogantly said that he may or may not review his sentence, it was totally at his discretion. All of this hell raising finally reached the ears of South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMasters who agreed with the good citizens of Greenville and requested all the transcripts from the trial to be examined by state attorneys to determine if the justice system had been compromised and the public faith in the judicial system in South Carolina had been eroded because of preferential treatment of Ludwig. After this revelation, all of a sudden circuit Judge Williams said that he would indeed review the transcripts and the sentence and deliver a decision within two weeks. All of this may be a smoke screen and Ludwig may still remain free. We shall see how fair the justice system here in the land of the "good old boys" really is.
A panel of demagogues in the South Carolina legislature that have been examining the possibility of impeaching Governor Sanford for 38 charges of ethic violations have reduced the charges to 7 or 8 and are now seeking a censure rather than an impeachment. The greatest majority of the charges were about rules of travel for state employees. The rule says that state employees must take the cheapest flights when traveling on state business unless there is an exceptional reason not to. The governor used business class or first class when he was on an international flight. Anyone who has taken a flight of 7 or 8 hours in the cheap seats know what effect it has on you, not to mention jet lag. You are a zombie for at least a day. The governor did not want to appear out of sorts while doing state business on an international scale. The Governor's lawyers argued that the Governor was technically not a state employee anyway, that he was a "congressional officer". They maintained that state employees are hired by different departments throughout state government and congressional officers are elected. The demagogues had no viable response to this argument.
Good news:
PAY ATTENTION JACI:
It has been determined that many "hand sanitizers" that are now common in schools and restaurants and are used to suppress the flu and H1N1 swine flu. We are warned to make sure that the chemical "Triclosan" is NOT in the compound. This chemical have severe side effects. It causes hormonal changes in both men and women. It has been proven that it causes an increase in the possibility of breast cancer in women. When washed into a water source it causes deformity in frogs. There is a chance that this chemical may be present in some mouth washes and toothpastes. I do not understand how those bozos in the Food and Drug Administration allowed this to slip through the cracks. Here is a partial list of some of the hand sanitizers that DO NOT contain Triclosan.
Seventh Generation, Mrs. Meyers, Cleanwell, LUSH, Nature's Gate, Purell Instant Hand Cleaner, Weleda, Listerine Essential Care.
Y'all be careful and observant out there.
This date in history December 6
1941 A Japanese naval task force consisting of 6 aircraft carriers and various other support vessels approach within 500 miles of the Hawaiian Islands undetected. They plan to attack and neutralize the United States Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. The plan of battle is to attack in three waves consisting of about 360 fighter, dive-bomber and torpedo planes. The American Naval experts believed that ships in Pearl Harbor are safe from torpedo attack because of the shallowness of the water. They were wrong. The Japanese wanted to gain access to the rubber and oil in the Dutch East Indies and perhaps even New Zealand and Australia without interference from the American fleet. It was imperative that the Japanese gain this territory if they were going to be able to continue their war of expansion. The Japanese task force was commanded by Admiral Ozawa but the overall planner was the Harvard educated Admiral Yamamoto. Yamamoto warned his superiors about the United States ability to manufacture the tools of war once they get focused but his superiors blew it off. Yamamoto said it this way. “We may have victory at Pearl Harbor but I am afraid that all we will do is awaken a sleeping giant.” And indeed, that is exactly what happened.
1776 In Williamsburg, Virginia a group of five students of the College of William and Mary meet at Raleigh’s Tavern to hammer out a new fraternal organization. They are pissed because of the constant berating of the Colonists by the invading British. The British were constantly beating their breasts about their early military victories against “nothing but a poor band of ragamuffins.” The five students plan to establish an organization that recognized scholastic excellence and those with depth of character and Phi Beta Kappa was born.
1865 On this date the 13th Amendment to the constitution is ratified. With the passage of this act slavery is abolished “in the United States and any territories subject to its jurisdiction.” This Amendment did indeed end slavery in the United States unlike the so-called Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. This document supposedly freed the slaves “in those states in rebellion.” Well, they were not states in rebellion; they were the Confederate States of America, a separate nation. Lincoln had originally based the military recruiting campaign on the dogma of preserving the Union, but after the US army received a succession of severe ass-kickings, the general opinion in the North became “To hell with it, let them have their own country.” This meant that Lincoln had to take a new tack and chose the morality issue of slavery as a recruiting basis. The Emancipation Proclamation did not free those slave-holding states that were not in rebellion. They were Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri. What about those slaves? Lincoln did not want to abrade those states lest they secede and join the Confederacy so he danced around that issue until the end of the war.
1921 On this date the country of the Irish Free State comes into being. For years, the Irish have been fighting for independence from England and on this day it happens, almost. The people of the northeastern corner of Ireland vote not to separate from England and they became Northern Ireland. Shortly after this, an organization known as the Irish Republican Army comes into being. These guys are not going to have any part of a piece of Ireland staying as part of Great Britain and they begin a guerrilla war with the British Army that is still prevalent to this day. It is easy to understand why this division happened. At the time of James I of England in the early 1600’s, James had tired of the waspish Irish continually battling with his armies and decided to dilute the Irish population on the island and formed the province of Ulster in Ireland. Ulster was made from five shires (counties) and made into a plantation. James then brought Scottish lords and their mostly Presbyterian tenant farmers over to establish the plantation. James forced the Irish landowners to give up their lands in Ulster to the Scots. This is the root of the problems in Northern Ireland to this day. James made this move for two reasons. It put a large group of people on this rebellious island that were Protestants and held fealty to the King of England. The greater majority of the Irish were Catholic and held fealty to their priests and the Pope. Not only that, the Protestants was mostly members of the Church of England and was more readily controlled by the Crown. The boundaries of Northern Ireland are almost exactly what the boundaries of the Ulster Plantation. The ancestors of those that King James sent to Ireland are still loyal to the crown and are Protestants and friction between the Catholics and Protestants abides to this day in that area. See, knowing a little history make things that are happening today more clear.
Quotable quotes:
“Men are not attracted to me by my mind. They are attracted to me by what I don’t mind.” Gypsy Rose Lee
Born today:
1862 English poet Sir Osmet Sitwell. He said “Poetry is good if it is fresh, stale it is bad, if you aren’t sure try it on the cat.”
1920 US composer, musician Dave Brubeck. He said “I am beginning to understand myself but it would have been better if I was 22 rather than 82.”
Died today:
1949 US Blues master Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter. He said “The blues is like this. You go to bed and toss from one side of the bed to the other. The bed isn’t too cold or too hot, it’s just the blues has got you.”
1951 US publisher (New Yorker magazine) Harold Ross. When he saw Truman Capote for the first time he said “Good God, what is that!”
Me too Harold, me too.
1993 German Physicist Wolfgang Pauli. When reviewing a college’s paper he said “Good God, this isn’t right, it isn’t even wrong.”
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Quote of the day:
"Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy to those who think"
Horace Walpole
I think I told y'all about the John Ludwig case. It was about a very wealthy and connected man here in Greenville, SC who was doing at least 85 MPH on a 35 MPH road in his Maserati and lost control, went through a large pasture and crashed completely through a house killing the owner who was sitting in his living room watching TV. When Lugwig came to trial, through a plea agreement he plead guilty to a charge of reckless homicide rather that murder as was the original charge. The circuit judge named James Williams, Jr. cited the fact that Ludwig had given a lot of money to charity, gave Ludwig 3 years probation and 500 hour of community service. The community as a whole hit the freaking roof and screamed that Ludwig got such a ridiculously light sentence because of wealth and fraternization with those in influential positions. The Solicitor (district attorney) Bob Arial hit the roof also and requested that Judge Williams reconsider his sentence. The Judge arrogantly said that he may or may not review his sentence, it was totally at his discretion. All of this hell raising finally reached the ears of South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMasters who agreed with the good citizens of Greenville and requested all the transcripts from the trial to be examined by state attorneys to determine if the justice system had been compromised and the public faith in the judicial system in South Carolina had been eroded because of preferential treatment of Ludwig. After this revelation, all of a sudden circuit Judge Williams said that he would indeed review the transcripts and the sentence and deliver a decision within two weeks. All of this may be a smoke screen and Ludwig may still remain free. We shall see how fair the justice system here in the land of the "good old boys" really is.
A panel of demagogues in the South Carolina legislature that have been examining the possibility of impeaching Governor Sanford for 38 charges of ethic violations have reduced the charges to 7 or 8 and are now seeking a censure rather than an impeachment. The greatest majority of the charges were about rules of travel for state employees. The rule says that state employees must take the cheapest flights when traveling on state business unless there is an exceptional reason not to. The governor used business class or first class when he was on an international flight. Anyone who has taken a flight of 7 or 8 hours in the cheap seats know what effect it has on you, not to mention jet lag. You are a zombie for at least a day. The governor did not want to appear out of sorts while doing state business on an international scale. The Governor's lawyers argued that the Governor was technically not a state employee anyway, that he was a "congressional officer". They maintained that state employees are hired by different departments throughout state government and congressional officers are elected. The demagogues had no viable response to this argument.
Good news:
PAY ATTENTION JACI:
It has been determined that many "hand sanitizers" that are now common in schools and restaurants and are used to suppress the flu and H1N1 swine flu. We are warned to make sure that the chemical "Triclosan" is NOT in the compound. This chemical have severe side effects. It causes hormonal changes in both men and women. It has been proven that it causes an increase in the possibility of breast cancer in women. When washed into a water source it causes deformity in frogs. There is a chance that this chemical may be present in some mouth washes and toothpastes. I do not understand how those bozos in the Food and Drug Administration allowed this to slip through the cracks. Here is a partial list of some of the hand sanitizers that DO NOT contain Triclosan.
Seventh Generation, Mrs. Meyers, Cleanwell, LUSH, Nature's Gate, Purell Instant Hand Cleaner, Weleda, Listerine Essential Care.
Y'all be careful and observant out there.
This date in history December 6
1941 A Japanese naval task force consisting of 6 aircraft carriers and various other support vessels approach within 500 miles of the Hawaiian Islands undetected. They plan to attack and neutralize the United States Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. The plan of battle is to attack in three waves consisting of about 360 fighter, dive-bomber and torpedo planes. The American Naval experts believed that ships in Pearl Harbor are safe from torpedo attack because of the shallowness of the water. They were wrong. The Japanese wanted to gain access to the rubber and oil in the Dutch East Indies and perhaps even New Zealand and Australia without interference from the American fleet. It was imperative that the Japanese gain this territory if they were going to be able to continue their war of expansion. The Japanese task force was commanded by Admiral Ozawa but the overall planner was the Harvard educated Admiral Yamamoto. Yamamoto warned his superiors about the United States ability to manufacture the tools of war once they get focused but his superiors blew it off. Yamamoto said it this way. “We may have victory at Pearl Harbor but I am afraid that all we will do is awaken a sleeping giant.” And indeed, that is exactly what happened.
1776 In Williamsburg, Virginia a group of five students of the College of William and Mary meet at Raleigh’s Tavern to hammer out a new fraternal organization. They are pissed because of the constant berating of the Colonists by the invading British. The British were constantly beating their breasts about their early military victories against “nothing but a poor band of ragamuffins.” The five students plan to establish an organization that recognized scholastic excellence and those with depth of character and Phi Beta Kappa was born.
