Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Last summer, we were in France
(See my seminal travelogue, CLARK GRISWOLD, MR. PEABODY, AND
ME, http://mightyquinnpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/08/clark-griswold-mr-peabody-and-me.html)
and visited the beaches and the American cemetery in Normandy . At the expense of sounding sacrilegious, if I
don’t ever see Paris again, it
won’t break my heart. But Normandy
is another story; if you can, please try to get there. You’ll learn a lot, hopefully pray a lot,
and maybe cry a little. And you will
appreciate what those guys gave us. At
the expense of sounding comparatively trite, the countryside and the villages
of Normandy are also stunningly
beautiful; I told our tour guide the farm boys from Iowa
who landed at Normandy probably
felt right at home. I don’t think she
appreciated the sentiment.
I thought I’d be able to write a lot more this week, but
things got busy, though I’m not quite sure with what. I did manage to write three posts on widely
varying topics, however…
WRIGLEY AND THE CUBS: A FORMER ALDERMAN ENLIGHTENS THE BENIGHTED
RICKETTS FAMILY
The politicians know everything, don’t you see?
HUGE MAY CAR
SALES: “I SAW A CADILLAC SIGN SAYIN’ ‘NO
MONEY DOWN’…”
The seemingly prescient Chuck Berry, the father of
rock’n’roll, saw today’s car financing situation way back in 1956.
A "COERCIVE AND
PROVOCATIVE” CHINA ? LESSONS FROM HISTORY
To quote a guy who was okay but who couldn’t carry the
aforementioned Mr. Berry ’s guitar
case, I’m lookin’ at the man in the mirror when I read about China .
Have a great weekend, everybody, and say a prayer for the
boys of Normandy .
See my two books, The Chairman, A Novel of
Big City Politics and The Chairman’s Challenge,
A Continuing Novel of Big City Politics, for further illumination on
how things work in Chicago and Illinois politics.
