Thursday Throwback: ab '69

 

"One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain."

~Bob Marley

It's Thursday, so how about an episode of, Throwback Thursday?

Saturday, August 2nd, thru Saturday, August 9th, 1969

Our video is, American Bandstand, from Saturday, August 2nd, 1969.

Other events include...

The Mets lost to the Atlanta Braves, 1-0 at, Shea Stadium

Andrew Duggan, was on the cover of, TV Guide,

Goldie Hawn, was on the cover of Vogue

Midnight Cowboy, was #1 at theaters.

In The Year 2525, was the #1 Song

At the end of this week, on August 9th, 1969, actress Sharon Tate was found murdered at her Benedict Canyon home. It was later determined that members of the Mason family cult killed her and four others during a home invasion.

The #1 TV show for the week of, August 2nd 1969,

 was Rowan And Martin's Laugh-in. 

On August 2nd, Richard Nixon became the first incumbent president to visit a U. S. president to visit a Communist country, when he arrived in Bucharest, Hungary.

And that was the week of August 2nd 1969!

Of Course He Did!

 

“In these difficult years, America has suffered from a fever of words; from inflated rhetoric that promises more than it can deliver; from angry rhetoric that fans discontents into hatreds; from bombastic rhetoric that postures instead of persuading. We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another, until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.” 

― Richard M. Nixon 

 

 

It cost 10 cents for a copy of the New York Daily News, in 1973! Today I think it costs around $3! It was a lot cheaper to watch Nixon fall, which makes sense because the fall of Donald J. Trump cost him, his co-conspirators, and the rest of America so much more the the time we all wasted in the early 70's watching Nixon deteriorate. And so it goes, on Monday, August 14th, Trump was indicted yet again, but this time it was in the state of Georgia, it was on charges of trying to steal the 2020 election, and again he has 19 co-conspirators, including Rudy Guiliani. RICO charges for everybody! Yep, that's right...Trump and his band of halfwits, are just like John Gotti, without the brain, intelligence or sense of patriotism.

The newest case against Trump will be a lot different than the previous three, because if nothing else, there are so many conspirators that can turn against him. I think its a strong possibility Guiliani will turn, if for no other reason, then because Trump has stiffed him for work done while Giuliani was assisting Trump in his attempts to overturn the election. Guiliani should have known better. He was a former prosecutor who put away some of the biggest crime bosses of the Mafia. He expanded RICO definitions, so he can't claim ignorance of his own actions.

The irony that it was Richard Nixon signed into law the RICO act, on October 15th, 1970, and Trump loves dropping his name, and showing off a picture of the two of them, and sharing a letter, in the most basic of sense, that Nixon once wrote him. What would Tricky Dick think of Donald Trump today? It's fascinating that Nixon and his cohorts were not charged on RICO violations. It seems like the set criteria was present. Lots of folks went to jail for the conspiracy, yet they weren't charged that way. I will have to do more reading about that. I have a deep curiosity about Watergate, always have, so that will be time well spent. Perhaps it had to do with the prosecution of the co-conspirators without Nixon being named directly as the head of the criminal enterprise. 

That is certainly not the case here. Trump was named all the way at the top, with his toadies bringing up the rear. We will see what unfolds for everyone over the coming days, months and GOD HELP ME, years! He has until Friday the 25th, at noon, to turn himself in for processing at the Rice jail in Atlanta. Between now and the he has scheduled a big press conference for Monday, that he says will bring irrefutable evidence of his innocence. He, so far, hasn't mentioned if it will exonerate his co-conspirators. As of this morning, his currently lawyers were frowning on the idea. Also next week is the first republican debate. Chris Christie will be there, will Trump? And as I said, he has until noon next Friday to turn himself in.

Next week will not be dull! Will Trump give his speech on Monday? My guess is no. Will Trump show up to the republican debate? My guess is yes. Will Trump show up for processing at the Rice jail in Atlanta, my guess yes, but if he pulled an O.J. and ran around the streets of Atlanta with his head on fire, that would be highly entertaining also. Decisions, decisions. But can't you just see him in the back of a big, black SUV,  starring out the back window pitifully, with Walt Nauta driving? Oh sure you can!

Well, that was quick. While I was composing this post, he changed his mind about his big fancy news conference. Sigh. Seems his lawyers "prefer" he not admit to even more crimes! Doh!

Doggone IT! I was going to get cannoli to enjoy while watching.

 

 

Remember The Alamo!

 

 Cosumnes River Reserve

Lodi, California

January 10th, 2021

 

"Never say more than is necessary."

 

~Richard Brinsley Sheridan

 

 As of later today, Donald John Trump will officially go down in history as the only president, so far, to be Impeached twice. We are living through extraordinary times. I feel like someone should be knitting something, like when Betsy Ross knitted the flag. Is there such a thing as an Impeachment flag? Nah... probably not. But doesn't that seem about right? Like there should be some wildly artsy thing happening? I imagine there might be a hillbilly off somewhere writing a special song for the soon to be ex-president, or perhaps a poem. Shrug. I am thinking of making some Impeachment scones for the occasion, I mean days like this don't come along everyday, but oddly enough, they have come around three times in my lifetime. Rickard Nixon, William Jefferson Clinton and of course the overachiever, Donald Trump.

 

Richard Nixon, of course, never actually faced Impeachment because he was smart enough to shut up, write a simple resignation letter and accept a full pardon from Gerald Ford. Clinton learned what happens when you aren't even as smart as Richard Nixon. You run your mouth, lie to Congress, and you get Impeached. Luckily, he wasn't forced out of office by the Senate, but what a sad time that was for America. I was so disillusioned, but all these years later I realize that I probably wasn't so much disillusioned as just plan sad that such a man, who governed brilliantly, had fallen so far. It still makes me sad when I think about all the damage it caused. But Trump is a completely different story. It wasn't a shaded stretch of the truth or a lie to congress, no, it was inciting a coup against the government of the United States. Our country. 

 

It's unforgivable. And so is the fact that he continues to run his mouth to the masses, to incite Civil War, in a selfish attempt to hold off the inevitable... jail. As of right now, that might be the last thing he has to worry about, Hell at least jail would mean there will be a roof over his head and food in his stomach. Two things he could be missing soon, as his equity drops. As of right now he has been kicked off most social media platforms, lost his contract with the PGA, the ability to process credit card receipts through Stripe, a host of other partnerships and the biggest of them all, Deutsche Bank called it quits on him yesterday. I'm waiting for a Breaking News alert saying Melania has filed for divorce. I'm not actually waiting for that, but it wouldn't surprise me if it happens before we reach June.

 

Well, anyway, today is going to be a long day, so I will leave it here with a letter from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs from yesterday, vowing to do their job and keep their promise to do due diligence. The second letter is from Vice President Mike Pence. I'd like to think he isn't invoking the 25th Amendment because he doesn't want to kick a man when he's down, but I know he is just a milquetoast coward, so there's that. I do have to hope Pence writes a book one day, and hopefully he will share why Trump chose, The Alamo, as his last Batshit stand. LOL. Oh well, holy Hell, I always did say Trump was one Impeachment away from charging up San Juan Hill! CHARGGGGE!