|
|||||
|
As a history buff in general, I am a particular fan of the Civil War. It was a weird war, as wars go; one which largely featured Napoleonic tactics despite the fact that the rise of rifled weaponry made such tactics suicidal. Some leaders adapted, albeit slowly, while others did not. Lee figured out the [...] Go here for the article, http://www.sportscarmonitor.com/pictures/1043258_photo-history-47-years-of-fords-mustang_gallery-1#100307890 Share on Facebook God knows I’m always Penn State proud (by the way, all you Buckeyes punks fans, Coach JoePa will be on this weekend’s Radio Free Threedonia, and he welcomes your call-in questions), so in light of Rich’s fighter planes post, thought I’d share this story from Happy Valley with y’all. 91-year-old pilot still takes flight, designs planes As only he can, my friend (and friend of Threedonia) Jack Marino has been letting loose the hounds of hell on Tom Hanks (and Hollywood) in the comments section over at Big Hollywood. For those who don’t slog through those parts, notably the comments, which can admittedly get out of control sometimes, thought it’d be [...] I had a picture of Julius Caesar getting murdered… Big Government and many others have the same pic. Since I can’t stand to be part of the crowd I’m changing my pic. Share on Facebook The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Even Better Than the Real Thing www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show For those of you who have bothered to keep up with this post, http://www.threedonia.com/archives/21241 First, I apologize for the poor quality of the original post. Sincerely. I am very busy outside of threedonia lately and do [...] Conrad Black doesn’t find American exceptionalism to be all that exceptional. There is no doubt that this is the country’s longstanding self-image, and the American genius for the spectacle, for public relations and advertising, which is as old as the republic, gathered much credence for this version of events, through the polemical [...] Share on Facebook Share on Facebook In today’s Texas history class students we find that on this date in 1836 the Alamo fell to the Mexican Army. For 13 days between 100-150 Texicans held out against the onslaught of over 1500 Mexican soldiers under the command of General Santa Anna. The battle became a rallying point for the Texas [...] Share on Facebook Nothing like arguing about Lincoln, so I’ll extend it to a new post here. In open thread, Floyd – quite correctly – said that if the South hadn’t been so stubbornly boneheaded about slavery, the American Civil War (or the War of Northern Aggression, if you prefer) would not have occurred. New commenter Jeff Stone [...] 149 years ago today — Lincoln’s First Inauguration: This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it. I can not be ignorant of the fact that [...] David Bellavia visits a theme I have discussed here once or twice. The real heroes this nation produces and how we never hear of them or celebrate their stories. This is the story of Melvin Brown …PFC Brown was nineteen-years old in 1950. Rosy cheeks and bright eyes. From my assessment of his pictures he barely [...] It’s been a busy week at the day job herebouts, so I hope y’all have been having fun. A bit of sad news is Trzupr-land yesterday: the family lost another member, my Uncle Wiz who was a World War II vet and all around good guy. For me, Wiz was one of those relatives that [...] From the blog of David Bellavia comes this story about a SGT from the Mississippi National Guard and the President of the United States of America. Together we made our way to the White House for breakfast in the Rose Garden with the Bush. Well, I was walking. Brooks was rolling. Sergeant William “Bill” Brooks joined the [...] Share on Facebook Share on Facebook I love the Bible. I love reading it, studying it and I find it continually relevant on everyday topics attendant with the spiritual wisdom inside. I don’t expect some of you to understand all that — e-mail me and we’ll have a chat about that — I’m not a blog proselytizer…. Anyway… [...] Share on Facebook If you have ever been curious about what a real no-shit fighter pilot is like, that was Robin Olds. He passed away in June of 2007 but his spirit and legend continue on. In April his biography will be released he was writing it when he passed…it should be awesome Get all the info HERE. You can [...] Who Dat? Apparently there is a bit of a ruckus over who owns the rights to print the words “Who Dat?” on a t-shirt. LA Senator David Vitter claims that the city of New Orleans owns that phrase The NFL is trying to stop a local T-Shirt vendor from making shirts with the phrase saying the Aints [...] Share on Facebook Here’s an interesting essay by German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk from The City Journal on The Grasping Hand of the modern democratic state and what it might mean. Here’s a bit go read the whole thing: The modern democratic state pillages its productive citizens. To assess the unprecedented scale that the modern democratic state has attained in [...] Share on Facebook I saw this a couple of years ago and forgot about it until reminded earlier today…. This is John Tyler — 10th President of the United States from 1841-1844. Born in 1790 — nine years before George Washington died. Tyler died in 1862. This is Harrison Tyler… John Tyler’s GRANDSON — no greats — just [...] The sad thing about it is, the person this letter is intended for would consider him a tired senile old man… Dear President Obama, Share on Facebook Andre Dawson, the only player elected to the baseball Hall of Fame this year will go in as an Expo — or at least the cap on his plaque will be an Expos hat. He preferred to go in as a Chicago Cub. The hall announced its decision Wednesday. Dawson told WMVP-AM in Chicago that [...] The crew of Apollo 1: Edward White, Gus Grissom, Robert Chaffee, R.I.P. Share on Facebook From GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD “On 26 January 1945, 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by [...] Perhaps you needed a John Wayne fix today… from Dick Cavett blogging at The New York Times (you’re welcome): The setting was the Universal lot in Hollywood, and I was preparing a prime-time special to be called “Dick Cavett’s Backlot U.S.A.” We’d somehow lured Mae West out of her most recent retirement. We had Mickey [...] We didn’t say much this year about the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade last Friday. Reader Kenn Christenson linked in the comments to this fantastic and sobering article from The Weekly Standard about how experience and ultrasound force many abortionists into a crisis of conscience and ultimately, of course, a choice. I’m always reminded [...] Here is a fascinating article from The Wall Street Journal and the golden age of poisoners and the scientists who battled and still battle them. In 1906, Belle Gunness started running personal ads in Midwestern papers. She described herself as an attractive widow with a lush Indiana farm property, interested in an equally affluent new husband. [...] Detail (showing the Americas) of a large 1602 world map made by Matteo Ricci presented to the Chinese. Here’s a fascinating New York Times review of an exhibition at The Library of Congress (through April) of the “Ricci Map”. From the review: When a map of overwhelming dimensions and detail is presented to the ruler of [...] Peter Robinson interviews John Yoo, the Justice Department lawyer who determined that the use of enhanced interrogation methods on terrorist prisoners was constitutional. The first part of the five-part interview can be found here, or you can download the entire interview here. (Second link will launch iTunes.) The forty-minute discussion covers the inherent executive powers granted to [...] Share on Facebook Rio Grande (1950) One of my all-time favorites. “This music is not of my choosing.” “I’m sorry Kirby. I wish [...] As a child of the Atari 2600 generation I find this Space Invaders tribute video amusing — though I am glad it’s only about 1:20 long. And here’s Pole Position: h/t: JJ Share on Facebook |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2010 threedonia.com - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
Recent Comments