Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not For June 22, 2017 Obamacare
is like Rome, burning to the ground as insurers leave the individual market and
the mandates still in place are strangling job creation and what we hear is not
debate but the Nero like fiddling of Schumer and his lackeys joined by four Republican
Benedict Arnolds—what a complete disaster; Schumer sound bites do not solve the
problem nor do Pelosi’s as she faces increasing fire from Blues that her time
is through (hope she stays as she is the Red turnout magnet); Congress will
soon be missing in action for their recess that we mere mortal serfs would die for
without doing their jobs of tax cuts, repealing and replacing Obamacare as it implodes in a fireball, and no work on
infrastructure (Trump can do only so much with executive orders); on the North
Korea front, disturbing news that a U.S. anti missile test failed as North
Korea tested another rocket motor (when does the world and North Korea’s
neighbors come to the realization that the only solution is regime change by
any military means including assassination and that solution must be
implemented while Kim Jong Un does not possess nuclear tipped missiles); on the
PC university front Trinity College professor Johnny Williams went on a f* bomb
tirade that because he was white Scalise should have been left to die (time for
parents and donors to express their displeasure by sending their kids and
dollars elsewhere as with idiots like him teaching there they are overpaying
for the “education”; in further proof that must be drilled into the sick minds
of jihadis that you may run but you cannot hide, a Canadian sniper shot and
killed a terrorist in Iraq from a distance of 2.2 miles away;; Rahm
Emanuel’s top priority for Chicago remains making it the premier sanctuary city
in the country as the carnage continues unabated in June with total shootings
in 2017 through June 21 increasing to 1646 and the death toll increasing to 292,
a major tragedy that the powers to be in Chicago seem to completely ignore
except for those fortunate enough to own a mortuary.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Peter
and Gordon, factoids of interest for this day in history, hoping that our
politicians will not create billions more of imprests for wasteful purposes; a relevant
quote from President Roosevelt on the G.I. Bill of Rights, secure in the knowledge
that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like weddings, or anniversaries, you know
that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a
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me for details.
1.
National Onion Ring Day—in
a day in which holidays and observances are almost nonexistent bemoaning
another high fat treat we Americans are too prone to consume.
2. National
Chocolate Éclair Day—celebrated by eating a favorite mid-19th Century
French pastry invention made with choux dough as opposed to long johns make
with donut dough.
3. 1964 Number One Song—the number one song in
1964 on a run of 1 week in that position was “A World Without Love” by Peter
and Gordon. Here is a performance by the two British pop stars who were part of
the British Invasion of “A World Without Love”: https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=peter+and+Gordon#id=1&vid=f8f304add3eed94fa93d3e58702fcd87&action=click
4. Word
of the Day—today’s word of the day is “imprest” which means a loan or
advance of funds for a particular purpose.
5. Drums
Along the Reservation—celebrating or bemoaning, depending on your political persuasion,
the birth on this day in 1949 of a women who claimed to be Native American in
order to further her political ambitions. Along with Sanders she is a rabid foe
of banks and is symbolic of the leftist tilt of the Democratic Party.
On this day
in:
a. 1941 in what will
prove to be Germany’s biggest mistake in World War II, German forces launched
Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
b. 1944 President Roosevelt
signed into law The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 ( aka the G.I. Bill of
Rights ) which dramatically increased the number of college and technically
trained students from the ranks of returning veterans.
c. 1969 the Cuyahoga
River running through Cleveland, Ohio caught fire which led to the passage of
the Clean Water Act and the creation of Trump’s nemesis the Environmental
Protection Agency.
d. 1984 Virgin Airways
commenced operations with its first flight from London’s Gatwick Airport.
e. 1990 that symbol of
the Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, was disbanded.
Reflections on the least this
nation needed to do for its returning veterans: “First, mustering-out
pay to every member of the armed forces and merchant marine when he or she is
honorably discharged; mustering-out pay large enough in each case to cover a
reasonable period of time between his discharge and the finding of a new job.Second,
in case no job is found after diligent search, then unemployment insurance if
the individual registers with the United States Employment Service. Third, an
opportunity for members of the armed services to get further education or trade
training at the cost of their Government….”—President Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Fireside Chat,”
July 28, 1943 Probably along with the Marshall Plan, the best investment this
nation has ever made. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you
like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in
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breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's
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© June 22, 2017, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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