President Lyndon Baines Johnson, 38 years ago tonight.
Read Johnson Says He Won’t Run from The New York Times.
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“Reuters: “Soccer referees in Nigeria can take bribes from clubs but should not allow them to influence their decisions on the field, a football official said on Friday.”
“Isn’t this called the DeLay defense?”
Number of centenarians that the U.S. census counted in 2000: 50,740
Projected number it will count in 2050: 1,149,500
Not even the senior parents of Washington’s top health official are immune from headaches caused by the new Medicare drug plan.
Dixie and Anne Leavitt - parents of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt - recently were forced to change Medicare plans after learning that the one they chose imperiled their retiree medical coverage.
“Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones, though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog, than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.”
Abraham Lincoln in a letter as quoted in Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals.
… of hockey great Gordie Howe, NewMexiKen’s childhood sports hero. Mr. Hockey is 78.
… of actor Richard Chamberlain and actress Shirley Jones. They’re both 72 today. Miss Jones won the best supporting actress Oscar for Elmer Gantry.
… of trumpeter and record company founder Herb Alpert. He’s 71.
… of spooky two-time Oscar nominee Christopher Walken. He’s 63. Walken won the best supporting actor Oscar for The Deer Hunter. He was also nominated for Catch Me If You Can.
… of Al Gore. He’s 58 — and tanned and rested.
… of Carla Tortelli. Rhea Perlman is 58.
… of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Ewan McGregor is 35.
Did you know that the energy rebate the state gave you last year is taxable by the federal government and must be included as income on your 2005 federal return?
Duke City Fix has an interesting discussion (including the comments, two of which are mine) about Albuquerque as a travel destination — and how to increase the attraction.
Why is it that you only get a penny for your thoughts but you have to put your 2-cents worth in?
Who’s pocketing the difference?
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