December 19 (A Double)

1998 - President Clinton was impeached on two counts: Articles 1 and 3, for perjury and obstruction of justice. The 42nd chief executive became the second in history to be ordered to stand trial in the Senate, where, like Andrew Johnson before him, he was acquitted.

Impeachment is a responsibility the House hasn’t used properly - to check the power of the Executive or the Courts...It should be used more often, which would do much to right our floundering ship/nation - if the politios could find a way to use it as it was designed instead of as a hammer against their enemies.

Clinton brought on his impeachment by not telling the truth in the first place.  And the blowjobs were one of the smallest problems I had with him...Thankfully, he wasn't convicted by the Senate, however, because had he been it's very likely Al Gore would have won the 2000 election easily.

2003 - Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi, after secret negotiations with the United States and Britain, agreed to halt his nation's drive to develop nuclear and chemical weapons and the long-range missiles to deliver them. He admitted to nuclear fuel projects, including possessing centrifuges and centrifuge parts used in uranium enrichment, showed American and British inspectors a significant quantity of mustard agent, acknowledged Libya intended to acquire equipment and develop capabilities to create biological weapons, and admitted "elements of the history of its cooperation with North Korea" to develop extended-range Scud missiles.

The Libyan Drag-Queen was looking to save his skin.  He saw Saddam Hussein fall and was smart enough to play the ‘good guy’...He was nuts, not stupid.

That said, had we not invaded Iraq, this nut would still be playing with a full WND program (Yes, I know he's dead.  I'll get to that in a moment), and would be another lunatic with dangerous toys...What's really scary is the fact Libya is a bit player in the Middle East, and if they had such an advanced program other unsavory nations likely do, too.

It's an interesting thought to wonder if giving up this stash cost Qaddafi his life?  I'm betting President Obama and the West would have never had the guts to go after him if he still had his bio/chem program...Think I'm wrong?  Think about Syria.  If Assad didn't have a known bio/chem program he'd already be dead.  He played the Russian game of getting rid of some, but having kept them as a bargaining chip has kept him alive.

Unfortunately, every rogue nutter with dangerous toys will think twice about handing them over in the future - because getting rid of them might be their own death sentence...Think Iran and North Korea.

1562 - The Battle of Dreux: The French Wars of Religion between the Huguenots and the Catholics began with this battle.

"Une foi, un loi, un roi," = "one faith, one law, one king."

These wars destroyed a whole generation of Frenchmen, but were a logical extension of the Protestant Revolution, with the people challenging the power of their kings who claimed power was granted to them by God.

The battles continued through the end of the 1500's and only started to wind down with the Treaty of Nantes in 1598.

1916 - The Battle of Verdun ended:  WWI.

This is one of the longest non-siege battles in military history, and also one of the most useless. Like most WWI battles...Over 250,000 deaths and 450,000 wounded/missing, primarily fought between the French and Germans.

Neither side made much headway, but France won the battle because Germany withdrew after finally decided the ‘killing field’ was unwinnable.

1941 - Hitler assumed the title of Commander in Chief of the German Army, after accepting the resignation of Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch:  WWII.

What a huge break for the Allies...Although after American entry in the war it's unlikely the Germans could have held off envelopment from the West and East, the German military would have surely done a much better job without the Austrian Corporal making every strategic decision - and even many tactical ones.

1941 - The U.S. Office of Censorship was created to control information about WWII.

Can you imagine if the modern-day jackals (N.Y. Times, CNN, ACLU(seless), etc.) had been around in 1941? They’d go nuts over such ‘infringements on public knowledge’...And we could have possibly lost WWII due to this bunch of un-American, psychotic idiots.

I take it back.  The MSM would barely make a peep - as long as the president was a Democrat.

1972 - 'Apollo 17' splashed down in the Pacific, winding up the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.

What a sad day for this great program. I hope we return in my lifetime...I’ve said it before, and will say it again: America’s Manifest Destiny is not limited to Earth.

1996 - The school board of Oakland, Calif., voted to recognize 'Black English,' also known as 'Ebonics,' in a decision which set off a firestorm of controversy.

The board later reversed its stance, due to public disgust…Which is exactly why we must never remain silent in the face of stupidity, even when called racists.

2002 - Senator Patty Murray of Washington told high school students that Osama bin Laden was popular in poor countries because of his charitable works and challenged the U.S. to do the same.

SHE SAID WHAT?!?!?!

Can you imagine any politician, Democrat or Republican, expounding the virtues of Mr. Hitler for pulling Germany out of its depression, and challenging Roosevelt to do the same?

See the event at the top of this post: The failure to use the tools given by the Constitution have allowed subversive maggots like 'Osama Mama' Murray to prosper in modern-day America...The Republicans have their share of scumbags, but when they are discovered, they are drummed out of public life.  The Democrats accept theirs with open arms. KEEP THIS IN MIND EVERY TIME YOU VOTE (D).

2003 - China said it issued rules restricting exports of missile, nuclear and biological technologies that can be used to make or deliver weapons of mass destruction.

I haven't seen the restrictions, but it's safe to assume they look something like this: 'China will only sell such weapons to those who can pay with cash or oil'...Give me a break.