Saturday, January 20, 2024
Saturday's video: Remembering January 20, President Milei in Davos & more
Remembering January 20, President Milei in Davos & Happy # 90 Camilo Pascual......
It was 43 years ago today
A few days ago, I had a conversation with a college student who did not remember the US beating the USSR in the 1980 Winter Olympics. He could not relate to the story off the ice or what the world was like when that game was played. So I told the student to read a bit about President Reagan and get back to me for more conversations about communism. He did call me back and couldn't believe how deadly communism had been.
Like many of his generation, President Ronald Reagan was a strong anti-communist. He understood the evil empire and knew that you have to negotiate from a position of strength rather than weakness. Over the Christmas holidays, I found this from the late President Reagan:
“How do you tell a communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin.
And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.”
In my life, I have found that this is true. Most people who favor communism in polls do not really understand what it means or have lived under it. They see it as some romantic idea based on false promises of equality and justice. On the other hand, we Cubans, along with others from who experienced communism directly, see it for what it is.
Communism was, and is, a great lie. We need to keep teaching that to the new generation.
And so I remember today one of my favorite anti-communists, or President Reagan who became president on this day in 1981.
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Milei brings a lot of common sense to Davos
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Milei brings a lot of common sense to Davos - American Thinker https://t.co/AikrJm3Tjf
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) January 19, 2024
A word about January 20
On January 20th 1981, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the United States. A few minutes later, the 52 hostages held at the U.S. embassy in Iran were released……ending the Iranian Hostage Crisis……it was the first day of a very impressive two term presidency…..
Happy # 90 Camilo Pascual. He pitched most his career for the original Washington Senators who became the Minnesota Twins in 1961. As a Washington Senator, Pascual pitched for very bad teams. It got better when the team moved to Minnesota and the Twins became a perennial contender with a young Harmon Killebrew, power hitter Bob Allison, the very good lefty Jim Kaat and fellow Cubans Tony Oliva & Zoilo Versalles. His numbers were great with the Twins: 20-11 in 1962 and 20-9 in 1963. He led the league in strikeouts 3 years in a row. In other words, he was one of the best right handed pitchers in baseball. Overall, he won 176 games with a very good 3.63 career ERA.
On this day in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated for the 4th time.
George H.W. Bush, or # 41, was inaugurated on this day in 1989. After his death in 2018, I wrote this post: The 3 times that I was very happy that George H.W. Bush was around….
George W. Bush, or # 43, was inaugurated on this day in 2001. In 2009, I wrote this post: A little thanks to Pres. Bush!
We remember Johnny Oates who was born in North Carolina on this day in 1946. He broke with the Orioles in 1970 and then played with the Braves, Dodgers & Yankees before retiring in 1981. On the field, Johnny hit .250 in 593 games. As a manager, Oates spent 3 seasons with the Orioles and then led the Rangers to 3 AL West titles in 1996, 1998 & 1999. Johnny Oates died in 2004.
Happy # 90 Camilo Pascual
The great Camilo Pascual was born in La Habana, or Havana Cuba, on this day in 1934.
As a young kid, my favorite Cuban baseball player was Camilo Pascual. He pitched most his career for the original Washington Senators who became the Minnesota Twins in 1961.
As a Senator, Pascual pitched for very bad teams. It got better when the team moved to Minnesota and the Twins became a perennial contender with a young Harmon Killebrew, power hitter Bob Allison, the very good lefty Jim Kaat and fellow Cubans Tony Oliva & Zoilo Versalles.
His numbers were great with the Twins: 20-11 in 1962 and 20-9 in 1963. He led the league in strikeouts 3 years in a row. In other words, he was one of the best right handed pitchers in baseball.
Overall, he won 176 games with a very good 3.63 career ERA. He would have easily won 230 games with a better team!
We say happy birthday to one of my heroes. I don't know what Camilo is doing these days. I read a few years ago that he was scouting for the Twins in Latin America.
Happy birthday to the great Camilo. I hope that you really enjoy your birthday!
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Happy # 94 Buzz Aldrin
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A little history of The State of the Union speech!
Here is a little history: The first State of the Union speech was delivered by President Washington in January 1790.
President Jefferson started the tradition of the written statement in 1801. It stayed that way until President Wilson in 1913.
President Coolidge was the first one heard on radio in 1923.
President Truman delivered the one on TV in 1947.
Finally, President Johnson put it on prime time TV in 1966.
I think I've watched most of them since President Nixon. President Clinton's speech in the middle of the impeachment trial was bizarre.
The 3 times that I was very happy that George H.W. Bush was around….
As we remember President Bush, let me share three times when I literally thanked God that this man was in office.
The first one was March 30 1981, the day of the assassination attempt against President Reagan. I was in Mexico City having lunch with a business associate. Back in the office, I got a call from my mother in Texas breaking the news. I tuned in my shortwave to Armed Forces Radio and got the news reports. We had an office TV with a cable connection to an NBC affiliate in South Texas.
We didn’t know if President Reagan would make it, but at least, I was confident that George Bush was ready to take over.
The second time was during the Gulf War. As you may remember, Iraq started to fire scud missiles against Israel. It was a scary moment because an Israeli retaliation would have probably messed up the coalition, i.e. Arab countries. President Bush picked up the phone and convinced Israel not to do it.
The third moment was the coup in the USSR against Gorbachev. I learned about it early the next morning and saw a photo on TV of President Bush on the phone. He then made a statement to the media and seemed totally in control of a very serious situation.
Yes, I know that President Bush was not perfect, specially when he broke that tax pledge. However, I was always felt safe when that man was in charge.
Thank you Bush-41!
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A 2015 chat with Frank Burke, co-author of "A law unto themselves"
A chat with Frank Burke, co-author of "A law unto themselves".......http://t.co/7owJsWFYc1— Silvio Canto, Jr. (@SCantojr) June 15, 2015
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