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Main one was a pot load of gold that needed to get into the Union coffers to pay for the war…part of the Compromise of 1850 bring CA in as a free state (gold included).
The almost tank doesn't trump the almost machine gun???"Richard Edgeworth invented the Caterpillar track in 1770. In the Crimean War a small number of steam powered tractors based on this design proved very successful in the muddy terrain."http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtankdevelop.htm
No flames here; but tha answer to the riddle is whipstock… drilling at an angle from shore. Sounds silly but that's how the guy across the fence can tap the oil under your land. 😮Should work out to sea as well. 8)
So will Sarah Palin go down as a modern day conservative parallel to Huey Long? Or will the liberal textbook writers forget she ever came on the scene?
Ther jury is going to be out for awhile, but more likely she will be remembered on a par with Geraldine Ferraro... a good idea at the time... could have been a game changer but was handled poorly.
What about Father McLaughlin? Is he another example? I think Long could be characterized as a demagogue. McLaughlin as a crusader. Palin as a novelty. Or am I off base?
Nope, I'm pretty sure you're on the mark, unless Palin pulls it out and shows more than she has been allowed to so far.
Not! Just too much time (as stated before) and a lack of wanting go go out in the global warming we are having in my area… 10-12oF on the subnormal side. 😮
That was the last nail… started with “kings that battled vikings” on google and kept narrowing it down….
This from Wikipedia may explain it…"Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 - September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. Though a backer of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election, Long split with Roosevelt in June 1933 and allegedly planned to mount his own presidential bid.Long created the Share Our Wealth program in 1934, with the motto "Every Man a King," proposing new wealth redistribution measures in the form of a net asset tax on corporations and individuals to curb the poverty and crime resulting from the Great Depression. To stimulate the economy, Long advocated federal spending on public works, public education, old age pensions and other social programs. He was an ardent critic of the Federal Reserve System's policies to reduce lending. Charismatic and immensely popular for his social reform programs and willingness to take forceful action, Long was accused by his opponents of dictatorial tendencies for his near-total control of the state government."Most history texts are of the liberal bent; he's a poster boy for that slant. Less liberal texts would include him as a warning perhaps.
Jan. 23, 1556, Shaanxi (Shensi) province China; earthquake 830K killed.Hiroshima ([within]
in2-4 months of bombing) 90-166K killed, est 75K immediate; Nagasaki (same time frame) 60-80K, est 40K immediate.Tokyo firebombings: 100K plus.Dresden, est at the time... 150K-250K deaths. 2010 report "up to 25,000 civilian casulties". Other ests vary... 24-40K. (killed)Somme: Almost 60K British casualties the first day (19,240 killed).Antietam / Sharpsburg... Union: 2,108 killed, 9540 wounded, 753 caputed / missing (of 75,500) CSA: 1,546 killed, 7,752 wounded, 1,018 captured / missing (of 38,000)Just some numbers I found....I'd submit that it was required… Scout quoted this before, I've bolded the main reason for my opinion.
Whenever official notice is received at the National Archives and Records Administration that any amendment proposed to the Constitution of the United States has been adopted, according to the provisions of the Constitution, the Archivist of the United States shall forthwith cause the amendment to be published, with his certificate, specifying the States by which the same may have been adopted, and that the same has become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution of the United States.
Shall means he has no choice.
That is interesting. I wonder if the archivist ratified it as some kind of joke...otherwise, why would he do it unilaterally?
Scout is 100% correct on c); United states Code Title 1, Sec 106b (quoted) gives the Archivist statutory authority to to certify... the Colman case indicates that
nay[any] amendment ts]y[/shat does not have a ratification deadline (ala the ERA; deadline 30-June-1982) may be ratified by the states at any time... this is why the one that fizzled could come back, no deadline.The passage of the 14th Amendment was tossed up in the struggle over this one too. That however supported Wilson as Sec. of State Seward had similarly certified the 14th before Congress.Let it be known that the Flynn version was filmed in Chico, CA (Peoples' Republic of California)…. [by vote of the Council, a Nuclear-Free Zone]Also many of the crew and cast stayed at Richardson Springs, a near-by resort. The Springs is now part of the YWAM (Youth With A Mission) network... in the years since the Richardsson family sold out to a religious group, the name Springs of the Living Waters was commonly used. Truly Marxist in that they stayed in a classy place to help deconstruct the class stucture. ;D
Spot on! the thing I really thought was cool and stressed to the kids was that this one was one of the original 12 amendments Madison proposed… another 10 becoming the Bill of Rights and one concerning the number and apportionment of representitives fizzled. However, according to Colman v. Miller (1939) this one, too, could be ratified. 😮
