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50 Years Ago Today!

February 20, 2019February 3, 2019 20th Century US, American, NASA, NASA History, Russian Space Program, SPACE

We had egg on our faces. Those dirty Soviets had managed to beat us to it. On April 12, 1961 we were humiliated as

Why the Babe?

February 19, 2019February 18, 2019 20th Century US, American, BASEBALL, Boston Red Sox, CULTURE, Hank Aaron, HISTORY, History of the Game, MAIN PAGE, MLB Hall of Fame, Steriods, Ted Williams, World War II

It is the All-Star Break. It’s all about Baseball. I wrote this on December 6, 2017. He was out of shape, overweight, loved food,

The Lasting Power of Hollywood

January 4, 2019January 3, 2019 20th Century US, American, Classic Hollywood, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, MAIN PAGE, Music, Terror, World War II

First published on May 23, 2018. Let’s get one thing perfectly clear. It doesn’t matter what one’s nationality or patriotic leanings are, the most

Hooked on History

November 19, 2018November 18, 2018 American, American Revolution, Ancient, Cochise County Cowboy War, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Henry VIII, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Medical, OK Corral, Roman, SCIENCE, Wild West, WYATT EARP

Being hooked on trying to prove the historical viability of Arthur is as obsessive as playing with Wyatt Earp. They’re both the same person.

Putting the Life of Wyatt Earp into Perspective

November 2, 2018November 1, 2018 American, As a Christian, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cochise County Cowboy War, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Doc John Henry Holiday, Gunfight at the OK Corral, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Morgan Earp, Movies about Wyatt Earp, OK Corral, Senior Citizen, TOMBSTONE, Vendetta Ride, Virgil Earp, Wild West, WYATT EARP

First published October 29, 2013 How do we put Wyatt Earp into perspective? By now, you will have come to realize I love history.

Looking Back

September 12, 2018September 11, 2018 American, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, Liberal Hate, MAIN PAGE, Problems with Islam, Terror

It still hurts. What hurts even more are the jerks who think they are better than everyone else for refusing to salute our flag

Never Forget

September 11, 2018September 10, 2018 American, HISTORY, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, Terror

List of World Trade Center Victims (not including plane crews or passengers) Gordon M. Aamoth, Jr. Edelmiro Abad Maria Rose Abad Andrew Anthony Abate

My Mother’s Cats and Victor Laszlo

July 16, 2018July 15, 2018 20th Century US, American, CATS, Classic Hollywood, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Family, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL

A year ago, as I worried about the sale of the ranch, and where I was going to move and how I was going

Once Upon a Time Bisbee Miners Tried to Organize

July 12, 2018July 5, 2018 American, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Wild West, WYATT EARP

First published on July 15, 2013. “…The Bisbee Deportation was the illegal deportation of about 1,300 striking mine workers, their supporters, and citizen

June 18, 1815: The Day the World Changed

June 27, 2018June 25, 2018 American, Art, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Geology, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Music, SCIENCE, Science Fiction, Technology, Vulcanology

First published on June 18, 2015, the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo “…”In the course of the evening the duke asked my

“The Patriot” by Samuel Johnson

June 12, 2018June 11, 2018 American, American Revolution, England 9

Samuel Johnson detested the upstart and rebellious American colonists. He felt they were traitors. In doing so, he described what he felt false patriots

How Many Ways Can You Say “Drunk”?

June 8, 2018June 6, 2018 American, American Revolution, Cultural Illiteracy, Historial Ignorance 3

First published on February 29, 2012 This is plain old stolen from Mental Floss. “He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with

June 6, 1944

June 6, 2018June 4, 2018 20th Century US, American, England, HISTORY, World War II

United Kingdom United States Canada Australia Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark Free France Greece Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Commander, SHAEF: General Dwight D. Eisenhower Commander,

All the Presidents’ Women

April 29, 2018April 26, 2018 20th Century US, American, American Revolution, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Donald Trump, FAITH, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, HISTORY, Jimmy Carter, POLITICAL, REPUBLICAN, Ronald Reagan

I love watching Democrats wax poetic about Donald Trump and his alleged lack of morality. This is where I freely admit, if I were

It’s the History, Stupid!

March 19, 2018March 18, 2018 American, Cochise County Cowboy War, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Doc John Henry Holiday, Gunfight at the OK Corral, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL, Racism, Revisionism, TOMBSTONE, WYATT EARP

Wyatt Earp was born 170 years ago, today. Where I live, you sorta honor his birthday. It’s a good tourist thing to do. Seriously,

Founding Father

February 22, 2018February 21, 2018 American, American Revolution, George Washington, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE

In order to get the Constitution passed, General Washington cut a deal. He would become the first POTUS. This is how it went down.

