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The Fortnightly Rant Fasten Your Seatbelts, It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride In retrospect, it would not have Kentucky and Connecticut. By required a great deal of foresight the early 1990s, though, the ba- to predict that Democratic con- by-faced Beck was “consumed by trol of both the White House alcoholism and drug addiction.” and Congress would inspire the His marriage ended in divorce, (presumably) Loyal Opposition and his life was on a downward to redouble its efforts to get its spiral. Then help arrived, from an views across. But for anyone to unexpected source: God. have predicted the full ardor “God stalked me like he had a and flamboyance of their efforts giant baptismal rifle,” Beck told would have been impossible the Salt Lake Tribune. “I thwarted without the aid of dangerous and him. I led people astray as much illegal South American halluci- I could but he kept putting Mor- nogens. Less than three months mons in my way.” into the Obama administration, Since his conversion to Mor- it seems clear that the next four monism Beck has seen his career to eight years will be notable for take off. In 2002, his radio show an endless supply of spectacu- for Premiere Radio Networks larly unhinged talk, and perhaps was launched on 47 stations. It is once asked televangelist John action, from the disenfranchised now broadcast on more than 300 Hagee “[t]here are people … that a v e u r r i d g e s a l l y p r i l fringes of the Far Right. Judging stations. actually believe [Barack Obama] S O B R A 28 from what’s out there already, Beginning in May of 2006, might be the Antichrist. [What the railing that went on against Americans no longer had to seek are the [o]dds that Barack the Clinton Administration will out Beck on the radio. Any un- Obama is the Antichrist?” Hagee look, in retrospect, like the civil wary couch-potato clicking on was reassuring. “No chance,” he airing of disparate views. CNN’s Headline News Network said, to which Beck replied, “OK. The person who best represents at the wrong time of day was Good. Whew.” this trend is in danger of stumbling across Beck may have been relieved to Glenn Beck Beck’s one-man psychodrama. learn from such an authoritative (right). We Considering that it appeared on figure that the President is not want to take a network frequently derided the Antichrist, but that doesn’t Memorial Bridge has carried foot, bicycle, automobile, and truck traf- a good look by the right as the Communist mean we’re in the clear. “The fic between Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire since at him now News Network, Beck’s show rep- thing that I do find about Barack 1923. The “Maine-New Hampshire Connections Study,” now under- because at the resented a radical departure. It’s Obama,” Beck said, is “this guy way, could lead to its permanent closure in just two years. The Sarah rate he’s go- a wonder CNN’s lawyers didn’t really is a Marxist. He believes in Mildred Long Bridge, half a mile further up the Piscataqua River, is ing, he can’t Be c k insist on running a disclaimer in the redistribution of wealth.” also subject to possible closure. Its rail link is essential to the mission last long. the crawl: “Warning—If you are Last October, CNN dropped of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. On April 28, a public rally will Glenn Beck’s persona is that of expecting commie propaganda, Beck—the day after Matt be held to support New Hampshire Transportation Commissioner Everyman, an average guy who this show may give you whip- Drudge reported that Beck had George Campbell’s plan to use federal stimulus money to rehabilitate just happens to have a Fox televi- lash.” signed a contract with Fox News both the Memorial Bridge and the Long Bridge. Updates on the Rally sion camera focused on him for On January 10, 2006, before he for a show to begin in January. will be posted on our website, www.nhgazette.com. For more about an hour every weekday evening, even debuted on Headline News, Fox is, of course, the first place the threat to the bridges, see page two. and a radio network broadcast- Beck earned a few headlines of a sensible person would look for ing his voice for three hours his own for this observation: a right-wing demagogue with live on October 7, 1996.* Street Journal, a paper he had every weekday morning. His ra- “[W]ho’s a bigger prostitute? delusions of grandeur. And it is What kind of man would do a long coveted. To get it, he had to dio show is said to be the third Heidi Fleiss or [professional at Fox that Beck has truly blos- thing like hiring Roger Ailes to buy its subsidiary assets, includ- highest-rated national radio talk football player] Terrell Owens? somed. He rants, he raves, he pollute America’s airwaves with ing the Portsmouth Herald. show among adults ages 25 to … Who’ll do anything for pow- sheds tears so copiously that even the likes of Glenn Beck? Rupert The uncanny resemblance be- 54. His success has brought him er or money? … at least Heidi Joe Scarborough is reduced to Murdoch, the Chairman, Chief tween News Corporation’s re- a $4.2 million mansion in New Fleiss will admit to being a pros- helpless laughter as he watches Executive Officer and Founder cord of relentless and insatiable Canaan, CT surrounded by an il- titute … [Gold Star Mother] Beck’s clips. And why not? It’s of News Corporation. growth and a certain malignant legal six-foot high fence to keep Cindy Sheehan. That’s a pretty a match made in heaven—or Murdoch got his start in jour- disease is too obvious to be over- out the riff-raff. big prostitute there, you know some other mythological place nalism in 1952, at the age of 21, looked. But a firm diagnosis can While Beck does not gloat what I mean?” frequently cited by religious fun- when his father Sir Keith Mur- never be decisively established. over his success after the manner On February 8, 2006 Beck damentalists. doch died and left him with a Before the News Corporation of Rush Limbaugh, he does ac- compared former President Jim- Fox News is run by Roger debt-encumbered tabloid news- can be shown to be a fatal disease, knowledge that he’s come a long my Carter to North Korean dic- Ailes. In 1967, while Ailes was paper, The News. From that frag- it will have to kill the patient— way for a guy of his limited abili- tator Kim Jong Il and found him a producer for The Mike Douglas ile beginning, he has built a me- the human race—leaving no one ties. There is no denying that. As wanting: Show, he got into a lively discus- dia empire that spans the globe to make the final diagnosis. Churchill said of Clement Atlee, “Is there a bigger waste of skin sion with a guest on the show and brings in more than $28 bil- Glenn Beck’s ascention to an “He is a humble man, with much than Jimmy Carter[?] … Who’s who thought television was just a lion a year. hour-long spot in the Fox News to be humble about.” the bigger waste of skin … you “gimmick.” Ailes, of course, dis- Among its myriad holdings is lineup is an apotheosis: a drunken Glenn Beck, 45, grew up in a could immediately go to people agreed. He must have been very The Weekly Standard, edited by loser with no talent, other than nominally-Catholic family in like Kim Jong Il. OK, there’s a persuasive because soon after, Fred Barnes and William Kris- the ability to run his mouth with- Mount Vernon, Washington, a big waste of skin, but not really, that guest hired Ailes as a media tol. The Weekly Standard began out stopping has been converted small, bucolic city periodically because his skin’s being utilized advisor for his political campaign. stumping for a war with Iraq im- into the personal