We often hear about how I’m only one person, what can I do? As it turns out, a lot if history has anything to say about it. A young man, wanting freedom for his country went about to gain that freedom. However, his actions would shape an entire century for better or worse. He was […]
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A Musing About the Past
Well, watching videos on speakers of all types and a thought came to my mind while watching a college leftist ask a question to Dinesh D’Souza. The student asked, why should we care what the democratic party had done in the past? Referring to the fact it was the democratic party which upheld slavery, opposed […]
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Vetting Immigrants
Vetting it not as big a deal as the left would have you believe. In fact, one can trace such things back as a logical step when allowing immigrants into a country. Back in the late 1800s we used the word quarantine instead of vetting because the threat was different. But a threat did exist […]
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Chernobyl
Its been 30 years that the Chernobyl incident happened. In the early morning of April 26, 1986 the Chernobyl technicians were undertaking a drill when everything went wrong and the number four reactor exploded. The Soviet Union would remain quiet until pressured after Swedish nuclear workers had problems getting into work. Today the area is still contaminated […]
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History
Hard to believe 100 years ago the world was at war, one of the deadliest known to man. What made it deadly was the fact the tactics had been unchanged for decades, even centuries, yet the technology of war had advanced. World War 1, or the Great War as it was called then, saw many […]
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Ignorance is not Bliss
Seen many with this guy on a shirt and they don’t know who he really is. Only that they ‘think’ he is a great guy because others have told them so. If they knew the real story instead of the hand-picked story none of them would ever use this guy on something they wear (especially […]
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This Day in History
December 17 is actually an important day in history. Know what it is? The first real, successful flight of a powered heavier than air aircraft. The Wright brothers day where they tested their flying machine which would become known as planes, aircraft, airplanes, ufos, etc. Its truly amazing how far the science of flying has […]
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Pearl Harbor Day
74 years ago today marks the day the United States officially became involved in the war which would be known in history as World War 2. On that day, the Japanese navy, using six carriers, struck a blow aimed at crippling the United States navy. Whether or not they did is debatable, but what they […]
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Obama on Islam
Obama continues to double down, even rewriting history, to make it appear that islam is part of the history of the United States. He has now several times stated this as a fact despite no proof. “Here in America,” Obama stated, “Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding.” This […]
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70 Years Ago
The fierce battle of Iwo Jima was going on this time 70 years ago. The raising of the flag in the picture was actually the second raising, photographers missing the first one. Even after the flag was raised the battle for the island continued.
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Muslim Conquests
A lot has been made of the Crusades, yet few could tell you muslims had been invading Christian countries for centuries before hand.
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World History
On this day, one hundred years ago, the first shot of World War 1 was fired by the Austro-Hungarian military as it prepared to invade against Serbia over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. This simple action led to a disastrous chain of catastrophic events plunging the world into total war. With militarism, […]
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Happy 4 of July
A day marking the United States of America independence when the Second Continental Congress approved the wording of the revision o f the Declaration of Independence. The first vote too place two days earlier and John Adams wrote this: The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of […]
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