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Tully Mars · 04-03-2008, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by uncle phil

On April 3, 1946, Lt. General Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed in the Philippines...

A neighbor of mine was on that march. Quiet friendly man. Went by the name "Tiny" and it fit. 5'2" and 110lbs soaking wet. I knew him for about 3 years before I even knew he was in the war. One day I was in his house sharing some rot gut whiskey (he'd buy rot gut and pour it into a Black Velvet bottle) I saw a large collection of photos covering a wall, among them was one of him shaking hands with Pres. Truman. "You met Truman?!?" He went on to tell me an amazing story.

I had the highest respect for him until one day he told me the guys in Nam blew it. They were "pussies and hippies, who didn't care if they won or lost." If his generation fought that war it'd have been over in months not years. And the US would have been the clear victor. Whenever Nam came up he's call out "fucking nam pussies!"

He's not the first WWII vet I've met that seem to feel this way, but he was the most vocal about it.

SSJTWIZTA · 04-03-2008, 06:23 AM

neat stuff.

i bet that guy had tons of storys when a few glasses of the liquid bread hit his belly.

Tully Mars · 04-03-2008, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by SSJTWIZTA

neat stuff.

i bet that guy had tons of storys when a few glasses of the liquid bread hit his belly.

Google "Bataan march." It's a amazing anyone came out alive.

SSJTWIZTA · 04-03-2008, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Tully Mars

Google "Bataan march." It's a amazing anyone came out alive.

i started to read up on it on wiki, maybe i should follow through.

uncle phil · 04-03-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Tully Mars

A neighbor of mine was on that march. Quiet friendly man. Went by the name "Tiny" and it fit. 5'2" and 110lbs soaking wet. I knew him for about 3 years before I even knew he was in the war. One day I was in his house sharing some rot gut whiskey (he'd buy rot gut and pour it into a Black Velvet bottle) I saw a large collection of photos covering a wall, among them was one of him shaking hands with Pres. Truman. "You met Truman?!?" He went on to tell me an amazing story.

I had the highest respect for him until one day he told me the guys in Nam blew it. They were "pussies and hippies, who didn't care if they won or lost." If his generation fought that war it'd have been over in months not years. And the US would have been the clear victor. Whenever Nam came up he's call out "fucking nam pussies!"

He's not the first WWII vet I've met that seem to feel this way, but he was the most vocal about it.

i hope he meant the politicians that were orchestrating the 'conflict' and not those of us who were stuck in the swamps...

see my sig...

Tully Mars · 04-03-2008, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by uncle phil

i hope he meant the politicians that were orchestrating the 'conflict' and not those of us who were stuck in the swamps...

see my sig...

Nope! Sorry to tell you but he thought the guys in the battles were pussies and hippies and that's why we lost the war. I had many conversations about this with him and there was no mistaking his meaning. He also thought the Jews control much of the world and on the day Thomas was confirmed to the SCOTUS he stood in his driveway and called out to me that "I can't believed they put that nigger on the court!"

Turns out surviving a terrible event or even being a war hero doesn't make you either a good person or a smart man.

I honor and admire his service to his country during WWII. But disagree with just about everything that ever came out of his mouth once I got to know him.

uncle phil · 04-04-2008, 02:18 AM

On April 4, 1914, the first known serialized moving picture opened in New York City, NY. It was "The Perils of Pauline..."

uncle phil · 04-05-2008, 02:20 AM

On April 5, 1614, American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia...

SSJTWIZTA · 04-05-2008, 03:34 AM

John Rolfe!?!?

Disney lied to me! how could they!?!.

uncle phil · 04-06-2008, 02:13 AM

On April 6, 1875, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the multiple telegraph, which sent two signals at the same time...

themoodyblue · 04-06-2008, 10:07 AM

On this day in history (today) my son turned 13. (OK, it is important history to me)

April 6, 1883 Start of the serialization of Sherlock Holmes in the "Adventure of Speckled Band"
April 6, 1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in modern history.
April 6, 1917, the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe.
April 6, 1924 Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament
April 6, 1924 Volkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern
April 6, 1976 1st quadraphonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones.
April 6, 1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0.
April 6, 1992 U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography.
April 6, 1994 Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) retired from the Court.

uncle phil · 04-07-2008, 02:27 AM

On April 7, 1953, IBM unveiled the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. It was IBM's first commercially available scientific computer...

