Random observations

Just a few thoughts on a ‘meh’ Saturday:

Those of us not yet brain-dead surely remember a short time back when the government had the neat little slogan “If you see something, say something”, right? Well, somebody SAW something about the creepo who shot up a Florida school last week, informed the FBI. Somebody saw something, said something, and the FBI did NOTHING.

Mitt Romney, all fresh from getting his ass kicked by the worst president this country ever experienced is taking all his gathered political acumen to Utah to run for the US Senate. Seems like I remember the cries of ‘carpetbagger’ (as opposed to ‘carptemuncher’ – a different criteria) when Hillary packed up and moved to New York so SHE could waltz into a Senate seat. Romney in the Senate will give John McStain the impetus to retire since the Senate will have a new RINO to replace him.

And let’s see – We’re finding out that the FBI collaborated with the dimmocrat party to rig an election THEN to overthrow a legally elected president, and they want us to give up our guns at the same time? I don’t think so.

Today in History – February 17

1600 – The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de’ Fiori in Rome. Just like NOT being a Lefty sycophant on campuses today.

1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.

1864 – American Civil War: The CSS H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic.

1871
– The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Q: Why are French roads lined with trees? A: Because the German Army likes to march in the shade.

1876 – Sardines first canned at Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine. I loves me some ‘dines!

1878 – First telephone exchange in San Francisco opens with 18 phones.

1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.

1972 – Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model-T. I’ve owned several VW products of the air-cooled variety.