Negative Attack Ads Kill Compromise

Most Americans are not idiots and want to know what the candidates will try to perform

Not with partisan rhetoric and personal attacks that today seem to be the norm

How can gridlock ever be solved when your opponent you personally in a campaign attack?

Basic human nature is to shut down or retrench so any chance of compromise is fatally set back

The ads now coming out in a frenzy as the campaign finally nears and end

Are increasing the sad negative, mudslinging on both sides trend

The race card once again has by the Blues is now being dealed

If Reds are elected black youths’ fate like Brown and Martin will be sealed

Negative ads are on both sides and the more they are aired

The easier it is for the voter to see the base side of politics bared

When will the light bulb go on that the Reds will not win 60 seats?

Which means without compromise with Blues all cloture motions will go down to defeat

If the Reds do not have 60 they certainly will not have two thirds

Unless Blues join any vetoes will stand no matter the outrage heard

Debt, Jihad, Borders, Security, Taxes, Jobs, Keystone, the list goes on

When will the Reds and Blues to their rabid extremes cease being pawns?

If ever there was a reason for term limits this campaign and gridlock proves the case

If one could not make it a career, one might go to the center instead of being trapped in the fringes’ embrace

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Ridley's Believ It Or Not October 31 History Halloween

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—October 30, 2014:  Trust your Halloween will be a great one and as always hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and quotes involving Halloween and a poem relating to Halloween just posted on www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com “Halloween is not just for kids”, with a smile on your sunscreened face, enjoying a caramel apple, blessed with a positive attitude even though you know you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient.

      1. Halloween—Tonight is the night that drivers in residential neighborhoods must drive oh so carefully as the streets as clogged with young ghosts and goblins weaving under the weight of bags full of candy and later the roads will be clogged with adults in costume driving back from Halloween parties.

      2. Books for Treats Day—celebrated since 1995 an idea created by Rebecca Morgan at her home in San Jose  of “feeding children’s minds not their cavities.” Great idea to give used children’s books as opposed to candy (probably cheaper too).

      3. 7 Billion Day—commemorating this day in 2011 according to the best estimates of the U.N. that population of the Earth reached 7 billion; the day is to be observed by creating awareness of  reproductive health, poverty, women empowerment, youth, environment sustainability, ageing, and urbanization, by encouraging people to take actions and recommit to humanity.

      4. Now You Know Who To Blame—wcelebrating not the proclivity of politicians to blame the other party but rather the difficulties in achieving weight loss occasioned by the birthday on this day in 1860 of Juliette Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts U.S.A., the organization that brings us those delicious Girl Scout cookies we find so hard to resist.

      5. National Caramel Apple Day—celebrating a treat that is both  great for your health (apple) and great for dentists (caramel).

On this day in

      a. 1913 the Lincoln Highway, the first highway across the United States from New York City to San Francisco, was dedicated. 

        b. 1941 after 14 years of work, Mt. Rushmore was completed. 

       c. 1984 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh security guards, causing widespread rioting in India in which over 10,000 Sikhs were killed.

      d. 2000 a Russian Soyus rocket brought the first resident crew to the International Space Station which has been occupied continuously and amicably since then (why can we not have the same concept on Earth)?

Reflections on Halloween as you check to make sure the candy bowl is full and your costume and the costume of your trick or treaters is ready to go: 1. “ I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.” ~Author Unknown; 2. “Eat, drink and be scary.” ~Author Unknown; 3. “True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen.” ~Author Unknown  Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 150 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest.

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Halloween Not Just For Kids

Humanity since it first came down from the trees and stood erect

Has sought ways to youthful appearance remain and the aging process deflect

In the past it was Ponce de Leon landing on a Florida beach

Searching in the swamps for the fountain of youth always swamp hidden beyond his reach

Or the search to drink from the Holy Grail

Like the alchemists seeking to turn lead into gold, doomed to fail

Today it’s the surgeon’s knife, creams, gyms, stem cells, new replacement body parts

Despite all efforts the features of youth without slowly ebb and depart

Leaving trapped within a person still young at heart

Here is an idea for the image of youth without to restart

On Halloween an adult needs only a costume from head to toe

List includes Superman, X-men, cheerleader, Tinker-bell, to feel the aging ebb in its flow

On Halloween relive your childhood and in an adult size replicate that costume dress

An easy way, no matter how brief, the aging without process to suppress

It matters not as long as the costume is not a senile woman or man in a wheel chair or with a cane

In a Halloween party or even so dressed for work one can feel the aging drain

Halloween today is not just for kids searching for a sugar high

Adults should also claim the night to celebrate days of old gone by

On the day after, remember true youth comes from within and if the eyes sparkle and the mind is quick and clear

Even without the aid of a Halloween costume that lasts only as long as it is worn, the aging process one should not fear.

