Recent Books

When dealing with history these days there is a heavy emphasis on women and minorities position within history.

While this is good. And I do mean good, as I do not want to marginalize anyone, this can get to the point where the emphasis is to great. Some of the recent history books marginalize many people who stood in at desperate times.

William Wilberforce is almost gone from the pages of history.

Instead we have how great slaves resisted. Without Wilberforce slaves in the Western world would still be accepted.

Instead of how the start of liberty of all people was given, all I read is the so many people were excluded. Yes they were, however without the brilliant men crafting the Constitution of the United States, no freedoms would be possible.

It almost seems that many people care more about the history of incontinence supplies then about other important facets of history.

selling the government

I know that presidents use many items one time and then move on. Many pens become collectibles simply because a president used them.

I am thinking, why not ebay these items from the government to the people of the world. Think of it. Every day the president uses a pen or two. Each day that pen comes up for auction with a certificate of authenticity.

The pen would be labeled nicely as a white house pen and then sold. Think of items like sheets used in the Lincoln Bedroom (of course they would be cleaned prior to selling). Or even items like executive desks that were used by the president or other high officials.

I know this means more pens would be used. However, the government could raise money without taxes.

Back to the Coffee Future

When looking at history there are always small things that one looks at and can even specialize in as a historian. For example a technology historian. When looking at the modern world I wonder what types of historians we will spawn in 1000 years when looking back.

For example, what if a DELETED was unearthed. Will they even have a clue. Or will coffee have passed from the world.

History Corrected

One of the odd things about histroy is that we seldom get it right and mythology wins over reality. Our collective Dell Memory gives us what we see as true based on pictures.

What I find out about some of the stories of history, the more discouraged I get on what I see on the news. The news gives us a perception of reality that will seldom change even over time.

Only many years later can we find the truth of what really happened.

Moving with a covered wagon

During the revolutionary war and most wars till engines were made. All the equipment had to be moved by hand. There were no nice truck accessories like a trailer hitch on which to help move things.

This was made clear to me when doing a recent move. And how nice it was to move quickly. I was able to drive 60+ mph with a trailer and made a trip that would take several days in a covered wagon with horses. Meanwhile my horses just need some oil and petrol.

History of Stuff

I have wondered about the history of drug rehab places. The first place I ever heard about was the famous one done by an ex-president's wife. That was in the 1970s. I would have to assume that they were around before that.

After all the addictions are not new to the 70s. They have been around for along time.

Have a happy day.

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Well I was wondering what the world would be like if bic pens were used instead of the quill pens.

Think of how quill pens are used by artists through out time. The dec of ind would be much different. So would many of the other great events. the bad part would that there would be many fakes on ebay.


Have a happy day