themoodyblue · 04-07-2008, 09:13 AM

529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I.
1805 - First public performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony
1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
1945 - World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go.
1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
1990 - Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction was reversed on appeal).
2003 - U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
1718 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800) was born.
1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850) was born.
1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor was born.
2001 - David Graf, American actor (b. 1950) died.
Today the following holidays are observed around the world:
* World Health Day - Celebrated by the 191 member countries of the World Health Organization
* Mozambique - Women's Day.
* Compton, California - Eazy-E Day
* The feast of Annunciation is celebrated by the Western Orthodox Church.
* The Feast Day of Saint John Baptist de La Salle (d. 1719)

uncle phil · 04-08-2008, 02:19 AM

On April 8, 1988, former U.S. President Reagan aide Lyn Nofzinger was sentenced to prison for illegal lobbying for Wedtech Corp...

MSD · 04-08-2008, 03:22 AM

1942 - the Siege of Leningrad opens the Leningrad railway link, vital to Soviet war efforts.

And yesterday we missed an important one: 75 years since prohibition ended.

uncle phil · 04-09-2008, 02:54 AM

On April 9, 1913, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opened...

uncle phil · 04-10-2008, 02:19 AM

On April 10, 1849, Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100...

uncle phil · 04-11-2008, 02:24 AM

On April 11, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers...

uncle phil · 04-12-2008, 02:15 AM

On April 12, 1864, Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops there...

uncle phil · 04-13-2008, 02:17 AM

On April 13, 1963, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds got his first hit in the major leagues...

uncle phil · 04-14-2008, 02:14 AM

On April 14, 1925, WGN became the first radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-2...

uncle phil · 04-15-2008, 02:19 AM

On April 15, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic sank at 2:27 a.m. in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg the evening before. 1,517 people died and more than 700 people survived...

Tully Mars · 04-15-2008, 03:07 AM

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On April 15, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic sank at 2:27 a.m. in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg the evening before. 1,517 people died and more than 700 people survived...

Years ago I went to a workshop on how to get kids and families to use logical thinking in everyday life. Most of the social work type trainings the state sent me to were rather moronic, IMHO. I'm siting in this training and counting down the hours until I can go home and do something exciting like mow the lawn and the instructor put in a video. In the video a guy is telling the story of the Titanic to a group of 10 and 11 yrs old. He then asked if they could think of anyway to save more people. They came up with several idea that actually sounded pretty damn smart. The only idea I remember was "why didn't they just use the life boats to ferry the people over to the ice burg and let them sit on it until help came, wouldn't that be better then being in the water?" Yes kid, yes it would. Art Linkletter was right, kids do say the darnedest things.

End thread jack.

On this day in 1861 President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

And four years, to the day, later...

In 1865 Andrew Johnson became the 17th president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

uncle phil · 04-16-2008, 02:20 AM

On April 16, 1705, Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton...

uncle phil · 04-18-2008, 01:41 PM

On April 17, 2008, Uncle Phil was in Ft. Myers, FL...

On April 18, 1923, Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, NY. The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. John Phillip Sousa's band played the National Anthem...

uncle phil · 04-19-2008, 02:10 AM

On April 19, 1982, NASA named Sally Ride to be first woman astronaut...

dksuddeth · 04-19-2008, 02:21 AM

April 19th, 1775, the shot heard round the world.

At about 5 a.m., 700 British troops, on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot arsenal, march into Lexington to find 77 armed minutemen under Captain John Parker waiting for them on the town's common green. British Major John Pitcairn ordered the outnumbered Patriots to disperse, and after a moment's hesitation the Americans began to drift off the green. Suddenly, the "shot heard around the world" was fired from an undetermined gun, and a cloud of musket smoke soon covered the green. When the brief Battle of Lexington ended, eight Americans lay dead or dying and 10 others were wounded. Only one British soldier was injured, but the American Revolution had begun.

By 1775, tensions between the American colonies and the British government approached the breaking point, especially in Massachusetts, where Patriot leaders formed a shadow revolutionary government and trained militias to prepare for armed conflict with the British troops occupying Boston. In the spring of 1775, General Thomas Gage, the British governor of Massachusetts, received instructions from England to seize all stores of weapons and gunpowder accessible to the American insurgents. On April 18, he ordered British troops to march against the Patriot arsenal at Concord and capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington.

The Boston Patriots had been preparing for such a military action by the British for some time, and upon learning of the British plan, Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes were ordered to set out to rouse the militiamen and warn Adams and Hancock. When the British troops arrived at Lexington, Adams, Hancock, and Revere had already fled to Philadelphia, and a group of militiamen were waiting. The Patriots were routed within minutes, but warfare had begun, leading to calls to arms across the Massachusetts countryside.

