Monthly Archives: October 2023

Misplaced Trust

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Mustang

“[Donald] Rumsfeld was making this point this morning.  To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook.  But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can’t trust the government.  You can’t believe what they say, … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, HISTORY, MILITARY, POLITICIANS | 17 Comments

On St. Crispin’s Day

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Mustang

Introduction There may be no better-documented battle than that at Agincourt, France, on 25 October 1415.  History provides us with three eyewitnesses and seven contemporary accounts of the fight.  After six hundred years, the battle site remains relatively unchanged.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTIQUITY, BRITAIN, EUROPE, HISTORY, MIDDLE AGES | 5 Comments

Sovereign States and Independent Republics

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Mustang

The Republic of Texas At one time, the Republic of Texas was a sovereign state in North America.  It existed from 2 March 1826 to 19 February 1846.  It shared a border with the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of … Continue reading →

Posted in COLONIAL PERIOD, FRONTIER, HISTORY, LONE STAR, NATIVES, OLD WEST, POLITICIANS, RELIGION, REVOLUTION | 4 Comments

And the gods laughed

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Mustang

Introduction It has been said many times that necessity is the mother of invention.  It’s probably true.  It’s also “probably true” that no remarkable invention wasted time finding its way to a military application.  During the late Han Dynasty (c. … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTIQUITY, BRITAIN, CHINA, CIVIL WAR, EUROPE, HISTORY, MILITARY | 8 Comments

Treason in America

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Mustang

Some Background The offense of treason exists at both federal and state levels.  The federal crime is defined in the Constitution as either levying war against the United States or adhering to its enemies.  It carries a sentence of up … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTIQUITY, BRITAIN, CIVIL WAR, COLONIAL PERIOD, HISTORY, MIDDLE AGES, REVOLUTION | 2 Comments

Back When …

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Mustang

            Democrats were Americans First Hatton Sumners was the second of three children born to William Sumners and Anna Walker of Fayetteville, Tennessee.  Born in 1875, raised on a farm in Lincoln County, and educated in local schools, Hatton moved … Continue reading →

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