Revealing Bush’s Crimes
March 16, 2008 11:03 am > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays |
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Christian Palm Sunday
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Pama: Palm Tree; Poho: Palm of hand PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Insait long han: Palm of hand HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “He has the hands of a gale.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.” WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Good Magazine WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — The Wonder of You PODCAST OF THE WEEK — Digital Podcast Books BLOG OF THE WEEK — Digg.com
TODAY: New York Times editorial:
A good law — like the House bill on electronic spying — would allow Americans to finally see the breathtaking extent of President Bush’s lawless behavior. Read more…HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DAY — March 16th
- 1621: First Native American appears at Plymouth, Massachusets
- 1802: Law signed to establish U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY
- 1926: Robert Goddard launches first liquid fuel rocket, goes 184 feet
- 1934: Congress passes Migratory Bird Conservation Act
- 1968: The Mylai Massacre. 22 South Vietnamese are killed and hundreds are wounded in an attack on a South Vietnamese village by forces led by U.S. Lt. William L. Calley Jr
- 1972: John & Yoko are served with deportation papers
- 1988: Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
BORN ON THIS DAY — March 16th
- 1751: James Madison, (D-R), 4th U.S. president
- 1787: Georg Simon Ohm, physicist
- 1822: Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter
- 1836: Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor of the cable car
- 1868: Maxim Gorky, dramatist
- 1926: Jerry Lewis, entertainer/comedian/director
- 1927: Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. ambassador to UN/(Sen-D-NY, 1977- )
- 1940: Bernardo Bertolucci, director
- 1946: Erik Estrada, actor
- 1952: Alice JHpffman
- 1954: Nancy Wilson, San Francisco, singer
- 1959: Flavor Flav, Rapper
- 1963: Jimmy DeGrasso, rock musician
- 1964: Patty Griffin, folk singer
