Ridley's Believe It Or Not—October 10,
2014: Trust your Friday is proving to be a great day and that
you enjoy the holidays and factoids and a quote from Winston Churchill, with a
smile on your sunscreened face, waiting for desert, blessed with a positive
attitude, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a
memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know that the Alaskanpoet can
provide you with a unique customized poem tailored to the event and the
recipient. Go Cardinal against the Cougars today!
1. World Day
Against the Death Penalty—creating awareness since 2003 of the need to
eliminate the death penalty which has occurred in 148 countries either by law
or in practice.
2. World Mental Health Day—celebrated since
1992 today in over 150 countries for education of, awareness of and advocacy for
mental health—drive by a bus stop in most metropolitan areas in this country
and you will see our mental health system has collapse with jails and prisons
taking the place of treatment centers.
3. National Disaster
Reductions Day—recognizing that if we are in an era of global warming we
could expect an increase in weather related storms which is another reason to
appreciate this day—preparation for natural disaster turns us from a grasshopper
with a violin to ants with fully stocked larders .
4. National
Angel Food Cake Day—Given the fact that most weddings occur in the
spring, surprised this wedding staple eaten and pushed into the mouth of bride
and groom is celebrated on this fall day.
On this day in
a.
732 to the great relief of Western Europe Charles Martel of Tours at Poiter in
France defeated a large army of Moors forcing their retreat back to Spain and
ultimately back to Africa from whence they had come. b. 1938 in a chilling reminder of what happens when leaders have no backbones against tyrants, the Munich Agreement was signed ceding the Sudetenland to Germany enhancing Hitler’s beliefs that Britain and France would not act if he invaded Poland.
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c. 1957 President Eisenhower apologized to
the finance minister of Ghana after he was denied service in a D.D.
restaurant.
d. 1973 Vice President Spiro resigned after
charges of income tax evasion to be replaced by Gerald Ford who became President
after Nixon resigned to escape conviction of impeachment
While Chamberlain saw the world the way he wanted it to be as
opposed to how it is, Churchill did not (sound familiar today in D.C.?). “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will
eat him last.”
Winston Churchill
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10, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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