Poor William's Almanack, June 25, 2008, The Hereafter

Ben Franklin's bifocals Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Virginia State Capitol
[1788 - Virginia enters the United States of America as tenth state]

[1798 - Alien Act, allowing president to deport dangerous aliens, is passed by US Congress]

[1876 - George Armstrong Custer and 265 men in his 7th Cavalry command die at Battle of Little Big Horn]

[1887 - George Francis Abbott, Tony & Pulitzer award-winning producer, director, writer, born in Forestville, New York]

[1893 - Charlotte Greenwood, actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

George Orwell's 1984
[1903 - George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair), author, born in Motihari, Bengal, India]

[1903 - Anne Revere, Tony & Academy Award-winning actress, born in New York City]

[1950 - North Korea invades South Korea]

John Dean testifying before Senate Watergate Committee

[1973 - John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee]

The Hereafter

The Hereafter is not a necessary component of one's belief system.
The Here is.

William's Whimsical Words:

Too great a reliance on belief in an afterlife lies at the root of countless evils.

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