representative flooded by the Skagit River. by evil. At least evil is using that Thus, in 1968, was Richard Nix- mediately after 9/11, and it still of each fearful, not-too-bright, His early life was marked by skin. Who’s using the skin of on elected president. Ailes later thinks the Mission was Accom- Fox-watching chump from coast his mother’s suicide, a brother- Jimmy Carter? What purpose played essential roles in the cam- plished. It loses more than a mil- to coast. Any one of the millions in-law’s suicide, and a sibling’s does the skin of Jimmy Carter— paigns of Ronald Reagan and lion dollars a year, but apparently who’ve been screwed over for the death by heart attack. At the age it’s like an empty suit walking George Herbert [Hoover] Walk- it’s worth it to Murdoch. past thirty years by American tax of 13 he won a chance to be a ra- down the street.” er Bush. Following that string of Murdoch also owns the Wall policies, labor laws, and corpora- dio DJ for an hour. By the early To Glenn Beck, Hillary Clin- devastating victories, Ailes was * Yes, exactly 240 years to the day after 1980’s he was a successful full- ton is a “liberal fascist” and John chosen to develop and run the Daniel Fowle founded The New Hampshire Fortnightly Rant time DJ, working in markets like Edwards is “a communist.” He Fox News Channel, which went Gazette. No, the irony has not escaped us. to page two Page 2 - The New Hampshire Gazette - April 10, 2009
Fasten Your Seatbelts or you drive a stake through the from page one heart of the bloodsuckers.” Now, no TV talk-show person tions can look upon the blubber- in his right mind would wittingly ing, teary-eyed Beck and say “He advocate assassination. But this is is with me.” Glenn Beck we’re talking about On his March 30 show for here—and that seems to be ex- Fox, Beck referred to a new mov- actly what he’s doing. ie called Twilight, and said “the As Keene resident Mike Caul- government is full of vampires, field pointed out Tuesday on the and they are trying to suck the blog BlueHampshire.com, there lifeblood out of the economy.” is an unsettling similarity be- “President Obama, Tim Gei- tween Beck’s vampire metaphor thner, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and “Officer Jack” McLamb’s Nancy Pelosi,” said Beck, dis- Operation Vampire Killer 2000, playing an image with their faces a 75-page booklet designed to “enlighten” active duty police officers and National Guards- men about the “ongoing, elitist, covert operation which has been installed in the American system” to “overthrow the Constitutional Republic of these United States of America” and replace it with a New World Order. The booklet PhotoShopped onto the char- is distributed at militia training acters from Twilight, “are going sessions, and sold at gun shows, News Briefs: after the blood of our businesses, all around the country—wher- big and small. Nothing is going ever a future Timothy McVeigh to quench their thirst. might find it. If a few of Glenn Start Now to Save Our Bridges—Both of Them “There’s only two ways for this Beck’s listeners ever become do- In less than six months, deci- that the removal of the Memo- of the project.” movie to end. Either the economy ers, things could get really ugly— sions will be made which could rial Bridge, the Sarah Mildred “The purpose and need state- becomes like the walking dead, Oklahoma City ugly. doom one or both of the lift Long Bridge—or both—is a ment will be developed with bridges connecting Kittery and possibility. public input. Ultimately, a ‘pre- Portsmouth. One “solution” which has ferred alternative’ will be selected If the Memorial Bridge goes, been discussed would be a sec- that best meets the stated pur- foot and bicycle traffic between ond “high-level” bridge, located pose and need. the two towns could end. If the somewhere between the I-95 “Final selection of the pre- Sarah Mildred Long (SML) Piscataqua River Bridge and the ferred alternative is scheduled to Bridge goes, the Portsmouth current location of the Memo- be made by June 2010.” Naval Shipyard could be on the rial Bridge. Such a bridge would Will It Be Too Late? chopping block during the next almost surely be inaccessible to In other words, by the time the round of the Defense Base Re- foot traffic or bicycles, cost as Connections Study is done with, alignment and Closure process. much as $300 million, and would at least one of the two bridges The $1.37 million “Maine- take decades to build. could be done with, too. New Hampshire Connections What’s the Timeline? The press release was issued Study,” already underway, “will Meanwhile, the Memorial by Morris Communications, a identify all possible alternatives Bridge’s expected useful life, Kennebunkport public relations for the river crossings and select without rehabilitation, may be company. Morris is either work- the one(s) that best addresses the as short as two years. The SML ing for HNTB Corporation, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN—The ramshackle structure at the needs of the communities over Bridge’s expected useful life is which is conducting the study, or end of Custom House Court is gone, but the fluorescent-pink “GARAGE” the next 20 years and beyond,” longer, but not by a lot. for the two states’ Departments sign which once hung on it remains. We spied Dr. Jonathan Sobel himself, according to an April 2 press re- “By October 1, 2009,” the re- of Transportation; frankly, we’re in a white hard hat, at the controls of the frontloader/backhoe knocking it lease. lease continues, “the initial list not sure which. down on Friday, March 27. An excavation has since been dug, apparently What’s On the Table? of alternatives will be reduced to According to Who? in preparation for a foundation. For the inside scoop on this project, point The phrase “[a]ll possible op- those that are considered feasible HNTB is described in the press your web browser to garagefromhell.wordpress.com. tions” makes it perfectly clear and meet the ‘purpose and need’ release as “a nationally known Eliot Auto Market Square Jewelers Used Cars - Reasonable Peter T. Henry & Joan K. Henry Service & Towing, too Rt 236 Eliot, Me 12 Market Square, Portsmouth, NH 03801 (207) 439-0263 (603) 430-9587 Estate Jewelers Buy • Sell • Trade Loose Gems • Antique Restoration • Repairs Next to City Hall in Downtown Dover, NH Gold • Silver • Costume • Bead Restringing 3 Hale Street j (603) 742-1737
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Hampshire would apply jointly two existing bridges. Cole went case the effort to convince Maine for $135 million in federal eco- so far as to claim that he “hadn’t to go along with George Camp- nomic stimulus money—enough heard” any support for their re- bell’s proposal falls through: to pay the full cost of rehabilita- habilitation—this despite posi- If Maine doesn’t want to let ting both the Memorial and tive votes by, and letters from, the federal government pay for SML Bridges. the Kittery Town Council and the rehabilitatation of the two Campbell’s proposal is ready the Portsmouth City Council. bridges, it should cede its half of to be submitted as soon as the Clearly, they’re a little hard of them, and the Portsmouth Naval federal specifications are an- hearing. Shipyard, to New Hampshire. nounced. And since rebuilding Hence, the April 28 Save Our We’ll take it from there. infrastructure is a stated goal Bridges Rally announced on Jazzmouth 2009 of President Obama’s stimulus page one: if the two towns can Jazzmouth, the fifth annual package, there’s ample reason to make enough noise, perhaps Seacoast Jazz & Poetry Festival, hope for success. they’ll hear us in Augusta. The starts Thursday, April 23, con- What’s