1865 On this date the 13th Amendment to the constitution is ratified. With the passage of this act slavery is abolished “in the United States and any territories subject to its jurisdiction.” This Amendment did indeed end slavery in the United States unlike the so-called Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. This document supposedly freed the slaves “in those states in rebellion.” Well, they were not states in rebellion; they were the Confederate States of America, a separate nation. Lincoln had originally based the military recruiting campaign on the dogma of preserving the Union, but after the US army received a succession of severe ass-kickings, the general opinion in the North became “To hell with it, let them have their own country.” This meant that Lincoln had to take a new tack and chose the morality issue of slavery as a recruiting basis. The Emancipation Proclamation did not free those slave-holding states that were not in rebellion. They were Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri. What about those slaves? Lincoln did not want to abrade those states lest they secede and join the Confederacy so he danced around that issue until the end of the war.
1921 On this date the country of the Irish Free State comes into being. For years, the Irish have been fighting for independence from England and on this day it happens, almost. The people of the northeastern corner of Ireland vote not to separate from England and they became Northern Ireland. Shortly after this, an organization known as the Irish Republican Army comes into being. These guys are not going to have any part of a piece of Ireland staying as part of Great Britain and they begin a guerrilla war with the British Army that is still prevalent to this day. It is easy to understand why this division happened. At the time of James I of England in the early 1600’s, James had tired of the waspish Irish continually battling with his armies and decided to dilute the Irish population on the island and formed the province of Ulster in Ireland. Ulster was made from five shires (counties) and made into a plantation. James then brought Scottish lords and their mostly Presbyterian tenant farmers over to establish the plantation. James forced the Irish landowners to give up their lands in Ulster to the Scots. This is the root of the problems in Northern Ireland to this day. James made this move for two reasons. It put a large group of people on this rebellious island that were Protestants and held fealty to the King of England. The greater majority of the Irish were Catholic and held fealty to their priests and the Pope. Not only that, the Protestants was mostly members of the Church of England and was more readily controlled by the Crown. The boundaries of Northern Ireland are almost exactly what the boundaries of the Ulster Plantation. The ancestors of those that King James sent to Ireland are still loyal to the crown and are Protestants and friction between the Catholics and Protestants abides to this day in that area. See, knowing a little history make things that are happening today more clear.
Quotable quotes:
“Men are not attracted to me by my mind. They are attracted to me by what I don’t mind.” Gypsy Rose Lee
Born today:
1862 English poet Sir Osmet Sitwell. He said “Poetry is good if it is fresh, stale it is bad, if you aren’t sure try it on the cat.”
1920 US composer, musician Dave Brubeck. He said “I am beginning to understand myself but it would have been better if I was 22 rather than 82.”
Died today:
1949 US Blues master Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter. He said “The blues is like this. You go to bed and toss from one side of the bed to the other. The bed isn’t too cold or too hot, it’s just the blues has got you.”
1951 US publisher (New Yorker magazine) Harold Ross. When he saw Truman Capote for the first time he said “Good God, what is that!”
Me too Harold, me too.
1993 German Physicist Wolfgang Pauli. When reviewing a college’s paper he said “Good God, this isn’t right, it isn’t even wrong.”
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Daily history
Good morning,
Hey Jim in Birmingham, there is a section in this lesson for you.
Quote of the day:
"God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the ones I can, and the wisdom to know they are all me."
Reinhold Neibuhr
On this date in 1941 the Japanese navy task force is about 1,000 miles from Hawaii and still undetected. I am talking about four aircraft carriers and associated cruisers, tankers, destroyers, submarines, etc. The crack American military leadership in Hawaii in the form of US General Short and US Admiral Kimmel had been warned by Washington that an attack by Japan is probable in the very near future. General Short responds by gathering all the military aircraft on the four airfields into small groups so they can be guarded more easily against sabotage because he was aware of all the people of Japanese ancestry in the islands. It evidently did not cross this jackasses mind that one bomb in each bunch would destroy them all. Admiral Kimmel responds by increasing the destroyer patrols in the mouth of Pearl Harbor. This is where most of the might of the US Navy Pacific fleet is stacked like cord wood. It evidently did not occur to either one of these Bozos that an attack could come by aircraft. So Kimmel and Short did the honorable thing, they planned a golf outing for Sunday December 7, 1941.
A couple of days ago a woman driving on a fairly busy street in the Greenville area, crossed over the center line and crashed head on with an oncoming vehicle. This woman was killed, the passengers in the other car were minimally injured primarily because all of them were wearing seat belts. It seems that this woman driving while eating a hamburger and french fries and WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT! I am sorry y'all, I feel no sympathy. She could have killed someone due to what I think is criminal negligence.
Then there was a man driving northbound on I-85 near exit 19 in South Carolina (This exit is known as the Clemson exit to the natives) when he ran into the rear of a semi and was killed instantly. The SCHP stated that the car was traveling over 100 MPH and did not have his seat belt fastened at the time of the collision. I have no sympathy for him either.
A five month old baby girl was brought to the Oconee Medical Center near Seneca, SC bleeding from the mouth and bruised from ear to ear. This was reported to the Oconee Sheriff's department who arrested the baby's father, 22 year old Bryan Epperson. It seems that Bryan was babysitting overnight and had the baby in bed with him. The baby woke up about 7:00a and started crying. Bryan chose to clamp his hand over the baby's mouth and hold it there until she shut up. I feel no sympathy for Bryan either even though we all know what will happen to him in jail once it is found out he mistreated a child.
Good news:
Back in June a man walked into a deli in Long Island, New York and tried to rob it. He did not know that the deli owner had a shotgun behind the counter. When the owner produced the shotgun, the robber began begging for his life saying that he had to get some food for his family. The deli owner dropped the shotgun and gave the man 40 dollars and a loaf of bread if he promised to not try robbery again and would say a prayer with him. The robber complied, joined in a prayer and left with the money and the bread. Two days ago the deli owner received a letter from the robber. There was a check for $40 and a brief note thanking the deli owner and saying that the robber was now deeply involved in religion. Sometimes kindness disarms.
This date in history December 5
1907 In 1883 the Norfolk and Western Railroad expanded their network into southwestern West Virginia which opened up the previously untapped coal fields in that area. The area was soon flooded with European Immigrants and African-Americans seeking work. Small towns mushroomed almost overnight. On this date a thunderous explosion occurred down in the Fairfield Coal mine near Monongah, West Virginia, killing 365 miners and injuring 500. It was the worst mining disaster in American history. After this the public became aware of the danger in underground mines and safety precautions began to be incorporated into the operation of the mines and deaths and injuries began to subside. But it was the organization of the United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis that insisted upon better and safer conditions and had the power to make it stick.
1917 Due to World War I the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia was jammed with ships going to and coming from the ports in Europe delivering the tools of war to the allies. The French freighter "Mont Blanc" and the Norwegian freighter "Imo" were two of them. The Mont Blanc was laded to the scuppers with picric acid (very flammable), 23 thousand tons of gasoline and an almost equal amount of TNT and gun cotton. Well, the "Mont Blanc" and the "Imo" scraped sides and the "Mont Blanc" was holed and began leaking picric acid. The force of the collision sent the French freighter back toward the dock it had just left and almost simultaneously the picric acid caught fire. The fire was hot enough that it set the dock on fire and the seamen aboard the "Mont Blanc" immediately abandoned ship knowing what was in the hold. They did not even stop long enough to warn the other ships. People from the town gathered on the piers to watch this spectacular fire. Finally the fire reached the gasoline and TNT and the mightiest explosion in the pre-nuclear age was detonated. The 1,800 people on the pier were killed instantly and 9,000 were injured including 200 that were blinded by the sun-like brightness of the explosion. The light from the explosion was visible for 50 miles and the sound was heard hundreds of miles away, not to mention 1,600 homes in Halifax and surrounding neighborhoods that were flattened.
1865 On this date the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified when the state of Georgia voted for ratification. The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery in the United States and its possessions. At the beginning of the Civil War many northern politicos were against the expansion of slavery into additional states but were ambivalent about banning it where it already existed. After the US victory at Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves in “those states in rebellion”. Well, it was obvious that that proclamation could not be enforced and was merely symbolic. After the severe ass-kicking he the US Army received at the 1st and 2nd Battles of Manassas, the political climate in the north leaned toward letting the south have their own country and stopping the slaughter. But Lincoln prevailed and the war leaned away from feeing the slaves to preserving the Union. The only law that could be enforced at this time was when Lincoln ordered that any slave that became attached to a US army unit would then and forever be free. This caused some of the US army units a hardship by having to oversee several hundred slaves that had attached themselves to the units when passing by.
1868 In May of 1868 the very first train robbery occurs in Seymour, Indiana by the Reno brothers, Frank, William and Simeon. In the act of the robbery they shot one of the train guards. On this date the train guard dies and the outraged citizens of Seymour pay a visit to the local jail, snatched all three of the brother out of their cells and take them outside for a “necktie party”. In other words they were going to hang all of them. Frank and William go peacefully but Simeon fights like a wildcat and in the struggle knocks out three men before being overwhelmed. They strung old Simeon up but did not have the rope in the right place and when he dropped it did not break his neck, and he died of strangulation. It took about 20 minutes for Simeon to expire. It was not a pretty sight. But the citizens of Seymour went a few steps further and allowed some of the citizens to have their photo made with the corpses...for a price. The money went to charity. Then they sold pieces of the hangman’s rope...for a price. That went to charity also. At least the Reno brothers were responsible for a positive contribution to the community.
1941 On this date Australian coast watchers spot a fleet of Japanese warships traveling down the Malaysian Peninsula and speculated that they were on their way to invade Thailand. It was a diversion, ya’ll. The actual fleet of warships was about 800 miles northwest of Hawaii heading southeast staying inside of a squall line to avoid detection. They were headed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Born today:
1898 US lyricist Ira Gershwin. He said “One can be very happy without demanding others agree with them.”
Died today:
1889 Former CSA President Jefferson Davis. He said “Neither current events nor history has proven that the majority rules, or ever has ruled”
1995 Scottish Journalist James Reston. He said “As society advances, the standard of poverty rises.”
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Hey Jim in Birmingham, there is a section in this lesson for you.
Quote of the day:
"God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the ones I can, and the wisdom to know they are all me."
Reinhold Neibuhr
On this date in 1941 the Japanese navy task force is about 1,000 miles from Hawaii and still undetected. I am talking about four aircraft carriers and associated cruisers, tankers, destroyers, submarines, etc. The crack American military leadership in Hawaii in the form of US General Short and US Admiral Kimmel had been warned by Washington that an attack by Japan is probable in the very near future. General Short responds by gathering all the military aircraft on the four airfields into small groups so they can be guarded more easily against sabotage because he was aware of all the people of Japanese ancestry in the islands. It evidently did not cross this jackasses mind that one bomb in each bunch would destroy them all. Admiral Kimmel responds by increasing the destroyer patrols in the mouth of Pearl Harbor. This is where most of the might of the US Navy Pacific fleet is stacked like cord wood. It evidently did not occur to either one of these Bozos that an attack could come by aircraft. So Kimmel and Short did the honorable thing, they planned a golf outing for Sunday December 7, 1941.
A couple of days ago a woman driving on a fairly busy street in the Greenville area, crossed over the center line and crashed head on with an oncoming vehicle. This woman was killed, the passengers in the other car were minimally injured primarily because all of them were wearing seat belts. It seems that this woman driving while eating a hamburger and french fries and WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT! I am sorry y'all, I feel no sympathy. She could have killed someone due to what I think is criminal negligence.
