August 8, 2008
Raphael O'Suna
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When I was a student in Pondicherry, India, there was a teacher who said: “We each get what we deserve. Usually, we also get what we resemble.”
I have found that to be fair, equitable and true. But I have also noticed how nervous others become when I mention this. Quite telling, I suppose. I mention this, because I have come to the conclusion that America deserves John McCain. He resembles more the 60 million people of Appalachia, and the deep Southerner with his traditions and prejudices.
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August 8, 2008
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 Happiness Happens Day
Day 221 of 2008
145 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Hau‘oli: Happiness
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY
— Hamamas: Happy
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
— “The tiniest flower, scents the grasses around it.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “There is only one happiness in life - to love and be loved.” (George Sand)
HONOLUA COMPROMISE ANNOUNCED: If a tentative compromise is approved - eight miles of coastline from Honolua Bay to Nakalele Point, and 3,467 acres of agricultural, forest and watershed lands woule be placed in public trusts or in protected state conservation districts. Read more
EVENTS ON THIS DAY — August 8th
1844: Brigham Young is chosen to head the Mormon Church following Joseph Smith’s death
1860: Queen Emma, the widow of King Kamehamea IV of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), arrives in NYC
1919: Treaty of Rawalpindi: Britain recognizes Afghanistan’s independence
1925: 40,000 Ku Klux Klan members march down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC
1929: The first airship (Graf Zeppelin) begins flying eastward around the Earth
1937: Bonneville Dam (on the Columbia River) begins producing power
1945: President Truman signs the United Nations Charter
1949: Bhutan, land of the Dragon, became an independent monarchy
2000: Chile’s Supreme Court removes Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s immunity, enabling the former dictator to be tried on human rights charges (an appeals court later finds him unfit to stand trial)
1988: U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar announced a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq.
2005: Iran resumed work at a uranium conversion facility after suspending nuclear work for nine months to avoid U.N. sanctions.
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BORN ON THIS DAY — August 8th
1861: William Bateson, originator of term “genetics”
1879: Emiliano Zapata, Mexican patriot and revolutionary
1884: Sara Teasdale, U.S. poet
1896: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlins, writer
1901: Dr Ernest O Lawrence, inventor
1932: Mel Tillis, country singer
1937: Dustin Hoffman, actor )
1938: Connie Stevens, Brooklyn, singer/actress
1949: Keith Carradine, actor
1956: Chris Foreman, guitar
1956: David Grant, rocker
1958: Deborah Norville, TV personality
1976: Tawny Cypress, actress (”Heroes”)
1980: Michael Urie, actor (”Ugly Betty”)
1981: Roger Federer, tennis player
