Ancient history. Ate at a dinner, St Joseph Missouri honoring new Eagle Scouts at the Moila Shriners Temple. Cedric Tallis a manager of the Athletics baseball team was at my table and spoke with me at length. Two seats down , the speaker at the dinner was H. Roe Bartle, former Kansas City mayor. The man didn't need a PA. Ever heard of Bartle Hall in KC? Later in life a retired Sgt Major of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children, W. Dewar was my Sgt and a working friend at a prison in Mo.


Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill.