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Sunday, January 20, 2008

January 20......

January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 345 (346 in leap years) days remaining in the year on this date.

In astrology, it is the cusp day between Capricorn and Aquarius.

Day of the week in surrounding years:
. . . .,1986,1992,1997,2003—MON—. . . .
1981,1987,. . . .,1998,2004—TUE—2009
1982,1988,1993,1999,. . . .—WED—2010
1983,. . . .,1994,2000,2005—THU—2011
1984,1989,1995,. . . .,2006—FRI—2012
. . . .,1990,1996,2001,2007—SAT—. . . .
1985,1991,. . . .,2002,2008—SUN—2013

Best Liberal Quote of the Day: On Anti-Intellectualism "Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" — Isaac Asimov

Stupidest and/or Scariest Quote from the Right for the Day: On A Balanced Budget or The Dive to Red Ink ". . . After all, Democrats are not being straight with the American people regarding their agenda. They are not being straight on why they do not want to pass the Balanced Budget Amendment. In fact, they want to spend more money. They are not being straight with the American people on why they opposed the unfunded mandates bill. In fact, they like unfunded mandates . . ." — Rep. Bob Barr (R-GA). Congressional Record, H308, 1-18-95. The Speaker, Newt Gingrich, had signed a book contract with Rupert Murdoch's HarperCollins publishing house at a time when various legislation affecting Murdoch's interests was pending.—Part 2 of 2 {Due to the length of some of these nutball quotes, I have decided to split the longer ones into parts. I could have abridged them but I think that would have lessened the impact of showing just how crazy these guys are. Please refer to previous and/or subsequent posts for complete quote.} {I find this particular rhetoric extremely offensive since it was under Clinton, a Democrat, that the budget was balanced. Republican administrations before and since have put us into ever increasing amounts of debt.}

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day: From the world of Sports "I always thought that record would stand until it was broken." — Few sports figures—and indeed, few figures of any endeavor—have achieved the verbal notoriety of Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, former catcher of the New York Yankees. This is one of the indescribable utterances of Hall of Shame member #6.

{Disclaimer: I have attempted to give credit to the many different sources that I get entries. Any failure to do so is unintentional. Any statement enclosed by brackets like these are the opinion of the blogger, A Proud Liberal.}


MOON PHASE

Berkeley, California—Times are Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Jan 20, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Gibbous Percent of Full: 94% Age: 42% Rise: 3:18 PM Set: 6:02 AM
Surprise, Arizona—Times are Mountain Standard Time (MST)
Jan 20, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Gibbous Percent of Full: 94% Age: 42% Rise: 3:51 PM Set: 6:06 AM
Iowa City, Iowa—Times are Central Standard Time (CST)
Jan 20, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Gibbous Percent of Full: 93% Age: 42% Rise: 2:54 PM Set: 6:10 AM
Cambridge, Massachusetts—Times are Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Jan 20, 2008 2:00 AM Name: Waxing Gibbous Percent of Full: 93% Age: 42% Rise: 2:25 PM Set: 5:49 AM


NASA ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY

Comet McNaught Over Chile


Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Guisard
Click picture to go to NASA APOD site for full explanation


EVENTS

● 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred. Afterwards the Donatist controversy over readmitting lapsed Christians disaffects many in North Africa.

● 1156 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.

● 1265 - In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, now also known as the "Houses of Parliament".

● 1320 - Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.

● 1356 - Edward Balliol resigns as King of Scotland.

● 1502 - The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro first explored.

● 1523 - Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.

● 1576 - The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almansa.

● 1649 - Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes"

● 1667 - Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to Imperial Russia in the treaty of Andrusovo.

● 1783 - The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the Revolutionary War.

● 1788 - Third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides Botany Bay is unsuitable for location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.

● 1801 - John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.

● 1839 - In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats a Peruvian and Bolivian alliance.

● 1840 - Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica.

● 1840 - Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.

● 1841 - Hong Kong Island occupied by the British.

● 1847 - Governor of Taos, New Mexico, killed by rebellious Mexicans during Mexican War.

● 1862 - Birth of anarchist and later socialist Augustin Hamon (1862-1945), Nantes, France.

● 1885 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.

● 1887 - The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.

● 1894 - Birth of Frances Willard, feminist and bicycle activist -- learns to ride at a time when women riding bicycles was considered unseemly.

● 1902 - Major Littleton Waller summarily executes 11 native guides accompanying his U.S. expeditionary force in the Philippines. Waller was court-martialed for murder, but was acquitted.

● 1920 - American Civil Liberties Union founded by Roger Baldwin, Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, labor leaders Rose Schneiderman and Duncan McDonald, Rabbi Judah Magnes, and others.

