9/11 Commission Blames Bush
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Rat Catchers Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Iole: Rat PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Rat: Rat HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A rat eats, then leaves its droppings.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Of all the tyrants that afflict mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.” (Thomas Paine) WEB SURF SPOT OF THE WEEK — Graphjam WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — JibJab - Election 2008 NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Tekzilla GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — Give Rice to the HungryEVENTS ON THIS DAY — July 22nd
1775: George Washington takes command of the troops
1933: Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 1/2 hours
1934: A man identified as bank robber John Dillinger is shot to death by federal agents outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater
1967: Jimi Hendrix quits as the opening act of the Monkees’ tour
1983: Dick Smith makes the first solo helicopter flight around the world
1999: The ashes of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, are cast into the sea off Martha’s Vineyard
2003: Months after her prisoner-of-war ordeal, Pvt. 1st Class Jessica Lynch returned home to a hero’s welcome in Elizabeth, W.Va.
2004: The Sept. 11 Commission issues a report saying America’s leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the 9/11 attacks.
BORN ON THIS DAY — July 22nd
1822: Gregor Mendel, monk/geneticist
1849: Emma Lazarus, poet
1882: Edward Hopper, U.S. painter
1887: Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist
1888: Raymond Chandler, mystery writer
1898: Alexander Calder, sculptor
1898: Stephen Vincent Benet, writer
1908: Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette
1928: Orson Bean, actor/comedian
1932: Oscar de la Renta, designer
1934: Louise Fletcher, actress
1939: Terence Stamp, actor
1941: George Clinton, rocker
1947: Albert Brooks, actor/director
1947: Don Henley, drummer
1955: Willem Dafoe, actor
1964: David Spade, actor/comedian
1964: John Leguizamo, actor
1972: Colin Ferguson, actor
2008 Election :
Date: July 26, 2008 @ 8:29 am
Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.HenryDavidThoreauHenry David Thoreau
Security And Prosperity Partnership :
Date: July 26, 2008 @ 3:18 pm
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.NapoleonBonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte
Iraq War :
Date: July 26, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
Success is the sum of small efforts–repeated day in and day out.RobertCollierRobert Collier
Iraq War :
Date: July 27, 2008 @ 2:36 am
Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.Dr.RichardP.FeynmanDr. Richard P. Feynman, American physicist
Illegal Immigration :
Date: July 30, 2008 @ 11:43 pm
It’s okay to let yourself go, just as long as you let yourself back.MickJaggerMick Jagger
Barack Obama :
Date: July 31, 2008 @ 8:47 pm
How did it get so late so soon? / Its night before its afternoon. / December is here before its June. / My goodness how the time has flewn. / How did it get so late so soon?TheodorSeussGeiselTheodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991
Police State :
Date: August 1, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
You exist only in what you do.FedericoFelliniFederico Fellini
Iraq War :
Date: August 2, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
When you are down and out something always turns up–and it is usually the noses of your friends.GeorgeOrsonWellesGeorge Orson Welles
Illegal Immigration :
Date: August 4, 2008 @ 4:28 am
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.FrancoisMarieArouetVoltaireFrancois Marie Arouet Voltaire, 1694-1778
Pakistani ISI :
Date: August 5, 2008 @ 1:53 am
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.HenryLouisMenckenHenry Louis Mencken
Congress Check :
Date: August 6, 2008 @ 8:13 pm
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.DouglasAdamsDouglas Adams
IRS :
Date: August 7, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
I have this clinging fear that someday, someone is going to shake me into reality, and I’ll find it just isn’t so, that I’m not funny, that no one can conceivably laugh at or with me.JackBennyJack Benny
World News :
Date: August 8, 2008 @ 2:19 pm
I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.WoodyAllenWoody Allen
Police State :
Date: August 9, 2008 @ 11:25 am
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.LazarusLongLazarus Long, Time Enough for Love
Prison Planet :
Date: August 10, 2008 @ 8:29 am
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent.CalvinCoolidgeCalvin Coolidge
Kissinger :
Date: August 11, 2008 @ 5:42 am
Luck never gives: it only lends.ChineseProverbChinese Proverb
Iran War :
Date: August 12, 2008 @ 2:34 am
Whatever you are, be a good one.AbrahamLincolnAbraham Lincoln, 1809-65