tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104717082024-03-12T19:33:06.438-07:00RCOCEANCommercial Free and Unreadrcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-37348157035971901562019-12-20T11:17:00.000-08:002019-12-21T14:50:48.131-08:001913 British vs. American Army
January 1913
GB
USA
Ratio
Calvary
20,000
15,000
1.33
Field Artillery
29,000
5,000
5.80
Coastal (Garrison) Artillery
18,000
19,000
0.95
Engineers
10,000
2,000
5.00
Infantry
150,000
33,000
4.55
Colonial Troops
9,000
5,000
1.80
Staff Departments & misc
rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-43793616521466587412019-11-22T09:13:00.002-08:002020-01-10T15:51:08.935-08:00April 1917 - The Incredible Backwardness of the US ArmyI doubt any Army was more unprepared for a major war, then the US Army in April 1917. It not only was small, its technological backwardness (due to lack of funding) was astounding. At the start of the war, it lacked the following:
No Steel helmets, Grenades, or Mortars.
No Tanks
No Combat Aircraft. The "Air service" had 35 officers, 1,000 enlisted men and two airfields.
No mobile rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-44045771963641164862019-03-31T10:24:00.001-07:002019-04-12T13:16:52.182-07:00World War II - Book ReviewsTerrible Terry Allen - Gerald Astor
Awful Biography of one the US Army's best Divisional Commanders. Allen commanded the "Big Red One" in North Africa and Sicily. He was relieved of command by Bradley in August 1943, and sent back to the USA. Later, he commanded the 104th Division in Northwest Europe. The whole book reads like a first draft, and shows no evidence of original rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-88875194105790040452018-10-11T11:33:00.002-07:002018-10-12T08:05:02.229-07:00Supreme Court - Historical Background to Election Year NominationsHere's some historical background which puts McConnell's hold on the Garland SCOTUS nomination in perspective.
Since 1950, Twenty-Seven Justices have Left Office - only four Died.
Four died and 23 resigned or retired. Those who died were:
Fred Vinson - 1953
Robert Jackson - 1954
Rehnquist - 2005
Scalia - 2016.
Of the 23 that resigned or retired, only 2 did so in an rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-48935108801165534892018-08-27T14:06:00.002-07:002018-08-27T14:09:47.939-07:00John McCain R.I.P. - Part I I'd planned on not writing anything about the death of one of my least favorite politicians, but given so many awful editorials ( like National Review's), I changed my mind.
McCain the Media Creation
I don't think there's ever been a Senator who did less and was more famous than John McCain. People forget that McCain was NEVER in the Senate leadership and only headed one Senate rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-63226983873002785362018-08-24T13:50:00.001-07:002018-08-24T13:50:21.983-07:00African-American Soldiers In World War One Since Wikipedia is inaccurate, here are some statistics from the US Army Military histories on the African-American (called "Colored" in 1918) participation in World War 1 and A.E.F.
Service in France.
Total A.E.F. - 2,000,000
Total Blacks. - 180,000
About 9 percent.
Served in Combat Zone
Total Americans - 1.2 Million
Total Blacks - Approximately 50,000
About 4 percent
Combat rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-15450502458727987212018-06-29T15:07:00.000-07:002018-06-30T12:55:58.743-07:00Peter Thomson - Overrated Wanker
He was Overrated
Well, Peter Thomson, 5 time Open Champion, has died, to the sniffles of the Golf writers. Sorry, I can't join in. One of the most overrated Golfers of all time - Thomson is remembered for winning the British Open 4 times between 1954-1958. A pretty impressive record until you realize that American Golf Pros avoided the British Open between 1946-1959 and 1st rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-76367689243358697352017-12-03T13:44:00.000-08:002017-12-03T13:45:12.913-08:00Why I don't watch "Meet the Press" Having some downtime, I downloaded the MTP transcript for December 3, 2017 and did a quick word count analysis. In summary, the Guests, do 30% of the talking (excluding commercials and video) and Chuck Todd and "The Panel" do 70%! What a waste of time to watch it. Details as follows:
Chuck
Todd
No. Words
%
Opening Remarks
&rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-23348015797233615452017-09-01T16:33:00.000-07:002017-09-01T16:33:21.194-07:00Eisenhower explains why General Robert E. Lee was a Hero August 9, 1960