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Blue Lt. Governor's Past As Male Stripper--Focus On Issues!

Blue John Burkhalter is running in Arkansas for Lt.G

His past youth job brings new meaning to the goal of transparency

In his youth with an athletic build from working on a farm

Outgoing personality, good bod, probably lots of charm

But farming 17 acres on a place called Billy Goat Hill

Probably means that not a lot of dollars into the monthly till

He became an instant hit with Chippendales

A male stripper bringing excitement to the excited female

In this election in which personal attack is the norm

One hopes his Red foe does not hit him with a morality storm

And instead chose to focus on his record after his youthful strips

And his stand on issues during any debates and campaign trips

The human body is a work of art whether on canvas or on a stage

Especially when it is used to add to one’s farming wage

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Ridley's Believe It Or Not October 30 History Mischief Night

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—October 30, 2014:  Trust your Halloween Eve  is proving to be a great one and as always hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and quote from H.G. Wells, with a smile on your sunscreened face, enjoying a slice of pumpkin bread with breakfast, blessed with a positive attitude even though you know you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient.

      1. Mischief Night—observed on the eve of Halloween as a great evening to practice your tricks before on Halloween giving the either/or ultimatum.

      2. International Orthopedic Nurses Day—honoring those angels of mercy assisting the doctors mending bones or replacing orthopedic parts during surgery and the first kind face one wakes up to after and looks to when the drugs wear off and the pain takes off like a rocket.

      3. One Person You Would Never Fire Day—honoring not those totally indispensable employees of an organization, but rather the birthday of Ivanka Trump born on this day in 1981.

      4. National Pumpkin Bread Day—celebrating a great use for the meat of the pumpkins you are carving to put out tonight—pumpkin bread.

On this day in

       a. 1938 Orson Welles broadcasted on the radio H.G. Wells War of the Worlds, causing panic that the U.S. was being invaded by Martians

       b. 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in Lend Lease aid to the Allied Nations to aid in the fight against the Germans and Italians.

       c. 1945 thanks to the foresight of Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier in baseball.

      d. 1974 the Rumble in the Jungle was fought between challenger Muhammad Ali and champion George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire for the Heavyweight Championship of the World. Ali regained his title by knockout.

Reflections on the similarity of struggle against a strange invading army with with different values in fiction published 116 years ago and the reality of the ISIS hordes seeking to destroy the non-Islamic world today: “At the time there was a strong feeling in the streets that the authorities were to blame for their incapacity to dispose of the invaders without all this inconvenience.” H.G. Wells, War War of the Worlds published in 1898

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Netanyahu Is A Chickensh*t ???? Obama A Lame Duck!

Maybe in his formative years in Islamic lands Obama must have often heard

“Israel should be destroyed”--an idea that except for the jihadist is viewed by sane people as absurd

For someone whose agenda is governed not by policy but by politics,

Sometimes it is hard to understand what makes this President tick

The Jewish vote as a whole is not huge but it votes overwhelming Blue

Obama making comments on an open mike adverse to Bibi in six days he may well rue

The Jewish vote is realizing that Obama may have a strong barely concealed Anti-Israel bent

Come next Wednesday he and his Blue defeated senators may wonder where that Jewish support went

Israel’s foray into Gaza to root out the source of Hamas rocket rain

Was defended by this administration with support tepid and lame

Now we learn from the Atlantic from an unnamed administration source that Bibi is a chickensh*t

The ineptness of this administration’s when dealing in foreign policy never seems to quit

Putting his troops into the Gaza tunnels like our Vietnam era tunnel rats

And launching airstrike after airstrike into Gaza unlike our Iraq sorties few and far between like gnats

While hearing the voices and videos of outrage over the Palestinians deaths

Even by us, his ally, barely under our breaths

Describes not the acts or resolve of a chickensh*t

But rather a bold leader who in defense of his country will not quit

With remarks like these no wonder the world shakes their head in wonder

Our friends do not trust us and our foes know there will be no shock and awe only empty verbal thunder.

