January 31, 2018 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Social Security Check Appreciation Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 31, 2018 Unless you are the most rabid Blue on the planet, hard not to believe that Trump hit it out of the park again and again last night while the Blues were glued to their chairs, refusing to stand and applaud on anything positive Trump said and some had the gall to walk out during his speech (seeing their rejection of everything that Trump stated is another wake up call that in the fall we must elect 9 more Red Senators and hope that Blues indicate in no uncertain terms that Pelosi and Schumer will remain as their leaders); Reds on a chartered Amtrak ran into a dump truck on the track enroute to a retreat in Virginia; MSM was in a real snit fit attacking Trump’s speech; HRC after 5 days of not condemning one of her senior adviser for sexual harassment and trying to remain relevant announced before Trump’s SOTUS that she should have fired him (little late HRC; when do we hear news of apology for slamming Bill’s victims or announcing she is divorcing the sexual predator?);Trump caught on hot mike leaving SOTUS indicating House memo should be released to public as IG hones in on McCabe’s biased decision to stall examination of HRC emails on Weiner’s server until after the election (why did it take so long to fire that biased pro HRC scumbag?); it would appear that the gene pool of the Kennedys has been finally diluted as Joe Kennedy son of Robert Kennedy gave a drooling rebuttal speech to Trump’s SOTUS devoid of any ideas; for those who missed Trump’s SOTUS, here is a transcript of the speech (could not find complete video that would have shown the total despair of the Blue faces that conveyed compete defeat) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/30/full-text-trumps-state-union-address.html; in Chicago through January 28, 2018 190 people have been shot of whom 31 have died.

        As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Dionne and her friends,  factoids of interest for this day in history, enjoying the fact that your wood floors are in tip top limation condition and a relevant quote by Ike on Social Security and other entitlement programs,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.

1. Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day—commemorating the fact that the first Social Security check in the amount of $22.54 was issued on this day in 1940 to Ida May Fuller (unfortunately unless Congress tackles the problem of an aging and living longer population by increasing the retirement age and/or increasing the payroll tax or the amount of income subject to the payroll tax, the Social Security system may become bankrupt.

2. Hell Is Freezing Over Day—in a very slow and sparse day for holidays and observances, not sure where this day came from but given the concern over climate change, my gut feel is that the observance is not long for this world.

3. 1986 Number One Song— the number one song in 1986 on a run of 4 weeks in that position was “That’s What Friends Are For” by Dionne and Friends. Here is a recording of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyTpu6BmE88

4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “limation” which means polishing which is what
Trump delivered in his SOTUS last night—a very well delivered and polished presentation even though the Blues were for the most part glued to their seats sitting on their hands and looking very glum.

5. The Big K--celebrating the birth on this day in 1947 of the most prolific strike out and no hitter pitcher in history, Nolan Ryan.

          On this day in:                                                               

a. 1958 the first successful American satellite Explorer I detected the presence of the Van Allen radiation belt.

b. 1968 as part of the surprise Tet Offensive, Viet Cong sappers attacked the American Embassy in Saigon before being killed by security forces.

c. 2000 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 people aboard.

d. 2012 Toyota Corolla became the largest number of model cars sold with over 35.7 million vehicles sold.

e. 2018 Earth was treated to a total lunar eclipse and blue moon.

Reflections on Social Security and other entitlement programs:”Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.” Dwight David Eisenhower Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the 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 or go to  Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.

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