Posts Tagged harry truman
Armistice Day
74 Years
National Emergency
Executive Order 9981
Despite his troubling prejudices and private racist jokes, Truman was troubled by the constant news of black veterans returning home from World War II to a country that didn’t treat them as equals despite risking their lives to protect it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Must Be My Lucky D-Day
Essential Consultants
Korean Peace Talks
Nuclear Button
Today’s comic isn’t so much of a joke as it is something that Lyndon Johnson actually gave as an answer to why we were meddling in Vietnam. Reminds me of something that happened more recently. Can’t quite put my stubby[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Truman just keeps getting those speeches mixed up. This country has always been built on getting the international community to unilaterally support reckless campaign promises, but it’s always good to know who your friends are. Look, the United States has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…