WOULD YOU? David Blaine breaks world record for holding one’s breath By TARA BURGHART, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, April 30, 2008 (04-30) 10:29 PDT Chicago (AP) – David Blaine set a new world record Wednesday for breath-holding — 17 minutes and 4 seconds — fulfilling what he said was “a lifelong dream.” The feat was [...]
CHARLES McGRATH MADE ME SMILE…. April 30, 2008 In Love With the History Our Teachers Never Told Us By CHARLES McGRATH CUTTYHUNK ISLAND, Mass. — Tony Horwitz’s new book, “A Voyage Long and Strange,” is about the American history most Americans never learned, including the story of the short-lived, early-17th-century colony established on this windswept [...]
I WONDER ABOUT THIS ONE….. CREATIVITY? SURE…… INNOVATION? M’HMM GOING TO BE NOTICED? OH YEAH…… UPSET THE PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMIN? NATCH YOUR COMMENTS IF YOU WISH…..A HARMLESS PRANK OR PRELUDE TO ANOTHER ADVERTISING SPACE? High School Lacrosse team suspended after spelling prom invitation on bare bottoms Posted by Jeff Arnold | The Ann Arbor News [...]
Glenn Beck: U.S. is a suicidal superpower STORY HIGHLIGHTS Glenn Beck: Americans don’t control own destiny anymore; foreigners do Beck: We’re paying the price for policies that cater to everyone but benefit no one U.S. food and fuel policies appear absurd and arrogant, Beck says By Glenn Beck CNN Editor’s note: “Glenn Beck” is on [...]
MY FIRST RESPONSE, WHOSE BUSINESS IS IT OF ANYONE? MY SECOND RESPONSE, GIVEN THE SUBJECTS, GIRLS GROW UP FASTER THAN BOYS. MY THIRD RESPONSE, GIVEN ROGER CLEMENS, IS THE OLD QUESTION, WHY DO MEN GIVE THEIR PENISES NICKNAMES? BECAUSE THEY DON’T LIKE TO BE LED AROUND BY A STRANGER, DUH! OH YES, THEN THERE ARE [...]
OR, IN FACT, SEVERAL….CAN GEORGE W. BUSH SEE HIS POINT, OR WILL BUSH REMAIN A BLIND MAN AMONG THE DEAF….. THE OTHER POINT HERE: DIPLOMACY INVOLVES AT LEAST TWO SIDES NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH. CARTER SEES THAT POINT CLEARLY. YES, VIRGINIA, DIPLOMACY HAS NOT BEEN A STRONG SUITE FOR THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION PARIAH DIPLOMACY By [...]
COMMENTS WELCOME…..HISTORY AGAIN SHOWS SOME INTERESTING PARALLELS…… Much Ado In 1952, when McCarthyism was at its height, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas labeled the investigative techniques of the junior senator from Wisconsin “guilt by association” (Adler v. Board of Education). Douglas added that McCarthyite tactics were “repugnant to our society” because, despite the absence [...]