1.
Money Smart Week (4/5/-4/12)—a week to create awareness on how to
manage personal finances started by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; great
observance but should be monitored daily or from an investment standpoint
consider the use of a professional manager like Sidoxia Capital http://sidoxia.com
2.
International Pillow Fight Day—celebrated by
thousands in cities around the world; other than the mess of feathers and
pillow stuffing material what a great fun way to settle disputes—is any
listening in the Kremlin?
3.
Every Day Is Tag Day--another great idea of the American
Humane Association to promote the tagging of pets so their owners can be
notified if lost or picked up by animal control officers who seem to have no
humor, probably because if not claimed within a short time pets are euthanized.
4. National Love Your Children Day--here is a holiday that
speaks for itself and really should be observed each and every day by parents
to the max.
5. National Deep Dish Pizza
Day—no list of holidays complete without one to sink your teeth into
especially a deep dish pizza with extra anchovies.
On this day in:
a. 1792 President George Washington exercised the first presidential veto or
legislation, an act which has occurred 2564 times since our founding, only 4%
of which were overridden by Congress.
b.
1922 the American Birth Control League (the precursor to Planned Parenthood)
was formed.
c. 1993 construction began on Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Love and listening is the
combo all parents need each and every day not just this day. "Listen earnestly to anything your
children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the
little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they
are big, because to them, all of it has always been big stuff." --
Catherine M. Wallace, noted cultural critic, writer and poet. How right the observation is.
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.
©April 5, 2014 Michael
P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoetwww.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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