Wednesday, November 19, 2008

[1863 - President Abraham Lincoln delivers short speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]

[1889 - Clifton Webb (Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck), actor, born in Marion County, Indiana]

[1917 - Indira Gandhi (Nehru), Prime Minister of India, born in Allahabad, UP, India]

[1920 - Gene Tierney, actress, born in Brooklyn]

[1921 - Roy Campanella, Brooklyn Dodger catcher, Baseball HoF, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Little Ms. More of That

Secretary Condi Rice
Dressed up so nice,
To eat her curds and whey.
Out came a US soldier,
"I've no leg," he told her,
For once she had nothing to say.

William's Whimsical Words:

As National Security Advisor she failed to see 9-11, and later helped President Bush take the nation to war in Iraq. As Secretary of State she has been ineffective.

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