1. Thumb Appreciation Day--honoring the opposing thumb that enables us to grab
tools, write and if wearing togas in the Roman Senate on the Ides of March to vote
thumbs up for Caesar to live and thumbs down for him to die--you know the
results.
2.
National Battery Day--honoring the birthday of the inventor of the electric
battery, Alessandro Volta, born on this day in 1795--where would we be without
them, especially on a child's birthday or Christmas when all the toys came with
that dreaded note-"batteries not included"-and we either forgot to
buy or snatching defeat from the jaws of victory bought the wrong size.
3. National Drink Wine Day-- have no
idea where this one came from but suspect the California vintners were behind
it.
On this day in:
a. 1970 the Chicago Seven were found not guilty of inciting a riot
at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago--amazing time
and in terms of theater and media attention the trial before Judge Julius
Hoffman would have won an Emmy for best Reality Show of the Century had it been
televised.
b.
1978 on Oahu the first Iron Man Triathlon was held, won by Gordon Haller
(what a way to ruin a vacation of sipping Mai Tais overlooking the beach at the
Royal Hawaiian).
c. 2001
NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt was killed while competing in the Daytona
500.
Observations on the Chicago Seven
Trial from a defendant and a juror: "It's
going to be a combination Scopes trial, revolution in the streets, Woodstock
Festival and People's Park, all rolled into one." Abbie Hoffman 60's era radical and founder of the Yippie
movement "Would you like your children to grow up like
them?" A Chicago Seven Trial juror. Probably not but a testament to
the jury system where jurors do have the ability to set aside bias and
prejudice and arrive at a verdict.
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for an original poem to honor Bode Miller and the human spirit just posted; an
original poem for Cupid on Valentine's Day; an original poem to honor Cory
Remsburg, and original poem to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Just posted for
your enjoyment on Rhymes
On The Newsworthy Times poems on the FAA grounding drone delivery of
Valentine's Day Roses; Chairman of OC Board of Supervisors double dipping; a
Perfect Gift for Valentine’s Day; Arctic Vortex slamming the U.S.; the freedom
of the press taking nose dive; weed slowing HIV in monkeys; Obamacare as an
albatross for Blues; whimsical note on Cordova, AK Ice Worm Festival; federal
regulations limiting calories in school lunches while putting on lavish state
dinners; Michael Sam declaring he's gay before the NFL draft; the Beatles' 50
year anniversary of appearing on the Ed Sullivan to join a great list of
comments on the newsworthy times, in rhyme of course.
©February 18, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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