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Key Battles of American History
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"They might offer negative feedback or critiques about how they need to perform next time. But they wouldn't say that as a whole, they need to be taken out of their combat operations and put on patrol duty. It becomes a media story. So there's these back and forth editorials and stories and pat magazine in the black press really debating whether the tuskegee airmen have what it takes to be pilots. And by extension, that means they're debating whether black men can be pilots at all. Thankfully, by late 1943, early 1944, the tuskegee airmen are back in combat, are able to prove themselves even more boldly in the performance and really demonstrate their aptitude as pilots. What do you think is powerful about their story is just how much they were dedicated to doing their jobs well. These were men who were extraordinarily proud and who not only had to fight militarily. They were in dog fights with Nazi pilots. But they also had to fight against the prejudice and racism of some of their own commanders. You go to prove themselves. And they all recognize that the weight of the future of black pilots was on their shoulders that if they failed, it could be a whole other generation for another group of black men had that opportunity. And so I hope from the book, even though I think the ski airmen are well known, I think that week by week, month, by month story that they live, I hope that will be new to most readers. All right, great. And one of my favorite World War II movies is the 1995 made for TV, movie the tuskegee airman. I don't know, have you seen that one? I made a scene a while ago. I haven't seen it recently though. Yeah, it's a long time ago, but colonel Davis is played by a great actor, Andre braugher, who was also in glory. I love that show. Red tails, the more recent one, not so much. It's not quite as good of a movie, but anyway, great story. So just a couple more questions here. Let's go to the end of the war now. After the war ended, what challenges did returning African American veterans face? Etsy black veterans in their return faced a couple key challenges. One was in most cases the return to a country that was openly hostile to them in their communities. I think this is one of the ways we can see how differently World War II looks from the black perspective that I think we would like to think that at the end of the war veterans were greeted with celebrations and parades. But that just wasn't the case for a lot of these black veterans. Instead, they were often greeted with violence and hostility. One of the things I described in the book is that there were at least a dozen black veterans who were attacked or murdered violating the color line for being too proud of their uniforms or for not immediately stepping back into second class citizenship. That was deeply upsetting to both black veterans and their families and their communities. But it fueled the resolve to fight for civil rights. I think that's one of the powerful stories that comes out of World War II for black Americans is that black veterans like medgar Evers become really the wife, what is some race women? They dedicate their lives to fighting to make freedom and democracy realities in the United States.
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Key Battles of American History
"american" Discussed on Key Battles of American History
"Yeah, I agree with you. The more I read about the Second World War, the more impressed I am with how important logistics were and how amazing it was that the allies were able to do the things they did, logistically, and the generals are important, the combat soldiers are important, but these guys who drove trucks and unloaded ships and all that, you know, did all the other things to get the supplies up to the front. Everybody is important. If the soldiers can't eat, if they don't have ammo, they're not going to be very effective, right? Absolutely. Absolutely. That's one of the things I say in the book is that without these service and supply troops, that way forces couldn't move, shoot or eat. And I would hope it takes nothing away from the extraordinary bravery and sacrifices of the frontline combat troops of whom some of them were black Americans also, but I think just to see the full picture and to give these black troops and black veterans they do, we do have to pay attention to how vital the supply efforts were. Absolutely. All right, so speaking of African American units that did fight on the front lines, one of the most famous all black outfits or units in World War II is, of course, the tuskegee airmen. So we need to talk about them. It's a great story. So how are the tuskegee airmen formed? And what contributions or contributions did they make to the war? So I'll take a brief step back before getting to the tuskegee airmen. One of the key characters in the book is Benjamin O Davis junior he graduated from West Point in 1936. And at the time, he's only the fourth black man to graduate from West Point. The first and the 20th century. He wants to be a pilot, but in 1936 the army isn't allowing any black Americans to be pilots. And so the army really has no idea what to do with them, even though he has this training from West Point. So they send them to teach military science at a black university very much in the way that his father did. His father was an officer, Benjamin odes senior. After that is the kind of brief pre story because Davis trajectory, when he graduated from 1.19 36, it seems unfathomable that he is going to be a pilot in the army. It's going to have a chance to be a pilot and more. It's not until May of 1941 that eventually the army starts this training facility into tuskegee. And that only comes after months and months of intentional protests from civil rights activists and black newspapers who, again, they see the military build up.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Fresh update on "american" discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
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Key Battles of American History
"american" Discussed on Key Battles of American History
"Have to, as a follow-up question, I'm going to put you on the spot here. This is not in the notes, but yeah, I'm a big movie buff, and I love historical movies. I often do episodes where I discuss movies. And so I have to ask you, what you thought of the recent movie called Marshall, starring the late great Chadwick Boseman as thurgood Marshall. Have you seen it? I have to confess I haven't seen it unfortunately. Oh, okay. Well, okay. Anything to check it out. I won't ask the next question about how accurate is it? Okay. Well, maybe we'll get back to you on that one, but okay, yeah, no problem. So you mentioned the navy. So let's turn toward the navy. Now, about how many African Americans served in the navy during World War II. And as a follow-up question, I'll go ahead and give it an advance where black naval personnel treated any better than black soldiers and are there any stories of black naval personnel that you would like to share. So overall there are about a 160,000 black personality served in the navy almost all of them were men, wasn't until later in the war that you saw a small handful of black women as nurses. And the women's auxiliary with the navy. So about a 160,000 overall. The treatment was bad in different ways and the different branches. I think the navy and the Marine Corps were in the competition for the worst treatment through most of the war. I think the Marine Corps because they explicitly banned black Americans at the outset. I think the navy because they really locked black Americans into this mess attendant role where they essentially were servants for white officers. It wasn't until 1944 that you had the first black officers commissioned. But for the first several years of the war, they weren't allowing black Americans to serve in any capacity, other than mass attendance. And the kind of treatment they described is kind of what you would imagine if you're job on a ship that's meant to be doing the cooking and cleaning for white officers. They were treated in that way. They described just very second class demeaning treatment aboard these ships. And what I think is so interesting about the naval story will come up in some of the examples I mentioned here is that obviously if you're on a ship around a submarine and you're at war, there aren't any roles that aren't in combat. Technically in combat roles, but if a ship started getting hit by torpedoes or started taking fire from planes or from other ships, they were very much in danger and a number of black must tendons lost their lives. Black Americans that they would be assigned some of the lowest roles on these ships, but not given any honors or accolades. It would come with the different combat roles, one might take on a navy ship or submarine. I think the most famous navy Purcell from the war and I think probably the most famous individual black American to serve in World War II was Doris Miller, who was one of the heroes at Pearl Harbor. He was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia. He was a 23 year old from Waco, Texas, a big guy, a former football player, and he was a boxing champion on the ship. On the morning of the attack of Pearl Harbor, he performed very courageously.
