I asked that yesterday too. I finally realized that no one was watching him on a daily basis, and the family only just released the info yesterday. He didn't die yesterday.
I suspect they thought it was a fine time to make it public, hoping it would fly under the radar with all the indictment news, so that any memorial articles would be brief and kinder than if it were a slow news day and reporters needed something to blather about.
Stop acting like being Commander SHAEF was just some pencil pushing position. He had to manage an incredible logistical challenge while dealing with some of the biggest egos of the war, and he did it masterfully.
And your understanding of his role in the bonus marchers is extremely flawed. Douglas MacArthur was the one who was in charge of the actions against the protestors. Eisenhower was one of MacArthur’s junior aides and strongly tried to persuade him out of any involvement in it, but MacArthur wouldn’t listen and, believe it or not, there’s really not much an aide can do to overrule to wishes of the Army Chief of Staff.
You want to be pissed Ike didn’t sacrifice his career to defy the orders of his CO, fine, but at least get the historical details correct.
Unlikely. He is probably sulking in a corner. Watt died the same day that Pat Robertson died and the same day as Pendejo's latest indictment was announced. He was eclipsed by the big stories of the day and never even got a headline. In fact, its unlikely that Watt's family heard he had died until today.
Robert Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land," set in the mid-22nd century and published in 1963, featured a world president who was a charming, folksy grandfatherly type who was dumb as a box of rocks. The true power behind the throne was his wife, who never made a decision without first consulting her astrologer.
One of the things Watt tried to do was take the largest silver mine in North America out of the Navajo reservation and hand it over to (IIRC) Barrett Mining, which was associated with Bush family interests. Failed miserably, he apparently was unaware that owning a silver mine allowed the tribe to hire competent lawyers.
Edit:"I never use the words Democrats and Republicans. It's liberals and Americans." - James Watt, 1981
No, that was Earl Butz! Butz also said, if one store was selling a shirt for $5 & another one was selling the identical one for $10, you should buy it at the $10 store, because it was better for the economy!Sanity & econonics were something he never had.
No conservatives make me angrier than the corporatists who want to use Federal or Tribal lands for their personal enrichment. That includes members of the sovereign citizen movement, like those charming Bundys.
Perhaps a hazardous waste dump.
I asked that yesterday too. I finally realized that no one was watching him on a daily basis, and the family only just released the info yesterday. He didn't die yesterday.
I suspect they thought it was a fine time to make it public, hoping it would fly under the radar with all the indictment news, so that any memorial articles would be brief and kinder than if it were a slow news day and reporters needed something to blather about.
This is probably one of those things I'm better off not knowing about. Propeller mats? Oh gods, men are so weird. smh
Stop acting like being Commander SHAEF was just some pencil pushing position. He had to manage an incredible logistical challenge while dealing with some of the biggest egos of the war, and he did it masterfully.
And your understanding of his role in the bonus marchers is extremely flawed. Douglas MacArthur was the one who was in charge of the actions against the protestors. Eisenhower was one of MacArthur’s junior aides and strongly tried to persuade him out of any involvement in it, but MacArthur wouldn’t listen and, believe it or not, there’s really not much an aide can do to overrule to wishes of the Army Chief of Staff.
You want to be pissed Ike didn’t sacrifice his career to defy the orders of his CO, fine, but at least get the historical details correct.
The Beach Boys thing was hilarious. Even in the uptight 80s, Watt was a square.
And now Watt is no doubt sharing stories....
Unlikely. He is probably sulking in a corner. Watt died the same day that Pat Robertson died and the same day as Pendejo's latest indictment was announced. He was eclipsed by the big stories of the day and never even got a headline. In fact, its unlikely that Watt's family heard he had died until today.
Watt would've stroked out if they'd booked Black Sabbath.
Robert Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land," set in the mid-22nd century and published in 1963, featured a world president who was a charming, folksy grandfatherly type who was dumb as a box of rocks. The true power behind the throne was his wife, who never made a decision without first consulting her astrologer.
Well, you wouldn't want him masturbating in the ice cream shop, would you?
Compost him in a national forest, AND POLLUTE THE GROUND!
One of the things Watt tried to do was take the largest silver mine in North America out of the Navajo reservation and hand it over to (IIRC) Barrett Mining, which was associated with Bush family interests. Failed miserably, he apparently was unaware that owning a silver mine allowed the tribe to hire competent lawyers.
Edit:"I never use the words Democrats and Republicans. It's liberals and Americans." - James Watt, 1981
We’ll. Actually. They weren’t all that common and were around for just a couple years.
If his God is so powerful, how come he lost all his hair and needed glasses?
No, that was Earl Butz! Butz also said, if one store was selling a shirt for $5 & another one was selling the identical one for $10, you should buy it at the $10 store, because it was better for the economy!Sanity & econonics were something he never had.
He'd have stroked out if they'd booked the Captain and Tennille!
No conservatives make me angrier than the corporatists who want to use Federal or Tribal lands for their personal enrichment. That includes members of the sovereign citizen movement, like those charming Bundys.