1. World
Tuberculosis Day--commemorating
this day in 1884 when Doctor Robert Koch announced to the world that he
discovered the cause of tuberculosis, tuberculin bacillus, which still kills
over 1.7 million people annually mostly in Third World countries.
2. National Meatless Week 3/24-3/30--observing this is getting easier as
the price of meat is soaring in the supermarkets; nothing like more vegetables
to lower the fat and line the pocket.
3. National
Chocolate Covered Raisin Day--definitely another holiday to sink your
teeth into combination of iron and chocolate hard to beat.
On this day in:
a. 1955 the first seagoing
drilling rig was put into service.
b. 1962 on live TV Benny
"Kid" Paret was knocked unconscious in a boxing match by Emile
Griffith, dying 10 days later.
c. 1989
the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince
William Sound after leaving Valdez spilling 240,000 barrels of oil into
important fishing and scenic grounds.
Hard for us to imagine today the extent of TB
deaths and suffering over a hundred years ago: “What ever happened to the good
old days: you know, dirty attics, tuberculosis, and general all around
suffering." Arnold Wesker, noted British playwright of the 20th Century.
Please
enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below
(if you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers
and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
for poems on the Mustangs going to the Dance with a losing record; to honor
Cindy Abbott, a half blind 54 year old mother suffering from a rare disease who
competed in last year's Iditarod until forced out with a broken pelvis after
600 miles; on Bode Miller and the human spirit; for Cupid on Valentine's Day; to honor
Cory Remsburg to join a great collection of my poems to inspire, touch, emote,
elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes
On The Newsworthy Times for poems on the death of Pastor Fred Phelps, founder
of the Westboro Baptist Church; Obama's "sanctions" compared to
Rolling Thunder 49 years ago: Mustangs
advance in the Dance to await the Shockers; Russian Roulette with Putin; EPA's
war against a Wyoming family; on Jolly's upset win over Sink in the House's
13th District of Florida; China's red line on war in Korea; De Blasio's payback
to his union contributors by attacking charter schools; Rutgers' faculty
despicable attempt to ban Condi Rice from being a commencement speaker; Newport
Beach's assault on recovery homes, including the Ohio House; on students
protesting Keystone XL as the world's largest oil producer militarily occupies
the Crimea: the banning the wearing of the American flag on Cinco de Mayo to
join numerous other comments on news events always in rhyme of course.
©March 24, 2014 Michael P.
Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com www.twitter.com/alaskanpoet Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times Ridley's Believe It Or Not www.facebook.com/Alaskanpoet www.linkedin.com/in/octechlaw
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