{"id":1400,"date":"2011-03-16T12:22:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T17:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2011-03-16T12:29:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T17:29:27","slug":"japan-70-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/16\/japan-70-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan &#8211; 70 Years Ago?&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is to give you a little insight into how MR&#8217;s brain works&#8230;..  I know, there&#8217;s lots of short circuits and blown fuses in there&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Most of you should know by now that I&#8217;m a history buff, and, that I believe by having a knowledge of history, we, (as in all human kind), could and should be able to prevent major mistakes from occurring over and over again, now and in the future by the study of it&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Yeah, this is supposed to be about the earthquake in Japan?&#8230;..  I heard about the quake early Friday and the associated Tsunami headed for the West Coast of the U.S., I was naturally worried about family and friends in the Seattle area, BUT, the really weird thing that popped in my mind was, &#8220;What if this natural disaster had happened 70 years ago &#8211; March, 1941?&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;  Japan was in the middle of it&#8217;s quest for World domination in the Pacific Ocean Basin&#8230;..  Would there have been a &#8220;Pearl Harbor&#8221;?&#8230;&#8230; Would they have continued their aggression, or, even been a player in the remainder of WWII?&#8230;&#8230;.  Would there have been an &#8220;A&#8221;-Bomb?&#8230;..  How much shorter would the War have been if the Allies could have concentrated all their efforts against Hitler?&#8230;&#8230;  How much destruction and how many lives could have been prevented and saved?&#8230;&#8230;  Just how much would History, as we know it, would have changed?&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>I know, it&#8217;s a terrible disaster, and I wouldn&#8217;t wish it on anyone (well, almost), but, God (yes, I believe there is a God) works in his (Her) own way &#8211; almost the way my mind works &#8211; very illogical, messed-up, and with the memory of a Elephant&#8230;&#8230;  Delayed Payback? &#8211; Who knows&#8230;..   I just hope God doesn&#8217;t remember everything I&#8217;ve done in my lifetime &#8211; I can&#8217;t stand Hot places&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is to give you a little insight into how MR&#8217;s brain works&#8230;.. I know, there&#8217;s lots of short circuits and blown fuses in there&#8230;.. Most of you should know by now that I&#8217;m a history buff, and, that I believe by having a knowledge of history, we, (as in all human kind), could and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33,27,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1406,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions\/1406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mrambler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}