“A day that shall live in infamy,” according to FDR. “Bad Day”, for which Pearl Harbor certainly qualifies, by Daniel Powter, has been named by Billboard as the One Hit Wonder of the decade. I have no opinion as to that since I’m unqualified to utter a sensible one on the topic, but I can assure all and sundry that I quickly found it to be the most annoying song of the decade that became more and more cloying each of the 5 weeks it led the charts. I just thought I’d share some of those “good times”:
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Having long admired your keen grasp of history, I thought you’d enjoy exploring a little-known and weighty historical nugget I panned yesterday. The author, James Bradley, whose famous father helped plant the American flag on Iwo Jima, has recently published a new book titled “Imperial Cruise” that details FDR’s 1905 diplomatic ventures in Asia and his secret treaty with Japan that actually lit the long fuse leading up to “A day that will live in infamy.” Videos and texts posted on Bradley’s site give you the drift. http://jamesbradley.com/