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Waleed Aly is an Australian writer, academic, lawyer, media presenter and musician. Aly is a co-host of Network Ten's news and current affairs television program The Project, he writes for Fairfax Media. Your right - a total no-hoper.
IN other words just dont like him ...cant bear listening to him turn off as soon as see him..left wing annoying.. a thread devoted to him --its a thread I might have otherwise started...
I probably wouldn't mind him if he could keep from forcing his political views onto the viewers all the time like they are either given truths or the only position to morally take on an issue. The show's obviously geared towards a younger demographic probably with a lot of impressionable viewers as well.
Agreed---with a lot of impressionable viewers as well. Especially with all that pro rainbow stuff ----wish there was a pleb
Define 'germ' in a way as to what you actually meant, nugget. Clearly my understanding of the word is different to your version. But the point is that there's something about Waleed that gets in your craw. As far as I can make out he scutinizes both sides of parliament equally. He has members from both sides on his program on a regular basis. I have yet to determine which side he is on as he makes an effort to be impartial.
Mr Zoom Top.
Intelligent rational statements are NOT welcome here.
Please restrict your future comments to ape like Trumpisms as per other posters.
Monica Monica
Intelligent rational statements are NOT welcome here.
Please restrict your future comments to ape like Trumpisms as per other posters.
Monica Monica
A negative topic but imo his views are peppered with racist Aussie" ideology which is annoying to me ..
End of topic 4 me
End of topic 4 me
You may well be right Whoopi - I'll go back to watching "Gogglebox" which seems to be par for the course for a number of forumites.
From wiki;
Waleed Aly (born 15 August 1978) is an Australian writer, academic, lawyer, media presenter and musician. Aly is a co-host of Network Ten's news and current affairs television program The Project, he writes for Fairfax Media, and is a lecturer in politics at Monash University working in their Global Terrorism Research Centre. In 2016, he won the Gold Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television.
In 2006, he was a pro bono lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre, on secondment from Maddocks. In 2008, he was selected to participate in the Australia 2020 Summit.
Aly is a staff member of the Global Terrorism Research Centre at Monash University and says that most of the conflicts in the Middle East can be traced to the arbitrary way in which its territories were divided-up by Western powers by the ongoing demand for Middle Eastern oil and more recently by factors such as the invasion of Iraq. - (apologist)
Aly has been defended by Scott Stephens, editor of Religion and Ethics ABC, in response to claims that Aly's role, "is to sanitise the public image of Islam".
His social and political commentary appears regularly in newspapers such as The Guardian, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
In searching for reasons behind the suicide attacks in central London on 7 July 2005, Aly wrote, reminding readers of the Koranic passage, "Do not let the injustice of others lead you into injustice." ???
The pair were also nominated for (and won) a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award for Promotion of Climate Change Issues, with their "Renewable Energy Target" monologue. Aly and Whitty finished the year with a Walkley nomination for Excellence in Journalism in the All Media Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique category, for a series of editorials including Show Me The Money(domestic violence funding), Renewable Energy Target, and Negative Gearing.
In June 2016, the Prime Minister hosted the first Iftar dinner, at Kirribilli House for Muslim community leaders. - Ally and his wife were the stars of the show seated next to the PM, obviously the role model and example the left wants for young muslims to look up to. Unfortunately the PM had to make an apology days later for some of the more representative community leaders he invited which included hate preachers.
In May 2016 Aly was Liberty Victoria's winner of the Voltaire Award for free speech. Writing in The Australian, Dr Paul Monk[26] has said, "In accepting his Voltaire Award, Aly needs to step up and champion freedom of speech in the Muslim world and freedom to criticise Islam itself, including the Prophet — as Voltaire himself did."
Waleed Aly (born 15 August 1978) is an Australian writer, academic, lawyer, media presenter and musician. Aly is a co-host of Network Ten's news and current affairs television program The Project, he writes for Fairfax Media, and is a lecturer in politics at Monash University working in their Global Terrorism Research Centre. In 2016, he won the Gold Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television.
In 2006, he was a pro bono lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre, on secondment from Maddocks. In 2008, he was selected to participate in the Australia 2020 Summit.
