February 20, 2008


"It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself."
Eleanor Roosevelt



"May the Force be with you."
— Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Star Wars (1977)



I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.
Drew Barrymore


MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1987

1986 and 1987
  • Rioting breaks out during Haj
  • Intifada begins
  • Tamil guerillas ambush convoy
  • USS Stark hit by Exocet missiles
  • Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Washington
  • Gorbachev campaigns for Glasnost and Perostroika (reform)
  • Libyan troops driven out of Chad
  • HISTORY CENTRAL


    Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper
    Francis Bacon



    ELECTORAL COLLEGE TRIVIA
    Question Seven:
    If a Vice President fails to receive enough votes to win in the Electoral College, how is the election decided?
    1. A joint session of Congress decides by a simple majority of the individual members.
    2. The Electoral College Electors recast their votes for only the top two finishers until a winner is chosen by simple majority.
    3. The Senate decides by a simple majority of the individual members.
    4. The Senate decides by a simple majority of states (26 states must choose the winning candidate).
      answer

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



    There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?



  • It's not who you know, it's whom you know.
  • There is no "I" in "Team", but there are four in "Platitude-Quoting Idiot".
  • A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered drawer.
  • A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.
  • Treat each day as your last; one day you will be right.



  • Talking isn't doing
    It is a kind of good deed to say well;
    and yet words are not deeds..



    I took the initiative in creating the Internet



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