So the discovery of fire, invention of the wheel, emergence of written language, mathematics, modern medicine, the rise of religions, the Fall of Rome, the Renaissance, Columbus, Copernicus, the Wright Bros, splitting the atom, and the aftermath of WWII all take a back seat to reaffirming your partisan biases.
Thanks for the laugh. Though not what you intended, I think.
This post was edited by Don Barzini at May 16, 2019 10:08 PM MDT
Yep, it all takes back-seat to the lunacy I see every day here. If you have sudden bursts of laughter you might want to get checked out for Pseudobulbar. :P
It's not that my replies aren't pearls to you, it's just that you can't be bothered with reason. I'm beginning to believe your "yacht" is really your mom's basement. :P
Yes, Hilliar, it's me. I found your dumped emails. AG Barr is combing through them right now, will get back with you. :P
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at May 16, 2019 9:00 PM MDT
When Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the allied forces during WWII. The day before D-Day he spoke to the troops. I think it was the 82nd Airborne Division... less than a year later, May '45 the war was over. My Dad and I were talking about this and the invasion was costly but, successful. Men like Eisenhower no longer exist.
During Desert Storm, we were led by a similar figure, Gen Norman Schwarzkopf. Though he had no political ambitions, this was a leader without peer in his time. The soldiers loved the guy, and we officers had supreme confidence in him. There are no words to articulate how fortunate we were to have him on our side.
He was a great General and modest to a fault. After Desert Storm, you heard virtually nothing more about him and his forays into the political arena were minimal.
The end of WWII. We assisted Europe in rebuilding, the world was for the most part at peace for a change, several dicators who suppressed their countrymen were eliminated paving the way for democracy, the economy was booming and there was a general lightheartedness and hope that it would always be so. Unfortunately, over the years, dictators re-emerged, communism flourished, human rights in many countries became non-existent and we have had skirmishes, actions and wars to this day.
Yes, it was the Greatest Generation. When called upon to help save the world, they stepped up to the plate. It makes me wonder if we were in a similar situation today, would this generation do the same? Maybe if they were allowed to bring their iPhones.
The silent generation. A generation I wish I was a part of. I'm a generation X. Which is strange for me. I fit into the silent generation with my work ethic and morals. The greatest generation was the backbone of our county.
I’m inclined to agree. In fact I’ve said as much on a similar question, either here or another site. I can’t think of many things as important to our advancement in every field of endeavor as writing.
While not the most pivotal I'm sure, one thing that happened while I was here and paying attention that I 'm so glad I got to witness (from afar) was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. At the time I had foreign visitors in my house and we were all so so very happy about it. Watching it on TV.....people just knocking it down piece by piece. It was quite a moment in time.
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