Little tid bit of legal history..
The "Posse Comitatus" law came in to law about 1868 to stop Federal troops
from further actions against Southern civilians as part of the Reparations
following the Civil War.
At that time, and during the time of McArthur / Eisenhower / bonus camp
event, the use o
Tin man asked :
>How do you do that? - order troops to >open fire on the veterans in DC?
The same way it will be done next time.
(for social security, ssdi, food stamps, adc, pick one, they are all broke).
And before anyone says "I paid for my social security", it was ruled in 1960 by
the Supr
Wasn't WWII, it was the early Thirties, during the depths of the depression.
WWI vets had been given a "bonus" payment for service that was supposed to be
paid at retirement age, and they marched on Washington to ask the Feds to pay
it immediately, due to the economic conditions. They camped o
We would have dropped the Fat Boy instead, there were at least a dozen more in
the pipeline. I suspect the only difference would have been a few weeks or
months before another one was dropped.
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It appears it was a crime for the president to even ask those bastards to get
rid of the Bonus Army, and a crime for every officer and soldier involved to
take up arms on US soil, and capital murder for what transpired in the end.
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-posse-comitatus-act-of-1878-721707
Bonus Army. WWI vets who were owned bonuses for their service not payable
until 1945. Bring in the Depression and mass unemployment and the veterans and
their families marched on Washington and set up an encampment where they
demanded that Congress award them their bonuses. Hoover ordered the
Peter wrote:
> If you haven't caught on yet, I have no respect at all for McArthur -- the
> only reason he was in the Phillipines at all was because he'd ordered troops
> to open fire on the veterans in DC.
How do you do that? - order troops to open fire on the veterans in DC?
Sounds like more W
Andy sez: (possibly trollingly)
>How would history have been altered >had the Indianapolis been hit en route
>to delivering the key nuclear parts rather >than after?
88%.
Rick
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How would history have been altered had the Indianapolis been hit en route
to delivering the key nuclear parts rather than after?
On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
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> > On August 20, 2017 at 11:36 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
> mercede
> On August 20, 2017 at 11:36 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes
> wrote:
> the only reason he was in the Phillipines at all was because he'd ordered
> troops to open fire on the veterans in DC.
It appears it was a crime for the president to even ask those bastards to get
rid of the Bonus Army,
Here is an article about it too, it mentions a movie that I guess is
what I saw, Men of Courage
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/08/20/indianapolis-wreckage-found-paul-allen/
-R
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Yes thats it. Incredible find. 18000 feet is massively deep. I think they
are using untethered ROVs judging from the video.
On Aug 20, 2017 10:18 AM, "Mitch Haley via Mercedes"
wrote:
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> > On August 20, 2017 at 12:37 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
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> > 1
> On August 20, 2017 at 12:37 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
> wrote:
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> 18000 ft seems too deep. I thought paul allen's tweet said 5500.
Maybe Paul knows the metric system?
5500M = 18045'
Mitch.
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18000 ft seems too deep. I thought paul allen's tweet said 5500.
On Aug 20, 2017 6:35 AM, "Max Dillon via Mercedes"
wrote:
> 18,000 feet down on the floor of the Pacific.
>
> http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Researchers-
> find-wreckage-of-lost-WWII-warship-11944819.php
>
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> --
> Ma
I believe the confusion stemmed from the continuing argument between McArthur
and Nimitz as to who was in charge of the Navy in the Western Pacific. Ships
tended to get dispatched by the Supreme Command, bypassing the normal channels
in the Navy, and the Indianapolis was an example -- the appro
I remember that part but there was more to it I was thinking, or maybe I
misremember. In any case, a massively sad event so close to the end of
the war.
--R
On 8/20/17 11:17 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote:
The Indianapolis delivered parts for the first atomic bombs. As a result of
this, th
The Indianapolis delivered parts for the first atomic bombs. As a result of
this, their itinerary was considered secret and not shared with any other Navy
assets. This included their return trip, which they were on when torpedoed by
a Japanese submarine.
Because the only information generally
I think I saw something on TV about the USS Indianapolis event a few
months ago, or maybe some documentary on the Flix or something. Seems
like I recall a massive messup due to radio silence or something, and HQ
not wanting to dispatch search and recovery assets to the location.
--R
On 8/20
18,000 feet down on the floor of the Pacific.
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Researchers-find-wreckage-of-lost-WWII-warship-11944819.php
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