Then there was a man driving northbound on I-85 near exit 19 in South Carolina (This exit is known as the Clemson exit to the natives) when he ran into the rear of a semi and was killed instantly. The SCHP stated that the car was traveling over 100 MPH and did not have his seat belt fastened at the time of the collision. I have no sympathy for him either.
A five month old baby girl was brought to the Oconee Medical Center near Seneca, SC bleeding from the mouth and bruised from ear to ear. This was reported to the Oconee Sheriff's department who arrested the baby's father, 22 year old Bryan Epperson. It seems that Bryan was babysitting overnight and had the baby in bed with him. The baby woke up about 7:00a and started crying. Bryan chose to clamp his hand over the baby's mouth and hold it there until she shut up. I feel no sympathy for Bryan either even though we all know what will happen to him in jail once it is found out he mistreated a child.
Good news:
Back in June a man walked into a deli in Long Island, New York and tried to rob it. He did not know that the deli owner had a shotgun behind the counter. When the owner produced the shotgun, the robber began begging for his life saying that he had to get some food for his family. The deli owner dropped the shotgun and gave the man 40 dollars and a loaf of bread if he promised to not try robbery again and would say a prayer with him. The robber complied, joined in a prayer and left with the money and the bread. Two days ago the deli owner received a letter from the robber. There was a check for $40 and a brief note thanking the deli owner and saying that the robber was now deeply involved in religion. Sometimes kindness disarms.
This date in history December 5
1907 In 1883 the Norfolk and Western Railroad expanded their network into southwestern West Virginia which opened up the previously untapped coal fields in that area. The area was soon flooded with European Immigrants and African-Americans seeking work. Small towns mushroomed almost overnight. On this date a thunderous explosion occurred down in the Fairfield Coal mine near Monongah, West Virginia, killing 365 miners and injuring 500. It was the worst mining disaster in American history. After this the public became aware of the danger in underground mines and safety precautions began to be incorporated into the operation of the mines and deaths and injuries began to subside. But it was the organization of the United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis that insisted upon better and safer conditions and had the power to make it stick.
1917 Due to World War I the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia was jammed with ships going to and coming from the ports in Europe delivering the tools of war to the allies. The French freighter "Mont Blanc" and the Norwegian freighter "Imo" were two of them. The Mont Blanc was laded to the scuppers with picric acid (very flammable), 23 thousand tons of gasoline and an almost equal amount of TNT and gun cotton. Well, the "Mont Blanc" and the "Imo" scraped sides and the "Mont Blanc" was holed and began leaking picric acid. The force of the collision sent the French freighter back toward the dock it had just left and almost simultaneously the picric acid caught fire. The fire was hot enough that it set the dock on fire and the seamen aboard the "Mont Blanc" immediately abandoned ship knowing what was in the hold. They did not even stop long enough to warn the other ships. People from the town gathered on the piers to watch this spectacular fire. Finally the fire reached the gasoline and TNT and the mightiest explosion in the pre-nuclear age was detonated. The 1,800 people on the pier were killed instantly and 9,000 were injured including 200 that were blinded by the sun-like brightness of the explosion. The light from the explosion was visible for 50 miles and the sound was heard hundreds of miles away, not to mention 1,600 homes in Halifax and surrounding neighborhoods that were flattened.
1865 On this date the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified when the state of Georgia voted for ratification. The 13th Amendment outlawed slavery in the United States and its possessions. At the beginning of the Civil War many northern politicos were against the expansion of slavery into additional states but were ambivalent about banning it where it already existed. After the US victory at Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves in “those states in rebellion”. Well, it was obvious that that proclamation could not be enforced and was merely symbolic. After the severe ass-kicking he the US Army received at the 1st and 2nd Battles of Manassas, the political climate in the north leaned toward letting the south have their own country and stopping the slaughter. But Lincoln prevailed and the war leaned away from feeing the slaves to preserving the Union. The only law that could be enforced at this time was when Lincoln ordered that any slave that became attached to a US army unit would then and forever be free. This caused some of the US army units a hardship by having to oversee several hundred slaves that had attached themselves to the units when passing by.
1868 In May of 1868 the very first train robbery occurs in Seymour, Indiana by the Reno brothers, Frank, William and Simeon. In the act of the robbery they shot one of the train guards. On this date the train guard dies and the outraged citizens of Seymour pay a visit to the local jail, snatched all three of the brother out of their cells and take them outside for a “necktie party”. In other words they were going to hang all of them. Frank and William go peacefully but Simeon fights like a wildcat and in the struggle knocks out three men before being overwhelmed. They strung old Simeon up but did not have the rope in the right place and when he dropped it did not break his neck, and he died of strangulation. It took about 20 minutes for Simeon to expire. It was not a pretty sight. But the citizens of Seymour went a few steps further and allowed some of the citizens to have their photo made with the corpses...for a price. The money went to charity. Then they sold pieces of the hangman’s rope...for a price. That went to charity also. At least the Reno brothers were responsible for a positive contribution to the community.
1941 On this date Australian coast watchers spot a fleet of Japanese warships traveling down the Malaysian Peninsula and speculated that they were on their way to invade Thailand. It was a diversion, ya’ll. The actual fleet of warships was about 800 miles northwest of Hawaii heading southeast staying inside of a squall line to avoid detection. They were headed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Born today:
1898 US lyricist Ira Gershwin. He said “One can be very happy without demanding others agree with them.”
Died today:
1889 Former CSA President Jefferson Davis. He said “Neither current events nor history has proven that the majority rules, or ever has ruled”
1995 Scottish Journalist James Reston. He said “As society advances, the standard of poverty rises.”
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Friday, December 4, 2009
Daily history
Good morning,
Quote of the day:
"Warriors should enter battle believing that they have no hope of surviving. They should believe that they are already dead then they can kill without mercy, without regret or remorse. All wars depend on it."
Lt. James Spears, US Army
There continues to be a feeding frenzy by the media about the Tiger Woods situation. Tiger admitted to his infidelity and issued an apology. He didn't have to do that, he owes no one an apology especially the media. The only ones that deserve and apology is his family. Our country is going to hell in a hand basket and the media is frothing at the mouth because Tiger Woods got laid. We are in serious trouble if that is all they have to report. Nike and Gatorade have already stated that they are staying with Tiger, the media be damned.
I don't know if any of y'all saw the boxing match a couple of days ago with Roy Jones, Jr. as one of the contestants. Roy is from Pensacola, Florida and went to high school with one of my daughters. He was the World Middleweight Champion at one time. In fact he held a number titles in his boxing career. In this latest match he got his brains beat out in the first round and his skills at boxing are a mere shadow of what they used to be. He has a record of 54 wins (40 by knockout) and 6 losses. I hope this most recent fight was his last. I certainly hope he doesn't end up like Muhammad Ali or Joe Louis. It is time to quit taking licks to the head, Roy. Get your ass back to that big house on Pensacola Bay and live the good life.
All of y'all that live in the Mobile, Alabama area and have Allstate homeowners insurance will be getting a letter in the mail soon. Allstate has decided to discontinue wind damage coverage in the two major counties around Mobile. "Are you in good hands" my ass.
Up in Tarboro, NC Michelle Brewer was opening her jewelry store when a deer came running down the street and went right beside her. Then there was whole herd of deer coming at her and she was bowled over and trampled. Michelle said that she just did not have time to get out of the way and one doe kicked her into the air and she remembered looking at the deer at eye level on the way down. She suffered a few scrapes, cuts and bruises that did not require hospitalization but what a tale this girl has to tell her grandchildren.
Good news:
About three weeks ago 15 ear old Vada Vasquez was walking home from her high school in the Bronx, NY when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet from a near-by shoot out between gangs. A couple of days later she opened her eyes and spoke "Mom". That alone was a miracle. Usually a wound of that type results in the loss of cognition and speech. Just a week later she could write and understand what was being said to her. It is likely that she will not remember being shot and it good that she won't. Her prognosis is that she will make a full functional recovery and be out of the hospital and into rehabilitation therapy by Christmas. What a great Christmas present for her family.
This date in history December 4
1872 On this date the British brig "Del Gratia", Captain David Morehouse commanding, spots the brigantine "Mary Celeste" moving erratically near the Azores in the eastern Atlantic. The "Mary Celeste" was under full sail and when the ship was hailed by Captain Morehouse he received no reply. He sent a small boat over to see what the problem was. There was not a soul aboard and they found nothing out of the ordinary aboard. There were a few normal navigation instruments and a life raft missing but other than that all was normal. The ships log showed that the ship left New York for Genoa, Italy on November 7 commanded by Captain Benjamin Briggs. Also aboard was his wife and two children with a crew of 8 carrying 1,700 barrels of crude alcohol. There were several feet of water in the hold but all the reserve food and water was intact as was the cargo. Even with several feet of water in the hold it was not enough to overwhelm the onboard pumps. The last entry in the ships log showed the ship 500 miles from where she was found by Captain Morehouse and apparently had been adrift for 11 days. The last log entry showed no abnormalities. Captain Briggs, his family and crew was never found and the reason for the abandonment was never determined.
1780 On this date General George Washington’s cousin Colonel William Washington fools Loyalist Rowland Rugeley resulting in the capture of Rugeley and his troops. Colonel Washington had been struggling with the fierce British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and was force to retreat into South Carolina. He was ordered by Patriot General Daniel Morgan to go to Camden, South Carolina and kill or capture the contingent of Loyalists know to be there led by Rugeley. Colonel Washington found Rugeley and his troops in Rugeley’s house in Camden. When Colonel Washington retreated into South Carolina he lost several artillery pieces and had none with him when he found Rugeley so he improvised. He had his troops cut down two trees that were the approximate diameter of an artillery piece barrel, stripped the bark off and painted them black and pointed the trees at the Rugeley house. He then went to the house and ordered the surrender of Rugeley and all of his troops or he would order his “artillery” to open fire. Rugeley and his troops surrendered without firing a shot. When British General Charles Cornwallis was informed of this debacle by Tarleton, Cornwallis assured Tarleton that Rugeley would never receive another promotion. Colonel Tarleton met with his own embarrassment when a few weeks later he was sucked into a trap by Patriot General Daniel Morgan near Cowpens, South Carolina. Tarleton’s troops were nearly annihilated and Tarleton had to run like a rabbit to keep from being captured. It was after this victory the Patriots first saw a light at the end of the tunnel.
1864 After 8 days of cavalry clashes in central Georgia, the final battle takes place near Waynesboro, Georgia between Union General Judson Kilpatrick and CSA General Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Wheeler. Kilpatrick had been assigned the task of protecting US General Sherman’s left flank during the famous march to Atlanta. Even though Kilpatrick lost three times as many men as Wheeler his action was considered a success because Wheeler never made contact with Sherman’s main force.
1969 On this date two members of the Black Panthers, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, are killed in their apartment in Chicago by the Chicago PD. The Chicago PD had gone to the apartment to arrest the two and was prepared for trouble if not anticipating it. According to the PD there was and “enormous” gun battle when they tried to arrest them. There were over 100 bullet holes in the apartment door and walls nearby. The trouble was that a forensic team came in and inspected the crime scene and found that only two shots were fired from the inside out and the rest were fired from the outside in. Needless to say heads rolled in the Chicago PD when a gigantic cover-up was discovered by the FBI.
