January 18, 2008


There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.
William F. Buckley, Jr.



"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow"
— Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), The Wizard of Oz (1939)



Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift.
- Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1954

1954
  • Four Power Meeting (Berlin)
  • Dien Bien Phu falls
  • Geneva Accords
  • SEATO established
  • Revolt breaks out in Algeria
  • USS Nautilus launched
  • McCarthy Army Hearing
  • Gunfire in the Capital
  • Segregation ruled illegal
  • US-backed coup in Guatemala
  • F-104 makes its debut
  • Boeing unveils the 707
  • Lockheed introduces the YC-130 "Hercules"
  • First kidney transplant
  • Soviets introduce the MIG-19
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    "A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible."
    Tom Hayden



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

    Lincoln, Jefferson, F. Roosevelt, Washington, Kennedy, and Eisenhower are portrayed on U.S. coins.



    A worm is at the bottom of a forty foot hole. It can crawl upwards at the rate of four feet in one day, but at night, it slips back three feet. At this rate, how long will it take the worm to crawl out of the hole?



    Dopóty dzban wod? nosi, dopóki mu si? ucho nie urwie.
    Translation: A jug carries water until its handle breaks off.
    Polish proverb


    Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.



    In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.



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