Thursday, June 20, 2013

[1782 - Great Seal of the United States is adopted by Congress]

   
[1819 - Jacques Offenbach, composer, born in Cologne, France]

   
[1858 - Charles Waddell Chesnutt, author, essayist, activist, born in Cleveland, Ohio]

[1863 - West Virginia officially enters the United States of America as the 35th state]

[1905 - Lillian Hellman, playwright and screenwriter, born in
New Orleans, Louisiana]

      
[1906 - Robert Trent Jones, Sr., Golf Hall of Fame course architect, born in Ince-in-Makerfield, England]

      
[1907 - Jimmy Driftwood (James Corbitt Morris), songwriter, performer, Ozark mountain music historian, born in Timbo, Arkansas]

              
[1909 - Errol (Leslie Thomson) Flynn, actor, born in Hobart, Tasmania]

[1920 - (Jackson) DeForest Kelley - actor,
born in Atlanta Georgia]

       
[1924 - Chet (Chester Burton) Atkins, Grammy Award-winning guitarist, born in Luttrell, Tennessee]

   
[1924 - Audie Murphy, WW-II most decorated hero, actor, born near Kingston, Texas]

Just War

Let's see, we have had the War On Terror, the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and, oh yes, the War on Drugs. All of these must be Just Wars of course because my country is or was the protagonist in each one, and my country would not do anything that was unjust. According to the official pronouncements of our government, we are winning or have won all those wars. So, tell william, do you honestly feel safer now than you did a year ago? Five years ago? Ten years ago?

William's Whimsical Words:

Don't worry, all the current conflicts are still just wars; we forgot about (and lost} the War on Poverty a long time ago.

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