Greetin’s! Today is Monday, the 25th of June, 2007

Somewhere up yonder…

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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

- - - Indira Gandhi


On this day in...
1788 - Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 - Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Major General George Armstrong Custer.
1905 - Cullinan Diamond, the largest rough gem-quality diamond known, is discovered by Frederick Wells.
1938 - Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland.
1940 - France formally surrenders to Nazi Germany.
1944 - The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries begins.
1947- The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
1948 - The Berlin Airlift begins.
1949 - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny and Giovanni Jones.
1950 - The beginning of the Korean War, with the invasion of the South by the North.
1967 - First global satellite television programme – "Our World"
1975 - Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares Emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections.
1975 - Mozambique achieved independence.
1976 - Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints.
1981 - Microsoft Inc. is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 - Greece abolishes headshaving of the recruits in the military.
1991 - Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 - Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 - The Khobar Towers bombing leaves 19 U.S. servicemen dead in Saudi Arabia.
1997 - An unmanned Progress spacecraft collided with the Russian Space station, Mir.
1998 - In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.



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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.
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As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents.
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It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.


- - - George Orwell

Here’s the birthday bunch!!!
1874 - Rose O’Neill
illustrator, author, Kewpie doll designer; died Apr 6, 1944;
1886 - Henry ‘Hap’ Arnold
military: U.S. General and commander of the Army Air Force: WWII; 1st five-star general of the U.S. Army Air Force; died Jan 15,1950
1887 - George Abbott
director: Damn Yankees, The Pajama Game, Too Many Girls; died Jan 31, 1995
1903 - George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair)
author: Animal Farm, 1984; died Jan 21, 1950
1903 - Anne Revere
Tony Award-winning actress: Toys in the Attic [1960]; Academy Award winner [1944]: National Velvet; A Place in the Sun, Gentlemen’s Agreement, Forever Amber, The Song of Bernadette, The Howards of Virginia; died Dec 18, 1990
1906 - Roger Livesey
actor: Of Human Bondage, The Entertainer; died Feb 4, 1976
1912 - Milton Shapp
governor of Pennsylvania; died November 24, 1988
1915 - Peter Lind Hayes (Joseph Conrad Lind)
actor: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, Zis Boom Bah!, Peter Loves Mary [w/wife, Mary Healy]; died Apr 21, 1998
1922 - Johnny Smith
jazz musician: guitar: Moonlight in Vermont
1923 - Dorothy Gilman
author: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, Incident at Madamya
1924 - Sidney Lumet
director: Twelve Angry Men, Serpico, Deathtrap, Dog Day Afternoon, Network, The Pawnbroker, Family Business, Playhouse 90, Gloria
1925 - June Lockhart
actress: Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction, Deadly Games, The Big Picture, The Yearling, Meet Me in St. Louis
1935 - Eddie Floyd
singer: group: Falcons: You’re So Fine; solo: Bring It on Home to Me, Knock on Wood, I’ve Never Found a Girl [To Love Me like You Do]
1940 - Clint Warwick (Eccles)
musician: bass: The Moody Blues: Go Now, LP: The Magnificent Moodies
1942 - Willis Reed
basketball: New York Knicks center and captain; NBA MVP: [1970]
1944 - Al Beauchamp
football: Cincinnati Bengals
1945 - Carly Simon
Grammy Award-winning [Best New Artist, 1971] singer: Anticipation, You’re So Vain, Mockingbird [w/husband James Taylor], Nobody Does It Better, You Belong to Me, Coming Around Again; Academy Award-winning song: Let the River Run [1988]; author of children’s books
1946 - Allen Lanier
musician: guitar, keyboards: group: Blue Oyster Cult: Don’t Fear the Reaper, LPs: Revolution by Night, Fire of Unknown Origin, Cultosaurus Erectus, Spectres, Secret Treaties, Agents of Fortune, ETI, Some Enchanted Evening, On Your Feet or on Your Knees
1946 - Ian McDonald
musician: instrumentalist: group: Foreigner: Feels like the First Time, Cold as Ice, Long Long Way from Home, Double Vision, Hot Blooded, Blue Morning Blue Day
1947 - Jimmie Walker
actor, comedian: Good Times, B.A.D. Cats, Airplane!, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1948 - Clay (Clayton Laws) Kirby
baseball: pitcher: SD Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos; died Oct 11, 1991
1949 - Phyllis George (Brown)
Miss America [1971]; TV host: The NFL Today, The CBS Morning News
1952 - Tim Finn (Te Awamutu)
musician: keyboard, singer: group: Split Enz
1954 - David Paich
musician: keyboards, singer: group: Toto: Hold the Line, Make Believe, Roseanna, Africa
1963 - Doug Gilmour
hockey: NHL: SL Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, NJ Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres
1963 - George Michael (Yorgos Panayiotou)
singer: duo: Wham!: Wake Me Up before You Go-Go; Ivor Novello Songwriter of the Year Award [1985]; solo: Careless Whisper, Faith, A Different Corner, I Want Your Sex
1966 - Dikembe Mutombo
basketball [center]: Georgetown Univ; Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, NJ Nets, NY Knicks, Houston Rockets; Dikembe Mutombo Foundation [helping people in the Congo]

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You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
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One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.
- - - Carly Simon



- - - Bob