William W Lawrence Sr Omnbit Trivia 4-1-14
Day: April 1, 2014
Obama vs FDR
Courtesy of Donna Ellingsen
A little history for you from friends….
During the 3-1/2 years of World War II that started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and ended with the surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, the U.S. produced:
22 aircraft carriers,
8 battleships,
48 cruisers,
349 destroyers,
420 destroyer escorts,
203 submarines,
34 million tons of merchant ships,
100,000 fighter aircraft, 98,000 bombers,
24,000 transport aircraft,
58,000 training aircraft,
93,000 tanks,
257,000 artillery pieces,
105,000 mortars,
3,000,000 machine guns,
2,500,000 military trucks.
We put 16.1 million men in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, invaded Sicily and Italy, won the battle for the Atlantic, planned and executed D-Day, marched across the Pacific and Europe, developed the atomic bomb and ultimately conquered Japan and Germany.
During almost the exact amount of time . . . the Obama administration couldn’t build a working web site.
Combining Commissions Considered
State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) reports that the Pennsylvania House’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee held a hearing, recently, which included the topic of combining the state’s Game Commission and the Fish and Boat Commission.
The merger would save the state $5 million annually it was estimated.
It was also noted that news laws Act 24 and Act 26 of 2014 reduce the length of term for commissioners from eight years to four.