Monday, June 2, 2008
[455 - Vandals sack Rome]
[1840 - Thomas Hardy, novelist, poet, born in Dorset, England.]
[1857 - Edward Elgar, composer, born in Broadheath, England]
[1904 - Johnny (Peter John) Weissmuller, Olympic champion swimmer, film actor, born in Freidorf, Romania]
[1908 - Ben Grauer, radio & TV actor and announcer, born in Staten Island, New York]
[1924 - Congress grants citizenship to all Native Americans born in the USA]
[1930 - Charles 'Pete' Conrad, Jr., astronaut, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
[1961 - George S. Kaufman, Pulitzer prize playwright, dies at 72]
Pop Goes The Eagle
Up and down Sadr City Road,
In and out flies the Eagle.
That's the way our money goes,
Pop goes the weasel!
A tanker truck with gasoline,
A tanker truck with diesel;
Blow it up, we'll pay the price,
Ouch, goes the Eagle!
Georgie chased Bin Laden.
Al-Qaeda thought 'twas all in fun.
Pop! goes a car bomb.
A trillion dollars for the wars;
Nothing for the people.
Bend over, take it in the drawers;
Truth is, it's fecal!
William's Whimsical Words:
So, why do we put up with it?
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