Friday, April 20, 2012
Krauthammer: Farewell, the new frontier
Denver Post "There are always excuses for putting off strenuous national endeavors: deficits, joblessness, poverty, whatever. But they shall always be with us. We've had exactly five balanced budgets since Alan Shepard rode Freedom 7 in 1961. If we had put off space exploration until these earthbound social and economic conundrums were solved, our rocketry would be about where North Korea's is today.
"Moreover, today's deficits are not inevitable, nor even structural. They are partly the result of the 2008 financial panic and recession. Those are over now. The rest is the result of a massive three-year expansion of federal spending."
"Moreover, today's deficits are not inevitable, nor even structural. They are partly the result of the 2008 financial panic and recession. Those are over now. The rest is the result of a massive three-year expansion of federal spending."
Drip, drip, drip. But if nobody cares, did it really happen?
Denver Post: Obama is a failure as a chief executive, a diplomat, an economic policymaker, a leader and certainly as a uniter. But he's a smooth talker and loves to speechify. "Then there's this gem: "The policies in the 2013 budget will allow more time to develop long-term policies to address the persistently rising debt." Translation: "It's an election year, so we're not doing a thing about addressing the long-term unsustainable social spending problem because it might make us unpopular with millions of Americans on the receiving end. Instead, we'll savage Rep. Ryan's plan, which does offer some serious proposals to reign in runaway spending."
"This is what Obama calls leadership." Mike Rosen
http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/04/what-happens-in-vegas/
It's official: Obama, the Food-Stamp President
"Newt Gingrich famously called Barack Obama the Food-Stamp President. For the record, I think it's unfair to give all the credit to one person when there is an entire city filled with folks doing the hard work of creating a nation of government dependents." David Harsanyi
Gadsden, Alabama in the Civil War
This is the second tribute to a home of a regular Tunnel Wall reader. The other was about Shakopee, Minnesota a couple of weeks ago.
THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE "The name chosen
for the town was “Gadsden” in honor of Colonel James Gadsden, who passed through the area with Andrew Jackson. Many believed that the Colonel, a proponent of the trans-continental railroad, would bring a major railroad to the vicinity. Although no major railroad was ever constructed, the name was retained in honor of Colonel Gadsden. The little town survived the Civil War, continued to grow, and was incorporated in 1871."
CHEROKEE COUNTY, AL. CONFEDERATE MILITARY UNITS "Twenty-six volunteer companies organized at least partially within this county for Confederate service, the “Cherokee Grays” becoming the first on March 25, 1861. This number does not include militia, home guards, and other units raised under state or local authority. Recognizing transfers, re-enlistments, (which accounts for most members of the “Cherokee Grays”) and men residing elsewhere who served in these companies, we estimate that 2,040 men from Cherokee County enrolled in Confederate military units. After the war a substantial portion of this county was partitioned by the state legislature to become Etowah County."
Civil War Confederate Regiments from Alabama Counties
Cherokee County. (No listing for Etowah County, which was formed after the war)
Cavalry: 4th (Russell); 9th; 12th, a, f; 18th, a; 19th Bn., a, c, f; Barbiere's Bn., b, d; Hardie's Bn., e; 3 TN Cav, e
Infantry: 4th Bn., a, b, d; 7th, c; 18th Bn., a 19th, d, e, f, g, h, i; 22nd, d; 31st, a, b; 47th, e; The 48th Alabama55th, b, k
The 47th served with the Army of Northern Virginia.
The 48th Alabama "The 48th Alabama Regiment moved into Pennsylvania and was "fearfully punished" in the assaults on Gettysburg (they reported more than 25% casualties of the 374 engaged). Ten weeks later, as a part of Longstreet's Corps, the regiment was engaged at Chicamauga(sic) (20 September). It was engaged at Lookout Valley and at Knoxville; and it passed the winter in East Tennessee."....The regiment "surrendered 136 officers and men at Appomattox Court House, having lost over 150 in battle, 165 in service, and 125 who were discharged or transferred." More here.
Famous people born in Gadsden
THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE "The name chosen
for the town was “Gadsden” in honor of Colonel James Gadsden, who passed through the area with Andrew Jackson. Many believed that the Colonel, a proponent of the trans-continental railroad, would bring a major railroad to the vicinity. Although no major railroad was ever constructed, the name was retained in honor of Colonel Gadsden. The little town survived the Civil War, continued to grow, and was incorporated in 1871."CHEROKEE COUNTY, AL. CONFEDERATE MILITARY UNITS "Twenty-six volunteer companies organized at least partially within this county for Confederate service, the “Cherokee Grays” becoming the first on March 25, 1861. This number does not include militia, home guards, and other units raised under state or local authority. Recognizing transfers, re-enlistments, (which accounts for most members of the “Cherokee Grays”) and men residing elsewhere who served in these companies, we estimate that 2,040 men from Cherokee County enrolled in Confederate military units. After the war a substantial portion of this county was partitioned by the state legislature to become Etowah County."
Civil War Confederate Regiments from Alabama Counties
Cherokee County. (No listing for Etowah County, which was formed after the war)
Cavalry: 4th (Russell); 9th; 12th, a, f; 18th, a; 19th Bn., a, c, f; Barbiere's Bn., b, d; Hardie's Bn., e; 3 TN Cav, e
Infantry: 4th Bn., a, b, d; 7th, c; 18th Bn., a 19th, d, e, f, g, h, i; 22nd, d; 31st, a, b; 47th, e; The 48th Alabama55th, b, k
The 47th served with the Army of Northern Virginia.
It reached Virginia in late June and was assigned to Maj. Gen'l Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson's Corps and brigaded with Brig. Gen'l William B. Taliaferro's Brigade, with the 48th Alabama and three Virginia regiments. A few weeks later, the regiment engaged in its first battle at Cedar Run (9 August) where it lost 12 killed and 76 wounded, or nearly one-half of its strength. At the 2nd Battle of Manassas (30 August), the 47th lost 7 killed and 25 wounded. It was present at Chantilly (1 September) and at the capture of Harper's Ferry (12-15 September). It engaged at Sharpsburg with 115 men and lost every commissioned officer present on the field, mustering 17 men the next morning under a sergeant.
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Famous people born in Gadsden
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