● 1921 - Spain - three imprisoned trade unionists in Barcelona become the first victims of the "law of escape" -- that is, being "set free" only to be shot down moments later.

● 1921 - The first Constitution of Turkey was adopted, which made fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.

● 1923 - Varban Kilifarski (1879-1923), Bulgarian anarchist and libertarian teacher, dies.

● 1929 - In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking film filmed outdoors, is released.

● 1932 - El Salvador - Peasant uprising leading to the "Matanza Massacre" of 30,000. The uprising began after the government refused to seat Salvadoran Communist Party candidates who won municipal and legislative elections. Three days ago, Augustin Farabundo Marti and other leaders were arrested. With rebel communications severed, unarmed peasants and farmworkers follow a plan to march into the nation's cities. The army, in response launches a genocidal campaign known as La Matanza. Within a few weeks, the army killings will number more than 30,000. By the time La Matanza is over, four percent of theSalvadoran population is dead, the Communist Party liquidated, and the Indian population forced to abandon its native dress, languages, and customs. In five decades, Salvadoran rebels will name their organization after Marti.

● 1936 - Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.

● 1937 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first inauguration scheduled on January 20, following adoption of the 20th Amendment. Previous inaugurations were scheduled on March 4.

● 1942 - Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee conference in Berlin deciding on the "final solution to the Jewish problem" calling for extermination of Europe's Jews.

● 1944 - World War II: The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.

● 1945 - Hungary drops out of the Second World War, agreeing to an armistice with the Allies.

● 1949 - FBI director J. Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen.

● 1950 - Alger Hiss found guilty of perjury.

● 1954 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.

● 1960 - Hendrik Verwoerd announced a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.

● 1969 - People's Park in Berkeley, California, declared a National Hallucination.

● 1969 - The first pulsar is discovered, in the Crab Nebula.

● 1973 - Amilcar Cabral, activist of liberation struggles in Guinea-Bissau, assassinated.

● 1981 - Minutes after the presidential inauguration of Ronald Reagan, Iran releases 52 Americans held 444 days in exchange for the release of $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets seized by the U.S. Later, it's revealed that the release was delayed until the first hours of the administration by Reagan's transition team, in order to make him look good. {Only the first of Reagan's crimes. It was dismissed as hardball politics.}

● 1981 - Ten thousand Mexican farmers in southeastern Chiapas block roads to major oil fields to protest pollution of their crops.

● 1983 - Five people in Vancouver charged with the B.C. Hydro bombing, leading to the trial by media of "The Vancouver Five."

● 1985 - U.S. officially observes Martin Luther King Day for the first time.

● 1986 - Martin Luther King, Jr., day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.

● 1986 - The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel.

● 1987 - Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.

● 1990 - Black January - bloody crackdown of Azerbaijani peaceful pro-independence demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku.

● 1991 - Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.

● 1992 - Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and 5 crew.

● 1994 - Nebraska State Historical Society agrees to return burial remains and artifacts to Pawnee tribe.

● 1996 - Benjamin and Betty Mims each post a $5,000 bond and are released from the Clarendon County, S.C. jail after being charged with 2nd-degree lynching for allegedly tying a nine-year old black boy to a tree, shooting a gun past his head, and tying a belt around his neck until he passed out. The couple claimed the boy was "stealing" from their truck. Eventually freed, the boy was told not to tell anyone what happened or his family would be killed and his house burned.

● 1998 - Over 200 citizens show up at a Seattle public hearing, many in radiation suits and mutant radioactive survivor makeup, and conduct die-ins to protest possible restart of nuclear weapon production at Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

● 1999 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés.

● 2001 - Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in the EDSA II Revolution, succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

● 2001 - Tens of thousands, lining Pennsylvania Ave. to protest the inauguration of Pres. George W. Bush, are systematically excluded from almost all media coverage of the event.

● 2160 - Dawning of the Age of Aquarius, when the Sun moves into the 11th sign of the zodiac. Astrologers believe the next 2,000 years will bring a Golden Age of Enlightenment. Yup.


