"THE BOSTON TEA PARTY"

When asked about our American Revolution the student of our history will most often know about, "The Boston Massacre", "Bunker Hill", "Lexington and Concord".  And then that student might say, "Oh, and the, "Boston Tea Party". That is our subject today.
Of the four English ships that sailed into port with the tea shipment only three docked.  The fourth was held up because of an outbreak of smallpox and had to be cleansed and "smoked".
"The sons of Liberty" that raided the ships disguised as Mohawk Indians were not the "Mob" of "ruffians" often described, but, actually a well disciplined group of citizens.  Did they destroy private property?  Yes!  Because the tea was owned by someone other than those who dumped in in the harbor.  But, only the tea was harmed.  They worked carefully for three hours at the task of opening the crates, throwing the tea in the bay and, because of low tide leaving only three feet of water, scattering the heaps of tea that formed.  They took great care to make sure that other goods on the ship was kept from harm.  They even straightened up the cargo, repaired the lock they broke and swept and cleaned up the mess they made.  And Samuel Adams (only his enemies called him "Sam") was not in the crowd but watched from shore......Medicineman!

COFFEE WITH THE BOYS

When I take my morning walk I sometimes, (no, always) end up having coffee with the boys.  Who are the "Boys"?
First of all you must realize that they are not really "boys".  They are mostly retired, mostly old, mostly alone and mostly talkers.  We all like to talk.  The problem is finding a time when your thoughts will be heard and considered, even though you have concluded that they are the most important words spoken so far.
Are they truthful, these remarks?  Mostly.  But now and then somebody comes up with a wild story that happened fifty years ago (maybe more) and of course not disputable.  Most of the coffee drinkers are veterans of the various conflicts from Korea, Nam, Desert Storm and all the other"incidents" so all have stories to tell.  Most of them happened just the way they tell it.  They saw it that way!
You may ask, "What good does it do"?  Good question!  "What harm does it do"?  Another good question!  The thing to remember is that some of these "story  tellers" would be sitting alone at home slowing slipping into that dark spot called Depression if not for COFFEE WITH THE BOYS!......Medicineman!

LEONARD WOOD--DOCTOR, GENERAL, ADVISOR TO PRESIDENTS!

The 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, the "Rough Riders" that Teddy Roosevelt became famous for during the Spanish American War in the late 19th century was under the command of General Leonard Wood.  Many a draftee walked through the gates of Fort Leonard Wood (often called "Lost in the Woods").  He became a close adviser to Roosevelt and would remain so throughout his life.
 Leonard Wood graduated Harvard Medical School and became a Army contract surgeon and was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1886 for carrying dispatches through enemy territory and leading hand-to-hand combat against the Apache in the last Geronimo campaign.
In 1890 in became the second head football coach of Georgia Tech.  He then served as personal physician to presidents Cleveland and McKinley.
He was military governor of Cuba and the U.S. commander in the Philippines and in 1910 , he was the Army Chief of Staff.  He was one of the first patients to undergo successful brain surgery to remove a tumor.
He served as the military governor of the Philippines in 1920's and died in 1927. ...Medicineman!

GOOD NEWS--BAD NEWS--NO NEWS--FAKE NEWS?

If one listens to the Network News Outlets today all we hear is how President Trump is trying to destroy his own country.  He does nothing right and everything wrong.  His mouth is full of heresy and lies and cannot be trusted with our country.  He should be impeached, now!
Who says so?  Well, those unnamed sources.  There is the story from a reliable but unknown person.  The major, front page piece that tears Trump apart and then buried at the end is the statement that none of the story can be verified! 
There is no doubt that the left wing press wants Trump out.  Up to 90% of their coverage is Anti Trump!  They are not even trying to cover up this fact.  The good things that come from the Trump people are not mentioned.  One has to read them in publications like Weekly Standard, Newsmax, Heritage Foundation, etc.
The goal of the left is to destroy the People's Choice!.....Medicineman!

WILLIAM PENN ADAIR ROGERS, CALLED "WILL"

In 1935 a small plane crashed in northern Alaska.  That fact would hardly have made the news but for the fact that it killed Will Rogers along with his One-eyed pilot Willy Post.
Will Rogers was the highest paid actor in Hollywood and made 71 movies, 50 of them "Silent Films".
Will Rogers biographer P.J. O'Brien told an account of how, in Congress, a U.S. Senator arose to read into the Congressional Record one of Rogers' comments.  Another Senator objected to the procedure.  Rogers later gave his own impression of the incident: "This other Senator rose and said, 'Does the gentleman yield?", wrote Rogers.  "They always call each other gentlemen in there.  By the tone they put in the word it would be more appropriate if they came right out and said, "Does the coyote from Maine yield?" 'Then the man from Maine says, "I yield,' for if he don't, the other guy keeps on talking anyhow.  So the coyote from Maine says, 'I yield to the polecat from Oregon.'  So when all the yielding and objecting is over, the other Senator said, 'I object to the remarks of a professional joker being put into the Congressional Record.'  Taking a dig at me, see?"  'They didn't want any outside fellow contributing.  Well, he had me wrong.  Compared to them I'm an amateur, and the thing about my jokes is they don't hurt anybody.  You can say they're not funny or they're terrible or they're good or whatever it is, but they don't do no harm.  But with Congress--every time they make a joke, it's a law.  and every time they make a law, it's a joke." ....Medicineman!

JEREMIAH DENTON, 1924-2014

The facts you are about to read are lifted from an article written by Fred Barnes in 2014, the year this remarkable man died at the age of 89.
Jeremiah was a Navy pilot when he was shot down in Vietnam and became a POW.  Denton remained a prisoner for 7 years and 7 months.  He defied his captors and suffered right along with those he led at the Hanoi Hilton.  He spent four years in solitary confinement, beaten brutally many times but continued to defy his captors year after year and suffered right along with those he led.
When he and the others were released in 1973 he was the first man off the plane.  He was smiling.  His words were, "We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances.  We are profoundly grateful to our commander in chief and to our nation for this day.  God bless America."
In 1966 Denton was interviewed by his captors for a propaganda film.  He was asked what did he think about the American bombing campaign?  "I don't know what is happening, but whatever the position of my government is, I believe in it...and I will as long as I live. "As he spoke he blinked the word "t-o-r-t-u-r-e" in Morse code.  For that defiance he was thrown into a cell called Alcatraz.
In 1980 he ran for the Senate seat from Alabama.  Republicans feared he could not win.  He won by 40,000 votes.....Medicineman!