tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post5448753081057573099..comments2024-03-28T07:14:36.275-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary warlord, bandit chief, and politician.c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-26221547637414722042017-06-18T13:09:36.914-07:002017-06-18T13:09:36.914-07:00Back in 1962 or '63, travelling in Mexico with...Back in 1962 or '63, travelling in Mexico with my Dad, I met Villa's wife. She was making a living by showing the bullet-riddled car where he met his end, which was up on blocks in a barn. She wore black lace over her head & shoulders, and was a very old woman. Once upon a time I had photos; lost them over the years. <br /><br />His car resembled that of Bonnie & Clyde; so many holes in it, no one could have lived. He'd escaped a lot of bullets, and a lot of ambushes, but these ended him.Eskymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15947922645001422523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-89410063545510810372017-06-18T06:37:36.033-07:002017-06-18T06:37:36.033-07:00"bandit chief, and politician"
A distinc..."bandit chief, and politician"<br />A distinction without a difference, I think...Richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-48445470028752008342017-06-18T03:33:21.256-07:002017-06-18T03:33:21.256-07:00I read a short story of alternative history where ...I read a short story of alternative history where Pancho Villa became friends with Teddy Roosevelt instead of Álvaro Obregón, rode with the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, and then became Teddy's Vice President. It was just plausible.Benjamin I. Espenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16101998420660180372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-61280677577885231602017-06-17T22:57:08.727-07:002017-06-17T22:57:08.727-07:00One of the Army officers in the Punitive Expeditio...One of the Army officers in the Punitive Expedition was a young Calvary Lieutenant by the name of George S. Patton.RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-90050706688439634082017-06-17T21:06:53.074-07:002017-06-17T21:06:53.074-07:00A lot of folks don't realize that he was bankr...A lot of folks don't realize that he was bankrolled by Germany to keep part of our military busy.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-3629586626320089012017-06-17T17:20:41.214-07:002017-06-17T17:20:41.214-07:00Ooh, will do!
Honestly, Mexico is just fascinatin...Ooh, will do!<br /><br />Honestly, Mexico is just fascinating. What a country, what a people.c w swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-44335053722481874542017-06-17T17:15:47.336-07:002017-06-17T17:15:47.336-07:00Mexico...hasn't changed. (note my blog tomorro...Mexico...hasn't changed. (note my blog tomorrow)LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com