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Ben Franklin's bifocals Friday, February 6, 2009

Poet Christopher Marlowe
[1564 - Christopher Marlowe, poet, dramatist, born in Canterbury, England]

Signing of Treaty of Amity and Commerce and Treaty of Alliance with France
[1778 - France and USA sign Treaty of Amity and Commerce and Treaty of Alliance in Paris, France]

Massachusetts Statehouse  Massachusetts State Seal
[1788 - Massachusetts is the sixth state to enter the United States of America]

Baseball Great Babe Ruth
[1895 - Babe (George Herman) Ruth, baseball great, born in Baltimore, Maryland]

President Ronald Reagan 40th President Ronald Reagan
[1911 - Ronald W. Reagan, 40th U.S. President, born in Tampico, Illinois]

Actor Thurl Ravenscroft
[1914 - Thurl Ravenscroft, singer, voice
actor, born in Norfolk, Nebraska]

Director Francois Truffaut
[1932 - Francois Truffaut, film director, born in Paris, France]

Songwriter & Singer Bob Marley Bob Marley in concert
[1945 - Bob Marley, singer, reggae icon, born in Nine Mile, St. Ann, Jamaica]


Wrong Direction

If one were to offer evidence in support of the belief held by me and over seventy percent of my fellow citizens that Our Country has been headed in the wrong direction, the following bullet points would be on the short list:

Record numbers of Americans are losing their homes.
The economy is now hemorrhaging jobs instead of creating them.
One out of every ten citizens is incarcerated.
The federal deficit is at record levels.
Casualties and violence in Afghanistan are on the rise.
Neither the Bush stimulus package nor the TARP seem to have worked.
Teen pregnancies are up.
The numbers of our fellow Americans living in poverty continues to increase.
The numbers of our fellow Americans without health care continues to increase.
Our bridges fall down and our highways deteriorate.
The price tag for our military is three quarters of a trillion dollars.


William's Whimsical Words:

Other than that, the Nation seems to be getting by.

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