Susan Rice, the it’s a video queen, must have her head stuck deep into the sand

To assure us that the relationship with Israel after comments like these is peachy and grand.

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Lesbian Houston Mayor Parker Folds--Cancels Subpoenas For Sermons

Why is it we have made so much progress in recognizing equal protection for lesbians and gays?

Yet an openly lesbian mayor in Houston wants to the First Amendment slay?

Targeting the sermons of pastors in Houston churches who object to transgender men going through a female’s restroom door?

Pure intimidation of churches and an attempt to the First Amendment ignore.

Finally this mayor Parker has come to her senses and five subpoenas have been withdrawn

Not from a light bulb of violation of First Amendment in her head finally going on

No from outrage by the public that has made her a laughing stock and a pathetic poster child

Of a lack of common sense on bathroom use and lesbian intolerance run wild

Madam Mayor Parker I am sure Houston has typical problems of crime, poor schools, parking, pot holes and need to pick up the trash

Concentrate on those instead of churches to in violation of church and state try to bash

While you are at those noble and much likely needed tasks

“Mr. City Attorney have you ever read the Constitution” you might ask

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Investigator Of Secret Service Prostitute Use, Resigns Over His Own

We often complain that federal bureaucrats are never hard at work

Never efficient as not enough to do; so speed they always shirk

Sleeves never rolled up to quickly complete a task

Better to on a convention junket and in a hot tub bask

Never get down to the nitty gritty and get a job done

Better to hire more staff, to delegate; so actual work they can shun

So said, the news about the Secret Service scandal in Columbia was bitter news to share

But the desire of the IG to thoroughly investigate in this Administration seemed rare

The IG investigating prostitutes was soon caught doing some field work with some ladies of night

You really can’t blame an IG for wanting to get deep into his investigation, to get it completely right

Caught entering into a building investigated by the police for prostitution and paying a prostitute for sex

David Nieland’s only choice was to resign, an act he did elect

From federal bureaucrats watching hours on the job of porn

To Secret Service agents cavorting with ladies of the night-- their moral code shattered and torn

What is also troubling is that Nieland was instructed by DHS to delay and alter his report

To take the embarrassment bullet to the administration that would cause Obama’s reelection to fall short

Since our President has too many Pinocchio’s; no wonder his minions seem guilty of moral decline

Some small satisfaction that as a result of his roll in the Miami hay, Nieland did not hang on but resigned

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Ridley's Believe It Or Not October 29 History International Internet Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—October 29, 2014:  Trust your Wednesday  is proving to be a great one and as always hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and quote from the Dan Quayle, with a smile on your sunscreened face, enjoying a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast, blessed with a positive attitude even though you know you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient.

      1. International Internet Day—observed since 2005 to commemorate the first transmission of an electronic message from one computer to another in 1969. Where would we be without the internet today?

      2. World Psoriasis Day—creating awareness and the need for research for a disease that affects over 125 million people around the world leaving huge flakes of skin and in some cases painful arthritis.

      3. National Cat Day—honoring those independent felines whose unclean litter box or the sound of them chewing on bird or mouse caught outside at night but brought into your bedroom will drive most people into the street.

      4. National Oatmeal Day—celebrating whether instant or slow cooked that great breakfast dish especially honey and raisins to warm the insides of your belly on a cold fall morning.  

       5. Truth or Consequences Day—bemoaning the birthday on this day in 1897 of Joseph Goebbels the Nazi Propaganda Minister who along with his wife after killing all of his children beat the hangman in the Fuhrer Bunker in the closing days of WWII by committing suicide. On this day in

       a. 1863 18 countries meet in Geneva, Switzerland to form the International Red Cross.

       b. 1956 the Suez Crisis begins as Israel pushes Egyptian forces out of the Sinai enroute to the Suez Canal which according to the Constantinople Convention guaranteed free maritime passage in time of war and peace.

c. 1994 Francisco Martin Duran fired 29 shots from an assault rifle at the White House and was convicted of attempting to murder President Clinton and sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and is projected to be released in 2029. Reflections on the International Internet Day: “If Al Gore invented the internet, I invented Spell Check” Dan Quayle former vice president of the United States and an atrocious speller and grammarian, here with a sense of humor. Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 150 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History,  poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not  Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times © October 29, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet Alaskanpoet for Hire, Poems to Admire Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare Rhymes on the Memorable Times The Perfect Gift, All Spirits to Receive the Perfect Lift

