[elkfersupper]

Something of this sort happened when my father was a young man.

After sending the U.S. Army around to every nowhereville in America to kill dairy cows (including my great-grandfather's), FDR decided to conduct what was known as a "whistle stop" right here.

Nobody showed up.

When I asked my father why that was, he replied "I don't know anybody who would walk across the street to p@ss on him if he was on fire".

History repeats itself.

[ctdonath2]

Link to the background on that? POTUS ordering the Army to kill civillians’ cows? WTF? (I believe it - which is a bad sign - just want background.)

[annieokie]

And my father who was a deputy sheriff in Houston had to stand watch as they bulldozed those cows into a large pit, making sure NO ONE would take one of them to eat.

Until the day he died, my dad hated with vengence of heart that despicable FDR.

People all over America, out of work, starving and could have no taste of that meat. As long as I live, I will continue to tell this story for my father about the great SOB FDR (barf).

[ripley]

“History repeats itself.”

Hopefully, the history that resembles President Carter’s tenure in office will be the hoped-for repetition.

IMHO