Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—July 22, 2014: Another meager day of holidays
but you are probably on vacation anyway and do not need the time off. Hope you
enjoy what is posted, along with the factoids and quote from Andrew Jackson
with a smile on your face and a penuche in your hand.
1. Rat
Catchers’ Day —celebrating
not those saving the mainstream media washing up on shore leaping from the
Obama ship but rather the Pied Piper of Hamlin, memorialized by who else but a
poet Robert Browning on this July day in 1376.
2. Make It
A Question Day—celebrating the birthday on
this day in 1940 of Alex Trabek, the long time host of one of the more popular game
shows of all times—Jeopardy.
3. National
Penuche Fudge Day—celebrating that great tan colored fudge often laced
with pecans.
4. National
Hammock Day—celebrating right in the middle of the dog days of summer
the only place to be in the shade when you are not working but resting on
vacation—a hammock—life is good!
On this
day in:
a. 1933 Wally Post completed the
first solo circumnavigation flight of the globe in the time of 7 days 18 hours
and 45 minutes, sadly to die two years later in a plane crash in Alaska taking
Will Rogers with him.
b. 1937 the Senate rejected FDR’s
proposal to increase the size of the Supreme Court, thereby continuing the
court roadblocks to implementation of major parts of the New Deal, but
preserving the independence of the judiciary as a separate but equal part of
the U.S. government.
c. 1994 O.J. Simpson pled absolutely
not guilty to the charges of murder of his ex-wife Nicole and Ron Goldman.
Jackson was a lot smarter than being relegated to a face on a
twenty dollar bill: “All rights secure to the citizens under the Constitution
are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an
independent and virtuous Judiciary.” Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the
United States. Unfortunately, an independent and virtuous Senate is MIA on this
issue.
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
to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for
comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest.
© July 22,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
No comments:
Post a Comment