The Bar Stool Historian returns, along with their blame-assigning technological marvel, the Blame-O-Meter 5000!

In this episode. we measure how much the phrase "Read my lips, no new taxes..." was to blame for George H. W. Bush's re-election failure.

Plus, Tim recalls his personal experiences of growing up in the bad-old days of crime-ridden NYC. For context, we recommend watching this short documentary gem about the freelance video and photo journalists prowling the nighttime NYC crime beat in 1991. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDPr4y381Mw