WTOP 24 Hour News
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Key Battles of American History
"american" Discussed on Key Battles of American History
"American U.S. Military resources into the south knowing that session was coming and knowing that those who fall into the hands of the confederates, but John Floyd, when grant called on the fort to surrender, John Floyd basically said, well, I'm too much of a criminal in their eyes. They'll probably execute me. So I'm out of here. So he hands over command to pillow. And pillow says, I'm not going to surrender either. So he also bugs out and hands it over to Simon boulevard Buckner, who now he actually did surrender to grant. So this is kind of an interesting story pillow. Left his post, essentially. So not a surprise to me. All right, let's talk about Stephen Carney. He was if you recall, he was the person who took Santa Fe and then later took a force into California and helped gain control of California for the U.S.. He served as military governor of California until May 31st, 1848. When he set out overland, as I said, across the California trail, to Washington, D.C. actually did not mention this. He went back to D.C.. He was welcomed as a hero. He was then appointed governor of Veracruz and later of Mexico City. Until the U.S. handed it back over to Mexico. He received a brevet promotion to major general in September 1848 after contracting yellow fever and Veracruz Carney had to return to St. Louis and he died there on October 31st, 1848 at the age of 54. And I should say the city of Kearney, Nebraska, I have a friend that lives there is named after him. So a brief career, but not without accomplishment. Yeah, so we got one more fellow and one more name. He was a junior officer when the war very began, but he did quickly get promoted. This is John C Fremont. We talked about John G Fremont. He was a famed explorer. U.S. Army officer who made multiple trips across the plains and the rockies and did find at least one route to the California territory across the rockies. Fremont left the army after the war, and he had been promoted to general and been threatened with being fired. But he ended up leaving the army, he was elected as one of the first two senators from California in 1850. 6 years later, he became the very first presidential candidate for the Republican Party, although he lost the election the president James to Democrat James Buchanan. First presidential candidate with a beard as well. I can't resist mentioning that. Would be the last. Yeah, his father and I was senator Tom Scott, part bitten, by the way. He was an early abolitionist in terms of politician who was in favor of abolition and free soil. At the beginning of the Civil War in 1861, he was given command of the department of the west by president Abraham Lincoln. Now, Fremont had successes in his brief tenure there in the Missouri area. He ran his department autocratically though, and he made hasty decisions without consulting president Lincoln or army headquarters. For example, he issued an unauthorized Emancipation edict and for that he was relieved of his command, for instance subordination by president Lincoln. He did have a brief tenure of service in the mountain department in 1862, so they basically sent him out to Colorado.
Masters in Business
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Key Battles of American History
"american" Discussed on Key Battles of American History
"Milk and a cherries after he witch he became ill. He died on July 9th, the second president to do so and he was 65 years old. He was the second and final wig to be elected president, and he was succeeded by his vice president Millard Fillmore. Fun fact, there was always this rumor that he had been poisoned and that persisted down into the 1990s. And finally, I believe it was working on a book about Taylor, wanted to see if there was any now that you had DNA analysis, she wanted to see if there was any trace of arsenic in his body because that was kind of the urban legend or the myth that he had been somebody slipped some arsenic into his milk. So she actually got permission from his family to exhume his body. They dug him up, of course there wasn't much left, and they did DNA testing on his remains, and they found only an average amount of arsenic, the same amount. We all have a little bit of arsenic in us. And so there was no evidence that he had been poisoned. And if you want, if you're into this kind of thing, you can Google like Zachary Taylor's skull and you can actually see a photo of his skull that was taken out of his coffin and I think it was 1991. I might be off on the year, but I was telling my students that story one time in class in my department head was in there just kind of sitting in and doing an informal evaluation. And she looked up and she says, what? I didn't know that. It was kind of funny, but yeah. He definitely, unlike William in your hair, and he definitely did have an impact in getting the compromise of 1850 through and he took a firm line in terms of some of the southern states or the usual suspects, South Carolina, threatened to secede their slavery was not allowed to expand into California and New Mexico. And he basically put the army on alert and said you will not succeed. Yeah, he was not having any of that. He was not. So he was firmly union union man, even though he was pro slavery, he was firm in his stance and his belief, and that certainly did work to his credit in terms of overall reputation. It elevates them a lot higher than a Harrison or definitely Buchanan and appears for sure. Yeah.
Mike Gallagher Podcast
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"Now, however, in the penalty phase, Trump's lawyers are presenting all the defenses they would have presented had Engeron, the judge, not decided the case before he even went to trial. The judge already ruled that he was guilty of fraud. Well, the banks were not deceived. What's emerged in this trial is that they did their own financial research before making the loans. Trump didn't default on any loan. The bank, the banks didn't lose any money. In fact, they made a lot of money and the bankers were happy. There's no victim here. There's no crime. There's no fraud. The only fraud is the corrupt Letitia James who campaigned on a promise of getting Trump. Well, guess what? These dummies are going to lose the war because the guy is going to wind up in the Oval Office in January of 2025. You mark my words. 800-655-MIKE, 10 minutes before the hour in the Relief Factor Studio. Stick around, more coming up. Now that we've got a new Speaker of the House, many of us are wondering what comes next. One thing we know is that we're heading towards another government shutdown. But governing from crisis to crisis isn't a good idea. It doesn't give conservatives leverage and prevents us from focusing on issues that matter most to Americans. All we end up with is trillion-dollar boondoggles stuffed with special interest giveaways passed into law before anyone has a chance to read it. As long as the threat of a government shutdown looms, we'll keep repeating this crazy cycle. Well, the folks over at Americans for Prosperity, America's largest conservative grassroots organization, are fed up with it all. They have a simple, principled idea to fix it. Take shutdowns off the table once and for all. If Congress cannot agree to a budget, spending automatically continues at last year's level, period. Congress will then be compelled to debate funding bills and pass them on their merits. If you're tired of the circus, go to PreventGovernmentShutdowns.com. Learn all about Americans for Prosperity. You'll be glad you did. Go to PreventGovernmentShutdowns.com. That's PreventGovernmentShutdowns.com.
Key Battles of American History
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"Why don't you look it up while I'm doing the next person though? Yes, okay. See if we can find that because yes, Sarah Polk was one of our most intelligent and most politically active first ladies. All right, so I'm going to move on to it right now. Got it. Go ahead. Lady first, the world of First Lady Sarah Polk, Amy S Greenberg. Sarah Polk. Now, James K poke had the shortest post presidency. Sarah Polk was one of the longest lived First Lady widows of a president. So she lived through the Civil War just to give you an idea of how long she lived. So it's an excellent book. Definitely should check it out. Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned Amy Greenberg because I keep forgetting to mention she also has a one volume work on the Mexican American work called a wicked war. Yes. And it's a good book I liked it. It's very short on military stuff and it's mainly on American politics. It's on the American political side. So it's a nice companion volume to Timothy Henderson's a glorious defeat, which is mainly about the Mexican political side. And it goes into a lot of detail about what Henry Clay was doing back home and what Lincoln was doing and some other politicians. In Polk, of course, very interesting book. And the Eisenhower's book focuses a lot on the military side. Yeah, so if you read, if you read Eisenhower, gordinho Henderson, Amy Greenberg. That gives you a really good multifaceted view of the war. So Sarah Paul lived until 1924. Wow. He was in. Yes. She must have been a hundred years ago. Okay, I'm sorry. This is her niece, okay? Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, I'm sorry. The wrong way. Her niece. Sarah Poe lived into 1891. She was 87. So still, not 1924, but she the long, long life. Yes. Like many wives of the time. She was considerably younger than her husband. She was born in 1803. But yeah, 1891. So she lived through the entire Civil War. She had a 42 year widowhood the longest of any First Lady. So the shortest post presidency the longest post first ladyship. Wow, fun fact. Amazing. Let's move on to James buchan we really didn't talk too much about Buchanan. Buchanan was kind of Polk's right hand man. He was the Secretary of State. And with the election of wigs, Zachary Taylor to the presidency in 1848, Buchanan returned to private life. In 1852, he quietly sought the democratic presidential nomination, but it went to Franklin Pearce instead as we saw. Pierce won the election and he appointed Buchanan's minister to the United Kingdom.
