October 3

1990 - West and East Germany ended 45-years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a new unified country with 78-million citizens.

I was 20-years old, and remember watching in amazement as the world changed right in front of my eyes...The Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Germany was reunited, and the Soviet Empire soon collapsed as well.

The Cold War was coming to an end, and many in the Western world believed a new era of peace was being established...Unfortunately, no one got word to the Jihadis or the Chinese.

2333 B.C. - Traditional date on which Tangun established the Kingdom of Chosun.

This kingdom occupied the approximate land of modern-day Korea...It was called Chosun by the Japanese and Joseon by the Chinese. Meaning: "Land of the Morning Calm."

Unfortunately, the northern part of it's current territory is now known as the 'Land of the Hell State.'

1913 - The U.S. Federal Income Tax was signed into law - at 1%.

I'm pretty sure we could all live with this law as it was designed - a 1% tax on income...It wasn't until the Liberal Years (1930's-1970's) that the idea of copying European Socialism took root.

Americans like to pretend we aren't Socialist here in the U.S., but I bet if you took a hard accounting of how much tax you pay (Fed, State, Local, consumption, property, utilities, etc), you'd find most 'working' Americans have well over 40% of their hard-earned money claimed by the government. Many pay much more.

There's no way to deny this is the truth, and no way to call it anything other than a sneaky system of Socialism...Otherwise known as American Liberalism.

1941 - Adolf Hitler declared in a speech that Russia had been "broken" and would "never rise again":  WWII.

Hitler was many things, but Nostradamus he was not, and within two years the Ruskies soon turned Der Fuhrer's words on his own people.

1993 - U.S. Army Rangers were ambushed in Mogadishu, Somalia. 18 Americans were killed and 84 wounded...President Clinton expressed sorrow at the deaths of American soldiers in Somalia, but reaffirmed that U.S. forces would stay in the African nation.

CLINTON EXPRESSED SORROW...MY ASS!!!!

Bubba was a clueless Commander-in-Chief, who had nothing but disregard for the Military, and did nothing but hamstring our troops and put them in positions to suffer and look bad.

I admit to being a hard-core 'hawk,' and believe the U.S. Military has a large role to play in the America Empire (and yes, it is an empire!)...But, what in the Hell were our troops sent to this toilet for without any clear objective, or the means to pursue an objective?

I'm assuming it was because the 'unknown objective' passed the "Global Test" (as described by John Kerry)...But it sure as Hell didn't pass the only test that really matters: 'The American Test'!!!!

1995 - The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial found the former football star innocent of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.

1. I still can't believe the O.J. Trial is the most played TV event of my lifetime.

2. 'The Juice' murdered two people for free...He should have fried. But at least he was stupid enough to allow justice to catch up with him a decade later.