{"id":128,"date":"2009-01-22T23:11:08","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T04:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2009-01-22T23:11:08","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T04:11:08","slug":"a-classic-of-political-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"A Classic of Political Spin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>From Ron Turner:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I get some good internet fun in my inbox most every day, but this is really a Classic \u00e2\u20ac\u201c labeled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Political Spin \u00e2\u20ac\u201c this is a real classic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and sent by one\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGeorge Tsotos\u00e2\u20ac\u2122:<\/p>\n<p>Judy Wallman, a\u00c2\u00a0 professional genealogy researcher here in southern California , was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Harry Reid&#8217;s great-great\u00c2\u00a0 uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889.\u00c2\u00a0 Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common\u00c2\u00a0 ancestor.<\/p>\n<p>The only known\u00c2\u00a0 photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows in Montana territory.<\/p>\n<p>On the back\u00c2\u00a0 of the picture Judy obtained during her\u00c2\u00a0 research is this inscription:\u00c2\u00a0 &#8216;Remus Reid, horse\u00c2\u00a0 thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885,\u00c2\u00a0 escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>So Judy recently e-mailed Congressman (sic) Harry Reid for\u00c2\u00a0 information about their great-great uncle.<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, Harry Reid&#8217;s staff sent back the following biographical sketch for her genealogy research:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Remus Reid was a\u00c2\u00a0 famous cowboy in the Montana Territory . His business empire\u00c2\u00a0 grew to include\u00c2\u00a0 acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the\u00c2\u00a0 Montana\u00c2\u00a0 railroad.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government service, finally taking leave to resume\u00c2\u00a0 his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889,\u00c2\u00a0 Remus\u00c2\u00a0 passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>NOW THAT is how\u00c2\u00a0 it&#8217;s done folks! That&#8217;s real SPIN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Ron Turner: I get some good internet fun in my inbox most every day, but this is really a Classic \u00e2\u20ac\u201c labeled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Political Spin \u00e2\u20ac\u201c this is a real classic\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and sent by one\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGeorge Tsotos\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Judy Wallman, a\u00c2\u00a0 professional genealogy researcher here in southern California , was doing some personal work on her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.argonaut360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}