Barak Obama will officially become the President of the United States on January 20, 2009. It is probably the first inauguration in my lifetime that I have been keenly interested in and excited about. It’s like Christmas, New Years, wedding days, and birthdays all rolled…
Good morning, Netizens...Per a request, here is this morning's Nonsequitor cartoon in direct response (almost in my opinion) to David Horsey's Cartoon I posted earlier. Comments, anyone?Dave
Good morning, Netizens...David Horsey is in Washington, D.C. to observe and comment upon the Inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama and, as in so many of the times, he posted this cartoon this morning, which seems to capture and perhaps typify the mood of the country.…
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005)
Good morning, Netizens... Today is Martin Luther King Day, and it seems somehow fit and proper that we should carefully and meticulously consider what David Horsey has to say on the issue this morning about the parallels between Dr. King and President-Elect Barack Obama. They…
Good morning, Netizens...Each day I allow a program to select a quote of the day, one which has worked with unfathomable success for nearly a year. This morning, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, I have manually selected one of my favorite quotations from…
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. Charles Austin Beard (1874 - 1948)
Good morning, Netizens... It was so shocking to some that Circuit City, a major purveyor of high-tech gadgets in Spokane has fallen from bankruptcy to liquidation. Circuit City became the largest retailer to fall victim to the expanding financial crisis Friday, announcing it will shut…
Good morning, Netizens... Oh, how the once-mighty have fallen department. A British judge has sentenced Boy George to 15 months in prison after being convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort by handcuffing him to a wall in a London apartment. British Judge David Radford…
Good morning, Netizens... Andrew Wyeth, an American painter, died in his sleep early this morning at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Chadds Ford, according to the Associated Press. The son of an American book illustrator and artist, N.C. Wyeth, gained wealth, popularity and…
Good morning, Netizens... Let us all stand and pay tribute to this man, Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III, a 57 year-old former fighter pilot from Danville, California who, until yesterday afternoon, was just an anonymous pilot for US Airlines. The news wires are still sizzling…
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny. Paul Tillich (1886 - 1965) Theologian, professor and philosopher
Good morning, Netizens... In this SR photograph, Spokane police Officer Mike McCasland waits for a tow truck to free a truck jackknifed on a snow berm this week at Riverside Avenue and Madison Street. What is this? We haven't had any snow this week to…
Good morning, Netizens... Sometime when the yardarm leans approximately in the direction of 9:00 AM or so, my long-time friend Mhibbs and I are meeting for breakfast at a place known to us as The Hilltop Cafe (Annie's) on North Nevada at the curve. We…
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
Good morning, Netizens... If I had not read about this on the McClatchy News Service, I probably would not have believed it, and prior to actually tasting it, I tended to be somewhat skeptical. However, according to the article located here http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/59566.html raccoon meat is…
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Everybody's Political What's What? (1944) ch. 30
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity. John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963) Speech in Indianapolis, April 12,…
Good morning Netizens... This is pretty much a self-explanatory link sent to me by Ron the Cop. http://www.strategypage.com/military_videos/military_photos_20090111184859.aspx It shows a Hamas rocket launcher which was set up in a school yard being destroyed by Israeli counter-fire. Ostensibly the persons loading the rocket launcher were…
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. Soren Kierkegaard(1813 - 1855)
Good evening Netizens… Tonight as I tiredly limped across the floor of the Virtual Ballroom, it seemed to be all I could do to return the salute of the ghostly doorman standing just inside the doorway only moments earlier. Today I set a record of…
Good afternoon, Netizens...According to tribal authorites representing The Spokane Band of Indians, the Two Rivers Casino near Davenport, Washington will be closing for the winter. Business is down, and with the incredibly-impassable road conditions that have taken place most of the winter, it was decided…
Good morning, Netizens...A boy is pulled through a field on a sled in Spencer Township, Ohio. A winter storm dumped more snow and freezing rain across most of Ohio on Saturday, grounding flights out of the region and causing vehicles to spin out of control…
Good morning, Netizens... It's good news week, Someone's dropped a bomb somewhere, Contaminating atmosphere And blackening the sky, It's good news week, Someones found a way to give, The rotting dead a will to live, Go on and never die. Have you heard the news?…
Good morning, Netizens... In this morning's picture of the day, President George W. Bush embraces his dad, George H. W. Bush at the commissioning ceremony for the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN77), a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier in Norfolk, Va. Isn't it grand, having a nuclear-powered…
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