A Week in History: Joseph Smith, the Walkman, and Wal-Mart

June 25, 2010 RSS Feed Print

A look back at the week in history

June 27, 1844 The founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, is killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill.

June 29, 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower signs legislation creating the Interstate Highway System.

June 30, 1906 The Meat Inspection Act becomes law after abuses exposed by Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.

July 1, 1979 Sony introduces the Walkman, an innovative, portable audiocassette player.

July 2, 1962 The first Wal-Mart store opens in Rogers, Ark.

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Joseph Smith was given the spirit of the holy ghost by our father in heaven and in 1829 joseph smith was given the power of the priesthood by ourheavenly father and at the age of 14 he went in the woods and prayed about which church he should join and then heavenly father and his own begotten son jesus christ appeared to him in the sacred grove...

Deisha of SD 9:18PM August 19, 2010

Joseph Smith begah the Church of Latter Day Saints to compete with other faiths to create, keep & increase church benefactors. Acquisition of material goods is a basic principle as members "work for the church & serve God." It's basically communal because of the idea of saving for a rainy day in a common storehouse. It was great for males but terrible for females whose bodies grew old fast from producing free labor for dear old dad & other church fathers. The Federal government wisely outlawed polygamy for the same reason bigamy is bad.. & that includes interbreeding , It always produces some offspring who carry forward mental or physical flaws. US soldiers actually died while enforcing laws that freed women & children from being slaves of Mormon males. When LSD women claim they're happy to share hubby & work with sister wives, it suggests a screw came loose somewhere along the line of generations in their households. All religions exist to create the "profession" of telling people they're sinners & getting paid "to forgive them."

aura dawn veirs of CA 5:04AM July 10, 2010

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