Tuesday, November 24, 2009
[1632 - Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza, philosopher,
writer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands]
[1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President, born in Barboursville, Virginia]
[1853 - Bat (William Barclay) Masterson, gambler, lawman,
writer, editor, born in Henryville, Quebec, Canada]
[1868 - Scott Joplin, ragtime music composer, musician,
born near Linden, Texas]
[1871 - National Rifle Association is incorporated]
[1888 - Dale Carnegie, lecturer, author, born in Buffalo, Missouri]
[1905 - Irving Allen (Applebaum), Academy Award-
winning producer, director, born in Austria-Hungary]
[1912 - Garson Kanin, writer, director,
born in Rochester, New York]
[1913 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, actress, born
in County Wicklow, near Dublin, Ireland]
[1913 - Howard Duff, actor, born
in Bremerton, Washington]
[1925 - William F. Buckley, Jr., writer, commentator,
editor, born in New York City]
[1950 - Guys and Dolls opens at 46th Street Theatre, New York City, for 1,200 performances]
One often hears it said that: "There are no atheists in fox-holes." I would submit that the statement is more likely to be made by the chaplain than by a combat veteran. There are plenty of atheists in fox-holes. They and the Fundamentalist True Believers, all of whom are sure they have the right answers, are trying to comfort the rest of us who fall somewhere in between them, and who don't really know why some of us will live and some will die.
William's Whimsical Words:
There are no gays in fox-holes either.
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