Good intentions may be great but they pave the road to hell. I plan yet i am matt welch and the hosting chair this week for kennedy with kmele foster. Our special guest. Together we are the independents. What is a classic example of Good Government intentions gone horribly pearr eyes on the one e solution to a landfill overcrowding. The year is 1972, the problem, too many old tires piling up in landfills. The solution, over 2 million off the coast of florida to create an artificial reef for marine life. Sounds like a great idea with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong . It turns out tires around enroll of becoming uncontrollable wrecking balls that destroy the natural coral nearby. Some scientists believe the rumor is also leaking toxins into the environment. One thing is for sugar, cleaning up this mess will take years, cost millions of dollars command even require help from the military. It. Kennedy tonight we will be counting down in no particular order nine of the
Questions about the reporting on this. First, reported by Jeffrey Goldberg in the atlantic. And later, by other outlets, including, notably, fox news. This is from goldbergs account of the president s cancelled 2018 visit to a french cemetery, where hundreds of marines killed in the First World War are, now, buried. A revered place for u. S. Marines. He writes, quote, trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain. And because he did not believe it important to honor american war dead, according to four people, goldberg says, with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. Goldberg continues, quote, in a conversation with senior Staff Members on the morning of the scheduled visit, trump said, why should i go to that cemetery . Its filled with losers. In a separate conversation, on the same trip, trump referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at belleau wood as suckers for getting killed. Goldberg also recount
That american gis are reading a day or two later. This shows four u. S. Gis reading all about it in stars and stripes. Heres another one. This is from not very much later. This is from may 8th, 1945. The day after the successor to a very recently dead Adolph Hitler signed the Unconditional Surrender of the nazis in northeastern france. These three u. S. Soldiers in this photo are in beckham, germany. You can see the reason theyre holding what looks like pots and pans, they are holding their mess kits in one hand and theyve got the nazis quit front page of stars and stripes in the other hand and all three of them are wearing an eartoear grin. Here is another shot from three months later. Japan surrenders as well. And the headline even larger headline on the front page of stars and stripes that day was peace. We know from the caption on this one that the woman on the left, her name is johnny dexter. The woman on the right is lucille brennaman. The man in the middle, the gi is robert ingr
Heres another one. This one is from not very much later. This is from may 8th, 1945, the day after the successor to a very recently dead adolf hitler signed the Unconditional Surrender of the nazis in northeastern france. These three u. S. Soldiers in this photo are in beckham, germany, here. You can see the reason theyre holding what looks like pots and pans, theyre holding their mess kits in one hand. Theyve got the nazis quit, front page of stars and stripes in the other hand. And all three of them are wearing an ear to ear grin. Heres another shot from three months later. Japan surrenders as well. And the even larger headline that day was peace. We know from the caption on this one from getty images that the woman on the left, her name is johnnie dexter. The woman on the right, her name is lucille brennaman. And the man in the middle, the gi is robert ingraham. Peace. Japan has surrendered. The war is over. Heres another great one. This is 1952. The caption here says circa 1952, an
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