Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—July 8, 2014: Totally miserable day on the
holiday front but hope you enjoy the factoids and quotes from Ronald Reagan and
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.
1. SCUD Day —honoring
not those Russian missiles used by Iraq in the first Gulf War but rather a plea
to Savor the Comic Unplug the Drama—humor is always the best weapon in dealing
with issues in life.
2. Video
Games Day—given the rise in obesity among our kids, this is a holiday
that should not be celebrated—not much exercise in playing video games.
3. National
Chocolates With Almonds Day—great treat for chocoholics to enjoy with
the added boost of protein.
On this
day in:
a. 1889 the first edition of the Wall
Street Journal was published.
b. 1932 in a how low can it go
moment, the Dow Jones reached its lowest level during the Great Depression,
41.22.
c. 2011 in an end of an era moment,
the Space Shuttle Atlantis rockets off into space for the last mission of the
U.S. Space Shuttle program, relegating the U.S. to the role of hitchhikers on
Russian space craft to get into space—sad commentary.
Two
views on the Space Shuttle: “The fourth landing
of the Columbia is the historical equivalent of the driving of the golden spike
which completed the first transcontinental railroad. It marks our entrance into
a new era.” — President Ronald Reagan, regarding the final test flight of
the Space Shuttle, STS-4, July 4, 1982
“And as we know now, and as I pointed out many times, the
great plume of fire at the bottom of the Space Shuttle is actually dollar bills
burning, and the most efficient method of destroying American dollar bills as
has ever been devised by man. — Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman of
the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, during fiscal year 1998 NASA
authorization hearings, 4 March 1997.
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