Wasting time with Jet

He was a soldier for ROME.  He fought, killed, and prospered in the name of the country he loved.  His honor was in the service and was guaranteed a prosperous life in the current time and the next.  While he exercised many luxuries, there was one restriction that vexed him.  As a soldier, under the law of Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus also known as "Claudius II", he could not take a wife.  A soldier was forbidden to marry under consequence of death, but he didn't care.  He had chosen the one who he would claim his own for all time and sought the service of a Christian monk who in turn married the unnamed soldier and his bride...but, they were discovered and while the rogue was able to save himself and the woman he loved, the monk was captured and ordered to be executed on February 14th...that monk's name was SAINT VALENTINE.


The year is 1929, the place, Chicago, Illinois.  Two powerful crime families control opposite sides of the city.  On the North Side, An Irish gang led by George Moran, and on the South Side...An Italian gang led by none other than Al Capone.

Frank and Peter Gusenberg, members of Moran's Gang tried to assassinate Capone's number 2 guy, Jack McGurn, when they failed, McGurn devised a retaliation attack.  Five men from Capone's gang tricked Moran to a meeting at a warehouse on North Clark Street with intent to buy discounted hijacked bootleg whiskey.  While Moran himself missed the meeting, seven of his men were caught off guard by Fred Burke and four of McGurn's assembled crew disguised as police officers in a stolen car.  The seven men surrendered and believed the officers would take them to the police station where they would be grilled, processed and out on bail within hours.  Fred Burke in full cop uniform ordered the men to face the wall and line up, once they obeyed, Burke and his accomplices produced Tommy Guns and proceeded to open fire on the unsuspecting gangsters.  By the time the real police arrived, one dying member of the seven was asked "Who shot you?", in which he replied, "Nobody shot me." and expired.

Moran soon lost control of the south side after the attack, and Capone became public enemy #1.  The event itself, happening on February 14th soon became known in history as the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.

The moral is Not everything about this damn holiday is all chocolate and roses, from the beginning of civilization...to the 20th Century, tragedy has coincided with the concept of romantic love one can't exist with the other, remember that the next time you give your loved one a token of your appreciation.