May 19

1864 - The Battle of Spotsylvania ended:  U.S. Civil War.

Spotsylvania was a brutal battle, like two heavyweight fighters standing toe-to-toe throwing hay-makers at each other...Almost 32,000 casualties out of 150,000 troops (both sides combined).

Grant threw his troops into the fray, and sent them out to die. He didn’t do so to kill Union boys, he did it to force the Confederates to fight and lose theirs at a pace they couldn't sustain...The next year was horrific, but Grant's strategy achieved President Lincoln's ultimate goal:  Winning and ending the war - which was the only way to stop the killing.

1588 - The Spanish Armada set sail for England.

The 'Invincible Armada' was on its way to put England in her place...But history proved otherwise, with its destruction in August at the hands of the English Navy, Nature, and Providence.

Most history books teach this battle incorrectly.  What's important to know about it is the Brits gained experience and confidence in her tiny navy, and Spain began to lose confidence in what was one of the world's greatest naval forces at the time...But in no way was the Spanish navy destroyed in this battle.

1921 - The U.S. Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, establishing national quotas for immigrants.

The problem hasn’t ceased to be an 'emergency,' and another such law is well overdue.

1943 - Berlin was declared 'Judenrien' (Free of Jews):  WWII.

What a proud day this must have been for Der Fuhrer. He and his henchmen next tried to rid the entire Reich of Jews...And did a pretty thorough job of accomplishing their goal.

1986 - Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the school board, maintaining that for their policy of protecting minority employees by laying off non-minority teachers first (even though the non-minority employees had seniority) the injury suffered by non-minorities affected could not justify the benefits to minorities.

Of course ‘whities’ shouldn’t have to pay for the historical crimes of the people of their race...This is such an obvious truth. For this same reason every Affirmative Racism policy should be ended as well.

1994 - President Bill Clinton held a news conference defending his foreign policy against suggestions he improvised it from crisis to crisis, saying, "I continue to look for new solutions."

Lets just look at some of Billy's great foreign policy 'solutions':

1. He gave North Korea nuclear technology, materiel and money.
2. He allowed Iraq to keep shooting at our planes, training terrorists, and giving money to the families of martyred terrorists.
3. He sent our troops to Somalia without proper supply, to die with no purpose.
4. He allowed Chinese spies to infiltrate our national defense institutions and production facilities, while taking millions of dollars in Chinese 'contributions.'
5.  He turned down an offer from Sudan to hand over Osama Bin Laden.

These were just some of his brilliant 'new solutions'...Forget the BlewClinsky episode, these reasons were enough for him to be impeached, the Republicans just didn't have the testicular fortitude to say it.

1995 - The U.S. Senate voted 99-to-0 to reject President Bill Clinton's spending blueprint.

The Republicans controlled the Senate (52-48), but in order to get this 99-0 vote, 47 Dems voted against Clinton’s plan.

I’m pretty sure this was the greatest smack down ever given by the Senate to a U.S. President, especially considering his own party couldn’t even vote for his idea…I’m also sure the abstaining voter would have voted against it too, but didn’t want to see Clinton go down 100-0.

Incredibly, President Obama has managed to repeat this feat on multiple occasions.

1998 - French lawmakers voted to cut the work-week from 39 hours to 35 by 2002, a measure aimed at reducing France's 12% unemployment rate.

No wonder the French produce NOTHING!!! They spend more time on their arses than at work...Similar to how they fight wars.