January 19, 2008


Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.
Richard M. Nixon



"I don't want to kill you, Nick, I just want you to suffer"
— Elizabeth 'Libby' Parsons (Ashley Judd), Double Jeopardy (1999)



Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism it's just the opposite.
- John Kenneth Galbraith



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1955

1955 and 1956
  • Germany becomes a member of NATO
  • Vienna Treaty restores Austrian independence
  • Geneva summit
  • First McDonald's restaurant opens
  • Military coup ousts Peron
  • Mirage unveiled
  • U-2 tested
  • HISTORY CENTRAL


    A politicians willingness to listen to good advice rises in inverse proportion to how badly he thinks he is doing
    Pat Caddell



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

    Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, McKinley, Cleveland, Madison, and Wilson are portrayed on U.S. paper currency.



    While exploring the wilds of Canada, Wild Man Dave was captured by hostile wood fairies. Brad, the powerful chief of the fairies told him he could make one final statement which would determine how he would die. If the statement he made was false, he would be boiled in water. If the statement were true, he would be fried in oil. Wild Man Dave found neither of this options too his liking, so he made a statement that got him out of this seemingly impossible situation. What is the one statement he could have made?



    Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair



    Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.



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