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Category: US History

Response to Someone on FB

11/05/2023

Random Posts, Random Thoughts, U.S. Government, US History

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TV Series Recommendation: Lincoln: Divided We Stand (2021)

03/25/2021

Documentary Recommendations, History, US History

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. -Abraham Lincoln- This six part series started on February 21st and ended on March 21st this year. It begins with Abraham Lincoln as
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More You Know: Past and Upcoming U.S. Presidential Results

10/17/2020

More You Know, U.S. Government, US History

If you haven’t noticed or heard, there’s a lot of debate going on whether to trust the polls. In 2016 U.S. presidential election, half the nation was stunned and sad/mad while the other half was stunned and happy/thrilled. Fast forward to 2020 and we seem to be in the same predicament except four years have
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Journal Entry Type #45: I Have a Few Bones to Pick and Then Let Go

05/31/2020

Random Thoughts, US History, Writing

It looks like WP realized typing in gray wasn’t really the way to go in terms of color. I went back to the old way of WP instead their new format of blocks because I couldn’t get the words I typed to be black. It’s the little things that bother me. Needless to say, I’m
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More You Know: Most and Least Narcissistic U.S. Presidents

02/25/2020

FYI, US History

When this narcissistic poll was conducted by the Association for Psychological Science and published online by Psychological Science, it was 2013 and President Barack Obama was in his second term and the U.S. was not on their edge of their seats to see who would replace him compared to 2015. When 2016 came upon us
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FYI: The “I Word” No One Talks About Until Recently

12/20/2019

FYI, U.S. Government, US History

A teacher from my high school currently teaches A.P. History and what a way for students to experience an actual impeachment process in the United States. There have been now three presidents in the U.S. to be impeached although Donald Trump was basically half impeached (for practical purposes). The Republican lead Senate is not going
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Documentary Recommendation: The Untold History of the United States (2012-2013)

04/19/2019

Documentary Recommendations, History, Netflix Recommendations, US History

Quote from The Untold History of the United State by Oliver Stone: “Americans, like people everywhere, are in thrall to their visions of the past, rarely realizing the extent to which their understanding of history shapes behavior in the here and now. Historical understanding defines people’s very sense of what is thinkable and achievable. As
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Netflix TV Mini-series Recommendation: Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)

04/08/2019

Documentary Recommendations, Netflix Recommendations, US History

Quote from Bobby Kennedy for President by Robert F. Kennedy: “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” Executive Producers: Nestan Behrens, Ben Cotner, Gunnar
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Hoover Dam (why not?!)

08/18/2018

Photographs, US History

On my first day on vacation (three more days left/two if you don’t include the weekend), I went to Hoover Dam. It took five years to build and sits on the border of Nevada and Arizona. I should’ve brought sunglasses, and was surprised it was that busy on a weekday. I had to wait for
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The Mob Museum: Part Four

07/18/2018

Organized Crime, U.S. Government, U.S. Law Enforcement, US History

The fourth and last post of The Mob Museum include the end of the La Cosa Nostra in its prime, the emergence of new organized criminal groups (sort of), the current illegal and practices, the Las Vegas area including The Strip (being technical is located in Paradise and Winchester), and anything else I forgot. The Mob did
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The Mob Museum: Part Three

07/18/2018

Organized Crime, U.S. Government, U.S. Law Enforcement, US History

This part covers the main players for and against the Mob. The Mob members were eventually forced to accept their fate, although they had some unique methods of not cooperating with the law, mainly by keeping their mouths shut and eyes closed. As we all know, they didn’t lose sleep taking out members when it had to be done
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The Mob Museum: Part Two

07/15/2018

Organized Crime, U.S. Government, U.S. Law Enforcement, US History

The Mob Museum continues to the “nice” and “fun” part of organized crime owned drinking establishments and casinos, as well as the great money making opportunity for the Mob when Prohibition went into effect. There’s nothing that won’t and can’t be touched by the Mob (and the wrong spelling of Marilyn as in Marilyn Monroe).
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The Mob Museum: Part One

07/15/2018

Organized Crime, U.S. Government, U.S. Law Enforcement, US History

I finally visited the Mob Museum (National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement) in downtown Las Vegas. I took way too many pictures again and the only video I took was of fish in a tank and no, it had nothing to do with the phrase “swimming with the fishes.” The building once housed
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