the Hangup? Rally is being organized by an ad tinuing its tradition of expand- At this point, the only appar- hoc collection of local organiza- ing the scope of spoken word ent obstacles to this elegant plan tions, and the full details are yet and improvisational music with SPRING AND MUSIC IN THE AIR—From left, Neil Fitzgibbon, appear to be Maine’s Commis- to be determined. We’ll be post- its most ambitious lineup to date. from Ireland, on guitar; Kyle Cary, from Sandwich, NH on fiddle; Katie sioner of Transportation David ing them at www.nhgazette.com In four days of poetry and jazz LeBlanc, from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia on sticks; and Nathan Harrison, Cole and Maine Governor John as soon as they become available. at numerous venues around his- from Monticello, FL, on banjo. The four were busking in Market Square Baldacci. So far both have been A Last Ditch Scenario a week ago Thursday, to raise gas money for a trip to a music festival in resistant to George Campbell’s We’d like to suggest the fol- News Briefs Burlington, Vermont. From there, it’s on to Cape Breton. proposal for rehabilitating the lowing as a last ditch proposal, in to page four Page 4 - The New Hampshire Gazette - April 10, 2009
Northcountry Chronicle Democracy in Traction by William Marvel winds, rather than any change in Sally Kelly (D-Chichester), who Almy cautioned everyone that Bush) he had never admitted his sincere conviction. sponsored the bill. her committee’s budgetary focus previous arrests. ast Monday morning* I Regular readers of this column Rep. Kelly spoke with the ra- only allowed for testimony on I voted for Bud last November, crawled to Concord and have probably already deduced pidity of an encyclopedia sales- economic issues. That precluded as well as for four of the other Lback in a greasy snowstorm to that the issue was the “seatbelt” man, and she seemed a lot more most of my arguments, but in the five Democrats running for state offer my opinion of a bill that bill, HB 383, which would im- intent on talking than listening. I end it didn’t matter. Rep. Kelly office, but a Democratic majority the legislature is considering. pose a mandatory seatbelt law on could not help overhearing sev- was given three minutes to reit- seems to pose its own dangers. It isn’t as though I have noth- adults that was originally passed eral exchanges between her and erate her arguments, and Claire HB 383, for example, is a Demo- ing else to do, and the issue was under the pretense of protecting a succession of opponents, and Ebel of the American Civil Lib- cratic bill: seven of the eight co- not especially earthshaking in its children. It offers a handy ex- whenever one of them gained a erties Union had two minutes to sponsors were Democrats, and own right, but it suggested so ample of creeping government point of logic she responded by rebut. A few committee members that was about the proportion obnoxious a change in legislative intrusion, demonstrating why increasing the volume and veloc- asked questions that were obvi- of its Democratic support and direction that I thought it worth women should oppose even the ity of her delivery. She described ously phrased to support their Republican opposition. In 2007 expressing my objections among most reasonable-sounding in- a couple of tragic accidents that own positions for or against the it was the Democratic majority people who might be inclined to fringements on their reproduc- apparently led her to introduce bill, and then Rep. Almy abruptly that addressed the problem of listen. tive rights and why gun owners the seatbelt bill, but she seemed adjourned for lunch, ordering the high school dropouts by simply Thinking that our legislators should jealously resist the slight- to dismiss the relevance of an- hearing rescheduled to another raising the age of compulsory might be inclined to listen was est encroachment on their con- ecdotal evidence when others day. Doubtless her own support attendance, without providing my first mistake. While trun- stitutional privileges. countered with tales of people for HB 383 did not prompt her school districts any money for dling back home through the The House had already passed who died because their seat- to give the bill’s opponents such that added expense. It was the snowstorm that afternoon, I re- the bill, and an hour’s hearing was belts trapped them. She spoke short shrift, but one could under- Democratic majority that re- alized that the General Court scheduled for 11:00 a.m. before so fast and furiously that one stand how they might think so. cently mandated kindergarten, differs little from a local school the Ways and Means Commit- young woman raised her own Stopping at the State House again without funding it. That board. Members sit quietly and tee. Rep. Susan Almy (D-Leba- voice to complain that Rep. Kel- cafeteria for lunch, I saw Bud combination of illiberal compul- nod politely during the ordeal non), who chairs that committee, ly wouldn’t allow her a word, at Martin seated with a gaggle of sion and downward cost-shifting of citizens’ comments, then an- let the previous hearing drag on, which Mr. Kelly, a pleasant and young men. They were probably leaves New Hampshire Demo- nounce the decision that most giving me a long hour to listen quiet man, intervened to admon- planning that night’s kickoff crats looking a lot like Bush Re- of them have long since settled to impromptu debates in the ish the young woman for shout- party for his campaign to replace publicans. The targets differ, but upon. Any divergence from that hallway. Opponents outnum- ing. state senator Bill Denley—whose the tactics remain the same. pattern usually reflects the di- bered supporters, but prominent When we finally entered the third DWI arrest came as such a * Monday, March 9, 2009—The rection of political and popular in that vestibular forum was Rep. hearing room, near noon, Rep. surprise because (like George W. Ed.
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Moving Pictures April DVDs by Rodman Philbrick services include reading books sort of. And when The Ram gets the largest ham in Hollywood, is and stories to her, grows up to be his big chance for a comeback perfectly cast as the canniest ham urely April can’t be the cru- a faithless, tormented attorney, it will be wrestling The Ayatol- ever to hold major office (sorry, elest month. What about played by Ralph Fiennes. Ignore lah himself. Hey, if you can’t Blago, but governor of Illinois December,S January, February, the obvious age disparities (that’s root against The Ayatollah then doesn’t count). The film is based and March? Ice storms, bliz- how the Brits do it—very few you must be one of the traitors on the stage play by Peter Mor- zards, power outages—hello? Romeos are actually fifteen, after Glenn Beck has been warning us gan and is very ably directed by of Fear gives them credence. This What about that temptress June, all) and get down with the drama, about. No mercy, dude. Think the the much-maligned Ron How- is a fully restored version, now when the cold fog comes in on which will not disappoint. The unthinkable. ard. available in Blue-ray, should you little rats’ feet and hangs around screenplay was written by dra- Speaking of blowhards and The Wages of Fear happens to be be so lucky. for a week, licking its nasty ro- matist David Hare, based on the bluster, Frost/Nixon provides yet one of the best edge-of-the-seat For kids, or for those adults dent whiskers? Huh? So let’s give powerful and disturbing novel by another angle on the repellent thrillers ever filmed—and yes, it who appreciate spectacular ani- poor April a break, shall we? And Bernhard