Happy Birthday Mom! My Mother is 80 years old today. Happy Birthday to You. Happy Birthday to You. Happy Birthday Dear Mom. Happy Birthday to You. I hope that all the wishes she makes today come true.

The news is all about politics these days. The Democratic Primary. I wonder who will get the nod in Iowa? I read this following bit in that book that I got for Christmas. Uncle John's Unstoppable Bathroom Reader.

Politalks

"This is true...but not absolutely true."
Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau

"My colleagues and I are upset by this blatant attempt to replace diversity with fairness."
N.J. assemblyman Joseph Doria

"Solar energy is not something that is going to come in overnight."
Gerald Ford

"Have we gone beyond the bounds of reasonable dishonesty?"
CIA memo

"You can't just let nature run wild."
Gov. Wally Hickel (AK)

"I intend to open this country up to democracy, and anyone who is against that, I will jail!"
President Joao Baptiste Figueiredo, Brazil

"Things happen more frequently in the future than they do in the past."
Gov. Booth Gardner (WA)

"Sometimes in order to make progress and move ahead, you have to stand up and do the wrong thing."
Rep. Gary Ackerman

"If you let that sort of thing go on, your bread and butter will be cut right out from under your feet."
British foreign minister Ernest Bevin

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
Dan Quayle

"We're going to move left and right at the same time."
Gov. Jerry Brown (CA)

"Facts are stupid things."
Ronald Reagan

"First they tax our beer, then they tax cigarettes. Now they are going to increase the tax on gasoline. All that's left are our women."
Sen. John East

"Sixty years of progress, without change."
Saudi government's anniversary slogan


Today's Little Bit of Trivia

The phrase "tying the knot", originated from the traditional girdle worn by Roman brides during the wedding ceremony. The girdle was tied together with hundreds of knots. (Untying the knots was the responsibility of her new husband.)