Aly is a staff member of the Global Terrorism Research Centre at Monash University and says that most of the conflicts in the Middle East can be traced to the arbitrary way in which its territories were divided-up by Western powers by the ongoing demand for Middle Eastern oil and more recently by factors such as the invasion of Iraq. - (apologist)
Aly has been defended by Scott Stephens, editor of Religion and Ethics ABC, in response to claims that Aly's role, "is to sanitise the public image of Islam".
His social and political commentary appears regularly in newspapers such as The Guardian, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
In searching for reasons behind the suicide attacks in central London on 7 July 2005, Aly wrote, reminding readers of the Koranic passage, "Do not let the injustice of others lead you into injustice." ???
The pair were also nominated for (and won) a United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award for Promotion of Climate Change Issues, with their "Renewable Energy Target" monologue. Aly and Whitty finished the year with a Walkley nomination for Excellence in Journalism in the All Media Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique category, for a series of editorials including Show Me The Money(domestic violence funding), Renewable Energy Target, and Negative Gearing.
In June 2016, the Prime Minister hosted the first Iftar dinner, at Kirribilli House for Muslim community leaders. - Ally and his wife were the stars of the show seated next to the PM, obviously the role model and example the left wants for young muslims to look up to. Unfortunately the PM had to make an apology days later for some of the more representative community leaders he invited which included hate preachers.
In May 2016 Aly was Liberty Victoria's winner of the Voltaire Award for free speech. Writing in The Australian, Dr Paul Monk[26] has said, "In accepting his Voltaire Award, Aly needs to step up and champion freedom of speech in the Muslim world and freedom to criticise Islam itself, including the Prophet — as Voltaire himself did."
...I have yet to determine which side he is on as he makes an effort to be impartial.
zoom_top, If you think he's impartial take the blinkers off, let us know when you've determined which side he's on. lol
He is given all the awards under the sun (somehow) and prestigious positions in academia and media gigs but wont let us forget how intolerant we are as a society and how much racism still exists. TBH he's had a dream run really, there are far better and more thought provoking commentators on the left and right out there that dont get the awards or recognition. Just like the roles in academia and representative groups and think tanks he is chosen for where there is usually much more qualified and representative people. People seem to eat up that left-wing sjw line he keeps toeing, so the higher-ups keep trotting their poster child out, seems to be some agenda maybe.
Personally I think politics shouldn't mix with entertainment/comedy shows in that time slot especially in shows which claim to be impartial or unbiased. The only people with opposing views are on there to get mocked and if someone holds their own they don't seem to get invited back. At least when he's on abc or sbs, fair enough you know what you're going to get.
Yeah negative topic I guess henry but I was just interested to see what people think or perhaps for some (they) don't think.
zoom_top, If you think he's impartial take the blinkers off, let us know when you've determined which side he's on. lol
He is given all the awards under the sun (somehow) and prestigious positions in academia and media gigs but wont let us forget how intolerant we are as a society and how much racism still exists. TBH he's had a dream run really, there are far better and more thought provoking commentators on the left and right out there that dont get the awards or recognition. Just like the roles in academia and representative groups and think tanks he is chosen for where there is usually much more qualified and representative people. People seem to eat up that left-wing sjw line he keeps toeing, so the higher-ups keep trotting their poster child out, seems to be some agenda maybe.
Personally I think politics shouldn't mix with entertainment/comedy shows in that time slot especially in shows which claim to be impartial or unbiased. The only people with opposing views are on there to get mocked and if someone holds their own they don't seem to get invited back. At least when he's on abc or sbs, fair enough you know what you're going to get.
Yeah negative topic I guess henry but I was just interested to see what people think or perhaps for some (they) don't think.
Yeah negative topic I guess henry but I was just interested to see what people think or perhaps for some (they) don't think.
The topic imo peppered with negative simply because of use of 'germ'..a description I agreed with.
In justifying that use of word one can say that germs make you sick and this commentator has that effect on me metaphorically speaking.
Nevertheless substitute that word word with 'really really annoying' or whatever and the topic is less negative and quite ok.--- hey i wanted to express my thoughts ,as every time I see him on TV i mumble expletives and change the station. ---so it was good to see a similar opinion noting of course that an opinion is neither right nor wrong.
