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MineralMan

(146,317 posts) Wed Jul 3, 2019, 01:52 PM Jul 2019

Say There! FDR Got a Tank Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue!

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The occasion? FDR's third inauguration.

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Say There! FDR Got a Tank Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue! (Original Post) MineralMan Jul 2019 OP

And I'll bet those were Sherman tanks, too! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #1

I guess they weren't worried so much about damaging the road. MineralMan Jul 2019 #2

M3 or M5 Stuart Tanks atreides1 Jul 2019 #3

OK, but they're tanks, going down Penna. Ave. MineralMan Jul 2019 #4

Oh, OK. I wouldn't recognize a Sherman tank if one turned up in my driveway. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #9

Noticed that too Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 #13

He presided over a world war. milestogo Jul 2019 #5

Yes, he did. Trump is presiding over a disaster. MineralMan Jul 2019 #6

Not at that time, he hadn't. FDR's third inauguration was on January 20, 1941 Glorfindel Jul 2019 #7

The President that clears out randr Jul 2019 #8

FDR wasn't a narcissistic wannabe fascist dictator creep who admires dictators though Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2019 #10

No, he certainly wasn't, and I did not criticize him in any way. MineralMan Jul 2019 #11

During that particular time, a show of strength was a strategic gem. Blue_true Jul 2019 #12

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

1. And I'll bet those were Sherman tanks, too!

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 01:55 PM

Jul 2019

Spanky isn't getting any of those "new" Sherman tanks. Too bad, so sad.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

2. I guess they weren't worried so much about damaging the road.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 01:56 PM

Jul 2019

Looks like lots and lots of tanks out there. Impressive. Too bad for Trump. He just gets a few sitting idle near where he'll speak. People will snicker at him, I bet...

atreides1

(16,079 posts)

3. M3 or M5 Stuart Tanks

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 01:58 PM

Jul 2019

Those only weighed 15.20 metric tons...

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

4. OK, but they're tanks, going down Penna. Ave.

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:00 PM

Jul 2019

Trump doesn't get any tanks going past. There will be just a few, sitting silently and mocking him.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

9. Oh, OK. I wouldn't recognize a Sherman tank if one turned up in my driveway.

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 04:28 PM

Jul 2019

But then, neither would Trump.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)

13. Noticed that too

Reply to atreides1 (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 08:13 PM

Jul 2019

The dotard wants only the best.

milestogo

(16,829 posts)

5. He presided over a world war.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:02 PM

Jul 2019

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

6. Yes, he did. Trump is presiding over a disaster.

Reply to milestogo (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:05 PM

Jul 2019

Glorfindel

(9,730 posts)

7. Not at that time, he hadn't. FDR's third inauguration was on January 20, 1941

Reply to milestogo (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:18 PM

Jul 2019

almost a year before the USA became involved in World War II. He had, however, rescued the country from the rePuke-caused Great Depression, and for that alone he deserved any kind of parade he wanted.
tRump, the Orange Menace, is not worth the lint off FDR's socks. Or anyone else's, actually. Even W. Bush, Milhouse Nixon, and Ronald (blech!) Ray-gun were better presidents and human beings than tRump.

randr

(12,412 posts)

8. The President that clears out

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:30 PM

Jul 2019

all the rat ass nazi right wing terrorists again should get the same

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,414 posts)

10. FDR wasn't a narcissistic wannabe fascist dictator creep who admires dictators though

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 04:42 PM

Jul 2019

I don't think that people had the same worries about FDR. Actually, I probably would've shrugged had any other President (other than maybe George W. Bush) in modern history did this.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

11. No, he certainly wasn't, and I did not criticize him in any way.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 04:59 PM

Jul 2019

My point was that tanks have driven down Penna. Ave. in the past. Trump wanted tanks. No tanks will be driving on the roads, thanks to concerns by the military and others. Trump 0 - Good sense 1.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

12. During that particular time, a show of strength was a strategic gem.

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2019, 08:11 PM

Jul 2019

Trump's thing is about pure ego and fantasy.

I read an article earlier this week that said that rural America had completely missed out on the economy since before 2007. Many areas are becoming more run down, young people that have the skills and money to leave, leave and don't look back, but most don't have the money to leave, so they stay and the despair gets worse. The companies that are driving the new economy have no reasons to locate anything in those places.

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