Key Battles of American History
"american" Discussed on Key Battles of American History
"Among these and I'm not going to list all of them that would take probably an hour to just list them all, but here's some of the most prominent ones. Perhaps you heard of some of these gentlemen. Thomas J Jackson later named stonewall or nickname stonewall. Ambrose burnside, although he didn't have his famous facial hair yet at the time. I don't think. Joseph hooker, George Gordon Meade, George mcclellan, George Pickett, Joseph E Johnston, Braxton Bragg, Winfield Scott Hancock, James Longstreet, PGT beauregard. Jubal early, I have to work him in, of course. My great, great, great grandfather. Now I'm just kidding, he's not, but my name's sake. And of course, most famously, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant. I do see a future U.S. president in that list. And two future U.S. presidential candidates as well. Yes. And the future the president of Washington college. Yes. And multiple commanders in chief of armies and theaters, for sure. Yeah, governors, the burnside becomes governor of the Rhode Island, mcclellan is governor of New Jersey later on. Yeah. Okay. But the Mexican-American War provided these men with vital combat experience that they could not receive in a classroom at West Point. Up and coming officers learned that war is neither glamorous. It's not glamorous. It's not glorious, but it's tedious. It's uncomfortable and tragic. And you see this in some of the, you know, when you study the Civil War, you had a lot of younger officers. You know, people like George Armstrong Custer and what some other examples. James McPherson, people like who am I missing? Some of the younger people that rose up to do Stewart. Jeff Stewart. And a lot of these younger officers had not had this war experience. And some of them had fought Indians in the west, but they hadn't been through a major bloody war like the Mexican war. And they kind of had this idealized vision of combat. I think about Stewart was this dashing cavalier and he was going to bring glory to the south and all that and these older guys just kind of looked at him and rolled their eyes and these men whose names I've just mentioned. They were hard and they were cynical. They understood that warfare, they're not there for glory. They're just doing their job. And we're doing their job. And they've been junior officers, right? They would have been what in World War II or today they would have been platoon leaders. They would have been company commander commanders, things like that. They were close to the soldiers, right?
Key Battles of American History
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"And over time, the acquisition of the Mexican session turned an already economically powerful nation into one of, if not the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. And remember, in 1848, they didn't know about that black gold that was under the desert sands. Throughout Texas, New Mexico throughout the Southwest region. So those are all huge, huge things that they didn't even know about. Yeah, they propelled the U.S. well on the way to being a superpower. And then you'd even know it at the time. Yeah. Exactly. Well, and also, but also in that land came another thing. Yes, there were not just minerals and oil and things like that, but there were people. Lots of people lived in these areas. The Native Americans specifically. And they now became threatened. When they got the news that they were now on American soil, they must have said, oh, crap. Or something similar in their language, because with a few exceptions, the Mexican policy toward the Native American residents of the northern territories had been tolerant. They had a live and let live policy. And at any rate, there were too few Spanish speaking residents of the territories to pose a threat to the natives. The Mexicans didn't settle these areas and not at least not in very large numbers. But now the natives knew it was just a matter of time before millions of white settlers would come west and settle on native lands. The Americans had been talking about manifest destiny, the alleged God given right and God mandated right to spread all the way to the coast, the Pacific Coast and now the Americans are going to do it. You know, this reminds me Shaun of that quote in the movie dances with wolves, which I love where toward the end, you remember when the cheek is played by the actor Graham Greene, I can't remember the character's name, but he says to Kevin Costner's character, how many and Kevin Costner's character says like the stars. Yeah. Yeah, this is the first time he speaks in English. Yeah. So it's the beginning of the end for the Native Americans. Right. And remember yeah, remember mint and there's numbers of Native Americans that had been pushed out of the eastern the lands east of the Mississippi, like the kick-off the socks and the fox who had been pushed across the Mississippi River. And even further west to some had sought safety in Mexican territory and now all of a sudden now they're not going to be safe anymore. So the United States record from the previous 40 years of Native American relations is not great. It's pretty atrocious. So it is not going to get any better from there. That's for sure. But I'm sure that American relations with Mexico is going to be just fine, right, Sean. I mean, the Mexicans are going to say, ah, no problem. No big deal. You get just 15 million. What actually happens? Not being sarcastic listeners. Yeah, I mean, the relationship poisoned even further than they were. Timothy Anderson argues, quote, the U.S. Mexican war exacerbated the imbalance in wealth and power that had in large measure caused it in the first place.
American Scandal
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"Crazy. Did you see it? No. No, I didn't catch it. As McVeigh begins giving a long winded recap. LeBron reaches into his pocket and switches off the recorder. There's no point taping anything else now. Wants McVeigh begins talking about Star Trek. There's no stopping him. But LeBron might try this again, and maybe he'll be successful next time, or maybe it's all just a big misunderstanding. Maybe LeBron has the wrong idea about Timothy McVeigh. It's March 1993. Timothy McVeigh pulls off the highway outside Waco, Texas. His hair is greasy and his eyes are red and dry. McVeigh has been on the road for over 15 hours straight, and he's starting to feel a pinch of exhaustion. But despite the long day behind the wheel, McVeigh is wide awake. All along the road are groups of protesters holding signs, pushing back against the federal government and supporting the right to bear arms. These are McVeigh's kind of people. Kindred spirits in a battle to save the soul of America, and the presence of anti government protesters is also a sign that McVeigh is getting closer to his destination. The sight of one of the most tense standoffs in American history. It all started about a month ago when federal agents attempted to raid a compound here in central Texas. The property is owned by a some religious sect called the Branch Davidians, but the federal government claimed the group and its leader David koresh had amassed a cache of illegal weapons, and when the federal agents made their move, the Branch Davidians fought back. The two sides exchanged fire and four federal agents were killed. 6 members of the religious group died also. But the conflict didn't end with a shootout. The federal bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms surrounded the compound and has held the position for weeks, but the Branch Davidians are refusing to surrender. The story is made national headlines, and Timothy McVeigh has been following the developments obsessively. The way he sees it, this standoff and Waco is yet another example of the government attacking its own people. Trying to prevent citizens from exercising their rights. And while mcvay knows he can't personally stop the ATF. He wanted to come down to Waco to bear witness. Make sure the feds knew that the people were watching. So McVeigh keeps driving eager after a long day to get to the Branch Davidians compound. But within a few miles of his destination, he arrives at a checkpoint. There's an olive green tent and a truck parked to the side, kind of military equipment used by the army. McVeigh pulls over and 6 federal agents immediately surround his car, demanding to know where mcvay is going. Very tenses up. He hasn't felt like this since he was deployed in Iraq. A fear of being ambushed by the enemy. But keeping his voice steady, McVeigh says he's going to the branch davidian compound. One of the agents shoots him a look and asks if McVeigh is with the press, Mikhail shakes his head and says, no, he's just a regular guy. Federal agent then tells McVeigh, then he's not allowed any further. He's going to have to turn around. McVeigh protests, saying this is a public road, but the agent doesn't budge. McVeigh is going to have to drive away. McVeigh then looks again at all the military equipment, deployed at the side of a quiet American road. And he feels himself drawing consumed with rage. The federal government is treating public space like a war zone, responding to American citizens like enemy combatants. They would love to fight back against these tyrants, but he's outnumbered and outgunned. So with a heavy heart McVeigh turns around, drives away. And soon the checkpoint recedes into the distance and McVeigh gets back on the open road. But he can't shake the feeling that he was back in a war zone. Under siege, it's frightening. This is Texas, not some country in the Middle East. But in the VA doesn't know what to do. It appears that the United States government is becoming increasingly oppressive, stripping citizens of their legal rights and killing people when they stand up for themselves. And if that's the case, if America really is slipping into tyranny, and McVeigh may only have one option. He needs to find a place of his own. Somewhere where no one will find him. Somewhere far from the long arm of the federal government.
