Tsunami Death Toll Rises; Major Sumatran Killer Quake ; Philippines Typhoon September 30, 2009

The huge undersea earthquake near  Samoa produced not one but 4 tsunami waves shortly after the 8.0 earthquake struck. Video from Samoa and American Samoa shows the devastation shortly after the waves hit.   Click here for details on the earthquake and the preliminary report. Initially it was reported a single wave of 5 feet struck American [...]

Tsunami Claims At Least 34; Philippines Death Toll Rises; US General killed by fellow officer September 29, 2009

Update Found HERE Tropical Storm Ketsana dropped some 17 inches of rain in 12 hours on one of the most populous cities on earth, Manila.  The Philippines is not a wealthy country and there are reports that international aid is pouring in.  But, as of Sept 29, the big donor has been Japan at about [...]

Hitler Could Have Been Killed Long Before WWII, But a Kind Heart Intervened September 28, 2009

On This Date in History:  Have you ever seen one of those Star Trek episodes that deals with time travel?  In one Kirk is in the 1920′s and if he knows a woman (Joan Collins) will be killed in a car accident and he has the ability to save her life. But Spock tells him [...]

You Don’t Know Uncle Tom-He Was the Opposite of What Many Americans Think September 27, 2009

    On This Date in History: On this date in 1852, the first successful stage dramatization of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin took place in Troy, NY. The key word here is “successful.” Stowe herself had tried to bring the novel to the stage but it failed. How could that be? The book [...]

Health Care Bill: Congress won’t pledge to read it, won’t allow people to read or hear about it September 26, 2009

Some people may want to know about the pending health care legislation.  Well, don’t expect your healthcare provider to tell you what it thinks.  According to the Democrat House Majority Leader,  don’t expect your elected official to read the bill before they vote on it.  And after a recent Senate Finance Committee vote, don’t expect to [...]

America’s First Woman President September 25, 2009

On This Date in History:  In the most recent presidential election cycle, Hillary Clinton was considered the front runner for the nominee of the Democratic Party until she was bested by Barack Obama who eventually won the election as President of the United States.  It was seen a race for the potential for firsts.  If [...]

Is Proposal to Shoot Down Israeli Planes a Sound Nuke Arms Control Policy? September 24, 2009

When Dr. Robert Oppenheimer witnessed the Trinity test, the first explosion of an atomic weapon, he is quoted as saying, “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”  However, that is a bit of a misnomer as the line became part of the public lexicon after a 1965 interview when he was asked about his initial reaction [...]

You Can Balance an Egg Any Day; World’s Oldest Living Man and Oldest Rodeo September 23, 2009

On This Date in History: Colonel E. A. Slack was the publisher of Wyoming’s Daily Sun-Leader, the predecessor to today’s Wyoming Tribune-Eagle . Slack was not feeling too chipper as he made his way back to Cheyenne from Greeley, Colorado where that town held its Potato Day Festival. He wondered why in the wide wide [...]

Recent Bank Bailout Just One of Many-Uncle Sam Doing Work That JP Morgan Did September 22, 2009

Dow Jones Since 1900 On This Date in History  In 1906, San Francisco had a great earthquake.  The effects of that quake led to a financial trouble spot that turned into a full-blown economic crisis.  At that time, there was no central bank or Federal Reserve. With the system stretched by the stress of the San Francisco quake, [...]

No Bucks, No Buck Rodgers-US Could Have Had the 1st Satellite Before Sputnik September 21, 2009

This Date in History:  On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union blasted a 184 pound “baby moon” into orbit ushering in the space age.  The small satellite was called Sputnik was a round sphere that emitted a weak radio signal to prove its existance and whereabouts.  It put panic in the hearts of all Americans at [...]