This Day in American History

On July 25th, 1898, The United States invasion of Puerto Rico begins with U.S. troops landing at harbor of Guánica, Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.

A long forgotten war, the Spanish-American war was a result of the explosion of the USS Maine off the coast of Cuba. Many people believed that the Spanish military was responsible for this atrocity and the US declared war on Spain shortly after.

The war was fought in proxy areas, like the Philippines and Puerto Rico, and ended up with the US gaining PR and Guam as territories. Historians now believe that the explosion on the Maine was not Spanish terrorism but a faulty system of keeping live ammo aboard the ship, resulting in the explosion.

Because of that false accusation, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Rosie Perez, and a horde of no-talent ghettofied people have flooded our culture and our sports. Who knows, maybe because of 9-11, a few decades from now, we'll be shooting AK-47s in the air and eating baked children. Ahh, the balance of life.