1783 After 8 years of blood, sweat and tears, General George Washington calls his officers to Fraunces' Tavern in New York City to announce his resignation and return to civilian life. The Revolutionary was essentially ended over when British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered after being surrounded at the Battle of Yorktown. But it took almost two years before a formal Treaty was signed and slightly longer for all the British troops to get their greasy ass out of my country. As you all know, Washington was elected our first President. We were very fortunate to have a man of is caliber on our side during this period in time.
1942 On this date, in spite of the risk to their lives, a group of Polish Christians began offering help to the Polish Jews. Since the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939, the Jews has been pushed into ghettos, sent to concentration/execution camps, murdered and their possessions captured by the Germans, etc. The Christians did the best they could but the rampage against the Jews, not only in Poland but Europe wide, remained unabated for the remainder of the war by the most bloodthirsty monsters in recorded history.
Born today:
1795 English writer Thomas Carlyle. He said “It is a mathematical fact that if I toss a pebble out of my hand it alters the center of gravity of the universe.” If that is the case, I wonder what effect it would have if Dolly Parton fell on her face.
1875 English writer Samuel Butler. He said “There is one thing certain, namely, that we can never have anything certain, therefore it is not certain that we can know anything for certain.” Sam, shut the hell up and quit ruining my life.
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Quote of the day:
"Warriors should enter battle believing that they have no hope of surviving. They should believe that they are already dead then they can kill without mercy, without regret or remorse. All wars depend on it."
Lt. James Spears, US Army
There continues to be a feeding frenzy by the media about the Tiger Woods situation. Tiger admitted to his infidelity and issued an apology. He didn't have to do that, he owes no one an apology especially the media. The only ones that deserve and apology is his family. Our country is going to hell in a hand basket and the media is frothing at the mouth because Tiger Woods got laid. We are in serious trouble if that is all they have to report. Nike and Gatorade have already stated that they are staying with Tiger, the media be damned.
I don't know if any of y'all saw the boxing match a couple of days ago with Roy Jones, Jr. as one of the contestants. Roy is from Pensacola, Florida and went to high school with one of my daughters. He was the World Middleweight Champion at one time. In fact he held a number titles in his boxing career. In this latest match he got his brains beat out in the first round and his skills at boxing are a mere shadow of what they used to be. He has a record of 54 wins (40 by knockout) and 6 losses. I hope this most recent fight was his last. I certainly hope he doesn't end up like Muhammad Ali or Joe Louis. It is time to quit taking licks to the head, Roy. Get your ass back to that big house on Pensacola Bay and live the good life.
All of y'all that live in the Mobile, Alabama area and have Allstate homeowners insurance will be getting a letter in the mail soon. Allstate has decided to discontinue wind damage coverage in the two major counties around Mobile. "Are you in good hands" my ass.
Up in Tarboro, NC Michelle Brewer was opening her jewelry store when a deer came running down the street and went right beside her. Then there was whole herd of deer coming at her and she was bowled over and trampled. Michelle said that she just did not have time to get out of the way and one doe kicked her into the air and she remembered looking at the deer at eye level on the way down. She suffered a few scrapes, cuts and bruises that did not require hospitalization but what a tale this girl has to tell her grandchildren.
Good news:
About three weeks ago 15 ear old Vada Vasquez was walking home from her high school in the Bronx, NY when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet from a near-by shoot out between gangs. A couple of days later she opened her eyes and spoke "Mom". That alone was a miracle. Usually a wound of that type results in the loss of cognition and speech. Just a week later she could write and understand what was being said to her. It is likely that she will not remember being shot and it good that she won't. Her prognosis is that she will make a full functional recovery and be out of the hospital and into rehabilitation therapy by Christmas. What a great Christmas present for her family.
This date in history December 4
1872 On this date the British brig "Del Gratia", Captain David Morehouse commanding, spots the brigantine "Mary Celeste" moving erratically near the Azores in the eastern Atlantic. The "Mary Celeste" was under full sail and when the ship was hailed by Captain Morehouse he received no reply. He sent a small boat over to see what the problem was. There was not a soul aboard and they found nothing out of the ordinary aboard. There were a few normal navigation instruments and a life raft missing but other than that all was normal. The ships log showed that the ship left New York for Genoa, Italy on November 7 commanded by Captain Benjamin Briggs. Also aboard was his wife and two children with a crew of 8 carrying 1,700 barrels of crude alcohol. There were several feet of water in the hold but all the reserve food and water was intact as was the cargo. Even with several feet of water in the hold it was not enough to overwhelm the onboard pumps. The last entry in the ships log showed the ship 500 miles from where she was found by Captain Morehouse and apparently had been adrift for 11 days. The last log entry showed no abnormalities. Captain Briggs, his family and crew was never found and the reason for the abandonment was never determined.
1780 On this date General George Washington’s cousin Colonel William Washington fools Loyalist Rowland Rugeley resulting in the capture of Rugeley and his troops. Colonel Washington had been struggling with the fierce British Colonel Banastre Tarleton and was force to retreat into South Carolina. He was ordered by Patriot General Daniel Morgan to go to Camden, South Carolina and kill or capture the contingent of Loyalists know to be there led by Rugeley. Colonel Washington found Rugeley and his troops in Rugeley’s house in Camden. When Colonel Washington retreated into South Carolina he lost several artillery pieces and had none with him when he found Rugeley so he improvised. He had his troops cut down two trees that were the approximate diameter of an artillery piece barrel, stripped the bark off and painted them black and pointed the trees at the Rugeley house. He then went to the house and ordered the surrender of Rugeley and all of his troops or he would order his “artillery” to open fire. Rugeley and his troops surrendered without firing a shot. When British General Charles Cornwallis was informed of this debacle by Tarleton, Cornwallis assured Tarleton that Rugeley would never receive another promotion. Colonel Tarleton met with his own embarrassment when a few weeks later he was sucked into a trap by Patriot General Daniel Morgan near Cowpens, South Carolina. Tarleton’s troops were nearly annihilated and Tarleton had to run like a rabbit to keep from being captured. It was after this victory the Patriots first saw a light at the end of the tunnel.
1864 After 8 days of cavalry clashes in central Georgia, the final battle takes place near Waynesboro, Georgia between Union General Judson Kilpatrick and CSA General Joseph “Fightin’ Joe” Wheeler. Kilpatrick had been assigned the task of protecting US General Sherman’s left flank during the famous march to Atlanta. Even though Kilpatrick lost three times as many men as Wheeler his action was considered a success because Wheeler never made contact with Sherman’s main force.
1969 On this date two members of the Black Panthers, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, are killed in their apartment in Chicago by the Chicago PD. The Chicago PD had gone to the apartment to arrest the two and was prepared for trouble if not anticipating it. According to the PD there was and “enormous” gun battle when they tried to arrest them. There were over 100 bullet holes in the apartment door and walls nearby. The trouble was that a forensic team came in and inspected the crime scene and found that only two shots were fired from the inside out and the rest were fired from the outside in. Needless to say heads rolled in the Chicago PD when a gigantic cover-up was discovered by the FBI.
1783 After 8 years of blood, sweat and tears, General George Washington calls his officers to Fraunces' Tavern in New York City to announce his resignation and return to civilian life. The Revolutionary was essentially ended over when British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered after being surrounded at the Battle of Yorktown. But it took almost two years before a formal Treaty was signed and slightly longer for all the British troops to get their greasy ass out of my country. As you all know, Washington was elected our first President. We were very fortunate to have a man of is caliber on our side during this period in time.
1942 On this date, in spite of the risk to their lives, a group of Polish Christians began offering help to the Polish Jews. Since the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939, the Jews has been pushed into ghettos, sent to concentration/execution camps, murdered and their possessions captured by the Germans, etc. The Christians did the best they could but the rampage against the Jews, not only in Poland but Europe wide, remained unabated for the remainder of the war by the most bloodthirsty monsters in recorded history.
Born today:
1795 English writer Thomas Carlyle. He said “It is a mathematical fact that if I toss a pebble out of my hand it alters the center of gravity of the universe.” If that is the case, I wonder what effect it would have if Dolly Parton fell on her face.
1875 English writer Samuel Butler. He said “There is one thing certain, namely, that we can never have anything certain, therefore it is not certain that we can know anything for certain.” Sam, shut the hell up and quit ruining my life.
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Daily history
Good morning,
Quote of the day:
"If you look deeply in the palm of your hand you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive at this moment. Each of them is present in your body. You are continuation of them."
Thich Nhat Nanh
The committee that is trying to impeach our present Governor here in South Carolina, Mark Sanford, have started grabbing at straws and telling downright lies. On one event the committee accused the Governor of using the state airplane for personal reasons. The truth of the matter was that he flew to Charleston on official business. The Governor's home is on nearby Sullivan's Island. After the official meeting was over, the Governor delayed his flight back to Columbia for 1 1/2 hours so he could watch one of his four sons play in a soccer game. The committee considered that as misuse of the airplane (a King-Air 200), How trivial can you get? It is called a "witch-hunt". I hate politics.
Speaking of hatred, in his State of the Union address your president hinted at bringing the troops home and he also hinted at sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. He suggested that the defeat of the Taliban ans al-queda on foreign soil is preferable to doing it on American soil. I does not take a rocket scientist to figure that out. By the way, the president of Iran is plunging ahead with building centrifuges to extract weapons grade Uranium and Plutonium. He has said in private and public that he thinks our president is "weak". In my humble opinion his demeanor is indeed weak. The president of the United States does not bow to the king of Saudi Arabia nor the Emperor of Japan. Can any of you imagine Teddy Roosevelt bowing to anyone?
There is a mean looking low pressure area in the northern Gulf of Mexico. That usually means a hell of a lot of rain and maybe a tornado or two here in the Carolinas. We will neend to keep a close watch in the next day or two.
Y'all remember me talking about that flotilla of Japanese warships headed from Japan to Hawaii and how important secrect was, well, an Austrailian coast watcher caught a glimpse of the ships from a supposed deserted island and sent a message to the British military. The message finally reached the Commander of the American Pacific fleet. The message was disregarded because of the lack of confirmation. They got their confirmation four days later.
Tiger Woods confessed to having a girlfriend for about 31 months. He met her in Vegas after the Masters a couple of years ago. Like I said, what happens in the private life of the Tiger Woods family is their business and not the business of the scum-sucking media.
Good news:
The country of Egypt, Cairo in particular, has had a problem with their garbage and the minute you get off the plane the aroma is apparent. A team of American engineers have developed a digestor system that turns food particles into "biogas" that can be used to heat home and can be used for cooking.
This date in history December 3
1776 The Continental Army was in real trouble. They had inadequate clothing, arms and leadership to combat the mightiest army on the planet. George Washington sent a letter to the Continental Congress advising that he found that his position in Trenton, New Jersey was untenable against the British onslaught and that he was taking his army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania and indeed he did. He commandeered every boat within 50 miles and took his men and arms across the river and then burned all the boats that they did not use denying the British access to them. To add insult to energy Washington sent his second in command, Charles Lee, on a mission into New Jersey and Lee and his second in command, John Stockton, were captured by the British. But Washington was not deterred. Upon the arrival of Prussian General Baron Von Steuben, a training routine that shaped the Continental Army from a mob to a fighting unit was initiated. After these many days of rigorous training and drilling, the army was finally ready to hold their own against the Redcoats and not a minute too soon.