Schlink, and directed by but endlessly fascinating Rich- was directed by a Frenchman with mation, The Tale of Despereaux though some of our so-called Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy ard Milhous Nixon. Lured by a a hyphenated first name (Henri- may fit the bill. Loosely based “Spring” days may still be dreary, Elliot). All those Academy Award bribe in the form of a $600,000 Georges Clouzot) way back in on a much-beloved children’s be thankful that we’re long past nominations were no accident. “appearance fee,” the disgraced the dark ages of the 1950’s. So book by Kate DiCamillo, about that bleak December. Besides, if The Wrestler may not have won ex-president agreed to be inter- what? You think thrill-a-second a big-eared mouse who seems the gentle showers begin to seem Mickey Rourke the Oscar and viewed by British TV personality suspense is a recent invention? to have been born without the like another form of waterboard- the plotline may be overly fa- David Frost, whose own career Scene: a Latin American usual mouse-like fears. There’s ing, you can always stay inside miliar (Rocky meets Marty meets was then in a slump. Old Tricky jungle. Mission: a truckload of a mission to save the world (of and check out the new DVD’s Requiem For A Heavyweight), but Dick, despite resigning to avoid nitroglycerin intended to blow course), a muttering rodent released this month. it still deserves your attention. impeachment, had never admit- down an oil fire. Characters: four trapped in the dark (sort of like The Reader may suit your mood, Rourke, as Randy “The Ram” ted to any decision-making role men with nothing to lose but Dustin Hoffman’s character in particularly if your fantasies have Robinson, plays a way-over-the- in the Watergate scandal and as- their worthless lives. Nail-biting Papillon—which could be the included imagining Kate Wins- hill pro wrestler who looks like sumed he could roll a liberal pop suspense: a convoy of trucks, led reason that Mr. Hoffman gets let as a Nazi prison guard. Before his face has been ripped off ten culture figure like David Frost. by Yves Montand, banging and to voice Roscuro the Rat in this you get too intrigued, Ms. Win- times too many. The Ram sup- Mr. Frost (in an excellent perfor- bumping over miserable, mud- one), a princess (Emma Watson) slet performs without the usual plements his meager income by mance by Michael Sheen) had drenched mountain roads, one and even a part for the ubiqui- whip and leathers, in her Oscar- working in a grocery store, sort of the good sense to hire a couple jolt away from blowing them- tous Frank Langella (see above). winning performance as an older like Ernest Borgnine (“Marty”), of gunslinger journalists, James selves to itty-bitty smithereens. And if you still find April woman (thirty-five, ye gads!) who but with tattoos. Plus you get the Reston Jr. and Bob Zelnick, to There are those who maintain disappointing? Stay tuned. It’s seduces a fifteen-year-old boy in every-fabulous Marisa Tomei as help him ask the right ques- that Alfred Hitchcock was the been known to sleet and flurry Germany in 1958. The boy, whose the pole dancer who loves him, tions. Frank Langella, perhaps English Clouzot, and The Wages in May. area artists, venue owners, audi- info, you artists. Veterans for Peace NW Regional barrels at discount prices by call- address to a normal residential ences, and businesses that cater WSCA Upgrades Again Conference in Kirkland WA. It’ll ing Paula Ledgett at (207) 439- one—best of luck, P.R! to artists will all be able to con- Our local low-power FM ra- be worth a listen—Korten knows 2492. They’ll be delivered to the nect with each other. ArtSpider dio station has a spiffy new Live what’s up. Kittery Point Town Pier by the will allow interaction among the MP3 Stream that works very Gundalow-Delivered gundalow Captain Edward H. arts in a multimedia-rich envi- well. 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father and four of her children AIPAC Wins Again burn to death. To the Editor: Mash Notes Hate Mail Then when their son Omar A Rockland, ME, Free Press , , Abu Halim and two cousins were column, “AIPAC 1, Obama 0,” woman Carol Shea-Porter’s of- this gross waste of manpower taking two badly burned girls said the American Israeli Public fice saying that the First District and money will be addressed. and the body of his baby sister to Affairs Committee wasn’t happy will receive $1,655,100 through John B. Foster the hospital, they were stopped when George Mitchell was made the Energy Efficiency and Con- Wentworth, NH and told to get off the tractor. special envoy to the Mideast be- servation Block Grant program. 4 Two of them were shot to death, cause they wanted Dennis Ross, This money became available General Court Social Issues the others fled. The tractor had who has strong pro-Israeli ties. If as a result of the passage of the [Note: This is a reader’s re- 36 bullet holes. Days later when Ross had been picked, it would American Recovery and Rein- sponse to a letter by Rep. Mr. rescue workers got to the tractor, have put into the game as umpire vestment Act. Robert Mead (R-Hills-4) pub- they found that the baby’s body a man who’s shown he belongs to These funds will be used to lished March 26th, in Foster’s Bleeding Gaza had been eaten by dogs-of her the Israeli team, and made sure reduce fossil fuel emissions and Daily Democrat.—The Ed.] To the Editor: legs, only bones remained. (NY the game is fixed. total energy use and to improve Dear Rep. Mead: What is all this foofaraw about Times, late edition, Feb. 4, 2009.) The column also told how energy efficiency in the transpor- I can’t speak to the Hu- Gaza? The Hamas rockets were Just that one incident could AIPAC’s Steve Rosen had spear- tation and building sectors. The man Rights Commission being a declaration of war. As Donny make one angry at the supplier headed a drive to squash the ap- following towns will receive the “strengthened,” or “eliminating Rumsfeld maintained, one goes of the bomb—the United States, pointment of Chas Freeman as amounts designated: $1,049,400 the right of trial by jury,” but I to war with the army one has, so as shown by the markings on head of the National Intelligence for Manchester, $133,200 for will seek information on such Israel used F-16’s, Apache heli- the shells. (The Christian Science Council. The column reminded Derry, $126,500 for Rochester, ideas. copters, tanks, and all the rock- Monitor, Feb. 5, 2009) me that Rosen’s indictment for $123,400 for Dover, $116,400 According to our United States ets, bombs, bullets, and white Head of the burn unit in Gaza passing secret information to Is- for Merrimack, and $106,200 for Constitution, we are to recipro- phosphorus it asked of its client City, Dr. Abu Shabam, reported rael has taken quite a while to get Londonderry. cate, within our States’ borders, to state. What was that last item? hundreds of burn victims from to trial, and made me think of a Neither environmental ef- any similar laws in any other state White phosphorus? All of this all over the Gaza Strip and, spe- pitch AIPAC might make: fects nor business activity stops or country. With diplomats, we employed on one of the most cifically, one 5-year-old girl who “Hi, you fans of Israel who abruptly at a town’s border. The certainly do recognize the many densely populated corrals in the had had her wounds dressed, was can hardly wait to watch the con beneficial effects of this grant wives, even concubines, that are world. Results: approximately sent for tests, and three hours lat- game brought to you by AIPAC. will spread throughout the First in their entourages, as they are 1300+ Palestinians killed and 13 er, when they went to redress the We don’t have to tell you we came District. My thanks go to Con- under immunity. We don’t have Israelis killed, some by friendly wound, they found smoke coming to fame due to all the money you gresswoman Shea-Porter for her to like it, but to receive similar fire. from it. That’s how white phos- send and we spend so Israel can part in obtaining this grant and courtesies in our embassies over- So why all the fuss? Think! On phorus works. (The Christian Sci- play at making peace in Palestine, for steering our country in the seas, we have to respect it. July 13, 1948, two months af- ence Monitor, Feb. 5, 2009) while occupying homes and land right direction. When it comes to Mormonism, ter Israeli’s founding, its “moral” The Guardian has on its web- it took. But now some people, Vickey Russo or the Church of Jesus Christ of army, under the command of the site video evidence of three war even in the USA, say Israel’s a Manchester, NH Latter-Day Saints, their hierar- illustrious Moshe Dayan, slaugh- crimes: Israeli soldiers using chronic crook. 