You will see that Henry will sometimes introduce a topic/opinion as bait or something as a hot potato to get some forum traction. Opinions are neither right or wrong sometimes in trying to extract opinions the replies turn a bit anti Henry....or others just simply want to avoid hot potato issues.....again nothing is right or wrong
In other words and imo all discussions and invitations for opinion are welcomed and should be welcomed.==we have a great little boutique forum ---lets use it more.
Oh no
I've missed googlebox===
The topic imo peppered with negative simply because of use of 'germ'..a description I agreed with.
In justifying that use of word one can say that germs make you sick and this commentator has that effect on me metaphorically speaking.
Nevertheless substitute that word word with 'really really annoying' or whatever and the topic is less negative and quite ok.--- hey i wanted to express my thoughts ,as every time I see him on TV i mumble expletives and change the station. ---so it was good to see a similar opinion noting of course that an opinion is neither right nor wrong.
You will see that Henry will sometimes introduce a topic/opinion as bait or something as a hot potato to get some forum traction. Opinions are neither right or wrong sometimes in trying to extract opinions the replies turn a bit anti Henry....or others just simply want to avoid hot potato issues.....again nothing is right or wrong
In other words and imo all discussions and invitations for opinion are welcomed and should be welcomed.==we have a great little boutique forum ---lets use it more.
Oh no
I've missed googlebox===
Well nugget you have opened the can of worms ...........
I have followed politics for some time now, (about 40 years), so I feel that I have a fair understanding of how things work. I have also kept abreast of basically all programming on the ABC and SBS and the commercial channels. (Just because I know what a program has to offer doesn't mean I watch it.) I know all about the dumbing-down, soul-destroying, insult-to-intelligence programming that is served up to us on a daily basis. I'm guessing you may be of the Andrew Bolt or Steve Price 'ilk'. nugget. This Andrew Bolt article which I got from the Herald (see below) may appeal to you as it seems to touch on what is riling you. So why do I watch The Project ? I like wit. I revel in watching a sharp, incisive brain in action. I find Waleed refreshingly different. We don't really tackle the difficult issues in Australia, we sanitise them. You can say one thing about Trump and that is he has exposed to some extent the raw underbelly of American politics. (not saying I agree or disagree with the man as a whole !) I have first-hand knowledge of the racism inflicted on Muslims that Waleed talks about. (see below) I say this without being a muslim or a muslim sympathizer. For him to have reached the station in life that he currently enjoys would have taken enormous resilience. Andrew Bolt is suffering from professional envy/jealosy that someone like Aly can 'make it' in this country. But I sit in the middle. I grew up with a far right-wing upbringing but age has moved me to the centre. I hate it when gays insist on jamming their lifestyle down our throats through the avenue of standup but I often agree with Steve Price's stance on certain issues. ZT.
WAS there anything more ludicrous than seeing Waleed Aly complaining last weekend about racism even after he was given the Gold Logie for Best Personality on TV?
Was there anything sillier than seeing Noni Hazelhurst likewise complaining last weekend about women not getting a fair go at the very moment that she was inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame?
Please, children are watching. Wouldn’t a “thank you” rather than a “stuff you” not have set a better example?
And wouldn’t a tribute to Australia have been more appropriate than all this childish displaying of wounds that seem to be not even the barest of scratches?
Instead, we were treated to something Kafkaesque on Logies night, where tales were told of Australia’s allegedly inherent racism and sexism at an event that at every turn contradicted that fashionable smear, so wildly applauded by the audience.
Take Aly’s acceptance speech. By any measure, Aly has succeeded so completely in this country that he is a walking contradiction of claims that Muslims or people from Middle Eastern families are invariably the oppressed.
Instead, our institutions have rushed to embrace and sanctify this man who seemed the moderate and unthreatening Muslim of their dreams — a man who allowed them to prove their own broad-mindedness at minimal risk and to ignore the explosions, gunfire and screams of “Allahu akbar” on the TV news.
A grateful Labor government appointed Aly to the board of the Australia Council. The ABC, committed to every kind of diversity except diversity of thought, signed up this preacher of Leftist pieties and Islamic apologetics as an on-air presenter. An eager Monash University made him a lecturer at its Global Terrorism Research Centre, even though he had not even completed a PhD.
