BABY BOOMER HISTORY: PRESIDENTS SINCE 1946

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Baby boomers showed up in 1946, Presidents since 1946.

From the drama of the golden baby boomer decade, the psychedelic Sixties, you’d think Nixon was the only president that mattered.

Or Lyndon Johnson.

But good history fans hark back to Harry Truman in 1946.

Harry ‘The Buck Stops Here’ Truman welcomed the first wave of WWII progeny, though not on his desk.

Thomas Dewey was nearly the second of the presidents since 1946. Some newspaper shared his confidence. You’ve seen the headlines?

If not, click here to see the Dewey front page before the Truman win sunk in.

Ah, it’s too good not to put up right here.

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Truman was the last American President without a college degree, and string of marginal businesses, before bumping up to one of Franklin Roosevelt’s vices.

What was it like being Roosevelt’s vice president? The caption here says it all.

Roosevelt died suddenly, Truman takes office for the rest of WWII, and hey, what’s this about an atomic bomb? It was news to Harry.

The man was full of surprise and surprises. Salty.

He didn’t know, at least we’re supposed to think he didn’t know, about the atomic bomb prepared for Japan. If he knew, he didn’t know if it worked yet.

What else didn’t he know?

America showed up for WWII after December 7, 1941. Almost a year later troops landed in North Africa with idea of moving over to Sicily and up the Italian peninsula.

Instead of a cross channel D-Day from England in 1942 or ’43, they waited until 1944. Why?

‘Lucky’ Luciano from The History Reader:

After Truman came Eisenhower. He had to know more about the mafia world than Truman? Guys called The Supreme Allied Commander ought know a ton.

Let’s say he knew about the mafia assist in Sicily and Italy. He needed help and got it. And there was a cost.

Eisenhower left office with a speech warning about the military/industrial complex. He didn’t say mafia/industrial complex.

The next of the boomer presidents from 1946, JFK, didn’t listen well enough.

By lone shooter, or committee, he got blown up. Did his death have anything to do with mafia helping his election in Chicago and West Virginia? History makes mention.

Imagine a recruiting film for new presidents, the Zapruder film.

If mafia business interests drifted into arms trafficking, it is a natural fit.

All that’s needed is conflicting nations to arm and everyone makes big money. Play along, and everything works out. Make problems and revisit the recruiting film.

From LBJ and Nixon in Vietnam, skipping one term Jimmy Carter’s non-wars, to Ronald Reagan arming Iraq, then G.H.W. Bush attacking Iraq, Clinton deals present and past, to GW, and Obama, the fellas have taken their lessons to heart.

If someone is to ‘whet their beak’ you need to keep the river flowing. Presidents since 1946 keep paddling.

Questions about arms deals are bad for health in so many ways.

For this election year of 2016 you’d think the major candidates have figured it out. Hillary knows the drill inside out; Trump may have a learning curve, but he’s a quick study.

The mafia helped America save the world. That’s a pretty good calling card even seventy one years out.

The thing riling people up today is Donald Trump sounding like an old school crime family boss instead of the smooth polish of seasoned politicians.

Imagine for a second that serious presidential candidates know which side their bread is buttered, but feel compelled to hide that knowledge from their base. It’s what you do if you plan on joining presidents since 1946.

What better way than using the Bible? Call God to your side to get elected. Have your dad explain how God speaks to you. That’s not Trump, or Hillary.

Just know you’ll be making those arms deals on your desk when you take office. Mark Rubio is right when he says “You don’t get a grace period when you become President. You might have an armed conflict waiting on your first day.”

That ought to calm frayed nerves with healthy dose of cha-ching.