American Scandal
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"It's February 1992 in Pendleton, New York. Bill McVeigh looks at his watch and checks the time. His son Timothy is about to get home from work and face a confrontation. It's going to be uncomfortable, but Bill has to say something because his son has taken things too far. Bill grabs the newspaper, takes another look at the rambling letter that Tim just got published in the local paper. In the latter, Tim raises a jumble of concerns about the future of America. He rails against politicians who supposedly only care about themselves. He complains about spiraling crime rates and taxes and predicts that democracy is going to fail just like communism, unless the country radically resets. Tim even suggests that violent action even a Civil War might be necessary. Bill sets down the paper, feeling both upset and mystified by the recent turn of events. He couldn't understand why the newspaper decided to print such an incendiary letter, but more importantly, Bill can't make sense of what's happened to his son. Tim got back home only two months ago, and Bill was proud of his son for serving his country in a time of war. And at first it seemed like military service had had a positive effect on Tim, giving him a sense of purpose and direction for his future. But not long after getting back to New York, Tim fell back on old habits. He took another job as a security guard, and just like old times, he grew listless and bored. And then he wrote this letter to the editor, a messy screed arguing that America would be a better place if it went through another Civil War. It's hogwash. Bill doesn't share many interests with his son, and he knows he hasn't always been the best father. But he thought he raised him to have good values and to love his country. Bill is a veteran himself having served in the Vietnam War, and he believes it's every citizen's duty to support the country. And it's every parent's duty to correct a wayward child. Tim's an adult, of course, but Bill still believes he has responsibilities as a parent. So today he's going to try and convince his son to change his mind to stop it with this madness. A few minutes later, the front door opens and Tim steps into the living room, looking tired and irritable from his day at work. Tim sets down his keys and then walks into the kitchen. Noticing the newspaper sitting in his father's lap. Tim stops and shakes his head, warning his father not to start. But Bill insists that they need to talk, he doesn't understand what Tim was thinking. Why would he write those horrible things? Mail them to the paper. Tim gets a dark look, says he wrote that because everything he said is true. The American Dream is dead. Decent hardworking citizens like him can't get ahead anymore, and greedy politicians don't care. The entire government is dysfunctional. He doesn't want to be a security guard, he's taken civil service exams and scored well, but he hasn't landed any of the government jobs he's applied for. And while he can't prove it, Tim believes it's because he's white. And he's getting the short end of the stick because of affirmative action. He's a veteran that served his country for four years, but still his country doesn't care about him. Hearing his son's pain, Bill softens a bit. He knows it's been hard for Tim since he left the army. His son was especially crushed after he failed out of training to be a green beret. He had his whole self worth wrapped up in being part of the special forces. Still no amount of disappointment can excuse what Tim wrote in this letter. Bill tries a different approach, saying Tim has the right to think whatever he wants. But he shouldn't put it in writing for everyone to read. Tim's having none of that. And says expressing his thoughts as one of his fundamental rights, it's in the constitution, and he's not giving that up. Then Tim turns around and heads back towards the front door. He calls out over his shoulder that he's going for a drive, and he'll be back later. Then slams the door behind him, and drives off into the night. Bill is left alone in the living room, feeling an anguish that only a parent could understand. He wishes there was something he could do. Some way to change his son to get him to see the light. But Tim is 23 years old, he's no longer a child, and at this point, all Bill can do is keep trying to chip away at Tim's worst, most dangerous beliefs. While hoping that his son will find a way to turn himself around. Several months later, Carl LeBron scans security camera feeds on a row of monitors in front of him. There's not much happening during the graveyard shift, but on one of the monitors LeBron can see his coworker, Timothy McVeigh, patrolling the 8th floor, making his rounds through the building. It's about the only excitement LeBron can expect as a security guard for a high-tech research firm. The work is pretty tedious, so LeBron was relieved when he learned that McVeigh, his new partner on the graveyard shift, shared some political beliefs. They'd have a lot to talk about, including their concerns about the new world order, the supposed group of global elites conspiring to rule the world. LeBron and McVeigh were both outraged by the federal government's siege at ruby ridge in Idaho as well. Armed agents had surrounded the cabin of a survivalist who'd failed to appear in court for possessing illegal firearms. For 11 days, the two sides were locked in a standoff, but it ended in a shootout, with federal agents killing the man's wife and 14 year old son. LeBron and McVeigh believed the event was a horrifying show of force by the federal government and proof that something needed to change. McVeigh certainly thought so, began taking the conversation in a more extreme direction. He started bringing in pamphlets promoting white supremacy. McVeigh encouraged LeBron to read a novel with an extreme political message. In this fictional story, an oppressive government persecutes white citizens and confiscates their weapons. A group of revolutionaries fight back, blowing up FBI headquarters, and committing genocide against people of color. McVeigh seemed energized by the book. That was concerning enough. But then McVeigh made a comment that went far beyond a simple manner of opinion. Mcvay explained that it would be easy for two people to steal a cache of firearms from a nearby army base. And from what LeBron could tell, McVeigh was sussing him out, seeing if he was up for such a mission. And sure, LeBron has gripes about the federal government, but he has no interest in crime or violence, and he doesn't want to work with anyone who does either. So LeBron hatched a plan. He's hoping to bait McVeigh into a charged conversation and get him to repeat his plan to steal guns from a military installation. And while mcvay is talking, LeBron is going to secretly tape everything, and then share the evidence with their supervisor. The elevator door opens and McVeigh comes ambling back into the security room. LeBron reaches into his pocket and carefully hits a button on the tape recorder. Now he just needs to get mcvay talking without being too obvious about it. Hey, Tim, everything good up there. Yep, all quiet on the western front. Well, good. Hey, you know, I was thinking about something. You mentioned those rivals. AR-15s? You got a few, right? But if a man wanted to buy something like that, where would he go? A normal place of gun shops may be a gun show. I'll take you to one if you want. Also, that's kind of normal. What about some of the bigger ones? You know, the stuff you don't find at a gun show if you know what I mean. Oh, I know what you mean. I fired him in Iraq. I know what they can do. And that's why the government makes them off limits. Yeah, that's a problem, isn't it? But let's say you wanted one. And real firepower. Not street legal, probably not legal at all. Well, I don't know, man. That'd be different ways, I guess. You don't have any ideas? Nah, but why are you asking? What's this for? Oh, nothing. You know, just bored. I was thinking about some of the things you said. Yeah, man, I get it. And I've been meaning to talk to you about something. It's been on my mind. LeBron sits forward, his hand lightly grazing the tape recorder. All right, what? Have you seen the last episode of Star Trek? 8 drove me
