Tag: history

• Don’t Be Sheep

  …Be this guy. I didn’t come up with this. It’s from a meme, and it is one of the best. More timely now than ever.

  JunkChuck

  January 27, 2017

  Photo I Like, Uncategorized

  august landmesser, bigotry, conservative, drumpf, fascist, history, hitler, holocaust, lessons, mass hysteria, nazi, peer pressure, repeats, salute, sheep, trump

• Not Flood Nor Fire, Just A Blog Unattended

  Here we go, boys and girls. I miss you all when I’m away, and look forward to catching up and finding out what you’ve been up to while I’ve been “away” from the wonderful world of WordPress. At the same time, tons of detritus has built up behind the dam while I’ve been attending to…

  JunkChuck

  May 25, 2016

  Commentary

  blog, detritus, flood, flood city, history, johnstown, oldroadapples, writing

• Dukakis Still Drives Old Tank Everywhere

  Since we’re slogging knee deep through a year of ridiculous campaigners, I thought I’d roll out this post on a serious candidate’s most ridiculous moment. And all ye gods, goddesses and l’il baby godlets, please bless The Onion,   from whence this came.       Image from…”a campaign stop for Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis:…

  JunkChuck

  February 25, 2016

  Funny and/or Strange, Photo I Like, Uncategorized

  absurd, boner, bush, campaign, cruz, dukakis, election, funny, governor, history, massachusetts, miscue, president, ridiculous, rubio, sad, silly, tank, trump

• The Black Swallow of Death

  I know, you’ve missed me–I’ve been buried in real-world work again–but I’m swimming towards the surface.  In the meantime, here’s a transcript, with some additions, from a Facebook post that’s making the rounds–a story too fascinating, exciting, and (sadly) unsurprising to not share with you. Do you know who this is a photo of? Chances…

  JunkChuck

  February 9, 2016

  sheer awesomeness

  black, bullard, espadrille, eugene, france, hero, heroes, history, lafayette, pilot, racism, war, world war 1, world war 2

• Two Weeks of Halloween: The Buckley Family

  This is a classic, and for good reason….the Buckley children clearly had some mommy issues.

  JunkChuck

  October 24, 2015

  halloween, Photo I Like

  axe, beheading, brutal, buckley, decapitation, family, halloween, history, mother, prank, spooky

• December 29, 1890: Wounded Knee Massacre

  While we’re all sitting about in our mid-Holiday malaise, drunk on sugar and fat, filled with drink and feasting and friendship and song, it should be mandatory to sober up for a moment or two and give some thought to one of the great, horrific, historical moments of our very checkered American past.  On a…

  JunkChuck

  December 29, 2014

  Commentary

  AIM, american, buffalo, cavalry, dance, extermination, fort, genocide, ghost, history, indian, kill, knee, massacre, murder, native, rosebud, sioux, treaty, war, wounded

• Thanksgiving Food…For Thought

  Way back in April, I followed a link to the awesome photo above, which itself had been taken from a twitter post by “Cleveland Frowns” and read through a few, mostly outraged, comments.  The overall tones of the discussion were understandably angry, with a strong dose of condemnation over the general disrespect and insensitivity of…

  JunkChuck

  November 26, 2014

  Uncategorized

  civil war, history, indians, lincoln, pilgrims, plymouth rock, thanksgiving, traditions, Wampanoag

• “Don’t Sneak”–a great story from NPR

  The entire StoryCorps program is pretty damned awesome. http://www.npr.org/2014/06/27/325917505/dont-sneak-dads-unexpected-advice-to-his-gay-son-in-the-50s

  JunkChuck

  June 29, 2014

  link

  fatherhood, fathers, gay, history, honest, love, npr, sneak, son, spoken, storycorps, wisdom