4 chy recognized United States law tered hundreds of people in Ly- Palestinians as shields, firing on “Thanks to you we can intimi- Wasted Time and Money decades ago, and “officially,” rec- dda. On July 14, when Ben Gu- medical workers and facilities date the United States govern- Dear Governor Lynch: ognizes legally only one wife per rion ordered tens of thousands to (one of the medical workers was ment. We taught a lesson to a man I was recently looking over the husband. Within the Church, the leave their homes in Ramla and struck by the fragments of what is named Freeman who thought he list of participants for the up- story is different, though when march 10-15 miles in 100 de- called a flechette bomb, a device was free to speak his mind in the coming job fair in Manchester, the IRS, state and federal pros- gree heat, many more died. The which, when it detonates, releases job he was chosen for; our own NH on April 09, 2009 and was ecutors find out about another homes that they left were then hundreds of tiny arrow-like met- Steve Rosen showed him who’s surprised to see the NH Depart- bigamist, they go after him. looted by the “moral” army and al fragments—hence “flechette”), boss. Another game we play is ment of Corrections listed. I did Personally, it would make more Jews moved into them. and targeting civilians. The video delay a trial on Steve’s slipping a little further research and on sense if both women and men Perhaps one reason for the to- shows the hole in the yard where secrets to Israel. Your money will the NH Department of Admin- could, by common consent, have do in this case is the aforemen- a drone’s rocket erased a family. say that’s okay, keep him at large istrative Services State of New more than one spouse of either tioned white phosphorus, the The drones have very sophisti- and us in charge.” Hampshire employment listing gender. Children could be adopt- use of which the “moral” army cated optical devices, rendering Marjorie Gallace web page and I noticed that there ed by more than just two parents, at first denied, but when the innocence mendacious. Rockland, ME are no jobs available with the and have more security from evidence became overwhelming, And that’s where your tax dol- 4 NH Department of Corrections. needing state care. Of course, our maintained that they had used it lars are going. Talk about getting Good Work, Carol! I would expect that with the clo- society needs a lot of work to ac- properly. a bang for your buck, and we are To the Editor: sure of the Lakes Region Facil- cept such changes, but if the First One example was the Abu doing a lot of banging for a lot At long last, I feel that the ity and 70+ NH Department of Amendment about freedom to Halima house. The white phos- of bucks! United States is starting to end Corrections employees slated to practice one’s religion, without phorus bomb pierced the roof Lester LeViness its addiction to foreign oil. At be laid off by July, a better use of harming others, is to be fully re- and the mother watched the Nyack, NY last, we’ve started to move in the manpower and money could be spected, I can see it being used to direction of conservation, protec- found for the human resources back this argument. tion of the environment, and the personnel of NH Department of Currently, a man dressed as a development alternative energy Corrections than set up a booth woman because he indeed feels The New Hampshire Gazette sources. I was given hope by an at a job fair when they have no himself to be a woman trapped The Nation’s Oldest Newspaper™ announcement from Congress- jobs to offer. 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sides of the political spectrum. comedy routing, “Who’s on first, And Other Correspondence In the 60s some of our political What’s on second, and I Don’t left went too far in denigrating Know’s on third. vestite mode, or in the process taxes on alcohol, tobacco and our soldiers because they dis- Stay tuned. of gaining a transsexual opera- gambling, the simple answer is to liked the war policy. Limbaugh Steve Bender tion and in treatment, would be seek assistance to quit with one’s and Hannity have gone too far. Mattapoisett, MA at serious risk of harm in at- doctor. Quit whining at least! Other conservative talk shows 4 tempting to use a men’s room. Petroleum products affect all seem more responsible and actu- Gun Rights vs. He would be “outing” himself or of us, and we should share the ally speak to the issues, like the People’s Rights perhaps be assaulted in the re- burden. It can also goad us to Laura Ingraham Show. She still To the Editor: stroom or shortly thereafter, by find ways to use less of it, con- speaks rationally about what is Thirty Americans in four states men who feel threatened of their serve it, and appreciate cleaner happening in the news and has have been murdered by four men own manhood (for some strange air and water. Recycling should criticism of the administration, with guns in the past month. reason) by a man dressed as a be emphasized, as all our plastics but she is not talking of revolu- That figure far exceeds the nine Gun advocates offer the con- woman. In a woman’s rest room, are made from it. As with alumi- tion and saying people have to U.S. military members who died stant refrain that they have a he is more likely to “pass,” and num, re-use saves energy as well be scared of this administration in Iraq during March. What is right to own their weapons. They with the individual stalls, more as raw materials. because they are Nazis. the common thread that links all may be surprised to learn that likely to preserve the peace and If you, Sir, are not for freedom I don’t want the administration 30 victims together? All of them innocent people have rights, too serenity of the scene. If it were a of religion more respect for per- to come down on the conserva- were shot by individuals who - the right not to be injured or singular, unisex restroom, much sons in saving them from pain less tive stations but, we the people had no previous criminal record. killed by guns. less danger. reliance on foreign oil and more have to put our foot down and let The gunmen simply snapped un- Sincerely, Kindly do not bring up foolish- personal strength for individuals our stations know what we think. der pressure. One murderer saw Gary Patton, Ph.D. ness like rape of women, young by obtaining better health, then Speak up America. It could be his wife with another man; one Hampton, NH girls, or young men. If people do by all means continue to foster our town next. Lets ask for dia- was recently separated from his 4 not