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"Preparing for the worst. But he also realized that if the country was about to fall apart, he needed more than to store ammunition and canned goods. He needed survival skills. So when a friend suggested he enlisted in the military, McVeigh jumped at the idea. The army could teach him everything he needed to know, so he could make it through the coming catastrophe. But now that he's here on an army base in Kansas, McVeigh has realized he's getting a lot more than just survival skills. McVeigh finally feels like he's living with a sense of purpose. Being a soldier is offering him a chance to actually be good at something. To be more than just a security guard in upstate New York. Which is what the other guys and his unit don't understand. This sense of purpose is why he's been waking up every day at 4 a.m., getting ready for the daily inspections. McVeigh wants to prove he's the best of the best, and even capable of joining an elite team like the green berets. McVeigh checked his watch. It's coming up on 5 30 a.m., time to stop cleaning, and get dressed. A gray pulls out his uniform jacket and puts it on. But when he reaches the third button, he sees that for some reason, it's missing. McVeigh glances around the barracks trying to figure out what happened. He has two sets of uniforms, but he only wears this one for inspection. He keeps it in perfect condition to show his superiors he's attentive to detail. But now a button is missing. He's going to have to find some way to fix it. He quickly. Mcvay grabs a sewing kit from his Foot Locker and gets to work. But as he hurries to repair the missing button, he hears Snickers from a guy two beds away. The laughter quickly spreads until it seems like the whole barracks is snidely chuckling, taking joy and mcphee's misfortune. A wave of humiliation hits McVeigh. Now he knows what happened to his uniform. It's a prank. They think he's a suck up. Wanted to teach him a lesson or something. But McVeigh isn't going to be beaten down. He's not a kid anymore, and he's not going to let himself be bullet. So McVeigh continues diligently sewing on the spare button. And right as he finishes, the sergeant enters the room. McVeigh throws on his jacket and stands, rising to attention. And as inspections get underway, McVeigh holds his back straight and keeps his gaze level. The sergeant will see that he's a model soldier the best of the best, and McVeigh can only be that. If he wakes up at 4 a.m. and can endure pranks from other soldiers, McVeigh knows all of this is worth it. It's February 1991, about two years later. In a desert in southern Iraq, an American tank comes rumbling across a patch of barren landscape. It rolls over clusters of brown rocks and small banks of wispy sand. All bathed in the piercing white light of the afternoon sun. Riding up top and the tank's turret, Timothy McVeigh peers through binoculars out at this vast expanse of desert, deep in the Middle East. So far, he hasn't seen anything concerning. But McVeigh knows that could change in a heartbeat. America is at war and the enemy could be anywhere. Two years ago, when McVeigh was stationed at a military base in Kansas, he had his eyes set on getting into the army's special forces and was eventually invited to try out for the green berets. But fate would intervene when America launched operation desert storm. The U.S. invaded Iraq and a mission to force Iraqi troops out of neighboring Kuwait, and McVeigh was sent to the Middle East to take part in the mission. And while he has had to put his tryout for the special forces on hold, there was an upside. McVeigh would get to take part in real combat and prove that at 22 years old, he was one of the best soldiers in the U.S. Military. But in all of his fantasies about combat, mcvay didn't think it would be like this. The Iraqi army is poorly trained and badly equipped. It's a lopsided fight and could be over in just a matter of days. And when McVeigh stops to think about it, he isn't sure how operation desert storm advances the army's mission. It seems like they're involved in someone else's dispute, not fighting to protect and defend the United States. Still McVeigh has a job to do. I can't sit around dwelling on moral dilemmas. So he continues scanning the desert, looking for the enemy. For a while, McVeigh doesn't see anything other than more mounds of brown rocks. But then he catches sight of a group of Iraqi men about a mile away. They're huddled together around what appears to be a large machine gun mounted on a low wall. McVeigh squinted the men, trying to figure out what's going on. When suddenly there's a flash of light and bullets begin flying at McVeigh's convoy. McVeigh ducks into the turret as the men inside the tank snap into action. McVeigh's lieutenant barks in order to return fire with their machine guns. But at this distance, it's going to be a tough shot. Still McVeigh is a skilled marksman. So he breathes deeply, focuses and sights in. Mcvay pulls a trigger and the gun rattles off a swift volley of rounds. Moments later, cheers erupt over the radio. McVeigh not only hit the target, but nearly tore him in half. The other guys start shouting out that McVeigh is a legend, one of the best shots they've ever seen. But McVeigh leans back from his weapon and shocked. He's never killed another person, and he doesn't feel triumphant. He feels numb. But Nick bay doesn't have time to process his feelings. His lieutenant yells to keep firing. There are more targets. Snapping back to reality, McVeigh returns to his weapon. Checks his aim and fires again. Seconds later, a white flag rises from behind the wall. Iraqis are surrendering. McVeigh's fellow soldiers let out another cheer. But McVeigh remains silent. He's not opposed to bloodshed in theory, but it has to be a righteous cause. 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"On April 19th, 1995, a truck full of explosives detonated in downtown Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring over 600 more. At first, law enforcement suspected the attack was the work of international terrorists. But evidence soon emerged that the suspect was a young American citizen and Gulf War veteran named Timothy McVeigh. As law enforcement raced to find McVeigh, the American public was consumed with questions. What drove McVeigh to kill so many of his fellow Americans. How had he grown so radicalized? And how could a man once sworn to protect his country have transformed into a domestic terrorist? This is episode two, American radical. It's early 1988, 7 years before the attack on the murrah federal billing. It's before dawn, and Timothy McVeigh is speeding down a highway, headed toward buffalo, New York, a skies glowing a dark purple, and all around this two lane road, the trees are barren and fields lie fallow. McVeigh lays his foot on the pedal, feeling the car fly down the empty highway. It's one of the benefits of having to be at work before 6 a.m.. There's hardly any traffic. Still, it's only a minor consolation. McVeigh is stock working on mine numbing job. He drives an armored car running the same route over and over for security company that contracts with banks. There's no room for advancement, and McVeigh hasn't been able to find anything else better for himself. He knows that's partly because he doesn't have a college degree. He graduated high school almost two years ago, but didn't have the patience for college. So instead, he got himself a permit to carry a concealed weapon and went to work as a security guard. At first it wasn't so bad. McVeigh even got to carry a weapon on the job, and he's always loved guns. They gave him a feeling of power and strength, a feeling he never had when he was a kid. He was bullied at school. Bullied for being awkward and bad at sports. But when his grandfather taught him how to shoot a gun, something changed. McVeigh began to feel less weak, and less vulnerable. And it seemed he had a natural gift for marksmanship. Now that he's an adult, McVeigh spends almost every weekend at a local gun club. He even started investing in weapons, putting the majority of his spare cash into guns. But the thrill of carrying a weapon at work soon wore off. McVeigh now feels bored and restless. He isn't even 20 years old, but already, he can imagine the rest of his life, stretching out in front of him like one long, monotonous day. He knows he wants something more, but he isn't sure what it is, or what he could do to change his future. As McVeigh drives down the highway, he sees a pickup truck ahead. He's about to pass it when he glimpses a deer, standing alert on the side of the road. It's eye shining in the headlights. McVeigh slows his car down, but then he spots another deer, on the other side of the highway, and another one. McVeigh slows down even more. He must be driving through the middle of a herd. McVeigh carefully steers his car, trying to avoid the animals. When suddenly, he hears the screeching of brakes. McVeigh looks over and sees the pickup ahead of him, slam into a deer that suddenly startled, and ran into the road. McVeigh jumps out and rushes to the pickup. Young man driving, it seems to be fine, but on the side of the road, one of the deer lies covered in blood. It's hind legs bent and at an unnatural