1989 A crime was committed in Fairfax, Virginia that was solved by the fledgling forensic evidence. 5 year old Melissa Brannen was attending a Christmas party and showed up missing. A search of the grounds discovered nothing. So the police went over the guest list and found out that a man named Caleb Hughes had left about the same time little Melissa was discovered missing. The police descended on Hughes’ house that night at 2 AM only to find Hughes washing a shirt, pants, belt and socks. The police use tape on almost every surface looking for fiber evidence and did the same thing to Hughes’ car. They found some blue fibers on the front seat that appeared to be the same color of the sweater Melissa was wearing. Further investigation revealed that the fibers came from a sweater from the Sesame Street collection by J.C. Penny. Melissa’s mother had bought Melissa a sweater from that collection three days before. Hughes was tried and convicted of abduction with the intent to defile. They could not go any further because little Melissa’s body was never found. I can assure you that if I and my selection of tools are given 10 minutes with Hughes, we would know where Melissa’s body is. Count on it.
1984 In Bhopal, India an accident happens at the Union Carbide plant there. This particular plant manufactured the pesticide Sevin. Sevin is composed of the chemicals carbon tetrachloride, methyl isocyanine (MIS) and alpha –napthol. The MIS chemicals are held in three partially buried tanks of 15,000 gallons each. If one of the tanks begins leaking, the plant operators are suppose to use pressurized nitrogen to move the chemical from the leaking tank to one that is not leaking. The plant operator found that one of the tanks was leaking and began pumping nitrogen into the tank. The only thing here is that the remotely operated discharge valve did not open completely and pressure began building inside the tank. The plant operators saw that the instruments indicated that the tank was approaching a dangerous pressure level but they ignored it as being inaccurate. At 2:10P a thunderous explosion occurs on the Union Carbide plant site, rupturing all three of the MIC tanks. A gray chemical cloud arose from the site and drifted downwind. The MIC chemical has a base of cyanide and people began dropping like flies. The cloud reached the local train station that was jam packed and when people began falling the rest of the crowd stampeded and several hundred were trampled to death. In all there were 2,000 killed and 20,000 injured. It is the worst chemical accident in history. Soon after this disaster, the name of Union Carbide disappeared and “Kemet” appeared at their former plants. I guess that was a good public relations move because even to this day, Bhopal and Union Carbide brings an image of disaster.
1947 The play “A Streetcar Named Desire” opens on Broadway. The play is a dark drama by the immortal Tennessee Williams. The play starred a 23 year old Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski and Kim Hunter as his wife Stella. The theme of the play is that Stella’s sister, Blanche Du Bois who is very mentally unstable, comes to live with her sister in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The down side is that Blanche and Stanley do not get along at all and many explosive encounters ensue. Eventually, Stanley chooses to rape Blanche but Blanche fights like a wildcat and scratches him and tears his shirt, etc but Stanley prevails. Keep this in mind that all of this brutality and turmoil is shown on stage without pulling any punches. The play ended with Blanche being carried out of the house in a straightjacket. After the curtain fell there was a stunned silence and then the crowd yelled and applauded for a full thirty minutes. Tennessee Williams was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for this work. The play was made into a movie with Blanche being played by Vivien Leigh and Marlon and Kim in their regular roles. The movie was modified somewhat before it received the OK from the studios because of the violence. Marlon was nominated for an Oscar for best actor but he was beaten out by Humphrey Bogart in “African Queen.”
Births and deaths:
2003 US actor/director David Hemmings dies. He said “Everyone thought I was dead. I was just directing “The A Team.”
1794 English theologian Sir Rowland Hill is born. When speaking of Oscar Wilde Sir Rowland said “He did not see any reason why the Devil had to have all the good times.”
1967 US actor Brendan Fraser is born. While filming the movie “George of the Jungle”, he said “They had a hard time putting a mike on me while I am just in my loincloth, where are they going to put it?” I don’t know, Brendan, but it sounds like a size issue to me.
Quotable quotes:
“Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.” Franklin P. Adams
“I love men, even though they are lying, cheating scumbags” Gwyneth Paltrow
“If God had intended us to us the metric system he would have had 10 disciples.”
Dave Barry
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Quote of the day:
"If you look deeply in the palm of your hand you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive at this moment. Each of them is present in your body. You are continuation of them."
Thich Nhat Nanh
The committee that is trying to impeach our present Governor here in South Carolina, Mark Sanford, have started grabbing at straws and telling downright lies. On one event the committee accused the Governor of using the state airplane for personal reasons. The truth of the matter was that he flew to Charleston on official business. The Governor's home is on nearby Sullivan's Island. After the official meeting was over, the Governor delayed his flight back to Columbia for 1 1/2 hours so he could watch one of his four sons play in a soccer game. The committee considered that as misuse of the airplane (a King-Air 200), How trivial can you get? It is called a "witch-hunt". I hate politics.
Speaking of hatred, in his State of the Union address your president hinted at bringing the troops home and he also hinted at sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. He suggested that the defeat of the Taliban ans al-queda on foreign soil is preferable to doing it on American soil. I does not take a rocket scientist to figure that out. By the way, the president of Iran is plunging ahead with building centrifuges to extract weapons grade Uranium and Plutonium. He has said in private and public that he thinks our president is "weak". In my humble opinion his demeanor is indeed weak. The president of the United States does not bow to the king of Saudi Arabia nor the Emperor of Japan. Can any of you imagine Teddy Roosevelt bowing to anyone?
There is a mean looking low pressure area in the northern Gulf of Mexico. That usually means a hell of a lot of rain and maybe a tornado or two here in the Carolinas. We will neend to keep a close watch in the next day or two.
Y'all remember me talking about that flotilla of Japanese warships headed from Japan to Hawaii and how important secrect was, well, an Austrailian coast watcher caught a glimpse of the ships from a supposed deserted island and sent a message to the British military. The message finally reached the Commander of the American Pacific fleet. The message was disregarded because of the lack of confirmation. They got their confirmation four days later.
Tiger Woods confessed to having a girlfriend for about 31 months. He met her in Vegas after the Masters a couple of years ago. Like I said, what happens in the private life of the Tiger Woods family is their business and not the business of the scum-sucking media.
Good news:
The country of Egypt, Cairo in particular, has had a problem with their garbage and the minute you get off the plane the aroma is apparent. A team of American engineers have developed a digestor system that turns food particles into "biogas" that can be used to heat home and can be used for cooking.
This date in history December 3
1776 The Continental Army was in real trouble. They had inadequate clothing, arms and leadership to combat the mightiest army on the planet. George Washington sent a letter to the Continental Congress advising that he found that his position in Trenton, New Jersey was untenable against the British onslaught and that he was taking his army across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania and indeed he did. He commandeered every boat within 50 miles and took his men and arms across the river and then burned all the boats that they did not use denying the British access to them. To add insult to energy Washington sent his second in command, Charles Lee, on a mission into New Jersey and Lee and his second in command, John Stockton, were captured by the British. But Washington was not deterred. Upon the arrival of Prussian General Baron Von Steuben, a training routine that shaped the Continental Army from a mob to a fighting unit was initiated. After these many days of rigorous training and drilling, the army was finally ready to hold their own against the Redcoats and not a minute too soon.
1989 A crime was committed in Fairfax, Virginia that was solved by the fledgling forensic evidence. 5 year old Melissa Brannen was attending a Christmas party and showed up missing. A search of the grounds discovered nothing. So the police went over the guest list and found out that a man named Caleb Hughes had left about the same time little Melissa was discovered missing. The police descended on Hughes’ house that night at 2 AM only to find Hughes washing a shirt, pants, belt and socks. The police use tape on almost every surface looking for fiber evidence and did the same thing to Hughes’ car. They found some blue fibers on the front seat that appeared to be the same color of the sweater Melissa was wearing. Further investigation revealed that the fibers came from a sweater from the Sesame Street collection by J.C. Penny. Melissa’s mother had bought Melissa a sweater from that collection three days before. Hughes was tried and convicted of abduction with the intent to defile. They could not go any further because little Melissa’s body was never found. I can assure you that if I and my selection of tools are given 10 minutes with Hughes, we would know where Melissa’s body is. Count on it.
1984 In Bhopal, India an accident happens at the Union Carbide plant there. This particular plant manufactured the pesticide Sevin. Sevin is composed of the chemicals carbon tetrachloride, methyl isocyanine (MIS) and alpha –napthol. The MIS chemicals are held in three partially buried tanks of 15,000 gallons each. If one of the tanks begins leaking, the plant operators are suppose to use pressurized nitrogen to move the chemical from the leaking tank to one that is not leaking. The plant operator found that one of the tanks was leaking and began pumping nitrogen into the tank. The only thing here is that the remotely operated discharge valve did not open completely and pressure began building inside the tank. The plant operators saw that the instruments indicated that the tank was approaching a dangerous pressure level but they ignored it as being inaccurate. At 2:10P a thunderous explosion occurs on the Union Carbide plant site, rupturing all three of the MIC tanks. A gray chemical cloud arose from the site and drifted downwind. The MIC chemical has a base of cyanide and people began dropping like flies. The cloud reached the local train station that was jam packed and when people began falling the rest of the crowd stampeded and several hundred were trampled to death. In all there were 2,000 killed and 20,000 injured. It is the worst chemical accident in history. Soon after this disaster, the name of Union Carbide disappeared and “Kemet” appeared at their former plants. I guess that was a good public relations move because even to this day, Bhopal and Union Carbide brings an image of disaster.
1947 The play “A Streetcar Named Desire” opens on Broadway. The play is a dark drama by the immortal Tennessee Williams. The play starred a 23 year old Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski and Kim Hunter as his wife Stella. The theme of the play is that Stella’s sister, Blanche Du Bois who is very mentally unstable, comes to live with her sister in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The down side is that Blanche and Stanley do not get along at all and many explosive encounters ensue. Eventually, Stanley chooses to rape Blanche but Blanche fights like a wildcat and scratches him and tears his shirt, etc but Stanley prevails. Keep this in mind that all of this brutality and turmoil is shown on stage without pulling any punches. The play ended with Blanche being carried out of the house in a straightjacket. After the curtain fell there was a stunned silence and then the crowd yelled and applauded for a full thirty minutes. Tennessee Williams was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for this work. The play was made into a movie with Blanche being played by Vivien Leigh and Marlon and Kim in their regular roles. The movie was modified somewhat before it received the OK from the studios because of the violence. Marlon was nominated for an Oscar for best actor but he was beaten out by Humphrey Bogart in “African Queen.”
Births and deaths:
2003 US actor/director David Hemmings dies. He said “Everyone thought I was dead. I was just directing “The A Team.”
1794 English theologian Sir Rowland Hill is born. When speaking of Oscar Wilde Sir Rowland said “He did not see any reason why the Devil had to have all the good times.”
1967 US actor Brendan Fraser is born. While filming the movie “George of the Jungle”, he said “They had a hard time putting a mike on me while I am just in my loincloth, where are they going to put it?” I don’t know, Brendan, but it sounds like a size issue to me.
Quotable quotes:
“Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.” Franklin P. Adams
“I love men, even though they are lying, cheating scumbags” Gwyneth Paltrow
“If God had intended us to us the metric system he would have had 10 disciples.”
