Author Archives: zoegenus
A Demon Opera XXIV (Sariel, The Angel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcJ7H5hlWTY&feature=related The Cosmos: “The Sariel…?” Gatekeeper: “Messrs, out playing baseball with Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio….” Babe Ruth to DiMaggio and Smokey Joe: “If I’d just tried for them dinky singles I could’ve batted around .600.” Joe DiMaggio: “I think there … Continue reading
A Demon Opera XXX (The Frog of War)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2bYJQFQMs8&feature=related The Cairo: “Sapon!” El Sapon: “!Ribbit!””!Ribbit!””!Who?!”!..What?!””!Ribbit!” The Cairo: “”Sapon don’t despair!” El Sapon: “!Ribbit!”“!I want out!””!Ribbit!” The Cairo: “My sapito, I give you three choices!” El Sapon: “!Ribbit!””!Ribbit!””!Ribbit!” The Cairo tosses Choice 1, Choice 2 and Choice 3 and … Continue reading
General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Normandy, June 5, 1944)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower meeting with men from Co. E, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Strike) just before they load up for the drop on Normandy, June 5, 1944. The 502nd jumped into Normandy with 792 men The majority of the … Continue reading
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the declaration of war a day after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945
ATLANTIC CONFERENCE BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AND PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT 10 AUGUST 1941 part of “ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION” (photographs) Made by: Priest, L C (Lt) The President of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt, and the Prime Minister of the … Continue reading
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945
“…the President outlined the four essential human freedoms. They amounted to a declaration of American aims for a postwar world: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.” (FDR, 6 January 1941). (Kershaw, Ian, Fateful … Continue reading
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945
“We must be the arsenal of democracy.” (FDR fireside chat to the American People). “Roosevelt’s annual address to Congress on the State of the Union ….. stipulated his budget demands for 1942: of the 17.5 billion dollars requested, 60 percent was allocated … Continue reading
Evil (Germany)
“…we have been led to believe that the Nazi Party could have succeeded only in Germany, because of Germans’ particular national character. If the Germans had only been a rational and democratic people, they would have quickly put an end … Continue reading
Evil (Mussolini)
“The Italian Facist Party began to enjoy an environment conducive to growth. ….the rise of Facism abounds with examples of how the police and government abetted the activities of Mussolini’s party. Italian magistrates received orders from the minister of justice … Continue reading
Evil
True evil is when men no longer know where they are going. “Drunk with pride, the massacrer does not know where he is going and does not care, and it is precisely because he does not care that he is absolutely … Continue reading