supervise their children in opposition of the bills before you logue on issues, not screaming wife; two fretted over lost jobs; “It’s a Hoot” the public restroom, then their in our state legislature. hateful rants. one had delusions that the police Note: We recently received an children are being neglected. Personally, you sound very Mayme Trumble were persecuting him and spying envelope stuffed with four Xe- As for medical doctor assisted much like you have broken your Canton, NY on him; one was obsessed by the roxed™ pages from The Weekly suicide, I would rather have the oath to the Constitution of the 4 idea that the government would Standard, two pages from Rush option of avoiding a slow, pain- United States and our New Who’s On First? take his guns away. Limbaugh’s Excellence in Broad- ful, joyless and financially crip- Hampshire state constitution as To the Editor: I taught psychology at a colle- casting Network, two pages from pling death for myself and family well. The bizarre sequence of events giate level for 40 years. One idea the AP, an ad for Bernard Gol- than not. If freedom means any- Diane M. Starkey that has led to, essentially, the I tried to have students thor- berg’s “most provocative book thing, it should stand for person- Rochester, NH public takeover of the insurace oughly understand is that there is yet,” A Slobbering Love Affair, and al respect and integrity in such 4 mongol, AIG, just got worse. no hard and fast line between ab- a copy of The Watchdog, from the private and intimate times. No Discuss the Issues, Bring 1. With the U.S. economy in normal and normal behavior. We Media Research Center. doctor should not have to risk his Down the Hate Mongering the tank, the U.S. government all constantly use irrational de- The envelope bore no return sanity or livelihood for patients’ To the Editor: begins shelling out billions of fense mechanisms to prop up our address. Aside from a few check- decisions, fully informed and Hannity and Limbaugh are taxpayers money to keep key cor- self-esteem and diminish anxiety marks next to letters noting the backed by at least three doctors, over the top with crazy rheto- porations afloat. AIG received and fear. A thoroughly rational wisdom of Fred Barnes, some even if family objects. ric and I think that the killing the most. person might behave like the ex- cryptic underlining, and a few As for minors seeking an abor- of three policemen in Pittsburg 2. Recently the public is out- traordinarily logical Mr. Spock references to Mary Jo Kopechne, tion, their lives are in jeopardy. yesterday by Mr. Poplawski raged by the $178 million of tax- on Star Trek. We are not like Mr. the only other attempt at com- If parents are insisting on being maybe a sign of that. In no way payers money that will be paid to Spock; we are all irrational to a munication was a short note on a informed, they most likely have am I saying they are responsible executives of AIG in the form of greater or lesser degree, and un- small piece of lined paper, which no rapport with their children, but people often don’t realize bonuses. AIG tries to explain the der extreme circumstances, can addressed the Editor by his first caused the problem in the first when “radio talk” calls for revo- bonuses were “contractual.” act that way. name. We have no way of know- place, (possible incest) or at the lution and that the government 3. Due to this public outrage, Gun advocates tell us that they ing whether we know the sender; least are in denial and seeking to is coming for your guns they are Congress feels the pressure and need their weapons to protect he or she declined to identify impose their religious position encouraging you to get involved passes a bill to tax 90 percent of themselves against criminals. him or herself. The note read, on the children. Any pregnant politically, not to take up arms the bonuses that are due. They argue that the world is “No thinking American would minor is at far more risk to life against the police. Both Hannity 4. The executives that are due neatly divided into “good guys” take your Mickey Mouse news- and health in attempting to bring and Limbaugh sound like they to receive the bonuses are now and “bad guys”, and they are the paper seriously. It’s a hoot!!” a child to term. If her parents are are about to come unglued when suing the U.S. government for good guys. Such thinking is re- To which we can only respond, likely to disown her for being they rail against Obama and the this unfair tax. assuring to them, but neglects to whoever you are, write again af- pregnant, yet insist she carry it to administration. It is plain hate- 5. With this concept in mind consider that under duress good ter you have developed the cour- term, she’s in a Catch-22. If she ful, not thoughtful and rational that the Feds now own 80 per- guys can become bad guys, as the age of your dittoed convictions— has a possibility of living with discussion. cent of AIG because of the bail- recent carnage reminds us. The Ed. her parents in peace until she’s People say to me, well, don’t out, the Feds are suing the Feds. an adult, she should seek it, es- listen to them. The problem is (Lewis Black would have fun pecially in these trying financial that some people do, our words with this.) times. have actions. 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Portsmouth is bounded on the caused by the moon. The other major trucks.) Bay. This spectacle can best be seen when Piscataqua earns its title for xth fastest bobbing around in the current. That buoy oil, and salt generally do so at high tide, north and east by the Piscataqua River. player is a vast sunken valley, about ten The moon’s meddling creates a roving the chart below shows the tide rising. current. A good place to observe this is weighs several tons, is nine feet wide, for maximum clearance under their keels. Depending on which tour boat captain miles upriver. Twice a day, the moon hydraulic conflict as incoming sea and A good place to watch is the little deck from Bow Street, up by St. John’s church. and it bobs and bounces in the current When they leave empty, riding high in you believe, it’s the second, the third, or drags roughly seventeen billion gallons outgoing river collide. The skirmish line near the sterns of the tugboats, off Ceres Look up the river, from one of the little like a cork! The river also has its placid the water, they tend to go at low tide, the fourth fastest-flowing navigable river of salt water from the ocean, up the moves from the mouth of the river, past Street. Twice a day, too, the moon lets parking lots between the buildings. moments, around high and low tides. for maximum clearance under Memorial in the country. river, into Great Bay. (If the moon ever New Castle, around the bend by the old all that water go. All the salt water that (Don’t try to drive or park there, that Often when the river rests, its tugboats Bridge. The Piscataqua’s remarkable current stopped moving that water for us, it Naval Prison, under Memorial Bridge, just fought its way upstream goes back won’t work.) You’ll see a red buoy, at and drawbridges work their hardest. is caused by the tide which, in turn is could be replaced with 2,125,000 tanker past the tugboats, and on towards Great to rejoin the ocean. This is when the the upstream end of Badger’s Island, Ships coming in heavily laden with coal,
