That's where the big bands used to come and play
Roseland Ballroom closed today
Monday, April 7, 2014
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Over There
April 6, 2012 -
US enters the Great War (for the first time)
On this day in 1917, the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered World War I. At the time, the war had been going on in Europe for three years, but there was no real immediate threat to the United States. Up until then, Woodrow Wilson had been opposed to the war. His campaign for president in 1916 included the slogan, "He kept us out of the war," though Wilson never used that phrase himself.
But two things changed Wilson's mind. The first was that Germany had declared unrestricted warfare on American merchant vessels, and began torpedoing any ship they thought was carrying munitions to the British and the French. At that point, the United States was the biggest supplier of munitions to the British and the French. And the second was that the United States intercepted a telegram from Germany to Mexico, asking for an alliance against the United States. If Mexico was willing to attack the U.S., the Germans said they would help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
The war was extraordinarily expensive for the United States, costing about $1 million per hour in the last 25 months of the war. The amount of money the U.S. government spent on World War I was more than the combined total of what it had spent in the previous 100 years. Woodrow Wilson hoped it would be the war to end all wars, but instead it was just the beginning of the United States' policy of military intervention in world affairs.
US enters the Great War (for the first time)
On this day in 1917, the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered World War I. At the time, the war had been going on in Europe for three years, but there was no real immediate threat to the United States. Up until then, Woodrow Wilson had been opposed to the war. His campaign for president in 1916 included the slogan, "He kept us out of the war," though Wilson never used that phrase himself.
But two things changed Wilson's mind. The first was that Germany had declared unrestricted warfare on American merchant vessels, and began torpedoing any ship they thought was carrying munitions to the British and the French. At that point, the United States was the biggest supplier of munitions to the British and the French. And the second was that the United States intercepted a telegram from Germany to Mexico, asking for an alliance against the United States. If Mexico was willing to attack the U.S., the Germans said they would help Mexico regain Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
The war was extraordinarily expensive for the United States, costing about $1 million per hour in the last 25 months of the war. The amount of money the U.S. government spent on World War I was more than the combined total of what it had spent in the previous 100 years. Woodrow Wilson hoped it would be the war to end all wars, but instead it was just the beginning of the United States' policy of military intervention in world affairs.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Things Change
The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change. - Richard Bach
(Thank you St. Joseph - I have become a little old Puerto Rican man - I buried the statue in the front yard of my late father-in-law's house to help with the sale.)
Those of you in the know, may notice that the Christ child has come off the statue. I'm not going to take that as an omen but I couldn't find it when I dug up the statue.
Those of you in the know, may notice that the Christ child has come off the statue. I'm not going to take that as an omen but I couldn't find it when I dug up the statue.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Another one of life's tragedies
Mr. Arthur Lappan's portfolio took a downturn during the Great Recession. He thought he could save a buck on a home vasectomy. Unfortunately, Matilda Flabitian, the only traveling nude surgeon he could afford, was cross-eyed; tragedy ensued
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
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