TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017
Morning Peeps,
The original SWEETNESS
RIP football great Walter Payton (1999).
"When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you."
- Walter Payton
Luckovich continues to impress...
SOME PEEPS NEED A NEW SCHTICK
BE STILL...It works
Historybook: English poet John Keats born (1795); Magician Harry Houdini dies (1926); Mount Rushmore National Memorial is completed (1941); Actor and comedian John Candy born (1950); First female prime minister of India Indira Gandhi is assassinated (1984).
"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."
- Indira Gandhi
“A reminder this Halloween that some monsters are real, and one is running for president again. You’ll recognize him because he’s big and orange and very scary!”-CB
Cartoon by Chris Britt for Counterpoint
RUSH...MORE
ON this date in 1941 - Mount Rushmore was declared complete after 14 years of work.
While the 60-foot busts of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln had been finished for some time; the busts of Bun Man and Mr. Purple were the final completion points.
If you look really close around Theodore's ear and George's eye, you can see them.
SOMETIMES, THE SLOGANS WORK
ON this date in 1968 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered a halt to all U.S. bombing of North Vietnam.
Cabinet members Bun Man and Mr Purple along w/ SECDEF McNamara had been pleading for a limited war for at least 3 years and finally Johnson listened.
Regrettably, it was too late. Johnson would decide to not seek a second term which lead to a Nixon presidency.
Nixon's campaign slogan was DICK NIXON BEFORE HE DICKS YOU!! Surprisingly, the slogan worked.
LUTHER V2
ON this date in 1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church.
The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
Little known fact, Thesis #69 stated 'The Boyz (Bun Man and Mr. Purple) ROCK!"
I know what you're thinking...
I didn't think they used parenthetical comments back then either...
I just love it when J Man @th3j35t3r
goes all TECHNO on us.
Halloween Update...
Need to Know
Who is dressing as a slut tonight?
Will file under Future Reference
hehehe
The Boyz had written "...And after following these 95 precepts, there shall be joy and laughter each Oct. 31st as we celebrate our former pagan worship w/ Halloween."
Slowly and surreptitiously, Halloween began and continues to this day...
2/2
ON this date in 1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church.
The event marked the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
Little known but absolutely 'factual', Bun Man and Mr. Purple were actually co-authors of some of the theses, particularly #96 which was dropped for some reason.
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One of the church leaders sidled up to the microphone and pronounced, "Doctrinal work took us centuries, do you think we could lessen hunger and poverty without that in place?"
Bun Man replied, "Well, yes, the hungry and poor really don't care about your doctrines..."
3/3
Covering the event, NYT reporters Bun Man and Mr. Purple attended the news conference.
Bun Man asked one of the Church leaders, "How is it you all are focusing on doctrinal concerns when there are monumental world hunger issues and abject poverty all over the world?"
2/3
DOCTRINAL PARALYSIS
ON this date in 1999 - Leaders from the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Church signed the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.
The event ended a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.
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ONLY LOVE GETS US OUT OF THE DARKNESS
Reaching out in the darkness...
I knew a man that I did not care for
And then one day this man gave me a call
We sat and talked about things on our mind
And now this man he is a friend of mine
Don't be afraid of love
Don't be afraid, don't be afraid to love
Everybody needs a little love
Everybody needs somebody
That they can be thinking of
My buddy DJ is still here so we're playing GOLF again today over at Sand Hollow course.
He leaves later today to return to Vegas for return to DE...
Great way to visit and catch up...
And he got to try George's (downtown restaurant) Short Ribs and Bow Tie Pasta dish with garlic bread. Had to order extra bread just to soak up all that delicious gravy.
There ARE Scarier days...
Ken-Dogger: Whoa, just a minute there Snickers, you got your costume on already?
Snickers: Yea man, love this day and costuming...This is the scariest day in America
KD: I know, I used to think that too, but then I remembered Election Day is next week.
Snickers: Scarier day isn't it?
KD: Yep, it is...
TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017