Archive for August, 2008
It ain’t worth a pitcher of warm piss!* – John Nance Garner, VP under FDR [* The media in the 1940's were unable to print this pithy quote verbatim and substituted “spit” for “piss”. The quote is repeated accurately but, frankly, I like “spit” better.] The nation waited with ‘bated breath to learn whom Barak [...]
…and I’m already experiencing mental fatigue every time I hear a talking head employ the term “gravitas.”
Two men from Dahlonega, Georgia have recently claimed to be in possession of Bigfoot’s carcass. Dahlonega is the home of my Alma Mater, North Georgia College and State University. I lived there for three years. I don’t know the guys, but this story tells me that one of two things has happened in the area [...]
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn – Rest in Peace at Last
1 Comment Published by Tim August 5th, 2008 in ObituariesRussian historian/novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn died in Moscow at the age of 89. A great man has passed on to what, if there is any justice in the universe, is a great reward. In his book The Case For Democracy, fellow Soviet dissident and refusnik Natan Sharansky listed Solzhenitsyn, along with Ronald Reagan and Washington Senator [...]
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