When the British troops reached Concord at about 7 a.m., they found themselves encircled by hundreds of armed Patriots. They managed to destroy the military supplies the Americans had collected but were soon advanced against by a gang of minutemen, who inflicted numerous casualties. Lieutenant Colonel Frances Smith, the overall commander of the British force, ordered his men to return to Boston without directly engaging the Americans. As the British retraced their 16-mile journey, their lines were constantly beset by Patriot marksmen firing at them Indian-style from behind trees, rocks, and stone walls. At Lexington, Captain Parker's militia had its revenge, killing several British soldiers as the Red Coats hastily marched through his town. By the time the British finally reached the safety of Boston, nearly 300 British soldiers had been killed, wounded, or were missing in action. The Patriots suffered fewer than 100 casualties.

The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution, a conflict that would escalate from a colonial uprising into a world war that, seven years later, would give birth to the independent United States of America.

n0nsensical · 04-19-2008, 01:52 PM

On April 19, 1943 Dr. Hofmann intentionally ingested 250 µg of LSD, which he hypothesized would be a threshold dose, based on other ergot alkaloids. After ingesting the substance Hofmann was struggling to speak intelligibly and asked his laboratory assistant, who knew of the self-experiment, to escort him home on his bicycle, due to the lack of available vehicles during wartime restrictions. On the bicycle ride home, Hofmann's condition became more severe and in his journal he stated that everything in his field of vision wavered and was distorted, as if seen in a curved mirror. Hofmann also stated that while riding on the bicycle, he had the sensation of being stationary, unable to move from where he was, despite the fact that he was moving very rapidly. Once Hofmann arrived safely home, he summoned a doctor and asked his neighbor for milk, believing it may help relieve the symptoms. Hofmann wrote that despite his delirious and bewildered condition, he was able to choose milk as a nonspecific antidote for poisoning. Upon arriving the doctor could find no abnormal physical symptoms other than extremely dilated pupils. After spending several hours terrified that his body had been possessed by a demon, that his next door neighbor was a witch, and that his furniture was threatening him, Dr. Hofmann feared he had become completely insane. In his journal Hofmann said that the doctor saw no reason to prescribe medication and instead sent him to his bed. At this time Hofmann said that the feelings of fear had started to give way to feelings of good fortune and gratitude, and that he was now enjoying the colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind his closed eyes. Hofmann mentions seeing "fantastic images" surging past him, alternating and opening and closing themselves into circles and spirals and finally exploding into colored fountains and then rearranging themselves in a constant flux. Hofmann mentions that during the condition every acoustic perception, such as the sound of a passing automobile, was transformed into optical perceptions. Eventually Hofmann slept and upon awakening the next morning felt refreshed and clearheaded, though somewhat physically tired. He also stated that he had a sensation of well being and renewed life and that his breakfast tasted unusually delicious. Upon walking in his garden he remarked that all of his senses were "vibrating in a condition of highest sensitivity, which then persisted for the entire day".

btw, I didn't write that, it's from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD#Bicycle_Day

Hain · 04-19-2008, 02:13 PM

uncle phil · 04-19-2008, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by n0nsensical

On April 19, 1943 Dr. Hofmann intentionally ingested 250 µg of LSD, which he hypothesized would be a threshold dose, based on other ergot alkaloids. After ingesting the substance Hofmann was struggling to speak intelligibly and asked his laboratory assistant, who knew of the self-experiment, to escort him home on his bicycle, due to the lack of available vehicles during wartime restrictions. On the bicycle ride home, Hofmann's condition became more severe and in his journal he stated that everything in his field of vision wavered and was distorted, as if seen in a curved mirror. Hofmann also stated that while riding on the bicycle, he had the sensation of being stationary, unable to move from where he was, despite the fact that he was moving very rapidly. Once Hofmann arrived safely home, he summoned a doctor and asked his neighbor for milk, believing it may help relieve the symptoms. Hofmann wrote that despite his delirious and bewildered condition, he was able to choose milk as a nonspecific antidote for poisoning. Upon arriving the doctor could find no abnormal physical symptoms other than extremely dilated pupils. After spending several hours terrified that his body had been possessed by a demon, that his next door neighbor was a witch, and that his furniture was threatening him, Dr. Hofmann feared he had become completely insane. In his journal Hofmann said that the doctor saw no reason to prescribe medication and instead sent him to his bed. At this time Hofmann said that the feelings of fear had started to give way to feelings of good fortune and gratitude, and that he was now enjoying the colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind his closed eyes. Hofmann mentions seeing "fantastic images" surging past him, alternating and opening and closing themselves into circles and spirals and finally exploding into colored fountains and then rearranging themselves in a constant flux. Hofmann mentions that during the condition every acoustic perception, such as the sound of a passing automobile, was transformed into optical perceptions. Eventually Hofmann slept and upon awakening the next morning felt refreshed and clearheaded, though somewhat physically tired. He also stated that he had a sensation of well being and renewed life and that his breakfast tasted unusually delicious. Upon walking in his garden he remarked that all of his senses were "vibrating in a condition of highest sensitivity, which then persisted for the entire day".