Dave Barry
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Daily history
Good morning,
Quote of the day:
"I entered a spelling bee but I lost, the other conteastonts cheeted."
Anon
Like I said a couple of days ago, it would be a miracle that if the shooter of those four policemen over near Tacoma, Washington was captured alive. Sure enough about 2:45a Tuesday morning a man resembling the suspect, Maurice Clemmons, was seen near a stolen car by a lone policeman. According to the cop he ordered Clemmons to stop but he didn't so the policeman capped his ass. They found out the Clemmons did indeed suffer a gunshot wound to the torso during the shooting of the four cops in the coffee shop. The police have rounded up four or five other people that treated Clemmon's wounds and provided shelter while he was on the lam. Clemmons was a career criminal in Arkansas. He had killed a policemen and raped a child there and he was tried and sentenced to 108 years but Governor Mike Huckabee commuted his sentence and he immediately went back to his criminal ways. Not any more.
Any of you that saw Monday Night Football saw as good of a display of passing prowess by Drew Brees as I have ever seen. It is my prediction that New Orleans will be in the Super Bowl against Indy. The biggest problem is that sooner or later the Saints will be facing the Vikings (Favre). That will be a tough game for both.
Good news:
5AM Tuesday morning Virginia Saenz, a real estate agent from San Diego, received a phone call that was obviously a wrong number. It was from a woman named Lucy Crutchfield who thought she had called her daughter and told her that she was going to send her money for food but it would cost a payment on her house that was already in foreclosure. Virginia listened for a minute and then identified herself. Lucy apologised and started to hang up but Lucy persuaded her to tell her some more details. It appeared that Lucy's house was in foreclosure and her daughter and two small children had no food at all. Virginia told Lucy to go ahead and make the house payment and she would take care of the daughter and her kid's food. Virginia talked with the daughter and all she wanted was milk and eggs. She knew that if anyone just wanted something like that then they must indeed be in severe straights. Virginia went to the grocery store with a dietician friend and bought enough food for three people to last a month or until the daughter's next check arrived and sent it to them. What is the chance of that connection being made in the first place? It was a miracle, y'all, a miracle.
This date in history December 2
1864 One of the finest CSA field officers is killed when an artillery shell explodes near his position in the Petersburg, Virginia fortifications. General Archibald Gracie was born in New York City in 1832. His family was wealthy and sent him to Germany to be educated and then he came back and attended West Point. After graduating he moved to Mobile, Alabama to run one of his father’s businesses there. It was during this time in the City of Azaleas that he became enamored with the mystique of the Deep South. When the Civil War broke out Gracie offered his services to the Confederacy. He was assigned to the army of CSA General Kirby Smith and served with distinction in Smith’s invasion of Kentucky. After this he was promoted to Brigadier General. He fought at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. He and his brigade joined with the CSA army led by CSA General James Longstreet in his attack on Knoxville, Tennessee. Even though he was wounded at the Battle of Bean’s Bridge, he followed General Longstreet back into Virginia to join General Robert E. Lee at Petersburg. It was Gracie’s brigade that turned back US General Benjamin Butler’s attack on the Confederate flank at Drewry’s Bluff. After this action he was recommended for a promotion to Major General but he was killed before it was confirmed. The US requested a special truce to bring Gracie’s body through the lines. He is buried in New York City.
1777 Legend has it that a woman named Lydia Darrah overhears British General William Howe planning a surprise attack on US General George Washington at Whitemarsh, New Jersey. Originally General Howe had his headquarters across the street from the Darrah home. The problem was that Howe’s house did not have a room big enough for a meeting of all his staff. So Howe commandeered the upstairs office in the Darrah house for his staff meetings. Little did he know that Lydia was taking
notes. When she learned of the planned surprise attack she sewed a note inside of one her aprons and asked for permission to go to a flour mill just across the lines. While there she gave her note to a Patriot officer named James Craig and he got the note to Washington. When Howe and his troops arrived at Whitemarsh he found Washington and his troops dug in and ready. After three days of inconclusive skirmishing, Howe said “To hell with it” and went back to New York. The CIA holds Lydia Darrah in high esteem as being on of the first spies in American history.
1985 John Gotti cements his position as the head of the Gambino Crime family in New York. He did it the honorable way. He knew that the present Godfather Paul “Big Paul” Castellano and his driver Thomas “Fat Tommy” Biliotti were going to Sparks Steak House for dinner. Gotti had three assassins waiting and Paul and Tommy were gunned down on the sidewalk in a hailstorm of gunfire. Gotti got to his position with the Gambino family by ruling over the Howard Beach area of New York with an iron hand. John was a nappy dresser. He wore expensive suits and got $300 haircuts. He was taken to trial several times but always was able to beat the wrap and gained the nickname “The Teflon Don”. His luck ran out in 1994 when he was convicted on a RICO charge and was given life. He was sent to the Federal prison in Springfield, Missouri where he died of throat cancer in 2002.
1859 In Charles Town, Virginia John Brown is hanged. Brown was born in Connecticut in 1800.and became a violent anti-slavery advocate. This guy did not fool around. He would kill at the drop of a hat if he even thought you were an advocate of slavery. What brought Brown to the gallows was his raid on the US armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. He had intentions of capturing the armaments there and distributing them to the slaves that he was positive would come to his side when they found out about the raid. The problem was that the slaves in the immediate community did not know of the raid and he had no way to haul artillery. US Colonel Robert E. Lee and Captain J.E.B. Stuart and a brigade of Marines were sent to re-capture the Arsenal. Lee, Stuart and the Marines had little trouble in suppressing Brown and his motley crew. There were songs written about Brown and his bravery and dedication to the “cause”. Not in my opinion. He was a terrorist that got what he deserved no matter how dedicated.
Births and deaths:
1859 French impressionist George Seurat is born. He said “Painting is the act of making a surface holy.”
1924 American General/politician and king of double talk Alexander Haig is born. He said “It is not a lie, it is a terminological inexactitude.”
1981 The queen of white trash Brittany Spears is born. She said “One of the perks of being famous is that you get to go abroad, like to Canada.” What a stupid broad.
1990 US Composer Aaron Copeland dies. He said “So long as human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.”
I suppose all of you remember when the USS Cole was attacked by a terrorist bomber while it was taking on fuel in Yemen. The following is who the ship is named for.
The President of the United States in the name of Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to
SERGEANT DARRELL S. COLE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE
for service as set forth in the following CITATION:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Leader of a Machine-gun Section of Company B, First Battalion, Twenty-Third Marines, Fourth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the assault on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945. Assailed by a tremendous volume of small-arms, mortar and artillery fire as he advanced with one squad of his section in the initial assault wave, Sergeant Cole boldly led his men up the sloping beach toward Airfield Number One despite the blanketing curtain of flying shrapnel and, personally destroying with hand grenades two hostile emplacements which menaced the progress of his unit, continued to move forward until a merciless barrage of fire emanating from three Japanese pillboxes halted the advance. Instantly placing his one remaining machine gun in action, he delivered a shattering fusillade and succeeded in silencing the nearest and most threatening emplacement before his weapon jammed and the enemy, reopening fire with knee mortars and grenades, pinned down his unit for the second time. Shrewdly gauging the tactical situation and evolving a daring plan of counterattack, Sergeant Cole, armed solely with a pistol and one grenade, coolly advanced alone to the hostile pillboxes. Hurling his one grenade at the enemy in sudden, swift attack, he quickly withdrew, returned to his own lines for additional grenades and again advanced, attacked, and withdrew. With enemy guns still active, he ran the gauntlet of slashing fire a third time to complete the total destruction of the Japanese strong point and the annihilation of the defending garrison in this final assault. Although instantly killed by an enemy grenade as he returned to his squad, Sergeant Cole had eliminated a formidable Japanese position, thereby enabling his company to storm the remaining fortifications, continue the advance and seize the objective. By his dauntless initiative, unfaltering courage and indomitable determination during a critical period of action, Sergeant Cole served as an inspiration to his comrades, and his stouthearted leadership in the face of almost certain death sustained and enhanced the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Where do we find such men?
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Quote of the day:
"I entered a spelling bee but I lost, the other conteastonts cheeted."
Anon
Like I said a couple of days ago, it would be a miracle that if the shooter of those four policemen over near Tacoma, Washington was captured alive. Sure enough about 2:45a Tuesday morning a man resembling the suspect, Maurice Clemmons, was seen near a stolen car by a lone policeman. According to the cop he ordered Clemmons to stop but he didn't so the policeman capped his ass. They found out the Clemmons did indeed suffer a gunshot wound to the torso during the shooting of the four cops in the coffee shop. The police have rounded up four or five other people that treated Clemmon's wounds and provided shelter while he was on the lam. Clemmons was a career criminal in Arkansas. He had killed a policemen and raped a child there and he was tried and sentenced to 108 years but Governor Mike Huckabee commuted his sentence and he immediately went back to his criminal ways. Not any more.
Any of you that saw Monday Night Football saw as good of a display of passing prowess by Drew Brees as I have ever seen. It is my prediction that New Orleans will be in the Super Bowl against Indy. The biggest problem is that sooner or later the Saints will be facing the Vikings (Favre). That will be a tough game for both.
Good news:
5AM Tuesday morning Virginia Saenz, a real estate agent from San Diego, received a phone call that was obviously a wrong number. It was from a woman named Lucy Crutchfield who thought she had called her daughter and told her that she was going to send her money for food but it would cost a payment on her house that was already in foreclosure. Virginia listened for a minute and then identified herself. Lucy apologised and started to hang up but Lucy persuaded her to tell her some more details. It appeared that Lucy's house was in foreclosure and her daughter and two small children had no food at all. Virginia told Lucy to go ahead and make the house payment and she would take care of the daughter and her kid's food. Virginia talked with the daughter and all she wanted was milk and eggs. She knew that if anyone just wanted something like that then they must indeed be in severe straights. Virginia went to the grocery store with a dietician friend and bought enough food for three people to last a month or until the daughter's next check arrived and sent it to them. What is the chance of that connection being made in the first place? It was a miracle, y'all, a miracle.
This date in history December 2
1864 One of the finest CSA field officers is killed when an artillery shell explodes near his position in the Petersburg, Virginia fortifications. General Archibald Gracie was born in New York City in 1832. His family was wealthy and sent him to Germany to be educated and then he came back and attended West Point. After graduating he moved to Mobile, Alabama to run one of his father’s businesses there. It was during this time in the City of Azaleas that he became enamored with the mystique of the Deep South. When the Civil War broke out Gracie offered his services to the Confederacy. He was assigned to the army of CSA General Kirby Smith and served with distinction in Smith’s invasion of Kentucky. After this he was promoted to Brigadier General. He fought at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. He and his brigade joined with the CSA army led by CSA General James Longstreet in his attack on Knoxville, Tennessee. Even though he was wounded at the Battle of Bean’s Bridge, he followed General Longstreet back into Virginia to join General Robert E. Lee at Petersburg. It was Gracie’s brigade that turned back US General Benjamin Butler’s attack on the Confederate flank at Drewry’s Bluff. After this action he was recommended for a promotion to Major General but he was killed before it was confirmed. The US requested a special truce to bring Gracie’s body through the lines. He is buried in New York City.
