Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—August 2, 2014: Another meager day of holidays
but you are probably on vacation anyway and are already celebrating. Hope you
enjoy what is posted, along with the factoids and quote from Fred Thompson
which I hope the current occupant of the White House reads with a smile on your
face and an ice cream sandwich in your hand.
1.
National Mustard Day—celebrating a favorite condiment believed to be
over 5000 years old and mentioned in the Bible in Luke
17:6—And the Lord said “If you had faith
like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be
planted in the sea'; and it would obey you.”
2. Hunker
Down In The Bunker Day—honoring not
all those who have endured rockets in Israel but rather the birthday of Carroll
O’Connor on this day in 1924 who played Archie Bunker in that humorous TV
series All in the Family.
3. If You don’t Succeed Try, Try Again Day---celebrating not
a tribute to motivational speakers but the birthday of a great actor on this
day in 1932 Peter O’Toole who starred in such great films as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated for
best actor eight times and failing in all but finally be awarded an Oscar for
Lifetime Achievement in film.
4. National Ice Cream
Sandwich Day—another great desert treat especially with ice cream as
raspberries rule supreme.
On this day
in
a. 1937 the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
was enacted rendering marijuana and its derivatives illegal.
b. 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin North
Vietnamese PT boats allegedly fired on the destroyer the U.S. Maddox which led
to the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and our nine year nightmare with over 58,000
deaths of the Vietnam War.
c. 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait
leading to its defeat in the Gulf War in less than 100 hours.
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As you
listen to our President on foreign policy and red lines in the sand, is there
a sense of déjà vu? “We’ve made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict
proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were
ambiguous as to what we would do.” Fred Thompson, former Senator from
Tennessee and now starring in the Persecuted just out in theaters As we continue to reduce our military we need to be crystal
clear in what we will do and then do it.
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comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest.
© August 2,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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