i got nothin'...

uncle phil · 04-20-2008, 02:02 AM

On April 20, 1912, Fenway Park opened as the home of the Boston Red Sox...

uncle phil · 04-21-2008, 02:10 AM

On April 21, 1984,in France, it was announced that doctors had found virus believed to cause AIDS...

Tully Mars · 04-21-2008, 02:36 AM

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On April 21, 1984,in France, it was announced that doctors had found virus believed to cause AIDS...

And then immediately surrendered to it the next day?

uncle phil · 04-22-2008, 02:22 AM

On April 22, 1987, the American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research...

ottopilot · 04-22-2008, 06:03 AM

April 22 1970 was the first Earth Day. The focus of the first Earth Day was to promote awareness of environmental issues such as pollution, the effects of over-population, and to address the crisis of the impending ice age brought on by ... wait for it ...

Global Cooling.

Tully Mars · 04-22-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ottopilot

April 22 1970 was the first Earth Day. The focus of the first Earth Day was to promote awareness of environmental issues such as pollution, the effects of over-population, and to address the crisis of the impending ice age brought on by ... wait for it ...

Global Cooling.

People once thought the earth was flat and the sun revolved around it. Advances in technology convinced most, not all but most, that those beliefs too were wrong.

ottopilot · 04-22-2008, 11:32 AM

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People once thought the earth was flat and the sun revolved around it. Advances in technology convinced most, not all but most, that those beliefs too were wrong.

And this all happened on April 22 of which year?

Tully Mars · 04-22-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ottopilot

And this all happened on April 22 of which year?

Yes, of course and I'm sure you thought that's what I was saying, right?

ottopilot · 04-22-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Tully Mars

Yes, of course and I'm sure you thought that's what I was saying, right?

uncle phil · 04-23-2008, 02:18 AM

On April 23, 1896, the Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was demonstrated in New York City...

04-03-2008, 06:23 AM	#402 (permalink)
SSJTWIZTA Master Thief. Master Criminal. Masturbator. Location: Windiwana	neat stuff. i bet that guy had tons of storys when a few glasses of the liquid bread hit his belly. __________________ First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me. -Pastor Martin Niemoller

04-04-2008, 02:18 AM	#407 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 4, 1914, the first known serialized moving picture opened in New York City, NY. It was "The Perils of Pauline..." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-05-2008, 02:20 AM	#408 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 5, 1614, American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-05-2008, 03:34 AM	#409 (permalink)
SSJTWIZTA Master Thief. Master Criminal. Masturbator. Location: Windiwana	John Rolfe!?!? Disney lied to me! how could they!?!. __________________ First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me. -Pastor Martin Niemoller

04-06-2008, 02:13 AM	#410 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 6, 1875, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the multiple telegraph, which sent two signals at the same time... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-06-2008, 10:07 AM	#411 (permalink)
themoodyblue Upright Location: In a Perpetual State of Confusion	On this day in history (today) my son turned 13. (OK, it is important history to me) April 6, 1883 Start of the serialization of Sherlock Holmes in the "Adventure of Speckled Band" April 6, 1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in modern history. April 6, 1917, the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe. April 6, 1924 Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament April 6, 1924 Volkische Block (Nazi's) receives 17.8% of vote in Bayern April 6, 1976 1st quadraphonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones. April 6, 1977 Kingdome opens, Seattle Mariners 1st game, loses to Angels 7-0. April 6, 1992 U.S. Supreme Court rules a Nebraska farmer was entrapped by postal agents into buying mail-order child pornography. April 6, 1994 Supreme Court Justice Blackmun (Roe vs. Wade) retired from the Court. Last edited by themoodyblue; 04-06-2008 at 10:21 AM..