100 Acts Of Sexual Harassment In 10 Miles In The Big Apple

We know there is War on Women in the Sharia feudal lands

Where it becomes violent with honor killings and stonings out of hand

We know the Blues’ charges of a Red War on Women is a myth to gain votes

Distract from the issues forcing Reds to defend themselves and time from issues to devote

But this poet who grew up in Alaska where good women are rare as heirloom jewels

Witnessed on a hidden video acts of harassment sexist and cruel

A woman actress aged 24 dressed in conservative black

Walking down the street in New York in daylight harassed by innuendos of losers wanting to get her into the sack

Not just once but a hundred times in 10 miles

Just walking, eyes straight ahead, no flirts, no winks, no smiles

How can you show a woman respect when she is subject to sexual verbal abuse?

When the bounds of decency and restraint are untied and sexism is set loose

100 men, almost all losers to their very core

Dumb enough or desperate enough to think any woman as to this behavior would want more

All on tape; hope it goes viral on UTube

Any women thinking of going out could memorize the faces of these rubes

The first steps to domestic violence or spousal abuse are the verbal words

Enough, time to end this non real men behavior which is absurd

My guess is a big majority of these losers were celibate or had to pay for sex

Maybe explains but does not justify their repeated harassment reflex

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Finally Obama Hits The Campaign; Blues From Him Still Bail

This election with one week to go will turn into spending slugfests

With millions of dollars raised in very close contests

Attack ads will crowd out any discussion of issues only blame

Biden already warning a Senate flip will put us 6 years behind the lean forward game

The work permits are being printed waiting only for an executive order stroke

Amnesty for most any chance to repair the system totally broke

Finally in a panic Blue control of the Senate will fail
Our President will hit the campaign trail
Our Ebola czar must be hiding in a Hazmat suit
Our states are starting to ignore the CDC as demands for quarantine take root
Finally at the DHS the light bulbs are starting to come on
A realization that we are really in the jihadists’ dawn
The Reds even if they take control will not be able to bring issues to the floor
Reid and his minions will filibuster to keep acts from heading to the House doors
Even if by some quirk of  lucky fate
A filibuster will not keep opened ended any debate
Obama will be free to veto regardless of the cost
Another two years of potential compromise lost
Washington remains dysfunctional and the queen waiting to reign
With comments like dead broke or corporations don’t create jobs another 4 years on the partisanship rancor train
If perchance God help us we do not know the results on election night
And the control of the Senate is a seat or two, buy political ads creators’ stock as even more millions will pour into the fight.
While the fundraising in chief when it comes to leadership is again MIA
And we mere mortals making a living wonder how to get through another gridlocked day.
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Stonewalled Ms. Attkisson's Computer Hacked By Whom?

There was a time when Uncle Walter anchored the news at CBS

A man who may have had liberal bias but when it came to the news he met the fair and balanced test

A man of integrity and objectivity such that following Tet

He announced the War was unwinnable; a moment in history hard to forget

The CBS today like ABC, NBC and CNN would have Cronkite walking out its doors

So far from the news organization of times past  fame and lore

The news reported where else but on Fox

Of a former CBS reporter’s computer hacked should rightfully all of us shock

In Watergate it was a man of integrity serving in the FBI known as Deep Throat

William Felt spilled the beans and caused the sinking of Nixon’s CREEP reelection boat

Today in Ms. Attkisson’s case the whistle blower is known as Big Mac

Who informed her at McDonalds  she had been subject to a massive computer hack

Files deleted, computer taken over under a massive cyber attack

Files on scandals of this Administration were deleted before her very eyes

If this was part of the DONJ attack on a minority of the press attacking Obama, wave this democracy goodbye

It takes brave men and women of a truly free and independent press

To stand up to the feds and their corruption and illegality try to suppress

The DONJ in a statement similar to the no IRS corruption, not even a smidgeon

Denied any knowledge of the hacks and cover-up but  do not know the identity of the Big Mac pigeon

Whom should we believe? The DONJ charged to always protect Obama’s back?

That agency misnamed the DOJ though transparency and justice it completely lacks

Or the smoking gun of computers gutted to their very detrimental to Obama core?

Certainly Ms. Attkisson is not doing this to sell more of her new book in Barnes and Noble’s stores.

