tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post6218663737904602270..comments2024-03-29T02:03:49.151-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: The Coup that FailedDavid Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-53999285394814456292021-02-09T20:34:30.914-05:002021-02-09T20:34:30.914-05:00Professor
I should have suggested that reference t...Professor<br />I should have suggested that reference to Randall Collins Here!<br />So sorry.<br />All the bestBozonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078858723231122013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-7136322620524540882021-01-27T18:52:42.099-05:002021-01-27T18:52:42.099-05:00Professor
Nice try!
While I applaud your grasping...Professor<br />Nice try!<br /><br />While I applaud your grasping and torturous ingenuity here, a tour de force, really, but I must say that "A parallel event" to events at the fall of the Soviets is stretching even your regular readers' enormous credulity beyond even their respective elastic breaking points.<br /><br />All the bestBozonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078858723231122013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-47028306561615762742021-01-26T15:02:19.238-05:002021-01-26T15:02:19.238-05:00No question Trump was up to something. His life e...No question Trump was up to something. His life experience has been getting things<br />his own way, not taking responsibility for anything, etc. Kaiser has some<br />interesting insights. First time I have done this stuff but am reading his<br />bio as retiring lawyer after majoring in history. Better email for comments:<br />rrobb@suddenlink.net - do not like this stuff-maybe DK should comment here also.<br />Leads to unthinking that led to 1/6/2021 assault on Capitol Hill.Richie Robbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17092970451703800607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-41393601805604164522021-01-24T13:48:04.289-05:002021-01-24T13:48:04.289-05:00The transcript of Trump's call to Brad Raffens...The transcript of Trump's call to Brad Raffensperger, Georgia secretary of state, is great literature. It should be required reading/listening for school children (and all citizens) until the end of time. It reminds me of the great film 'Twelve Angry Men' with Trump as Lee J Cobb's bitter sadist juror and Raffensperger as Henry Fonda's truth-seeking juror. <br /><br />After Trump ranted at length, Raffensperger calmly explained how each one of Trump's claims was false. Raffensperger did the same with people in the Georgia legislature. He explained that investigators, recounts, and audits, had shown no fraud, which is why they never called a session on the issue. I'm sure the same has happened in the other states too. <br /><br />Unlike the Lee J Cobb juror, Trump never relents, and in the end, he accuses Raffensperger and all the investigators of participating in a criminal conspiracy. The call brands Trump for what he is: A malicious rumor-monger and a truly despicable person whose lies led to needless death at our nation's Capitol. <br /><br /> https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-transcript-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/2768e0cc-4ddd-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.htmlGloucon Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05218027862578514587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-9493831371474427592021-01-24T10:23:46.676-05:002021-01-24T10:23:46.676-05:00Dear Dr. Kaiser,
You note cowardice and deficits ...Dear Dr. Kaiser,<br /><br />You note cowardice and deficits of attention as salient features of this individual's character. I suggest that these are just symptoms of his decisive limitation as a strategic player. Specifically, he makes one strategic statement ("I dominate") at all times. This means that his tactics and actions are at all times predictable. When an individual is utterly predictable, she/he is subject to absolute control by others.<br /><br />The continuing public focus on this weak player is serving the interests of the more capable strategists who were controlling him. While they remain a threat to the republic in principle, it is unlikely they will ever find another dupe both willing to their anti-democratic bidding and electable.<br /><br />Jude Hammerle <br /><br /> Jude Hammerlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765872893740924266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-27686229293414533392021-01-24T10:20:41.590-05:002021-01-24T10:20:41.590-05:00JRW: A Congressional committee investigated Butle...JRW: A Congressional committee investigated Butler's story in 1934 and couldn't find any evidence to support it. And they were not trying to whitewash it.David Kaiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-13268286116173240152021-01-23T11:28:02.190-05:002021-01-23T11:28:02.190-05:00As a historian how true.we’re the accusations of G...As a historian how true.we’re the accusations of General Smedley Butler about the rich businessman*s plot of a coup to oust Franklin Roosevelt?<br />JRWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863384251886413553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-11662063851762069262021-01-23T10:46:38.641-05:002021-01-23T10:46:38.641-05:00Thanks David. You are always so good at bringing t...Thanks David. You are always so good at bringing the details to important historical events - filling in the gaps to help us understand what happened.<br />JanieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659357678000216101noreply@blogger.com