Thursday, September 4, 2008

[1810 - Donald McKay, naval architect, born in Jordan Falls, Nova Scotia]

[1824 - Anton Bruckner, composer, born in Ansfelden, Austria]

[1846 - Daniel Burnham, architect, born in Henderson, New York]

[1908 - Richard (Nathaniel) Wright, poet, author, born on Rucker's Plantation, near Natchez, Mississippi]

[1965 - Albert Schweitzer, Renaissance man, dies]

The Public Trust

Lucy Bush:

Trust me, Charlie; this time I really am telling the truth. I will hold the ball safely for you while you run up and kick it. You are safe with me.

Charlie Public:

But Lucy, every time I believe you and run up to the ball, you pull it away. You told me there was WMD in Iraq, and it was a lie. You told me that Saddam was friends with Al Qaida and they really were enemies. You told me lots of other stuff that wasn't true.

Lucy Bush:

Trust me, Charlie; this time I really am telling the truth. I will hold the ball safely for you while you run up and kick it. You are safe with me.

Charlie Public:

OK Lucy, I know that you did not save New Orleans from Katrina, even with a week's warning, but I will believe you again and put my confidence in you. Here I come.

Charlie Public:

Lucy, how could you do it to me again after I trusted you?

Lucy Bush:

What makes you think I care about you, Charlie?

William's Whimsical Words:

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