BIRTHS

● 225 - Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)

● 1292 - Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)

● 1358 - Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)

● 1435 - Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)

● 1554 - King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)

● 1586 - Johann Schein, German composer (d. 1630)

● 1664 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)

● 1716 - King Charles III of Spain (d. 1788)

● 1716 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (d. 1795)

● 1775 - André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (d. 1836)

● 1781 - Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)

● 1783 - Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)

● 1798 - Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858)

● 1804 - Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)

● 1812 - Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896)

● 1837 - David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)

● 1855 - Ernest Chausson, French composer (d. 1899)

● 1867 - Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944)

● 1873 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Nobel laureate (d. 1950)

● 1876 - Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967)

● 1878 - Finlay Currie, British actor (d. 1968)

● 1878 - Ruth St. Denis, dancer (d. 1968)

● 1880 - Walter W. Bacon, Governor of Delaware (d. 1962)

● 1891 - Mischa Elman, Ukrainian born violinist (d. 1967)

● 1893 - Georg Åberg, Swedish athlete (d. 1946)

● 1894 - Walter Piston, American composer (d. 1976)

● 1896 - George Burns, American actor, comedian (d. 1996)

● 1896 - Isabel Withers, American actress (d. 1968)

● 1898 - U Razak, Burmese politician (d. 1947)

● 1899 - Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (d. 1990)

● 1900 - Colin Clive, British actor (d. 1937)

● 1902 - Leon Ames, American actor (d. 1993)

● 1907 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d. 2000)

● 1910 - Joy Adamson, Austrian naturalist and writer (d. 1980)

● 1915 - Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 2006)

● 1919 - Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)

● 1920 - Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)

● 1920 - DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999)

● 1920 - Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (d. 2006)

● 1922 - Ray Anthony, American trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter and actor

● 1923 - Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer

● 1924 - Slim Whitman, American singer

● 1925 - Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan theologian and author and politician

● 1926 - Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, essayist and columnist

● 1926 - Qurratulain Hyder, Indian novelist (d. 2007)

● 1926 - Patricia Neal, American actress

● 1926 - David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)

● 1929 - Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer

● 1929 - Bob Denard, French mercenary

● 1929 - Arte Johnson, American actor

● 1929 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964)

● 1930 - Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., astronaut

● 1931 - David Lee, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

● 1932 - Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player

● 1934 - Tom Baker, British actor

● 1937 - Dorothy Provine, American singer, dancer and actress

● 1938 - William Berger, Austrian actor (d. 1993)

● 1938 - Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer

● 1939 - Paul Coverdell, American politician (d. 2000)

● 1940 - Carol Heiss, American figure skater

● 1940 - Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician

● 1941 - Pierre Lalonde, Quebec singer and television host

● 1941 - Ron Townson, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) (d. 2001)

● 1943 - Farhad Mehrad, Iranian musician

● 1944 - José Luis Garci, Spanish filmmaker

● 1945 - Robert Olen Butler, American writer

● 1945 - Christopher Martin-Jenkins, cricket commentator and correspondent

● 1945 - Eric Stewart, English musician and songwriter (10cc)

● 1946 - David Lynch, American film director

● 1947 - Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and directeur sportif

● 1948 - Natan Sharansky, Russian-born physicist and politician

● 1949 - Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden

● 1950 - Liza Goddard, British actress

● 1950 - Edward Hirsch. American poet

● 1950 - Chuck Lefley, Canadian ice hockey player

● 1950 - Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger

● 1951 - Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor

● 1951 - Ian Hill, British musician (Judas Priest)

● 1952 - Paul Stanley, American musician (Kiss)

● 1955 - Wyatt Knight, American actor

● 1955 - Joe Doherty, Provisional Irish Republican Army member

● 1956 - Maria Larsson, Swedish politician

● 1956 - Bill Maher, American actor, comedian, and political analyst

● 1958 - Lorenzo Lamas, American actor

● 1960 - Scott Thunes, American musician (Frank Zappa)

● 1960 - Will Wright, American computer game designer

● 1965 - Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer

● 1965 - Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring)

● 1965 - Sophie, The Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

● 1965 - John Michael Montgomery, American singer

● 1965 - Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer

● 1966 - Tracii Guns, American guitarist

● 1968 - Melissa Rivers, American reporter and actress

● 1968 - Rainn Wilson, American actor

● 1969 - Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker

● 1969 - Nicky Wire, British Musician (Manic Street Preachers)

● 1970 - Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter, actor

● 1970 - Kerri Kenney-Silver, American actress

● 1970 - Skeet Ulrich, American actor

● 1971 - Derrick Green, American singer (Sepultura)

● 1971 - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, American drummer (The Roots)

● 1971 - Brian Giles, American baseball player

● 1973 - Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant

● 1975 - David Eckstein, American baseball player

● 1975 - Norberto Fontana, Argentine racing driver

● 1976 - Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater

● 1978 - Joy Giovanni, American actress and glamour model

● 1978 - Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete

● 1978 - Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer

● 1979 - Rob Bourdon, American musician (Linkin Park)

● 1979 - Asaka Kubo, Japanese gravure idol of 20th Century

● 1979 - Will Young, British singer

● 1980 - Matthew Tuck, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine)

● 1980 - Philippe Cousteau Jr. Oceanographer/Environmentalist, grandson of Jacques Cousteau