I have followed politics for some time now, (about 40 years), so I feel that I have a fair understanding of how things work. I have also kept abreast of basically all programming on the ABC and SBS and the commercial channels. (Just because I know what a program has to offer doesn't mean I watch it.) I know all about the dumbing-down, soul-destroying, insult-to-intelligence programming that is served up to us on a daily basis. I'm guessing you may be of the Andrew Bolt or Steve Price 'ilk'. nugget. This Andrew Bolt article which I got from the Herald (see below) may appeal to you as it seems to touch on what is riling you. So why do I watch The Project ? I like wit. I revel in watching a sharp, incisive brain in action. I find Waleed refreshingly different. We don't really tackle the difficult issues in Australia, we sanitise them. You can say one thing about Trump and that is he has exposed to some extent the raw underbelly of American politics. (not saying I agree or disagree with the man as a whole !) I have first-hand knowledge of the racism inflicted on Muslims that Waleed talks about. (see below) I say this without being a muslim or a muslim sympathizer. For him to have reached the station in life that he currently enjoys would have taken enormous resilience. Andrew Bolt is suffering from professional envy/jealosy that someone like Aly can 'make it' in this country. But I sit in the middle. I grew up with a far right-wing upbringing but age has moved me to the centre. I hate it when gays insist on jamming their lifestyle down our throats through the avenue of standup but I often agree with Steve Price's stance on certain issues. ZT.
WAS there anything more ludicrous than seeing Waleed Aly complaining last weekend about racism even after he was given the Gold Logie for Best Personality on TV?
Was there anything sillier than seeing Noni Hazelhurst likewise complaining last weekend about women not getting a fair go at the very moment that she was inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame?
Please, children are watching. Wouldn’t a “thank you” rather than a “stuff you” not have set a better example?
And wouldn’t a tribute to Australia have been more appropriate than all this childish displaying of wounds that seem to be not even the barest of scratches?
Instead, we were treated to something Kafkaesque on Logies night, where tales were told of Australia’s allegedly inherent racism and sexism at an event that at every turn contradicted that fashionable smear, so wildly applauded by the audience.
Take Aly’s acceptance speech. By any measure, Aly has succeeded so completely in this country that he is a walking contradiction of claims that Muslims or people from Middle Eastern families are invariably the oppressed.
Instead, our institutions have rushed to embrace and sanctify this man who seemed the moderate and unthreatening Muslim of their dreams — a man who allowed them to prove their own broad-mindedness at minimal risk and to ignore the explosions, gunfire and screams of “Allahu akbar” on the TV news.
A grateful Labor government appointed Aly to the board of the Australia Council. The ABC, committed to every kind of diversity except diversity of thought, signed up this preacher of Leftist pieties and Islamic apologetics as an on-air presenter. An eager Monash University made him a lecturer at its Global Terrorism Research Centre, even though he had not even completed a PhD.
I'm guessing you may be of the Andrew Bolt or Steve Price 'ilk'. nugget.
Oooh. I don't know if this is meant to be an insult or not but whatever. It's probably best you don't try to pigeon hole people, it comes off a little bit prejudice.
Dont know much about Bolt or Price or their politics but I agree with most of that article you quoted. In general the media and entertainment industry are very left and have gone crazy sniffing their own
farts with smugness. Talk about hypocrisy at its finest, a perfect example of virtue signalling. I see in your post you're trying to not fall into the same trap as to maintain credit.
Virtue signalling is the expression or promotion of viewpoints that are especially valued within a social group, especially when this is done primarily to enhance the social standing of the speaker.
You say age has moved you to the centre. I was brought up centre right or maybe centre left I don't know but as an adolescent I tended more towards the left like most young people to sort of rebel
against authority so to speak. Now that I'm slightly older I see that the authority that we should be rebelling against and the true danger to our society is coming from leftist ideologies, no doubt.
It's definitely prevalent in our media and entertainment industry, it's in the schools more and more and it's starting to permeate through our politics as well.
Oooh. I don't know if this is meant to be an insult or not but whatever. It's probably best you don't try to pigeon hole people, it comes off a little bit prejudice.