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War between the States the issue of secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South,rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-23277809411299793722017-02-10T16:23:00.001-08:002019-01-20T11:03:49.309-08:00Doris Day and Gordon MacRae - "Till We Meet Again" from On Moonlight Bay...rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-24808367349827677092017-01-23T12:39:00.001-08:002019-01-20T11:04:10.566-08:00Carleton Carpenter and Debbie Reynolds, Abba Dabba Honeymoon from Two We...rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-55019588858455759082016-11-26T17:37:00.001-08:002019-01-20T11:04:42.987-08:00Snoopy's Christmas vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmenrcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-83534083106168466582016-11-13T11:00:00.001-08:002017-02-16T11:01:31.939-08:00The Triumph of Trump rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-8140345029120363852016-11-05T21:09:00.001-07:002019-01-20T11:05:04.764-08:00The answer to the question Mary Ann or Ginger? rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-74853211436286233092016-10-13T18:57:00.006-07:002017-02-16T11:02:08.792-08:00Trump Tells it Like it is. This election will determine whether we are a free nation or whether we have only the illusion of democracy, but are in fact controlled by a small handful of global special interests rigging the system, and our system is rigged. This is reality, you know it, they know it, I know it, and pretty much the whole world knows it. The establishment and their media enablers will control over this nation rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-28364708454550294782016-07-09T22:27:00.002-07:002016-07-10T16:40:57.878-07:00Most Vivid Childhood Sports MemoriesGolf - Nicklaus vs. Watson in the famous "Duel in the Sun"Tennis - Borg vs. McEnroe at Wimbledon.MLB - Red Sox vs. Reds World Series.NFL - The immaculate reception College Basketball - NC State vs. UCLA 1974College Football - Rose Bowl Huskies vs. Michigan 1977 rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-65201482953898811742016-05-16T20:13:00.005-07:002016-05-16T20:13:41.911-07:00Truman Capote - Antisemitic ? Playboy: For many years, American letters seemed dominated by Southern writers, but, as you have said, "during the last ten years the large percentage of the more talented American writers are urban Jewish intellectuals." How do you feel about this shift in ethnic, geographic and literary emphasis?
Capote: Well, it has brought about the rise of what I call the Jewish Mafia in American letters. rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-53696386512968841862016-04-30T10:07:00.003-07:002016-04-30T10:07:56.113-07:00Teddy Roosevelt on the Indians As a nation, our Indian policy is to be blamed because of the weakness it displayed, because of its shortsightedness and its occasional leaning to the policy of the sentimental humanitarians; and we have often promised what was impossible to perform; but there has been little willful wrongdoing. Our government almost always tries to act fairly by the tribes; the governmental agents (some of whom rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-32162962820746060662016-03-30T21:33:00.000-07:002016-03-30T21:33:00.715-07:00FDR Invites Stalin to meet in Bering Straits - 1943President Roosevelt to Marshal Stalin
WASHINGTON, May 5, 1943.
________________________________________
MY DEAR MR. STALIN:
I am sending this personal note to you by the hands of my old friend, Joseph E. Davies. It relates solely to one subject which I think it is easier for us to talk over through a mutual friend. Mr. Litvinov is the only other person with whom I have talked about it.
I rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-68291136251913982972015-09-06T18:12:00.000-07:002015-09-06T18:12:10.464-07:00Our Responsibility To Immigrants
Peter Hitchens:
Actually we can’t do what we like with this country. We inherited it from our parents and grandparents and we have a duty to hand it on to our children and grandchildren, preferably improved and certainly undamaged. It is one of the heaviest responsibilities we will ever have. We cannot just give it away to complete strangers on an impulse because it makes us feel good rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-44019735332878110792015-06-20T08:52:00.002-07:002015-06-20T08:54:08.945-07:00McClellan Vs. GrantAny Grant Vs. Mac comparison has to begin with the understanding that Grant had it much, much easier in April ’64 than McClellan in April ’62. Others have listed the advantages. Of course Grant was also much more willing to go along with Lincolns military “suggestions” then McClellan. (And if Grant got ticked off at Lincoln, he certainly never made the mistake of venting his anger in letters to rcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-68140995139968571822015-01-14T18:02:00.003-08:002016-02-06T10:59:09.840-08:00Great NBA Quotes - Rick Barry"Around the league they thought of him as the most arrogant guy ever. Half the players disliked Rick. The other half hated him.” - Billy Paultz, Rick Barry's Friendrcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-84911325574221422942014-12-21T12:50:00.003-08:002016-02-06T11:00:20.239-08:00Great NBA Quotes - Spencer HaywoodI left the Forum and drove off in my Rolls that night thinking one thought—that [Coach Paul] Westhead must die - Spencer Haywoodrcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-79750445293347019762014-11-30T22:43:00.001-08:002019-01-20T11:05:22.263-08:00Perry Como and the Buffalo Bills If You Were the Only Girl in the Worldrcoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10471708.post-55452913841552932982014-06-25T22:15:00.001-07:002019-01-20T11:06:01.913-08:00Mary's A Grand Old Namercoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.com0