October 14, 2005

[1644 - William Penn, reformer, Pennsylvania founder, born in London]

1890 - Dwight David Eisenhower, 5-star general: Supreme Commander Allied Forces World War II; 34th U.S. President, born in Denison, Texas]

[1894 - e e cummings (Edward Estlin Cummings), poet, playwright, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts]

[1947 - Captain Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in X-1]

[1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded Nobel Peace Prize]

The Three Wise Guys

Three wise Neocon guys,
Put the Nation to sea in a bowl;
To war we now rushed,
The bowl was then flushed.

William's Whimsical Words:

They sang WMD as they took us to sea.
The words were wrong, as was the song.
If the con-men had been brighter,
Our burden would now be lighter.

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