1777 Legend has it that a woman named Lydia Darrah overhears British General William Howe planning a surprise attack on US General George Washington at Whitemarsh, New Jersey. Originally General Howe had his headquarters across the street from the Darrah home. The problem was that Howe’s house did not have a room big enough for a meeting of all his staff. So Howe commandeered the upstairs office in the Darrah house for his staff meetings. Little did he know that Lydia was taking
notes. When she learned of the planned surprise attack she sewed a note inside of one her aprons and asked for permission to go to a flour mill just across the lines. While there she gave her note to a Patriot officer named James Craig and he got the note to Washington. When Howe and his troops arrived at Whitemarsh he found Washington and his troops dug in and ready. After three days of inconclusive skirmishing, Howe said “To hell with it” and went back to New York. The CIA holds Lydia Darrah in high esteem as being on of the first spies in American history.
1985 John Gotti cements his position as the head of the Gambino Crime family in New York. He did it the honorable way. He knew that the present Godfather Paul “Big Paul” Castellano and his driver Thomas “Fat Tommy” Biliotti were going to Sparks Steak House for dinner. Gotti had three assassins waiting and Paul and Tommy were gunned down on the sidewalk in a hailstorm of gunfire. Gotti got to his position with the Gambino family by ruling over the Howard Beach area of New York with an iron hand. John was a nappy dresser. He wore expensive suits and got $300 haircuts. He was taken to trial several times but always was able to beat the wrap and gained the nickname “The Teflon Don”. His luck ran out in 1994 when he was convicted on a RICO charge and was given life. He was sent to the Federal prison in Springfield, Missouri where he died of throat cancer in 2002.
1859 In Charles Town, Virginia John Brown is hanged. Brown was born in Connecticut in 1800.and became a violent anti-slavery advocate. This guy did not fool around. He would kill at the drop of a hat if he even thought you were an advocate of slavery. What brought Brown to the gallows was his raid on the US armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. He had intentions of capturing the armaments there and distributing them to the slaves that he was positive would come to his side when they found out about the raid. The problem was that the slaves in the immediate community did not know of the raid and he had no way to haul artillery. US Colonel Robert E. Lee and Captain J.E.B. Stuart and a brigade of Marines were sent to re-capture the Arsenal. Lee, Stuart and the Marines had little trouble in suppressing Brown and his motley crew. There were songs written about Brown and his bravery and dedication to the “cause”. Not in my opinion. He was a terrorist that got what he deserved no matter how dedicated.
Births and deaths:
1859 French impressionist George Seurat is born. He said “Painting is the act of making a surface holy.”
1924 American General/politician and king of double talk Alexander Haig is born. He said “It is not a lie, it is a terminological inexactitude.”
1981 The queen of white trash Brittany Spears is born. She said “One of the perks of being famous is that you get to go abroad, like to Canada.” What a stupid broad.
1990 US Composer Aaron Copeland dies. He said “So long as human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.”
I suppose all of you remember when the USS Cole was attacked by a terrorist bomber while it was taking on fuel in Yemen. The following is who the ship is named for.
The President of the United States in the name of Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to
SERGEANT DARRELL S. COLE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE
for service as set forth in the following CITATION:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Leader of a Machine-gun Section of Company B, First Battalion, Twenty-Third Marines, Fourth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the assault on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945. Assailed by a tremendous volume of small-arms, mortar and artillery fire as he advanced with one squad of his section in the initial assault wave, Sergeant Cole boldly led his men up the sloping beach toward Airfield Number One despite the blanketing curtain of flying shrapnel and, personally destroying with hand grenades two hostile emplacements which menaced the progress of his unit, continued to move forward until a merciless barrage of fire emanating from three Japanese pillboxes halted the advance. Instantly placing his one remaining machine gun in action, he delivered a shattering fusillade and succeeded in silencing the nearest and most threatening emplacement before his weapon jammed and the enemy, reopening fire with knee mortars and grenades, pinned down his unit for the second time. Shrewdly gauging the tactical situation and evolving a daring plan of counterattack, Sergeant Cole, armed solely with a pistol and one grenade, coolly advanced alone to the hostile pillboxes. Hurling his one grenade at the enemy in sudden, swift attack, he quickly withdrew, returned to his own lines for additional grenades and again advanced, attacked, and withdrew. With enemy guns still active, he ran the gauntlet of slashing fire a third time to complete the total destruction of the Japanese strong point and the annihilation of the defending garrison in this final assault. Although instantly killed by an enemy grenade as he returned to his squad, Sergeant Cole had eliminated a formidable Japanese position, thereby enabling his company to storm the remaining fortifications, continue the advance and seize the objective. By his dauntless initiative, unfaltering courage and indomitable determination during a critical period of action, Sergeant Cole served as an inspiration to his comrades, and his stouthearted leadership in the face of almost certain death sustained and enhanced the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
Where do we find such men?
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Daily history
Good morning,
Quote of the day:
"A dreamer is one that can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."
Oscar Wilde
Back in 1944 the Japanese government and military had decided to expand their empire by capturing the petroleum and rubber rich area of the Philippines, Malaysia and New Guinea. Once this assault had begun it was imperative that Japanese shipping be protected. The only appreciable navies in that part of the world was the British in Singapore and the US navy at Pearl Harbor. On this date a Japanese flotilla departed the inner sea of Japan headed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Their intent was to destroy the US navy lying at anchor there so they would not be a threat to Japanese shipping. This plan was designed and executed by Harvard educated Japanese Admiral Yamamoto. The strike had to be made in complete secrecy to be effective. The target date for the strike was December 5, but there was bad weather and the strike was delayed a couple of days.
For the life of me I cannot understand the hullaballoo about a minor fender bender involving Tiger Woods. Every possible scenario has been put forth from this episode including Tiger's wife beating him with a 9 iron to Tiger and his wife belonging to a sex club to Tiger being hammered on alcohol or pot.
To all of you that were present at this event at the Woods' residence on this particular night please enlighten the rest of us who were not present. Even then, an eye-witness is the worst possible evidence. The only people that know the truth about what really happened is Tiger, his wife and two kids. The rest of what you hear or read is 100% bullshit speculation. It really is nobody's business anyway.
I guess all of you know by now about the killing of four policemen near Tacoma, Washington by a lone gunman. As of 7:30a Monday the police had surrounded a suspect in a house and knew that he was wounded probably by one of the policemen he attacked. It has been quite a spell since anyone had heard from the suspect and he may indeed have died from his wounds. A little later the University of Washington goes on a lock down because the alleged shooter was seen getting off a bus near the University. Until the "person of interest" is arrested or killed and the corpse identified, we will get more and more similar reports.
Good news:
Back in the 1960's the African White Rhino had been poached down to there were only 100 of them left. They were on the "endangered list". The White Rhino is renown for its large horns which is in high demand in the orient as an aphrodisiac. It is ground into a powder and distributed into the food. A breeding program to save the White Rhino was began in Botswana, Africa 15 years ago. Thanks to the dedication of the naturalists, there are about 15,000 White Rhino alive today and they have been removed from the endangered list. By the way, a White Rhino has a "square" mouth and a Black Rhino has a pointed mouth.
This date in history December 1
1779 Patriot commander General George Washington and his rag-tag army go into winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey. Fortunately for Washington he was able to commandeer a fairly substantial house known as Ford House for the winter. His accommodations gave the General plenty of room and light to make plans for the next encounter with the Loyalists/British/German mercenaries. His troops had to build about 1,000 log cabins on about 600 acres to withstand one of the worst winters in American history. This was going to be a winter of not enough winter clothes, not enough food and receiving no pay. It was not much better for the civilians because the Continental treasury had all but collapsed and life was hard for them also. With the economy reduced by 40 per cent because of the war and both the Continental army and the English army raiding farms for horses and oxen to tow their artillery. This prevented the farmers from being able to till their crops which had a domino effect with the rest of the community. Even with the defeat of British General Burgoyne and the capture of nearly 8,000 British troops, this added a hardship to the colonies because they had 8,000 more mouths to feed. Even though Washington had 16,000 troops in the books, he had only 3,600 that were standing for orders; the rest had gone back to their homes. The Continental Army was on the cusp of dissolution. The British people were in a similar frame of mind. They did not share King George III in his zeal for keeping the colonies. They were fed up with the lack of trade and an exponentially decrease in their economy because of the extra costs of the war. A war of attrition had now become a war of contrition. The United States exists because of the grit, sacrifice, determination and an ocean of blood shed by our ancestors. Let us not ever forget that.
1955 On this chilly morning a black woman in Montgomery, Alabama name Rosa Parks boarded a city bus for a ride across town. She and all blacks were ordered by law to sit in the back of the bus aft of the rear door. That is unless a white, man or woman, was found to be standing and then one of the blacks had to give up their seat to the honky. Rosa was ordered by the bus driver to give up her seat to a white man that was standing. Rosa refused and was arrested and jailed. Rosa was a card carrying member of the NAACP and when word reached NAACP headquarters all hell broke loose. The NAACP ordered a boycott of the Montgomery bus system and it was successful which proved to be disastrous because the blacks represented 70% of the bus riders. This was the first time that the Rev. Martin Luther King got involved with a peaceful action against segregation. The NAACP sued the city of Montgomery because of the law that specified segregation on mass transit in the city. The US Supreme Court struck down that law as being a violation of the 14th Amendment and 381 days after the boycott began, blacks again began riding the buses and sitting anywhere they pleased. One of the first riders on this day was Rosa Parks.
1862 US President Abraham Lincoln gives his first State of the Union address to Congress. Lincoln was between a rock and a hard place because he had issued the Emancipation Proclamation just a few weeks before which freed the slave in those states in rebellion (Confederacy). His action here was very ill-advised because the majority of the northern states and many in his own Republican party did not feel the war should be based on freeing the slaves and the gain of the Democrats in the recent election proved it. So in this address Lincoln soft sold the Emancipation Proclamation and said that it should be enforced gradually. But that did not help those states that were slave-holding but did not secede. Lincoln did not know what to do about those states. If he made one false move those four states would probably secede and join the Confederacy. Not only that. The Army of the Potomac was not doing well against CSA General R.E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. There was not a pretty picture that Lincoln could paint in this address. Part of his closing statement stated: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present...fellow citizens we cannot escape history. We will nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope on earth.” Indeed Abe, indeed.
1958 On this date the grammar school named Our Lady of Angels in Chicago is hit with a disaster. The school was run by the Sisters of Charity in an old building with no fire protection like sprinklers and fire alarms. The Sisters had never held a fire drill. A small fire started in a trash pile in the basement which quickly spread to the floor of the first floor. The teachers on the first floor smelled smoke and took their students out to safety but did not alert the people on the second floor. The janitor discovered the fire and ran upstairs to pull the fire alarms but they apparently did not work which meant that the students and teachers on the second floor were trapped. Some of the students jumped out of windows to the awaiting arms of the firemen who had finally arrived. Many were injured, including the firemen. One improvising teacher told her students to get under the smoke and roll down the stairs and out the door to safety but others just stayed and awaited divine intervention. 90 students and three nuns were killed in the inferno. What a damned shame.