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2001—Veep Dick “Dick” Cheney 2002—Venezuelan President Hugo 2006—Six retired generals sign a 2003—George W. Bush installs 2008—”Thank you, your holiness,” 2002—G.W. Bush flip-flops, vows 2006—”I’m the decider,” says files his 2000 tax return, which Chavez is back in office after an ex- New York Times Op-Ed calling on Gen. Jay Garner to administer George W. Bush says to Pope to rebuild Afghanistan. George W. Bush. “What’s best is shows that $5.1 million of his $36 citing day off. Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Iraq “until an Iraqi government Benedict, “Awesome speech.” 2001—Sharon’s Israel takes a bite for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the million adjusted gross income came 1992—Chicago’s business district to resign. can be formed.” He lasts less than 2005—Jozej Galica, of Poronin, out of Gaza. U.S.’s Colin Powell secretary of defense.” from Halliburton. is shut down after the Chicago 2004—John Ashcroft blames Bill a month. Poland is quoted in Gazeta Wyborc- takes a bite out of Sharon. 1977—The federal frame-up of 1961—Yuri Gagarin becomes the River breaches an underground Clinton for terrorist attacks that 1994—Dick “Dick” Cheney ex- za saying the death of John Paul II, 1987—Comedian Dick Shawn, Leonard Peltier succeeds. first human to orbit Earth. tunnel system. took place seven months after he plains to C-SPAN viewers that the Polish Pope, has inspired him onstage in San Diego, suffers a fatal 1971—Howard Hughes, world’s 1937—60,000 U.S. students dem- 1981—Rep. Jon Hinson (R-Miss.) left office. G.H.[H.]W. Bush didn’t topple to close his brothel. First miracle? heart attack. It is several minutes richest man, dies intestate. onstrate against war. resigns his seat three months after 1999—Dan Quayle throws his silly Saddam Hussein because it would 2003—Pre-written obituaries are before the audience realizes it’s not 1968—The Army admits that re- 1934—At Mt. Washington, the being arrested for attempting to hat in the ring. have created a “quagmire” in Iraq. discovered prematurely posted on part of the act. leases of nerve gas from the Dug- highest surface wind speed ever re- commit oral sodomy in a House 1994—Over Iraq, U.S. fighter jets 1992—Leona Helmsley takes up CNN.com, including one for Dick 1981—The Supreme Court decides way Proving Grounds are respon- corded is measured: 231 mph. restroom. shoot down two U.S. helicopters. residence at the federally-owned “Dick” Cheney identifying him as banning the use of peyote as a reli- sible for the deaths of more than 1867—Wm. Bullock, inventor 1981—For a fraudulent article 1988—An Iranian mine nearly Crowbar Hilton in Lexington, the “UK’s favorite grandmother.” gious sacrament doesn’t violate the 6,400 Idaho sheep. of the web-fed rotary press, dies about an 8-year-old junkie named sinks the guided missile frigate Kentucky. 1992—The House Ethics Com- First Amendment. 1942—Eighty men in 16 bomb- of complications after his leg is Jimmy, the Washington Post’s Janet U.S.S. Roberts. 1984—Welsh comedian Tommy mittee—no laughing—releases 1970—Apollo 13 makes it home. ers take off from the U.S.S. Hornet, crushed by his own invention. Cooke is awarded the Pulitzer 1964—RIP Rachel Carson. Cooper suffers a heart attack on- names of 303 check-kiters. 1967—“[T]he defeat of the Com- bomb Tokyo, and ditch their planes 1864—At Fort Pillow, hundreds of Prize. 1939—John Steinbeck’s Grapes of stage while performing live on 1992—President of Afghanistan munists forces in South Vietnam is in China. Ninety percent of them Union soldiers, black and white, are 1970—Apollo 13 lives up to its nu- Wrath is published. British television. He is given CPR Mohammad Najibullah, a Com- inevitable,” says ex-Veep Richard survive the mission. massacred by thousands of Confed- meral. 1935—A terrible windstorm cross- behind the curtain—in the dark, mie, resigns, making for a more Nixon. “The only question is, how 1906—An earthquake and fire de- erates led by Gen. Nathan B. For- 1962—Rachel Carson’s Silent es the Great Plains, bearing away with no success—while the show enlightened government. soon?” stroy much of San Francisco, kill- rest, who later founds the KKK. Spring is published. topsoil. goes on in front. 1973—Perhaps due to an excess 1966—G. Gordon Liddy busts ing 500 to 700 people. 1862—Union men steal a Confed- 1953—CIA starts MK-ULTRA 1931—The Spanish Republic is 1980—RIP Jean-Paul Sartre. of inventory, the Pentagon begins Tim Leary for pot possession. 1844—For a second time, believ- erate locomotive, The General, in program, looking for effective proclaimed. 1970—Rep. Gerald Ford calls for bombing Laos. 1965—25,000 march against Viet- ers in William Miller’s Doomsday Georgia, and head north, but con- brain-washing drugs—and TV was 1910—President Taft becomes the impeachment of Justice Wm. 1967—Huge anti-war marches nam War in NY. prediction are disappointed. ductor Wm. A. Fuller, on foot, on a already becoming popular. first president to throw out the first O. Douglas. take place in New York and San 1961—Transports chartered by the 1842—Opponents of the estab- handcar, and finally in another lo- 1919—British troops massacre at baseball. 1967—The first mass burning of Francisco. CIA deliver 1,511 Cuban exiles to lished Rhode Island government, comotive, chases The General down. least 379 unarmed Indian men, 1894—Edison’s Kinetoscope shows U.S. draft cards takes place in New 1964—“There is no reason why the Bay of Pigs. which restricts voting to landown- 1861—Confederate gunners fire women and children at Amritsar. its first commercial movie ever. York and San Francisco. French forces should not remain in 1959—In Times Square, 22 are ar- ing males, hold another election on Ft. Sumter. 1901—After 14 years on Devil’s 1865—John Wilkes Booth shoots 1961—The CIA’s ill-fated Bay of Indo-China and win,” says Richard rested for refusing to take part in an and select Thomas W. Dorr as 1788—A New York mob opposed Island, French anarchist Clement Abraham Lincoln. Pigs invasion begins as three flights Nixon, three weeks before the Viet air-raid drill. Governor. Rhode Island now has to body-snatching attacks a hospi- Duval’s 20th escape attempt suc- 1860—First Pony Express rider ar- of falsely-marked American B-26s Minh overrun Dien Bien Phu. 1954—Eisenhower threatens to two governments. tal, occupies the dissecting room, ceeds. He makes it to New York rives in San Francisco. bomb and strafe Cuban airfields. 1947—In Texas City, Texas, a load nuke Red China. 1775—Paul Revere gets busted as and displays various body parts City and lives to be 85. 1828—Noah Webster publishes 1960—SNCC is formed. of fertilizer aboard the French ves- 1935—Sun Myung Moon has a Dr. Sam Prescott warns Concord at the windows. The riot lasts two 1873—In Grant Parish, Louisi- his first dictionary. 1912—The Titanic changes course sel SS Grandcamp explodes, killing revelation: Jesus Christ asks him to of the impending arrival of Brit- days, killing five. ana, on Easter Sunday, the White 1772—In South Weare, NH the and heads for the bottom instead of 581 in a 3 kiloton explosion. complete His mission. ish troops. Isaiah Thomas’s print- 1782—American militia troops League and the Klan kill 280 County Sheriff tries to collect fines New York. 1943—Swiss chemist Albert Hoff- 1850—In the Senate, Henry Foote ing press (which he bought from massacre 100 neutral, Christian In- African-Americans in the Colfax from sawmill owners for stealing 1755—Samuel Johnson’s Diction- man accidentally takes the first (D-MI) pulls a pistol on Thomas Zechariah Fowle) is spirited off to dians of the Delaware Nation. Massacre. the King’s trees. They beat him up. ary is published in London. LSD trip. Hart Benton (D-MO). Worcester. 1:29 2:03 2:10 2:47 2:53 3:33 3:40 4:23 4:32 5:18 5:28 6:17 6:28 7:15