angle. McVeigh calls out to the driver. Are you okay? Yeah, man. Just a bit rattled. That deer just left into the road. If they look sober, you can see the deers in excruciating pain. So he unholstered his pistol, and offers it to the other man. That thing's suffering here. Take this. Put it out of its misery. What? I'm not gonna do that. Oh, look at it. It's nagging. This is the humane thing to do. No, I don't even know how to shoot a gun. Well, that's okay. It's easy enough. I'll show you. No, no, man. You do it. Hey, I can't. Look, it's technically illegal. If I shoot a gun right here and get caught, I'll lose my permit, which I need for my job. You have to do it. Oh, so you want me to break the law. You're the one who hit the deer. No, man. I'm not doing anything like that. Driver turns begins walking back to his truck. Oh, come on, the thing suffering. Don't be a coward. Nah man, that's not for me. You want to see that happen? You do it yourself. The driver hops back in his pickup and starts it up. McVeigh looks down at the deer. His eyes are darting around in distress. It has to be put down. But McVeigh is badly conflicted. He was raised to respect the rules to never break the law, and he believes firing his weapon would be illegal. But he also can't let this animal suffer. Maybe he thinks right and wrong aren't so simple. Maybe it's not just a matter of blindly following the law. Doing what you've been told to do. So McVeigh raises his pistol and holding his hand study. He fires. The buck Schultz, and then go still. It's early 1989, about a year later, and just before 5 a.m. and a military base in northeast Kansas. Inside an army barracks, a group of soldiers lie sleeping in the dark. Other than some snoring, and a man tossing here and there, the room is mostly quiet. But in the corner, Timothy McVeigh is kneeling, scrubbing the edge of a baseboard. McVeigh is trying to be as quiet as he can. He doesn't want to wake the guys. But when he begins cleaning a nightstand, one of the soldiers turns over and mutters a curse, calling him a brown noser, telling him to get back to sleep. McVeigh is stung. He knows the other guys think he's weird. They don't understand his work ethic. Why he gets up before dawn to clean his small corner of the barracks, why he insists on getting every wall and every baseboard spotless. But military life has changed everything from McVeigh. He enlisted in the army about a year ago, at a time when he grown deeply pessimistic about his own future. Feeling like he was spinning in place, going nowhere. But McVeigh wasn't only fixated on himself. He'd also started to worry about the future of America. After reading that the federal government was trying to restrict people's access to guns. Increasingly, it felt like America was heading down a dangerous path. It turned out McVeigh wasn't alone in feeling this way. He found other people who were also concerned that the federal government was overstepping and stripping Americans of the rights. McVeigh's concerns reached a fever pitch when he read a novel describing a doomsday scenario, with white people like him being left behind in a societal collapse appearing imminent. McVeigh decided that wasn't a future he was going to let happen, not to him. So he started stockpiling weapons and other supplies,
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"It's April 19th, 1995. 60 miles north of Oklahoma City, an old yellow sedan comes gliding through a stretch of empty highway. Its mid morning and quiet on the open road, with nothing but farmland and flat terrain as far as the eye can see. It's the kind of place where you can lay your foot on the pedal and probably get away with it. But the man behind the wheel isn't taking any risks. He looks down at the speedometer. He's only going about two miles an hour over the speed limit, slow enough that he shouldn't be drawing any attention from law enforcement. And right now, even a minor brush with a highway patrolman is the last thing he needs. About 90 minutes ago, a man driving this car, Timothy McVeigh, executed one of the most brazen crimes in American history. McVeigh parked a moving truck full of explosives in front of a federal building in downtown Oklahoma City. He lit a fuse and hopped out of the truck and began walking in the other direction. Two minutes later, McVeigh was knocked off his feet by the blast. He didn't see the damage, but judging by the sound and force of the explosion. McVeigh was sure he brought down the entire building. He probably killed hundreds. McVeigh knows some people are going to call this a terrorist attack, claiming that innocent people lost their lives. But McVeigh believes that's just the cost of war. There are always going to be casualties when you're fighting a righteous cause. As far as mcvay sees it, nothing is more righteous or more just than his campaign against the federal government. In recent years, McVeigh has grown convinced that the government is trampling on citizens liberties, stripping people of their legal rights and acting like tyrants. McVeigh knew something had to change. So he decided to launch a war against the government. His first step was this attack in downtown Oklahoma City, going after federal employees. But now that the operation is complete, McVeigh knows he needs to get off the grid for a bit. Maybe hide out in Arizona or Oregon and get far from anyone in law enforcement. McVeigh continues cruising down the highway when he spots another car quickly approaching. It's an Oklahoma highway patrol car and must be going 95 miles an hour. They tenses up. He removed his license plate a few days ago, but now that he's on the open road, he's realizing that's a liability. McVeigh braces, waiting for the flash of red and blue lines. But the patrolman just speeds past him, racing down the highway. McVeigh lets himself relax. If he keeps up this steady pace, doesn't have any more run ins, he should be fine. But then, suddenly, the patrol car slows down enough so that McVeigh passes. Then the trooper pulls behind mcvay and flashes his lights. McVeigh hesitates. He could try to make a run for it, but there's no way this old mercury could outrun a patrol car. So mcvay pulls over and kills the engine. As he sits waiting, McVeigh feels around, checking that he still has the gun holstered under his windbreaker. That's option number two. He could shoot the cop to make a run for it. But it's a huge risk. McVeigh decides the best avenue is to take care of this the old fashioned way. With friendliness and charm. McVeigh steps out of the car and begins walking toward the trooper. Hey, hold it. I didn't tell you to get out your vehicle. Well, I thought I'd come to you. Make your job a little easier. Uh huh. Well, just stop right there. All right, just try to help. The trooper takes a few careful steps toward McVeigh. You know why I pulled you over? Probably my license plate, right? It's missing. I bought this car and had an old Arizona plate. I thought it'd be better to drive with no plate than the wrong one, but maybe that was the wrong call. Uh huh. You got registration? No, it hasn't come through yet. I just bought this car a few days ago. How about insurance? No, I'm sorry. I don't have a copy. Do you have anything? A bill of sale? Not on me, no, but I can show you my driver's license. McVeigh reaches into his pocket when suddenly the trooper draws his gun. Hands above your head. Hey, oh, hey, I don't want any trouble. What's that on your hip? The trooper points at a bulge under mcvay's windbreaker. It's a gun. Put your hands on the trunk. Now. McVeigh lays his hands palm down on his car. The trooper approaches begins frisking. A careful that gun loaded. Yeah, so's mine. Listen, officer, I'm sorry. I'm sure you understand. I carry a gun for my own protection. I've got to conceal carry permit. It's just, you know, it's from New York. But buddy, this is Oklahoma, and you're under arrest. The trooper places McVeigh in handcuffs and announces he's taking him to jail on three charges, carrying a concealed weapon, transporting a firearm, and not having a current plate or proof of insurance. The officer begins reading McVeigh his Miranda rights, and that's when the reality of the situation begins to sink in. McVeigh is about to be taken to jail, probably no more than an hour away from the federal building. He's going to be surrounded by members of law enforcement on high alert. But the crimes he's been charged with are relatively minor. As long as no one connects the dots, they should be able to secure Bond. Get back on the road and continue getting as far away as possible