Dont know much about Bolt or Price or their politics but I agree with most of that article you quoted. In general the media and entertainment industry are very left and have gone crazy sniffing their own
farts with smugness. Talk about hypocrisy at its finest, a perfect example of virtue signalling. I see in your post you're trying to not fall into the same trap as to maintain credit.
Virtue signalling is the expression or promotion of viewpoints that are especially valued within a social group, especially when this is done primarily to enhance the social standing of the speaker.
You say age has moved you to the centre. I was brought up centre right or maybe centre left I don't know but as an adolescent I tended more towards the left like most young people to sort of rebel
against authority so to speak. Now that I'm slightly older I see that the authority that we should be rebelling against and the true danger to our society is coming from leftist ideologies, no doubt.
It's definitely prevalent in our media and entertainment industry, it's in the schools more and more and it's starting to permeate through our politics as well.
At his Logie acceptance speech, he brought racism up by saying someone had to change their name from Mohammed to get a gig in this industry.
Question I ask, if racism stopped Mohammed from getting a gig in the TV industry, how the fk did someone with the name Waleed Aly win the fkn Gold Logie?
He is an A class prick
Question I ask, if racism stopped Mohammed from getting a gig in the TV industry, how the fk did someone with the name Waleed Aly win the fkn Gold Logie?
He is an A class prick
I've never seen it. For a show with only moderate ratings it seems to get talked about a lot.
Not in breakfast show league but similar.
Not in breakfast show league but similar.
its the lowest rating show in its time slot, SBS beats it hands down. The islamic community backed up by lefties on twitter and facebook got him voted to win the gold logie... 95% of the public had no idea who he was.
now his been nominated for australian of the year and just back from washington writing a piece about australia calling everyone racist, unfit dogs etc etc. if he wins it..watch out for a class war
now his been nominated for australian of the year and just back from washington writing a piece about australia calling everyone racist, unfit dogs etc etc. if he wins it..watch out for a class war
With that kind of a cv he is a moral to win AOTY.
How did they go last night? Much wailing and gnashing of teeth?
How did they go last night? Much wailing and gnashing of teeth?
now understand why hartley ( acka hoof sniffer ) put up his stupid thread.
in his left views we are racists bigots for having an opinion
a typical leftie
in his left views we are racists bigots for having an opinion
a typical leftie
Yes, if you don't get on top of the infection germs can multiply and spread.
Australia has stopped donating to the Clinton Foundation effective immediately ending 10 years of taxpayer-funded contributions. Shocker.
when this idiot said that 'what he asked shane warne' was what any journalist worth his salt would ask i knew he was opening himself to a whole lot of butthurt.
then says that 'enough is enough' with trump. and 'stop joking about this guy and he shouldnt be taken seriously' etc etc.
so i of course knew that he would not be outraged at chelsea paying for her wedding from the pay for play clinton foundation. of course he should be right? he said what he said to shame warne didn't he? he said what he said about trump (hillary's opponent no?) didn't he?
so i been on the lookout for anything related to walyed's mouth and clinton foundation. nudda. instead project does a story on, 'how much money do charities actually give to charity?'. a story about charities in general.
walyed and the show are tpssers of the highest order and are obviously puppets there to press an agenda. an agenda which i do not agree with and is a whole nutha conversation about media control/propaganda and the fake news psyop they are pushing at the moment to suppress truth.
then says that 'enough is enough' with trump. and 'stop joking about this guy and he shouldnt be taken seriously' etc etc.
so i of course knew that he would not be outraged at chelsea paying for her wedding from the pay for play clinton foundation. of course he should be right? he said what he said to shame warne didn't he? he said what he said about trump (hillary's opponent no?) didn't he?
so i been on the lookout for anything related to walyed's mouth and clinton foundation. nudda. instead project does a story on, 'how much money do charities actually give to charity?'. a story about charities in general.
walyed and the show are tpssers of the highest order and are obviously puppets there to press an agenda. an agenda which i do not agree with and is a whole nutha conversation about media control/propaganda and the fake news psyop they are pushing at the moment to suppress truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qQ6_RV4VQ
Nobel prize winner. The irony is delicious.
Nobel prize winner. The irony is delicious.
Almost as funny as Obama winning the nobel peace prize.