1884 A Mexican deputy sheriff named Elfego Baca arrests a gringo cowboy named Charles McArthur for firing for or five shots at him in Frisco (now Reserve), New Mexico. On this day about 80 cowboys show up to spring good old Charlie from the slammer. It seems this group of Texas cowboys had been using this Mexican village for their own personal entertainment by riding in and brutalizing the residents, raping the girls, etc so Baca was assigned the duty to put a stop to it and given the title of deputy Sheriff. When the 80 cowboys rode in Baca hustled the town’s people into the church where they would be safe and then ran to an old adobe house to make a stand. Baca opened up and killed one of the cowboys and wounded several. The cowboys responded with over 400 rounds into the flimsy building. Not hearing any response the cowboys thought Baca was dead. But the next morning they smelled beef stew and found out the Baca was indeed alive and cooking his breakfast. About then, two more lawmen showed up along with many of Baca’s friends and the cowboys retreated. There was no more trouble from the Texas cowboys after that, Baca went on to become a hero in the Latino community fir standing up to those gringos and enjoyed a life of peace and notoriety.
Born today:
1888 English mystery writer Rex Stout. He said “There is nothing more admirable than the fortitude that millionaires have dealing with the disadvantages of their money” Rex, shut up.
1939 Golfer Lee Trevino. He said “If I am on a golf course and it begins to thunder and lightning I walk around with a one iron because even God cannot hit a one iron.” Don’t count on it, Lee.
1945 American entertainer Bette Midler. She said “They arrested Helen Reddy for loitering in front of an orchestra.” I didn’t like her either, Bette.
Died today:
1964 English scientist John Haldane. He said “I have never met a healthy man who worried about his health or a good man that worried about his soul.” Tack onto that “or a drunk man who didn’t think he is irresistible to women.”
1987 US writer James Baldwin. He said “The price we pay for pursuing an art is calling in the familiarity of the ugly side of it.” Baldwin was a chronicler of the so called “Beat Generation”.
Quotable quotes:
“Don’t believe in reincarnation, I didn’t believe in it when I was a tuna.” Shane Richey
“I am always looking for a meaningful one-night stand” Me too. Dudley Moore
“For three years things were great, then she up and leaves me for a guy that didn’t beat her” Jim Norton
“If there really is a God with all of his glories, he will NOT use as his messenger a man on TV with a bad hairstyle.” Dave Barry.
When asked how far away form a nuclear explosion you have to be to be safe Brother Dave Gardner said “Far enough away that you can say, “What was that?”
“Sex without love is am empty experience, but as empty experiences go it is one of the best.” Woody Allen
“Sex appeal is fifty percent of what you have and fifty percent of what people think you have.” Sophia Loren
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
Quote of the day:
"A dreamer is one that can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world."
Oscar Wilde
Back in 1944 the Japanese government and military had decided to expand their empire by capturing the petroleum and rubber rich area of the Philippines, Malaysia and New Guinea. Once this assault had begun it was imperative that Japanese shipping be protected. The only appreciable navies in that part of the world was the British in Singapore and the US navy at Pearl Harbor. On this date a Japanese flotilla departed the inner sea of Japan headed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Their intent was to destroy the US navy lying at anchor there so they would not be a threat to Japanese shipping. This plan was designed and executed by Harvard educated Japanese Admiral Yamamoto. The strike had to be made in complete secrecy to be effective. The target date for the strike was December 5, but there was bad weather and the strike was delayed a couple of days.
For the life of me I cannot understand the hullaballoo about a minor fender bender involving Tiger Woods. Every possible scenario has been put forth from this episode including Tiger's wife beating him with a 9 iron to Tiger and his wife belonging to a sex club to Tiger being hammered on alcohol or pot.
To all of you that were present at this event at the Woods' residence on this particular night please enlighten the rest of us who were not present. Even then, an eye-witness is the worst possible evidence. The only people that know the truth about what really happened is Tiger, his wife and two kids. The rest of what you hear or read is 100% bullshit speculation. It really is nobody's business anyway.
I guess all of you know by now about the killing of four policemen near Tacoma, Washington by a lone gunman. As of 7:30a Monday the police had surrounded a suspect in a house and knew that he was wounded probably by one of the policemen he attacked. It has been quite a spell since anyone had heard from the suspect and he may indeed have died from his wounds. A little later the University of Washington goes on a lock down because the alleged shooter was seen getting off a bus near the University. Until the "person of interest" is arrested or killed and the corpse identified, we will get more and more similar reports.
Good news:
Back in the 1960's the African White Rhino had been poached down to there were only 100 of them left. They were on the "endangered list". The White Rhino is renown for its large horns which is in high demand in the orient as an aphrodisiac. It is ground into a powder and distributed into the food. A breeding program to save the White Rhino was began in Botswana, Africa 15 years ago. Thanks to the dedication of the naturalists, there are about 15,000 White Rhino alive today and they have been removed from the endangered list. By the way, a White Rhino has a "square" mouth and a Black Rhino has a pointed mouth.
This date in history December 1
1779 Patriot commander General George Washington and his rag-tag army go into winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey. Fortunately for Washington he was able to commandeer a fairly substantial house known as Ford House for the winter. His accommodations gave the General plenty of room and light to make plans for the next encounter with the Loyalists/British/German mercenaries. His troops had to build about 1,000 log cabins on about 600 acres to withstand one of the worst winters in American history. This was going to be a winter of not enough winter clothes, not enough food and receiving no pay. It was not much better for the civilians because the Continental treasury had all but collapsed and life was hard for them also. With the economy reduced by 40 per cent because of the war and both the Continental army and the English army raiding farms for horses and oxen to tow their artillery. This prevented the farmers from being able to till their crops which had a domino effect with the rest of the community. Even with the defeat of British General Burgoyne and the capture of nearly 8,000 British troops, this added a hardship to the colonies because they had 8,000 more mouths to feed. Even though Washington had 16,000 troops in the books, he had only 3,600 that were standing for orders; the rest had gone back to their homes. The Continental Army was on the cusp of dissolution. The British people were in a similar frame of mind. They did not share King George III in his zeal for keeping the colonies. They were fed up with the lack of trade and an exponentially decrease in their economy because of the extra costs of the war. A war of attrition had now become a war of contrition. The United States exists because of the grit, sacrifice, determination and an ocean of blood shed by our ancestors. Let us not ever forget that.
1955 On this chilly morning a black woman in Montgomery, Alabama name Rosa Parks boarded a city bus for a ride across town. She and all blacks were ordered by law to sit in the back of the bus aft of the rear door. That is unless a white, man or woman, was found to be standing and then one of the blacks had to give up their seat to the honky. Rosa was ordered by the bus driver to give up her seat to a white man that was standing. Rosa refused and was arrested and jailed. Rosa was a card carrying member of the NAACP and when word reached NAACP headquarters all hell broke loose. The NAACP ordered a boycott of the Montgomery bus system and it was successful which proved to be disastrous because the blacks represented 70% of the bus riders. This was the first time that the Rev. Martin Luther King got involved with a peaceful action against segregation. The NAACP sued the city of Montgomery because of the law that specified segregation on mass transit in the city. The US Supreme Court struck down that law as being a violation of the 14th Amendment and 381 days after the boycott began, blacks again began riding the buses and sitting anywhere they pleased. One of the first riders on this day was Rosa Parks.
1862 US President Abraham Lincoln gives his first State of the Union address to Congress. Lincoln was between a rock and a hard place because he had issued the Emancipation Proclamation just a few weeks before which freed the slave in those states in rebellion (Confederacy). His action here was very ill-advised because the majority of the northern states and many in his own Republican party did not feel the war should be based on freeing the slaves and the gain of the Democrats in the recent election proved it. So in this address Lincoln soft sold the Emancipation Proclamation and said that it should be enforced gradually. But that did not help those states that were slave-holding but did not secede. Lincoln did not know what to do about those states. If he made one false move those four states would probably secede and join the Confederacy. Not only that. The Army of the Potomac was not doing well against CSA General R.E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. There was not a pretty picture that Lincoln could paint in this address. Part of his closing statement stated: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present...fellow citizens we cannot escape history. We will nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope on earth.” Indeed Abe, indeed.
1958 On this date the grammar school named Our Lady of Angels in Chicago is hit with a disaster. The school was run by the Sisters of Charity in an old building with no fire protection like sprinklers and fire alarms. The Sisters had never held a fire drill. A small fire started in a trash pile in the basement which quickly spread to the floor of the first floor. The teachers on the first floor smelled smoke and took their students out to safety but did not alert the people on the second floor. The janitor discovered the fire and ran upstairs to pull the fire alarms but they apparently did not work which meant that the students and teachers on the second floor were trapped. Some of the students jumped out of windows to the awaiting arms of the firemen who had finally arrived. Many were injured, including the firemen. One improvising teacher told her students to get under the smoke and roll down the stairs and out the door to safety but others just stayed and awaited divine intervention. 90 students and three nuns were killed in the inferno. What a damned shame.
1884 A Mexican deputy sheriff named Elfego Baca arrests a gringo cowboy named Charles McArthur for firing for or five shots at him in Frisco (now Reserve), New Mexico. On this day about 80 cowboys show up to spring good old Charlie from the slammer. It seems this group of Texas cowboys had been using this Mexican village for their own personal entertainment by riding in and brutalizing the residents, raping the girls, etc so Baca was assigned the duty to put a stop to it and given the title of deputy Sheriff. When the 80 cowboys rode in Baca hustled the town’s people into the church where they would be safe and then ran to an old adobe house to make a stand. Baca opened up and killed one of the cowboys and wounded several. The cowboys responded with over 400 rounds into the flimsy building. Not hearing any response the cowboys thought Baca was dead. But the next morning they smelled beef stew and found out the Baca was indeed alive and cooking his breakfast. About then, two more lawmen showed up along with many of Baca’s friends and the cowboys retreated. There was no more trouble from the Texas cowboys after that, Baca went on to become a hero in the Latino community fir standing up to those gringos and enjoyed a life of peace and notoriety.
Born today:
1888 English mystery writer Rex Stout. He said “There is nothing more admirable than the fortitude that millionaires have dealing with the disadvantages of their money” Rex, shut up.
1939 Golfer Lee Trevino. He said “If I am on a golf course and it begins to thunder and lightning I walk around with a one iron because even God cannot hit a one iron.” Don’t count on it, Lee.
1945 American entertainer Bette Midler. She said “They arrested Helen Reddy for loitering in front of an orchestra.” I didn’t like her either, Bette.
Died today:
1964 English scientist John Haldane. He said “I have never met a healthy man who worried about his health or a good man that worried about his soul.” Tack onto that “or a drunk man who didn’t think he is irresistible to women.”
1987 US writer James Baldwin. He said “The price we pay for pursuing an art is calling in the familiarity of the ugly side of it.” Baldwin was a chronicler of the so called “Beat Generation”.
Quotable quotes:
“Don’t believe in reincarnation, I didn’t believe in it when I was a tuna.” Shane Richey
“I am always looking for a meaningful one-night stand” Me too. Dudley Moore
“For three years things were great, then she up and leaves me for a guy that didn’t beat her” Jim Norton
“If there really is a God with all of his glories, he will NOT use as his messenger a man on TV with a bad hairstyle.” Dave Barry.
When asked how far away form a nuclear explosion you have to be to be safe Brother Dave Gardner said “Far enough away that you can say, “What was that?”
“Sex without love is am empty experience, but as empty experiences go it is one of the best.” Woody Allen
“Sex appeal is fifty percent of what you have and fifty percent of what people think you have.” Sophia Loren
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow
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