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"Hello, everybody. This is James as always, and I've got a special bonus episode for you today. As most, if not all of you know, key battles of American history is part of a network of great podcasts called the Parthenon podcast network. One of the other podcasts in our network is called this American president, hosted by Richard Lim. It's a great podcast. I love it a lot. I listen to it every time it comes out. It's very well researched, Richard is a great storyteller as well. And so I want to try to persuade you to go listen to it. Subscribe, hopefully, help Richard out by subscribing, maybe giving a review if possible. So here is a brief sample from one of his episodes that came out in the recent past on Dwight D. Eisenhower. You know, some remembered Dwight Eisenhower's presidency is a time of peace and prosperity. But in reality, it was an era of constant global crises. In this episode preview from this American president, Richard explorers out Eisenhower skillfully navigated the perils of the Cold War. So check it out and then please go and hopefully subscribe to his podcast and give it a listen. Thank you very much. Now there were several things that happened during Eisenhower's last couple of years in office. Secretary of State dulles health declined. His cancer had spread, and on May 1959 he died. Just a few months later, Ike's old mentor, George Marshall, died as well. In a short period of time, Eisenhower had lost the two men that perhaps did more to shape his military and presidential careers. Also, a communist regime took over in Cuba, led by Fidel Castro. He soon began befriending many of America's communist enemies and imposing a dictatorship on the island. Some of Eisenhower's critics felt that he had allowed the communists to get a foothold on the island, a dangerous situation considering Cuba was so close to American shores. But there was one specific instance that defined those last couple of years. Now, another four power summit was being planned for Paris in May of 1960. As you will recall, a previous one was held in Geneva in 1950 5 where Eisenhower proposed his open skies initiative, which was rejected by the Soviets. Well, Eisenhower decided to give another summit a chance. Again, the British French and Soviets would be attending. Since Eisenhower was near the end of his presidency, he was in legacy mode. He was working with the British to forge a treaty, banning nuclear tests, and helped khrushchev would join in. He had engaged in brinksmanship throughout his presidency, but if he could get a treaty among the world powers, he could add to his legacy of being a peacemaker. But an incident would happen that would destroy those hopes. For years, Eisenhower had approved aerial spy missions over the Soviet Union. U2 spy planes were flying high above the Soviet Union, where the CIA promised they would not be shot down by Russian defenses. These missions gave America intelligence on Russian military capabilities and readiness. This all related back to Eisenhower's fears about the fence spending. Those who advocated for increased spending would claim that the Soviets were way ahead of the United States and military capability, especially in terms of bombers. If Eisenhower could get intelligence that proved America was way ahead, he could ward off those who wanted more spending. That's why he approved the U2 flights. The intelligence gleaned from the flights did confirm his hunch that America was way ahead in terms of bombers. The Russians knew that these flights were happening, and knew that the United States had information about their capabilities. But they didn't want to publicize their knowledge of the flights because it would expose a weakness. The inability to prevent Americans from spying right in their airspace. The entire program was a secret to the world. Eisenhower knew that the flights were a huge risk. Sending spy planes over enemy territory was dangerous. They could be shot down. No matter how confident the CIA was. If America was ever caught, it would be an embarrassment since many felt flying over enemy airspace without the consent of that country was unsavory. And if a plane ever got shot down, it would allow the Soviets to claim it could counter American technology. Due to their sensitive nature, Eisenhower personally approved each flight after a thorough review. One of those missions took off on May 1st, 1960. It was flown by pilot Francis Gary powers, but powers never returned from the mission. The Eisenhower administration assumed that the plane had crashed and that powers was dead. To account for the loss, the administration released the cover story that it was a weather plane and that it had oxygen issues. This would lead the public to believe that the pilot had blacked out and accidentally entered Soviet airspace. Unbeknownst to the administration, the Soviets actually had powers alive in custody and had obtained film from the plane, confirming its reconnaissance mission. The plane had been shot down by Soviet defenses. It's possible khrushchev held all this information back so that the United States would release its cover story and then be caught red handed. While he was once afraid to disclose Soviet vulnerability. Now he savored the chance to humiliate the Americans. Shooting down the plane would show off the Soviets defensive capabilities and expose a sensitive American secret. Khrushchev hoped that this would increase his leverage with Eisenhower during the impending summit. While after the weather plane story was released, khrushchev announced on May 5th, 1960 that the U.S. plane had been shot down. The Americans denied it, believing that the plane was destroyed and the pilot was dead. But that was a fatal assumption. Two days later, khrushchev finally announced that the Soviets had the pilot alive and well, and the film from the plane. One can only imagine the look on Eisenhower's face when he found out. Let's just say that the CIA was not in his good side after this. One aid recounted that around this time, the president said quote, I would like to resign. It was a huge embarrassment. The entire incident had blown the lid off one of the most intensely kept secrets of his administration. It exposed an unseemly side of America's national security policies. Critics argued that America was willfully violating the Soviet Union's sovereignty. Also, the entire incident called into question America's capabilities since one of its planes had been shot down. Khrushchev also demanded for an apology. Eisenhower could no longer deny that it had happened. He wisely decided to level with the American people to come clean and admit that it was indeed a spy plane. He argued that the Cold War and Soviet secrecy made missions like these involving the U2, necessary for the country's security. And he said, quote, no one wants another Pearl Harbor. This means that we must have knowledge of military forces and preparations around the world, especially those capable of massive surprise attack. Secrecy and the Soviet Union makes this essential. In the Soviet Union, there's a fetish of secrecy and concealment.
American Illegals Podcast
"american" Discussed on American Illegals Podcast
"So three way. We kill the quiet. One final note was ever feel confidence. Booster he's great with confidence. You got a new show the nest. What do you got going on. Oh you i i. I'm pulling it. I got a i got i got here. We go here we go. I'm gonna cut him off. I'm going to be at the. I'm actually going to be at the comedy. Chatto brunch for dinner show presented by egg on your face comedy. I'm going to be there. August seventh Seven pm because he'd get tickets. The link my bio on on instagram. And then also. I'm gonna be at the french quarters laugh. Your maskov comedy. On august twenty fourth in. I think that's bell gardens and august twenty four. Th you guys. I'm not going to be here and i'm going to have a surprise i'm gonna have a surprise guest for you guys that they also gonna be august twentieth that the boyle heights. That is your got romney. I i got a couple of shit. I got a. I'm gonna be imbue ma on august thirteenth. I'm be in riverside at the lobby. August twenty fifth. I'm always at the comedy cafe. You catch me there. you could do. Five minutes or ten is back ten. I run that. Show raimi's flags home. I got other shit going on. And i just don't like my shit fucked up and i'm still thinking about hong kong last night so just just check my shit out on social media joe beltran x. On everything what about you rich. I have a show Wouldn't do i have a show Be should i don't have anything. I know nine next week on the twelfth. I have a show with nick nick. Yeah yeah where's that. Well the high point brewing company exam dima yes. That's great spot. I'm to be opening up for rich. And he will be here next week. Headlining richards pitch. It looks great. I will guys so thank you very much for joining us. Part thank you very much. Thank you thank you very much. We'll see him..