● 1981 - Owen Hargreaves, English international footballer

● 1981 - Jason Richardson, American basketball player (Golden State Warriors)

● 1981 - Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress

● 2002 - Prince Tassilo of Bulgaria


DEATHS

● 1156 - Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland

● 1191 - Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)

● 1479 - King John II of Aragon (b. 1397)

● 1568 - Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator

● 1612 - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)

● 1666 - Anna of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France and regent (b. 1601)

● 1707 - Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)

● 1709 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624)

● 1739 - Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)

● 1751 - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)

● 1770 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)

● 1779 - David Garrick, English actor (b. 1717)

● 1810 - Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1722)

● 1819 - King Charles IV of Spain (b. 1748)

● 1848 - Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)

● 1850 - Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)

● 1873 - The Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)

● 1875 - Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)

● 1891 - David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii (b. 1836)

● 1900 - John Ruskin, art critic (b. 1819)

● 1901 - Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (b. 1826)

● 1920 - Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)

● 1936 - King George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)

● 1940 - Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)

● 1944 - James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860)

● 1947 - Josh Gibson, African-American baseball player (b. 1911)

● 1954 - Fred Root, English cricketer (b. 1890)

● 1962 - Robinson Jeffers, American poet (b. 1887)

● 1965 - Alan Freed, American disk jockey (b. 1922)

● 1971 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880)

● 1973 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (b. 1885)

● 1979 - Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925)

● 1983 - Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)

● 1984 - Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)

● 1988 - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun Nationalist & non-violent freedom fighter (b. 1890)

● 1988 - Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer and folklorist (b. 1903)

● 1989 - Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)

● 1990 - Hayedeh, Persian singer (b. 1942)

● 1990 - Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)

● 1993 - Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (b. 1929)

● 1994 - Sir Matt Busby, Scottish football player and coach (b. 1909)

● 1996 - Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927)

● 1997 - Curt Flood, baseball player (b. 1938)

● 1998 - Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)

● 2003 - Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b. 1903)

● 2003 - Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)

● 2003 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)

● 2004 - Guinn Smith, American athlete (b. 1920)

● 2005 - Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)

● 2005 - Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (b. 1921)

● 2005 - Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)

● 2005 - Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)


HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

● Roman Catholic:
● Eve of St. Agnes
● St. Abadios
● St. Desiderius
● St. Eustochium Calafato
● St. Euthymius the Great
● St. Fabian
● St. Fechin
● St. Maurus
● St. Meinrad
● St. Molagga
● St. Neophytus
● St. Sebastian

● Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar for January 8 (Civil Date: January 20)
● St. George the Chozebite, abbot.
● St. Domnica of Constantinople.
● St. Emilian the Confessor, bishop of Cyzicus.
● St. Gregory of the Kiev Caves.
● St. Elias the hermit of Egypt.
● Martyrs Julian and his wife Basilissa, and with them Marcionilla and her son Celsus, Anthony, Anastasius, seven children and twenty soldiers, at Antinoe in Egypt.
● Hieromartyr Carterius of Caesarea in Cappadocia.
● Martyrs Theophilus the deacon and Helladius in Libya.
● Saints Cyrus and Atticus, patriarchs of Constantinople.
● St. Agatho of Egypt, monk.
● Hieromartyr Isidore and 72 companions at Yuriev (Dorpats in Estonia), slain by the Latins in 1472.
● St. Gregory, Bishop of Moesia (Bulgaria).
● Martyr Abo of Tiflis.
● St. Paisius of Uglich.
● St. Gregory (another), wonderworker of the Kiev Caves.
● Repose of Elder Isaiah of Valaam (1914).

● Presidential Inauguration Day in the United States, held every four years since 1937. (The year following a leap year and election year.)

● Ati-Atihan Festival in the Philippines

● Astrology: First day of sun sign Aquarius.



THIS IS AN ABBREVIATED POST FOR THIS DATE USING ONLY THE FOLLOWING SEVEN SOURCES. A COMPLETE POST IS PLANNED AS SOON AS TIME ALLOWS.

Click on this LINK to see original Wikipedia list with many having links with details.

Geov Parrish's this Day in Radical History, things that happened on this day that you never had to memorize in school.

Roman Catholic Saint of the Day

Russian Orthodox Christian Menaion Calendar

Liberal Quotes of the Day taken from The Best Liberal Quotes Ever: Why the Left Is Right Compiled by William P. Martin ©2004

Quotes from the Right of the Day taken from Take Them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling Quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004 Compiled by Bruce J. Miller with Diana Maio ©2004

Dumbest Thing Said for the Day taken from 1001 Dumbest Things Ever Said Edited by Steven D. Price ©2004


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