04-07-2008, 02:27 AM	#412 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 7, 1953, IBM unveiled the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. It was IBM's first commercially available scientific computer... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-07-2008, 09:13 AM	#413 (permalink)
themoodyblue Upright Location: In a Perpetual State of Confusion	529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. 1805 - First public performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony 1906 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. 1945 - World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, is sunk 200 miles north of Okinawa while en-route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go. 1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. 1990 - Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction was reversed on appeal). 2003 - U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later. 1718 - Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800) was born. 1770 - William Wordsworth, English poet (d. 1850) was born. 1964 - Russell Crowe, New Zealand actor was born. 2001 - David Graf, American actor (b. 1950) died. Today the following holidays are observed around the world: * World Health Day - Celebrated by the 191 member countries of the World Health Organization * Mozambique - Women's Day. * Compton, California - Eazy-E Day * The feast of Annunciation is celebrated by the Western Orthodox Church. * The Feast Day of Saint John Baptist de La Salle (d. 1719)

04-08-2008, 02:19 AM	#414 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 8, 1988, former U.S. President Reagan aide Lyn Nofzinger was sentenced to prison for illegal lobbying for Wedtech Corp... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-08-2008, 03:22 AM	#415 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	1942 - the Siege of Leningrad opens the Leningrad railway link, vital to Soviet war efforts. And yesterday we missed an important one: 75 years since prohibition ended.

04-09-2008, 02:54 AM	#416 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 9, 1913, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ebbets Field opened... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 04-10-2008 at 02:19 AM..

04-10-2008, 02:19 AM	#417 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 10, 1849, Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-11-2008, 02:24 AM	#418 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 11, 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-12-2008, 02:15 AM	#419 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 12, 1864, Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow, in Tennessee and slaughters the black Union troops there... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-13-2008, 02:17 AM	#420 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 13, 1963, Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds got his first hit in the major leagues... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-14-2008, 02:14 AM	#421 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 14, 1925, WGN became the first radio station to broadcast a regular season major league baseball game. The Cubs beat the Pirates 8-2... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-15-2008, 02:19 AM	#422 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 15, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic sank at 2:27 a.m. in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg the evening before. 1,517 people died and more than 700 people survived... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-16-2008, 02:20 AM	#424 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 16, 1705, Queen Anne of England knighted Isaac Newton... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-18-2008, 01:41 PM	#425 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 17, 2008, Uncle Phil was in Ft. Myers, FL... On April 18, 1923, Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, NY. The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. John Phillip Sousa's band played the National Anthem... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-19-2008, 02:10 AM	#426 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 19, 1982, NASA named Sally Ride to be first woman astronaut... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-19-2008, 02:21 AM	#427 (permalink)
dksuddeth Junkie Location: bedford, tx	April 19th, 1775, the shot heard round the world. At about 5 a.m., 700 British troops, on a mission to capture Patriot leaders and seize a Patriot arsenal, march into Lexington to find 77 armed minutemen under Captain John Parker waiting for them on the town's common green. British Major John Pitcairn ordered the outnumbered Patriots to disperse, and after a moment's hesitation the Americans began to drift off the green. Suddenly, the "shot heard around the world" was fired from an undetermined gun, and a cloud of musket smoke soon covered the green. When the brief Battle of Lexington ended, eight Americans lay dead or dying and 10 others were wounded. Only one British soldier was injured, but the American Revolution had begun. By 1775, tensions between the American colonies and the British government approached the breaking point, especially in Massachusetts, where Patriot leaders formed a shadow revolutionary government and trained militias to prepare for armed conflict with the British troops occupying Boston. In the spring of 1775, General Thomas Gage, the British governor of Massachusetts, received instructions from England to seize all stores of weapons and gunpowder accessible to the American insurgents. On April 18, he ordered British troops to march against the Patriot arsenal at Concord and capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. The Boston Patriots had been preparing for such a military action by the British for some time, and upon learning of the British plan, Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes were ordered to set out to rouse the militiamen and warn Adams and Hancock. When the British troops arrived at Lexington, Adams, Hancock, and Revere had already fled to Philadelphia, and a group of militiamen were waiting. The Patriots were routed within minutes, but warfare had begun, leading to calls to arms across the Massachusetts countryside. When the British troops reached Concord at about 7 a.m., they found themselves encircled by hundreds of armed Patriots. They managed to destroy the military supplies the Americans had collected but were soon advanced against by a gang of minutemen, who inflicted numerous casualties. Lieutenant Colonel Frances Smith, the overall commander of the British force, ordered his men to return to Boston without directly engaging the Americans. As the British retraced their 16-mile journey, their lines were constantly beset by Patriot marksmen firing at them Indian-style from behind trees, rocks, and stone walls. At Lexington, Captain Parker's militia had its revenge, killing several British soldiers as the Red Coats hastily marched through his town. By the time the British finally reached the safety of Boston, nearly 300 British soldiers had been killed, wounded, or were missing in action. The Patriots suffered fewer than 100 casualties. The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution, a conflict that would escalate from a colonial uprising into a world war that, seven years later, would give birth to the independent United States of America. __________________ "no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him." Last edited by dksuddeth; 04-19-2008 at 03:08 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