American Illegals Podcast
"american" Discussed on American Illegals Podcast
"Hello everybody and welcome to american illegal. Podcast my name is richard via guys. Guys welcome back. What are we can. We have a lot to talk about our. I'm so excited for the guest that we have here tonight She we're going to learn. I'm just glad to be back here. I was one of you invited him. I asked joe. Joey just so to tell us We'll get into this. We introduce them. Now let's we could just somewhere up our weekend. And then i was out here. I went to oh fuck and rave at the palladium. It was six. You know. just getting ratchet with my girlfriend and Then a bunch of comedy doing a bunch of comedy and sleeping. Because i've been fucking tired. My dad went to the palladium. Different man this in in in Salia crews and all those artists bro. The police or the palladium is an old old old school. It was cool. We we were up in the second floor. Yeah we were in the second floor. Vip we have to hang out with other gross people. And then we were up there and immediately smelt. Somebody farted if i could discuss. Cussing paid extra. But that was my week you guys. I had the laugh factory on sunday. Thank you very much guys with people. Came down diego. Right on san diego laugh factory and the factory did the spanish show at seven o'clock show. We are going to do it again. We're trying to bring a bigger artists so so more people can know that. We're gonna greenspan's comedy i also performed in arizona to my buddies plays lost being depots being hit the tackles in arizona. It's restaurant is opening it up who you grow opens up in during covert but you did it but whether support so it was a good show good show what about you man. I did a couple shows over the weekend. I just got back from hong kong. Tj was way. You're sweating like sick or like. I'm tired of something like two hours because we like left like at nine pm. Got there around like eleven and then stayed up to like five in the morning wrote back. You know we're going through domestic like you know there's a i know i'm gonna go. Yes but i have a child in your next to me. Fuck about you can hold your all right at the shower shower puts is colonial. And i'll be fine house. Ross rosen sane like if you guys really want to check some shit out in like an experience i go to hong kong. Tj and like. You don't have to fuck anybody for like eighty bucks but you could just wash eighty. Why do you give out on price. The right i was there. Women came just harassing me. You got eighty bucks. But like in spanish and i was like i was like i. I got money wise. I eighty bucks. We could go to that room over them. Like all right them sending throws crazy and then like all right seventy and then like seventy six. That's it that's my father. I was like nam agwu. I sat in the front like the main stage because they have a main stage of strippers. And they're doing it. And this fucking ice. I sit down. And i think i think the strippers new hours green. 'cause like it's like we never seen this guy so it was fucking stripper like came in front of me to spread eagle her legs in front of me start like slapping her pussy and like put some fucking liquid on it and then i set her pussy on fire. Dude i was villarreal though and might be. Martha's daughter passed. That has used pretty fucking work by the time. She must be out for sure. A family Trade policy on fire and not like the first fifteen minutes. I'll shook i saw like like like her clitoris on fire. Bono's like oh my god and like the night continue to get crazier and like you heard Burns when she piece just the best cool down. She had cla media she. It's gone now but then fizzled away. She says so. I did that last night at eight some tacos and some dingy pug and street corner it was. I mean i might have food poisoning by tomorrow. I don't know i'm just out here. Living bronco fuck underneath nights at salt so joe single. He invited a one of our buddies. He's like a dating coach. Jody he's also calming calm. I think let me introduce you. Paul rosenberg fucking funny. Dude i forget at the ha was killing then and i was just like man. This guy's finding we started chopping it up you know. We started trading advice on what spots to go to. Who's booking and stuff like that in like i. It just been a couple of weeks and not he. He told me like hey. I hope i helped men date women. And i was just like people have a hard time doing that. Apparently like men don't know how to do it and here comes paul paul. Hi that that is an intro. That's valid all cap. You heard it here. We don't cap at the american illegals podcast studio free free free so so tell us. How did you get into this shit. How does somebody say you know what i'm gonna fucking you know like the best at this. Aren't you know how you become the best. You gotta suck the worst of i all right all right so like i mean growing up all right so i was a fat kid growing up this week. He no he he when he got here. It was like. I left the gym rush right over. I was like. I always eat like eight tacos. Okay shoe leather. I shouldn't even. I gotta place called speedway matt arrays trackers. That's you by coke. Sign was burnt. But yeah no like growing up. So i was a fat hit. We were broke broke. His shit like holes in the shoes advocate. Two hundred dollars cars and shit. Yeah so fat. Broke stuttered stuttered. Hard started like a mess. Yeah yeah you were on dude. It gets better get this. So i'm growing up. Vegetarian fad vegetarian. And that's how you just put -tarian listening. Because i didn't wanna do it. Don't get me wrong. i wasn't. I just didn't have meet my parents. Were hippies so i didn't have meet hickory just will make your they don't buy shit that kula hippies who a woodshop or something just broke. They were just broken. Nice shared literally had. Yeah so what's how do you even get that as a vegetarian. I don't even. I just like cheese weren't you you get it like are you probably don't even know when you have like a piece of chicken and then you just kind of like i'm good. I just ate. i feel good. If you don't have me dude. You have like a couple of little bit of bread. And then that's all you're gonna have for dinner. You eat the whole loaf you get fact before sars the all that rise you eat the whole box of cereal polish pound shit fat easy because it's pro teams chocolate right because there's what we weren't like bill that's bullshit like his like my dad would still fish out. He said you guys leftovers guys are you. guys are vegetarians. But i could eat fish. Food need some gross food. Water tofu on a night. Where you just spending a lot. 'cause you're gonna order to dinners you're gonna try the tofu throw that shit out and then you're gonna order another it's virtually eat. It's like soft rubber. Yeah it's like soybeans pushed together until they're white you ever heard the term soy. 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American Outdoor News Magazine
"american" Discussed on American Outdoor News Magazine
"Okay and we'll back. Great greenspan concede Yes so you know. We're we're talking a just speaking a little bit about policy and and non politics and things of that nature in our last segment. You know there's a lot of legislation that's always being pushed forward to inhibit all rights bear arms Recently i think we're looking at legislation that's looking to geez. There's so much to this. It's it's it's tough gun registration. We have to register your not. Just your guns ammo. You have to take an insurance policy per gun. Which makes it cost prohibitive for anyone's own a gun You'll matter what your financial bracket is You search and seizure as fourth amendment right Atf will be able to come into your house without a warrant in confiscate guns gun manufacturers could be sued for somebody that shot or whatever That there's so much even psychological evaluations Would you on. I think it's the most dangerous thing that we're going to be facing for this year in moving forward And i don't like to demonize any. Americans were all americans but we all have different views of our american. The future and i'll just say this anyone at is anti gun or doesn't believe a gun is a value. Add to that our our our country if you start taking away those liberties in those things that as relates to firearm. What you're gonna do have such a watered down version of the second amendment. It will be lift literally leaving this a few people that can literally go in affordable the gun. Because now you have to buy insurance you have to buy take a class. Classes mandatory that classes probably more than the gun itself. Then you have a waiting period in some cases thirty sixty ninety days that they're proposing so now you're looking at three months to get a gun. Plus an additional thousand dollars on top of the price of the gun go is really going to affect a lotta people. Particularly african americans in those individuals that are have limited budgets are limited income And i think that is very dangerous. We need really come together as a group regardless of who would organizations belonging to and kind of form a coalition because the other side is they're forming relationships in strategies to take away those gun rights from us so we need to do the same our side indeed that much more aggressive In a positive way to make sure we have those second amendment rights. And i'm this affirmed believer of that. Well i think one of the most glaring aspects of this new bill trying to put forward is the psychological evaluations. Because it's not just you that's going to have to go through the evaluation. Everybody that lives in your household wife your kids. You have In laura's parents leavenworth you can have to go under a psychological examined while because they'll be a firearm in the house and they're trying to evaluate your of sound mind to own a gun.