Monday, August 05, 2024
An 'assist' from Argentina's Javier Milei
An 'assist' from Argentina's Javier Milei: The good people of Venezuela, who just had an election stolen from them by the longtime ruling socialists, are finding out who their friends are.
Over in Mexico, they see socialist President Andrés Manuel López Obrado...
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An 'assist' from Argentina's Javier Milei - American Thinker https://t.co/Sj8VyiwTVN
— Silvio Canto. Jr. (@silvio_canto) August 5, 2024
We remember Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)
We remember Neil Armstrong who was born in Ohio on this day in 1930.
Many of us are old enough to remember when Neil Armstrong & Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
Back then, men like Neil Armstrong, and the other astronauts, were huge heroes. We admired them. We loved them. They were just great. We watched the launches. We adored watching the capsule hit the water when the mission was completed.
He was a simple man born in the Midwest:
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Many of us are old enough to remember when Neil Armstrong & Apollo 11 landed on the moon.
Back then, men like Neil Armstrong, and the other astronauts, were huge heroes. We admired them. We loved them. They were just great. We watched the launches. We adored watching the capsule hit the water when the mission was completed.
He was a simple man born in the Midwest:
Over the last years, we've cut back on NASA. We are no longer in the space exploration business. What a lousy way to remember the legacy of Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11."Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, Armstrong had acquired his student pilot's licence by the age of 16. In 1947, he went to Purdue University on a navy scholarship to study aeronautical engineering, but two years later the Korean war intervened, and he flew 78 combat missions. Eventually he completed his BSc at Purdue and an MSc in aerospace engineering at the University of Southern California.In 1955 he went to Cleveland, Ohio, as a civilian research pilot at the Lewis Research Centre of what became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), and later that year to Edwards Air Force Base in California. As a pioneer of many high-speed aircraft, involved in both piloting and engineering, he flew over 200 different models, including jets, rockets, helicopters and gliders."
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Hiroshima 1945: Truman and the bomb with Barry Jacobsen
We remember another anniversary of one of the most consequential days of the 20th century.
Back on this day in 1945, many people heard about Hiroshima on the radio or perhaps saw the scenes on one of those newsreels.
In the summer of 1945, President Truman was confronted with one of those decisions that only a president faces. He looked at the horrible options and made the right call, as my friend Bill Katz explained. The bomb stopped the war and the killing:
Of course we regret the lives that were lost, as we always regret death and destruction in war, but guilt is not required. In what is sometimes called the bloody arithmetic of war, the nuclear bombs reduced the ultimate death toll of World War II dramatically. And as the late historian Paul Fussell, a soldier in the Pacific at the time of Hiroshima later wrote, recalling his thoughts when he learned of the atomic bomb's use, "We were going to live. We were going to grow to adulthood after all." For that we can be grateful.
We will probably hear the usual criticism of President Truman's decision, specially from those who were not alive back then nor have taken the time to study the real options on his desk. In other words, President Truman was not choosing between war and peace but rather war and more war. He also knew that there would be huge casualties on both sides, if he decided to invade Japan.
Today's anniversary reminds us that presidents often face awfully difficult choices. In this case, President Truman made the right decision.
Click to listen to our 2015 show with Barry Jacobsen about President Truman and the decision to drop the two bombs:
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Hiroshima 1945: President Truman got it right
We remember another anniversary of one of the most consequential days of the 20th century.
Back on this day in 1945, many people heard about Hiroshima on the radio or perhaps saw the scenes on one of those newsreels.
In the summer of 1945, President Truman was confronted with one of those decisions that only a president faces. He looked at the horrible options and made the right call, as my friend Bill Katz explained. The bomb stopped the war and the killing:
Of course we regret the lives that were lost, as we always regret death and destruction in war, but guilt is not required. In what is sometimes called the bloody arithmetic of war, the nuclear bombs reduced the ultimate death toll of World War II dramatically. And as the late historian Paul Fussell, a soldier in the Pacific at the time of Hiroshima later wrote, recalling his thoughts when he learned of the atomic bomb's use, "We were going to live. We were going to grow to adulthood after all." For that we can be grateful.
We will probably hear the usual criticism of President Truman's decision, specially from those who were not alive back then nor have taken the time to study the real options on his desk. In other words, President Truman was not choosing between war and peace but rather war and more war. He also knew that there would be huge casualties on both sides, if he decided to invade Japan.
Today's anniversary reminds us that presidents often face awfully difficult choices. In this case, President Truman made the right decision.
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August 1971: Remembering "How can you mend a broken heart" by The Bee Gees!
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb had the # 1 song in the US back in August 1971. In fact, it was # 1 for several weeks and their first # 1 in the US. Of course, they had more in the 1970's..........9 in total.
Today, we remember one of the Gibbs' most beautiful songs. It was written by Barry and Robin. Maurice played piano & background vocals.
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1957: Dick Clark and "American Bandstand"
AB went national on this day in 1957 and the rest is TV and music history. AB was on every Saturday at noon central time or something like that .
AB's success was due to the music and the kids who danced every week. Dick Clark understood that the audience wanted to hear the music and see the couples dancing. And that's why he was so successful.
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1977: "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb was # 1 this week
Frankly, I thought that it was The Bee Gees when I heard "I just want to be your everything" on the radio. Then the announcer said that it was Andy Gibb, the Bee Gees' little brother.
Andy Gibb had incredible success for a couple of years. He has huge hits and sold millions of records on his own. Unfortunately, he couldn't handle success and died very young in 1988.
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