Make no mistake, in a war by this Administration on any member of  the press

Even the lap dogs at MSNBC or CBS must also try to suppress!

In an acronym world the meaning of DONJ should be easy to guess

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Keene, N.H. Not Kean On Robin Hooders

The spirit of Robin Hood in Keene N.H. is alive and well

Armed with pockets of quarters to save motorists from parking hell

Robin Hooders following parking attendants to fines deflect

Quarters into expired meters to a parking ticket reject

As one might imagine the city is not pleased

As lost revenue from tickets is effectively seized

No one likes a parking ticket and spaces are often few and far between

When it comes to revenue a city’s thirst is hard to wean

The tickets are only five dollars to pay

The laws as citizens we all should obey

But as long as the Hooders do not interfere or block

Let’s encourage their acts helping saving motorists  from ticket shock  

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Ridley's Believe It Or Not Octobeer 28 History International Animation Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—October 28, 2014:  Trust your Tuesday  is proving to be a great one and as always hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and quote from the Reed Hastings, the co-founder of Netflix, with a smile on your sunscreened face, looking forward to a chunk of chocolate melting in your mouth exciting your taste buds, blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient.

      1. International Animation Day—observed since 2002 to commemorate the efforts and accomplishments of artists in animation media.

      2. Ouchi Day—celebrating the refusal of the Prime Minister of Greece on this day in 1940 to accept the demand from the Italian ambassador to Greece that Greece allow Axis forces to enter Greece thereby provoking war with Italy and Germany and delaying the invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany with tragic consequences for the Germans. 
      3. Statue Of Liberty Dedication Day—commemorating the unveiling of the Statue Of Liberty on this day in 1886 by president Grover Cleveland. 

      4. National Chocolate Day—celebrating a seventh wonder of the world--chocolate; whose production is being threatened to the endemic of Ebola in West Africa.

       5. Gateway To Wealth Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in October in 1955, of the cofounder of Microsoft, Bill Gates.

On this day in

       a. 1915 Richard Strauss conducted his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.

       b. 1919 in a “last call” for American partygoers the U.S. Congress overturned President Wilson’s veto of the Volstead Act, paving the way for Prohibition to commence in January.

c. 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev blinking and ordering the removal of Soviet IMBM’s from Cuba. Reflections on the difficulty inherent in predicting the advance of technology: “When we think about online learning, it's such 'early days.' Bill Gates is a wildly smart insightful guy. Yet, even a guy as smart and insightful as that, 30 years ago can say things like, ‘Who’s ever going to need more than 640K of memory?'” Reed Hastings, cofounder of NetFlix Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 150 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History,  poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not  Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times © October 28, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet Alaskanpoet for Hire, Poems to Admire Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare Rhymes on the Memorable Times The Perfect Gift, All Spirits to Receive the Perfect Lift

Ridley's Believe It Or Not October 27 History Navy Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—October 27, 2014:  Trust your Monday  is proving to be a great and as always hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and quote from the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas with a smile on your sunscreened face, looking forward to a baked potato sour cream and  chives, blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient.

      1. World Day For Audiovisual Heritage—observed since 2005 to create awareness of the need to preserve and protect audiovisual media.

      2. Navy Day—celebrating the accomplishments of the U.S. Navy.  

      3. Dylan Thomas Day—commemorating the birthday on this day in 1914 of Wales’ greatest poet who died way too early at the age of 39 from alcoholism.

      4. National Potato Day/ American Beer Day—celebrating two of the basic food groups favored by Irish poets.

On this day in

       a. 1964 Ronald Reagan launched his political career by delivering a speech in support of Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign—great speech but LBJ won a landslide.

       b. 1981 in an “awesome” display of seamanship, Russian submarine U137 ran aground on the east coast of Sweden.

c. 1988 President Reagan ordered our brand new embassy in Moscow to be demolished due Russian listening devices being embedded throughout the structure. Reflections on Dylan Thomas:”An alcoholic is someone you don’t like who drinks as much as much as you do….I have just had 18 straight whiskies. I think that is record.” (spoken before going into a coma from which he never recovered) Dylan Thomas Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 150 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History,  poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not  Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times © October 27, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet Alaskanpoet for Hire, Poems to Admire Poet Extraordinaire Beyond Compare Rhymes on the Memorable Times The Perfect Gift, All Spirits to Receive the Perfect Lift