Quote for the day:
"Sex appeal is 50% what you have and 50% what people think you have." Sophia Loren.
As we all know Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts died. Ted Kennedy was the last of the sons sired by Joseph Kennedy. Joe Jr. was the oldest and was killed in combat during WWII. John F. was the next oldest and was a US Navy PT boat commander during WWII and President of the United States before being assassinated. Then RFK (Robert), who was assignated in Los Angeles, Then there was John F. Kennedy's son, was killed in a plane crash. Now Ted dies of a brain tumor. The Kennedy's have always seemed to have tragedy tugging at their elbow, not to mention Jackie. The Democratic supporters of the health care reform say that the loss of Edward Kennedy's vote and influence has dealt a serious blow to the passage of the bill.
Good news:
Over in Gilbert, Arizona Rita Van Loenen found out she had kidney failure and had to go through dialysis treatments on a regular basis. She took a cab to the treatment facility and called for the same driver every time. After several trips, the cab driver Thomas Chappell offered Rita one of his kidneys. Rita was stunned but jumped at the offer. Rita's doctors ran comparative tests and strangely enough, Thomas' and Rita's kidneys were a near perfect tissue match. The doctors said that it could not have been any better if they were brother and sister. Today Rita no longer takes dialysis, thanks to Thomas. It was a near miracle y'all. No, it was a miracle that a perfect stranger had a perfect tissue match. It smacks of divine intervention to me.
Greenpatch Grime:
One person has been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries. There has been a spate of home burglaries in several different communities here in Greenville. The burglars leave a gang symbol spray painted on the walls. This is mostly on the west side where the latino aliens, legitimate or otherwise, have settled. There is also evidence that "The Crips", a gang based in Los Angeles, has bought a house on the west side also. They are trying to take over the drug trade from the Latinos. Greenville used to be a small textile town, now id is large diversified community. Crime follows success.
A retired State of South Carolina employee hit the "Powerball" lottery for about $270 million last week. He said that this windfall would not change him at all. This was the largest lottery winning in the history of the South Carolina lottery. "Not change me at all"...He may not change until he realizes that he can get nearly anything his heart has ever desired, then another person will emerge, it always does.
Wednesday afternoon South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer made a public statement calling for Governor Mark Sanford to resign. Bauer cited a paragraph in the South Carolina Constitution that addresses the action that should be taken against a public official that is found guilty of "serious misconduct". Bauer said that it is almost a certainty that Sanford will be impeached and removed from office. He said the present situation is such a distraction that it is difficult for the state to move ahead. But the most amazing statement was that he would abandon his well known ambition to become governor if Sanford does indeed resign to belay any suspicion of impropriety. Governor Sanford replied with "Andre kiss my ass, I ain't leaving". It looks like the SC legislature is going through an impeachment procedure. This mean that the worst possible thing will happen. That entire group of rotten blood-suckers in the South Carolina congress will be inviting an inspection of their lives. I can hardly wait.
Tuesday night a security guard was closing a laundomat near Greenville when he discovered a man that had locked himself in the toilet. The security guard called the cops and a negotiator tried for as short while to talk him out. Then a gunshot was heard and the cops beat their way in and found that the man had shot himself in the head and was hustled to the hospital. The person's identity has not been released.
AUGUST 27TH
1883 On this date the most powerful volcano explosions in recorded history occurs in the Indonesian archipelago. The volcano was a small uninhabited island named Krakatoa. The volcano had sent out signals that it was restless because several cargo ships had reported a column of ash and dust several miles high over the island. The explosion was heard 3,000 miles away and produced a tsunami 120 feet high that took the lives of over 36,000 people on nearby islands. An additional 4,000 people were burned to death from the white hot ash that rained down from the ejecta that was blown up to 50,000 feet in the stratosphere and then came back down miles away on inhabited islands. Krakatoa is still active ya’ll, as is an additional 136 active volcanoes in Indonesia. Indonesia has the most active volcanoes in the world. There is evidence that an even larger volcanic eruption that occurred in the Mediterranean in about 1300 BC. The present day name for the caldera is Santorini. I am sure there were plenty of eyewitnesses but to our knowledge this event was not recorded.
