"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people in the Boston
telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University." - William J. Buckley, Jr.
What I'm Reading
"I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine." "The only summit meeting that can succeed is the one that does not take place."
Subjects I'd Like to Learn More About
"When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead." "I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass." "I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone."
An Interesting Fact
"Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages."
My flight was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone in a good mood as he served us food and drinks. As the plane prepared to descend, he came swishing down the aisle and told us that 'Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he'll be landing the big scary plane shortly, so lovely people, if you could just put your trays up, that would be super.' On his trip back up the aisle, he noticed this well-dress... Read Full Story
The Lone Ranger and Tonto went camping in the desert. After they got their tent all set up, both men fell sound asleep. Some hours later, Tonto wakes the Lone Ranger and says, "Kemo Sabe,look towards sky, what you see?" The Lone Ranger replies, "I see millions of stars.""What that tell you?" asked Tonto. The Lone Ranger ponders for a minute then says, "Astronomically speaking,it tells me there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrolog... Read Full Story
Two buddies, Sam and Bob, are getting very drunk at a bar when suddenly Bob throws up all over himself. "Oh, no. Now Carol will kill me!" Sam says, "Don't worry, pal. Just tuck a twenty in your breast pocket, tell Carol that someone threw up on you and gave you twenty dollars for the dry cleaning bill." So they stay for another couple of hours and get even drunker.
Eventually Bob rolls into home and his wife Carol starts to give him a bad time. "You reek of al... Read Full Story
One would think that the Yankees should be favored with the steady Andy Petitte on the mound as opposed to the Phillies enigmatic Cole Hamels. However, games are won and lost on the field. Go Phillies!!!!
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By Bob Ford
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This didn't have to happen for the Phillies, this return to the World Series, and all those people telling you to savor these moments because they are rare and fleeting are correct.
The players know it, too. They know how capricious the game can be, an injury that happens here, a trade that works out there, and no one can predict which teams will be tapped on the head by... Read Full Story
SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS? THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM AN APPALLED OBSERVER: Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial in Washington , DC. I got an unexpected history lesson. Because I'm a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, Veterans of 'the greatest war,' with their families. It was a beautiful day, and people were ... Read Full Story
