Anniversaries we missed last week

quote:

Also last week, Florida Senator Martinez announced that Florida will receive more than $63 million in homeless program grant funds. U.S. Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson notified Senator Martinez that Florida will receive the funds as part of the agency’s continuing goal to end chronic homelessness in the United States.

well DANG,,,we have a "chronic homeless" problem? Now I thought GWB said we are richer than ever before. How can we possibly have people without homes with our being so very rich?
This surely has to be some tin foiled hat wearing kool aide drinking left wing libber lies huh?

I am writing my president today and demanding all my taxes be spent on building schools in Iraq and pave new road in Iraq and buildhomes for the homeless in Iraq!

quote:

Originally posted by smurph:
[QUOTE]
I am writing my president today and demanding all my taxes be spent on building schools in Iraq and pave new road in Iraq and buildhomes for the homeless in Iraq!

Don't think a letter to Idiot is really necessary. He is already doing all that, and more for his belovid Iraq.

March first, 1692, the notorious witch hunt began in the Salem village of the
Massachusetts Bay colony, eventually resulting in the executions of 19
innocent men and women.


In 1780, Pennsylvania became the first state to abolish slavery.


In 1781, the American colonies adopted the Articles of Confederation,
paving the way for a federal union.


In 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established by an act of
Congress. It was the first area in the world to be designated a
national park.

In 2003, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks on the United States was captured in Pakistan. Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed was believed to be the third ranking member of al-Qaida.


Also in 2003, as the possibility of war in Iraq grew, Turkey's
parliament refused to permit U.S. troops on Turkish soil.