1979 On this date the Irish Republican Army makes its first strike against British royalty when IRA member Thomas McMahon sneaks aboard Lord Louis Mountbatten’s fishing boat, Shadow V, and plants 50 pounds of TNT in the hold of the boat with a remote control detonator. Mountbatten and family come aboard and McMahon lights off the explosive killing Mountbatten and two others. The IRA and the British government have been squabbling since King James I formed the community of Ulster which is now Northern Ireland in about 1612. James got fed up with the irascible Irish Catholics being in almost constant rebellion. James was a devout Protestant and no love in his heart for the Catholics so he seized five shires (counties) in Ireland, kicked out the Irish and brought in some Protestant Scottish lords along with their tenant farmers. James believed that if he could dilute the Catholic population in Ireland they would be easier to control. They were....for a while. The problem in Ireland today is that when Ireland had a chance to become independent from England the overwhelming majority of the Catholics voted for independence but what was originally Ulster and almost entirely Protestant (Presbyterian) voted to stay under wing of England and that was the birth of Northern Ireland. So what it boils down to is that the majority of Ireland is Catholic and they want Northern Ireland to become part of Ireland proper but the Protestants won’t hear of it because they are afraid they will be discriminated against because they are the religious minority in Ireland. The English Army is present to prevent a violent takeover by the IRA. I don’t see an end to it. When it comes to religion, everybody thinks God is on their side.
1859 On this date Edwin Drake strikes oil at a depth of 69 feet neat Titusville, Pennsylvania. This discovery was a welcome replacement for whale oil used in lamps world wide. Whale oil was expensive and not always available. Petroleum was used for this purpose for a several decades until the invention of the automobile then every continent in the world began hunting for “black gold” not just for the fuel but for the asphalt to build roads. But by far the most lucrative find was the oil in the middle east known as “Arab light” which means that there is not as much undesirable additives in the oil that need to be refined out, especially sulphur, making it much cheaper to refine adding to the profits.
1964 On this date 15 year old Edmund Kemper decides to do something exciting and shoots and kills his grandparents. He isn’t done yet, he calls his mother and told her what he had done and said “I just wanted to see what it felt like to kill Grandma.” Edmund was a troubled youth. He began by cutting the heads off his sister’s dolls and setting fire to the family cat. His parents knew he was crazy as a loon but rather than getting him help, they just sent him to stay with his grandparents. Edmund killed a few more people before he was caught and sent to prison. Apparently prison agreed with Edmund because he was finally paroled and he was 6’-9” and weighed over 300 pounds. Very soon after being paroled he paid a visit to his mother, beat her to death with a hammer, mutilated her body and raped the corpse. I am telling ya’ll, this cowboy was a lunatic. He called the police and told them what he had done but they blew it off as a scam and did not respond. Two more people lost their lives and heads to Edmund before the police decided to check out the strange call about a man killing his mother and found out that it was true. They started looking for Edmund in earnest. Edmund went to Colorado and called the Santa Cruz police and confessed to the latest two murders. The police picked him up and he was convicted of 8 murders and sentenced to life without parole. But Edmund himself said that he should have been sentenced to “death by torture,” I agree Edmund, let me select the torture.
Born today:
1871 US writer Theodore Dreiser. He said “In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.” Hey Ted, I can help you find the latter, it is everywhere.
1770 German philosopher William Hegel. He said “What experience and history has taught us is this...that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon the lessons they may have learned from it.” I second that.....
1908 US football coach Frank Leahy. He said “Egotism in the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” Frank knew what he was talking about. He was a football coach at Army.
1910 Mother Teresa. She said “Loneliness is the most terrible part of poverty.” But it was Mahatma Gandhi that said “The bed of poverty is fertile.”
Died today:
1948 Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes. He said “If there is muck to be raked, it must be raked, and the people must know of it, so justice can be given.” It was Justice Evans that also said “It is better to release 1,000 guilty than to jail one innocent.” I think we are on that path now, Judge.
1950 Italian writer Cesare Pavese. He said “Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is the anesthetic.” Not when using a condom, Cesare.
1964 US comedienne Gracie Allen and wife of George Burns. She said “They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went ahead and built it.” Wake up Gracie.
Thanks for listening I can hardly wait until tomorrow...
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