Sunday, June 29, 2008
[1852 - Statesman Henry Clay,"the Great Compromiser," dies]
I implore, as the best blessing which Heaven can bestow upon me upon earth, that if the direful and sad event of the dissolution of the Union shall happen, I may not survive to behold the sad and heart-rending spectacle.Closing Prayer of Henry Clay,
Speech before the U.S. Senate on the Compromise Resolutions, of February 6, 1850
Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Vol. II, page 664.
[1858 - George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer of Panama Canal, born in Brooklyn, New York]
[1858 - George Washington Goethals, Chief Engineer of Panama Canal, born in Brooklyn, New York]
[1861 - William James Mayo, physician, surgeon; co-founder Mayo Clinic, born in Le Sueur, Minnesota]
[1910 - Frank Loesser, Pulitzer Prize lyricist, songwriter, born in New York City]
[1912 - John Willard Toland, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin]
[1919 - Slim Pickens (Louis Burton Lindley, Jr.), rodeo cowboy, actor, born in Kingsburg, California]
[1950 - President Truman authorizes a sea blockade of the North Korean coast]
Corporate Pigs At The Public Trough
This little corporate pig went to Iraq.
This little corporate pig stayed home.
This little pig supplied roast beef.
This little pig made a gun.
This little pig cried "Me, me, me, me!"
All the way to the Naval Observatory. *
* N.B. The Naval Observatory Superintendent's House is the official residence of the Vice President of the United States of America.
William's Whimsical Words:
Alternate Versions: In final line replace "Naval Observatory" with "Oval Office" or "Pentagon."
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