I can't wait for his biopic.
His father was up there with Robert Altman as an independent director.
He was in "Weird Science" as a bully when he was 19. Kept getting movie roles even when he was being arrested on a weekly basis. Turned his life around and got sober.
Be interesting to see if they can find an actor to play him.
Putney Swope, directed by Robert Downey Sr.
https://youtu.be/OPgId7RgQ2E full movie
https://youtu.be/vO5aZjfOIPs trailer
Good reply. Thanks
If you want to binge a great documentary, Ken Burns' The Civil War is phenomenal.
There's a story that says that a Northern quartermaster didn't want repeating rifles because he didn't want his troops wasting bullets.
More likely the repeating rifles were more expensive and heavier.
https://richardpoe.substack.com/p/how-the-british-caused-the-american
I've seen this idea from several sources. The British figured that American 'Manifest Destiny' would mean annexing Canada eventually. It didn't cost the Brits a lot to stir up Southern resentments against the North. So they South got played.
https://richardpoe.substack.com/p/how-the-british-caused-the-american
Many people believe that the British government actively pushed the south to secede in order to weaken the US.
Apples and oranges.
Vietnamese had been fighting for twenty years against the French and Japanese. The South thought they would achieve victory with a few battles.
I take it as a personal affront that there are grown adults who are ignorant of their own cultural heritage.
Stop, I can only get so hard!!!
/s
It's one of those things that sound reasonable until you actually spend a minute thinking about the details.
Minting money. Starting a post office. Borders. People who work out of state.
otoh, the actual Trojans fought for years before Odysseus thought up that trick.
Sounds like you'd have given up Helen before second breakfast.