Sunday, May 14, 2006

[1607 - Permanent British settlement established at Jamestown, Virginia]

[1845 - USS Constitution lands Marines at Danang, Indochina]

[1904 - Olympic Games open in St. Louis, Missouri]

[1913 - John D. Rockefeller establishes the Rockefeller Foundation with $100,000,000]

[1948 - David Ben-Gurion, Jewish Agency Chairman, proclaims State of Israel at Tel Aviv]

[1955 - Soviet Union and 7 of its European satellites sign the Warsaw Pact]

And, Still More Updated Nursery Rhymes

The Itsy Bitsy Spy-Hole

The nasty old Al-Qaeda,
they hit us in the snout.
Down came the Towers,
but it will be no rout.
Out came the troops,
and found Saddam Hussein.
While nasty Bin Laden
He's on Al-Jazeera again.

William's Whimsical Words:

Really, folks, Saddam had nothing to do with 9-11.

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