Please pardon my error. The original, linked source, of course, refers to a typewriter being confiscated. I corrected it on the same day the article was published, after earlier readers brought it to my attention with comments that preceded yours. Alas, there's no correcting sent emails.
When my dad returned from the War he had to beg for a job. The old racist junk that divided Italians, Polish, etc. into their neighborhoods was well entrenched. Dad was Army Airborne, 503rd under MacArthur. He was the first-born US Citizen of his large family. The rest were Naturalized. His last jump was Corregidor, as Sgt he and a PFC under sniper fire put the first US Flag up on a telegraph pole, as a gift for Gen. MacArthur. Corregidor.org has the photo. https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/503. That job was for Youngstown Sheet and Tube Steel Mill. Where he worked as a boilermaker till the day he fell off a Cat Walk, and broke discs in his neck.
Sure wasn't the Marshall Plan, flooding the USA with cheap Japanese lead-painted toys.
After five years of fighting them, Dad never allowed them in the house.
Not piling on about the “computer” glitch…but I will admit it made my day…otherwise, a well argued contrarian view…because of belief in this myth, we’ve been on a permanent wartime footing ever since…
The one thing I took away from this I thought I’d point out was how the workforce was met by women and retirees who’d much rather be doing something else. No doubt but it was the war effort and the people were going to make that sacrifice for the boys on the front lines. I feel there would still be those who would make that sacrifice but it would sure pale in comparison. Damn shame
Notice the casual (so far!) mentions in certain European nations of shifting to a "war economy" so that more war materiel can be produced for Ukraine. We'll need to reduce civilian consumption for this, of course. And after the war is over (if ever), it will likely be argued yet again that we really DO need to keep it in place, only this time you will be censored if you attempt to argue otherwise.
This time around, however, at least will be able to "eat ze bugs" instead of just rationing sugar, coffee, and meat.
FRANKEN FOOD, DO YOU WANT TO EAT IT? PUT A LABEL ON IT WE CAN READ.
It could be Lab Created, Bioengineered, Modified, Non-GMO, or have Forever Chemicals as a Freshness preserver. Land grabs destroy farms/ranches, and food.
That Peelz coating on a rare orange, gave the two of us Food Poisoning, the orange was spoiled, I'm a Type 2, so fruit is rare, but I bake for my Sweet Addicted husband. The juice tasted off. And I scrubbed it well, the peel I grated it for the Orange Cranberry bread. Three weeks sick.
This...: Having her computer seized by the government, and now using a lesser model she acquired from a Howard Johnson “which had to close due to the ban on pleasure driving.” Must have been written by AI. LOL
Ha, thanks to you and others for catching that slip! It was written by someone who received a typewriter as a high school graduation gift, which was obsolete by the end of first semester.
I trained as a Secretary in HS, Vo-Tech school, but my training was obsolete when I graduated. Computers took over. My typewriter was a manual suitcase one. It wrote many re-copied articles and letters to the editors of the local newspaper in its day. Finally learned enough to use a computer, Dial-up.
All I can say is that in an otherwise interesting article (full of 'facts') the mention of a 'computer' was rather somewhat disturbing.
Please pardon my error. The original, linked source, of course, refers to a typewriter being confiscated. I corrected it on the same day the article was published, after earlier readers brought it to my attention with comments that preceded yours. Alas, there's no correcting sent emails.
When my dad returned from the War he had to beg for a job. The old racist junk that divided Italians, Polish, etc. into their neighborhoods was well entrenched. Dad was Army Airborne, 503rd under MacArthur. He was the first-born US Citizen of his large family. The rest were Naturalized. His last jump was Corregidor, as Sgt he and a PFC under sniper fire put the first US Flag up on a telegraph pole, as a gift for Gen. MacArthur. Corregidor.org has the photo. https://corregidor.proboards.com/thread/503. That job was for Youngstown Sheet and Tube Steel Mill. Where he worked as a boilermaker till the day he fell off a Cat Walk, and broke discs in his neck.
Sure wasn't the Marshall Plan, flooding the USA with cheap Japanese lead-painted toys.
After five years of fighting them, Dad never allowed them in the house.
Maybe what ended the great depression was American companies selling things to Germany.
Not piling on about the “computer” glitch…but I will admit it made my day…otherwise, a well argued contrarian view…because of belief in this myth, we’ve been on a permanent wartime footing ever since…
The one thing I took away from this I thought I’d point out was how the workforce was met by women and retirees who’d much rather be doing something else. No doubt but it was the war effort and the people were going to make that sacrifice for the boys on the front lines. I feel there would still be those who would make that sacrifice but it would sure pale in comparison. Damn shame
Notice the casual (so far!) mentions in certain European nations of shifting to a "war economy" so that more war materiel can be produced for Ukraine. We'll need to reduce civilian consumption for this, of course. And after the war is over (if ever), it will likely be argued yet again that we really DO need to keep it in place, only this time you will be censored if you attempt to argue otherwise.
This time around, however, at least will be able to "eat ze bugs" instead of just rationing sugar, coffee, and meat.
FRANKEN FOOD, DO YOU WANT TO EAT IT? PUT A LABEL ON IT WE CAN READ.
It could be Lab Created, Bioengineered, Modified, Non-GMO, or have Forever Chemicals as a Freshness preserver. Land grabs destroy farms/ranches, and food.
And the list grows larger. https://gailhonadle.substack.com/p/franken-food-do-you-want-to-eat-it.
That Peelz coating on a rare orange, gave the two of us Food Poisoning, the orange was spoiled, I'm a Type 2, so fruit is rare, but I bake for my Sweet Addicted husband. The juice tasted off. And I scrubbed it well, the peel I grated it for the Orange Cranberry bread. Three weeks sick.
This...: Having her computer seized by the government, and now using a lesser model she acquired from a Howard Johnson “which had to close due to the ban on pleasure driving.” Must have been written by AI. LOL
Ha, thanks to you and others for catching that slip! It was written by someone who received a typewriter as a high school graduation gift, which was obsolete by the end of first semester.
I trained as a Secretary in HS, Vo-Tech school, but my training was obsolete when I graduated. Computers took over. My typewriter was a manual suitcase one. It wrote many re-copied articles and letters to the editors of the local newspaper in its day. Finally learned enough to use a computer, Dial-up.
computer?
My funniest copy error to date! Thanks so much for catching it and pointing it out.
Exactly!!
In the letter it said typewriter, but such devices are now considered a myth by the author of this article. Lol.
Classic.
The dummy "economists," failed to recognize the US manufacturing base was intact; opposite was true for most of the world.