?????
https://twitter.com/America_1st_/status/810990866370297857
https://twitter.com/America_1st_/status/810990866370297857
Muslim refugees destroy Christmas tree in Belgium, celebrate Berlin attack.
https://twitter.com/Pamela_Moore13/status/811704994340552706
https://twitter.com/Pamela_Moore13/status/811704994340552706
Let's invite him to the Grand Opening of The Railway Hotel Boort.
The bon fire and tall pointed white hoods might frighten him
Isn't he GAY? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
He'll probably try to BUM me in the kazi. Sorry I can't be having all that. Find someone else.
Who stated publicly and in writing - "Btw from now on I'm going to be GAY. "You got a problrm with that?" ???? 12/12/16
I didn't realise my posts were supposed to make sense
apparently there was some political push to allow travellers to roam around american airports wearing their favourite weapons .... NRA style logic of the individual being able to protect him/herself.
FFS ..... best laugh i've had in a long time. LAX retro's to Dodge City 1850.
FFS ..... best laugh i've had in a long time. LAX retro's to Dodge City 1850.
Fort Mann was the first settlement of non-indigenous people in the area that became Dodge City, built by civilians in 1847 to provide protection for travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. Fort Mann collapsed in 1848 after an Indian attack. In 1850, the U.S. Army arrived to provide protection in the region and constructed Fort Atkinson on the old Fort Mann site. The army abandoned Fort Atkinson in 1853. Military forces on the Santa Fe Trail were reestablished farther north and east at Fort Larned in 1859, but the area remained vacant around what would become Dodge City until the end of the Civil War. In April 1865, the Indian Wars in the West began heating up, and the army constructed Fort Dodge to assist Fort Larned in providing protection on the Santa Fe Trail. Fort Dodge remained in operation until 1882.
The town of Dodge City can trace its origins to 1871 when rancher Henry J. Sitler built a sod house west of Fort Dodge to oversee his cattle operations in the region, conveniently located near the Santa Fe Trail and Arkansas River, and Sitler's house quickly became a stopping point for travelers. Others saw the commercial potential of the region with the Santa Fe Railroad rapidly approaching from the east. In 1872, Dodge City was staked out on the 100th Meridian and the legal Western boundary of the Fort Dodge reservation. The town site was platted and George M. Hoover established the first bar in a tent to serve thirsty soldiers from Fort Dodge. The railroad arrived in September to find a town ready and waiting for business. The early settlers in Dodge City traded in buffalo bones and hides and provided a civilian community for Fort Dodge. However, with the arrival of the railroad, Dodge City soon became involved in the cattle trade.
Deputies Bat Masterson (standing) and Wyatt Earp in Dodge City (1876).
The idea of driving Texas longhorn cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas originated in the late 1850s[citation needed] but was cut short by the Civil War. In 1866, the first Texas cattle started arriving in Baxter Springs in southeastern Kansas by way of the Shawnee Trail. However, Texas longhorn cattle carried a tick that spread splenic fever, known locally as Texas Fever, among other breeds of cattle. Alarmed Kansas farmers persuaded the Kansas State Legislature to establish a quarantine line in central Kansas. The quarantine prohibited Texas longhorns from the heavily settled, eastern portion of the state.
With the cattle trade forced west, Texas longhorns began moving north along the Chisholm Trail. In 1867, the main cow town was Abilene, Kansas. Profits were high, and other towns quickly joined in the cattle boom: Newton in 1871; Ellsworth in 1872; and Wichita in 1872. However, in 1876 the Kansas State Legislature responded to pressure from farmers settling in central Kansas and once again shifted the quarantine line westward, which essentially eliminated Abilene and the other cow towns from the cattle trade. With no place else to go, Dodge City suddenly became the "queen of the cow towns."
A new route known as the Great Western Cattle Trail or Western Trail branched off from the Chisholm Trail to lead cattle into Dodge City. Dodge City became a boomtown, with thousands of cattle passing annually through its stockyards. The peak years of the cattle trade in Dodge City were from 1883 to 1884, and during that time the town grew tremendously. In 1880, Dodge City got a new competitor for the cattle trade from the border town of Caldwell. For a few years, the competition between the towns was fierce, but there were enough cattle for both towns to prosper. Nevertheless, it was Dodge City that became famous, and no town could match Dodge City's reputation as a true frontier settlement of the Old West. Dodge City had more famous (and infamous) gunfighters working at one time or another than any other town in the West, many of whom participated in the Dodge City War of 1883. It also boasted the usual array of saloons, gambling halls, and brothels, including the famous Long Branch Saloon and China Doll brothel.[11] For a time in 1884, Dodge City even had a bullfighting ring where Mexican bullfighters would put on a show with specially chosen longhorn bulls.