7:47 7:54 8:30 8:36 9:15 9:21 10:03 10:11 10:56 11:06 11:53 12:05 12:50 Sunday, April 19 Monday, April 20 Tuesday, April 21 Wednesday, April 22 Thursday, April 23 Friday, April 24 Saturday, April 25 12:00 2004—A government spokes- 2004—George W. Bush tells a 1999—To honor those killed at 2004—In Afghanistan, U.S. sol- 1993—RIP Cesar Chavez. 1980—Eight Americans die and 2003—Army Sec. White is fired man reveals that NORAD had Buffalo audience that the govern- Columbine the day before, NRA diers shoot former NFL football 1971—National Security Advi- five are wounded in a failed at- for saying we need more troops in run a training exercise based on ment doesn’t wiretap without a president Charlton Heston says the player Specialist Pat Tillman. sor Henry Kissinger, speaking by tempt to rescue American hostages Iraq. a hijacked airliner crashing into a court order. gun lobby will cut short its Denver 2000—Federal agents snatch po- phone with Alan Ginsberg, agrees in Iran. 1984—Asked if he’s ever been to building. 2001—The Peruvian Air Force, convention by one day. litical pawn Elian Gonzalez from in principle to a personal meeting, 1975—Operation Babylift begins. a communist country, James A. 1995—RIP 168 souls in Okla- with some help from CIA “con- 1989—Chinese students begin his colorful Miami relatives. but draws the line at doing so na- Just after the first C-5A leaves the Baker III replies, “Well, I’ve been homa City. tract workers,” fires on a plane they demonstrating in Tiananmen 1990—Guilford Co., N.C. post- ked on television. runway at Tan Son Nhut, it crashes to Massachusetts.” 1993—For the good of the chil- think is full of dope. Nope. It’s full Square. pones Earth Day to April 28th so 1971—In DC, Vietnam Veterans into a rice paddy, killing 140 Viet- 1964—The statue of the “Little dren, who end up among the 80 of proseletyzing American Bap- 1986—On live TV, Geraldo Rivera as not to interfere with the K-Mart Against the War return their med- namese kids and 50 adults. Mermaid” in Copenhagen harbor dead, the FBI attacks David Ko- tists. Two die. opens Al Capone’s vault and dis- Greater Greensboro Open Golf als to Congress by heaving them 1971—Over a million Americans is decapitated (see this date in resh’s compound at Waco, Texas. 1979—While canoeing near Plains, covers his own credentials. Tournament. over a fence in front of the Capitol, protest Vietnam War. 1793). 1971—Officials at Arlington Na- GA, Pres. Jimmy Carter successful- 1983—In Alabama, flames and 1971—Capitol police arrest 110 as Operation Dewey Canyon III 1967—“The military situation [in 1962—Test-ban negotiations hav- tional Cemetery turn away Gold ly defends himself from a deranged sparks fly from John Evans’ leg as Vietnam veterans for serenading concludes. South Vietnam] is favorable,” says ing failed, the U.S. announces the Star Mothers and Vietnam vet- swamp rabbit. “authorities” take 14 minutes and the Supreme Court with God Bless 1968—Students occupy Columbia. U.S. Commander Gen. William C. resumption of atmospheric nuke erans participating in Operation 1973—The U.S. Supreme Court three tries to electrocute him. America. 1958—Five paratroopers are killed Westmoreland. tests. Dewey Canyon III. says New Hampshire citizens can 1975—Nguyen Van Thieu, last 1971—Former Navy Lieutenant and 137 injured in a mass jump at 1967—After a troubled 26-hour 1944—RIP George Herriman. 1951—In a grandiose fit of mock cover up the state motto “Live Free president of South Vietnam, re- John Kerry asks Congress, “How Ft. Campbell, Ky. orbital mission, Soyuz 1 crashes 1915—Australian and New Zea- humility, Gen. Douglas “Dugout or Die” on their license plates. signs after ten years of misrule and do you ask a man to be the last man 1956—The USSR announces it’s into Earth at 200 mph, killing Cos- land troops under British com- Doug” MacArthur tells Congress, 1971—On Day Two of Operation bugs out of Saigon. to die for a mistake?” got an H-bomb. monaut Vladimir Komarov. mand attack Turks at Gallipoli and “Old soldiers never die,” leaving Dewey Canyon III, the Supreme 1972—In El Paso, former com- 1970—Cops shoot and kill Huey 1904—In Montana, the Flathead 1962—President Kennedy autho- die in droves. unspoken the obvious corollary, Court rules that Vietnam Veterans mander of U.S. troops in Vietnam Newton, Black Panther. reservation is divided; half ends up rizes high-altitude tests of nuclear 1898—The U.S. declares war on “that’s what the young ones are Against the War must clear off the General William Westmoreland is 1963—South Vietnam is “steadily in settlers’ hands. weapons. Spain. for.” National Mall. pelted with tomatoes. moving toward a constitutional 1868—“I don’t have to forgive my 1916—The Irish Republican 1846—Obliging Mexican troops 1948—Costa Rica 86s its army. 1971—Maryland building contrac- 1971—In Washington, D.C., Viet- system resting upon popular con- enemies,” says the dying Duke of Brotherhood proclaim the Irish attack a U.S. “scouting party,” thus 1943—The Warsaw Ghetto Upris- tor Lester Matz pays a $2,500 bribe nam Veterans Against the War vote sent,” according to Secretary of Valencia Ramon Maria Narvaez y Republic, and the Easter Rising giving Congress an excuse to de- ing begins. to Vice President and freelance to defy the Supreme Court and re- State Dean Rusk. Campos, “I had them all shot.” begins. clare war. 1939—After some study, Connect- media critic Spiro “Ted” Agnew. main encamped on the National 1956—Rebecca West defines jour- 1860—Birth of Charles H. Kerr, 1800—The Library of Congress is 1793—The guillotine is used for icut OKs the Bill of Rights. 1970—The New York Times says Mall. Park police decline to make nalism: “An ability to meet the founder of a radical publishing co- established. the first time (see this date in 1877—Birth of Ole Evinrude, in- youth groups have adopted a yellow arrests. Tomorrow’s headline: “Vets challenge of filling the space.” operative that’s still going. 1704—The Boston News-Letter, the 1964). ventor of the outboard motor. submarine as a religious symbol. Overrule Supreme Court.” 1944—A restaurant sit-in by 400 1693—Birth of William Caslon, first successful newspaper in the 1523—Henry VIII of England 1861—The first Federal fatalities of 1967—U.S. planes bomb Hanoi for 1954—The U.S. Air Force begins blacks in Washington, DC begins; English typefounder (the Gazette colonies, begins publication under forbids private ownership of guns the Civil War: four Union soldiers the first time. flying French reinforcements into result: desegregation. is set in Caslon). John Campbell, who insists on by anyone with an income of less are stoned to death by a Baltimore 1948—Walter Reuther, labor lead- Southeast Asia. 1922—Charlie Mingus is born, 1014—Vikings are defeated at publishing all the old news he had than 100 pounds a year. mob. er, is shot but lives. 1918—After shooting down 80 Nogales, Arizona. the Battle of Clontarf. High King before going on to the more recent. 1507—Cartographer Martin 1775—Minutemen and British 1914—National Guardsmen ma- Allied planes, Manfred von Rich- 1915—The German army pioneers Brian Boru is slain by Brodir, but By 1718 his news is a full year be- Waldseemuller erroneously credits clash in Lexington. Zechariah chine gun strikers at Ludlow, CO; thofen, aka The Red Baron, is shot the use of chlorine gas as a weapon Brodir is soon disembowelled by hind. The paper eventually adopts Italian navigator Amerigo Vespuc- Fowle’s former apprentice Isaiah 19 die, including 2 women, 12 down—by an Australian on the for the first time at the Second Brian’s brother Wolf the Quarrel- Tory politics and perishes during ci with the “discovery” of “North Thomas is there. children. ground. Battle of Ypres. some. the Revolution. America.” 7:28 8:07 8:22 8:54 9:12 9:36 9:58 10:15 10:41 10:55 11:24 11:35 12:08
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