History Repeats Itself
Isn’t it strange that coincidences somehow continue to repeat themselves throughout history with only slight variations? So many things have happened and there are books filled with examples. The television program Jeopardy pulls these unusual occurrences into competition questions needing recollection.
During World War II, a Pennsylvania dentist convinced President Roosevelt to bomb Japan with timed explosives attached to thousands of bats. But after some of the armed bats were accidentally released and destroyed their testing facility, the bat bomb project was scrapped. Strange, but it seems that China has learned something from the past. They “infected” bats with a virus, kept the bats, but released the virus in an attempt to destroy the economy, education, and health of the world.
In 1945, a balloon bomb launched by Japan landed in Oregon. It was happened upon by a woman and five children, who died when it exploded. These were the only World War two casualties on US soil after America entered the war. Another idea has emerged from history and again itg was China and not Japan w that has used it to their advantage. Their spy balloons flew over North America and South America gathering information. The spy balloon that flew across the United States had to be shot down. President Biden reluctantly gave the order ONLY after it completed it’s mission.
In 1929, researchers at Princeton University turned a living cat into a telephone. The cat actually had machinery attached to its skull. They are still doing it to people. Men and women and especially kids in today’s society buy into this concept and cannot be separated from their cell phones.
Civil War soldiers on both sides were offered bounties upon enlistment, causing some men to enlist and escape again and again in order to collect multiple bounties. One man collected 32 before he was finally caught. It sounds like graft and stealing taxpayer’s’ money was rampant even during the Civil War era. Many of today’s citizens double dip the welfare system and garner much more than was intended. Welfare was to be a hand up, not a hand out. It wasn’t to be an occupation. I must also condemn the politicians. They get a salary from tax dollars, then line up for perks such as bank loans, free haircuts, meals, transportation, then they have the audacity to get heads up on stock options and reap the rewards.
I’m wondering when American citizens will say enough is enough?