As more agricultural settlers moved into western Kansas, pressure increased on the Kansas State Legislature to do something about splenic fever. Consequently, in 1885 the quarantine line was extended across the state and the Western Trail was all but shut down. By 1886, the cowboys, saloon keepers, gamblers, and brothel owners moved west to greener pastures, and Dodge City became a sleepy little town much like other communities in western Kansas.
The town of Dodge City can trace its origins to 1871 when rancher Henry J. Sitler built a sod house west of Fort Dodge to oversee his cattle operations in the region, conveniently located near the Santa Fe Trail and Arkansas River, and Sitler's house quickly became a stopping point for travelers. Others saw the commercial potential of the region with the Santa Fe Railroad rapidly approaching from the east. In 1872, Dodge City was staked out on the 100th Meridian and the legal Western boundary of the Fort Dodge reservation. The town site was platted and George M. Hoover established the first bar in a tent to serve thirsty soldiers from Fort Dodge. The railroad arrived in September to find a town ready and waiting for business. The early settlers in Dodge City traded in buffalo bones and hides and provided a civilian community for Fort Dodge. However, with the arrival of the railroad, Dodge City soon became involved in the cattle trade.
Deputies Bat Masterson (standing) and Wyatt Earp in Dodge City (1876).
The idea of driving Texas longhorn cattle from Texas to railheads in Kansas originated in the late 1850s[citation needed] but was cut short by the Civil War. In 1866, the first Texas cattle started arriving in Baxter Springs in southeastern Kansas by way of the Shawnee Trail. However, Texas longhorn cattle carried a tick that spread splenic fever, known locally as Texas Fever, among other breeds of cattle. Alarmed Kansas farmers persuaded the Kansas State Legislature to establish a quarantine line in central Kansas. The quarantine prohibited Texas longhorns from the heavily settled, eastern portion of the state.
With the cattle trade forced west, Texas longhorns began moving north along the Chisholm Trail. In 1867, the main cow town was Abilene, Kansas. Profits were high, and other towns quickly joined in the cattle boom: Newton in 1871; Ellsworth in 1872; and Wichita in 1872. However, in 1876 the Kansas State Legislature responded to pressure from farmers settling in central Kansas and once again shifted the quarantine line westward, which essentially eliminated Abilene and the other cow towns from the cattle trade. With no place else to go, Dodge City suddenly became the "queen of the cow towns."
A new route known as the Great Western Cattle Trail or Western Trail branched off from the Chisholm Trail to lead cattle into Dodge City. Dodge City became a boomtown, with thousands of cattle passing annually through its stockyards. The peak years of the cattle trade in Dodge City were from 1883 to 1884, and during that time the town grew tremendously. In 1880, Dodge City got a new competitor for the cattle trade from the border town of Caldwell. For a few years, the competition between the towns was fierce, but there were enough cattle for both towns to prosper. Nevertheless, it was Dodge City that became famous, and no town could match Dodge City's reputation as a true frontier settlement of the Old West. Dodge City had more famous (and infamous) gunfighters working at one time or another than any other town in the West, many of whom participated in the Dodge City War of 1883. It also boasted the usual array of saloons, gambling halls, and brothels, including the famous Long Branch Saloon and China Doll brothel.[11] For a time in 1884, Dodge City even had a bullfighting ring where Mexican bullfighters would put on a show with specially chosen longhorn bulls.
As more agricultural settlers moved into western Kansas, pressure increased on the Kansas State Legislature to do something about splenic fever. Consequently, in 1885 the quarantine line was extended across the state and the Western Trail was all but shut down. By 1886, the cowboys, saloon keepers, gamblers, and brothel owners moved west to greener pastures, and Dodge City became a sleepy little town much like other communities in western Kansas.
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