The Armys Then and Now

I often wonder how history would be different if there were modern training methods for ancient soldiers. What if Alexander's troops had Gatorade while going across the desert where he lost about half of his men.

Think of the great General Napoleon tramping across Europe to Russia. If he would have had an Energy Drink for his army, marching back in the dead of winter would not of been such a bad thing.

The same goes for Stalingrad. If the German forces had some MRE (meal ready to eat) or some sort of protein bar they could have held out much longer. All they would have needed would have been one solid plane drop and the troops would have been able to eat. The sixth army may have been to hold out at Stalingrad and drag the war out a little longer.

A New Book - Stolen Elections

I went to the Mailboxes today and a new catalog showed up. There is a book listed as Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?. This raises the question for me.

Will the democrats ever get over the fact that they can barley win. I am thinking of writing a new book. How JFK stole the election of 1960. There was never more fraud as there was in 1960 election and almost all for JFK. Richard Nixon, yes tricky dick, did not contest the election because he was afraid of two things. First, many countries were trying to establish a democracy. He did not want to set a bad example. Second, knowing that we were moving into the television age he did not want to set a bad president.

Compare Al Gore to Richard Nixon. All of sudden Richard Nixon looks like a person of character and virtue. Al Gore tore the country apart and still whines daily about losing. Get over the fact that you lost.

The other book I would like to write: A complete encyclopedia of Democrats who stole election or had fraud committed on their behalf. The book would write itself. All I have to do is have a picture of every democrat ever elected.

Fountain of Youth . . . today

I wonder what would happen if Ponce de León came to Florida today looking for the Fountain of Youth. After coming back from Florida I have found anything but the fountain of youth. I know people have made jokes about many of our elders living there.

I am sure Ponce de León would have shook his head and left after finding a Orlando Vacation Rental and going to Disneyworld. At least Ponce de León would have a nice vacation and would have figured out quicker that the fountain of youth was not there. Of course this would have made a weird commercial:

"Ponce de León, you have discovered Florida and failed to find the fountain of youth. What are you going to do now?

Ponce de León: "I'm going to . . . well I just got back from . . . so . . .well I do not know."

Rome on HBO

Good news . . . I have been observing Rome by HBO. This show is really really good.

I am amazed at how accurate it is. Yes there are problems but still.

The Good War?

Teaching history is a lot of fun. We can always get into the, What Ifs, in history. What if the US had not be involved in World War Two? I still think Hitler would have lost. Hitler would have almost hands down if he did not attack Russia. The problem is that we have such a tight grip on World War Two as being the "good war" we can hardly see the why we should not have been involved. Not to mention saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

I was recently given a presentation folder printing on W.W.II with some info I had not thought of before.
The war was almost over on Sept 10, 1941 when snow fell on German troops. The only thing that motivated them at the end of Stalingrad was FDR's demand for unconditional surrender in early 1942.

History is now always the way the movies or your school books show. More Later . . .