The High Cost of Doing What Is Right

October 26, 2017October 8, 2017 American, As a Republican, Billy Clanton, Classic Hollywood, Cochise County Cowboy War, Cochise County War, CRIME, CULTURE, Doc John Henry Holiday, Frank McLaury, Gunfight at the OK Corral, HISTORY, Ike Clanton, John Behan, MAIN PAGE, Morgan Earp, Movies about Wyatt Earp, OK Corral, Senior Citizen, Tom McLaury, TOMBSTONE, Vendetta Ride, Virgil Earp, Wild West, WYATT EARP

It was clearly a case of cops gone bad. Even during the inquest, the judge said that the town marshal had committed an ‘injudicious

Ode to Our Dirty Founding Fathers

June 30, 2017June 27, 2017 American, American Revolution, Cochise County Cowboy War, MAIN PAGE, Roman, Wild West 3

Life during the days of the writing of the Declaration of Independence was not sanitized. Half of the babies born during that time did

Caddyshack America Strikes Again

June 22, 2017June 21, 2017 20th Century US, American, Classic Hollywood, Cultural Illiteracy, DEMOCRAT, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Newt Gingrich, POLITICAL, Republican Party

We are now living in the era of Caddyshack politics – the snobs verses the slobs. I think we all know who are the

The Question of Morals & Values of Yesterday

April 5, 2017April 3, 2017 American, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, Revisionism, Roman, Sociology, TOMBSTONE, Victoriana, Wild West, WYATT EARP

Several years ago, I spent a lazy Saturday watching Andy, Barney, Opie, Aunt Bee, Goober, and Mayberry. You stop and think, wow, life was

Weird Stuff & Historical Ignorance

April 4, 2017April 4, 2017 20th Century US, American, Ancient, Bigfoot, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Monsters, SCIENCE, Technology, UFO’s, Victoriana, WEIRD STUFF, Wild West, WYATT EARP

I don’t mind admitting I enjoy all the fun crypto thing on cable. I’ll also admit that, although I’m a healthy skeptic about most

The Sun’s Gonna’ Come Out in a Couple Mornings!

January 11, 2017January 10, 2017 American, American Revolution, Barack Obama, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY

It has dawned on me that the sun is going to be coming out exactly nine mornings from now. One of the most thrilling

The Great Russian Witch Hunt

December 14, 2016December 13, 2016 20th Century US, American, Barack Obama, Bigotry, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Donald Trump, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Obama Administration

Witch hunts are an excuse for those in power, or who wish to be in power to destroy or ruin parties who will supersede

Honoring My Family’s Vets

November 11, 2016November 11, 2016 20th Century US, American, PERSONAL 2

My grandfather, Edwin Feltman Froehlich, I (1896 – 1991) World War I Army (Pictured with my mother on her wedding day) My father, Albert

Remember the Incroyables?

September 14, 2016September 13, 2016 2016, American, American Revolution, Art, Barack Obama, Bigotry, Clinton, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, England, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, MAIN PAGE, Music, Obama Administration, POLITICAL, Racism, Republicans, Revisionism, Trump

Do you remember the Incorybles and the Merveilleuses? Of course not, unless you are a student of the French Revolution, Regency and Imperial fashion,

You Think You Want a Revolution?

June 27, 2016June 26, 2016 2016, American, American Revolution, Art, Barack Obama, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Democratic Party, ECONOMY, England, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Obama Administration, POLITICAL

Once upon a time… That’s how all great fairy tales begin, and this may be one of the greatest tales of them all. So,

Of Prince and Paupers

April 26, 2016April 25, 2016 20th Century US, Afghanistan, American, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Iraq War, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR

Did you know that a real hero died this weekend? I was just a little kid, but I remember well the assassination of President

Attack of the Dimwitted Dingbats

April 14, 2016April 13, 2016 2016, 20th Century US, American, Clinton, Cruz, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL, REPUBLICAN, Ronald Reagan, Sanders, Trump

I swear some people are so abjectly and stupidly ill-informed they should not be allowed to vote. I encountered one of them Tuesday night.

Why Aren’t They Defending Their Home Instead of Running Away?

October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 American, American Revolution, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE

Once again Donald Trump is in trouble for saying something that I think many of us have thought. Why don’t refugees, especially men, stay

The Poodles of War

October 2, 2015October 1, 2015 2016, American, Barack Obama, CULTURE, HISTORY, ISIS, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, Obama Administration, Problems with Islam, Terror

I rarely use these images. I am using them now, because I don’t know how else to phrase what is going on here. The

The Pink Flamingo

Category: American

50 Years Ago Today!

Why the Babe?

The Lasting Power of Hollywood

Hooked on History

Putting the Life of Wyatt Earp into Perspective

Looking Back

Never Forget

My Mother’s Cats and Victor Laszlo

Once Upon a Time Bisbee Miners Tried to Organize

June 18, 1815: The Day the World Changed

“The Patriot” by Samuel Johnson

How Many Ways Can You Say “Drunk”?

June 6, 1944

All the Presidents’ Women

It’s the History, Stupid!

Founding Father

The High Cost of Doing What Is Right

Ode to Our Dirty Founding Fathers

Caddyshack America Strikes Again

The Question of Morals & Values of Yesterday

Weird Stuff & Historical Ignorance

The Sun’s Gonna’ Come Out in a Couple Mornings!

The Great Russian Witch Hunt

Honoring My Family’s Vets

Remember the Incroyables?

You Think You Want a Revolution?

Of Prince and Paupers

Attack of the Dimwitted Dingbats

Why Aren’t They Defending Their Home Instead of Running Away?

The Poodles of War