Sunday, January 18, 2009

[1778 - Captain James Cook is first European to discover Hawaiian Islands]

[1779 - Peter Roget, lexicographer, born in London]

[1782 - Daniel Webster, orator, lawyer, statesman, born in Salisbury, New Hampshire]

   
[1882 - A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, writer, born in Scotland]

[1892 - Oliver (Norvell) Hardy, comedian, born in Harlem, Georgia]

[1904 - Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach), actor, born in Horfield, Bristol, England]

[1912 - Scott reaches the South Pole]

[1913 - Danny Kaye (David Daniel Kaminski), comedian,
dancer, singer, actor, born in Brooklyn]

[1943 - Germans resume deportation of Jews from Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka]

Merry, Merry, Oh Contrary

Condi, Condi, quite the bondy,
How does your influence grow?
With pretty words to fool us nerds,
And coffins all in a row.

Condi, Condi, now at State,
Will you ever get it straight?
With foolish words that fall like turds,
Respect for America has turned to hate.

William's Whimsical Words:

While you and your President destabilize the Middle East, in our backyard one Latin American nation after another elects a leftist leader. Foreign Policy is not a game for amateurs, Madam Secretary, we hasten to bid you adieu.

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