Saturday, May 26, 2018
Friday, May 25, 2018
Thursday, May 24, 2018
On this day in 1964,
Goldwater Urges Withdrawal from Vietnam or Limited Use of Nuclear Weapons to Support U.S. Troops
But Johnson wins election landslide and 58,000 American boys die in Vietnam.
On this day in 1964, Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater said the U.S. should do whatever it took to support U.S. troops in Vietnam and, if Democrat President Johnson was not prepared to “take the war to North Vietnam,” the U.S. should withdraw. Goldwater also suggested using low-yield nuclear weapons to defoliate infiltration routes and destroy bridges, roads and railroad lines bringing supplies from China.Johnson responded by labeling Goldwater a warmonger who would drop atomic bombs on the people of Hanoi, a theme expanded upon in the Democrat Party’s famous “Daisy” ad showing a little girl picking daisies in a field while an atomic bomb goes off.
Johnson won a landslide victory and went on to ignore the advice of his generals and mislead the American people regarding the scope of American involvement in Vietnam and what lay ahead.
By the time the Vietnam War was over, 58,000 American boys, most of whom had been drafted and forced to go to Vietnam to fight, had been killed. [Partial source: Lt. General H.R. McMaster (President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor), Dereliction of Duty (1997).]
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Former U.S. Atty Andrew McCarthy
Obama Started Spying on Trump Very Early On Because He Thought Trump was Conspiring with Russia
Victor Davis Hanson Nails Trump, Trumpism and the Wisdom of Trump Voters
Trump and Trump voters knew:Amnestied illegal aliens would not in our lifetimes become conservative family-values voters. Vast trade deficits with China and ongoing chronic commercial cheating would not inevitably lead to the prosperity that would guarantee Chinese democracy. Asymmetrical trade deals were not sacrosanct under the canons of free trade. Unfettered globalization, outsourcing, and offshoring were not both inevitable and always positive. The losers of globalization did not bring their misery on themselves. The Iran deal was not better than nothing. North Korea would not inevitably remain nuclear. Middle East peace did not hinge of constant outreach to and subsidy of the corrupt and autocratic Palestinian Authority and Hamas cliques.
On this day in 1843
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THE GREAT OREGON WAGON TRAIN
EMIGRATION BEGINS
Source ArticleA massive wagon train, made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Known as the “Great Emigration,” the expedition came two years after the first modest party of settlers made the long, overland journey to Oregon.After leaving Independence, the giant wagon train followed the Sante Fe Trail for some 40 miles and then turned northwest to the Platte River, which it followed along its northern route to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. From there, it traveled on to the Rocky Mountains, which it passed through by way of the broad, level South Pass that led to the basin of the Colorado River. The travelers then went southwest to Fort Bridger, northwest across a divide to Fort Hall on the Snake River, and on to Fort Boise, where they gained supplies for the difficult journey over the Blue Mountains and into Oregon. The Great Emigration finally arrived in October, completing the 2,000-mile journey from Independence in five months.In the next year, four more wagon trains made the journey, and in 1845 the number of emigrants who used the Oregon Trail exceeded 3,000. Travel along the trail gradually declined with the advent of the railroads, and the route was finally abandoned in the 1870s.
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Imagine a Republican saying this about President Hilary
Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe Warns Dems Pushing Trump Impeachment: ‘You Have to Shoot to Kill’
Monday, May 21, 2018
Sunday, May 20, 2018
My favorite living economist.
Larry Kudlow: Trump Administration Making ‘Terrific Progress’ on Trade Deal with China
Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Give Trump Credit for Economy
Including strong majorities of Blacks and Hispanics
Media that first insisted no spying, now making excuses for it.
Lying Media Spin: FBI Spying on Trump Campaign Was a “Good Thing” Aimed At “Protecting” Trump
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