04-19-2008, 01:52 PM	#428 (permalink)
n0nsensical Junkie Location: San Francisco	On April 19, 1943 Dr. Hofmann intentionally ingested 250 µg of LSD, which he hypothesized would be a threshold dose, based on other ergot alkaloids. After ingesting the substance Hofmann was struggling to speak intelligibly and asked his laboratory assistant, who knew of the self-experiment, to escort him home on his bicycle, due to the lack of available vehicles during wartime restrictions. On the bicycle ride home, Hofmann's condition became more severe and in his journal he stated that everything in his field of vision wavered and was distorted, as if seen in a curved mirror. Hofmann also stated that while riding on the bicycle, he had the sensation of being stationary, unable to move from where he was, despite the fact that he was moving very rapidly. Once Hofmann arrived safely home, he summoned a doctor and asked his neighbor for milk, believing it may help relieve the symptoms. Hofmann wrote that despite his delirious and bewildered condition, he was able to choose milk as a nonspecific antidote for poisoning. Upon arriving the doctor could find no abnormal physical symptoms other than extremely dilated pupils. After spending several hours terrified that his body had been possessed by a demon, that his next door neighbor was a witch, and that his furniture was threatening him, Dr. Hofmann feared he had become completely insane. In his journal Hofmann said that the doctor saw no reason to prescribe medication and instead sent him to his bed. At this time Hofmann said that the feelings of fear had started to give way to feelings of good fortune and gratitude, and that he was now enjoying the colors and plays of shapes that persisted behind his closed eyes. Hofmann mentions seeing "fantastic images" surging past him, alternating and opening and closing themselves into circles and spirals and finally exploding into colored fountains and then rearranging themselves in a constant flux. Hofmann mentions that during the condition every acoustic perception, such as the sound of a passing automobile, was transformed into optical perceptions. Eventually Hofmann slept and upon awakening the next morning felt refreshed and clearheaded, though somewhat physically tired. He also stated that he had a sensation of well being and renewed life and that his breakfast tasted unusually delicious. Upon walking in his garden he remarked that all of his senses were "vibrating in a condition of highest sensitivity, which then persisted for the entire day". btw, I didn't write that, it's from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD#Bicycle_Day __________________ "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." --Abraham Lincoln Last edited by n0nsensical; 04-19-2008 at 04:16 PM..

04-19-2008, 02:13 PM	#429 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	... __________________ ////\\// IRONSKY.NET \\//\\\\ Last edited by Hain; 04-19-2008 at 02:14 PM.. Reason: Eh, nothing important to add.

04-20-2008, 02:02 AM	#431 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 20, 1912, Fenway Park opened as the home of the Boston Red Sox... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-21-2008, 02:10 AM	#432 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 21, 1984,in France, it was announced that doctors had found virus believed to cause AIDS... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

04-22-2008, 02:22 AM	#434 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 22, 1987, the American Physical Society said that the "Star Wars" missile system was "highly questionable" and would take ten years to research... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 04-22-2008 at 08:51 AM.. Reason: wrong date; my bad...

04-22-2008, 06:03 AM	#435 (permalink)
ottopilot let me be clear Location: Waddy Peytona	April 22 1970 was the first Earth Day. The focus of the first Earth Day was to promote awareness of environmental issues such as pollution, the effects of over-population, and to address the crisis of the impending ice age brought on by ... wait for it ... Global Cooling. __________________ "It rubs the lotion on Buffy, Jodi and Mr. French's skin" - Uncle Bill from Buffalo

04-23-2008, 02:18 AM	#440 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On April 23, 1896, the Vitascope system for projecting movies onto a screen was demonstrated in New York City... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.