February 17, 2008


Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
Albert Einstein



"Tell me, who was it you left me for? Was it Laszlo, or were there others in between? Or - aren't you the kind that tells?"
— Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), Casablanca (1942)



Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.
-- unknown



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1984

1984 and 1985
  • Indira Gandhi murdered
  • UK and China agree on Hong Kong
  • Poison gas escapes from Union Carbide factories
  • 300 people die when Indian Army attacks the Sikh Temple
  • Moderates win elections in El Salvador
  • AIDS
  • HISTORY CENTRAL


    Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow
    Helen Keller



    ELECTORAL COLLEGE TRIVIA
    Question Four:
    The precise date for Congress to open and count the sealed Electoral College votes is:
    1. Mandated by Article II, Section One of the Constitution.
    2. Mandated by the 12th Amendment of the Constitution.
    3. Set by Congress.
    4. Set by each individual state.
      answer

      "Richard Warren Field is author of The Election, and The Swords of Faith. Visit RichardWarrenField.com for more information."



    There are four girls, and four apples in a basket. Every girl takes an apple, yet one apple remains in the basket? How is this possible?




    We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.



    Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.



    I would rather be living in Philadelphia.



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