An Abbreviated Edition. Today is my Birthday.
I always include Michael Moore Dot Calm. Mike is one of the most important men of our times. He is a humanitarian that is unafraid of the daughting task of fighting uphill against the storm. He is sincerest of any media that takes every young person under his wing to personally provide a forum. In doing so, he protects them and nutures them. Thank you, Mike.
Rooster "Crowing"
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History…
1542, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River.
1881, Clara Barton establishes the American Red Cross, a counterpart to the European humanitarian agency founded in Switzerland in 1864.
1892, the opera "I Pagliacci," by Ruggiero Leoncavallo, was first performed, in Milan, Italy.
1904, born Fats Waller, musician
1921, born Andrey Dmitrievich Sakharov, nuclear physicist and father of the Soviet Union’s hydrogen bomb, famous Russian human rights advocate from the 1960s to the 1980s, and Nobel laureate.
1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1932, Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, when she arrives in Ireland from Newfoundland, Canada.
1945, American movie star Humphrey Bogart marries his To Have and Have Not costar Lauren Bacall.
1956, the United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
1961, U.S. president John F. Kennedy commits the country to “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth before this decade is out.”
1968, the nuclear-powered U.S. submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, was last heard from. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.)
1991, Rajiv Ghandhi, former prime minister of India, is assassinated during election campaigns; his mother, Prime Minister Indira Ghandhi, was assassinated in 1984.
Missing in Action
1965 BRACE ERNEST C. 03/73 RELEASED BY PL ALIVE AND WELL IN 98
1966 BUCKLEY LOUIS DETROIT MI
1966 THACKERSON WALTER A. TALLADEGA AL
1967 SIMPSON WALTER S. TRENTON NJ
1967 WROBLESKI WALTER F. FREEHOLD NJ
1968 LEMCKE DAVID E. HILTON NY
1970 ALBERT KEITH A. THIBODAUX LA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 99
May 20 …
1967 FRITS ORVILLE B. CONCORD CA 05/27/67 REMAINS RECOVERED
1967 GRAMMAR WILLIAM MICHAEL OKLAHOMA CITY OK 05/22/67 REMAINS RECOVERED
1967 KEEFE DOUGLAS ONEIL COLUMBIA SC
1967 MADDOX NOTLEY GWYNN ROCKFORD IL
1967 MILLIGAN JOSEPH E. GRANDIN NJ 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1967 SMITH HOMER L. ALMA WV 03/13/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1967 VANLOAN JACK L. CORVALLIS OR 03/O4/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1968 LEHRMAN RONALD J. GRANITE OK 06/10/68 RELEASED BY SIHANOUK
1968 ROBERTSON JOHN H. BIRMINGHAM AL
1968 TESTER JERRY A. SUGAR GROVE NC 06/10/68 RELEASED
1972 WILLIAMS JAMES W. MEMPHIS TN 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV " ""JOHN"" ALIVE AND WELL
Michael Moore Today
http://www.michaelmoore.com/
Heathens!;
POMP AND POLITICS IN GRAND RAPIDS: Bush visit brings controversy
Students and faculty to protest Christian school's commencement speaker
By Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press
Calvin College may be predominantly Republican, but a visit from President George W. Bush on Saturday is stirring up some discontent among students, faculty and alumni.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2702
Christian School Sudents and Faculty to Protest Bush Commencement Address
Open Letter to George W. Bush from Students, Faculty and Alumni of Calvin College;
"...we see conflicts between our understanding of what Christians are called to do and many of the policies of your administration."
May 21st, 2005 3:11 am
Open Letter to George W. Bush; Signed by 823 students, faculty and alumni of Calvin College
An Open Letter to the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush:
On May 21, 2005, you will give the commencement address at Calvin College. We, the undersigned, respect your office, and we join the college in welcoming you to our campus. Like you, we recognize the importance of religious commitment in American political life. We seek open and honest dialogue about the Christian faith and how it is best expressed in the political sphere. While recognizing God as sovereign over individuals and institutions alike, we understand that no single political position should be identified with God's will, and we are conscious that this applies to our own views as well as those of others. At the same time we see conflicts between our understanding of what Christians are called to do and many of the policies of your administration.
As Christians we are called to be peacemakers and to initiate war only as a last resort. We believe your administration has launched an unjust and unjustified war in Iraq. As Christians we are called to lift up the hungry and impoverished. We believe your administration has taken actions that favor the wealthy of our society and burden the poor. As Christians we are called to actions characterized by love, gentleness, and concern for the most vulnerable among us. We believe your administration has fostered intolerance and divisiveness and has often failed to listen to those with whom it disagrees. As Christians we are called to be caretakers of God's good creation. We believe your environmental policies have harmed creation and have not promoted long-term stewardship of our natural environment.
Our passion for these matters arises out of the Christian faith that we share with you. We ask you, Mr. President, to re-examine your policies in light of our God-given duty to pursue justice with mercy, and we pray for wisdom for you and all world leaders.
Concerned faculty, staff, and emeriti of Calvin College...
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2725
Why did the White House choose Calvin College?
Why did White House choose Calvin?
By Steven Harmon / Grand Rapids Press
GRAND RAPIDS -- Could it be that Karl Rove's family history played a role in President Bush's visit to Calvin College this weekend?
Perhaps the senior adviser to the president has a soft spot in his heart for the Grand Rapids college, considering his grandmother, Margaret (Peet) Rove, and her two sisters -- Lillian and Grace Peet -- all from Jamestown Township, attended Calvin and Hope College around the end of World War I, according to Calvin and Hope records.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2724
May 20th, 2005 2:25 am
"Resistance is Fertile"; A stroll down counter-recruitment memory lane
A MichaelMoore.com exclusive…
On January 20th, thousands of high school and college students walked out of classes across the country in protest of Bush's inauguration. At Seattle Central Community College, students surrounded two on-campus U.S. Army recruiters and made it clear they weren't welcome at the learning institution. After a ten-minute standoff, the recruiters retreated from their table and were escorted from the college by security guards.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2706
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
48 °F / 9 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
47 °F / 8 °C
Humidity:
82%
Dew Point:
43 °F / 6 °C
Wind:
4 mph / 6 km/h from the NNE
Pressure:
29.84 in / 1010 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 5000 ft / 1524
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